Soulful siren

Fiona Patricia S. Escandor listens to the soft sound of artistic discovery from a budding musician

Martina Sandiego takes time off, explores her roots and ends up with her first solo album

Pedrosa: Working with models

Albert Pedrosa Photo mania

WHEN I had a chance to shoot an agency model in Australia, I was excited for the shoot but my mind was also wondering if these models in another country would need handling differently. After the shoot, my questions were answered. No difference at all.

Yap: Cocina del Siglo

Alexis Yap Lex in the city

AS ALWAYS, Marco Polo Plaza Hotel’s Café Marco never ceases to impress with new “Culinary Journeys” every now and then. This month’s theme they’re calling Cocina del Siglo. Very timely as we Filipinos celebrate the anniversary of our independence.

Book-locked

Margaux Denice Garcia

I KEEP the books I own in ziplocks. These books that are sprawled all over my room.

Ypil: Sound Track

Lawrence Ypil dog-ears in the wrong notebook

IN the vein of things coming into fruition through stages, coming into shape through glimpses: an arm first, and then face, and then the hair with which one sees a stranger turn and walk away, I saw a film once, but not only until a heard had passed before I had first heard it.

Fashionably Live at The Chillage

Joanna Cuenco

A lovely blend

Fiona Patricia S. Escandor shares her quality chat with a stunning entrepreneur over milk tea

It started out as an excuse for her to visit Cebu on a regular basis.

The Fast and the Peugeot

YOU can say “poo-zjoe’ with the middle part just like how you would the “s” in leisure and pleasure. Check out Google, and you’d find there are actually several ways how people pronounce this French car name, depending on what region they’re from. Some call it “pew-zjoe” while others go for a more British sounding “per-zjoe.”

Pedrosa: You cannot buy Photoshop anymore

Albert Pedrosa Photo mania

A FEW weeks ago when I had a workshop on post processing in Melbourne, many of the students were baffled with Adobe’s Creative Cloud. They wanted to buy the box application but it seems that Adobe is not selling it anymore and instead sells subscription. How confusing is that plus the fact that you don’t have hard ownership of the software?

Mother and her breakfast tales

Nancy R. Cudis

Auto group grabs Best in Show plum

TEAM Hilton Galaxy Group B Motors romped off with the Best in Show award during the conclusion of the three-day Cebu Auto Show held at the Cebu International Convention Center last May 26.

The team, which is backed up by Queensland, Autobahn Cebu, Meguiars, Radical Ads and Seasoil, was among the numerous participants of the tradeshow that gathered carmakers, suppliers and buyers from all over the country.

She drew her brew

Fiona Patricia S. Escandor profiles a woman with a passion for art, dance and coffee

CREATIVITY runs in Monica Orellano’s genes. She got her talent in dancing from her mom, and her talent in illustrating from her dad.

Letting his fingers do the talking

Fiona Patrica Escandor

HARVEY Tolibao’s earliest encounters with the world of comic books were from his grandmother’s collection, sacks upon sacks filled with all kinds of local publications. As a child, he devoured pinoy classics such as Aliwan and Liwayway, to name a few, so it’s no surprise he dreamt of becoming a comic book artist.

Shooting nightscapes

Albert Pedrosa Photo mania

I REMEMBER my first light trail above the skywalk of Jones Ave. facing the majestic Fuente Osmeña Circle. First time to see my photos glow with the city lights and car headlights creating a streak of light across the frame, I felt like one of the pros.

Quijano: Thoughts on fire

Aileen Quijano Bottoms up

WHERE there’s smoke, there’s fire. The thought flashed into my head as I was drying my hair in the bedroom. Before I could carelessly brush it off, I heard the shouts of warning, “Sunog! (Fire!)” With hair slightly dripping, I looked outside the window and there it was – a big ball of orange fire licking at trees and neighboring houses right across the street. I stood there for a moment, mesmerized by its passion – just like an angry woman spitting fire through the thick walls of her delinquent partner’s head.

Love advice from the carenderia

Johanna Michelle Lim

“NOW you’re ready to get married, Inday”, she smiles toothily. Her brown hands inspect the malunggay leaves I had carefully handpicked, searching for stray inedible branches. She had skillfully picked through her bunch, no sooner building a pile of greens on her plate. I plucked through mine one by one.

LifeDance 2013: Wicked Summer

IT WAS one Wicked Summer at the latest installment of LifeDance at the Cebu Boardwalk, FF Cruz North Reclamation Area, Mandaue City. Started in 2012, LifeDance has become the Philippines’ biggest outdoor electronic dance music (EDM) party and the only one endorsed by the Department of Tourism.

1st Visayan Pop Music Festival

SPEARHEADED by the Arists and Musicians Marketing Cooperative (ArtistKo) in cooperation with the Filipino Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (Filscap), the first Visayan Pop Music Festival was staged last May 18, Saturday, at the Benedicto College Artists Hall.

Siblings Jewel and Joe Villaflores were hailed grand winners with their composition titled “Duyog”; Lourdes Maglinte’s “Laylay” came in second; and sweethearts Kyle Wong and Marianne Dungog bagged the third spot with “Balay ni Mayang.”

Meet the new wave

Fiona Patricia S. Escandor sails with a young breed of Cokaliongs determined to steer the family business toward exciting shores

Guided by a patriarch’s vision, a trio of young Cokaliongs prepares to take the helm

Grappling her way to the top

IT WAS nearing 6 p.m. and the studio was starting to fill up. Some were doing their warm-up routines, some still putting on their gi, while others were lounging on the mats, chatting with friends—all waiting for practice to begin.

Pedrosa: Shooting fashion from the land down under

Albert Pedrosa Photo mania

ONE of my goals in my trip in Australia, aside from capturing the beautiful landscapes, is to experience shooting fashion and meet other photographers in the industry. Even from the beginning, I know that this is one difficult goal to achieve.

Yap: The Great Cebu Sale

Alexis Yap Lex in the city

THERE’S always something happening in Cebu and this time, it is something great. Yes, like the Great Singapore Sale, there is the Great Dubai Sale. Why not a Great Cebu Sale?

The Korean Wave at Radisson Blu

RADISSON Blu Hotel Cebu formally introduced the newest member of its culinary team, Chef Lee Seung Joon, in an intimate media gathering last May 10.

Attended by lifestyle writers and bloggers, the event was a preview of the Korean food fare that will soon abound in Radisson Blu Hotel’s Feria—courtesy of its new Korean chef. Such dishes include bibimbap and pork bulgogi as well as side dishes like kimchi, spicy noodle, zucchini pancake, beef salad with mustard sauce and many more.

The Immigrant

Margaux Denice Garcia

midnight and the wantonness of wandering in New York’s insoluble streets is history it has been eight hours since and I am still swamped in a Chinese bus with twice the number of hours seated in odds and evens each with a repertoire of algorithms I look at them and find no relevance they look at me and find indifference I turn up the volume just as Bono rises at the coda and bring my backpack closer to my chest fur coat jostled, PETA be damned every eight minutes and I am brought back to the tropical fever floured living woods

Love maternal

Fiona Patricia S. Escandor jots down a supermom’s recipe for career and family

THERE’S no clear cut way of being a mom. There’s no written guidebook, no rules set in stone that says all there’s needed to know on how to become one. Yet many moms get by naturally, as they juggle between keeping a career intact, running a household and rearing children.

Motherhood statement

PAGEANT for moms, married women gives new meaning to beauty, inside and out

Founded by Dr. Tracy Kemble of the Women In Need Foundation back in 1996, the international pageant Mrs. Globe has been an avenue for married ladies and single mothers to promote women empowerment around the world.

Pedrosa: Travel and landscape photography

Albert Pedrosa Photo mania

I’M no master in travel photography. I have people that I look up to when it comes to this topic. Lately I’ve been travelling a lot and although I don’t shoot a lot of landscape, but with a Fujifilm X-E1 at hand for review with beautiful scenery in the land down under, I don’t think any photographer can resist shooting.

Yap: I vote Chinese

Alexis Yap Lex in the city

IN A couple of days, Filipinos all across the country will, once again be faced with the perennial dilemma of choosing the lesser evil amongst the candidates. For some, the decision depends on who “gives” more. And hopefully, to many, the decision will be based upon who can actually do better for the country and its people.

When a stepmom becomes a mom

Lollétte Oliva-Alipe

WHEN I mention my mom to friends, sometimes they ask me, “But didn’t your mom pass away when you were very young?” Yes, my Mommy passed away when I was only eight years old, but the “mom” I’m talking about is actually my stepmother, Mama Espie.

Stream Cebu holds vibrant summer party

EMPLOYEES of Stream Global Services-Cebu had its annual summer party last April 28 at the Vista Mar Beach Resort & Country Club. Playfully called Colour Splash, it was a wet and wild carnival party hosted by Velvet Lagman and featured tunes by DJs Callum David and Marvin Evangelista.

Other activities in the event were an adventure race and fashion show participated by Stream employees, a freedom wall, and party booths such as face painting and fish spa.