poverty
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Causes + Bosses
When our votes gamble the future
The sound of vehicles blaring their horns echoes across the highway. Tires roll endlessly on burning roads, while the city…
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Revelations + Destinations
The 13th-month divide
We were riding a tricycle on our way to the nearest mall to treat ourselves after a long day of…
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Causes + Bosses
Rejected cents and sentiments
I thought it was just a usual night walking back home from a tiring day at school. While climbing up…
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Causes + Bosses
A privilege to carry
For many of us, education isn’t just a right—it’s a lifeline, a means to lift us out of poverty. Looking…
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Revelations + Destinations
The smell
My parents never taught me how to walk through floods. I would just sit on our old house’s declining wooden…
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Causes + Bosses
The rusted teaspoon
Is this how it goes? Growing up, the saying about being born with a silver spoon or a wooden ladle…
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Revelations + Destinations
‘Sakto lang’
Life has often been described as a journey filled with peaks and valleys, and while this analogy holds true for…
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Baes + Babies
Uncertainty
On my way home from work one night, I took the FX as always. I was the only passenger.
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Revelations + Destinations
To kill a dream
As we opened the balikbayan box from South Korea, my Tita handed me a textbook about the history of humankind.…
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