About Us
ca·thar·sis /kəˈTHärsÉ™s/
(noun). the process of releasing,
and thereby providing relief from,
strong or repressed emotions.
and thereby providing relief from,
strong or repressed emotions.
(noun). a group of students from
Ateneo de Naga University Senior
High School taking Social Journalism.
The Writers
The Writers
Lianne Eclarinal is a writer, blogger, and aspiring Pope,
currently studying in Ateneo de Naga. She lives in Pili with her
family and four cats, all named Cat.
Louie Montecillo is a Soc Journ student of the Ateneo
de Naga University. He loves to play football and finds
joy in listening to instrumental music, an otaku (anime fanatic)
and a certified Kim Bok-Joo fan.
Tweety Alarkon, a 16 year old who’s hobby is creating
change through words. An idealist and a certified
procrastinator. She’s an 11th grader and a good
student wanna-be. She loves movies as much as she loves her pets.
Nicole Bonaagua is currently a Social Journalism student
in Ateneo de Naga University who procrastinates a lot. She likes
to binge-watch survival themed TV series or binge-read sci-fi
eBooks in the dark. She is proud to show everyone her album
of memes and squeals whenever she discovers a
stranger is in the same fandom as she’s in.
Celine Jane Del Castillo aka Aling Maliit
is a student in the morning, a part-time blogger, a full-time
comedienne in the evening. She dreams of living by the beach.
She's in love with chocolates too.
She's in love with chocolates too.
JV Palencia is a fierce young man who will never get
tired of dancing his jam like Beyonce’s songs and
Ariana’s Side to Side. This young man is a Social Journalism
student and into fashion, music, and entertainment and
with this scope he will mostly use this for his journalism
career. As a young journalism student, he's still seeking
for a change that will transform him to become the
better version of himself as he explores his world.
Rodrigo Martinez known as “Digong” is always
carrying an abanico and known to his archaic way
when he speaks Rinconada-Iriga dialect. He also
likes to capture photos. He also writes poems in
his native dialect whenever he feels blue or in love
(charooooot). His dream is to become a successful
war correspondent, a lawyer and a dance instructor.
Cristine San Agustin is a writer of unfinished books.
She hates blogging, irony and bionotes.