September 21, 2016 | Lifestyle.INQ

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Day: September 21, 2016

Just A List Of Shows And Exhibits About The Martial Law Thingy For Millennials

It’s September 21. It’s a date to remember, but it’s not a national holiday. It doesn’t feel like one. I took my classes seriously back in high school, but September 21 doesn’t really ring a bell. Did we talk about something during homeroom? Were there banners and tarpaulins on classroom wall? Did we make as special dioarama? Did we watch a film? We didn’t cut class, that’s for sure.

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Social Cardboard

I am playing The Resistance: Avalon, a game about rooting out hidden traitor players from King Arthur’s forces. I am playing Merlin, who knows who the traitors are, but is being sought after by them as well.
The player to my right picks a team of three. There is one traitor in there. I want to call him out, but to do so at this point, so close to the start of the game and with so little information, would place too much attention on me, allowing them to guess my identity too easily.
Grudgingly, but trying to not let it show on my face, I join in the approval for the team.

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Should we define who we are based on where we live?

I’ve been staying in Quezon City for six years and I still feel like I don’t know much about where I live. I feel like Mega Manila is this massive chunk of land that stretches from Alabang all the way to Fairview. Manila is the place with the tall buildings and wide, air-conditioned malls. Manila is the place where all the trains are while road traffic moves at a snail’s pace. Manila is the place where all the universities and big jobs are, the place where you can make it big. Manila, the grimy, beautiful, big world that’s huge enough to be named in all the world maps.

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