AT MT. ULAP It’s World Hiking Day (Nov. 17) and most people won’t even pause to think why taking a hike in the forests should have a special day. Most likely, the reason is they have never had the time to go hiking, or they do not like being outdoors. These people are missing a lot, and if you...
DRIVING THOUGHTS What is most important to take along for the next stage of the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage walk? A rain jacket, water, food, foot anti-blister pads, mobile phone, power bank, roaming Wi-Fi gadget, extra socks, shirt, anti-allergy medicine, ballpen, notebook, pack of chocolates,...
Toyota booth opening presentation at the Tokyo Mobility Show on Oct. 25, 2023 It’s now trite to say – “The cars of the future are here” – as the new cars that are launched come with features recently presented as those in the car-of-tomorrow. That’s how fast technology has been...
DRIVING THOUGHTS (My dear friend, Toto Sicangco, passed away Thursday in his home in North Carolina. I’m reprinting a story I wrote about him which was published in the book – Sugar and Smiles: The Negrense Legacy Beyond 2020, as my tribute to that man who had brought many audiences to another...
DRIVING THOUGHTS I called her “Deedee,” not “Tita Deedee,” as many did because she had always made me feel like an equal even if I had just joined Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation as Tempo deskwoman/reporter in 1982. Then, she was already Deedee Siytangco, well-known in...
DRIVING THOUGHTS Used to be, a piece of paper that fell out of a pile and flew off with the wind is dismissed as “let it go, it’s only paper.” Used to be too, all documents required for any transaction needed a printed copy; and that did not even get a comment. Today, those instances...
DRIVING THOUGHTS Children grow up, mothers – and their mothering instinct – stay the same. They do not stop worrying if an adult son or daughter is eating enough and on time, or sleeping well, gets home safely after a long drive, recovers from illness or heartbreak. I’m a mother, and even...
DRIVING THOUGHTS By now, most people are aware of ChatGPT. It’s mentioned casually or in jest in a conversation when one means to poke someone to write better, or to be more careful about taking advise from a nicely-written letter from a friend or colleague. Before we begin to discuss that,...
DRIVING THOUGHTS It has been a week of talk about the old and the modern jeepney and all the issues that come with the transition. We’ve heard the jeepney drivers, operators, and transport groups protest the planned phaseout of the jeepney with the PUV Modernization Program (PUVMP) which was...
DRIVING THOUGHTS Pinky Concha Colmenares Have all the CCTVs monitoring major streets and intersections in Quezon City been deactivated? If those are still on, then no one must be viewing the traffic problem along Quezon Avenue – specifically around the area entering the underpass at Araneta...
DRIVING THOUGHTS Pinky Concha Colmenares Reading is one of the most important values you can pass on to your children. If, by chance, your parents have passed on the love for reading to you, then you are blessed with a lifetime source of good things. Reading is a habit that gives more knowledge,...
DRIVING THOUGHTS Pinky Concha Colmenares Is this the way media events have become? Clusters of people, their heads bowed to their gadgets, are somewhere else but not at the site. That’s the scene that I walked into when I finally went out of my “safe zone” and ventured into attending a media...
