When I was growing up in Manila in the 1960s and ’70s, the Spanish language was no longer as vibrant...
Myles A. Garcia is a Filipino-American based in California who has published two niche books, “Secrets of the Olympic Ceremonies” and “Thirty Years Later (Catching up With the Marcos-Era Crimes).” His latest book, “Adobo, Apple Pie and Schnitzel with Noodles,” is described as “an anthology of essays on the Filipino-American experience” based on his travels and 45 years in the United States and his travels.
For the “new young old” (whom I would call the New Young Gold, in sync with Lifestyle), the challenge is how to keep fit well into the longer years which have been granted them by science and medicine.
Where were you on Sept. 11, 2001? As is well known, 911 is the emergency code used by Americans on the telephone to summon for help in extreme situations. But since Sept. 11, 2001, it has also come to mean the day of infamy when the World Trade Center was attacked by two planes that had been transformed into terrorist weapons. Six billion people all over the world were able to witness it in real time or shortly thereafter.
It is a truism that older people are generally respected and taken care of by their families in the Philippines.
It is almost impossible to imagine that the sprightly Michael Dadap is a septuagenarian, but for him the expression “70 is the new 50” certainly rings true.
One downside of being among “the new young old” is the gradual disappearance of one’s friends—either because they have retired from their jobs, moved to the province or less accessible places or, in the worst case scenario, fallen victim to the Grim Reaper.
Trust New York to come up with the very latest satirical commentary on America’s political predicament. Showing at the Off-Broadway Triad Theater is “Me, the People: The Trump America Musical.”
In its July 8 issue, the Economist asks in its editorial titled “Over 65 shades of gray,” “What do you call someone who is over 65 but not yet elderly? This stage of life, between work and decrepitude, lacks a name.”
Nearly 60 years ago, the Philippines pioneered in cultural diplomacy when a relatively greenhorn dance troupe from the Philippine Women’s University (PWU) performed at the 1958 Brussels World Fair.
