It was dark already yet my friend and I were still seated at a bus stop across the Jangam Metro station where we had gotten off after a city tour of Seoul. We were wondering how on earth could we get a taxi or if there is any where we were. Min, my hostess, had […]
Author: Betsy Gazo
I got lost on the way to the grocers. I set off on a Sunday morning at past 9 while Min was still asleep after a late night watching the Olympics live at London time. I thought I’d surprise her by buying her favorite yogurt drink. (Boy, can she down up to 5 a day.) […]
My trip to Korea was about two years in the making. Min, a former student of mine, had wanted to come back to Bacolod for a vacation but ever since she started a job at the Anti-Doping Agency in Seoul she had never found the time to visit. So, the only alternative to this […]
What is in our pancit canton that makes Koreans crave for them? When I asked my friend Min what she would want me to take to Korea, she only asked for pancit canton. I told her to ask her friend Jee what Jee would want me to bring her and Jee only wanted pancit canton. […]
What is the best Christmas gift idea for me? First, it all depends on who the recipient will be and I cannot think of anyone more important than family and that is my 86-year-old mother. Mama may be getting along in years, but her physic is still fine. She can walk briskly with the aid […]
When my parent adds more years to her life, I would want to add more life to her years. There is nothing more satisfying than giving back to my mother and seeing the joy on her face when something makes her happy. It is just so rewarding. So, what would make her happy? Clothes? She […]
What I love about Altertrade Philippines’ theBOX program and Moms Across the Philippines is that the company is serious about its advocacy to help farmers at the source and to provide consumers healthy, naturally-grown food. Sans middlemen, the farmers reach out directly to consumers AND the consumers know who the producers are. Altertrade takes a […]
The Western Visayas Association of Museums, Inc. held a Museum Summit at the Iloilo Museum of Contemporary Arts with the theme “Hyperconnected Museums: New Aproaches, New Publics.” This brought together museum workers, cultural workers, and the academe to learn about the other roles of museums in our society. The WVAMI is headed by Tanya Lopez […]
The 21st century woman works hard and plays hard. There are her career (boss and deadlines), busy lifestyles (travel, civic organizations), and family duties. For work or for play, everybody expects her to still look pretty and pulled together. What a tough life! Do you know that stress is the source of many disorders and […]
To plagiarize is to appropriate and pass off as one’s own of another’s writings, ideas, etc. (Funk & Wagnalls). The problem of plagiarism has been around probably since man began producing literary works. For the etymology of the word, “plagiarism” has its roots in the Latin plagium a kidnapping which has its roots, in turn, […]
