Poem by Joey A. Tabula Posted online 8:18 AM, November 19, 2017; First published in September 2017

Ginulantang kaming mga bangkay
Ng sepulturero. Tanghaling tapat
Nang iniluwal kami ng sariling puntod.

Essay by Marc Gregory Y. Yu Posted online 3:14 AM, November 19, 2017; First published in September 2017

FIRST PRIZE. Dr. Marc Gregory Yu (right) with fellow contestants at the 2016 International Speaking Competition for Young Endocrinologists. Photo by Marc Gregory Yu 

My family loves to eat. My grandmother enjoys rice with mangoes; my sister cannot live without ice cream; and as for my dad,