The camera loves Lovi Poe, and she loves it back. We are shooting her at the Mind Museum grounds in Taguig, where Lovi’s dusky skin is set off nicely by the oxidized iron of the massive Lor Calma sculpture she is posing against in the afternoon light.
Diana Zubiri didn’t expect to make it big in show biz. A little over a decade ago, she almost flew to Japan to work as an entertainer, but opted instead to take her chances as a sexy starlet with Seiko Films. As her family’s breadwinner, Zubiri initially became known for showing off skin. Eventually, she landed more wholesome roles and took on family-friendly gigs.
Wherever you look, the view from the penthouse of the CVCLaw Center is simply breathtaking. Strategically located in the bustling Bonifacio Triangle in nascent Taguig City, the CVCLaw Center is a gleaming glass and stone tower rising over an urban setting. It doesn’t just dominate the landscape; it obliterates it. During this overcast afternoon, every open-air view within a hundred yards invariably includes the CVCLaw Center.
Here is one guy who won’t take things sitting down. In the few times that Tito Lorete Alcalá took his 83-year-old parents to the mall, he observed how eager they were to step out of their comfort zone and see new places. But within minutes of strolling in the mall, the elderly couple would ask to be seated, a simple request that was not always possible in the often-crowded shopping areas where space is a premium.
Our 4 x 4 vehicle thudded along the scorched gravel road, forcefully freewheeling its way over the uneven terrain. The landscape was a sea of sunburned land and hills of towering ash set against a backdrop of a perfect blue sky.
Swarms of fish surrounded us as soon as we waded waist-deep into Coron’s waters a few steps from the beach. Sporting stripes or spots in combinations of yellow, blue and violet, or white and red, the fish snatched with their mouths the pinches of bread that we threw at them.
There is definitely more to Santa Rosa, Laguna than just being the much touted gateway to Calabarzon, that burgeoning industrial zone and magnet for investors that straddles the provinces of Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon. Younger folk too can find much more to this town than just the giant ferris wheel of the Enchanted Kingdom.
Nearly two decades after the twin murders of University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) students Eileen Sarmenta and Allan Gomez, terror again gripped this quiet university town tucked at the foot of Mount Makiling 63 kilometers away from restless Metro Manila.
Photographer Chase Jarvis published a book in 2009 titled “The Best Camera Is The One That’s With You,” a bound collection of snapshots and moments taken with his iPhone. His photos prove that indeed, the best camera is one that’s easily accessible and able to capture the fleeting fancies and random moments that may have disappeared by the time the picture is computer-edited, cropped and framed.
There are two places with the best cheap eats: university strips and red light districts. Since it’s balik-eskwela (back to school) season, we will talk about a few favorites on that wholesome strip that leads to Ateneo, Miriam and the University of the Philippines: Katipunan.
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