Cita Astals, a known comedian, expressed years ago her journey to healing and rehabilitation due to a mental illness. She said that she should have kept mum about her illness because of the stigma. To...

“Sorry, traffic.” “On the way.”“Five minutes.” If you’ve lived in the Philippines long enough, you’ve heard these lines. Chances are, you’ve said them too. Guilty. Writer included. We laugh about it...

In years of living in Baguio City, one lesson is learned with brutal efficiency: water is never a guarantee. It is a ghost in the pipes—arriving on schedule until it doesn’t, flowing until it...

I recall a colleague expressing her appreciation for the thought-provoking films produced by our students, as she noted, bring to light realities too often overlooked by society. Stories that...

It is common knowledge around groups that people with mental struggles are known to not have supportive families or maybe parents who don’t believe in the importance of mental health. Parents...

Coming from a purely patriarchal society, women are so boxed into stereotypes. You have to be femininely pretty, sexy, soft spoken, quiet many times and patient martyr housewives. Such is the...

It takes less than 2 minutes for popcorn to be ready using a microwave. But what do we lose when we forget to make it on a stove? Think about the last time you prepared something from scratch? Did it...

Taralets Bagets! Bagets is a Filipino slang term for teenagers or young people, often implying they are energetic, trendy, or slightly inexperienced. It is a colloquial, shortened term derived from...

Did you know that autism spectrum disorder and mental health conditions are closely associated? Accordingly, some neurodivergency like ASD, ADHD and behavioral disorders have comorbidity with...

For almost a decade, I have served in our adopted communities as the Community Extension Program Coordinator of the College of Arts and Sciences. Even during the pandemic—when movement was restricted...