How many long weekends have you passed up without taking a much-deserved vacation? Next time, take a few days off and make Sagada number one on your must-visit list.
The trip to Hua Hin, Thailand, from Bangkok is a smooth three-hour drive, with roadside scenery that would easily remind one of our very own South Luzon Expressway (minus the unfinished roadwork). The laid-back seaside town, with its white-sand shores and luxury hotels, is just 200 km south of bustling Bangkok—close enough to the city for a couple of nights on the beach.
I was very excited when, in our meeting of the Administrative Council of Communio Internationalis Benedictinarum (CIB), the international association of Benedictine abbesses and prioresses, it was decided that our conference this year would be in West Africa—Burkina Faso, Togo, Ghana and Benin!
LIGHTYEARS. That’s leaping from a processor speed of 233MHz to up to 3.1GHz, from a RAM of 384MB to up to 16GB, from a hard drive of 4GB to up to a mind-blowing 1TB.
Such is the world of “Elmer,” the multi-awarded graphic novel by Gerry Alanguilan, now on its second edition. And while on first glance, one would think that a comic about a bunch of chickens would lend itself well to humor, “Elmer” is actually a moving tale about family and legacy, which is why it was nominated for an Eisner award, the comic equivalent of the Oscars. We sat down to chat with its creator on the morning of the second edition’s launch last Oct. 15 to talk chickens.
When things go bump in the night, it’s Alexandra Trese’s job as the go-to consultant on all things paranormal to make sure they don’t bump into you, or do something much worse. Oct. 8 marked the release of the fourth volume of “Trese,” entitled “Last Seen After Midnight,” containing four brand new cases that chronicle the gruesome happenings that occur when the paranormal intersects with the mundane.
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