It was in the mid-2000s when South Korean plastic surgeon Joo Kwon noticed a trickle of Chinese women walking into his clinic, even though he hadn’t advertised overseas.
High up on an altar, in the chapel of a small convent tucked away in the hills about two hours away from Rome, may be the greatest treasure of all Christendom: the Manopello, also known as the Face of God.
Very few women could tell you that they have had serious relationships with a two-time Academy Award-winning actor and a 17-time Grammy award winning singer, and married a British royal.
Down Under is one place to be for great family adventures. Australia is a vast continent, with so many diverse and beautiful places to visit. The day after the grade school graduation ceremonies of our elder daughter Annika, our entire family flew to Oz for Easter break.
I don’t even remember the last time I danced this much,” a girl friend said, in between huffing and puffing. Me, too. Must have been in the ’80s and the ’90s, we all said, but then we also went further back in time, to the ’70s or even the ’60s, when the band named Daddy Cool struck the irresistible disco hits of those eras.
What is it with legislative work that makes marriages break? One is tempted to ask this, as the buzz gets louder that another legislator’s marriage is on the rocks—or is it over? The wife has reportedly left the legislator—for another lawmaker.
This male friend of mine and I became close when his girlfriend of seven years broke up with him two years ago. I’ve been his shoulder to cry on, always listening to his stories of regret and frustration. I did my best to cheer him up, and it came to a point where we’d spend every weekend together and talk on the phone till dawn.
It used to be flowers for a special occasion—birthday, anniversary, convalescence, “just thought of you.” But flowers have become too expensive, and if you made a mistake and bought all white, my, my, that’s for the dead.
We asked some of Cebu’s passionate travelers for their top reasons to leave home and hit the road, just to see what’s out there. Their answers have stoked our wanderlust, and we hope they send you planning your next getaway also.
Amparito Llamas Lhuillier was conferred the degree of Doctor of Humanities, honoris causa, by the University of San Jose-Recoletos (USJ-R). In the school’s 65-year history there have only been five so honored, and Amparito is the only woman.
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