The Jeepney Driver’s Playlist
Photo by Carmelle Chua Gacasan “Isaac, will you mind me playing my dad’s playlist again?” “Not at all, captain. Go ahead.” — Song: Ang Bayan Kong Sinilangan — Artist: Asin — The...
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A Day in the Shoes of the Traffic Light
Illustration by Mar Eway It’s 12 noon and it’s the same old day. I have the best job ever. I stand here every single day, under the direct heat of the sun, telling...
USC’s Future by the Elements
Photo by Jessa Marie Pedrola Before it was the institution that we know of today, the University of San Carlos had to trudge a rocky path. In the heat of World War II, the school...
The Tales of the Pearl and the Dragon
Illustration by Karez Capa In the mountainous outlands of Northern Luzon, there lay a village called Hannanga where a warrior by the name of Aliguyon was born. He was intelligent, skillful and eager to learn about...
A Loaded Question
Photo by Dorothy Lee I accompanied Marie to her usual, bordering on obsessive, after-school habit. The girl ran like clockwork. She turned to the corner where a beggar had taken his spot for a...
The Beast of USC
Photo by Keith Ayuman Every university worth its salt has ghost stories. Haunted retreat houses, campuses built on old battlefields, that sort of thing. Perhaps it shouldn’t come as a surprise that our...
Who is Jose Rizal’s Unsung Hero?
Photo by Eloise Yuson Diaz Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda. His name is one our history teachers force us to repeat until it is stuck in our minds forever. His name is mentioned...
Need, Not Want
Photo by Erica Nicole Jabel My parents asked me: “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Everyone expects from everyone. That is why, even as children, we were asked this certain question, and...
Just Millennial Things
Photo by Eloise Yuson Diaz Anyone who was born on the 1980s up to the mid-2000s is probably reading this article—or any other article, or browsing for the next big thing on an app,...
