Valenzuela Diy Fails
Pwede Na ‘Yan Culture Meets Gravity: A Chronicle of Valenzuelano Home Improvement Hubris The Maysan Road “Floating Shelf” Fiasco Inspired by a 30-second TikTok tutorial, a resident of Maysan Road embarked on a mission to install “minimalist floating shelves” in…
Taguig Food Mishaps
The Deconstructed Dinner: When BGC’s Avant-Garde Cuisine Deconstructs Your Will to Live The Plate as Abstract Art, The Stomach as Empty Canvas In the culinary theaters of Bonifacio Global City, dining is no longer about sustenance; it’s a performance art…
Pateros Quarantine Life: The High-Stakes Battle for the Wi-Fi Password and the Last Bag of Chips
A Retrospective on the Great Domestic Lockdown Where Suburban Order Dissolved into Zoom Calls, Baking Fiascos, and Existential Dread The Eternal Sunday That Lasted Two YearsQuarantine life in Pateros was a unique period of history, transforming the orderly, scheduled suburban…
Pasig Haunted Elevators
The Express to the Afterlife: Why Pasigs Corporate Elevators Are Picking Up Ghost Passengers The Ghostly Commute of Ortigas Pasig City, especially the Ortigas business district, is full of towering corporate structures, but beneath the glass and steel lurks a…
Parañaque Lost In Translation: The Spanish Word That Meant Salad
Why Communication in South Manila Is a Blend of 12 Confusing Languages Parañaque Lost In Translation Moments: When ‘Taglish’ Attacks Parañaque is a city where language is less a tool for clear communication and more a chaotic linguistic stew, blending…
Valenzuela Food Mishaps
From Adobo Alchemy to Sinigang Sabotage: The Culinary Catastrophes of Valenzuela Kitchens The Great Gata-gate of Gen. T. de Leon In a condominium kitchen in Gen. T. de Leon, a culinary dream of *ginataang hipon* (shrimp in coconut milk) curdled…
Taguig Misheard Lyrics
The BGC Gym Anthem Confusion: When Your Workout Soundtrack Becomes a Mystery The Peloton Parable: “Sweet Carrot Pie” and Other Mondegreens In the state-of-the-art gyms of Bonifacio Global City, where the air smells of disinfectant and existential dread, motivation is…
Pateros School Days: The High-Pressure Drama of PTA Meetings, Perfect Attendance, and Competitive Grade Averages
A Nostalgic, Yet Stressful, Look Back at the Suburban Educational Experience Where Success is Measured by Extracurriculars and Fear of *Tita* Principal The Report Card is a Social WeaponFor the children and parents of Pateros, **School Days** are not just…
Pasig Adult Spelling Bee
The Lexical Gladiators: Pasig’s Adult Spelling Bee is Now a Brutal Test of Obscure Corporate Jargon The Unbearable Weight of Pasigs Corporate Lexicon In most cities, an Adult Spelling Bee is a charming, slightly nerdy community event. In Pasig City,…
Parañaque Misunderstood Instructions: The Disaster of the Assembly Kit
Why Simple Directions Become Existential Puzzles in South Manila Parañaque Misunderstood Instructions: The Curse of the Assembly Kit In Parañaque, receiving a set of instructionsbe it for assembling furniture, following a recipe, or navigating to a new placeis not helpful;…