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FoodStanding a bit over eight feet high and painted bright green with little caricatures of sunnies-wearing cactii, Plaza de Taqueria’s stall is made of a container van. Not quite a truck or the usual temporary wood kiosk, the Mexican cantina is just one of 14 container-vans-turned-kitchens that make up Box Park. 15 minutes away from […]
July 20, 2016
Imagine sitting in a classroom at Berchmans Hall. Sunlight is streaming in through the window, the harsh rays burning your skin. You’ve already run out of ways to cool down using your Philosophy reading (Habermas can only do so much)—ranging from using it to shield your eyes from the glare, to fanning yourself repeatedly. Those […]
April 14, 2016
Theater & ArtsAt the mention of “Intramuros,” most people are struck by the memories of their grade school field trips–riding kalesas, staring in awe at the guards dressed in old-fashioned Spanish-era uniforms, visiting the ancestral home that is Casa Manila, or following Rizal’s golden footsteps in Fort Santiago. Intramuros has always been distinctly identified as the historic […]
December 15, 2015
When it comes to social media, when one comes across a “Pls share” post either asking for donations for a cause or spreading awareness about a stray cockroach that somehow found its way inside the packaging of a food item, there are people who mindlessly scroll past, and those who take the time to read […]
November 8, 2015
Kelsey Merritt was working on a paper in Pampanga when she got an email from New York-based agency Wilhelmina Models. “Alam mo na nasa Pampanga ako, na gumagawa ako ng paper, tas biglang… SUBJECT: Wilhelmina Models (You know, I was in Pampanga doing a paper, when suddenly…SUBJECT: Wilhelmina Models),” Kelsey shares. “I was like, ‘Wait […]
November 4, 2015
Illustration by Josephus T. Nugraha Three finals, two research papers, a panel defense and a quiz thrown in just to mess with you—all signs of the dreaded hell week(s). Who doesn’t love the smell of deadlines in the morning? While the Loyola Schools campus come midterms or finals week isn’t exactly like the hell described in Dante’s […]
March 23, 2015
Theater & ArtsA set word count is always a pain. Sticking to it is never easy, because you’re always either way over it or ridiculously under it. The standard limit for short essays and articles is usually a 750-word minimum and a 1,000-word maximum. To illustrate, here’s a list of some things you can do with 750-1,000 […]
February 27, 2015
It’s almost Christmas, people. That means that you have less than days to go before Christmas! Did you just think, “Oh shoot. I haven’t gotten anyone anything!”? That’s understandable. Like most of us, you’ve probably been way too busy thinking about that Philo project due tomorrow rather than trying to figure out what to do with your Christmas […]
December 22, 2014
Vantage (V): Gaano na po kayo katagal nagtatrabaho dito? Emelie Escalera (EE): 16 years. Ang Skew Matrix, 11 years. Kasi ano kami, dati [kaming] Copylandia, tapos na-absorb kami ng Skew Matrix. V: Paano po kayo nakarating sa Ateneo? EE: Kasi nag-start ako, nag-apply ako. 1994 pa ako nag-start mag-xerox. [Nag-training] ako sa Abada sa Katipunan, […]
September 18, 2014