Peach and Red Sean Cua (Class 2021) black nights seem to swallow me whole creating a sense of dread. and wrong.ness; it smiles, a simple spell that haunts every little tiny hair fiber.Continue reading
Category: Literature
Cleaning Up
By Lorena Osorio (Class 2021) It only took two sharp raps on the plywood door. She had just set her bag down on the bare cement when the door swung open and the man insideContinue reading
Saranggola ni Pepe: Paano Lumikha ng Naratibo sa Wikang Filipino
Ni Mark Teo (Class 2023) Siyam na taong gulang pa lang ako noong narinig ko sa radyo ang kanta ni Celeste Legaspi na Saranggola ni Pepe. Bukod sa aking katuwaan dahil sa tonong kung saanContinue reading
Nitelite
by Mark Teo in this cost complicated as the evening looms and the owls stir electrified flashing eyes in the gloom bringing back to me my darling who i lost the other day holdsContinue reading
China Rich Girlfriends – Where Matters of the Heart are Matters of the Money
A Book Review by Sean Cua (Class 2021) Several months ago, I was walking along UP Town Center with my mom, the two of us leisurely passing the time until my dad would finally finish hisContinue reading
Age of Happy
By Paul Kenny Ko (Class 2021) It is scary to be happy Because to be happy Means to have something Something valuable Worth stealing And it is bound to happen The constant fight for happyContinue reading
IT’S EASIER SAID THAN DONE.
Jonathan Espejo Sy, M.D. Class of 2017 University of the Philippines College of Medicine That’s a line I’ve heard from friends, colleagues, and mentors alike. I remember wanting to become a doctor when I wasContinue reading
Tell Me How I Can Forgive Myself
by Lordom Grecia (Class 2021) Forgive yourself, they said, because that was the only way to start over again, to be whole again, to live again. I want to, oh trust me I do, butContinue reading
shhhhh
by Iya de Claro (Class 2023) silence. that’s all that there was to it. it was a deadly silence between us that pierced through every part of my being, every phospholipid bilayer of every cellContinue reading
Th-F
by Paul Kenny Ko (Class 2021) Spirits wearing off Chatters to whispers Whispers to silence Heads implanting on pillows Blankets; Warmth blankets Oscillating, Lulling fan … A heavy heart travels In a sky of blackContinue reading