LET’S FACE IT. AS CUTE AS babies are, they can also be trouble for their parents and carers—and because we live in the real world, annoying for people around us. As full-time mom, I don’t have the luxury of screaming “Yaya!” whenever my toddler has a tantrum. I have to figure out what he wants, how...
Just six months ago, I would have never thought that I would be wearing the night’s ruby red colors at a front seat of the 40th season gala of Ballet Philippines. While I appreciate culture and watch plays, concerts and dances both here and abroad, I would have never dreamed of front-seat...
A few hours after MALU TIONGSON-Ortiz gave birth to Clarissa in 1987, a pediatrician told her that the child had Down Syndrome. Her physical features such as low-set and deformed ears, slanted eyes, small nose, low nasal bridge and straight crease on her palm, all pointed to such a conclusion, the...
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AS EVERY FILIPINO KNOWS, THE CHRISTMAS season in the Philippines begins on Sept. 1 when every radio disc jockey tries to be the first to play a Christmas carol. Hardworking Filipinos take that as a signal to start making a list, checking it twice and preparing a budget for everything they consider...
THE WEDDING OF THE YEAR WAS even more than everyone expected it to be. It was a wedding made for a princess and her dashing prince. The solemnity, elegance of décor at Sto. Domingo Church and soothing voices of the choir mesmerized the invitees. More so, when the absolutely radiant, gorgeous bride,...
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“Learn to become still. And to take your attention away from what you don’t want, and all the emotional charge around it, and place your attention on what you...
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