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Hooks + Books
Perks of the chronically online
If you spend enough time on the internet, not just scrolling but really absorbing its strange rhythm, your brain eventually…
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Hooks + Books
Raised by roosters
My childhood mornings in Isabela began with the cry of roosters. For most people, it was just countryside background noise,…
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Causes + Bosses
The quiet accusation
They don’t have to say it out loud. I’ve learned to recognize the silence. Every time a professor mentions “ISIS,”…
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Causes + Bosses
‘Hoy, Pinoy ako!’
Many Filipinos, who are born and raised locally, are familiar with the catchphrase “Hoy, Pinoy ako!” sung by the prominent…
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Revelations + Destinations
Season to taste
When I was 9 years old, I tasted something new. I was visiting the Philippines with my father. Red-hot charcoal…
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