Some people leave home to serve their country. Others, like Mithi Aquino, come home. The Jolo native and fiancée of outgoing US Ambassador to the Philippines Harry K. Thomas, recently returned to Sulu with a group of volunteers to inaugurate a new set of classrooms for Tuup Elementary School in Patikul.
A smartphone without a data plan is like buying a fancy sports car and then driving it on Edsa—you’ll look hot, yes, but you probably won’t be able to make it go full throttle. Sure, you can use a smartphone on Wi-Fi, but you won’t be maximizing its capabilities. Contrary to popular belief, data plans won’t bloat your monthly bill; it might even help reduce it, thanks to the many Internet-based messaging apps available to smartphone users.
Several months ago, my friend Ned and I began plotting a holiday somewhere in Asia. Sharing a love for travel, both of us have independently explored Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam and Myanmar. Then we realized that seeing the Buddhist temples of Borobudur was part of our individual bucket lists and that we both have not seen much of what Indonesia had to offer.
Most of the challenges of being a vegetarian center on having an odd diet—one at odds with what most people dine on and consider normal.
If we were to believe “La Vie En Rose,” there is no better way to see Paris than through rose-colored glasses, with your eyes ready for stars and your heart ready for love.
According to the writer’s “rule of three,” things that come in three seem more satisfying, more effective, and more significant than those that come in other numbers.
Like many word-loving members of my generation, I learned to love reading, thanks to Filbar’s. Back in grade school, a generous and enabling schoolmate would list the titles of the comic books we wanted and then, once a week, swing by the Filbar’s store on New York Street in Cubao to score them.
The Parish Church of San Vicente de Paul in San Marcelino, Ermita, Manila, marked the 100th anniversary of its dedication July 16. But the parishioners, with parish priest Fr. Bong Sarabia, CM, celebrated the Remembrance Mass only last July 28. It was presided by Very Rev. Fr. Venerando Agner, CM, the provincial visitor of the Vincentians.
From her modest, uncluttered office at the executive floor of the BDO South Tower on Makati Ave., Teresita Sy-Coson commands a grand view of the bustling Makati central business district.
WE all have a friend with a telco horror story; it’s the 21st-century urban legend for the wireless world. A friend of a friend recently travelled to Europe. She came home with souvenirs, travel anecdotes and unbilled charges amounting to P400,000 on her mobile phone account. Her phone bill actually cost more than what she had spent on the entire trip.
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