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If the “EJKs” are the bad news that just can’t be simply swept under the rug, the Zsa Zsa-Conrad love affair is some good news that people can’t seem to get enough of.
To be clear and honest, I wasn’t there at last Sunday’s dinner hosted by Conrad Onglao for his love, Zsa Zsa Padilla. I was in another sweet couple’s milestone affair, the 30th wedding anniversary celebration of Chito and Anna Sobrepeña.
Her mother might have held her hand through her first baby steps as a fledgling singer and performer, but come September 26 when she holds her first solo concert, Zia Quizon will be taking the stage of the Music Museum and facing the glare of the spotlight on her own.
Now that we know who the new President is—and who the people with and behind him are—Lifestyle gets to the more pressing and pleasant matter at hand. Friends have been bugging me to answer: Why did Conrad Onglao and Zsa Zsa Padilla split up? Are they really off?
On a balmy summer night, the man of the house brings us to his bedroom. Although the ceiling is vast, it is a sanctuary of warm cream and neutral-colored elements, made even cozier by the come-hither lighting.
After a tough year, Zsa Zsa Padilla gave her appreciation for love sent virtually, her network ABS-CBN, the team behind her vlog and partner Conrad Onglao.
I had to smile when I saw the joyful brouhaha made in the press over the marriage of 75-year-old lawyer King Rodrigo to 69-year-old actress Boots Anson-Roa. Similar goodwill and cheer met the press announcement of the engagement of actress Zsa Zsa Padilla and architect Conrad Onglao, both in their 50s. There was also much joy in the States last week when, after 15 years of widowhood, 57-year-old much-admired TV journalist Katie Couric married 51-year-old financier John Molner.
“Life is a mist,” a good friend wrote me today. That was the message to me this week after the two extraordinary men passed away one after the other—Dolphy at 83, and Wawel Mercado at 44. Their extraordinariness was most manifested in the way they loved their families to the very end.
After an exhausting week of talk about billboards, disappearing hands, censorship and discrimination, Inquirer Super pays tribute to the simple but powerful act of hand-holding by asking couples of all kinds to tell us about the first time they held their partner’s hand.
There are so many product endorsements going around, even on Facebook and Instagram, that I honestly don’t believe much of it anymore. I’m sure many people share my sentiment.
