‘Let it go’: Kristen Bell gets Hollywood star, jokes about mugging
Los Angeles, United States | AFP | Tuesday 11/20/2019 – 06:29 UTC+8 “Frozen” actress Kristen Bell was honored Tuesday with a star…
David Levithan may write fiction for young adults, but his work beguiles readers of all sorts. You just have to be hopelessly romantic and optimistic. It’s his ability to render real life as both stunningly concrete and yet endlessly poetic that wins them over. Ironically, he may be best known for two captivating collaborations, 2006’s “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist” with Rachel Cohn and 2010’s “Will Grayson, Will Grayson” with John Greene.
Children from Tuloy sa Don Bosco Street-children Village in Alabang, Muntinlupa City were treated on Friday to two stories of brave women—a grandmother who tried to save everybody from a tragedy using her extraordinary hair and a queen who helped a problematic tribe.
I am sitting against in the bower near the driveway, and the fantails are noisily welcoming me back. The yellow flowers are in bloom and the red anthuriums peeping from the tips of their leaves. Abandoned are the signs on heavy stands that Lilli-Ann threatened to place outside the gate: No Parking; Bawal magtambay; Bawal magsabit ng T-shirt sa bakod; Bawal matulog sa bangketa.
Anyone who was a child pre-World War II remembers the menfolk’s visits to one another’s homes. They enjoyed cigars or just conversation, sitting on sillas perezosas (lazy easy chairs) in the sala as if there was nothing ever urgent to do. If they were ilustrados (learned), they spoke in Spanish and all the kids around imbibed a smattering of it. “Si para si para buto ng sili!” we would mimic them.
The Inquirer was always a mainstay at our breakfast table when I was growing up. I would always remember to flip to the latest Young Blood, wanting to read the latest submission. Sometimes, a story would make me laugh, others would make me sad, still others would make me realize how lucky I am, while a few would haunt me for a week or two.
They traveled far from the Tuva Republic, a predominantly rural region of Russia, to the United States in hopes of saving their culture from slow extinction. The group of eight musicians and craftsmen speak Tuvan, one of more than a dozen endangered languages represented by native speakers at the annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall in Washington.
“Baybayin,” an ancient script popularly but erroneously known as “alibata,” has found unlikely support among today’s younger generation.
More small businesses in Japan, including restaurants and stores along shopping streets, have been making efforts to improve the quality of their foreign-language customer services.
To mark International Women’s Day, stories emphasizing women’s strength of character were read at the Inquirer Read-Along session held Saturday at the newspaper’s main offices.
In connection with the celebration of Buwan ng Wika (Language Month), Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) launched its publication series, Aklat ng Bayan, on Aug. 15 at the National Museum.
