By Izobelle Pulgo

I yearn to break free
of this bittersweet prison
I call my life

Trapped in a box
Forever in this room
Desiring to be in a chest
Sturdy, dependable
A metaphor of forever

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By Annmae

BARELY a year ago, I found Rihanna’s song entitled “Unfaithful” hitting the charts. I listened to the song everytime the radio blares and surprisingly, I fell in love with it. I found a specific part of it really striking: “But clouds are rolling in, because I’m gone again and to him I JUST CAN’T BE TRUE.” And during those nights when I laid turbid on my bed, I asked myself: Why do women, cheat on their men? I then vowed to myself that I’m going to write something about this topic when I get to have the chance. And since, the situation right now already permits me to, forgive my delirious and twisted thoughts.

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By Izobelle T. Pulgo

Smile like you mean it.

Smile like never before.

Smile as if the world would end tomorrow.

Smile, after the rain, once more.

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By Bai Hayde D. Quiñanola

AT 12 million copies for the US market alone, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows sets the record for first-printing volume in book history. The seventh and the last installment of the bestselling fantasy series goes on sale internationally on July 21.

Before, as a child, I preferred adventure stories like those involving Tom Sawyer or Alice in Wonderland. But I was never a great fan of mystery novels, such as the series involving Nancy Drew or Hardy Boys—not until I read J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter.

Critics from the Church have it that Harry Potter subtly discouraged everyone, especially the children, from the Christian faith and lured them to believe in witchcraft and wizardry.

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20-21 Fri-Sat

Job Match
SM City Cebu holds “JobSeek” at the Cebu Trade Hall. Choose your career or explore job internships with the following firms exhibiting from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.: Aboitiz Manpower Inc., AFC Fertilizer and Chemicals, Inc., Anscor Swire Ship  Management Corp., Convergys Corp., Fuller Life Direct Selling Phils., Jebsens Maritime Inc., Metro Gaisano-Ayala, Plantation Bay Resort and Spa, Qualfon Phils. Inc., Shopping Center Management Corp., Sykes Asia, Inc., Teletech, and Tsuneishi Heavy Industries (Cebu), Inc. This job fair is held in cooperation with the Department of Labor and Employment and the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration.

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