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NOTE: In the aftermath of a well-meaning travel advisory against the South of Cebu, I’m publishing this belated Halloween-themed, impromptu trip to just that area in question. I acknowledge that the threat is always present, always real,…
This is the story of an island where there are only eight first names, and everyone in the same family has a different last name. Nyoman, our driver, is the third Nyoman we’ve met thus far, all…
WHEN I first started supporting Pink October, the consolidated Breast Cancer Awareness celebration in Cebu more than a decade ago, I appeared in photographs with cancer survivors. At this early stage of the movement, the subjects were…
(Photographed with a Fujifilm XT 10 and a Fujinon XF 16mm lens) THE night market pulsates with a nocturnal energy that is neither frenzied nor frenetic. In fact, it seems the Taiwanese have their game plan all…
Why this vegetarian restaurant is worth the 5 flight of stairs to get to it (Photographed with the Fujifilm XT10 using the Fujinon 16mm prime lens) It is obviously a tongue-in-cheek reference to herself when Chip Lopez…
IT WAS an uncharacteristically breezy evening on an otherwise hot day, and the rooftop of a building in Mandaue had the most perfect light. I whipped out my camera to snap away at Kairos’ beautiful food and…
DAVID Harris and Mona Polo run their business of “engineered sailing gear” literally from their garage. “This place is so exclusive,” David, who has the heart of a sailor, jokes. “Because no one wants to drive up!”…
IT’S an elegant euphemism, but only because it is appropriate for the situation. As Real Living Magazine partnered with Avida Towers Riala to tap three Cebuana interior designers and decorators, genius flew. Three model units of their…
I WAS given an exclusive tour of a four- hectare, grass-covered field at the South Road Properties (SRP) one dusk at the tail end of summer, and the light was just right. Everything looked new. The City…
How I got security tips and my own endorsement deal from meeting Miss Universe MICHELLE P. So may just have a prophetic streak. “This excitement may be like what you might feel if you were going to, say, the…
I SPENT half an hour writing what would have been my first political piece in support of a candidate. After reading and re-reading it, I pressed the delete button tentatively. Erasing a few words, then entire sentences.…
WE were driven around by a Watermelon. At least the driver, in limited English (always prefixed with “I’m sorry my English is so bad” in these parts) insists on being called that. Whether it was an unfortunate…
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