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Of adversity and adventure

by Stacy Danika S. Alcantara - August 23, 2011 - 12:00am

Being an introvert, I have always had an aversion for adventure. Anything that has the capacity to throw me off balance or to make my stomach flip even just for a second is enough to make me want to bail o...

Change of Heart

by Stacy Danika S. Alcantara - June 27, 2011 - 12:00am

March 2009. I told myself quite confidently that I was so sure there was no way in hell I’d be going back to school.

Perfect to me

by Stacy Danika S. Alcantara - June 12, 2011 - 12:00am

The feeling of knowing that my brother is finally going to college is a feeling I wouldn’t trade for anything else in the world okay, maybe aside from the feeling of seeing him finally graduate.

Kindergarten dreams

by Stacy Danika S. Alcantara - May 24, 2011 - 12:00am

I was watching part of the movie Mr. Deeds yesterday while sitting up in bed after being transferred from the recovery room to my private room and then it hit me. Deeds was right. The more we grow up, the...

Saved

by Stacy Danika S. Alcantara - April 24, 2011 - 12:00am

People hate discussing religion either because they know that everyone else in the world believes differently or because they just do not know half as much as a theologian does and are therefore scared of being judged...

Until the violence stops

by Stacy Danika S. Alcantara - April 10, 2011 - 12:00am

There’s a banner that they hang on the chicken wire outside our elementary school campus starting every February that says, in big bold letters: ‘V-DAY UNTIL THE VIOLENCE ENDS’.

It's only the Prologue

by Stacy Danika S. Alcantara - April 3, 2011 - 12:00am

Looking back at roughly a couple of years ago—nice sunny afternoon underneath a canopy of wispy clouds, suffocating but still smiling in an oversized black graduation gown and a morat board hat on my head,...

What gentleman?

by Stacy Danika S. Alcantara - March 27, 2011 - 12:00am

I’m starting to believe that 98% of gentlemen have died together with the remnants of the Victorian Era for the reason that, apart from my father (who is expected to treat me like a princess 500% of the time)...

E-JOKE-cation

by Stacy Danika S. Alcantara - March 20, 2011 - 12:00am

Two years more of basic education?

Shaken

by Stacy Danika S. Alcantara - March 13, 2011 - 12:00am

The first time I set foot in Japan, I was completely floored by what I saw.

Celebrating the woman

by Stacy Danika S. Alcantara - March 6, 2011 - 12:00am

If people were sensible enough, they wouldn’t need to have a month like March being dubbed as Women’s Month to remind the world that women are important in society.

Table for one

by Stacy Danika S. Alcantara - February 27, 2011 - 12:00am

The next person to ask me if why, at 22, I still don’t have a boyfriend will land the same fate as the taxi driver who won’t give me the exact change for a short trip from Escario to Gorordo-that person...

What you probably didn't know about success

by Stacy Danika S. Alcantara - February 13, 2011 - 12:00am

It isn’t merely about birth dates more than it is about timing.

What you probably didn't know about success (1st of 2 parts)

by Stacy Danika S. Alcantara - February 6, 2011 - 12:00am

IQ and sky-high grades when you’re still in school have become the most common barometers for success.

EGOtiations

by Stacy Danika S. Alcantara - January 30, 2011 - 12:00am

As far as I know, there is only one government in the Philippines and that’s the Philippine Government, nothing else.

Dear Jose

by Stacy Danika S. Alcantara - January 23, 2011 - 12:00am

I know you but you probably don’t know me. Okay, let me take that back. You obviously do not know me. I know you quite well ever since I was a little girl.

Sunny side up

by Stacy Danika S. Alcantara - January 16, 2011 - 12:00am

After immersing myself totally in the world of lifestyle and fashion and not having to think about anything else besides shoes, bags, and silhouettes I’ve realized what a shock it is to make a come back to...

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