‘Teleserye’

By Kristy Anne Abello

A couple of weeks ago, I was stuck in the airport because my flight was delayed. I had nothing to do so I watched the “teleserye” [TV soaps] being shown at the waiting lounge. I hadn’t watched those things for ages, and the first thing I noticed was that nothing had changed. The “bida” [lead character] was still the beautiful young girl who was both clueless (i.e., “tanga”) and a pushover—qualities redeemed by her kindness, purity and meekness. The “contrabida” [villain] was a rich and sophisticated woman, wielding control over everything and everyone. Haciendas were ruled by powerful families. Policemen and other law enforcers were incapable of solving crime. People got rich once they found out that they were the sons/daughters of a dying millionaire, not because of hard work or an entrepreneurial bent.

The Question

By Mau Buat Pantas

When I was a small kid my parents would ask me, “Son, what do you want to be when you grow up?” This seems to be the favorite question of most parents from the moment the child starts to talk. And they keep on repeating this even if they know that children, who barely remember what was said,

Stack market

By Luis R. Buenaventura III

Barely a month into a Finance course, I started dreaming about conquering Wall Street.

For some reason, Finance and I seemed to be a match made in heaven. It started with taking some basic financial management subjects where I performed much better than expected. Then I found myself buying and reading books (even risking my credit card over a dubious bookseller on eBay) about portfolio management, stock trading and all those stuff you get to hear on the Bloomberg channel. I even managed to employ myself in an investment bank where I am still amazed about how people can talk about millions of pesos as if it were loose change.