There is something quietly heavy about hitting a low point mid-year. Maybe you are a public school teacher on your fifth class, sweat dripping, trying to teach a lesson you crammed at 4 a.m. Or a college student staring at a borrowed laptop, turning in a paper that feels more like
November 2, 2025
Something tender unfolds every second of November. Streets slow down, homes fill with the scent of wax and rice cakes, and cemeteries stir with unexpected warmth. Despite being centered on the dead, All Souls’ Day feels very much alive. For many families, it is not a grim ritual or religious obligation—it
November 1, 2025
Some of the absolute greatest life improvements do not arrive in bottles, on our phones, or at a high-end price tag. They appear free, lying unobtrusively around us—not endorsed by influencers, no, but by our lolas. And we overlook them, assuming they are too simple to make a difference. At schools,
October 29, 2025
There’s something about how certain political statements manage to land far from the original point—illogical, jarring, and, frankly, baffling. They often do not seem to follow from anything previously said or done, yet they are thrown out with such conviction that listeners are momentarily stunned, nodding along, trying to make sense
October 28, 2025
Some pandemics do not come with breaking news or body counts. They show up quietly, like the damp heat in a crowded office—felt, but unnamed. These are not viral outbreaks but everyday habits we have slowly accepted: the shortcuts we take, the rest we ignore, the disconnection we defend. They do
October 27, 2025
He did not look the part. No thick glasses, no medals, no highfalutin words. He barely spoke in class. But one day, when our math teacher scribbled a tough problem on the board and everyone froze, he casually stood up, solved it with quiet ease, then sat back down. No fuss.
October 26, 2025
When the title becomes yours—principal, director, or president—remember this: people may hear your speeches, but they will believe only your walk. Leadership doesn’t live in programs or papers—it lives in the hallways. The smell of chalk and coffee tells more stories than any speech can. Be there often. Be early. Be
October 25, 2025
Imagine having a soft piano and a few bold lines rattle your worldview. That is what John Lennon’s Imagine did in 1971—and still does. It quietly invites us to dream in just three minutes, not with lullabies, but with questions that unsettle the world as we know it. “Imagine there’s no
October 24, 2025
You do not need to understand Euler to be in awe of him. Just the fact that many of us unknowingly use his legacy daily in our classrooms, computations, or even memes (yes, Euler’s Identity made it to Reddit and TikTok) proves the kind of timeless mind we are talking about.
October 23, 2025
In a small university in the Visayas, a new graduate program is on hold—not for lack of students or ideas, but because of paperwork. Under CHED Memorandum Order No. 15, s. 2019, a school cannot offer a master’s or doctoral degree unless it has four full-time professors with PhDs in the
October 22, 2025
