Always a Good Idea
/Learning something new every day is always a good idea. Our lineup of new stories this week offers a bounty of new knowledge that may or may not change (or affect) our lives at the moment but might come in handy sometime.
Take PF contributing writer Titchie Carandang's profile of Paolo "Powee" Celdran, a young Filipino artist/digital content creator/entrepreneur/game developer who developed the hit board game called "Battle for Byzantium" (all 100 copies sold out). Celdran is passionate about the Byzantine Empire, has developed guides, timelines of battles and other intricate info on the period in his social media sites. Writer Carandang provides a sweeping view of Celdran's expertise in this arena and provides us with a working knowledge on what's so fascinating about it.
Manila-based contributing writer Glenna Aquino focuses on ceramic artist Winnie Go, whose creations evolved along with her knowledge and consciousness of self and the real world. Aquino writes about how Go's curiosity, her travels and her creativity elevated her art from the purely functional to artist statements, and we the readers are awed.
A 22-year-old creative writing student, Trixia Marie Policarpio, went through a transformative experience when she was an exchange student in South Korea where she met and interacted with students from other countries. From their conversations, she realized how much she still doesn't know about the world beyond hers, which in turn led her to the realization of the Philippines and Filipinos' standing among cultures, and made her reflect deeply on whether she should take rightful pride in being Filipino.
We hope these stories expand, not clutter up, those brain cells that we have to nurture as we age.
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In The Know
US mourns loss of Filipino who died in Washington air collision
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/934805/us-mourns-loss-of-filipino-who-died-in-washington-air-collision/story/?
US aid freeze sparks fears Philippines will become ‘bargaining chip’ in Trump’s China talks
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3296675/us-aid-freeze-sparks-fears-philippines-will-become-bargaining-chip-trumps-china-talks?
Undocumented Filipinos urge compassion amid immigration raids
https://usa.inquirer.net/165398/undocumented-filipinos-urge-compassion-amid-immigration-raids?
Fast Talk with Boy Abunda: A tribute to Gloria Romero, Queen of Philippine Cinema
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L07TlG36_4Q
UPLB prof invents board game on Filipino languages
https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2025/01/30/2417893/uplb-prof-invents-board-game-filipino-languages?
Kidlat Tahimik and Katrin de Guia Share a Vision of Indigenous Wisdom
https://vogue.ph/vogue-man/kidlat-tahimik-and-katrin-de-guia/
