DAPITAN
After eight long years, Philip Jamilla finally left this university last 2019 with a bachelor’s degree in Literature. He is currently in a university somewhere in Diliman, taking his master’s degree in Philippine Studies. When he’s not busy writing press releases for a human rights organization, cramming papers for his classes in graduate school, or wasting hours on Twitter, Philip tries to write a few poems here and there. Thea is an aspiring writer that barely sleeps at night. She currently works for a publishing company and is struggling with the debilitating pressure of adulthood. But she is not one to quit. She believes in the power of stubbornness, determination, perseverance, and an occasional dose of procrastination. Every time she hits the daily word count, she convinces herself that she deserves a slice of cheesecake. She likes hoarding books, then leaving them untouched and dusty on the shelf for a year. Thea lives for tropes like enemies to lovers, drunken confessions, and slow-burn fake dating that eventually blossoms into real, intense romance. She loves Sidney Sheldon. John Patrick A. Magno Ranara is journalism student and an aspiring novelist who has been a member of The Flame as a culture writer and the UST Journalism Society as a photographer. Born under the Taurus sign, he is a lover of animals and a hater of equations, both scientific and mathematical. Along with books, he enjoys scenic photo shoots and films fluctuating from gory to childish degrees. Too bad he cannot use his “Irregular nth Year in 4thYear originally in Journalism, but later on become BA in AB” intro anymore. Nonetheless, Hans Lawrence V. Malgapu is now with the Communications Bureau since 2018 as their staff writer and official photographer. He is still selling books tho. Sa apat na taon ni Reena Medina sa kolehiyo, apat na beses din siyang kumuha ng application form para sa Dapitan Literary Folio ngunit nabigong makapagsumite. Kagaya ng panghihinayang na ‘to, marami pa siyang pangarap na gustong balikan matapos pansamantalang natigil habang hinahanap ang kaniyang maliit na espasyo sa corporate world. Malayo man sa liwanag ng entablado ang kaniyang pang-araw-araw na buhay ngayon, kinasasabikan pa rin niya ang pagdilig sa kaniyang halamang si Luisito Pesto at iba pang mga tanim. Siya ay miyembro ng Teatro Tomasino at nagtapos ng AB Communication Arts noong 2016. Ella Marie Mercado, or Mel to her friends, is a Journalism student relearning how to be a literary writer. She joined other organizations as a graphic artist while trying to overcome her writer’s block. At the moment, Mel is enjoying and struggling with learning Adobe apps on the spot and barre chords on the guitar. Mula sa probinsya ng Ilocos Norte, si Patrick “Patrix” Miguel ay kasalukuyang nag-aaral ngayon sa Unibersidad ng Santo Tomas. Wala siyang gustong gawin sa buhay kundi magsulat at magbasa lamang para sa bayan, kaya siya kumukuha ngayon ng AB Literature at nagsusulat ng kung ano-ano sa The Flame (heart emoji). Mahahanap niyo lang siya sa kalye ng Antonio kapag wala siyang klase upang makalanghap ng preskong hangin, pero minsan ay nasa Library din para kunwari ay nag-aaral talaga siya. Isa rin siyang Aries.
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