Written by Edil Cuepo Any block you turn onto or bar you enter in New York City, chances are good you’ll encounter people speaking a language other than English. The variety of languages spoken by residents of NYC is estimated to be as many as 800 — 176 of which are spoken in the city’s public schools. We live in a vibrant city full of tourists and foreign-born residents; a melting pot of different cultures and languages. According to Census...
Written by Edil Cuepo “Chewin’ at a rhythm on my bubble gum The sun is out, I want some It’s not hard, not far to reach We can hitch a ride to Rockaway Beach” “Rockaway Beach” – Ramones, 1977 Sitting some twenty miles away from midtown Manhattan and facing the raging Atlantic, the Rockaway Beach Peninsula is New York’s summer haven. Boasting seven miles of beachfront, Rockaway beach is the only...
Written by Edil Cuepo Even for an extrovert like myself, moving to a new place initially meant having zero friends, zero confidence, and zero fun. Back home in Manila, my friends had been my security blanket since I was a child. No matter what happened in my life I always knew I had them. It was not until I moved thousands of miles away from them that I experienced having no sense of community — other than my family —...
Written by Edil Cuepo “Do you have a bank account?” It’s a question that most college students and young and middle-aged professionals in New York would roll their eyes at. Who doesn’t have a bank account, right? I thought the same thing — but I was stunned when I saw the numbers. A significant number of adults in New York City go “unbanked” (or without a bank account) every year. According to a survey by the New York City...