They are the man in the casket, the woman weeping at a wake, the jeepney driver, the household help in the background, the taong bayan (townfolk), the passers-by in a crowd, the anonymous faces in a mob scene.
We’ve become so attached to our smartphones/“phablets”/tablets that by the time lunch break rolls by, our devices are just as hungry for power.
They started as bit players, extras with walk-on parts or cameos until they graduated into characters who have speaking lines. Patiently, they worked their way up through the studio system until they got their big break and finally saw their names on the marquee. Here are some of them:
Born of everyday ingenuity and perhaps a hint of either madness or boredom, Filipino signs are an art form by themselves. The signs are also a balancing act between being smart or knowledgeable, and being pilosopo (smart alecky).
He first climbed Mayon Volcano when he was 17. After 35 years and more than 300 climbs, George Cordovilla, now 52, is still climbing this mountain with the same energy and passion he had when he was younger.
Cebu. Style. Pizzazz. Cheer and cheers. No wonder it’s the country’s top tourist destination in the Tourism department’s list in 2009, beating even the highly publicized Boracay.
Rock can be learned, but it cannot be taught. At least, that’s how the old adage went. Back in the day, in the dark ages before mobile phones and the worldwide web, if you wanted to play rock and roll, you bought yourself a guitar and a copy of Jingle magazine, and spent countless hours locked in your room learning the opening riff of Deep Purple’s “Smoke on the Water” from the classic 1972 “Machine Head” album.
Bianca King is a drama queen, and we mean that in the best possible way. Just as cream rises to the top, the 28-year-old actress has emerged as one of local television’s prime dramatic leads, after nearly a decade in the telenovela trenches.
Even people who don’t believe in living happily ever after describe wedding planner and designer Lyna Larcia Calvario as a “fairy wedmother,” and not because they’ve had one too many of the wedding toasts.
He knows how a single game can turn a life around. LA Tenorio, unquestionably one of the country’s best point guards, had that game way back in sixth grade.
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