By Darwin John Moises and Michelle Mendez-Palmares
Singlestalk

Michelle: The world is changing, and it seems there is nothing that we can do but change with it. However, many of these changes sometimes challenge the very nature of our humanity. For example, assisted death or euthanasia, same sex marriages, cloning or living in and having children out of wedlock are accepted or have become acceptable. Before, if a man and woman lived together without the benefit of marriage, it was called “living in sin.” Now it’s plainly “living in.” A child born out of wedlock was called “bastard.” Now, the term is sanitized and even glamorized as “love child.” There is nothing constant in this world except constant change. Change is needed for growth, but not all change is good, even if they have become acceptable.

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By Fr. Flor Lagura, SVD
In the Service of the Word

LUNG cancer from years of heavy cigarette smoking did not prevent Jim from limping his way to the rosary hour at the Parthenon Convalescent Home. Nor did his religion deter him from joining in a very Catholic form of prayer, for even if he had a very Irish name of McConnell, Jim was born and raised a Baptist. One day with a faint smile he introduced himself to the Legionaries of Mary conducting the rosary at the nursing home as “Jim the Baptist, no relation to John, ‘the voice crying in the wilderness.’”

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By Jareleise Mauro

LIKE a movie frozen in mid-frame, I was in a daze. In a fetid corner in Manalili St. was the “Day Dreamer.”

The perfect Juicy Couture faux bag from China.

I knew it was such a risk to buy it. But for some reason, I couldn’t move away. All I could think of was how smashing it would look with prim pumps and chic carryalls.
I baptized her as Fifi (yes, I name my favorite bags. Jessica Simpson and I will make fast friends). She was a ready-to-wear, larger-than-life accessory with a major league, screen-siren appeal. She was an embroidered tote with velvety skin, her embouchement fashionably stitched with a fancy ribbon.

In despair, I bought it, forgetting the nugget of wisdom that it was just an imitation bag. For a short while, she was the cradle of my feminine goods. After some wear-and-tear activities though, she began to fall apart.

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22 Fri to 23 Sat

The French First…
At Ayala Center Cebu is the French Film Festival, showing PG-13 movies Fair Play, Not Here to be Loved, The Ax, Sequins: A Common Thread and Fair Play. The R18 titles are Perfume: Story of a Murderer, and Gamblers.

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By Tisha Mae Sanchez

EITHER because of sheer love or a bulging tummy, couples wanting to get hitched these days are getting younger. And with very little spending money, most of them forego the church ceremony–or drop the wedding thing altogether.

What they don’t know is that: It is possible to have a fabulous affair without spending a
fortune. Here are some tips on how to shrink costs without shrinking style.

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