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Pageant contestants don hard hats
Construction workers never looked as glamorous, or feminine .
An impression of nature
The art of bonsai was probably introduced in the Philippines during the Spanish period. Yet it was only in the 1980s when it became popular here. Some say its popularity was brought about by the movie “The Karate Kid,” which was released in 1984.
Preserving the Makiling Botanical Gardens
We have two “must” places to explore when traveling to a new destination. The first would be the local market. The botanical garden would be the second. The local market gives us a feel of a country’s daily life while the gardens give us a peek into its ecological status.
Betsy Westendorp: Of Light, Color, and Fancy
Time has been kind to visual artist Betsy Westendorp. The octogenarian, who married Filipino-Spanish businessman Antonio Brias, is still as youthful as ever, animated while reliving good and bad memories alike, and effervescent and bubbly like a bottle of sweet sparkling wine. It’s amazing to think how time has simply physically aged Westendorp but, nonetheless, strengthened her character and ripened her luster for life, love, and art.
“NINE: Diverse Designs in One Common Passion”
It’s a rare opportunity that we see equally great artists in one occasion, neither do we see their creatively drawn and molded masterpieces in one floor.
MALAY
Today Virgilio Senadren Almario, National Artist for Literature, turns 65.
THE KING OF NOTHING TO DO
When the great American author Kurt Vonnegut died a year and a half ago, it wasn’t a surprise, he was 84 years old, after all, and had been smoking unfiltered Pall Malls for most of those 84 years, but it was a real shame. Not a shame in the sense that any human life passing away is a shame, but in the sense that he was still creating, still lashing out at the injustices he could perceive, that he still gave a crap about the world which, after all, is more than you can say for many people who haven’t kicked the bucket yet.
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