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...

The Antithesis Collective: Opening Its Doors

I hate it when people ask what I do for a living. Sometimes, I am tempted to answer “Chief Cook and Dishwasher” or “Senior Utusan” or just plain “Peon/Pisante” because those occupations are far easier to explain compared to Writer. When I say I am a writer, the follow up questions are “Where...

Kapit-kamay tayong dalawa...

Sa panulat ni Voltz Ito sana ang ideal na tagpong pampelikula: dapit-hapon sa dalampasigan, walang maririnig kundi ang huni ng mga ibon at paghampas ng mga alon. Holding hands while walking. Holding hands habang nagbubulungan kayo ng iniirog mo ng mga sweet nothings. Kaso, eto ang tagpo na nangyari:...

Lessons I Learned After the Fact: Double...

There are three lessons I learned from this entire ordeal: I hate hospitals in general, I <3 nurses, and I hate getting cut up. Oh, and throw in the fact that I should go for check-ups more often. How the whole thing started It started two weeks before I got admitted to the hospital (but I didn’t...

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...

The Young Underpaid Professional's Corpo...

Yep, it's another Fried-day gentle readers, and you're probably ready to spout fire by now. Here's another hit at the Young Underpaid Professional's Corpo Dictionary, from Moanday to the Manicorn. Moanday. According to the Overlord herself, Moanday is the day of the week when you moan that you don't...

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...

YuppieUniverse presents The Young Underpaid...

Do you know when Fried-day is? As functional and highly sarcastic Young Underpaid Professionals, we've come up with a Corpo Dictionary for all of you folks in the same soup as us. This is a completely open dictionary so feel free to send in your words and definitions. A word of warning though, personal...

The Yuppie Guide to Conquering the Universe:...

Last time, we discussed the basics of building a small business to augment your retirement fund. To recap, we discussed the requirements for starting a biz: time, capital, research, and balls. I assume that I didn’t have to say that like getting a part-time gig, you’ll also need to put in work into...

The Yuppie Guide to Conquering the Universe:...

In this episode of the Yuppie Guide, we’ll discuss something that most yuppies consider going into for extra income. There are several ways with which to go about setting up a small business and there are several kinds of small businesses you can try out. That said, we’ll limit each option to 500...