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24 Hours in...Manila
- Arts, culture and everything cosmopolitan since 1571 |
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7 AM
Let's start from the very beginning...at
Kilometer Zero. The big flagpole here, in
front of national hero Jose Rizal's monument,
is the starting point for measuring
distances to various points in the
Philippines. The park features attractions
such as Chinese and Japanese Gardens,
Orchidarium and Butterfly Pavilion, and
the Manila Planetarium, among others.
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| Written by : Lila Jose-Baquet ( Nov 6, 2008 ) |
Feminism Embraces the Tiara
- Meg Cabot, author of "The Princess Diaries" visits Hong Kong |
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At Grappa's Cellar, in front of a crowd consisting mainly tanned, blonde Hong
Kong moms and their young daughters, Meg Cabot struts in wearing a rhinestone
tiara. This is appropriate, as her coterie is also dressed from head to toe in pink
ensembles – wigs, feather boas and tiaras included. All sixty or so of them, seated in a
semi-circle of chairs around a central platform wit ... |
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| Written by : Christine Laskowski ( Nov 1, 2008 ) |
