LANI WENDT YOUNG, author of the Telesa Series and most recently released the Scarlet Series, will be talking about the digital age, racism, and controversy. The outgoing and outspoken Samoan Maori author, journalist and columnist, had been touring around schools in New Zealand. She was busy meeting young adults to inspire them to write, speak up and to explore their…
It was 1978 when Grease, a musical comedy that made a name, became one of the most influential and iconic box offices hits in the world. With Bonnie Tyler’s single entitled, I Need a Hero becoming a part of its original soundtrack in 1981, Footloose followed its footsteps. Meanwhile, Jane Fonda was leading her workout videos in unitards, leggings, and…
From when I was young, I knew praying was the same as communicating with God. It is something personal to me. And yet, it tends to get repetitive, redundant and somehow meaningless to some. I don’t mind doing it with other people. But there are those who’d prefer to pray on their own. How about you? How do you pray?…
We all know Filipinos for their versatility, hard work and talent. As a performer himself during his younger years, Jeffrey Rogador made these attributes surface in his work. It earned him the 2019 Asia Pacific Silver Stevie Award for Innovation in Entertainment Events. The Asia Pacific Stevie Award is to honor international businesses. The focus of the awards is…
‘Enjoy YOURSELF! That’s what 20s are for. Your 30s are to learn the LESSONS. Your 40s are to pay for the DRINKS.’ – Carrie Bradshaw, Sex and the City: Financial security had always been on top of your goals. The thing is, are you able to pay for the drinks??? From learning the lessons, how do you jump into having…
This Friday, Eli Zaelo, together with The United Band, will be having a concert to mark the Africa Month. In loving memory of Brenda Fassie, the late Queen of African Pop, Eli chose to include her songs while she sings her own. As you mark your calendars down, let’s get up close and personal with Eli. Kowloon Community Hall will…
From the writer of the young adult series, TELESA, here comes a new line up to enjoy. SCARLET LIES invades the adult chick flick novel category like no other. It features the brown, big and beautiful Miss Scarlet with her new adventures as a transformed woman. Coming home to Samoa, flying all the way from Las Vegas, she wonders how likely…
NETFLIX recently released its interactive content where viewers become a part of the series they are watching. It is a fun new way of experiencing the streaming platform’s services where you make choices for the characters. These choices lead to you shaping the end of the story. Netflix takes advantage of being one of the pioneers in the game-changing experience…
Hong Kong, the melting pot of Asia, serves as home to a lot of nations. Why? Well, there are distinct experiences that you can only have a taste of at 852. Whether you are just here for a month or you had stayed long enough to become a resident, you know “Home” Kong lives in your heart when: You are…
The World Fire Knife Competition holds a record of being the grandest among the fire-knife dancers and Polynesian people. The fire-knife dance which was a form of a warfare had transformed into something beautiful in the name of performing arts and cultural heritage. It is the Superbowl of Polynesia. Since it started in 1993, the competition had always brought the…
