Shainne Hostalero

Journal

  • Readings Update of 1/2 2021

    As we indulge ourselves to more readings. Continue reading

    Readings Update of 1/2 2021

  • 4 years

    I remember this day four years ago like it was yesterday. I might have used to the pain, perhaps it toughened me, or if not, it probably made me dense. I’m still not used to the life living without him.… Continue reading

  • New on this site

    I am delighted to share with you a slightly innovated/renovated shainnehostalero [dot] com. After months of being occupied with a lot of other important stuff, I finally able to update this website and make it chunkier (more content to be… Continue reading

  • Maiba naman

    It was year 2015 or early 2016 (?), naglalakad ako sa UP after a workout (naks! Akala mo naman talaga.) It was a weekend – Saturday, I think. Gumising ako ng mga 5am tapos nagpunta ng UP, dating gawi, iikot… Continue reading

  • The Year That Was and The Year That Will Be

    The year 2020 is self-explanatory. It was one, if not the worst year of the decade, and it surely introduced us the new way to live (most of it I’m used to even before, at least this year I do… Continue reading

  • What (Online) Teaching Has Taught Me

    This 2020 is the year that we all try to figure it out how we can all work with little to nothing resources we have, to convert everything to online, and do everything with the use of the internet. Though… Continue reading

  • Making ammends

    I am sure you can relate, there were high hopes when we welcome the new decade. I guess, most of us really did not expect how 2020 will go. It’s been months of community quarantine and everything seemed to have… Continue reading

  • BEarthDay 2020

    Yesterday, April 22, I celebrated my Quarantine Birthday. While we are in the middle of Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ), it has been one, if not the most peaceful birthdays I have and I am exceptionally thankful for another year of… Continue reading

  • OPINION: Suspending Online Classes and Ending the Semester Early due to COVID-19

    Not all students share the same privilege. Some students are working too simultaneous with their studies to suffice their need for allowance and pay other expenses. Some have parents who are on a no-work, no-pay setup; and not all have… Continue reading

  • An Open Letter to our Leaders: When Aggressiveness is Key, and Caliber is of Importance

    Aggressiveness, in the positive and leadership context, can be defined as ‘readiness to engage in daring or difficult activity,’ or the ‘quality or state of being forceful.’ It can also be synonymous with action, initiative, drive, emphasis, and fierceness. In this time… Continue reading