Bon giorno!
GOOD morning!
There's always something good in every waking morning in Singapore. Most especially if it's the magnificent sight of the rising sun from the foot of your bed slowly embracing your room and the city that greets you.
A tale of two museums
“FOR me, the establishment of museums is an indication of the maturity of a cosmopolitan society yearning for more knowledge about their community. It could be a thirst for more understanding about history, environment, artistic and cultural traditions, or connection to nature.”
That statement comes from the prolific pen of Ian Ray Garcia, the handsome editor-in-chief of M, the first travel and lifestyle magazine devoted solely on Mindanao.
What did you come for?
Madrid. Night.
Even on a steamy night in June, the old men sit below two mulberry trees engulfed in thick cigar smoke playing ajedrez while drinking glasses upon glasses of manzanilla.
Shangri-La’s Mactan Resort offers exclusive helicopter tours
SHANGRI-LA'S Mactan Resort and Spa, Cebu continues to delight guests with memorable holiday experiences by offering exclusive helicopter tours of Mactan Island and surrounding areas.
Guests who wish to view the famous Mactan beaches may opt for the Beach Tour, a 10-minute flight over the pristine coastline that makes the island such a holidaymakers’ favorite.
Utzurrum: A topping, a pastry chef and feeding time
APPLE One Tower, recently held its Topping Out ceremony at its enviable location at Cebu Business Park, beside Cebu City Marriott Hotel, and across Ayala Center Cebu and The Terraces.
Apple One, launched in Dec. 2010, has 48 office units, four levels of podium parking spaces and 20 units of exclusive residential suites. Before the year ended, it achieved 100 percent residential unit sales and 80 percent of office units; Indeed location says it all!
Fetalvero: Songs about Whitney
WHITNEY Houston’s top ten songs practically summarized how much she was in love. The singer could have found the kind of love she yearned for had she listened well to the lyrics of the Greatest Love of All. How could Houston have missed it, she having been in the choir of New Hope Baptist Church?
Korean actress, violinist in mall show
WITNESS Korea’s premiere electric violinist Eun Joo Park, showcase her musical skills at the Northwing Atrium, SM City Cebu on March 3, Saturday, 6 p.m. Endowed with beauty and innate musical and acting talents and skills, this Korean violinist rocks the world with her music using an electric violin, as she enlivens it with energetic and rhythmic bodily movements. She had other appearances in various events during 2007 in Asia. Waves of her exquisitely world class and outstanding performances continue to amuse and entertain music lovers and enthusiasts in Asian countries.
The many uses of lumpia wrapper
THIS could be used in preparing sweets or savory dishes and everybody has his or her own ways of using and preparing this very lowly and cheap, but highly regarded item that is truly indispensable in almost all kitchens, be it in a hi-end five star hotels or an ordinary carenderia.
Professional behavior
THIS behavior is dynamic – eager to learn, grow, change, develop and improve; responsible – think, feel and act accountable for work, make good use of time, systematize, organize, seek feed-back, follow-up; and ethical – moral uprightness, practice the virtues of charity, humility, industriousness, justice, cheerfulness. Sound impossible? It is possible!
Helping the ‘Sendong’ survivors
NON-GOVERNMENT organization Balsa Mindanao (Bulig Alang sa Mindanao) continues to extend medical services to our brother and sisters affected by Tropica Storm Sendong during the fourth wave of Medical Missions held at Barangay Indahag and Sitio Tambo.
People from different walks of life, races and even different institutions were united during the event with one common goal – to help the people of Cagayan de Oro, to paint another smile with hope and to ease the burdens they have.
Alcantara: Bisita sa Bislig!
IN THE olden days before the Spanish rule, legend has it that a royal couple tried to cross the gushing river and was almost swept away by the currents. They were saved by the incredible strength of the thick vine they clung to.
Lenten reflection
LENT, for the Christian world, is usually a time for reflection on the passion and death of Jesus Christ. A century or so ago in this country, it was time to be quiet, to talk softly, to go about one’s work with as little noise as possible. Those days are gone. But in the hurly-burly hi-tech world of today, there is still space and quiet for some reflection; for some gesture of being one with Christ’s passion.
'Fun run' to raise awareness on goiter, obesity, diabetes
GOITER is an enlargement of the thyroid gland and may be indicative of a thyroid problem. An overfunctioning thyroid gland, or hyperthyroidism, causes weight loss, sweating, tremors, easy fatigability, and a fast heart rate, among other things. In some cases, it is even the root of a life-threatening heart rhythm problem (arrhythmia).
Literatus: In the middle of the night
SPANISH author Leon de Rotrou wrote in his work Vencelas: “What I take from my nights, I add to my days.”
But what happens when night takes from your days, and adds it to your nights?
Neri: Happy occasions
NOW on its 12th year, the 2012 Cebu Yearbook (a project of Sun.Star Publishing, Inc.) was launched at SM City Cebu with the opening of a photo exhibit. The photos on display concentrated on three themes: Celebrate Cebu, Timeless Cebu and Underwater.
The theme of this year’s issue is “Celebrate Cebu,” hence it focuses on the entertainment scene and the people in it. This is in addition to the yearbook “staples” which include Business & Economy, Information Technology, Governance, Life & Culture, People, etc.
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Tumandok opens another home
CHANCES are your home could be housing a Tumandok vase or picture frame. After 25 years in the handicraft and home furnishing business, Tumandok Crafts Industries has manufactured thousands and thousands of products for the local and international market.
If there’s a Tumandok among your furnishings, you are assured of a lovingly crafted piece of world-class object.
Heart diseases: 10 things you need to know to prevent it
FEBRUARY is traditionally the month of hearts, yet unfortunately, not so many are aware of the magnitude of the factors that cause heart diseases.
Medical science literature explains that cardiovascular diseases (CVD) or diseases of the heart and its accompanying blood vessels such as the arteries and veins remain the biggest cause of deaths worldwide, with most of its affected individuals coming from low and middle-income countries.
4ID awards winner of Rifle Squad Challenge tilt
THE 4th Infantry “Diamond” Division awarded 8th Infantry “Dependable” Battalion as the winner of the 4ID’s Rifle Squad Challenge Competition 2012 at Camp Evangelista recently.
The 8th Infantry “Dependable” Battalion emerged as the ultimate winner of the competition, held on February 10 to 11, after topping the Individual Readiness Phase and Formation and Movement Techniques Phase. Its overall score is 873.37 points out of the total 1,000 points allotted for the whole competition.
Ateneo studes observe Hedcor hydropower ops
KNOWING how hydropower operates is easily accessible through reading but seeing it in action, how water is converted to usable electricity to power homes and businesses makes a big difference.
Forty-five Ateneo de Davao University (AdDU) students taking Accounting and Management classes witnessed the creation of clean and renewable energy as they took a tour of Hedcor's 42.5-megawatt Sibulan Hydropower Plant in Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur. Hedcor engineers showed how the plant converts water into electricity with little or no adverse effect to the environment.
Wednesday art at the mall
DO YOU want to have a sketch of yourself and you don’t know an artist to draw it for you? Worry no more because artists are ready and able to do that for you every Wednesday afternoon at Coffee Dream, in front of SM City Cebu’s Art Center.
One of the artists, Boy Kiamko, explains that a group of artists were at Coffee Dream in September, on a lull from arranging their exhibit at the Art Center when the idea came to them: why not come here every Wednesday to hone their craft at sketching portraits? And so the Wednesday Group was born.
Espina: We Care, Philippines Foundation at 25
YES, two leading civic groups, the We Care and Philippines Foundation, Inc. (PFI), both founded in 1987, celebrate their silver anniversary in 2012.
The chef as hotelier
AT THE helm of Days Hotel Philippines is James Puyat Concepcion, both president and executive chef.
He was educated at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where he finished his Master of Science in Management studies near the top of his class. It was while living in Boston that he discovered the various cuisines that now are served in his restaurants—Chilean, Bolivian, Peruvian, Brazilian, Colombian, Ethiopian, Moroccan, Nigerian, Turkish, Kazakh, Sri Lankan, Pakistani and Afghan.
Jose Joya Awards reveal the impossible
Annie Fe G. Perez
“IMADYENA ANG IMPOSIBLE” is the infamous tagline of every fine arts student from the University of the Philippines (UP) Cebu. And they did imagine the impossible.
Costanilla: Memorable musical event
UNDERSTATEMENT. To say that Engelbert Humperdinck’s show here last week was fantastic is an understatement for he gave a truly delightful presentation, a show that to me should be classified as one of this year’s memorable musical events in Cebu.
A lifestyle of convenience
CAMELLA Northpoint studio units are your one-room abode that gives you so much more than just a home.
