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1st day of Fire Horse year

byDoreen G. Yu - February 17, 2026 - 12:00am

Today is the first day of the lunar New Year, popularly referred to as Chinese New Year, although it is as well the Vietnamese New Year Tet and the Korean New Year Seollal.

1st day of Fire Horse year: Good wishes, good fortune

byDoreen G. Yu - February 17, 2026 - 12:00am

Today is the first day of the lunar New Year, popularly referred to as Chinese New Year, although it is as well the Vietnamese New Year Tet and the Korean New Year Seollal.

Four important days

byDoreen G. Yu - February 10, 2026 - 12:00am

We’re coming up on four days that will be important to different people for different reasons. Two of these days are festive, two are solemn.

Tourism

byDoreen G. Yu - January 27, 2026 - 12:00am

The official announcement last Jan. 15 of visa-free entry for Chinese passport holders was roundly applauded.

A long goodbye

byDoreen G. Yu - January 20, 2026 - 12:00am

A diplomat’s life is a series of “Hello” and “Goodbye.” They assume a post in a foreign country, usually for a tour of duty of three years, maybe four.

Just do it

byDoreen G. Yu - January 13, 2026 - 12:00am

Nike’s trademark slogan was coined in 1988 at an advertising meeting and was inspired by murder convict/death row inmate Gary Gilmore, whose last words before he was executed in Utah in 1977 were, “Let’s...

Be kind

byDoreen G. Yu - January 1, 2026 - 12:00am

The start of a new year is supposed to be a time of new beginnings, a new page, a new start; out with the old, in with the new.

Be not afraid

byDoreen G. Yu - December 25, 2025 - 12:00am

That was the message of the angel to the shepherds over two millennia ago.

Pusong dalisay at tunay

byDoreen G. Yu - December 9, 2025 - 12:00am

Amidst all the gloom and doom of our current situation, with seemingly no sign of any light at the end of the tunnel, my spirit was uplifted by two recent events I had the privilege of attending.

‘We hear you’

byDoreen G. Yu - November 25, 2025 - 12:00am

The Palace press officer issued that statement in response to the anti-corruption rally of a religious sect held over two days (cut short from the intended three-day gathering) at the Rizal Park last week.

A hook, a loop, a knot: When crochet becomes art

byDoreen G. Yu - November 18, 2025 - 12:00am

It is with admiration tinged with a good measure of envy that I view Aze Ong’s art.

Nobility of spirit

byDoreen G. Yu - November 11, 2025 - 12:00am

The contents of just one of those infamous Rimowa suitcases would have enabled at least 30 artists and cultural workers to pursue fellowships, apprenticeships and advance studies in the US or around Asia, enhancing...

Outbreak?

byDoreen G. Yu - October 28, 2025 - 12:00am

I was a non-statistic in the non-outbreak of influenza-like illness that’s spreading across the country.

A lot of stuff

byDoreen G. Yu - October 21, 2025 - 12:00am

The other week I finally finished reading a book that I have had for several months.

Can we trust the ICI?

byDoreen G. Yu - October 14, 2025 - 12:00am

To be honest, I’m in a dilemma over this. I very much want to trust that the ICI – the Independent Commission for Infrastructure – will really investigate anomalies in infrastructure projects, dig...

The Mid-Autumn Festival

byDoreen G. Yu - September 30, 2025 - 12:00am

Monday, Oct. 6, the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, is the Mid-Autumn Festival, the second most important festival for Chinese all over the world (the most important is, of course, the Lunar New Year or the Spring...

Do only ‘ghost’ projects get funding?

byDoreen G. Yu - September 23, 2025 - 12:00am

Working in the arts pays great dividends – spiritual, psychological – but rarely financial or economic.

Gone fishin’

byDoreen G. Yu - September 16, 2025 - 12:00am

I don’t usually jump on the bandwagon, but this time I feel strongly that I must add my voice – however feeble – to the growing outrage over the scandalous thievery of government money – taxpayers’...

‘1 in 7641’

byDoreen G. Yu - September 9, 2025 - 12:00am

That magic number refers to the official count of the number of islands in the Philippines – at low tide, I presume.

A rehab robot & other medical advances

byDoreen G. Yu - August 26, 2025 - 12:00am

My recent confinement at the Chinese General Hospital turned out to be an interesting learning – and discovery – experience. Passing by the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, I had to pause at the...

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