Life & Arts | pactimes

Jan 11

Pacific artists featured in UOG's virtual art exhibition

From left: “Langasat” by Dawn Lees Reyes; “March to Manenggon,” batik on silk by Judy Flores; “Flower,” an acrylic on wood by Ubeng C....

By Jeni Ann Flores

Jan 9

Excuse me while I catapult to 2021

Now that I have been playing golf for three months, I understand why golfers take time before swinging the club. They do self-talk, like ...

By Theodore Lewis

Jan 6

Death takes a life— but not a friend

The 2019 holiday season was inspiring, festive and full of good cheer. 2020? Not so much. Starting at Thanksgiving and ending on New Year...

By Diana G. Mendoza

Jan 5

Rushing back

Manila— I realized that things became different the moment I looked at the items on the table during my first coffeeshop visit six months...

The year in review: 2020, according to local artists

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Jan 3

The year in review: 2020, according to local artists

Hp Portrait of The Hero Acrylic on canvas By Marcial Pontillas My painting is a tribute to our frontliners in honor of their valuable wor...

Dr. Thomas Poole

Dec 9, 2020

Furry Times: Pets on the move

There is no shortage of science that proves how important pets are to the health of families and indiv: iduals. Life insurance actuarial ...

By Johanna Salinas

Dec 8, 2020

Even film-making has gone virtual

Following the success of his 2019 horror film "Hellcome Home," Guam film maker Bobby Bonifacio Jr. has directed another movie produced by...

Hitting a small ball toward a small hole is simply complicated

By Jeni Ann Flores

Dec 6, 2020

Hitting a small ball toward a small hole is simply complicated

Bend your knees. Keep your eyes on the ball. Turn your hips. Your knees. Hit with your left arm. Knees! Bend your knees. Left arm. Turn. ...

By Diana G. Mendoza

Dec 5, 2020

The sad Christmas trees

Manila – I went out more often when Metro Manila’s lockdown restrictions were relaxed at the beginning of the year’s fourth quarter. I saw...

The Beatles’ antidote to rifts and tiffs

By Theodore Lewis

Nov 1, 2020

The Beatles’ antidote to rifts and tiffs

Portland, Maine— On this gorgeous fall Sunday in Southern Maine, my wife and I enjoyed our first cup of coffee and flipped on the TV to c...

By Diana G Mendoza

Oct 30, 2020

In memoriam: our life and death clichés

Manila — Death happens — if not to someone we know — to us. The only problem we have with it is how we pass its test on our level of stre...

By Jeni Ann Flores

Oct 30, 2020

A death-defying look at death and dying

Death, it is said, is 100 percent fatal: all of us will suffer and die from it. These days, it is in the news like no other. November is ...

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