For the first time since Achi’s birth in 2007, the hubby and I are going on a long-overdue vacation. Since I am presenting a paper in the Asia Pacific Children’s Museums Conference on Oct. 19-21 in Hawaii, we decided to hit the beach as well. Who’s having the blues? Shobe is now experiencing a severe […]
Veteran journalist and China expert Jose Santiago “Chito” Sta. Romana is President Duterte’s choice as ambassador to China. Sta. Romana was president of the Philippine Association of Chinese Studies, a lecturer on Chinese politics at the University of the Philippines’ Asian Center and a trustee of the Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement in Los Baños, Laguna. […]
Do you know which vaccines you need? Even for us doctors, it’s not that easy. I did some research to come up with the following list of vaccines for adults. I have enumerated who needs to get it, at what age they need it, and what are the expected benefits. Most of the recommendations are […]
Before we left for the China (Hunan) International Tourism Festival (Sept. 11-18), there was talk of whether we would be able to visit the Sky Bridge in Zhangjiajie. The world’s longest (430 meters) and highest (300 meters to the bottom of the valley) pedestrian glass bridge opened to the public last Aug. 20 but closed […]
Lately, I’ve become unsentimental about the articles of clothing in my closet. If I haven’t worn it in a year, I like to think that I don’t really need it taking up space and gathering dust. I didn’t used to be this way, but my exploding closet has forced me to re-evaluate my hoarder tendencies, […]
One hot day in early June, it was my turn to mind my friend Astrid’s two daughters (Ara, 7, and Happy, 2) plus my two for the afternoon, in return for her minding my kids in March. The question: how do we take care of that many kids? The answer: if our parents / grandparents […]
In the previous article, we listed 10 strategies to stay young: 1) Eat breakfast daily; 2) take tomato sauce and green tea; 3) eat more vegetables and fruits; 4) avoid excessive fat and alcohol intake; 5) be in love; 6) laugh a lot; 7) nurture a group of supportive friends; 8) have safe sex more […]
Dumaguete City, the capital of Negros Oriental, is also the province’s principal seaport and its most populous and largest city. The 2015 census showed a population of 131,377. Referred to as a university city, Dumaguete owes its repute largely to Silliman University, the first Philippine university outside of Manila. Founded in 1901, it is also […]
Babies and toddlers are just too cute for their own good. My husband believes that God deliberately made babies and toddlers irresistibly cute so that parents will not abandon them, no matter how horrible their tantrums can get. Also, parents will have the baby memories to look back to and decide that all the horrible […]
Taipei 101 may be Taiwan’s top tourist draw, but if one ventures away from the commercial and tourist districts, there is much more to discover. There are many “old streets” which give one the feeling of stepping into the past, with preserved and restored old houses and store fronts with traditional offerings. Daxi old street […]