March 2020 - PeopleAsia

Seven swoon-worthy designer bags as seen in the hit K-drama series CLOY

Crash Landing on You is without a doubt the most talked-about Korean drama series on Netflix in recent months. Most of us in PeopleAsia have devoured its first season faster than you can say Pyongyang. Engrossed as we were in its riveting plot line, it doesn’t mean that we didn’t catch…

Stories from the frontline—“When good people die alone”

Dr. Lorena Patrice “Bugs” Caslib, one of countless doctors who’ve answered the call to serve, appeals to the government to allot more budget to the country’s healthcare system. There’s also a pressing need, she said, to expand the capacities of hospitals and to properly distribute medications and PPE kits. BY…

“I am Patient 358:” A COVID-19 survivor’s story

BY JOSE PAOLO S. DELA CRUZ As of March 29, 2020, the Philippines has recorded a total of 1,418 COVID-19 cases, with 71 fatalities and 42 recoveries. This young man's inspiring journey gives a face to such statistics. On March 29, Rogelio Bueno Jr. took to Facebook to tell his story –…

Life under lockdown—Sorry, Mama, your hugs and kisses will have to wait

Overnight, and not with a small amount of sadness and regret on our part, COVID-19 has forced us to develop wooden hearts and nerves of steel, perhaps for our own good, as death soon morphed from mere statistics registered in China and elsewhere, to become personal and close…

DLSU and CSB are now homes to the homeless

By JOSE PAOLO S. DELA CRUZ/ Photos courtesy of DLSP and Kalinga. It’s a question many concerned netizens have asked since the enhanced community quarantine took effect in Luzon earlier this month: How does one stay at home, if one is homeless? Such is the tough reality that many of…

Charity concert “from home”: Lazada expands digital giving drive vs. Covid-19

As the Filipino community continues the fight against COVID-19, Lazada Philippines partners with Magic 89.9, Jam 88.3, Wave 89.1 and Play 99.5 to host two special sessions of #RadioGivesBack: A LazadaForGood Charity Concert From Home. The two one-hour charity fundraising concert sessions will be livestreamed exclusively on the Lazada app…

Lockdown-compliant, Internet-famous Korean coffee to ward off the quarantine blues away

Text and photos by Hermes Joy Tunac If you've been on social media since the start of the enhanced community quarantine, you probably have a friend or two who've been sharing images of the frothy drink dubbed as "Dalgona Coffee." Some have probably even gone one step further, posting their…

Ito Curata: Everyone’s BFF

By Alex Y. Vergara Some people are an acquired taste whose goodness grows on you over time. Fashion designer Ito Curata wasn’t one of them. He was one rare fellow whom you tended to like and gravitate to the minute you meet him. From his warm smile down to his…

The frontliners: Above and beyond the call of duty

By Joanne Rae Ramirez In his book The Greatest Generation, Tom Brokaw, referring to those born approximately between 1901 and 1927, wrote: “It is, I believe, the greatest generation any society has ever produced. At a time in their lives when their days and nights should have been filled with…

Spoiler Alert: Did this 2018 Netflix K-Drama predict COVID-19?

By JOSE PAOLO S. DELA CRUZ Tongues are wagging across the web as Netflix viewers noticed a strange case of art imitating – or should we say, predicting – life in a scene from the 2018 Korean Drama, My Secret Terrius. (The scene from My Secret Terrius, Episode 10)…