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There are several ways to get through showbusiness. Others use their connection (“My dad’s best friend is the co-producer of this show” or “I’m the supporting actress’ niece, so…”), some just actually get discovered while attending an event, or shopping in a mall, while others start out as social media influencers. Looking back, however, there […]
The worldwide web has been an online space for everything WWW–wonderful, weird, and WTH, that is. This is proof of why seemingly ordinary people could go viral even for the most perplexing of reasons. The ever-evolving landscape of social media, specifically, could propel any situation—as simple as a pares overload review, a homemade recipe done […]
Imagine this scene: A mom tells her child, “O, anak, mag-mano ka sa Ninong at Ninang” (Go and get blessed by your godfather and godmother, child). And for the godparents, mom chirps in with something like: “Don’t forget, his birthday is in two weeks, and he wants the latest phone sana.” Or, “you haven’t given […]
Have you ever experienced giving your 100% on the job, so much so that your managers value you as an asset to the organization? That’s great, but here’s the catch. Because you’ve got what it takes and you always go the extra mile, you tend to be given more responsibilities and additional tasks to maximize […]
There’s a new sub-culture of rock that 19-year-old John Red Santiago (or simply Red), an emerging Filipino artist, is trying to promote—something Pinoy rock music aficionados could possibly delight in. He calls it ERock–a shortened term for emotional kind of rock, a category of rock music that talks about painful life experiences performed the rock […]
The mere thought of Covid-19 conjures images of family members getting sick, workers losing their jobs, children adapting to online classes, empty streets, poor families falling further into extreme poverty, wailing sirens of an ambulance, overworked medical frontliners, and daily deaths. To say that the pandemic tremendously affected our lives is an understatement. In fact, […]
TMI (Too much information) — often used in social media and text messages — is but a gentle reminder for friends, by friends, to stop sharing way too much information, especially uncomfortable topics about one’s state of health, body, intimacy in relationships, or details that are offensive and unmentionable. One would always say, “Hey, TMI!” […]
People nowadays get their news online, putting the digital news media in a relentless fight for its readers’ attention and engagement. With such a fierce daily battle, combined with the reality of how online media is crucial in informing, educating, and influencing opinions through its news, it’s fundamental to find out what motivates news consumption, […]
Long before Reddit, Quora, social media platforms, and speedy internet connections, there was PinoyExchange (PEx), an online forum where wired Filipinos in the 90s used to “connect and converse”—its original tagline—about the latest local and international news, showbiz, sports (particularly basketball), travel, gadgets, sub-culture, and other hot and interesting topics where internet users could either […]