Since the day my elementary mind started absorbing a few truths of the world, I have been taught that the Filipino overseas worker is the new breed of hero. Bagong bayani, they were called. It mattered to me because my father was one of those modern heroes, and because of it we became one of those modern absentee-parent families. It was the in thing, and 20 years later it has evolved to more than that. The trend was fortified not only into a social norm, but into a significant economic driver. The news now says nothing else but that the Philippines is…
Jay E. Tria
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Better articulated as “OMG happens now??” after the “kiss that rocked all social media” by the show’s fanatic Newbies (raises hand). I personally wasn’t there when Ross and Rachel were unraveling their romance in the sitcom game-changer FRIENDS, but I think it wouldn’t be as adorably dorky, fall-off-the-couch funny and witty as it is now with New Girl‘s Nick and Jess. Major props to showrunner Liz Meriwether for the genius timing and the awkwardness that followed suit. Critics be damned while the rest of us are glued to the tube and cursing the hot summer day this season ends. As…
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I had no plans of watching this film for two basic reasons – 1. I had virtually no time to waste, and 2. I was pretty much ready to retire Twilight and the entire concept of forbidden love in a little cramped box that is my adolescence. I thought we all have to stop romanticizing forever and grow up. But as a sucker for guilt trips and free tickets, I thought and hoped two more hours of adolescent cliche shouldn’t hurt very much. Based on a novel of the same name, the film Beautiful Creatures tells the tale of Ethan Wate,…
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Student: Sir, question! Professor: Are you sure that’s a question you cannot answer yourself? Student: asks question Professor: What do you think? I feel that the answer is obvious, so I am throwing it back to you. Professor: The outcome now is either pass or fail. If you are going to fail, might as well fail fighting! Professor after student presents his slides for consultation: I won’t tell you the answer. This is the kind of student work that annoys me. Sorry. Ah the perils of learning. I’m sure these will all be funny in the future. For now, the man…
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It just depends on the kind of product I come up with. Today, my products were: a level B stress work day, reading more New Girl “Tinfinity” reviews, panic-downloading 26 more STRAMA worksheets, and panic-writing a survey. All in all a good Thursday if I say so myself. #TGIFinoneminute!
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Friend: How do you eat an elephant? Me: On a taco? (direct quote, Robby to Schmidt on New Girl)