Astute men generally would say that a second heaven is next to impossibility but aren’t second chances awaited in the offing at all times? People learn from their own mistakes and a woman will forever be searching for what and who she feels is deservingly perfect for her. Cherry Manuel, a smartly ambitious daughter of…
Although my theater and movie-making experience had been extensive and broad, aside from my far-reaching observations, first-hand knowledge, direct exposure, and showbiz orientation, I still found it quite peculiar (at the same time flattering) having been offered to direct a musical concert with a pre-conceived format with merely two principal performers and a pianist. After…
What a way to spend the weekend! It was an excruciating, physically exhausting, exhilarating, and frantic schedule that I encountered during the last weekend… I was like engulfed by a formidable cyclone from some maddening world that I couldn’t find a way out to free myself from such unforgiving bondage. Even as early as Thursday…
Just to think what I might have missed…looking back how did I exist…I dreamed, still I never thought I’d come this far…but miracles come true…I know ‘cause here we are…” (an excerpt from Air Supply’s Two Less Lonely People In The World). The phenomenal tandem of Graham Russell and Russell Hitchcock, collectively of the popular…
Imagine this world (when) devoid of music and laughter… two of the paramount essentials of existence that free us from boredom while simultaneously injecting that proverbial dose of stimulant for idleness. If laughter has been proven to be an effective medicine (due to the health benefits derived from it as it releases endorphins, increases our…
“The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole… her true beauty is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she knows…” – Audrey Hepburn TURNING 80 is one great milestone in every person’s life especially among women… an enviable life’s stage seldom attained and…
“Music gives soul to the universe…wings to the mind…flight to the imagination…and life to everything!” – Plato WHEN prolific German composer Ludwig Van Beethoven said “Music should strike fire from the heart of a man and bring tears from the eyes of woman…” he must have inadvertently in mind the power and soulful voice of…
“Mature love is composed and sustaining…a celebration of commitment, companionship and mutual trust.” – H. Jackson Brown, Jr. During last Sunday’s Catholic Action of Mary’s (CAM) 37th Santacruzan Presentation Ball at Double Tree by Hilton Hotel in Newark, New Jersey, a couple effortlessly caught the attention of the curious crowd when they were honored with…
“Motherhood is the biggest gamble in this world. It is the glorious life force…huge and scary. It’s an act of infinite optimism.” – Gilda Radner THEY say motherhood could be blissful but is coupled with a lifetime ordeal. While giving birth to a new life is a phenomenal miracle that will eventually lead to executing…
“Nursing as an art: and if it is to be made an art it requires an exclusive devotion as hard as the preparation of any painter’s or sculptor’s work…for what is having to do with dead canvas or a dead marble compared with having to do with the living body, the temple of God’s spirit?…
“All through life there were gender distinctions: toilets for men, toilets for women; clothes for men, clothes for women; but then at the end, all graves are identical…!” – Leile Aboulela If during the 19th century slavery was the core human right dispute and freedom from despotism or authoritarianism became the battlecry of the next…
WHERE words fail, music speaks…and where communications fall short, body language conveys emotion. There is always a strange fascination in the interpretation of one’s emotional expression through dance. There is life in itself. The passionate intensity of every sway and glide breathes Mercurial swiftness to the feet, spirited grace to the fingertips, and bouncing pulsation…
“The best way to find your self is to lose yourself in the service of others.” – Mahatma Gandhi AFTER having meticulously assessed all possible resources, conscientiously brainstormed the brightest of ideas, mapped out fundamental schemes and options, totally completed paper and people chases, thoroughly rehearsed-to-perfection slated live performances, and acutely attended to the finest…
“A woman is like a tea bag…you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water!” Eleanor Roosevelt DURING the recently concluded PACCAL (Pan American Concerned Citizens’ Action League, Inc.) event last Saturday, March 28, 2015 at the Ramada Plaza Hotel to commemorate the international celebration of Women’s History Month, Fe Labilles…
“A woman is the full circle…within her is the power to create, nurture, and transform!” (Diane Mariechild). THROUGH the years, history has remarkably generated an immense number of empowered women who were capable of changing the world’s social, industrial, political, and educational landscape where they competently dominated the areas with their notable contributions and significant…
In every connubial set-up, regardless of creed, religion, color or orientation, the state of muliebrity has always considerably been on the paramount level of recognition and in high esteem simply because the revered status of a woman as a potential quintessence of motherhood is unquestionably the defining line that separates her from man. But what…
Just when you thought you’ve had enough of those mediocre stage entertainers and (trying hard) copycats with the notion that there’s really a deliberate shortage of local-based talents and that the limited entertainment scene is saturated with so-so performers, then think again… for you must haven’t heard of one of the most raved and in-demand…
Joan “Angel” Dacayana Ramchand, more popularly known in the entertainment field as Angel Ram, stands vulnerably incapable despite being equipped with communication gadgets that couldn’t be used to communicate with her loved ones back home. Her bitter past, haunting and deplorable, forbids her to neither look back nor correspond with them. Behind her seemingly carefree…
The rapidly evolving medical scene proffers a roller coaster of practitioners with peculiar traits and skills amid emerging changes in their particular field of specialization. Despite skepticisms of the perils in the medical practice still a great number of potential doctors relentlessly face the challenge defying all caveats and odds experienced by frontline proponents. Success…
An avalanche of pompously conceptualized and planned Valentine’s Day events that nippy Saturday, February 14, successfully pushed through with neither being hampered nor hindered by the prevalence of the inclement weather condition and single digit temp. Significant snow of varying intensity gradually diminished the volume of travelers and commuters due to worsening road conditions and…
In just a couple of weeks, the world will once again commemorate the triumphant symbolism of its female populace in connection with the international celebration of Women’s History Month. And yes, March is earmarked for this notable event. Recognizing the achievements of women has been a widespread scene in every community organization especially during this…
Noticeably there is a paucity of horror literary pieces being adapted for stage presentation and theater performances as compared to musical, comedy, romance, and even merely documentary-style that are universally staged and ably patronized. Since it’s live with the presence of an immediate audience presenting a dreadfully concocted stage play puts producers in an immense…
I woke up last Monday morning with a bit of apprehension as to whether I had to go to work or merely stay home after being cautious about the prevailing alert watch regarding a major snowstorm to hit the area. Despite the early signs of the dreaded natural calamity I still proceeded only to regret…
(Part 2 of 3) (PART 1 in a capsule: Some people were born way beyond the poverty level and could survive their disheartening way of life but for somebody whose dignity was scorned and self-esteem pinned down further than what he could endure, liberating himself from such ruthless bondage was the right thing to do….
(Part 1 of 3) A second chance at life An unidentifiable energy kept him whirling down into an unfathomed depth where a strange ray of light from the tunnel’s end offered him faint hope. He wanted to free himself from the bondage that compellingly engulfed him but the powerful twirl kept him spinning uncontrollably until…
FOR most hopeless romantics, music is the wine that fills the cup of silence… serving as therapeutic solvent that liquefies perplexities and purifies hatred. Still according to the prolific German poet Heinrich Heine: “Where words leave off, music begins!” True enough, being the universal language, music in itself is an explosive expression of humanity that…
One of English philosopher and essayist Francis Bacon’s popular quotations states: “Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. For some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.” Some people…
Feeling the same intensity of emotional affection for each other after a score and five years of blissful togetherness, medical couple Eduardo and Olyn Bautista had triumphantly survived all possible impediments that crossed their path and successfully weathered the storm along the way. The initial spark and electrifying excitement remained undiminished despite the passing of…
The invite in blue and silvery white indicated the specially conceptualized party to celebrate Aaron Tupaz Frias’ 46th birthday last Saturday, November 29, would start at 8:15 PM and so with the ever indefatigable Helen Castillo behind the wheel, Jujo Conol and me as passengers, left Jersey City an hour earlier so as not to…
Gorgeous, big-hearted, pious, amiable, strong-willed single mom, civic-oriented community leader, and passionately fashionable…these and much more best describe the socially indefatigable community figure Marieta Esquillo Lamar from Majayjay, Laguna and currently a prominent resident of 42 years of Staten Island, New York. A quintessential Saggitarian, born on December 19 to Gregorio Lamar and the former…
