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After moving online last year, the Olympics of the publishing world returns, bringing in thousands of publishers and authors to Frankfurt from Oct. 20 to 24. It’s going to be the Philippines’ sixth consecutive year of participation.

Cheers to gastrodiplomacy!

To this diplomat’s wife and executive coach, the key to success is nourishing your different needs as a human being.

It’s 2021 and dressing up has been, more or less, relaxed. Dress codes are not as rigid as the days of Downton Abbey when opting for a dinner jacket instead of tails could be considered a major faux pas.

It’s interesting to note that Myrza grew up defying almost every expectation society had for her. She left a parent-approved career in IT to become a model. Then, she went on to be a writer and said no to motherhood while openly talking about putting her own desires first. In a society where women are often painted as meek and self-sacrificing, is there room to be selfish?

There’s really a reason people with an air of elegance never seem to be in a hurry. It’s why they never seem to commit a faux pas.

Whatever is on our skin—what we see on the outside—is based on what we put in our bodies. It’s also a manifestation of what’s going on inside.

Age of Authenticity: Is there room for professionalism and poise in the online world?

How the return to Manila from seven years of living in Kuala Lumpur and Berlin is teaching this diplomat’s wife how to find happiness wherever she finds herself.

At home in Manila with Germany’s Ambassador Anke Reiffenstuel

The appreciation of Philippine textiles is essential, and urgent, because it’s a culture-based livelihood. We can all support it by reading about it, learning more of its provenance, the indigenous peoples who wove it, their culture, heritage, and traditions.

How did I even get here? And other questions I often ask myself