“Welcome to Dubai Annie B!” Dizzizit! The moment I been waiting for – to see the city of the promised land – where taxis are not named “Bulaklak”,”Rocalex” or “New Rocalex” anymore, where all places are air-conditioned and people live in condominiums – okay, flats – and opportunities are everywhere, where sky’s the langit!

Illuminati: The Manifold Pinoy by Krip Yuson. “Some of us who take local lore seriously might tend to agree: that the Pinoy usually has a mole in the sole that suggests a travel itch. We point out that Enrique, Magellan’s slave, was actually the first circumnavigator of the globe, since his wanderlust first took him from the Visayas to Malacca, from where he went on to complete the epic voyage by ship around the world.”

“I got into art simply out my frustration to create. I stick to it because I want to create without a reason. I’m an Art Director by day, and everything I do in the day has a reason. My personal work has none, yet it exists to please me.” Art Director, Illustrator and Street Photographer Rafael Gregor Valencia talks about his preoccupation.

Eight yrs ago Gerby and her family lost everything and were heavily in debt due to a botched investment. Now the ambitious Filipina sits atop her own thriving Dubai-based company, fully redeeming her fortunes