NZ alumni as country ambassadors, Korea opens up, and where to get Tokyo-inspired cocktails in Makati MATARIKI Deputy Head of Mission Mr. Tim Given, NZ Ambassador to the Philippines Peter Kell Just last week, Manaaki New Zealand Scholarship Program alumni and current students got together at...
Sheila Lirio Marcelo and Kevin Yang, through Metacrafters.io, are offering up the opportunity to learn to code for Web3 while earning at the same time SQURE ROOT In the cover is centerpiece of the stage of the Metacrafters launch event Learning through play is a concept we all grew up with. From...
Filipinos and the Japanese have something so profound in common—pottery LASTING FRIENDSHIP The Japanese Embassy's deputy chief of mission, Yasushi Yamamoto, opens the exhibit of pottery that showcases a shared history between the Philippines and Japan Pottery has been around in the Philippines...
The Korean Cultural Center is ready for its next chapter READY FOR THE NEXT DECADE KCC Director Im Young A It’s been a little over a decade since the Korean Cultural Center (KCC) was established in Manila. I got to visit their former space back in 2013 to cover one of their events and it’s...
Ending Women’s Month and celebrating the golden jubilee of PH-Bangladesh relations NIGHT LIGHTS An evening in Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh On Monday, March 28, Bangladesh and the Philippines celebrated 50 years of diplomatic relations. It was also a celebration of the golden jubilee of...
AMIGOS EN LA CULTURA National Museum Director Jeremy Barns (left) and Spanish Ambassador to the Philippines Jose Moragas formally open the exhibit titled The Longest Journey With alert level one in place, diplomatic events have come back to (real) life. This, after having been relegated mostly to...
CLIMBING MOUNTAINS TOGETHER Cecilia and I's workout statistics brought us as high as Mt. Abunugi! “You diplomatic spouses have it way better,” a female diplomat once said with a laugh. “You just have to attend the parties and we have to do all the backbreaking work.” It was supposed to be a...
OKSANA STUDIO Oksana Polonets (fourth from right) and her models at the Ukrainian Ambassador_s Residence in Berlin in 2017 The first diplomatic spouse’s event I attended during our posting in Berlin was at the official residence of the Ukrainian ambassador. It was in 2017 and the country was...
Ana Algabre-Hernandez paints a full and fulfilling life Mme. Ana Algabre-Hernandez On a cold December evening in 2016, in the middle of a holiday trip, I found myself at a Rizal Day dinner at the Philippine Ambassador’s residence in Korea. I’ll always remember that event as the perfect example...
PRINCESS TO QUEEN Post-Spain and post-Miss Universe, Corrine is all grown up There’s something about living abroad that instantly bonds you with other people who have done the same. I recently found myself at the same lunch as Corrine Abalos. The 24-year-old ended her journey with Miss Universe...
A WORLD METAVERSALLY CONNECTED Will there be a need for ambassadors in a future without borders Back in November, the Caribbean nation of Barbados announced that they would be opening its first embassy in the metaverse, Decentraland. The island nation’s decision to build a digital diplomatic...
We all have something we’re proud about. A new job, a raise you totally deserve, a new property or a car, even a career milestone you worked so hard for. While it’s human to be proud, it’s often considered pathetic to seek attention or validation for one’s achievements or good fortune....
