Seeing better in closer company
I brought my granddaughter Mona for an eye checkup with Dr. Carmela Ongsiako, who looked smashingly youthful in her stylish low boots, all-black pants and tops. She was a classmate
I brought my granddaughter Mona for an eye checkup with Dr. Carmela Ongsiako, who looked smashingly youthful in her stylish low boots, all-black pants and tops. She was a classmate
In lesser hands, Stephen Sondheim’s “Company” would have come out as little more than a comedy about relationships, with single man Bobby (OJ Mariano) spending time with a revolving group
When it first opened on Broadway in 1970, “Company” was seen by audiences and critics as a sly, subversive, funny exposé on relationship issues that the middle-class tended to shy
Not the man himself, of course, who turns 90 in March and whose theater pieces have long endured a reputation for being technically difficult. The critic Richard Corliss said it best in Time magazine: “His melodies [are] meant to challenge the ear, not soothe it,” and “his lyrics are often so complex, they have to be heard twice.”
A number of my girl friends have become widowed, leaving very few of us with husbands. And, of nearly all the other nonwidows, who are taking care of older husbands, I belong yet to an even smaller minority. I have a husband, who, by natural arrangements, would be taking care of me. After all, he is most physically fit, and I am six years older and happen to come from a family where husbands outlive wives.
Ingvar Kamprad, the enigmatic founder of Swedish furniture giant IKEA, died aged 91 following a “brief illness” on Sunday, the company said.
He started out with two office rooms in Pasay City. But on the 25th anniversary of his business, Ben Chan, chair of lifestyle retailer Suyen Corporation, and his family put up a mixed-use high-rise in Bonifacio Global City.
The lemon scent wafting from an aroma diffuser and the sight of green plants greet employees when they arrive for work at Mitsui Designtec Co., a Tokyo-based interior design company. The effect of the aroma diffuser and potted plants, placed by the window or on top of round tables, helps relieve the stress of employees.
FOR ITS 20th performance season, Ballet Manila (BM) extends Christmas cheer with an updated, full-length staging of the timeless children’s tale “Pinocchio.”
JAPAN — Some Japanese companies have introduced special leave systems for employees so they can take care of their grandchildren.
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