As a hypersocial adult who’s been stuck at home on a reduced income with the possibility of a medical emergency looming, the last few months have felt like practice for retirement life. It really made me think about my retirement savings plan (or lack thereof). If I’m honest, the term “saving for retirement” makes me...
In Granada, renowned Spanish playwright and poet Federico Garcia Lorca is everywhere and nowhere. The airport of the fabled pais is named after him. His residence is now a museum. His poetry and plays are kept and read in the grand universities and stages of Spain. But the remains of Federico Garcia Lorca are nowhere....
Keyboard warriors took to the Internet when news broke two weeks ago that Netflix lost thousands of subscribers in the first three months of 2022, and will further lose two million subscribers in the next three months to July. The last time this happened was 11 years ago when Netflix lost one million subscribers because...
Photos by Charles Buban Who needs an alarm clock when you are awakened on cue by the barking and meowing, the rattling of chow bowls, and the occasional growling and hissing? No, you don’t need one when you live with six dogs and four cats. I had my first pet dog when I was 10...
Having lived on the fringes of Metro Manila—for a long time in North Caloocan and in recent years in Las Piñas City—I have experienced all sorts of misfortunes and difficulties while commuting to Manila and Makati where I studied and worked. In fact, I must have ticked all the boxes representing the difficulties that commuters...
The battle is on the ground, among the people, hence ‘Teatro Tao sa Tao’ “Fuenteovejuna did it!” Those were some of the last words I uttered on the stage before the world was forced into lockdown. That scene with the entire townsfolk was also the last time I spent inside the theater with my mentor...
There is an almost child-like ebullience in artist Robert Alejandro’s works promoting Vice President Leni Robredo’s presidential candidacy. Done in various shades of pink, Robredo’s official campaign color, the artworks are full of hope, joy, and whimsy. It is easy to imagine that such positive vibes are coming from someone living a life of ease...
SO MUCH is said about the presidency being destiny. Unfortunately, the Philippines’ destiny is also tied up with whoever destiny brings to the presidency. In recent memory, among those who can be said to have been favored by destiny to become president were Corazon Aquino, the housewife and grieving widow, and Rodrigo Duterte, the foul-mouthed...
