2021 was another year spent in quarantine and yet the breadth of stories we wrote about was just as varied as any pre-pandemic year. And the best (subjective) part is that we didn’t even have to go out to get the scoop—someone is always breaking something on the internet, luckily.
If we’re being honest, four out of the five most-read stories on Nolisoli.ph this year were COVID-related: where to get tested, how to get vaccinated, what’s the latest quarantine classification, and how on earth are we the top borrower of COVID loans and yet still behind in pandemic response.
But where’s the fun in these stories that we have been hearing non-stop for almost two years now? (Not to say they are not important, of course.)
So in this list, we tracked 10 of our most-read stories that are anything but COVID-related—but I guess they are somehow? From a botched Batangas church renovation to the best store-bought butter list that you seem to all agree with.
This may be why copper face masks aren’t allowed in Makati Med
A best-selling mask that turned out to be ineffective against COVID? *gasp*
Save that crispy pata oil! This is where you can send it instead of down the drain
Where does used cooking oil go, Mareng Whitney?
Butter Battle: The top 7 butter brands you can get at grocery stores
A butter list to end all butter lists
Bauan, Batangas’ neo-classical church is now a— We don’t know how to describe it. See for yourself
We still don’t know how to describe this church
These vintage photos of Greenbelt park will have you racing to your old albums
Remember when we can’t go to the mall so we resorted to looking at old photos of malls?
Ihawan in NYC earns P200k a week from selling isaw, betamax
Will you buy $3 isaw? Probably not but New Yorkers are eating it up
LOOK: Historic Manila sites digitally reimagined in their pre-war glory
This is a Sims Manila version waiting to happen
The case for a pedestrian-centric alternative to PAREX, according to urban planners
Sustainable infrastructure in another universe perhaps?
Just to be clear, F. Sionil Jose isn’t envious of Maria Ressa’s Nobel Prize
A Nobel Prize and a riff between two notable Filipinos
UP Diliman’s Academic Oval reopens to the public. Here’s what you need to know
The university everyone loves to hate in a literal and perhaps too bright spotlight