In her halcyon days as first lady, Imelda Marcos, a proponent of the modern terno, once insisted on changing the proportions of the national dress to make it more flattering to her body.
The life work of Ramon Valera, the man credited for modernizing the Filipino national dress, is the subject of an ongoing retrospective exhibit.
Bb. Pilipinas Maxine Medina major mistake in a video screened during the preliminary competition of the Miss Universe held on Thursday night: She claimed it was Imelda Marcos, wife of
Your mantra for the week: “I am blessed beyond all expectations.”
What you didn’t know about the ‘terno’
There is only one God, one Life, one Mind, and you live and move and have your being in this one Power. You are one with this Power and this God is one with you. This one Power resides within you. It is in that kingdom of heaven within. When you truly realize this, you will understand that you create and mold and fashion your own destiny. Through the use of your imaging power, you create your destiny.
Think about these things. In science, it’s called energy. In religion, it’s called God. Love is the son of God. The son of God isn’t a person, it is love. And the greatest essence of this energy is also love which permeates the whole universe.
I was asked recently whether I believe in God, and my emphatic answer was yes, because in my heart of hearts I have accepted that everything that exists in the universe, visible or not, is God. All religions accept that God is everywhere and, therefore, to my mind, everywhere is God.
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