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The look of love

By Rianne C. Tecson “Fermina, I have waited for this opportunity for 51 years, nine months and four days… that is how long I have loved you, from the first moment I cast eyes on you...until now.”—Florentino Ariza to Fermina Urbino, ...

10 natural aphrodisiacs

Find out what foods rev up your loved one’s engine! The list was culled from www.foodpaper.com, and www.rd.com, and www.searchwarp.com ASPARAGUS. In 19th-century France, bridegrooms were served three courses of asparagus at their prenuptial dinner. Asparagus is rich in potassium, ...

Divine intervention

By Jose Jello S. Cubello For her, it was an answered prayer. For him, it was the proverbial love at first sight. It was a painful relationship that brought Angelique Selma-Llaban to altar’s foot at the Carmelites monastery in Mabolo. “It was so ...

Shabu-shabu for V-day

It’s the experience of cooking your own food, fresh and right at the dining table, coupled with superb taste of Chinese cooking tradition than makes shabu-shabu a hit to many food enthusiasts. Eric Ang, executive chef of Chinese Royale, a shabu-shabu ...

Thousands smooch for Lovapalooza anew

By Jill Beltran Thousands of couples had done the famous lip-locked again for the celebration of the annual Lovapalooza on the Day of Hearts. Dubbed as “Red Hot Valentines,” this year’s Lovapalooza held at SM Mall of Asia Saturday night (February 14) ...

Free Fall

Text by: Clint Holton P. Potestas Fotos by: Arni Aclao If she’s not giving birth to beautiful ideas, Arcy Gayatin is breathing life into a piece of fabric with one maneuver of her hand—the resulting work, almost seamless to the eye. And ...

Body language reveals wealth

A flashy handbag or Armani suit can signal a person’s wealth, but so can their body language, according to a new study. People of higher socioeconomic status are more rude when conversing with others. Psychologists Michael Kraus and Dacher Keltner of ...

Love in grammar

Your Grammar Cop column joins the lovestruck in greeting all a Happy Valentine’s Day! (Happy Valentine Day, without the “s” after Valentine, is just as appropriate.) We reprint a portion of our February 14, 2008 column that explains when and where ...

The look of love

Posted by admin On February - 21 - 2009
By Rianne C. Tecson “Fermina, I have waited for this opportunity for 51 years, nine months and four days… that is how long I have loved you, from the first moment I cast eyes on you…until now.”—Florentino Ariza to Fermina Urbino, Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Love, they say, knows no boundaries, not even age. If one wants proof all that is no illusion, one needs to look at the eyes of Eduardo and Martina “Beling” Go Ching Hai. After 55 years of marriage, their eyes still speak of love for each other and their gestures, when in each other’s company, show...

Love potion notion

Posted by admin On February - 20 - 2009
By Ober Khok This craze called Valentine’s Day is getting my nieces Joy and Krystal more excited than lighted Christmas trees and New Year’s Eve firecrackers and sparklers. It’s a one-day season, or shall I call it madness? For one day, everybody wants a piece of this emotion called love. And to top it all, this romantic day has been transformed into a big money-making machine. I’m riding the bandwagon, of course. I looked up “love potion No. 9,” after my Uncle Gustav told me there’s a doo-wop song with the same title. “And it’s a Sandra Bullock’s movie, too.” The wikipedia...

Love is Evil

Posted by admin On February - 19 - 2009
By Ivan K. Ms. Quijano begins the article “Malady of Love,” published in Sun.Star Weekend Magazine’s February 7, 2009 issue, by declaring Umberto Eco’s novel The Name of the Rose “quite meaningless.” A friend of mine, a postgraduate student of philosophy, told me that he found this dismissal of a great work of literature quite insulting. In the first place, he said, “Eco did not intend his novels for light reading.” The Name of the Rose is complicated because it attempts to present the concept of “intertexuality” wherein the meaning of a text is in turn shaped by other texts....

10 natural aphrodisiacs

Posted by admin On February - 19 - 2009
Find out what foods rev up your loved one’s engine! The list was culled from www.foodpaper.com, and www.rd.com, and www.searchwarp.com ASPARAGUS. In 19th-century France, bridegrooms were served three courses of asparagus at their prenuptial dinner. Asparagus is rich in potassium, vitamin B6, vitamins A and C, and thiamin and folic acid. ALMONDS. The aroma of almonds supposedly arouses passion in females. Almonds provide high doses of vitamin E, and magnesium. AVOCADO. The fruit is especially good for pregnant women due to its high content of folic acid, as well as vitamin B6 and potassium. BANANAS....

Menu: true love

Posted by admin On February - 18 - 2009
By Jenara Regis Newman Centuries ago, people found true love in the community they lived in, except for the adventurous who ventured out of home grounds and met the love of their lives elsewhere. These days, the whole world beckons and love may just be found in places far from home, making it harder to find the one true love from the millions of possibilities out there. A LOVE LETTER For Roy Abraham from Kerala, India, and Carol Danque from Makati, Philippines, it was while working for the Amman Marriott Hotel in Jordan that they met — he as the hotel’s assistant restaurant manager and she...

Divine intervention

Posted by admin On February - 17 - 2009
By Jose Jello S. Cubello For her, it was an answered prayer. For him, it was the proverbial love at first sight. It was a painful relationship that brought Angelique Selma-Llaban to altar’s foot at the Carmelites monastery in Mabolo. “It was so funny, I just came from a traumatic relationship and I really prayed a novena to find a good man. Weeks after, I found him at a restaurant and I said to myself that this must be it,” she shared. “She was very far among so many people. She was like at the tip of the restaurant and I was entering the restaurant. But she stood-out right away,” recalled...

Of love and flowers

Posted by admin On February - 16 - 2009
By Celeste Faith Dela Cruz It’s this particular time of the year when flowers are unbelievably in abundance. And it is when flowers are exchanged to represent love in its eternal form. Valentines day it is! And what better way to express love than with flowers. As flowers tell a thousand words without speaking it surely has become the most romantic way of conveying love. And to many, flowers are considered the perfect gift for Valentines. “People will always love flowers. A flower comes from a bud, then it grows. There’s life…there’s emotion associated with it. That’s why for me, Valentines...

Shabu-shabu for V-day

Posted by admin On February - 16 - 2009
It’s the experience of cooking your own food, fresh and right at the dining table, coupled with superb taste of Chinese cooking tradition than makes shabu-shabu a hit to many food enthusiasts. Eric Ang, executive chef of Chinese Royale, a shabu-shabu restaurant at Crossroads, Banilad, shared that the unique Chinese food tradition now enjoyed by Filipinos has legendary roots. “Genghis Khan, the great Mongol conqueror, devised a way to efficiently and quickly feed his army.” Now, shabu-shabu becomes a relaxing food experience where diners come together in a table while boiling fresh vegetables,...

Thousands smooch for Lovapalooza anew

Posted by admin On February - 15 - 2009
By Jill Beltran Thousands of couples had done the famous lip-locked again for the celebration of the annual Lovapalooza on the Day of Hearts. Dubbed as “Red Hot Valentines,” this year’s Lovapalooza held at SM Mall of Asia Saturday night (February 14) was rocked by overwhelming performances of four of the most-hottest bands today – Bamboo, Pupil, Spongecola, and Rico Blanco. Their music was backed by 50-piece orchestra of SM Mall of Asia called the Metro Philharmonic Orchestra. View photos of Lovapalooza 2009 Jad Dereza, Press Communication Assistant of MTV Philippines, said that although...

If Maybe
Lyrics by Johannes Jumadla
Music by Johannes Jumadla

I
If I was so brave I'd tell you how I feel
You would have known all the love I knew
If I was so bold I'd show you all this mixed
Emotions I keep when I see your face

II
If I had the courage to walk out to you
I would have followed every step you make
If I had the courage to speak out to you
you would have heard what my heart would say

chorus
...and maybe, just maybe you will love me too
in the way, the way that i do
...and maybe, just maybe you will love me too
and that's the way, the way that we do


III
if I had the courage to break all this chains
I would have crossed the walls that were built in between
If I knew exactly what I had to do
Then you might have fallen, fallen for me to

repeat chorus

bridge
And what if you already do
Would you have to fade away?
And what if you felt the same
Would you have to let it die?

Adlib
Then repeat chorus

coda
And maybe... just maybe...
I know you do...
...Love me too


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Johannes is a teacher by profession. But his passion for music has made him a natural songwriter. With love as an inspiration, he finds pleasure in composing songs and dedicating this to his special someones. Take a peek at Johannes's works. Visit his site at http://johannsgrave.multiply.com/

About Us

This is the Sun.Star Network Online’s section for Valentines. Let your special someones, family, and friends feel how important they are. Express your love through pictures, videos, and poems and send them to us. Help other couples plan out their romantic dates by posting here suggestions for places to go, restaurants to dine, or gift ideas. For contributions, e-mail us at sunnex1(at)sunstar(dot)com(dot)ph, sunnex(at)sunstar(dot)com(dot)ph, and sunnexdesk(at)yahoo(dot)com.