Upgrading the Jeepney: Yes or Yes?

In line with its PUV Modernization Program, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) seeks to replace outdated public utility vehicles with cleaner and safer transport (Testa, 2017). This, of course, has created a huge outcry against the supposed elimination of one of the cheapest modes of public transport in our country: the jeepney. Photo taken from …

Samsung Galaxy Note 5: Is Next Now?

The Galaxy Note 5 was released in August 2015, sporting some similar features to its predecessor, the Note 4, and the Galaxy S6. It was priced at around 62,000 pesos. At the time of its release in South Korea, the Note 5 exceeded the rate of sales of previous phones in the series. The phone …

Ant-man and the Wasp (2018)

(Photo from Michalakis, 2018). In the lighthearted sequel to the fantasy/sci-fi movie Antman, Lang is under house arrest after his stint with the Avengers in Civil War. Not on speaking terms with Hank and Hope, Lang spends his time making up elaborate games for his daughter, Cassie, helping Luis in their business, and doing anything …

brother’s birthday banquet

My brother's birthday came like any other 13-year-old's birthday: greetings and gifts accepted sleepily, a Facebook account made for him finally, and a birthday dinner in Robinson's Magnolia after school. Yabu: House of Katsu is a Japanese restaurant tucked into the lower ground floor of the mall. Their specialty is, well, katsu, or cutlets of …

foundation, highlighter. concealer, eyeliner. eyebrow pencil, lipstick, blush. teasing, hairspray. a dress ill never wear again. shoes only for the occasion. look in the mirror beauty? step closer till your hands touch the glass who am i? a shell, a salon doll stares at me powdered, pigmented will paint covering flaws they think augmented, beautiful, …

tired night forcing tired love poetry all i want you think of me

radio

switch her on and let her play topic to topic, she drones away you don't mind, you tune out background noise for your game thoughts a real person or a radio? when you're bored, to whom you go? when you're busy, who do you put on? a blessing or a distraction? i am more than …

a student-athlete

The tired late nights when you get home Dust from the gym on you and your clothes How was school? Good. Training? Greaaat. The smile on your face as you recall the plays Hours of footwork, sweat, and shouts So long and also not enough Washing your wounds, you count them all Each rally where …

it’s night down there now

metal walls bounce my thoughts back in he’s asked me finally; I won't answer him trapped in a paradise trapped in a sphere the future is now but my present isn’t here it’s night down there now, what do they see? scanning the clouds for a sign of the free are you angry? I understand …

Tu casa

Visiting relatives is a regular but enjoyable chore in our lives. For a day, their houses become our homes too. My father's mother still lives in the house he grew up in, with one of his sisters and a lot of stray pets. Everything is covered in a layer of time and smells like dog. …