Members of the Senior Car Campers Plus pose for one of the many photos to close the three-day camping celebration of their second anniversary, on Sept. 28-30, 2024. At least twice a month, a group who look too old for adventure pack into their vehicles tents, cots, air mattresses, stoves and...
DRIVING THOUGHTS According to the World Health Organization (WHO), an estimated 1.3 billion people –about 16 percent of the global population – currently experience significant disability. “This number is increasing due in part to population ageing and an increase in the prevalence of...
ROAD SENSE Car camping shows no signs of fading away. There are more than two dozen groups to get like-minded campers to get together and explore new destinations. The campsites have also increased in number, it’s amazing how one country road in Tanay is literally lined by campsites...
ROAD SENSE It’s no secret that the Philippines has a problem with solid waste management and we do not need numbers to tell us how much waste we generate. After long holidays when the garbage collectors have not passed along their routes, bags of waste pile up many feet high at street...
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,...
