Gaming has long been a source of entertainment for children, teenagers, young adults and adults alike. Gaming used to be a simple task meant to offer a momentary reprieve from the mountain of work that lies in wait. Some games still are, but the evolution of gaming has extended the playing experience into another form of storytelling: the novel.
Thanks to the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge that has been trending in the US and has made its way to Manila, the ALS Association (www.alsa.org) has already raised over $100 million.
Go Negosyo, the campaign that aims to fight poverty through entrepreneurship, marked its ninth anniversary recently at the Manila Polo Club. It also celebrated a number of milestones: the ratification of the Go Negosyo Law; the recent success of the First AgriNegosyo Summit; and a sharing of insights from big-time entrepreneurs.
Fans of the Blue Rats, formerly a regular live act at Martinis Bar in Mandarin Oriental Manila, are glad to know that their favorite blues band now plays every Wednesday at Strumm’s (110 Jupiter Street, Bel-Air, Makati; tel. 8954636).
People said goodbye to Mandarin Oriental Manila last week as if they were losing a true love. In truth, perhaps they were.
‘Demolition job” is a phrase that has gained currency in our politics—a fairly recent usage, maybe a mere couple of generations.
The other day, the world observed National Suicide Prevention Day.
I have been asked often whether or not I am promoting a religion of sorts; my answer is, not at all, although I am an ordained minister of the Community Church of New Thought which is not a religion.
On the eve of my 76th birthday in May, I felt a rare excitement. With people living to be 100, I wondered about the long years that lay ahead of me. Would my life be more of the same, or could a new passage possibly begin?
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