The LaSallianGrowing up, we were taught by Disney movies that we could do anything. Defeat a fearsome Hun army despite being an untrained girl in an all-male Imperial army? Check. Fly on magic carpets and get a princess to fall in love with you, despite being a kleptomaniac who has zero financial security and a monkey…
Traffic. Traffic everywhere. Traffic in the Metro is inarguably one of the major causes of hair-pulling and non-stop cussing every Filipino morning. It is an inescapable and powerful phenomenon, this thing we call traffic. We always try to avoid it, but once we’re within its tight and polluted grasp, there is nothing else to do…
For many boys out there, college is the time of their lives. It is when youths exit the shell of high school and have more fun. A typical male high school applicant to University would have many things at the back of his mind when he passes that application form: parties, alcohol, lots and lots…
Here I am again at this hiatus from the ruckus of a Taft life, at this momentary breather society calls Holy Week. I would call it the “break we badly need before finals week.” It is the break we Lasallians crave for just before the submission of all those final papers and projects. While other…
When life takes a turn for the eerie, and events go beyond what we can explain, we are often at a loss for action, and unfortunately, Bill Murray’s real life day job does not include dealing with ectoplasm. Yep, it’s why we have parapsychologists. No, they do not suck in ghosts with vacuum-like guns like…
Perhaps you are now safely tucked away in the province, with the tale of Christ’s Passion blaring away in chant form from one of the bahay na bato situated near the poblacion. Droves of people are milling about the plaza from one basilica to the next in celebration of what is called a visita iglesia,…
Rating: 3.5/4.0 Ano ang sikreto ng Pamilya Torrecarion? For weeks now, students been intrigued by the Harlequin Theater Guild to see their latest play, The Sky Over Dimas, to come and find out what exactly that secret is. Maybe you know already, if you’ve read the Palanca-awarded novel of the same name by CLA faculty…
Rating: 3.5/4.0 Soul Adventurer is Franco’s much-awaited follow-up to the critically acclaimed debut eponymous album, which was released four years ago. Since then, many have been wondering if Franco Reyes could live up to the expectations of delivering the same aggressiveness and unique musicality that made the first album a hit. Moreover, the pressure has…
Rating: 3.5/4.0 For some people, high school was a breeze: high grades were easily obtained, many friends were nearby and just a call away, and life was all fine and dandy. On the other hand, most other people believe that their years in high school were the worst years of their lives; some might note…
Rating: 2.5 Deviating from productions like Spiderman and the Evil Dead, director Sam Raimi concocts fantasy film Oz the Great and Powerful, which hit cinemas worldwide last March 8. It is a prequel to the book by Frank L. Baum, entitled The Wizard of Oz, which had a 1939 film adaptation of the same name.…
