Long Story Short by Adelle Chua
‘Maliit na bagay’
"Everybody needs to recognize how big and threatening this virus continues to be, so that we can employ equally big,...
Registering as adulting
"If there is an essential activity that should get us out of our homes during this period, this most certainly...
The presidency is not for certain people
"It is not gender that determines success or failure." In a speech during the inauguration of the Skyway 3...
Beating the shadow pandemic
"Let’s hold each other accountable." For more than a decade, Joanna* endured physical, verbal, and psychological abuse from...
Meltdown
"It’s less politics and more psychology these days." The President of the United States only has a few...
Expectation versus reality
‘The sight and sound of competence and dedication.’ There will always be a gap between expectation and reality. The...
Parent shame
"Do we scorn these kids for disrespect, or laud them for their independence of mind?" Ultimately, it’s not your...
Ten things I learned while on lockdown
"What’s your takeaway?" We’re slowly emerging out of a three-month long lockdown, and back into a world that...
‘Hiya’
"The secretary feels bad." It’s an image funny, familiar and so Filipino all at the same time: Imagine...
Darna in scrubs
"Heroism and gratitude loom large." On the side of a condominium building in Barangay Teachers Village East in...
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