My brother and I grew up in a multi-cultural household. Our father is hundred percent Japanese and our mother is half-Filipino, half-Chinese. It was pretty interesting growing up in that kind of household. Japanese, Filipino …

The Asian woman now can hardly be recognized by the Asian woman of past, the new shoes, clothes and hairstyle is enough to confuse them. But if one looks carefully, there are still some traits …

They’ve been lovers for almost two months now. They spent the entire couple of weeks of the Christmas break from school with only the two of them in the same house together. They hold hands, …

Managing stress
Being a student leader means a great balancing act – juggling one’s studies and duties in the council. Shahana starts her day as early as four in the morning to pray. Then the rest …

The girl with the veil waved her hand, beckoning on the coming taxicab. But the cab did not stop, like the previous one, two, three ones she had tried to hail. It was already nine …

President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo urged the Congress to create laws that will curb political killings in the country in her State of the Nation Address (SONA) at the Batasang Pambansa, Quezon City, Monday, July 23.
Arroyo …

A perfectly formed ear of corn, not a kernel damaged. Resists its natural pest, as well as the herbicide meant for the weeds. Needs little caretaking. Yield is higher than usual. Why not?
Things that we …

I opened a drawer. Inside I could hear a toddler crying while his mom and dad are quarreling in the other room.
I opened another drawer and an impoverished mother asked if she had went …

“Makeover” is the mantra today. Lifestyle shows turn stressed-out mothers into sophisticated women, and drab living rooms into works of art. Despite the economic depression, spas and salons mushroom. Celebrities thank their cosmetic surgeons for …

If my hometown would be a woman, it would be a spinster. A forty-something spinster who was once wrapped in a crocheted shawl, letting her afternoon pass by reading paperback Tagalog romance prose. But this …

It’s every woman’s worst nightmare… Your partner is spending evenings whispering sweet nothings on the phone, leaving you alone on holidays and sneaking in text messages. What do you do when the other women is …