MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza At 11:32 p.m. precisely on Sept. 1, I heard my first carol of the year, “White Christmas.” Twelve hours earlier, Pedro, a father of four, put up his Christmas tree and pulled out box after box of ornaments. Later in the day, TV5 launched the network’s Christmas...
Medium Rare Jullie Y. Daza The stage is set for the Fight of the Century! In the blink of an eye, the Clash of the Titans! (Drum roll) In this corner, Sara Duterte, defending champion of poll surveys! In the other corner, Leni Robredo, challenger! The signs are all there. The drama no longer...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza This business of wearing a mask as a weapon against the deadliest virus of our time has other virtues going for it. For one, it imparts a mysterious air to its wearer. It also hides his or her imperfections from the bridge of the nose down to the chin, in that way...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Stop calling them heroes but treating them like beggars. Pushing them against the wall, taking pleasure in their desperation, waiting for them to make good their threat to quit en masse. On National Heroes Day, doctors and nurses and other frontliners came out in small...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Before CNN and the worldwide web, news did not travel as fast as light. As it was an unknown entity, the name Afghanistan stood for anything that was strange, unfamiliar, far and far away. In short, Afghanistanism was the catch-all for whatever seemed or...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Break, break, break! Too much already! Did we take one step forward, only to take two steps back? After an unending series of monotonously named lockdowns, it feels like we’re back where we started on March 15, 2020. True, more vaccines but also more deadly variants....
CENA FAMILIAR Clockwise from top left: Croque monsieur, tortilla de patata, toasted chorizo, and gambas with all its juices This past week was fun. I made sure it was nothing but that at home. With the scary situation outside, no choice but to spend most of the time in prison. What did I do? I...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza To retire or not to retire from the square ring of boxing? That sounds like the question of the day being bandied about by analysts, while another batch of curiosity seekers wonder if Manny Pacquiao should throw his hat in the three-ring circus of the coming elections....
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza To illiterates and innumerates alike, the universe is founded on numbers. The numbers that Ugas in Vegas beat out of Pacquiao after 12 rounds read 115-113, 116-112, and again 116-112. Numbers are the foundation of a predictable world, specially when your profession is...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza An alternative headline would have been “The last Q” (for quarter), but where’s the romance in that? Quoting the president of the biggest federation of business clubs in the Philippines, “Spare the last quarter.” Henry Lim Bon Liong was okay with the Aug. 6-20...
Elite performance dietitian Jeaneth Aro shares her strategy Season to taste Photos from Coach Jeaneth Aro PINOY EXCELLENCE Coach Ja with Pinoy athletes and coaches Hidilyn Diaz may have won the Olympic gold medal single-handedly, but she is the first to admit she could never have done it alone....
How this chef has been spending his days on lockdown SO GLAD SALAD Salade trios et Demi and garlic bread “Prison” at home has been fun. Although there are no new food discoveries, I made it my mission to treat my kids to a restaurant level meal every dinner. I enjoy surprising them with...
