An Epic Tale Regrets, I have many. Especially being born into this family. But that’s for another time, you see. So let’s get back to my life in Uni. (Verse 1) Six years in the halls of academia, yeah, I was on a roll, Joined CompSoc, started runnin’ the show, …

This Father’s Day, let’s raise a glass to the men in our lives who have shaped us — your father, my uncle, my father, your uncle, and his father, someone’s uncle, and so on. But for my Tatay #Atoy, a toast might not be his style, as he always favored…

Since its inception, Apple has been a pioneer in pushing the boundaries of technology, delivering innovation and user-centric design in all their products. The new Vision Pro Headset is no exception. It is not just a leap, but a quantum leap in the realm of virtual reality, bringing with it…

I am hoping that “Wit writ” be interpreted as “wit written” or “wit expressed in writing.” I was aiming for a tagline that suggests cleverness or brilliance expressed through my words ‘writ’ in my particular “unholy” style, as I trample on the illusive gap between prose and poetry — well…

On the banks of the Pasig River, nestled in the heart of historic old Manila town, once stood a sentinel of time and communication — the Manila Central Post Office. A symbol of the city’s resilience and a beacon of its rich history, this neoclassical monument has been more than…

I asked ChatGPT, “Why is fashion important? Remind me what the argument was in the movie and the book, ‘The Devil Wears Prada’?” “According to The Guardian, the movie is one of the few films that really does make an attempt to proclaim fashion as a valuable and creative art…

Dianong’s Store circa 1940’s @Samuel Vytiaco, @Hennie Vytiaco, @Lino Vytiaco, @Lucia [walang] Klass: This is the ancestral home that you have abandoned, forsaken, and left to rot. Don’t you hear the voices from the past, their faces staring back at you, whispering their wish to not be forgotten? Are you…

In the more than twenty years between Marcos and Duterte, where has our country gone? Everywhere around us the world has changed. Meanwhile, here in the Philippines, we are perpetually stuck in the “kilig” and drama of telenovelas, and the promise of easy money from noontime shows. The covid crisis…

47 years you’ve been here in my lifetime out of your 85. Nary a day without you near my mind, my heart, or by my side. Never too far to talk to, never beyond our reach. All my life I’ve looked up to you, all your life you never tired…