RAIGE-O-LOGY

Took you away from wintriness Undoubting, you let me caress The desire we seek, we witness Satiate the flame within us You concede to me entirely Our bodies waiting to be free Rid of walls between you and me What happens is destined to be We become one as it is meant I come in, a warm welcome sent The thirst is gone without lament Give it all, our love’s testament Closed our eyes from pleasure we take Ecstatic from the love we make This endless moment will not break A dream from which we won’t awake But everything has its goodbye The desire we share will soon die We will walk away, we will cry I’ll wait ‘til again you come by

It's that time of year again—the moment to visit the barber! My hair has become a hindrance to my hearing. I've been struggling to lip-read conversations with others. It was high time for a haircut. Besides, the disheveled look is no longer in style, so... As someone who tends to get overly attached to their hair, getting it cut is a significant event for me. I've grown so accustomed to it that the idea of waking up with neatly groomed hair the next day feels surreal. I also get quite anxious before the actual haircutting session. Thoughts about how I will look or whether I'll survive the ordeal keep racing through my mind. Getting a haircut, like everything else, involves making choices. First, you need to decide where you'll go for your haircut. Due to the prevailing machismo mentality here in the Philippines, guys are expected to visit barbershops. However, my past experiences have taught me that barbers usually only know how to do two types of hairstyles: semi-k...

Imagine yourself in these situations. Picture yourself at the mall, feeling hungry after hours of window shopping. You head to the nearest food chain, which happens to be KFC. With only P100 in your wallet (window shopping tends to drain your funds), you check the menu to see what you can afford. You spot the chicken pasta bowl that was featured in a TV commercial. It looks delicious and reasonably priced, so you quickly place your order. The service crew brings your meal, but you're disappointed to find a small bowl of pasta that can barely fit on your fork, an insufficient amount of sauce to cover the pasta and a few meager pieces of leftover chicken. You can't help but think about throwing the bowl at Colonel Sanders' face, but hunger prevails, and you reluctantly accept it as your meal. Months later, you decide to give KFC another chance, forgiving them for the previous incident. You find yourself back in their dining hall, ordering the famous bowl that your friend reco...

You may have heard the common advice that drinking at least 8 glasses of water a day is beneficial for your health. It's often claimed that it helps with toxin excretion, reduces hunger, and improves skin tone. However, I'm here to challenge that notion. It's similar to the superstitious beliefs your grandma may have told you to make you obedient. According to a study conducted by Dr. Stanley Goldfarb and Dr. Dan Negoianu of the University of Pennsylvania, as reported on Eurekalert.org, the health benefits of increased water intake are not significant for the average healthy person, except possibly for athletes who sweat heavily. Regarding toxin excretion, Goldfarb explained that our kidneys are capable of effectively clearing toxins on their own, even without excessive water intake. Drinking more water may only lead to increased urine output without necessarily removing more toxins. Of course, it's still perfectly fine to consume plenty of water. While it may not provi...