Alyssa MayoCNF Writing Exercise: Exercise on Rhetorical TechniquesMuch of my childhood was spent under the heat of the sun and a giant Sampaloc tree at the edge of the vacant lot was the only form of…Apr 22, 2021Apr 22, 2021
Alyssa MayoAnalysis — Bob Ong and RJ LedesmaBob Ong and RJ Ledesma’s Stainless Longganisa and I Do or I Die manifest two very different attacks on humor and life. One gives us…Apr 14, 2021Apr 14, 2021
Alyssa MayoCNF Writing Exercise: Spirit of the Childhood PastIt was a scream in the dead of that summer night that interrupted my dream. I kept my eyes closed. A monster might creep up to me any…Apr 8, 2021Apr 8, 2021
Alyssa MayoCNF Online Journal 2: “Wilfredo Pascual’s Animalia”Non-fiction was never something I voluntarily read. I never developed a taste for it. I guess I had the wrong notion of it being…Mar 25, 2021Mar 25, 2021
Alyssa MayoCNF Online Journal 1: “My Name.”My name doesn’t come with an intriguing meaning nor does it come with an engaging story of how it was chosen. I wasn’t named after a…Mar 17, 2021Mar 17, 2021
Alyssa MayoOnline Journal 7: Analysis of the Short Story ‘Eye Candy’At first, Eye Candy was a story I didn’t think I would be able to relate to. It is about a middle-aged married banker, far from the…Mar 4, 2021Mar 4, 2021
Alyssa MayoOnline Journal 2: Analysis of Acosta’s ‘Walang Kalabaw sa Cubao’ ang Santos’ ‘The God We Worship…Both poems are playful yet rich commentaries on social class and the disparities in it. Through the use of Cubao and gods as central…Nov 27, 2020Nov 27, 2020
Alyssa MayoOnline Journal 3: Pagsusuri sa Tula ni Amado V. HernandezAng bayan mo’y inaapi, luluha ka ba o lalaban?Oct 27, 2020Oct 27, 2020
Alyssa MayoOnline Journal 2: Analysis of Carlos Piocos’ PoemCarlos Piocos III’s Mga Karaniwang Lungkot paints the picture of a war-stricken country and tells the story of a person away from someone…Oct 15, 2020Oct 15, 2020