The year of the Fire Monkey may be an unbalanced one with many important luck elements missing, but there are other indications that could be tapped to make it a better year for those who are not so endowed with auspicious luck.
A frustrating search for furniture in Manila led businesswoman and social work advocate Audrey Zubiri and her mother Dette Aquino-Tan halfway around the world to Los Angeles, California, where they chanced upon an attractive show window of contemporary Italian fixtures. They have put up a new business back home to showcase these beauties.