A FEW days after Mawi Fojas de Ocampo experienced a crisis, she went into panic mode. In time, however, the crisis turned out to be a blessing—or a wake-up call for her new advocacy.
The Philippines’ beauty queen mill is a ticket to a better life for many poor and working-class young women–but it is also a graveyard of dashed dreams, with only a small fraction ever getting to wear a coveted crown.
There’s no slowing down the Pambansang Kamao, Rep. Manny Pacquiao. Retirement from boxing is the farthest thing in 35-year-old Pacquiao’s mind.
There’s taking your dog for a lazy, boring walk. And then, there’s dog agility.
First, she had to lose 25 pounds. Then she had to learn how to walk like Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly.
Alex Cabagnot of Petron Blaze Boosters is touted as one of the best point guards around. Despite doing the mandatory weight-resistance training for professional basketball players, he felt he could still up his ante.
She’s late bloomer. Well, sort of. She was 28 when she tried out for the Philippine Dragon Boat team. She wasn’t even hoping to snag the position as paddler in the team. She just wanted to see what it was like. But she did it, clocking in an impressive 4:16 minutes for the 300-m distance.
Culinary courses alongside catechism classes. A school ambience in the company of new friends, and quiet time to spend in prayer at the school’s chapel. And at the end of
THEY say that nothing beats experience, as my professor would say, as the perfect learning tool. For some students, on-the-job training gives them a taste of the real world–a glimpse
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