I’ve always thought of myself as creative. My constantly restless hands have this urge to do some kind of aesthetically productive work. That search for an artistic endeavor led to my discovering Chinese painting. Most Chinese painting exhibited in museums and Chinese homes are typically scrolls of landscape in black and white, or with minimal […]
Each year, smoking-related diseases cause the most number of deaths in the Philippines. What is worse is that smokers actually hurt the non-smokers around them by letting them inhale its toxic fumes. A study by the Food and Nutrition Research Institute shows that 47 percent of Filipino males and 16 percent of females are smokers: […]
Our story now focuses on the return of Chan Bon Kheng’s cousin, Eleuterio “Terio” Alosos (曾榮旋) back to the town of his birth. While still very young children, they, along with many other Filipino mestizo cousins, were sent to China to stay with Chinese relatives. Most, like Terio, never returned. His homecoming is not the […]
Two big cats dangerously close to extinction are the objects of a national park to be established in the provinces of Jilin and Heilongjiang in northeastern China. The 14,500-square kilometer national park will be a sanctuary for the Amur leopard and the Siberian or Amur tiger and will be one of the largest big cat reserves […]
One friend shared that her daughter is “scared of Tita Meah. She’s mean.” Unfortunately for her, I come with the package when she wants to be with my girls. We then went on and talked about the things that our girls do together and what we do when we’re in charge. My friend admitted she […]
Some time ago, I was fortunate to interview two outstanding doctors in our program, Dr. Venancio Gloria, past president of the Philippine College of Physicians, and Dr. Ramon Estrada, past president of the Philippine Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery. We discussed stomach problems and answered dozens of phone-in questions. Here are some of the […]
Brittany’s strong identity with its regional language, Breton, along with its traditions have made the region a top tourist destination for Europeans and, increasingly, for Asians. Besides recreational boating and swimming at sea, one of the tourist attractions is the many summer pilgrimages. More significantly, economic opportunities have been increasingly aimed at Asia, and […]
“Buwan at Baril sa Eb Major” by Chris Millado was bravely staged in 1985 (the year before the EDSA People Power Revolution) by the Philippine Educational Theater Association at the Rajah Sulayman Theater, Fort Santiago in Intramuros, then under the direction of Apo Chua. This year, SUGID Productions Inc. chose this play as its maiden […]
Mexico City’s Chinatown, Barrio Chino, has the distinction of being the world’s smallest Chinatown: it occupies only two blocks on Dolores Street that teems with thriving Chinese restaurants and shops. Close by is a small park with the traditional arch and stone lions. Jan. 26 to 28 saw in this tiny Chinatown a huge throng […]
讀萬卷書不如行萬里路 is a Chinese proverb that means traveling 10,000 miles is better than reading 10,000 scrolls. I’ve perhaps read thousands of pages about China, so I was extremely delighted when I finally got to do the journey of 10,000 miles last summer. I started at Beijing, China’s capital. At the heart of the city is […]