Young Underpaid Professionals

Under the Storm: 150 poets, 150 pieces of...

Jim Morrison said it best, “Listen, real poetry doesn't say anything; it just ticks off the possibilities. Opens all doors. You can walk through any one that suits you.” I’ll admit it on the outset – I can’t write poetry. Good thing the inability to write poetry (or at least poetry that...

To Which Devices Have You Descended?

I made a mistake once that I will never forget. Not only did I end up with the wrong person, I BECAME someone I never thought I’d become – insular, self-centered and, worst of all, initially blind to these flaws. No need to bother you with too many of the gory details (this is not a tabloid...

Surviving SAD: A Guide for Singles on Valentine’s...

Rio's Note: This is a list cobbled up by Lei, aka Chibichan, listing all the things one can do when one is found better-halfless on Heart's Day. Go to a Happy Place (aka Gay Bar) - you are going to be safe here as the only couple you will have the chance to see will probably be “nuts”. Learn...

For the Love of Buses: EDSA Blast

Most yuppies working in Metro Manila commute to and from work – some on the MRT and LRT lines, others in cabs, and others still in buses and jeepneys. Personally, I am a bus person. I like buses. My problem is, that mode of transportation doesn’t seem so safe anymore. Yesterday, I was almost late...

The Road Trip North

So last Friday I embarked on my first trip for 2011 (which in my mind, had been labeled as a year for adventure) with my friend Rem. Baguio was recently reported to be at frigid tundra temperatures, so when Rem gave me a choice between frigid tundra and new territory, I chose the latter. We were to drive...

Natanga Lang: A Love Story, further details

A few days ago, a brilliant brain fart – wait no. Actually, it was Rica sarcastically telling me a great title for a Star Cinema movie (Joel Lamangan, have your people call my people. We’ll do lunch, preferably with John Lloyd Cruz). “Natanga Lang: A Love Story” has then evolved to a creative...

Happy Holidays!

Ah, the holidays. They are upon us once again and though I know this post is late, this is the only time of year when I can legitimately use the excuse that ‘It’s the thought that counts.’ This can be further explained really, and as Rica put it, the end of year always signals the end of wit (at...

Travel Package to Hong Kong and Shenzhen...

Yuppie travelers, assemble! If you’re interested in taking an affordable trip to Hong Kong and Shenzhen in January 2011, then you may want to grab this deal: PHP 10,999 Hong Kong & Shenzhen Tour Package – 4days / 3nights - Roundtrip airfare via Hongkong Express, HK tax and airline fuel surcharge -...

Corpo Days of the Weak

Moanday. According to the Overlord herself, Moanday is the day of the week when you moan that you don’t want to go to work. You moan through breakfast that you will come down with the flu at any second (you even try a few coughs to hurry it along), you moan while waiting for the FX, and you moan all...

Yuppie Updates: the Triumvirate discusses...

The Triumvirate of Evil (Rica, The Overlord, and I) have been working on, in and with the Internet long enough to know that: One. The surefire ways to be popular on the world wide web include posting porn, disgusting things, flamebait, and lolcatz. Unfortunately, we have none of those things or...

Stories in 150 words or less: convos, status...

First, let me start this scalding Thursday post with an early morning convo; one of those typical exchanges I have with Rica once in a while: Rio: parang may kilala akong ganyan kadense Rio: hahaha Rica: ULUPONG Rio: hindi ikaw UNGAS Rica: ah buti Rica: akala ko ako na naman Rica: not everything...

Elections 2010: Oh, the Kafka-ness of it...

We live in a country where surreal is everyday life, where the improbable happens once the right people will it, and where even the laws of physics are bent out of shape, and most of us have all come to accept it (well, not everybody, just most). To an outsider, our open acceptance and tolerance of corrupt...