Literary

Inside Out 2: Illuminating the Human Experience

Inside Out 2: Illuminating the Human Experience

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEjhY15eCx0 HUMANS BY nature are multi-faceted. Aside from their experiences, their emotions contribute to their place in this world. Be it negative or positive emotions, these feelings fill in the gaps of who they truly are. But when a person's emotions become uncontrollable, one feeling tends to overpower the rest.…
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Graduation Reverie

Graduation Reverie

IN MY peripheral view, I could see their tassels sway from the thrill of taking family and group photos. As everyone took pride in their hard-earned medals, I stared into the expanse of blue-hooded togas. I ruminated about our individuality and the experiences that brought us closer.   The atmosphere of…
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Last To-do List (Annotated)

Last To-do List (Annotated)

TO-DO LIST: May 31, 2024 0700: Breakfast.  “Kuya, dating gawi,” I said. Upon my request, the lugaw vendor prepared my usual order of plain porridge, tofu and egg. I wished I would also remember as well as he did. Garlic, chili oil and sweet vinegar; I seasoned well what I…
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Artlets reign in 39th Gawad Ustetika

Artlets reign in 39th Gawad Ustetika

SEVENTEEN ARTLETS bagged awards in the 39th Gawad Ustetika Gabi ng Parangal on Saturday, May 4, at the Buenaventura Garcia Paredes, O.P. building. Creative writing senior Marie Claire Lagrisola won the Rector’s Literary Award for her essay Isang Liham ng Isang Dating Atleta, which also topped the Sanaysay category. The…
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Malayang Lumipad

Malayang Lumipad

maleta’y balot at may pangalang sigaw pinagugulong palayo sa tahanan ng kamay na naglalagalag sa paliparan sa muling pagpatapon sa malayong lunan   kakatok sa kapalaran, hihiling ng sagana kaakibat ay litrato lang ang makapipiling nang ilang taong ngayon ang simula buhat nang tumalikod sa mga abang supling   sa…
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Abandoned Slum and the Whalehead Man

Abandoned Slum and the Whalehead Man

The Whalehead Man wanders through a deserted slum somewhere in Metro Manila.  Abandoned spaces, abandoned memories. Gloomy is the sun, casting unmoving shadows.  The air was an alien thing, too, filled with suffocating silence. No human activity.  The Whalehead Man hears no heartbeat or breath: no rustling clothes or children’s…
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APLAYA: The Art of Giving and Receiving

APLAYA: The Art of Giving and Receiving

In its 43rd season of Junior Theater’s Literacy Production, Artistang Artlets, the Faculty of Arts and Letters’ official theater guild, showcased APLAYA at the St. Raymund de Peñafort’s building on April 13. Directed by Mari Ymanuel Roxas and led by Azrah Louise Halili, the play explored the themes of personal ambition and…
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Fill the void

Fill the void

INSIDE ME, everything exists, like lousy tenants I cannot seem to kick out. And likewise, within places I have stepped foot in are remnants of me. My bodily fluids or my laughter replay inside the tenants’ minds. I wonder if it is as crowded over there as it is in…
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