I’m writing this opinion piece as a direct reaction to a Huffington Post article on the recent hostage crisis and Venus Raj’s supposed blunder in the concluded Miss Universe pageant. One question was posed, as this article ended: How much are Filipinos demanding of themselves?

Art of Failure

I’m still on Malcolm Gladwell’s book titled “What the Dog Saw” when I came across this chapter.

Telling a story

Writing about a personal experience is tough. Trying to remember all the details, putting them together in a seamless narrative, and making it compelling are some of the tasks at hand.

I recently told my class to write a story about a new experience. This assignment was partly inspired by recent readings on Gonzo journalism, a style that was first associated with Hunter S. Thompson who popularized this style of journalism.