Book ★ ★ ★ ☆ Often, the only excuse novel haters need to convince them to throw a book back in the shelf is, “they’ve got no pictures in them.” To the verbally challenged or the outright lazy, looking at pictures is easiest way to grasp a story. A picture is worth a thousand words, after all. If…
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Rant and Rave: Magnum Ice Cream
Food ★ ★ ☆ ☆ The Magnum fever has hit the Philippines. And no, it is not from the heat, but from a sweet frozen treat. Selecta’s “must-buy for the in-crowd” epic marketing attempt, tided over by a short-lived social networking craze, has whipped up a mid-summer storm for its Magnum bar. At fifty pesos a stick,…
Book ★ ★ ★ ★ Bookshelves are chockful of love stories with the same plotline of ‘boy meets girl and they fall for each other. Love is everywhere – or so the cliché goes in every song, story, poem, and work of art since man first found words to express a malady so painful “and yet so fair”. But…
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Rant and Rave: ‘Leading Ladies’
Money is the root of all evil, but it also serves as a driving force for many. Money is sometimes the sole motivation of some to resolve to live, despite being confined in a certain situation. Leading Ladies, Repertory Philippines’ latest theatrical offering, features two starving Shakespearean actors, Jack (James Stacey) and Leo (Topper Fabregas)…
Many of us have grown up with fairytales, and at some point in our lives, each of us wished to live in one Alex Flinn makes that dream a reality by adding her own twist to a classic fairy tale in her first novel of the Kendra Chronicles, entitled Bewitching. Bewitching is Flinn’s modern take…
Moving from the popularity of the supernatural in novels, dystopian (or more depressing-themed literature) seems to be dominating the shelves in bookstores and publishing houses. Hundreds of new stories about post-apocalyptic worlds come every year. Sometimes events in these stories are rooted on events in human history. Pure by Julianna Baggot is one of these…
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Composing a composting hero
Environmental problems have been around for a while. Many methods and ideas have been born since to solve such problems,.Most problems, however are difficult to abolish individually and in some cases, completely. Many countries and leaders have tried to implement ambitious policies and initiatives, but maybe the answer lies in something smaller. This month, the…
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Life is a Journey
by Ysabel Cacho & Betina Libre A couple of minutes away from De La Salle University, just behind the Manila Hotel, lies Manila’s south harbor where the Logos Hope is docked. The Logos Hope is part of a non-profit organization based in Germany; it sails ships around the world to bring knowledge, help and hope…
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Beyond Borders
by Patricia Manio Knowing things about the “paranormal” has brought me much burden. Being aware that “they” are around me has changed my perspective. Since I was a kid, I have had several encounters with the supernatural; I always thought they were just a product of my imagination. Moving in My life changed when we…
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Tales of public transportation scams
Heads up, commuter! Step out of the University gates, and you will encounter a plethora of transportation modes. Jeepneys, cabs and pedicabs cover the streets of Taft and if you consider travelling by road too mainstream, the Light Rail Transit (LRT) is always there for the commuting Lasallian’s convenience. It is, however, necessary that a…