Life after the crown for Pia Wurtzbach has always been about style and purpose. While we often see her on the red carpet and attending fashion weeks around the globe, the former beauty queen has never strayed from what truly drives her—her advocacies. Recently, Pia joined forces with...
Ballet is a dance, an art, that requires a lot of discipline. Its beauty lies in the dichotomy of grace and strength, fluidity and power, elegance and endurance. Prima ballerina Lisa Macuja-Elizalde can attest to that. Through the years, she has danced both here and abroad, gaining applause and...
Military life and financial planning are two battlefields where discipline is a top priority. At the Philippine Army, Major Maria Theresa Babiera gets to practice both. Maj. Babiera is one of the many beneficiaries of BDO Foundation, BDO’s corporate social responsibility arm. BDO Foundation...
Children’s books are among a child’s first gateways to fantasy. They present tales from wonderlands, stories of bravery, and convey values like kindness, honesty, perseverance, and respect. Apart from being a great source of entertainment for little ones, the genre also helps children develop...
In a world that rarely slows down, where the next trend is already outdated and every news cycle feels apocalyptic, there’s a quiet, necessary call to pause. To breathe. To reflect. To feel. It may seem like “it’s the end of the world as we know it,” but writer and professor Genevieve L....
In the often-shadowed world of nuclear science, where the complexities of atoms and isotopes reign, Dr. Aileen D. Mendoza proves that there is space for women in this field. As a senior science research specialist at the Department of Science and Technology–Philippine Nuclear Research Institute...
NATURE'S JOY To Charmaine Lagman, trips to nature are an expression of gratitude Charmaine Lagman, along with her husband Mike, is a builder, a construction magnate with interests in information technology. On weekdays, her days are spent building structures of steel,...
THE SUNDAY DRILL ALONE IN CHANG MAI Downtime at a quaint hotel along the Mae Ping River after a Thai modular cooking lesson with French-Israeli food scholar Dr. Hanuman Aspler. She was the lone guest at the hotel To Gaggan-trained Rhea Rizzo, the chef behind the dining destination Mrs. Saldo’s,...
THE SUNDAY DRILL SUNDAY COMFORT Monique Madsen lounging at home in a Natori kaftan I met Monique Madsen in the middle of nowhere, on the high seas of Hong Kong, aboard the Genting Dream, a 151,300-ton, 335-meter-long, 40-meter-wide, and 18-deck-tall dream of a cruise ship run by Dream Cruises out...
The inspirational life of Ambassador Philippe Jones Lhuillier (PJL), one of the country’s most respected diplomats and Chairman of Cebuana Lhuillier, the nation’s largest micro-financial services company finally comes to life with “A Purposeful Journey of a Lifetime”. “A Purposeful...
THE SUNDAY DRILL At 32, Patrick Cuna is 15 years too young for what he does at the LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMH), for which he has been designated acting global director for retail development and strategy at the headquarters in Paris. But he was born to do the stuff he does at the...
It was the beginning of another semester at SoFA Design Institute when Amina Aranaz-Alunan scheduled an interview with Manila Bulletin Lifestyle. Unlike past opening days, this one was particularly special as the staff welcomed students to their new home at The Proscenium Retail Row in Rockwell,...
