Fund raising for the victims of the Typhoon Ondoy

“Typhoon Ondoy [Ketsana] in Black September – The worst storm in 50 years hits Metro Manila triggering floods, landslide, power outage and stranding people in rooftops and malls. The storm kills 72 and hundreds missing. About 400 mm [15.75 inches] of rainfall in just 6 hours. The president declared a state of calamity.”
This weekend [...]

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At the RFL clothing fair

Mid-way to the end, I try to gather my feelings on this. To start with – if it is a fair, shouldn’t prices of the exhibited creations be lower than at the stores ? After all, this is a way to promote the designers’ work – as I wander up and down, I bump into [...]

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Heart of Love in Philbin’s Memorial

I do not think Memorials have to be places frozen in time and space. That was why I put a Xmas tree in Philbin’s Memorial at Portucalis, and now I’ve planted there a Heart of Love.
This is a fund raising charity initiative to help Shir Dryke, owner and designer of Ornamental Life to collect the [...]

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