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Over the weekend, I found myself riding a bus headed up north. Right in front of me was a kid I presumed was in preschool—seated next to her mom. As curious as kids go, I shifted my focus to their conversation when she asked her mom how fog is formed. I wasn’t quite sure if […]
In 2020, it felt like everything took a pause. When lockdowns were imposed in the entire country, a lot of businesses were gravely affected. Many workers feared losing their jobs, with some actually losing their sources of income. Indeed, the pandemic shifted our lives in ways we never knew would happen. Fast forward to today, […]
One of the many challenges we face daily is our productivity. If you ever experienced dragging yourself from bed to work, you are definitely not alone. There would be days when no matter how hard we tried to work or squeeze our brains to produce a satisfactory output, we just couldn’t. If you ever wonder […]
Just like that, we are already on the second to the last month of 2021. With so many things seemingly happening in a blink of an eye, we sometimes couldn’t help but wish that things were a tad bit slower. But since it’s physically impossible to command time to slow down, maybe listening to good […]
Halloween, it’s that time of the year when kids and kids-at-heart can dress up. Be whatever they want and be whoever they want to be. Two years from our pandemic-ridden days, many of us have surely missed the fun and excitement of celebrating the season. But thanks to medical advancements and the seemingly improving pandemic […]
Baguio, The Summer Capital of the country, has reopened its doors to fully vaccinated travellers since the closure of its borders in August due to the rise of COVID-19 cases in the city. Baguio announced that it would be open to welcome 2,000 tourists per day starting October 25. With that, visitors who have been […]
(This article may contain some spoilers) This may already be two years late, but over the weekend, I stumbled upon the third episode of season 1’s Modern Love titled “Take me as I am, whoever I am” which talked about bipolar disorder. First, Modern Love is a series from Amazon Prime inspired by personal essays […]
Language continuously changes; terms that are neither new nor old start to resurface. One could even use language as a gauge when history is repeating itself. If you have at least a mobile phone that could access Facebook and other social media platforms, you would have already been exposed to some terms that are being […]
Over the weekend, Carlos Yulo competed for the 2021 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Kitakyushu City, Japan. He was among the 196 male gymnasts representing a portion of the 56 participating nations. Yulo competed for floor exercise, where he was defending his title, Vault, and Parallel bars. Despite losing his title defense after placing […]
In 2019, the Philippines had the distinction of having more diabetes cases than our more developed neighbouring countries. We ranked 5th behind China, Japan, Indonesia, and Thailand. The research also showed that nearly 4 million Filipinos have diabetes. Today, it remains to be one of the Top 10 leading causes of death in the country. […]