Kim Atienza: From stroke survivor to triathlete
Kim Atienza is munching on roast beef sandwich with vegetable salad while talking about his healthy lifestyle.
August 26, 2013
Kim Atienza is munching on roast beef sandwich with vegetable salad while talking about his healthy lifestyle.
A homeopathic doctor believes that cancer is caused by negative emotions. For instance, cancer in the left breast is born out of a loss, and femininity issues. Cancer in the right breast is spurred by conflicts with the opposite sex. Cancer in the small intestines is a result of prolonged depression. Anger, meanwhile, can result in cancer in the large intestine.
Here’s good news for those who don’t believe in UFOs and extraterrestrial creatures!
It’s never too late to go on a wellness regimen, although it’s really better to start while you’re young. In the spirit of this popular line by Theodore Roosevelt, “Old age, like everything else, to make a success of it, you’ve got to start young.”
The legacy of National Artist for Music Andrea Veneracion continues. The Andrea O. Veneracion International Choral Festival, named after the founder of the Philippine Madrigal Singers, opened last Aug. 8. It was the sixth international choral fest to be staged at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) and the first international choral competition in the country. Festival director is Melissa V. Mantaring of the CCP.
The World Heritage Committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, Cultural Organization (Unesco) holds its annual meeting in different countries, offering its members and observers a chance to experience heritage in diverse global settings.
Because of the horrific monsoon rains and floods, the concert of the Manila Symphony Orchestra (MSO) has been moved to Aug. 31, 7 p.m., at the Abelardo Hall, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City.
“The impossible happens once to each of us.” With that, Andrew Sean Greer explores time-travel and decision-making with his fourth novel “The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells” (Ecco Books, New York, 2013, 289 pages).
“The Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO) is one big, beautiful sound, as led by its music director, Olivier Ochanine. They are 70 voices but they are also individuals, leaders in their own communities. They have an outreach program, they always take the opportunity to go out… And this year will go the extra mile.”
The Unyon ng Mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas (Umpil) has announced the seven recipients of the 2013 Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas: writers Alicia Tan Gonzales (fiction in Hiligaynon); Grace Hsieh-Hsing Lee (poetry in Chinese); Francisco T. Ponce (fiction in Ilocano); Eduardo Jose E. Calasanz (poetry in Filipino); Rolando B. Tolentino (fiction and essay in Filipino); Mario I. Miclat (fiction in English and Filipino); and Floy Quintos (drama in Filipino).
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