ShareStory By: Percy Roxas and Hedda Tan, Photo By: Jose Tan Recent Bangkok visitor Paeng Nepomuceno proves that once a champion, always a champion! Last month, Bangkok quietly played host to its first ever World Tour – the PTT World Bowling Tour, to celebrate the King’s birthday and 84th year anniversary. Some six top Filipino [...]
Shareby Ces Orquiola Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan is on fire, and he hopes that Filipino expats will catch it and bring it back home with them. On a recent trip to Bangkok, Senator Kiko, or Khun Kiko as we shall refer to him here,graciously sat with us despite a full schedule of plant visits, irrigation [...]
ShareBy: Percy Roxas Before Charice, there was Lea Salonga. And even now, the 40-year-old Lea — the first Filipino musical talent to really shatter the proverbial glass ceiling of international superstardom — still shines like a beacon of inspiration for all Asians aspiring to succeed on the global stage. And while comparison between the two [...]
ShareBy Ces Orquiola The diminutive teen diva from the Philippines, now a certified international pop star, was in Thailand twice last year to the delight of her ever-growing legion of fans. The phrase, “A star is born,” is by now almost a worn-out cliché. And yet, when David Foster called Charice – the petite Filipina [...]
The Knights of Rizal Thailand Expanding Membership
ShareStory By: Heather Craig Dr. Jose Rizal, the Philippine’s national hero, is Asia’s first modern proponent of fighting for freedom through non-violent means, even ahead of the great Mahatma Gandhi of India. His two books – “Noli Me Tangere” (Touch Me Not) and “El Filibusterismo” (The Filibuster) – triggered the flames of revolution in the [...]
The Thrill of Chill: Haunted Spots in Bangkok
ShareBy: Percy Roxas In the spirit of Halloween, how about visiting some of Bangkok’s “scariest spots.” Whether you believe in ghosts and spirits or not, let us share some of these so-called haunted spots with you. Believe at your own risk and pardon us for not being too specific because there are local sensitivities involved: [...]
