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The essay was written four days before the author succumbed to a massive stroke. This story, about his grandfather, is his last essay Before sunrise,...

Can you define, for me, the essay?

I have, more than once dreamt, of the chance to reach out to as many students and teachers of writing as possible, be that...

The Little Prince of six-strings cross paths with the Rogue Traveler

  Three claps silenced the whole place. Everyone transfixed their gaze to the person on the stage, the Executive Director of Alliance Française de Manille,...

Science and the supernatural: Filipino folklore through a scientific lens

Even with the rise of science and technology, Filipino folklore is still passed on from generation to generation – including stories of creatures and...

Those haunted places

Creepy, ghostly, and notorious spots.” That is how the Life magazine described “the world’s most haunted places.” Life has come up with a book filled with blood-curdling photos and eerie stories about the world’s creepiest spots.  It was Charles Dickens who stimulated the editors, writers and photographers to...

And the award for best sound effects goes to…

It must have been a dark and stormy night when a classmate of ours from law school, identity undetermined and gender unknown, sat down and put the finishing touches on his thesis. (I use the possessive “his” because the story that follows must...

The ides of a university

Intelligence-gathering, when conducted by the Armed Forces of the Philippines, becomes less of an undercover op and more of wish-fulfillment in that it could really use some intelligence. After identifying 18 universities and colleges as alleged hotbeds of recruitment for the Communists, the...

“The other side of midnight”

Allow me to get a few things clear before beginning: I’ve never been to the United States, never really had any aspirations of traveling there, and certainly have no in-depth knowledge about American politics. It’s hard enough keeping up with the ludicrous charade...

When semester ends in Ilocos

From a terror professor to a perfectionist boss. From a thrilling thesis oral defense to unending weekly reports. From lively classrooms to silent offices. From a two-month annual summer break to a two-day, incomplete rest in a week. Indeed such big differences for...

Fortune Life achieves another milestone on its 8th Values Advocacy Program

    Another milestone has been achieved by Fortune Life Insurance Company as it continued its legacy in promoting and honoring the hard work and discipline of Filipino Teachers and School Officials in the country last September 12 at Bulwagan ng Karunungan, DepEd Central Office...

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