I once took a trip to Singapore with zero plans, as in nothing scheduled, nothing I wanted to do, except to sleep, eat, maybe shop a little, and read a lot. I booked myself a room at a cheap hotel, not so cheap that it would be uncomfortable, as I was prepared to spend much of my four-day stay in...
FLAVORS OF THE SOUTH EAST From left: Beef percik with lauk pauk or side dishes
When food expert Angelo Comsti, in his desire to bring together chefs young and old, established and emerging, came up with a personal passion project called Asian Culinary Exchange (ACE), it was in fact only a logical...
In his acceptance speech at the Nobel Prize banquet in 1954, which the American ambassador to Sweden at the time read in his behalf, Ernest Hemingway wrote, "Writing at best is a lonely life."
It's ironic that in order to connect with the world, a writer has to be alone through torturous...
A CHANGING COUNTRY Portrait of Orhan Pamuk by Ozan Kose at his desk in his Istanbul home (AFP)
There's an ongoing promo package put together by Deluks Tourizm and Travel Warehouse Inc., in partnership with Oman Air, for eight days and seven nights in Türkiye. It's $1,888, all in.
The...
PANIMULA Linupak na Kalabasa at Alimasag, Binuro na Maya Maya sa Asin, and Silog
Only a few weeks ago, while immersed in the glorious waters of the Philippines, I told two foreign members of my family separately that it was a good time to be a Filipino. While at the beach near the West Philippine...
THIS WAY TO PARADISE Manami Resort, perched on a lush cove on the shores of Sipalay Sea, is the first and only luxury resort in the area
I'm in Sipalay, where I've never been. It's as far from my life by plane as the usual places—Boracay, Palawan, Bohol, Cebu, Iloilo—but it's much...
FRIENDS WHO TRAVEL TOGETHER TravelingBFFsPH in Nagasaki
"Wanderlust is real," said International Journey's Kem Aldrich Lim to me when I asked him how the travel industry was recovering from the disruption caused by the pandemic.
He and eight other travel agents, including Skynet Travel...
But as a writer you cannot help it. You have to do it. It is in daydreams that your stories originate and then percolate and that's also where you initially string the words needed to express them. In fact, you can write an entire article or flash fiction in your head. Meanwhile, even your own...
POETIC GENIUS Cecile Licad, 'the best Chopin interpreter,' at her Nelly's Garden concert (Jon Unson)
Does sunshine make a sound? Do the clouds in the sky make the softest whisper?
At world-acclaimed Filipino artist Cecile Licad's piano concert at Nelly's Garden, the Lopez Heritage House in...
Images Justin Louise Soriano
There is a vulnerability about Heart Evangelista that is exquisite and captivating. Never does she stride or strut into a room; often she saunters, sometimes hesitates, even as in her role as a fashion icon, she is expected to walk tall, make big steps, execute a grand...
Lan Fong Yuen has day in and day out led a flock of foodies to its lair of old-world charms, replete with the odds and ends of traditional Chinese furnishings
SIMPLICITY IS KEY Lan Fong Yuen may not look like much, but it' a landmark for foodies in Hong Kong (Photo from Hong Kong Tourism...
At the birthday dinner she threw for her closest friends at Blackbird, Heart Evangelista looked dazzling in the arm of lost-and-found escort—Senator Chiz Escudero
Images Justin Louise Soriano
REUNITED Senator Chiz Escudero joins Heart Evangelista for a birthday dinner she threw for her...
