It may seem funny, even comical, but the line “If you don’t cook, you don’t eat; if you don’t eat, you die,” made famous by comedian Jimmy Santos, was the one that inspired chef Niño Logarta to learn how to cook and fend for himself.
“Maginhawa is not booming; it’s already there.” Such was the assertion of a food establishment owner when asked about Maginhawa’s recent development as a food hub. Maginhawa is the 2-kilometer long main thoroughfare of UP Teacher’s Village in Quezon City.
Former Senator Heherson Alvarez thinks that the world is so close to what is known as the “tipping point” where even the food chain will be directly affected.
If you build it, they will come north of Manila. The convenience of transport made possible by the improved North Luzon Expressway (NLEx), the scenic Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEx) and the planned expansion of the Clark International Airport (formerly Diosdado Macapagal International Airport) has been largely responsible for jumpstarting property developments and attracting local and foreign investments in Central Luzon northward.
What’s the best way to improve any property in the most natural way? Put in a tropical garden, of course! Any time a property has well-planned landscaping, especially a beautiful garden, the surroundings become more striking and remarkable.
Jean Vasquez was a hard worker at the University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center. She was a cashier in the outpatient clinic and was accustomed to meeting different types of patients and seeing different types of conditions.
Standard & Poor’s has warned that the Philippines faced risks of overheating that could materialize unless surging foreign capital inflows were properly managed.
Good times are rolling for the Philippines’ real estate sector and thus the selling is easy for companies such as Empire East Land Holdings Inc., the listed subsidiary of real estate giant Megaworld Corp. servicing the burgeoning middle class.
To learn French, he took up a waiter’s job at a tea salon in Lausanne, the French-speaking part of Switzerland. As a management trainee at a luxury five-star hotel in Beverly Hills, he checked in celebrities at the front desk and ran errands for them. While working in the banqueting department of a famous New York Hotel, he helped organize political functions and celebrity weddings.
With the recent appointment of twin brothers—architects Gil and Gary Coscolluela—as senior partners of WV Coscolluela and Associates, expect the 55-year-old firm to dish out strikingly beautiful and highly sustainable and useful buildings in the coming years.
If you are in the market for your own private island, look to the cluster of islands in northern Palawan. From what I have heard, one can buy or lease an island in the Busuanga-Coron area and create a private paradise here on earth.
No one can argue that when one speaks of simplicity and elegance in the world of global fashion, Giorgio Armani is one of the first to come to mind. Through many years of fashion revolutions, he still adheres to largely structured and tailored lines, masculine colors, mostly basic “noncolors,” and unpretentious yet cleverly constructed forms. Although fashion trends and styles evolve and change over time, the core values of Armani’s design have remain unaltered.
