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Array ( [results] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 484559 [Title] => Still high on Thai [Summary] =>I said it last week and I will confirm it again. Thailand is a veritable spectacle in every sense. And my five-day stay (courtesy of Thailand Tourism Authority) was not even long enough to explore its infinite wonders.
[DatePublished] => 2009-07-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133357 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1351341 [AuthorName] => Heny Sison [SectionName] => Food and Leisure [SectionUrl] => food-and-leisure [URL] => http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/154/lif1thumbx.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 379114 [Title] => Thai Cookery [Summary] => There has been an explosion of interest in preparing Thai food, and many Chiang Mai guest houses and cookery schools now offer lessons. [DatePublished] => 2007-01-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => cebu-lifestyle [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 374211 [Title] => Lanna Paradise [Summary] => Lanna - 'Land of a Million Rice-fields'
Something magical happens when travelling from Central or Southern Thailand to the north of the country. The fertile plains give way to misty mountains, the air gets fresher, the language of the inhabitants takes on a sing-song lilt, the pace of life becomes more laid-back and the curious customs of the locals generate a fascination with the culture. The combined effect of these changes is to captivate visitors to the region.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1711197 [AuthorName] => Ron Emmons [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => cebu-lifestyle [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 320159 [Title] => Mandarin Oriental Dhara Dhevi: Dream domain [Summary] => What is old is now new.
A renaissance of past cultures is emerging in Asia as its people are beginning to decipher meticulously devised symbols, beliefs, and practices of yesteryears. As a fascination to recreate bygone eras is explored, the frayed threads of disparate cultures are integrated into their daily lives. Whether it is a resort hotel or a spa in Surabaya, Shanghai or Chiang Mai in Thailand that we enter, we are transported to another world of such peculiar heritage. [DatePublished] => 2006-02-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135406 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1231640 [AuthorName] => Christine S. Dayrit [SectionName] => Travel and Tourism [SectionUrl] => travel-and-tourism [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 271658 [Title] => My Chiang Mai [Summary] =>As the ornate gates of our home away from home in Chiang Mai swung open for us on a warm summer day, I imagined myself riding a horse-drawn carriage and traveling to another place and time. Oh, my goodness! Have I just been regressed and transported back to some forgotten era? The ubiquitous golf carts waiting to bring us to our rooms (which turned out to be not just a bedroom but a whole mansion) jolted me back to reality. [DatePublished] => 2005-03-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096607 [AuthorName] => Ching M. Alano [SectionName] => Travel and Tourism [SectionUrl] => travel-and-tourism [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 221238 [Title] => Seasonedto perfection [Summary] =>
Many great minds possess the simplest logic and the humblest spirit. The same can be said of Isadore Sharp, the founder, chairman and CEO of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts. The modest 70-year-old has been called many things a visionary, a man for all seasons, a genius all because of establishing the biggest and most lucrative hotel brand from a small motor hotel in downtown Toronto.
[DatePublished] => 2003-09-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135074 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804795 [AuthorName] => Johnny Litton [SectionName] => Modern Living [SectionUrl] => modern-living [URL] => ) ) )
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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.
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