15: Ambition
Ambition, Noun
By REGINA BAUTISTA This comic was originally published in Cereal Saturdays. Regina Bautista recently abandoned a cozy corporate day job, churning out puns for an ad agency, to write and draw her life in comic book form. Rough drafts of ruminations on her daily existence can be found here. In case it hasn’t become dead [...]
Mr. Jesus and the Meat Grinder
By P. RAFAEL MERCADO 1. It happens once in a while, some adult, who, upon having their own dreams dashed by some engrained reality principle, decides to ask you at a party your parents are throwing because it’s Christmas or something: “What are you going to be?” Then you say something inane. Doctor, lawyer, chemist, [...]
The Weight of a Polar Bear, Madame? Why, Enough to Break the Ice Of Course
By KATHERINE LIMCAOCO DIAZ DISCUSSED: The criminality of a life plan, what ambition is really about, how to properly answer a terrifying first-date question One of the most terrifying questions on a first date has to be, “So what do you want to do?” It’s hard enough to decide on the night’s outfit, an entree, [...]
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By JULIANNE PASCUAL DISCUSSED: Paranoia, the next ten years, standards of importance, and immersion in the nothingness of things Morning I wake up to a serenade of sorts, “Sugar pie, honey bunch, you know that I love you!” Sadly, this profession of love is coming from my iPhone that’s only doing its job as my [...]
What I would do with a BA in English
By PAIGE OCCENOLA DISCUSSED: Perpetual Students, The next five years, Careers in fashion Five years from now I’ll be twenty-four, and I hope that means “grown-up” but not quite. I’d be renting a place my blockmate’s family owns, and every month we’d be using my share of the rent to buy booze. I hope to have a [...]
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 [...]
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