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She didn’t own a digital SLR until 2007, but in April, Ozamiz-born Fil-Am Yen Baet bested hundreds of photographers to win National Geographic’s Exceptional Experience Photo Contest. Yen’s patient wait for the right light between day and darkness captured “A Rainy Night in Halstatt.” Here, the itinerant Fil-Am, now based in England, talks about life as …

Through the ages, it has inspired movies, music and art—this l’heure bleue or blue hour, when the sky turns a deep blue for a while after the sun goes down the horizon. It is that moment in twilight, when there is neither full daylight nor complete darkness, that draws Ozamiz-born Filipino-American Yen Baet, winner of …

Sleeping bags can’t get any sleeker than the Selk’Bag by Rodrigo Alonso’s Design Studio. Though it may resemble a moon man’s space suit, the Selk’Bag (US$79-149) is padded and shaped to the human form, which allows people freer movements when sleeping. Get it in mango yellow, royal blue or bright pink, and you’ll be a …

If your iPad is precious, it should be covered in Miniot. Made from a single piece of wood, Miniot’s built-in magnet arrays align firmly onto the iPad’s glass surface while its ultra suede microfiber lining protects the iPad from scratches. Roll it up, and your iPad gets a back rest. Now who wouldn’t want that? …

Dotted by hand-painted wooden chairs, with a blackboard menu on one side, the cafeteria-inspired hashery called Miss B’s Tuckshop feels almost like a kindergarten classroom. Try its tender Beef Burger(Php185) and Red Velvet Milkshake(Php180), and you’ll have the best recess ever. Miss B’s keeps everything simple, from the meals to the mode of payment—cash only …

Metro Manila’s mall culture can get old. For some new perspective and alternative strolling, ANIKA VENTURA suggests taking to these museums. National Museum of the Philippines THE DRAW: Aside from housing the famous Spoliarium painting of Juan Luna, the National Museum is revamping its Museum of the Filipino People, National Art Gallery and Planetarium. A …

Think you know Eastern Visayas? Local photographer GERRY DOLINA RUIZ will make you think again as he reveals surprising spots around Tacloban City. CALANGGAMAN ISLAND (PALOMPON, LEYTE) Calanggaman Island is one of those places that you have to get to before the rest of the world descends on it and the party starts. It has …

returns to O`ahu for a full measure of fun and front-row view of Polynesian culture. O’ahu is no secret island. Neither are its white-sand beaches, salty breezes, fresh seafood and youthful insouciance—things that continued to haunt me long after my first visit. I knew I had to go back. And I did. Unlike the first …

Her awards read like a calendar, beginning in kindergarten when she got the Best in Creative Arts Award to 2004 when she received the Encouragement Prize at the 14th NOMA Concours for Picture Book Illustrations, a competition organized by the UNESCO. A year later, she won the PBBY-Alcala Illustrators’ Prize. In 2009, she was named …

WWF-Philippines’ JOSE MA. LORENZO TAN unveils an image that dares the adventurous and the passionate to set sail for the Philippines’ southernmost tip—and perhaps, just perhaps, stay awhile. This is another world. Imagine a scene from the Moluccas 200 years ago: a bustling port lined with colorful stalls stocked high with fresh produce and trade …