Young product designer Lilianna Manahan has been chosen as one of the “Rising Asian Talents” who will be featured in the first Maison et Objet Asia interior design trade show in Singapore next month. But she almost missed the opportunity.
In the musical “Wicked,” which is running at the CCP, actor Jay Laga’aia plays the Wizard, a character who is longing for a family. In real life, Jay is a father of eight.
Architect and interior designer J. Antonio Mendoza, creative director of the Philippine International Furniture Show (PIFS) 2014, appeared relaxed. He sat on a small white couch, feet slightly apart, and talked about the herculean task of developing synergy across an exhibition that highlights different regions and associations in the country.
1. The show has a lot to offer kids of all ages, even your little ones—the show is very visual (don’t forget to tell them to look up so they can see the dragon); has special effects; and the songs are catchy (Oh, and here’s a tidbit for your “Frozen”-loving kids: Idina Menzel, Broadway’s original Elphaba, is also the voice of Elsa). The show offers a lot of laughs, too.
Last week I said it was commendable that Quezon City is concerned about the safety of pedestrians when it lowered the speed limit of vehicles on some streets.
I was chatting with my daughter when, out of the blue, she blurted out that her friend was “stressed.”
Boracay is the Philippines’ version of St. Tropez, that devilishly chic town on the Côte d’Azur in France which has been the playground of the rich, famous and infamous for decades. Boracay may have become too crowded and commercial than we would like, but I guess no other place in the Philippines, dahlings, can have the riotous fun that people on the beach have during the day, or evoke the magical atmosphere that pervades the island at sunset and early evening.
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