HIDDEN GARDEN Kairakuen in Mito City has 3,000 plum trees that bloom in late wintera serene escape from Tokyo (Photo Visit Japan Philippines) It’s easy to get lost in the idea of a travel game plan, especially when the destination is as dynamic as Japan. If you’re bound for Haneda, you...
OF PAST AND PRESENT Melbourne blends Victorian architecture with the pulse of a bustling city Because it’s not Sydney with the Opera House, nor Tokyo with its Disneylands, you can agree, in perfect harmony, that you're not here to tick off touristy items on a bucket list because you’ve...
ADRIFT IN SERENITY Mövenpick’s speedboat is perfect for a sunset cruise There it was, “pick your moments,” in hot pink serif font stamped across buggies roaming around the lush groves of trees unspoiled since the glory days of Club Panoly. You wouldn't think this lowercase propaganda...
Filipino female scientists with remarkable contributions to medicine and education When an imbalance in the system deprived women of the right to knowledge the right to knowledge and rendered them mere household figures, their skills and passion were obscured by male dominance and patriarchy as...
Make use of stuff lying around your house and save up on gifts and the holiday menu ⓒ Joanna Kosinska via Unsplash When the holidays come knocking, people shell out a lot of cash to dress up their shiny homes—from the nooks and crannies up to the glitter-covered champagne on the table....
From the tasteless to the offensive Halloween costumes generally fall under three categories. It’s either you dress classically spooky, dress “slutty”–as coined by incels who objectify women when girls just want to have fun—or dress weird. The last one changes definition every year, but...
Thong Pha Phum National Park, Kanchanaburi Self-care travel seems like a really good idea right now. Even planning your vacation holds enough therapeutic value that people do it in the middle of work or in the wee hours of the night to get lost in the feeling of being, but not quite, “out...
(JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Before the white sand controversy, Manila Bay has undergone many changes last year as a way to rehabilitate what once was the capital’s glorious gateway. It had been stripped of its economical and historical significance when pollution deteriorated...
Plus, the perfect gifts to jumpstart their new goals By this time, grandparents have settled themselves into their daily routine, which consists of doing chores, surfing the internet, or playing with dogs, but most of the time, the idea of trying new things, let alone getting out of bed, could mean...
The former reporter on dealing with loss, changes, and moving forward On the first day of college, everyone was eager to meet our new professor—a well-known name in the TV broadcast industry, a name that, if it weren’t for his trademark sign-off “spieeel,” would never have made him a...
Five things you should know about the Filipina Tiktok sensation Bella Poarch ’s name doesn’t exactly ring a bell in the Twitter world and K-pop fandom, until one controversial slip-up in a video showing her tattoo of the Japanese rising sun. To Koreans, the symbol seems to be a counterpart of...
Cathay Pacific launches its first FB Messenger customer service in the Philippines Is it weird that airlines, of all transactions, lack social media services? They don’t, but major concerns, like a delayed flight or lost baggage more often than not, get stuck in the pile of unread messages....
