For the Philam Life Theater, a key component of the building and the company’s pride, Arguelles commissioned sculptor Jose P. Alcantara to create a kind of counterpoint to Manansala’s murals—in the form of carved wood relief panels running the length of both flanks of the theater’s orchestra.
A boisterous roar sweeps through the crowd as a pair of roosters spar in a sandy pit, their spurs kicking, wings flapping and beaks pecking.
The cry of roosters drowns out the roar of engines beneath a Bangkok flyover as all eyes are trained on two sparring birds, a bloody, high stakes battle in a country where cockfighting is big business.
I’m 43 years old and I have a 49-year-old boyfriend. He was my classmate in high school and we met again after 22 years. His marriage was annulled and he has kids. We see each other once a month, which I think is not often. Yet we see to it that we text each other almost every day.
