A bitter spat over one of Berlin’s best-loved art collections, a clutch of invaluable Old Master paintings, came to a head this week with the German government vowing to find a compromise.
After a life of dedication to a corporate cause that in Japan means long hours and few holidays, retirement might be seen as a well deserved rest. But for some, it is a chance to launch a new career.
The Manila Zoo has been in the papers a lot lately, thanks to its famous elephant Maali. So I decided to visit the zoo with my two kids to see what the talk was all about, and also introduce them to the sights and sounds the wild kingdom has to offer.
Some parents’ total support for their children’s activities has earned them monickers like “soccer dad” or, if the mother is the pushy, dictatorial sort, it’s “tiger mama.”
When London-trained Filipino architect Carlo Calma started designing a second home near an old one he shares with his family, his foremost consideration was how to facilitate a “conversation” between the old structure and the new one.
Here’s a fool-proof way (our moms swear by it) to clean your silverware without spending too much on branded silver cleaners.
Will somebody please invent a universal charger that people can use for everything from mobile phones to laptops? Perhaps technology-minded Filipinos can be the first to come up with what promises to be a sure bestseller.
It’s all about school for me today. I finally enrolled my daughter this year. Last week, we had the whole first-day-of-school experience, complete with tears (mine) and joy (hers).
Glamorous and fun-loving VIPs partied on the fast lane when Mandarin Oriental’s MO Lounge (formerly the Captain’s Bar) was transformed into a spectacular sea of white for “Nocturne: The White Party Year IV.”
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