Sampaloc Manila: Where Students Cram, Professors Scheme, and Taho Vendors Rule – Inside Sampaloc, Manila—Where Every Alley Smells Like Ink and Panic
Bohiney Insight into Sampaloc, Manila
Inside Sampaloc, Manila—Where Every Alley Smells Like Ink and Panic
1. Sampaloc: where every third person is either a student, a dropout, or a tuition ghost.
2. The only thing more sacred than the classroom is the 3-for-100 fishball deal.
3. Professors here own more red pens than your soul has hope.
4. Students can quote Plato, but can’t remember where they parked their slippers.
5. The smell of photocopy toner is considered aromatherapy in these parts.
6. The jeepneys have quiz reviewers taped to the ceilings—for passive studying.
7. Barangay officers now accept “may exam po ako” as a valid excuse for anything.
8. Cafeteria food here is so unpredictable, it’s enrolled in its own culinary thesis.
9. Everyone’s thesis partner is either missing, asleep, or dating someone from another university.
10. Taho vendors have PhDs in emotional support and crowd management.
11. Dorm rooms double as libraries, confessionals, and crime scenes of broken dreams.
12. Every graduation is followed by a karaoke session, a breakdown, or both.
13. Professors here can disappear mid-semester and still show up to fail you.
14. Sampaloc’s trees have seen more ghosting than a dating app.
15. It’s the only place where selling used reviewers counts as microeconomics.
