What if you could enroll in a school abroad for a semester and still be close to home? What if all you needed to do to work in a different country was to pass a few tests? What if you had the opportunity to be connected to some of the most interesting and diverse cultures in the world?
With the Euro 2012, the London Olympics and the 2014 World Cup coming up, the interest in football is nearing fever pitch. Given the backdrop of the Azkals’ success and popularity, the growing passion for football in the UAAP and the rise of football leagues all over the country, we met up with two of the south’s rising football stars, brothers Mico and Lui Clavano.
I have a soft spot for schools. When I was a kid, I used to overstay at mine, just to read books and comics at the library. When I was older, I overstayed to talk to my favorite teachers, and to hang out with friends.
I’m a recent convert to the “School of Resolutions.” As a kid, the only list I made during December was my list for Santa Claus, whom I figured wasn’t real when I realized we didn’t have a chimney at home.
Today, the first part of “Breaking Dawn” will be in theaters. Depending on who you are, you will either be heartbroken or elated. I have to say, upfront, I’m firmly in the “elated” camp.
Most people see basketball as a competitive sport, something to feel aggressive about. Some people think of a basketball game as something honorable, a chance for glory or redemption. Others see it as a pastime, to be enjoyed with soda and popcorn. As a Bedan, I saw basketball as all of these things. At San Beda Alabang, where I studied from preschool to high school, basketball was a major event. It was one of the PE subjects we could choose, one of the highlights of the intramurals, and was the sport we won championships for. To put it simply, it was in our blood.
When I was younger, bullying meant getting roughed up, having someone hide your things or say cruel words to your...
As I was about to go to college, my mother and I had “the talk.” No, not what you think.
Thank you, UP Pep Squad, for bringing up my nonexistent dancing skills in ordinary conversation. I took up ballet when I was younger, and took up tap dance and street dance for my PE in college, but I still feel like I’m about to knock down a Ming vase every single time I “dance.”
There are a lot of things people tell students who are about to enroll in the University of the Philippines (UP). Activists are a regular sight, as well as fraternities and sororities. Food is cheap, and so is the tuition. The school statue is a naked man with his arms outstretched.
