The Freehand

The Freehand The Official Student Publication of PUP College of Architecture, Design, and the Built Environment Cawigan (AR III)

Associate Editor for External:
Kristelle S.

The Freehand Editorial Board 2023-2024

Editor-in-Chief:
Dexter Rafael A. Gevero (AR III)

Managing Editor:
Lhara Jane S. Velasquez (AR III)

[Section Editors:]
News Editor:
Alexa Claire Paragas (AR III)

Feature Editor:
John Manuel C. Conopio (AR III)

Literary Editor:
Demmi Mers H. Dayo (AR IV)

[Auxiliary Heads]

Illustrator/Cartooning Head:
Rica Mae B. Pareรฑo (AR III)

Photojournalist Head:
Paul Justin M. Balaoro (AR V)

Layout and Creatives Head:
Roeven Rajaine D. Balmes (AR III)

Social Media Manager:
Mari Alleina Rouved C. Mendoza (AR IV)

After months of stepping out of the classroom and into the realities of the profession, the time has come to celebrate t...
25/08/2026

After months of stepping out of the classroom and into the realities of the profession, the time has come to celebrate the experiences, lessons, and people that made the journey worthwhile.

With this yearโ€™s theme: The CADBuilders Collaboration: OJT Mentors Recognition 2026. This special occasion celebrates the successful culmination of the internship journey of CADBE's 3rd and 4th Year students. Moreover, this celebration is a tribute to the dedication, growth, and professional foundations imparted to us throughout our journey.

This gathering is held to extend our deepest gratitude to our OJT mentors and HTEs, who opened their doors and welcome us into their homes, sharing their expertise, wisdom, and knowledge, and showing us what its like to become professionals.

๐˜ฝ๐™š๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™™๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™—๐™ช๐™ž๐™ก๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ž๐™ง ๐™›๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ข๐™š๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ค ๐™๐™š๐™ก๐™ฅ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ข ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™›๐™ž๐™ง๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™›๐™š๐™ฌ ๐™—๐™ง๐™ž๐™˜๐™ ๐™จ.

Join us as we celebrate the journey, recognize the mentors, and honor the collaboration that continues to shape the next generation of architects, designers, and built environment professionals.

๐™ƒ๐™š๐™ง๐™šโ€™๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™›๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™š ๐™—๐™ช๐™ž๐™ก๐™ฉ, ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ค ๐™๐™š๐™ก๐™ฅ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ช๐™จ ๐™—๐™ช๐™ž๐™ก๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ข, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ช๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™š ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ฎ๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™˜๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š.

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ ๐˜ผ๐™ช๐™œ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ 29, 2026 | ๐™Ž๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ
๐Ÿ•— 10:30 ๐˜ผ๐™ˆ โ€“ 5:00 ๐™‹๐™ˆ
๐Ÿ“ ๐˜ฝ๐™ช๐™ก๐™ฌ๐™–๐™œ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐˜ฝ๐™–๐™ก๐™–๐™œ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™จ, ๐™‹๐™๐™‹ ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™–. ๐™ˆ๐™š๐™จ๐™–

Beyond the four walls of our classrooms, away from our drafting tables, and far from the familiar routine of a student, ...
24/08/2026

Beyond the four walls of our classrooms, away from our drafting tables, and far from the familiar routine of a student, we stepped into the world of professionals.

We navigated through unfamiliar spaces, overcame new challenges, met tight deadlines, and experienced a glimpse of who were becoming. And through it all;

๐™๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ค ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ค๐™ก๐™š๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™œ๐™ช๐™ž๐™™๐™š๐™™ ๐™ช๐™จ, ๐™๐™š๐™ก๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ช๐™จ ๐™จ๐™š๐™š ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฌ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™™๐™ž๐™›๐™›๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™›๐™š๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ.

Now, as our internship comes to and end. it is time to look back, give thanks, and celebrate the people who helped us build along the way.

๐™‚๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™™๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™š ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ซ๐™š๐™ž๐™ก ๐™๐™๐™š ๐˜พ๐˜ผ๐˜ฟ๐˜ฝ๐™ช๐™ž๐™ก๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ก๐™–๐™—๐™ค๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ: ๐™Š๐™…๐™ ๐™ˆ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™จ ๐™๐™š๐™˜๐™ค๐™œ๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ 2026, ๐™– ๐™˜๐™š๐™ก๐™š๐™—๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™Ÿ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฎ๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐˜พ๐˜ผ๐˜ฟ๐˜ฝ๐™€ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™™๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ค ๐™๐™š๐™ก๐™ฅ๐™š๐™™ ๐™จ๐™๐™–๐™ฅ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ž๐™ง ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ง๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™›๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š.

๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™š๐™™, ๐˜พ๐˜ผ๐˜ฟ๐˜ฝ๐™ช๐™ž๐™ก๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ.

19/08/2026

๐—”๐—ก๐—ก๐—ข๐—จ๐—ก๐—–๐—˜๐— ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง: ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ก๐—˜๐— ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง ๐—ข๐—™ ๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง ๐——๐—จ๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—ข ๐—œ๐—ก๐—–๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐— ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง ๐—ช๐—˜๐—”๐—ง๐—›๐—˜๐—ฅ

In the interest of everyone's safety, please be informed that we are postponing the DUNLAYA: 2026 Best Architecture Thesis Recognition and Awarding Ceremony, originally scheduled for August 22, 2026. This decision was made due to the ongoing heavy rainfall and unfavorable weather conditions.

The safety and well-being of all students, faculty members, guests, and participants remain our highest priority.

We are actively working to secure a new date for the ceremony and will provide updates once the details have been finalized.

Please stay safe and dry!


๐™‡๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ๐™จ, ๐˜พ๐™–๐™ข๐™š๐™ง๐™–, ๐˜ผ๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ!Ang Senado ng Pilipinas ay binuo upang maging kanlungan ng talino, dangal, at seryosong pagbalang...
19/08/2026

๐™‡๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ๐™จ, ๐˜พ๐™–๐™ข๐™š๐™ง๐™–, ๐˜ผ๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ!

Ang Senado ng Pilipinas ay binuo upang maging kanlungan ng talino, dangal, at seryosong pagbalangkas ng mga batas na mag-aangat sa buhay ng bawat mamamayan. Subalit nitong nakaraang buwan ng Mayo, tila nalimutan ng ating mga mambabatas ang kanilang tunay na tungkulin.

Ang bulwagan na dapat ay lugar ng debate para sa ekonomiya, edukasyon, at kahirapan ay naging tila isang buhay na telebisyon.

Naging isang noontime show at teleserye na pinaghalo, kung saan ang bawat mambabatas ay may kanya-kanyang papel na ginagampanan habang ang interes ng bansa ay naiisang-tabi.

Para sa unang eksena: isang action movie. Masasaksihan ang biglaang pagtakbo ni Senador Bato Dela Rosa sa mga hagdan ng Senado, isang tagpong tila hinango sa mga lumang pelikula.

Ngunit sa likod ng mabilis na kilos na ito, mapapaisip ang taumbayanโ€”ito ba ang uri ng "aksyon" na kailangan natin ngayon?

๐™ƒ๐™–๐™—๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ข๐™–๐™—๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™œ-๐™–๐™ ๐™ฎ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™– ๐™ข๐™œ๐™– ๐™๐™–๐™œ๐™™๐™–๐™ฃ, ๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž ๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ข๐™–๐™—๐™–๐™œ๐™–๐™ก ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™œ-๐™ช๐™จ๐™–๐™™ ๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ข๐™œ๐™– ๐™ง๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ-๐™š๐™ ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฎ๐™– ๐™ฃ๐™– ๐™ ๐™–๐™ฎ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ข๐™–๐™œ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™—๐™–๐™—๐™– ๐™จ๐™– ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™ฎ๐™ค ๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ข๐™œ๐™– ๐™—๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ.

Hindi rin nagpahuli ang elemento ng comedy at sensitive drama. Nariyan si Senador Robin Padilla na tila labis na naapektuhan sa mataas na tono at pagsigaw ni dating Senador Kiko Pangilinan sa isang pagdinig.

Sa halip na mag-pokus sa bigat ng argumento, ang naging sentro ng usapan ay ang "emosyon" at kung paano nasaktan ang damdamin dahil sa lakas ng boses.

Tila ba naging sensitibong paksa ang kaniyang damdamin samantalang ang damdamin ng bawat Pilipino sa lumulubog na ekonomiya ay nawalang halaga.

Dagdagan pa ito ng totoong heavy drama sa pagluha ni Senador Pia Cayetano sa gitna ng emosyonal na pagtalakay.

Lumuha dahil hindi siya kinumusta? Naisipan ba ng mga ito na kumustahin ang mga kalagayan ng mga Pilipino? Kailan natin makikita ang parehong tindi ng luha at emosyon para sa milyun-milyong Pilipinong nagbabalikat ng gutom araw-araw?

Ang rurok ng palabas na ito ay ang tinatawag na intense action. Ang usap-usapan at alegasyon ng "barilan" sa loob mismo ng Senado.

Ang ganitong mga balita, seryoso man o hindi, ay nagpapakita ng lumalalang kawalan ng pormalidad at seguridad sa institusyon.

๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™Ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™–๐™™๐™ค ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ž ๐™ž๐™จ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š ๐™ค ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™– ๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ง๐™ ๐™ค; ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฅ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ค ๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ก๐™š๐™๐™ž๐™จ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™–.
๐™‰๐™–๐™œ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ก๐™– ๐™—๐™– ๐™ž๐™จ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ฃ๐™– ๐™ก๐™–๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™—๐™–๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™š๐™จ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™– ๐™จ๐™– ๐™ข๐™œ๐™– ๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ ๐™–๐™จ๐™ช๐™—๐™–๐™ฎ๐™—๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™จ๐™– ๐™จ๐™ค๐™˜๐™ž๐™–๐™ก ๐™ข๐™š๐™™๐™ž๐™–.

Nakalulungkot isipin na ang buwis ng mamamayan, na pinagpaguran sa ilalim ng matataas na presyo ng kuryente at bigas, ay napupunta sa pagpopondo ng isang "Senado TV."

Ang bawat komite ay naging entablado ng personalan, bangayan, at pagpapasiklaban sa harap ng kamera, sa halip na maging lugar para sa paghahanap ng solusyon sa krisis.

Gising, Pilipino. Ang kinabukasan ng ating bansa ay hindi isang palabas na pwedeng palipasin at pagtawanan na lamang pagkatapos ng balita.

Hindi tayo mga simpleng manonood na naghahanap ng libangan; tayo ang mga nagpapasahod sa mga artistang ito na nakaupo sa matataas na silya.

Ibalik ang dangal, talino, at tunay na serbisyo sa Senado.

๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ ๐™–๐™ž๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™‹๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™–๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ข๐™œ๐™– ๐™ข๐™–๐™ข๐™—๐™–๐™—๐™–๐™ฉ๐™–๐™จ, ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ž ๐™ข๐™œ๐™– ๐™–๐™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฃ๐™– ๐™ฃ๐™–๐™œ๐™๐™–๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฅ ๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ก๐™–๐™ ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™  ๐™๐™–๐™—๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™—๐™–๐™ฎ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž-๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ก๐™ช๐™ข๐™ช๐™ก๐™ช๐™—๐™ค๐™œ.

Article: ๐™…๐™–๐™ข๐™–๐™ž๐™˜๐™– ๐™ˆ๐™ค๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™–, 2026
Illustration by: ๐™‚๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™€๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š๐™ก๐™–, 2026



๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐——๐˜‚๐—ป๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฎ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ!From being named Top 1 Best Architecture Thesis to inspiring the next ge...
17/08/2026

๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐——๐˜‚๐—ป๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฎ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ!

From being named Top 1 Best Architecture Thesis to inspiring the next generation of architecture studentsโ€”๐—”๐—ฟ. ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป ๐—–๐˜†๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น joins us as a distinguished guest speaker for DUNLAYA: Top Architecture Theses and Research Awarding Exhibit 2026.

A graduate of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines โ€“ College of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment, Ar. Corporal was a consistent Deanโ€™s Lister. She also placed Top 6 in the department's Architecture Qualifying Examination (AQE). During her time, she was recognized as the Top 1 Best Architecture Thesis Awardee in 2021 for her thesis, โ€œ๐˜‰๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ค ๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ: ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜Š๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜—๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต-๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ.โ€
Beyond her academic achievements, she has been actively involved in the United Architects of the Philippines (UAP) and is currently pursuing her professional practice of architecture at KUBO Architects.

Having once stood exactly where this yearโ€™s awardees stand, her journey reminds us that every thesis is more than a requirementโ€”it is a testament to curiosity, persistence, and the courage to imagine better possibilities through architecture.

Join us as we welcome Ann Cyrilla Coney Corporal to DUNLAYA and listen to the insights of an architect who once turned an idea into an award-winning vision.

DUNLAYA 2026.

๐˜Š๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ.








๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐——๐˜‚๐—ป๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฎ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ!

From being named Top 1 Best Architecture Thesis to inspiring the next generation of architecture studentsโ€”๐—”๐—ฟ. ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป ๐—–๐˜†๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น joins us as a distinguished guest speaker for DUNLAYA: Top Architecture Theses and Research Awarding Exhibit 2026.

A graduate of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines โ€“ College of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment, Ar. Corporal was a consistent Deanโ€™s Lister. She also placed Top 6 in the department's Architecture Qualifying Examination (AQE). During her time, she was recognized as the Top 1 Best Architecture Thesis Awardee in 2021 for her thesis, โ€œ๐˜‰๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ค ๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ: ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜Š๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜—๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต-๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ.โ€

Beyond her academic achievements, she has been actively involved in the United Architects of the Philippines (UAP) and is currently pursuing her professional practice of architecture at KUBO Architects.

Having once stood exactly where this yearโ€™s awardees stand, her journey reminds us that every thesis is more than a requirementโ€”it is a testament to curiosity, persistence, and the courage to imagine better possibilities through architecture.

Join us as we welcome Ann Cyrilla Coney Corporal to DUNLAYA and listen to the insights of an architect who once turned an idea into an award-winning vision.

DUNLAYA 2026
๐˜Š๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ.

"๐‘ฉ๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’ ๐‘ท๐’‚ ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’๐’‚๐’‰๐’"โ€œUmaga na naman,โ€ banggit ko pagkabukas ng aking mga mata.Tahimik ang silid. Tanging katahimikan an...
15/08/2026

"๐‘ฉ๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’ ๐‘ท๐’‚ ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’๐’‚๐’‰๐’"

โ€œUmaga na naman,โ€ banggit ko pagkabukas ng aking mga mata.

Tahimik ang silid. Tanging katahimikan ang bumibingi sa aking tainga.
Pagtingin ko sa mesaโ€”ang kape, malamig na pala, bakas pa rin ng init na hindi ko na muling nararamdaman.
Parang mga pagkakataon sa buhay na hindi ko pinahalagahan hanggang silaโ€™y mawala.

Hindi ko namalayan, lumipas na pala ang oras.
Nang umupo ako sa bintana, inaaalala ko ang bawat maliit na bagay na iniwan ng panahon;

Ang kausap na datiโ€™y kasama ko sa bawat araw, biglang naglahoโ€”
kasabay ng mga plano at pagkakataon na inakala kong laging may oras pa ako;
ang pagkakataon na hindi ko sinunggaban,
ang mga pangarap na iniwan ko sa gilid ng takot o pagod.

Ramdam ko ang bigat ng buhay sa gitna ng kawalan,
ang bawat sandali na dumaraan nang walang paalam,
ang mga pagkakataong akala moโ€™y sa iyo, ngunit naglaho sa isang iglap.

Kung gaano kadali tayong maloko ng sarili natin,
naisip nating may oras pa, na kung saan ipinagpapaliban pa ang mahalaga,
habang hindi natin namamalayan naโ€”
unti-unti na palang nauubos ang liwanag sa paligid natin.

At sa gitna ng lahat ng ito, isang tanong ang sumagi sa akin, mabigat at malalim:
Paano ko ba tunay na pinahalagahan ang bawat mahalaga sa akinโ€ฆ

bago pa man maglaho?

Literary by ๐˜พ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ฎ ๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™ฃ ๐™‡๐™ž๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ
Illustration by ๐™…๐™ค๐™— ๐™๐™ž๐™š๐™ก ๐™‘๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ค




๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—–๐—”๐——๐—•๐—˜๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€!The ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ  is here to put the spotligh...
13/08/2026

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—–๐—”๐——๐—•๐—˜๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€!

The ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ is here to put the spotlight on the remarkable ideas, tireless research, and extraordinary architectural visions of this yearโ€™s outstanding thesis awardees.

This year, we celebrate under the banner of ๐——๐—จ๐—ก๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ฌ๐—”โ€”๐˜’๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ข ๐˜’๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ฌ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ฏ.

Born from ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ and ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ข, DUNLAYA celebrates the power of architectural knowledge to inspire change, uplift communities, and envision a future shaped with and for the people.

And what better way to begin the celebration than with a glimpse of the works that earned their place in this yearโ€™s spotlight?

From the first concept to the final model, witness ideas take form as we unveil the awardees and their architectural worksโ€”each one carrying a story of perseverance, discovery, and a vision worth celebrating.

๐—œ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ผ๐—ป. ๐— ๐—ด๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ. ๐—œ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—ต๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ฎ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ.

Let the celebration begin!

๐Ÿ“ ๐—”๐—จ๐—š๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ
๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜†
PUP College of Engineering and Architecture AVR

๐Ÿ“ ๐—”๐—จ๐—š๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐโ€“๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿด, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ
๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐˜
PUP College of Engineering and Architecture, Room 201B

๐Ÿ“ ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ฃ๐—ง๐—˜๐— ๐—•๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ
๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด & ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€
SM City San Lazaro
๐˜๐˜ฏ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜•๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ

๐——๐—จ๐—ก๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ฌ๐—” ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ
๐˜’๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ข ๐˜’๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ฌ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ฏ.

๐๐š๐ฑ ๐’๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š ๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐  ๐›๐š๐ ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ค๐ก๐š ๐ง๐  ๐Š๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ฒ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐จMabilis na gumugulong ang mga negosasyon sa pagitan ng Pilipinas at Estado...
10/08/2026

๐๐š๐ฑ ๐’๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š ๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐  ๐›๐š๐ ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ค๐ก๐š ๐ง๐  ๐Š๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ฒ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐จ

Mabilis na gumugulong ang mga negosasyon sa pagitan ng Pilipinas at Estados Unidos para sa pagpapatupad ng tinatawag na Pax Silica sa bansa.

Sa ilalim ng kasunduang ito, nakalaan ang higit sa 1,600 ektaryang lupa sa New Clark City, Tarlac upang maging isang malaking sentro ng AI at semiconductor na industriya para sa kapakanan ng Amerika.

Bagamat ipinagmamalaki ng mga opisyal ng gobyerno na ito ay magdadala sa atin sa hinaharap ng teknolohiya at modernisasyon, ang masakit na katotohanan ay maliwanag:

๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™‹๐™–๐™ญ ๐™Ž๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™˜๐™– ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ž๐™จ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™— ๐™ฃ๐™– ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™—๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฃ๐™– ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ž ๐™™๐™–๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ฅ๐™–๐™™ ๐™จ๐™– ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ก๐™ช๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™™๐™–๐™๐™ž๐™ก ๐™จ๐™– ๐™ข๐™–๐™ก๐™ช๐™—๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™—๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™– ๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™จ๐™– ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ ๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™ ๐™–๐™จ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™ค๐™—๐™š๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฎ๐™–.

Sa unang tingin, kaakit-akit ang pangako ng bilyong dolyar na pamumuhunan at libu-libong trabaho, ngunit ang proyektong ito ay nakatuon lamang sa pagbawas ng pagdepende ng Amerika sa Tsina pagdating sa advanced technology.

Ang kapalit nito sa Pilipinas ay ang masinsinang pagmimina sa ating mga bundok para sa mga mineral tulad ng tanso at ginto na kinakailangan sa microchips, habang ang mga mataas na uri ng teknolohiya at kita ay mananatili sa kamay ng mga dayuhan.

Dagdag pa rito, labis ang pangamba ng mga grupo ng mga magsasaka at mga katutubong pamayanan dahil ang proyektong ito ay magdudulot ng malawakang dislokasyon, pagkawala ng kabuhayan, at pagkawasak ng mga lokal na komunidad na kasalukuyang nagpapakain sa bansa.

๐™ƒ๐™ž๐™œ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™– ๐™ก๐™–๐™๐™–๐™ฉ, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™‹๐™–๐™ญ ๐™Ž๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™˜๐™– ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ž๐™จ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ข๐™–๐™ก๐™–๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™œ๐™š๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ ๐™–๐™ก ๐™ฃ๐™– ๐™—๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™– ๐™ฃ๐™– ๐™ฃ๐™–๐™œ๐™ก๐™–๐™ก๐™–๐™œ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ง๐™œ๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™– ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™จ๐™–๐™ง๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ ๐™ค๐™™.
Ang naunang hiling ng Amerika na ipailalim ang hub na ito sa kanilang sariling batas at bigyan ng diplomatic immunity ang kanilang mga tauhan ay isang hayagang pambabastos na nagpapatunay na hindi pantay ang kasunduang ito at layon lamang tayong gawing sunod-sunuran.

๐™ƒ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ž ๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ ๐™–๐™ž๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™‹๐™–๐™ญ ๐™Ž๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™˜๐™– ๐™ช๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ข๐™–๐™œ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐™จ๐™– ๐™ก๐™–๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ข๐™–๐™ ๐™–๐™—๐™–๐™œ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ค๐™๐™ž๐™ฎ๐™–.

๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ ๐™–๐™ž๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™‹๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™–๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ฃ๐™– ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™– ๐™จ๐™– ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™จ๐™–๐™ง๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ข๐™œ๐™– ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฎ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ ๐™ค ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ ๐™–๐™ก ๐™ฃ๐™– ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฎ๐™– ๐™ฃ๐™– ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ž ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™–๐™จ๐™–๐™ ๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฎ๐™ค ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ ๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™œ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™จ๐™–๐™ฃ.

๐˜ฟ๐™–๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™œ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™จ๐™–๐™ข๐™—๐™–๐™ฎ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ข๐™–๐™๐™–๐™ก๐™–๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ช๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ก๐™ช๐™ฎ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ž๐™—๐™–๐™จ๐™ช๐™ง๐™– ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™ฃ๐™– ๐™ ๐™–๐™จ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ช๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™—๐™–๐™œ๐™ค ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ค๐™ฃ.

Ang Pax Silica ay hindi tunay na kapayapaan o kaunlaran, kundi isang makabagong tanikala ng kolonyalismo na magbabaon sa atin sa panganib.

Article: ๐™…๐™–๐™ข๐™–๐™ž๐™˜๐™– ๐™ˆ๐™ค๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™–, 2026
Illustration: ๐™๐™ž๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™š ๐™‹๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™ฏ, 2026



๐‘ฏ๐’Š๐’๐’…๐’Š ๐‘ต๐’‚ ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’‚๐’๐’ˆ๐’Œ๐’ ๐‘จ๐’๐’ˆ ๐‘ท๐’‚๐’‘๐’†๐’ ๐‘ฒ๐’Ang buhay ko ay isang blankong papel.Isang puting papel, walang kahit anoโ€”walang guhit, wal...
06/08/2026

๐‘ฏ๐’Š๐’๐’…๐’Š ๐‘ต๐’‚ ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’‚๐’๐’ˆ๐’Œ๐’ ๐‘จ๐’๐’ˆ ๐‘ท๐’‚๐’‘๐’†๐’ ๐‘ฒ๐’

Ang buhay ko ay isang blankong papel.
Isang puting papel, walang kahit anoโ€”
walang guhit, walang kulay, walang direksyon.

Hindi ako malungkot dahil may kulang,
kundi dahil wala akong panghahawakan kahit isa.
Walang ebidensya na may umuusad man lang.
Walang patunay na may saysay ang mga araw ko.

Sa gitna, sinubukan kong gumuhit.
Minsan mali ang mga linya.
Minsan masyadong madiin ang aking pagkakasulat.
May mga bahid na hindi ko na mabubura kahit gustuhin ko man.

May mga kulay akong inilagay sa maling lugar.
May mga bahagi akong pinilit ayusin pero lalo lang palang nagulo.
Hindi ko naman ito sinasadya,
pero wala rin akong oras para maging maingat pa.

At sa huli, hindi na blangko ang papel ko.
Magulo. Gasgas. Puno ng marka.
Pero may kulay na.

Hindi ito perpekto na inaasam ko.
Hindi rin ito malinis tingnan.
Pero kapag umatras ako at tiningnan nang buo,
nakikita koโ€”

Hindi na ito wala.
Isa na itong likha.
Isang obrang hindi ko ginusto,
pero ako ang nagdala hanggang sa dulo.

Sa wakas,
Nasabi ko rin sarili ko,
Hindi na blangko ang papel ko.

Literary by ๐˜พ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ฎ ๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™ฃ ๐™‡๐™ž๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ
Illustration by ๐‘ฑ๐’๐’ƒ ๐‘น๐’Š๐’†๐’ ๐‘ฝ๐’Š๐’”๐’•๐’




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