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HypeIt’s hard to not love beauty products. They make you feel great, empowered, and beautiful. However, Filipinos have long been inclined to foreign products, instead of our own homegrown brands. In the shadow of the multinational skin care and make-up companies is a burgeoning industry based right here at home. While it seems to be […]
June 4, 2018
Theater & ArtsIt is a chilling scene. In a dim room, a wall is covered with photos of the dead and wailing. Photographed by Carlo Gabuco, the exhibit, entitled Ang Walang Pangalan, is one that transports viewers into the dark and grim world of those victimized by the extrajudicial killings in President Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war. It […]
June 4, 2018
MusicHip-hop has always been more of an underground operation in the local music scene, with the masses and radios leaning more towards head-banging rock. But 2017 has been different, as more bands have been coming out with newer fusions of different genres. A particular standout, arguably one of the best of this year, is the […]
January 29, 2018
Theater & ArtsSometimes you outgrow people. It’s a natural course of life, but what may follow is a lingering regret. Presented by the Fine Arts Department, the thesis play BFF chronicles this sentiment through a heartfelt coming of age story. Directed by Missy Maramara, the play, written by Anna Zeigler, follows Lauren (Alecx Lorica) as she switches […]
January 22, 2018
TV & FilmFilms like Ang Larawan do not come often. A dark horse in this year’s Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF), this one is a musical culmination of everything beautiful about Old Manila and Filipino theater. Winning Best Picture and several other awards during the MMFF Gabi ng Parangal, the film is based on the quintessential Nick […]
January 8, 2018
FoodWhen one thinks of the province of Ilocos, the crispy bagnet and the colonial architecture of Vigan come to mind. But beyond the regular tourist spots and dishes, there are cultural practices that lie within the famed cobblestoned streets and antique churches of Ilocos. On October 25, the Ateneo Sociology and Anthropology Department held the […]
November 14, 2017
HubIt’s a minute to 11:59 PM. You just typed in the last of your required 1000-something word paper. As you struggle to save the file and attach it to an e-mail, you think that perhaps the past two weeks shouldn’t have been spent drinking, lazing around, or doing org work. You tell yourself that next […]
November 6, 2017
FoodSisig is not a quiet food. It crackles on a sizzling plate, billowing smoke in the face of passersby. It always makes its presence known, especially when one is instantly drawn to the strong smell of its charcoaled meat and flavourful spices. A staple pulutan in bars, the dish is made up of pig entrails, […]
October 19, 2017
FoodEvery child dreams of a land filled with chocolate—a food of comfort and sweet wonder. In the Philippines, though, we don’t have our own Willy Wonka bar to wish for; instead, we grow up hearing names like Hershey’s, Cadbury, and Kinder. However, in places like Davao and Cotabato, there are farmers toiling at their own […]
October 18, 2017
MusicIn the distant past, ambiguous lyrics and head banging riffs a la “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (1991) were enough to make hits; today, a similar attempt would not fare as well with a critical audience. Unfortunately for The Killers, that’s all their newest album Wonderful Wonderful (2017) seems to present–a confused series of songs with […]
October 3, 2017