Stunning Hotels in Manila

The Henry Hotel Manila

With its garden pool and fence, “The Henry” is typical as a holiday resort — except it’s in Pasay City. Grab a book from the library, relax outdoors on the chairs or try a classic Filipino (菲律宾的) breakfast: longganisa sausages or milkfish with fried eggs and garlic rice.

Price: from 7,500PHP (£99).

Admiral Hotel Manila-MGallery

The hotel is known for its art decoration style. The rooms are rich in hard lines and brass fixtures(黄铜夹具). For the best sight, head upstairs to Admiral Club. If you want to experience more, head downstairs to Ruby Wong’s for some drinks and Filipino-Chinese food.

Price: from 7,600PHP (£137).

King’s Hotel

Newly built in 2022, King’s Hotel has all the features you’d expect from the Europe-based brand, including facilities from IKEA. In the hotel, guests can have an interesting outlook: the space is a glass-structured wonder, with stylish hanging lights and wooden art works.

Price: from 12,700PHP (£229).

Shangri-La at The Fort

It’s all charm at the Shangri-La, lifts with hanging lights and in-room lights as bright as in a mall. Yet, it all fades in comparison to what’s outside: the hotel’s 576 guest rooms include floors 18-40 of a 755-foot-high building, giving visitors an unlimited view over the Bonifacio Global City district.

Price: from 15,500PHP (£270).

At the beginning of the century there was a big farm called Hollywood Ranch. It was near Los Angeles in California. A few years later Hollywood was one of the famous places of the world. From 1910s to the 1950s Hollywood was the film center of the world. Every family knew the names of its film stars Charlie Chaplin, Grete Garbo, Bergman and hundreds more.

The reason why people went to Hollywood to make films was the sun. At first people made films in New York on the east coast of the United States. But then they heard about Los Angeles where there are 350 days of sun every year. As they made all the films by sunlight, the west coast was a much better place to work.

Also near Hollywood you can find mountains and sea and desert. They did not have to travel far to make any kind o film

When TV became popular in the 1960s, Hollywood started making films for television. Then in 1970s they discovered people still went to cinema to see big expensive films. After twenty years they are still making films in Hollywood and people watch them all over the world.

The ability to deal with anxiety is an important part of sports training.People who are able to overcome their anxiety perform much better than some of the strongest competitors of the game.Unfortunately，at times sportspersons fail because they feel nervous when they are on the playing field，which makes them lose confidence in themselves.As a matter of fact，performance anxiety is quite common among stage artists and athletes，who are required to present themselves and their skills to a large crowd.

Various psychologists have found that expert athletes may behave like amateurs under great pressure.So what causes performance anxiety？First of all，during training and preparing for any competition，an athlete focuses on improving his or her skills in a familiar environment.All the efforts taken and practice done are，thus，stored in the procedural memory.However，in a real competitive situation，the conscious awareness of new grounds corrupts the memory of the practiced game，thus causing anxiety.It is also found that with more cheering crowds，the pressure for the athlete to achieve the best builds up rapidly.

Secondly，our body releases certain hormones(荷尔蒙) to welcome the upcoming exciting situation，which causes quickening of the heartbeat and sweaty hands.These signs are often misinterpreted(曲解) by an athlete as fear and lack of ability to perform.The negative thoughts often result in a terrible panic attack.

Thirdly，while training，some athletes set unrealistic targets for themselves.Failure to achieve those targets is regarded as lack of skills and puts the athletes in self­denial(自我否定) of their own improvement.Even if they are fully prepared for an event，they tend to think poorly of their capabilities.Such reaction can turn any professional player into a green hand，thus ruining their performance.

Fortunately，something can be done to solve the problem.One of the best ways to overcome such a situation is distraction(分心)．As soon as you have the awareness of anxiety，pay your attention to something else—maybe singing or asking a fellow sportsperson about something that is not related to the game.Besides，you can take some small but effective measures.For instance，cut down on caffeine and sugar and have a carbohydrate­rich meal before the game to preserve energy.Anyway，performance anxiety is not a disease that athletes can get rid of once and for all.They should handle it properly to improve their performance so as to achieve sporting glory.