November 27, 2016 | Lifestyle.INQ

Part of the cast members are (from left) Al Gatmaitan who plays the young Scrooge, Mitzie Lao as Emily, Gian Gloria as Sally and Nel Gomez as Fred. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO/9 Works Theatrical

Know your ‘A Christmas Carol: The Musical’ characters

This holiday season, experience the joy and the true meaning of Christmas as 9 Works Theatrical and Globe Live join forces again presenting the long-running

Thai town lays on monkey banquet

It is a feast fit for a monkey king. On Sunday the central Thai town of Lopburi put on a five-star banquet for its hundreds of macaque inhabitants, sparking a mass simian food fight.

Dutch beauty is Miss Asia Pacific Int’l

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY—There is no exact science to the perfect formula that makes for an ideal beauty queen. But having outstanding physical attributes, impeccable communication skills and a charming personality are a good start.

Isabel Preysler and I have blast from the past

When Isabel Preysler blew into town with her partner, Nobel Laureate Mario Vargas Llosa, the couple visited places that brought back memories of her childhood: Manila Polo Club, Assumption convent and San Lorenzo Village where she used to live.

In despair over her serial-cheating husband

Dear Emily, I lived abroad with my child in my first 10 years of marriage due to some circumstances. And from that time till

But Ilocanos chose Poe

Your mantra for the week: “I accept change as a natural consequence of being alive.”

Be part of the ‘culture of kindness’

Having been a volunteer for six decades, I have strong personal feelings for this beautiful culture of kindness. It awakens a latent magnanimity through sheer involvement in something greater than oneself. With imagination and style, dedication and lots of work, it also creates friendships, fulfillment and inexplicable joy.

Our ancestral house in Maragondon–where, in the ‘sala de visita,’ Bonifacio was put on trial

Unlike many families who lost their ancestral homes through the vicissitudes of war, family disputes and time’s ravages, the descendants of Roderico Reyes and Juana Viray of Maragondon, Cavite, have had the good fortune of having theirs preserved as a building of historical significance.

Finally, the millennials are with us

News headlines spoil my day. They make my coffee bitter. Hard as I try to not have them ruin my disposition, it is truly difficult to keep my emotions in check.

Ours is a faith of passion and perseverance

A book published this year, “Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance,” by psychologist Angela Duckworth, debunks the myth of talent—that highly successful people are the geniuses, the gifted, or those with IQs, EQs and other forms of intelligence that are a cut above the rest.