Do’s and don’ts to watch out for, according to real estate experts Our first home—the one we purchase ourselves—will always be very special. It’s a rite of passage, and an unforgettable milestone. That’s why we need to be fully aware of the perils and pitfalls of plunking down our...
Our embassy in Greece promotes arnis as Philippine National Martial Art HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT Coach Arden Poblete with young arnis participants during a demonstration In promoting arnis as the Philippine national martial art and sport, the Philippine Embassy in Athens conducted an introduction and...
A close look at how much we accumulate in life and how much of it we really need Every few years or so, diplomats and their families are faced with the challenge of sorting through accumulated possessions. It’s kind of a thing you’re forced into when you have to pack up and move your whole life...
At its core, through trials and errors, our desire is to elevate our world to the level of utopian science fiction. Other than inhabiting, possessing, and controlling it, we have reshaped it, but here we are. Can we get it back in shape? Its growing catalog of ills notwithstanding, I think the...
Poetry does make better writers and also better people Illustration by Oteph Antipolo In 2011, at exactly 8:58 p.m. on Dec. 31 the year before, English author Neil Gaiman wrote in his digital journal, “May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you readsome fine...
Life behind the curtains at the CCP Billed as Backstage Pass: Life behind the Curtains , the 30-minute feature documentary directed by award-winning indie filmmaker Joseph Mangat covers the back-of-house activities of the CCP Theater Crew in lights, fly, and stage areas. THE Cultural Center of the...
Makeshift farm facilities in Capiz introduce students to hydroponics SEEDS OF THE FUTURE Students join their teacher in their school-based hydroponic facility in Capiz in this undated photo. Kids used to take care of their makeshift farm at school before the onset of the pandemic, generating income...
SITTING PRETTY The Parisian Life by Juan Luna (Cover design by Jules Vivas) There is beauty in the stars that burns. For some it is the last breath. It travels in space for millions of lightyears, but where it comes from all is dead, broken, scattered in the vastness. And beauty encompasses the...
Holiday and hospitality in an age of uncertainty This year’s Yuletide season will be unlike any other in contemporary history. It can be disappointing to be unable to celebrate such a momentous occasion replete of the normal accoutrements of Christmas. And so, people are finding a means to...
Halloween is not canceled this year. It's the creepiest yet. Move aside, plague doctor costume! Nothing is more symbolic of the scariest Halloween in years than our masks and our face shields and the invisible six-foot pole we have to keep between us and the next person. But it's also time to walk...
Like guests in one’s own country. That’s how visiting a museum can make you feel. It’s not necessarily a bad thing, but it does show how there’s so much about our own society’s history, cultural heritage, art, and even natural history that we don’t know—or, at least, don’t know...
Like most young people, Wowie Cai likes traveling and taking photos. But unlike most young people, he thrives with black water photography. When he first dived in 2014, he never imagined the impact of that first underwater adventure on his career. To be precise, that dive made him discover a new...
