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With a mixture of electronic music, jazz, soul and indie vibe, Fil-Brit Melisa Le Rue’s vocal prowess not only touches the soul, it ignites the spirit. Illustrado’s Princes Nedamo discovers the refreshingly unique voice of the songstress who has the Gulf spellbound.
It’s about progress and diversity at the workplace… Illustrado talks to a TV Head of Sports Programming, a Visual Consultant and a partner at a public accounting firm who share about their careers
For a fashionista, life in Dubai can get very intense. As in! As they say, you are what you wear. That’s why a daster is connected to a feather duster – pang-Best in Day-Off, ika nga.
“Welcome to Dubai, Annie B!” Dizzizit! The moment I been waiting for – to see the city of the promised land – where taxis are not named “Bulaklak”, “Rocalex” or “New Rocalex” anymore, where all places are air-conditioned and people live in condominiums – okay, flats – and opportunities are everywhere, where sky’s the langit!
Out the 11 issues we publish each year, some are shot in Manila, the rest in the UAE. Manila shoots give us a reprieve from our grueling schedule here – but it’s quite unnerving for me being the very hands-on (read: control freak) editor that I am.
Last year, Illustrado reported on the adobo and sticky rice-loving group in known in Hollywood. Known as the Filipino Hollywood Mafia, they have made Filipino talent shine in Tinsel town. Excel V. Dyquiangco introduces us to two of its additional members.
Sometimes we complain much too much about life… About our aches and pains, our angst and challenges. We moan that we don’t have enough, can’t get enough.
Just a couple of hours ago, my Alma Mater presented me, in absentia, on the occasion of our school’s Diamond Jubilee, a token of recognition, as one of several “distinguished alumni who made significant contributions in specific advocacies or involvement making their local or international community a better place to live in.”
Sherry Tenorio – our writer, PR, all around cute rah-rah girl came by today and told me it’s about time I blog. “Blog about what?” I said. “Anything,” she said. “Just blog.” Well, I’m not exactly new to blogging. Had an active blog some 7 odd years ago, before Multiply became a shopping site, pre-Facebook …
For the last 35 years since Filipino designer Josie Cruz Natori founded the lingerie company that bears her name, she’s been reaching for natori, which also the Japanese word for “highest form of art.”
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