Once, while riding the train, I sat next to a nun reading the Bible. She wore a religious habit, with her arms covered up to her wrists, legs pressed close, eyes focused downwards. Maybe she loved the man in the book. And maybe there was no real difference between her love and my love for…
Long before the 16th century-colonization of the Philippines by the Spaniards, tribal Filipinos already had their own established beliefs and practices. Being the ethnic archipelagic norm at the time, polygamy was widely accepted and practiced by the early Filipinos, with tribal men often having three or more wives. It was the advent of Catholicism that…
“Buti pa yung kalendaryo, may date. Eh ako?” It’s almost ironic how every February, right around Valentine’s season, social media explodes with these hugot lines that everyone seems to love. On the surface, they’re meant to be bitter one-liners that exude pain and heartbreak. Somehow, though, they have evolved into a predominant piece of both…
To most seniors about to graduate from the University, one of the culminations of their college journey normally comes in the form of an on-the-job training (OJT). Engineering students get to tinker with professional tools and gadgets, while business students try their hand at managerial work for multinational firms. In fact, both the University’s Applied…
My boyfriend and I were lucky enough to have been able to reserve tickets online to the early screenings, since Episode VII was only going to be shown for a week before the annual Metro Manila Film Fest took over. That story was interesting as well—it seems the fans’ faith was disturbing enough to create…
Everyone remembers his or her last year in high school. Papers with different school logos were probably stacked on your table, empty forms waiting to be filled out. Every teacher and elder relative had probably already given you more than an earful of advice, whether solicited or not. They told you which school was the…
For every college student, the end goal and fruition of all our hard work is usually thesis writing. Most of us struggle (and hopefully, succeed) with a senior research paper, study, or project. However, for some courses, the thesis can be, shall we say, unique. While no less challenging, time-consuming, and socially relevant, this particular…
It’s Oscar season again, and director Alejandro González Iñárritu is back this year with another seemingly unstoppable film. Iñárritu, director of last year’s Academy Award winner for Best Picture Birdman, is back this year with a movie that seems to be the polar opposite of his last foray into film. The Revenant is the gritty survival…
Ever gone through the “woe is me” post-breakup phase? Don’t fret—you aren’t alone. Between all the happy couples and romantic confessions, there is a more unfortunate side to the day of hearts. Lasallians share with us some of their more unforgettable experiences and mishaps in celebrating the day of St. Valentine and dating in general.…
“I have a pretty boring life and career so my answers might bore you,” Anne Frances Sangil warns me before the interview. But I beg to disagree—nobody who wears a pair of Wonder Woman Chuck Taylor trainers could possibly be such a mundane figure. And I was right. For the entire duration of our one-and-half…
