MEDIUM RARE She is a powerhouse in her own right, with a string of accomplishments taller than herself, all of them logged in the private sector. Until now. When she celebrated her birthday on April 20, who’d have thought she would brag that she’s a senior citizen aged 64? In one part of her...
MEDIUM RARE Eat right, eat light. If hot water comes out of the tap and you could fry an egg on the sidewalk, it’s time to skip a meal that’s heavy on meat, such as pork, beef, lamb. Blame the heat. There’s a reason – other than religion – why people who live in hot climates eschew...
MEDIUM RARE Dubai, in the middle of the desert, swimming and sinking in floods wrought by rain. Manila, in the middle of an archipelago of 7,600 islands floating on blue-green water, crying and praying for rain. What if we could switch places on the map? Could we use science, satellite technology,...
MEDIUM RARE As the French would say it, enchanté! On the day Time magazine named him one of the world’s 100 most influential, the President took pity – “nakakaawa” – on the riders of e-bikes and e-trikes who were being fined and arrested for using national roads. “The...
MEDIUM RARE On a warm summer night, what nicer place to hold a party than under a starlit sky, on a terrace overlooking a slope of hill outlined in fairy lights? The hilly slope is positioned between Quezon City and Marikina, and it’s the 14th home to da one and only Mader, Ricky Reyes to...
MEDIUM RARE A long time ago T.S. Eliot said that April is the cruelest month. Another person, perhaps also a poet, said that “April is a promise that May is bound to keep.” What promise? In these our tropical islands, please make that the promise of rain, but rain without typhoons and...
MEDIUM RARE It’s summer, all right, and a sizzling, sweltering one. Should we chuck our underwear and remember to share the advice with all who’re trying to keep their cool? Congresswoman Janette Garin, an MD and former secretary of health, is to be thanked for taking such intimate discussion...
MEDIUM RARE Cousins are friends who happen to be related by blood. That statement is based on my own personal experience, especially after several of my cousins – all of them from my mother’s side – gathered recently for a first, a grand reunion. Cousins are the friends you grew up with,...
MEDIUM RARE When you enter the home of the ambassador of Singapore to the Philippines, expect to be greeted by a mini version of the Garden City, by which name her country is also known. Ambassador Constance See has plucked more than a handful of giant paper flowers to welcome visitors as soon as...
MEDIUM RARE My memories of Don Emilio T. Yap, whose 10 th death anniversary was marked last Thursday, precede my employment in this newspaper. No wonder, when I looked at the crowd gathered for the unveiling of his bronze bust, I felt ancient. The sculpture by Abdulmari (Toym) Imao Jr. shows...
MEDIUM RARE Once upon a time, the great sex symbol of the Western World was a certain Brigitte Bardot. Men desired her, women hated her even when they admired the audacity of her. She turned into a controversy when an advertisement showing her underarms was pulled out. The fault was not in...
MEDIUM RARE After the standstill of Holy Week, it took a while for the secular world to get back on its feet and revive the noise, the sounds of the city. On Saturday, aka Black Saturday, ChowKing could not serve halo-halo for lack of ice. Cinnabon ran out of coffee but not of...
