Third World rocking
Commercial success is not their business, but rocking (in) this unjust and oppressive social system is. They are the progressive...
Sprint
I’m not a runner, but every day, I feel the constant need to sprint. With the monotony of the current...
Old-world feeling
Late last year, Newsweek printed its last physical issue. Its issues are now all-digital, made specifically for tablets and phones...
Barotac Nuevo
When I was in Grade 5, I discovered that in the small provincial town of Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo, the genuine...
Cacti and I
It was not love at first sight. Cacti are not the most beautiful plants to behold. They look mean and...
What passion to pursue
“I AM Lionel Messi.” It’s an ambitious encouragement that I utter to myself every time I get hopeless in improving...
‘Grad-waiting’ blues
AS I write, I feel I should be excited and elated. This is the time I’ve been dreading.
On math, COVID-19, and hope
One thing this pandemic has taught me, a math major tired of looking at math without numbers, is that math...
Dreaming since 1993, awake now in 2021
Today, I wrote a letter to my future self. I’m scared. I’m terrified, and I’m sad about what lies for...
Together and apart
It has now been over a year since we left the normalcy that was pre-COVID-19 life. If I squint, I...
