Celebration time
By Nelia G. Neri
Fifty years ago, doctors Jess and Patsy (Lugod) Lim exchanged marrital vows at the Lourdes Church in Quezon City. They retraced their steps a month ago for their golden anniversary.
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Happenings
By Nelia G. Neri
The Golden Center of Cebu Inc. (GCCI is an organization for senior citizens) will conduct the “2nd Lecture Series on Gerontology and Geriatrics” at the Grand Convention Center on Mar. 29 from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Ray of difference
Sarah Jane A. Nengasca peers into a spirit tuned in to others.
She’s been doing community extension services since high school, not only in the nearby communities, but reaching even far-off places in the province.
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People
By Nelia G. Neri
A joint birthday party of cousins Chloe Evans and Ana Sofia Schlacter was held at the hilltop Garcia residence in Nivel.
Chloe who turned two came for a short visit from Pennsylvania with Mom Maki (Garcia) and Dad David Evans, while 1-year-old Ana is here to stay with her parents, Aya (Garcia) and Larry Schlacter, who have had enough of life in the Big Apple. Continue reading ‘People’
4 for Art
By Ritchie Landis Doner Quijano
The vibrant art scene/community in Cebu is populated by individuals of various persuasions, trends, directions and inclinations in their chosen art.
I have recently noticed that a few artists I know have become extremely individualistic, preferring not to be part of anything whether a group or any artistic activity like exhibits. Continue reading ‘4 for Art’
Reversal of fortune
Grace C. Guiang associates Chinese New Year, observed on Feb. 7 this year, with a celebrated rejection.
In preschool, our teachers taught us the alphabet and numbers in English and Filipino.
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Potential by the dozen
Emily Jade B. Valero quizzes 12 lovelies, one of whom will become Miss Cebu 2008.
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Sun gazing pastelist
By Ritchie Landis Doner Quijano
At the recently concluded celebration of the Cebu Institute of Medicine’s (CIM) 50th foundation anniversary at the Waterfront Hotel Cebu City Hotel & Casino, I expected the usual crowd of alumna gathered for the reunion.
There were also lectures and talks on modern medicine. There were also visitors in white garb who seemed to have dropped by after work. In addition, there were booths from different pharmaceutical companies. Continue reading ‘Sun gazing pastelist’
Fresh pluck
Clint Holton P. Potestas features the best accessories to welcome a new year: confidence and hard work. She never allows any opportunity to slip from her hand. And she takes advantage of her age: from challenging herself to indulge in extreme outdoor activities to strutting, all aglitter, on the fashion catwalk. Continue reading ‘Fresh pluck’
New Year, Old Rituals
Text by Mayette Q. Tabada
Fotos by Alex Badayos
The start of the year always brings out the eternal irony of welcoming the new with the old. As treasured as heirlooms perhaps is every family’s collection of New Year superstitions.
According to Florencia Glinogo, her 60-year-old aunt, Gloria Velonta, has preserved in her Alegria household the time immemorial ritual of gathering on the eve of New Year 12 kinds of rounded fruits to augur the good fortune, health, and wealth that will roll in with the changing of the year.
Leny Tagayong recalls no such rite was observed in their Samboan home, a few towns away.
However, since moving to Cebu City nearly four decades ago, she has imbibed in traditions that she airs, like handed down finery, when the old year wanes.
From years of observing the brisk trading in wet markets, Leny purchases the “good luck” fruits for setting the tone of year.
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