Issue One: Editor's Note

EDITOR'S NOTES: Ever wonder how light is directly proportional to sound? No? Good. Because this is not the magazine for that and I have to start explaining  things to people beyond this point, so moving on...

First of all, Congratulations~! You've got in your hands, one of the most remarkable online magazines to ever come out of the vicinity of Pakil, Laguna, so far. You, dear reader, are beyond awesome! Too much? For the record, I am obligated to say that because this is our team's long-awaited magazine, one can only be his own best and worst fan right?

Secondly, apologies for the untimely launch of this magazine. This should be launched around early June but what date is it now? Meh. We are still in our experimental stage, trying to figure out how to conjure deadlines and would we be able to keep up this sort of heavy writing with our own personal schedules. So, yeah, fingers crossed.

Now, most of the featured articles are focused on past events that are heavily influenced by the events of May.  Also, the photos in this magazine were carefully collected from select individuals. We cannot put everything and feature everyone in this magazine. So I apologize if I missed something or overlooked an important person. But we will definitely try to feature the prominent events accordingly.

Speaking of events, June isn't quite eventful but the days were mostly reserved for getting this maiden issue up and running. We took a great leap of faith on this decision... fine, fine, sort of a hop. Most of the people I invited to be involved in this project are more than ready to help out, so it isn't that quite hard to gather up people who would like to pay homage to our little town.

Speaking of our little town, that's the theme in our maiden issue right here - being a Pakilenyo. Who are we really? Time to establish that identity by knowing the basics of our little town in our first ever article -  The Hitchhiker's Guide to Pakil Laguna, decorated boringly with old photos of Pakil. We deconstruct some of the known tales and history about this sleepy rural area. Also, a guide to knowing how to spot a fellow Pakileno in the crowd with the checklist "Taga-Pakil ka kung..."

Sleepy town? Nah. Pakil is no longer dubbed wit this name but more of like Little Hollywood. Unsure? Come along and rediscover Pakil in the eyes of the media in our special spread about the newest local television craze - Juan dela Cruz.

And lastly, May means a countdown to the end of Summer. We list down the things we do before the school year starts and the events that came along with the month of flowers.

So let's kick-start this time travelling experience. Allons-y!

 M