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Saving Private Ryan was my introduction to brutality. When I saw the first ten notes of the movie on a relative’ cable tv, I knew my fifth grade self couldn’t take a minute more. It wasn’t until years later that I had the courage to properly watch what became to be my personal greatest war […]
(7-minute read) On May 27, 1906, two Coast Guard cutters arrived in the island paradise of Culion, Palawan. They carried 370 passengers, fetched from various locations in the Philippine Islands, some with visible lesions on their skins, some with deformities in their limbs and extremities. These passengers were determined to be suffering from Hansen’s disease, […]
This essay was an assignment for Jessica Zafra’s Writing Bootcamp last November. We were tasked to think of a song and the emotions we associate with it. The writer POV must be in the second person. The trip took eight sweltering hours. For a reason unknown to you, you have to move from the big […]
This movie trailer is what movie trailers should aspire to be. Megyn Kelly (Charlize Theron), Gretchen Carlson (Nicole Kidman), and a yet nameless Fox News employee (Margot Robbie) together in an elevator, the second floor button pressed. The two anchors sneaked glances at Robbie who looked like a sheep on its way to the wolf’s […]
A northern Palawan vacation would not be complete without a trip to its crown jewel—El Nido. I never get tired of the limestone cliffs that greet me whenever I return. This time around, we had a pleasant surprise waiting for us. The local government took action to further improve the tourism sector of the municipality. […]
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