By Jan Amber Reyes, 21 Thomasian Writers Guild,University of Santo Tomas The phone rang. She said she’s Ms. Imposter Syndrome. As a pasmado, it 's okay if I stain my fingertips with ink or coat the keys on my laptop with sweat when writing. However, something is worse. I am plagued with...
By Elysa Karrel Roces, 17 Ateneo de Manila University I had never been one to believe in fate. Sure, one small, seemingly irrelevant action could take me to places I wouldn’t have gotten to see without some feeling of divine intervention. But for what others called destiny, I saw reason. I did...
By Jayke Brylle Balanrayos I have only stood on the national stage once, but once was enough. The National Schools Press Conference (NSPC) is painted as the pinnacle of campus journalism, a destination reserved for the cream of the crop. For many, it is the dream; the culmination of months of...
By Hailey C. Cardenas, 19 Far Eastern University I think time is a social construct. Not in the pretentious, I-don’t-believe-in-deadlines way but in that quiet realization that humanity made time because we were afraid of not knowing when things begin and when they end. Historians tell us...
Ma. Theresa Lampasa, 21 I grew up in a loving family that nurtured me and shaped me into a child full of purpose and hope. My childhood felt warm and secure. My family always made my birthdays feel magical. No matter how tight the money was, they found ways to surprise me: a small cake,...
By Meingel Damayon, 22 Bachelor of Secondary Education major in Social Studies University of Rizal System There is a specific kind of silence that settles in during your final semester. It feels like both a promise and an ending at once. I was chatting with a colleague about how strange this year...
By Jacel Dhafnie Lolo, 22 Journalism City of Malabon University Every Filipino household carries its own set of traditions during the Lenten season. For me, it has always been a time to reignite, or sometimes rediscover, my faith. It offers a pause from the usual rush of everyday life, a week...
By Aeisha Shaina Marie C. Salvador, 21 First-year AB Mass Communication AMA University – Online Education History bores most students and I used to be one of them. I know how it feels to memorize this and that, like who was born when and what happened where. It often felt like we were expected to...
By Rea Joy Reyes, 24 If you asked me what scares me right now, I might say snakes or worms. I’d probably laugh and even add ghosts, or any fear you can name, picture, and outrun. But if you asked me at 3 a.m., with beer in our hands and the world already asleep, I would admit something heavier....
By Phoebe Gwynn Francisco, 24 "Wait, is this it?" For many fresh graduates, the “dream job” is the ultimate prize. I thought I had won. I landed a role that genuinely excited me weeks before my graduation gown was even ironed. Coming from a heavy background in student leadership and campus...
By Joren Kycer Agnes Apoya, 21 Asian Development Foundation College Inc. Independence: a word that best describes youth, adulthood, and everything in between. It could be the first decision you made without seeking validation from others, or the moment when you finally stood up and owned the space...
By Renee Caitlyn Benitez, 20 3rd year Interior Design De La Salle College of Saint Benilde “Who in their right mind would enter a new sport while being a full-time student at the same time?” This was a thought that made me hesitate before I ultimately came down to the decision to do it anyway....
