How to be smart and sensible about self-care
Invited to talk about self-care on the Unlock Philippines podcast, I discussed how the lockdown might have driven us to try out…
(Discovered by the west during the hippie era as a way to transcendence, yoga has in recent years become part of the search for the perfect physique. Thanks to new teachers, gadgets and practices, it could again become an entry point for deeper spiritual practice)
Because she was a Miss International title-holder (crowned in Osaka, Japan in 1970), Aurora Pijuan is unimpeachable when she tweets about the beauty pageant, like she did at the height of the hoopla at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 (NAIA1) on the afternoon of November 15, 2011.
He likes to capture the “beauty of struggle,” or so says Chicago-based Filipino-American artist Cesar Conde.
The circumstances were so similar that police investigators and headline writers couldn’t resist describing the murder victim as “Ang babae sa septic tank.” After all, a movie of the same title had become a big hit, an improbable black comedy that won for its female lead an international award.
A couple of years back, Tayag was so disturbed by a piece in The Los Angeles Times that described Filipino food as still “assimilating” into the scene, too diverse to have an identity, or “brown, oily and unappealing.” He wrote the paper in defense of Filipino cuisine: “I would like to stress that having such a diverse culinary heritage certainly puts the Filipino at an advantage. Filipino food offers so much variety and nuances in taste and flavor and the diversity is an asset rather than a liability...”
Growing up surrounded by books, Andrea Pasion-Flores seemed destined to work with books. What was perhaps unexpected was just how deeply involved she was going to be in the field. The award-winning fictionist and currently the only Filipino literary agent has been making literature as well as representing it.
Grandmothers know best. This is true not only in life but also in the kitchen, as shared by three chefs...
3 million: Volume in tons of annual production of cocoa worldwide, according to the World Cocoa Foundation. 5 to 6...
If the sins of the father cannot be visited on the son, does that put Marcos grandson Fernando Martin “Borgy” Manotoc in the clear?
These cute (and sappy) apps will help celebrate your awesome twosome in time for Valentine’s Day.
