Category: Opinion

“TAMA NGA KAMI. TANGA NGA KAYO.” These were words in a graphic art seen online as various Kakampinks, supporters of former vice president Leni Robredo and former Senator Kiko Pangilinan, circulated online at the start of the month. These posts circulated after the continuous lapse of the government and the breakdown of “UniTeam,” the political party of President Bongbong Marcos and Vice President Sara Duterte, who seemingly lost their unity after its win during the elections.

SOMEWHERE, someone is thinking of whether or not their decision was right, may it be a menial one or a life-changing one. Either way, life is complex and built by decisions, and it is up to you to take the risk or let the risk take you.

BEING a fan of something, whether a person, show, sport, music, or even an animal, creates a ripple within our inner psyche. It becomes a drive that inspires us, evokes a sense of untapped happiness and excitement, perhaps motivating us to finish that research paper or even being an underlying force that leads to a long-term celebrity couple breaking up, TV shows getting canceled, concerts not selling out, or even leading a person to lose their career, reputation, and everything they’ve worked hard for. And that’s where it ends. It’s all fun and games until it’s not.

IN the world of music, interpolation involves integrating elements such as melodies, rhythms, or lyrics from one song into another. At the same time, sampling entails taking a portion of a sound recording and reusing it in a different song or composition. But why discuss these techniques? In recent years, they have become the music industry’s favored strategy in composition. Recent examples are abundant: “Got Me Started” by Troye Sivan borrows the synth melody from “Shooting Stars” by Bag Raiders, “I’m Good” by Bebe Rexha ft. David Guetta lifts the vocal melody from the 1998 hit “Blue” by Eiffel 65, “That Way” by Lil Uzi Vert borrows the chorus from The Backstreet Boys’ “I Want It That Way,” and many more. Consequently, the question persists: are these methods displays of sheer brilliance or signs of creative bankruptcy?

“SHARE this post to pass your exam,” “Interact 3x to claim positive energy,” and more are what we often see on social media platforms. Does simply liking, sharing, and commenting on a random post we see online bring the result we want, or is it plainly for engagements? Some might believe that interacting with these posts would directly impact the outcome we are after, call this a form of ‘manifestation,’ and do nothing.

WHENEVER you hear about a transport strike, what do you worry about? Some may worry about what they’re going to ride to school that day while others may ponder if there’ll be a class suspension, but has any of us worried about what’s truly at stake?

HAVE you ever felt like waking up one day with perfect bed hair and supple skin, turning off your alarm even before it starts ringing, and blasting your favorite music as you get ready to conquer the day and embrace the challenges of adulting? Apparently, this phenomenon is called “Main Character Syndrome,” a term coined by users on TikTok. Those who have “Main Character Syndrome” are said to project themselves as the protagonist, viewing their life through rose-colored glasses and romanticizing everything remotely related to them.

HAVE you ever wondered why no one has ever thought of wrapping our mistakes in a lumpia wrapper? As students, we make mistakes in written activities, whether they may be misspellings in essays, wrong choices in quizzes, or errors in solutions to mathematical problems. We either erase our mistakes by using a correction tape or draw a line that strikes through it.

TALKING about girlhood is a difficult task — not because it’s hard to write about but because with such a task, I am to become “difficult.” Women are prejudiced to live in a constant dichotomy of being remarkable but with subtlety and the burden of constant undermining. With every stereotype that binds the likes of young women, girliness, and femininity to be “silly and superficial,” it is a task for female writers to unravel.

THE crucial part of growing up is choosing between your passion or to be practical. Not everyone has the means to choose what they want to do in life and be back on track if the one you chose first didn’t quite work out. For some of us, it is a huge thing to succeed and to not be provided the room for failure. As we continue to age, we are taught to dream big. So it’s either we want to do a lot of things all at once or have this one big goal we really want to pursue. But nobody talks about what if you still don’t know what your dream is in life?