Essays
What Do You Do with a B.A. in English?
By BETTINA ROC DISCUSSED: Success? Uncertainty. Almost a month ago, after defending my undergraduate thesis, my dad asked me what I wanted to do after graduation. We were on the way home from my school along Katipunan, traversing The Other University I’d Wanted to Get Into. I remember brushing him off and telling him, “People [...]
The Future is a Book Dedicated to My Astrocherub
By ERIN EMOCLING DISCUSSED: hardcore physicians, drug literature, and genuine callings I am now in my mid-20s and I have graduated twice: both of which are medical courses and both of which are not related to my current line of work. I could present to you a complete narration of why I spent, or rather [...]
The Anxiety of Ambition
By GWEN FOSTER DISCUSSED: anxiety, anxiety, anxiety Ambition needs three perfect ingredients to make a fulfilling enough meal to last a course of a lifetime: hard work, skills and perfect opportunities. It’s not just doing well in what you do, nor is it not knowing what you do. It’s not just meeting the right people, [...]
When I Grow Up, I’ll Turn the Tables
By ADI LOPEZ DISCUSSED: working in video production, living in constant awe, and making your vision possible My childhood was spent reading newspaper articles and watching R-Rated horror movies with my recently-retired and chain-smoking grandfather. Besides a fondness for second-hand smoke, I’ve developed an affinity not only for the written and spoken word, but for [...]
Prisoners of Memory
By ALA PAREDES DISCUSSED: tradition, letting go, legacies, endings, beginnings I begin writing this just a few weeks after ending a long-term relationship, and with that, I sever my very last ties with tradition. This relationship was the vessel that carried the cargo of many of my hopes and plans for the future, plans that [...]
The Joy of Hate
By DANTE GAGELONIA DISCUSSED: Making hate work for you One of the things I’ve learned to do well in the last two years is hate. There’s an odd sense of calming purity to it, if it’s managed efficiently and enjoyed fully. The challenge, of course, is figuring out how to do that without killing yourself [...]
To Phil Younghusband: Stop Being So White!
by DUFFIE HUFANA OSENTAL DISCUSSED: The advantages of Caucasian heritage, Height insecurities, and other NON-RACIST topics To be born an Englishman is to win first prize in the lottery of life. -Cecil Rhodes Okay, I’m really happy for the Azkals. Even if they’re oddly-named and don’t even try to play the kind of football I [...]
Hate Night
By MARLA CABANBAN DISCUSSED: imagining a confrontation with the worst part of yourself Hate makes her way inside an empty room. She drags her feet and hangs her head low. She has her balled up fists and her clenched jaw to keep herself steady. She doesn’t understand why she was called in for a cross [...]
The Bitchness Business Review
By EDU IBAZETA DISCUSSED: The business of being a bitch, Throwing your hands up at us, Taylor Swift Cleopatra up following annual report; Marie Antoinette continues to drop. Cleopatra PLC stocks rose today by 57.56 points after reporting strong bitch figures from the previous quarter. During the briefing, the board revealed their long-term plans, providing [...]
The Great Asshole Triumvirate
By NIñA CAYABAN DISCUSSED: Assholes, History, and how apparently New Slang is now your most reliable source for stuff that actually happened In this day and age when the definition of the word “asshole” is that person who cuts in front of you at Starbucks–when you’ve clearly been waiting for-freakin-ever to order a grande java chip frappuccino [...]
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