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The Secret Club
By HANNAH INSERTO Intrigues, secrets, codes and arcane traditions all form the regalia of a secret society: these exist in varying modes, from universities to neighbourhood pubs across continents and cultures. For two months I have become an initiate of one such group. The ensuing days since my arrival and the brief but daily brushes [...]
Confessions of a Snap-Happy 90’s Kid
By JULIANNE PASCUAL It’s a snap-happy world we live in. In the snap of a button, we post the latest tidbit tickling our mind on Twitter and Facebook. In a snap of a dSLR camera shutter, our inner photographer zones in on a panoramic view of something (we want others to consider) hipster, vintage, or [...]
Power Overwhelming
By ANONYMOUS Throughout the course of a week, a six-strong team of writers puts together press releases, speeches, transcripts and statements that are email blasted or handed in person to a long list of journalists and news desks. A battalion of researchers train their thoughts solely on their laptops and smartphones finding the facts and [...]
Design Matters
By EDU IBAZETA I remember having a large shoe collection during my college years. (Well, okay, 10 pairs of shoes isn’t large, but it seemed a lot to me.) I would choose which pair to wear based on what I was wearing or the weather or the occasion, until I started having this feeling that [...]
Pangalan pa lang…
Or, The Country’s Most Unfortunately Named Elementary Schools Compiled by AISSA EREÑETA … Sino kaya sa kanila ang valedictorian? Tambak Primary School (Buldon, Maguindanao), Dinaig Elementary School (DOS, Maguindanao), Sablay Primary School (Siasi, Sulu), Sirit Elementary School (Abulug, Cagayan), Bagsak Primary School (Parang, Sulu), Bobo Elementary School (Kapatagan, Lanao del Sur) Bawal ang cheating pero [...]
A Damaged Culture: A New Philippines?
Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore–all are short on natural resources, but all have clawed their way up through hard study and hard work. Unfortunately for its people, the Philippines illustrates the contrary: that culture can make a naturally rich country poor. By JAMES FALLOWS This article first came out in the November 1987 issue [...]
Bleeding Red Tape
Or the Hazards of being a Filipino Entrepreneur By ALICE SARMIENTO There’s an idiom, “Look before you leap,” commonly applied to small businesses, the ones that alight with a spark and feed off the passions of both proprietors and the patrons alike. With documentaries like Faythe Levine’s Handmade Nation narrating the rise of the craft [...]
Call for Contributions
Issue no. 17: Persona Upkeep I adopted a cat recently. This is one of those facts that I try to treat like a punchline, in order to preserve this image I have of myself as “Not a cat lady,” because once all this cat-having is added to the years I’ve spent single, it stops being [...]
Q & A: Mark Salvatus
Mark Salvatus is an artist based in Manila. His solo show c_rafts opened at the Vargas Museum on the 17th of June 2011 alongside a series of exhibits honoring the sesquicentennial of Jose Rizal. This interview was conducted via email. Do you get a lot of interviews? Is being interviewed fun? Yup! It’s fun sharing [...]
White Heat, Cold Blood
Writing about Writing By ALICE SARMIENTO Write something about the craft that is insightful and compelling. Write something brave. But it’s raining, and you know how creativity can’t be forced. At least that’s what your artist friend said. Dammit. And that’s what you have to fall back on when you’re not chasing a deadline [...]
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