Astrud Adriano-Crisologo has great aesthetic taste. Whether picking out a pair of sterling silver earrings, contemporary Filipino art or Tibetan shawls, Astrud knows what the next great thing will be. With her husband Norman, Astrud has been collecting Philippine contemporary art since the ‘90s. 
The first Coffee & Bossa album released was The Chillout Sound of Astrud Gilberto. This re-introduced the music of the true blue bossa nova star to this bossa nova crazy land. Astrud was the voice in The Girl from Ipanema. Now there is a second Coffee & Bossa album in what has now become a series.
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I thought Sitti singing her bossa nova tunes was an oddity. I said it was a fad that couldn’t last. I was wrong. But then no one could have thought that an old form of Latin music could give the Pinoy rock bands a big run for their money. Very unlikely is in this day and age and in trendy Manila at that. A few months ago, Latin music here was what they performed in dance competitions and not for the casual dancer.
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It was way back in the early ‘60s when bossa nova was on its way to becoming the hot Latin dance step of the moment. Kids of the time might balk at doing the cha cha or getting into a conga line but the bossa nova was cool and had even cooler music to go with it. But then before bossa nova could become the new cha cha, the British Invasion happened and bossa nova dancing faded into oblivion.
It’s a good thing I’m already married because no guy will want to be with me after this confession: I love bags. I’m totally obsessed with bags. (Read: bag hag = high maintenance.)
MANILA, Philippines — Alas Pilipinas team captain Jia de Guzman has tempered expectations on their chances against a heavily favored Vietnam and in the FIVB Challenger Cup that came off the wraps at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium yesterday.
But deep inside the soft-spoken and courageous skipper and the rest of Nationals, they all dream of the same big dream – a ticket straight to the Women’s Volleyball Nations League main group next year.
And their quest begins tonight when they square off with the Vietnamese at 6:30 p.m.
The home bet is the underdog versus the Vietnamese side that swept and dominated last month’s AVC Challenge Cup at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum. The Filipinas snatched a historic bronze there.
“Well, alam naman po namin na mas malakas ang kalaban and we know our team is young. All we can ask the girls is to do its best while not putting pressure on the team that much,” said the charismatic Alas team leader.
The team lost power spiker Eya Laure and libero Jen Nierva and were replaced by Creamline’s Jema Galanza and National University’s Bella Belen.
Belen’s teammate, Alyssa Solomon, and Galanza’s fellow Creamline star, Tots Carlos, were enlisted into the pool but will not be able to join due to undisclosed reasons.
“It’s great to have new reinforcements in the pool. Experience-wise, marami ang mako-contribute nila sa team,” said De Guzman of Galanza and Belen.
Intriguingly, Nierva’s last-minute withdrawal left the squad with one legitimate libero in Dawn Catindig.
Cherry Nunag was listed as the team’s second libero although she’s known as a natural middle blocker.
The other members of the team are Faith Nisperos, Fifi Sharma, Vannie Gandler, Julia Coronel, Angel Canino, Dell Palomata, Arah Panique, Thea Gagate and Sisi Rondina.
The trek to that VNL dream is long and arduous though as Alas Pilipinas would need to win all its games against Vietnam, the semis and eventually the finals, assuming it could make it that far, to realize it.
In the opener of the meet, Puerto Rico turned back a feisty Kenya 25-20, 25-19, 27-25, to advance to the semis.
Teenage sensation Grace Mar Lopez Villanueva went on attack mode and fired 19 points including 18 on kills while Diana Reyes scattered 10 hits.
Pamella Adhiambo Owino tried to put up a fight for the Kenyans by unloading a match-best 22 points. most of which came in the third set when they tried
to put up a fight and steal the set before eventually falling short in the end.
- 12:00 am