In the Philippines, cold brew coffee has become popular in the past five years or so after it has been introduced by top-selling coffee chains; at the same time, this is hardly a new way of preparing coffee. Cold brew coffee has been around for centuries, and it dates back to the 1600s, usually attributed... Continue Reading →
Coffee has been a staple for many of us. Most of us, to be very quite honest, have built our personalities on our love for coffee. Most of us say we cannot function without coffee first and that coffee runs in our veins. At the same time, with the current state of the world, our... Continue Reading →
Amidst the growing public concern about the CoVID-19 outbreak, people on social media are now expressing their fears about a possible “new” pandemic—the hantavirus. The alarm came after a report broke out about a man from Yunnan Province in southwest China dying from the hantavirus. According to Global Times, the man was travelling on board... Continue Reading →
The Crystal Power Tarot is my first ever deck, which was given to me by a close friend during the holidays last year, and this is what I use to read for myself. I have been talking about my interest in cartomancy for the longest time and the superstitious belief that you should not buy... Continue Reading →
About a week ago, most of us have been placed under community quarantine and curfew. Without the routine we have all been accustomed to, our lives have become more mundane and unexciting. We have been cut off from our school and work friends, and most of us have not seen our significant others since then.... Continue Reading →
Quite recently, an international donut franchise announced, through a social media post, a local promotion where people can get two boxes of donuts for PHP 500.00 (USD 9.88) and advertised it with "get two dozens of donuts for only PHP 500.00. In the comment section of their social media page, several people engaged in argument... Continue Reading →
When you go to class on a daily basis, do you say that it is something you do everyday or every day? The words everyday and every day are easily and commonly confused in English. They look pretty much the same when you write them out on paper—separated by just one tiny space. Plus, when... Continue Reading →
There are currently at least 171,476 words listed in the English dictionary. This may sound comforting as we have a variety of words we can use to express ourselves more articulately. At the same time, it also poses confusion, especially with words that somehow share the same root. For example: when you move to a... Continue Reading →
When you want to express the difference between two objects, do you say different from or different than? This one is also rather tricky like the pair we discussed yesterday. One cause of confusion is the word itself: different. It is an adjective that compares two or more objects, but it is not a comparative... Continue Reading →
When you point out the similarities of two or more objects, do you say compare to or compare with? Prepositions have always been the bane of second language speakers of English; a simple change of preposition in a sentence can change the entire meaning of the message. In this installment of Word War, we are... Continue Reading →
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