Singlestalk: Too sick or toxic
Singlestalk: There’s something about 30
MICHELLE: The other day a friend celebrated his 31st birthday. He wasn’t too happy when he was kidded about his age I didn’t think that guys would be worried about their age zooming past the numbers found in the calendar. I thought only women were concerned about turning 30. I was wrong....
Singlestalk: Transformers
MICHELLE: It’s been said that the best product that you can sell is yourself. In work and even in relationships, people sometimes “market” themselves to define or set them apart from the rest to be able to highlight positive and favorable attributes. At work, successful achievers are...
Singlestalk: ‘Greatfullness’
MICHELLE: The spelling of our title is not a typographical error. It’s great to be grateful. Being grateful allows us to see the fullness of life. Hence, GREATFULLNESS. I have a LOT to be thankful for. First, I turn a year older tomorrow. I thank God for the gift of life. I am in good...
Singlestalk: Faithfulness to spouse, not just to Sto. Niño
MICHELLE: This year’s celebration of the Feast of the Señor Sto. Nino and the Black Nazarene is a tangible expression of our people’s faith. I am always touched when I hear Bato Balani sa Gugma sung and people waving their hands in front of the image of the Sto. Nino.
There is no...
Singlestalk: Cheating on Facebook
MICHELLE: A woman asked me for my opinion on her concern. She said she found out that her husband had created another Facebook account using another name and that the second account had only his ex-girlfriend as his friend. Is her husband cheating on her, the woman asked?
Singlestalk: 2012
Singlestalk: Give love
MICHELLE: Several years ago, I attended an advent retreat in Dumaguete and despite the tiring land trip to and from Dumaguete, I remember coming back spiritually refreshed. I also came back with a lot of realizations, chief of which is our lack of zeal in spreading the good news. It’s...
Singlestalk: Twitter Galaxy
MICHELLE: Do you have Twitter? Do you own a Galaxy? I know a lot has been written and said about the Internet and the phenomenon it created to change the way we communicate. Almost everyone has a mobile phone, probably except my grandma, who is 100 years old. Our country holds the...
Singlestalk: Chill
MICHELLE: If looks could kill, the person we are looking at could be lying on the floor. Anger is baffling. One can talk softly but whack you with a big stick. Whapak! Some lash out with words and almost sever your head from your neck from the force of their saliva!
Singlestalk: Dating in the dark
Michelle: WHILE cable surfing last week, I came across a unique reality show, Dating in the Dark. Three men and three women are picked to live in separate parts of a house with a room shrouded in total darkness where these people “meet” and are tasked with undergoing various dating...
Singlestalk: Choices
MICHELLE (M): To know but not to really know is a dilemma we all face. With so many choices and very little time to make the choice, we sometimes choose the easier path because it is convenient' only to find out that it is not something that we are happy with or what we really want. As a...
Singlestalk: Dating Exit
Michelle (M): Have you ever been in a bad date? What exit strategy did you come up with? In an internet article by Katie Heaney, pretending to get an emergency text or phone call is perhaps the most commonly used tool for leaving a date that’s going from bad to worse.
Singlestalk: Past, present, future
DARWIN John (DJ): Time is moving forward and you can’t make it stand still. Everyone on earth, rich or poor, is given the same 24 hours in a day.
Along the way we meet people, we experience life and we are never the same again. But some good things just don’t last. Nothing and no...
Singlestalk: Love lost?
Michelle (M): It will be All Souls’ Day next week. Losing someone or something is very painful. Sometimes it feels as if the pain and the sadness will never go away. While these feelings may be overwhelming or frightening, it is part of a normal reaction to a loss. Though there is no...
Singlestalk: Business with pleasure?
Michelle (M): We’ve probably heard the modern cliché “Don’t fish off the company pier,” but for today’s professional who spends so much time at work, who really has time to go to anyone else’s pier?
Finding love at work is highly possible but not always advisable. I read something...
Singlestalk: Look who’s stalking
Michelle (M): I came across an interesting article in an online magazine about stalking exes via Facebook. The writer, a woman, narrated about how through FB, she was able to embark upon a “fact-finding” mission to get details about her ex boyfriend including where he lived, what he did...
Singlestalk: To be or not to be
Michelle (M): Today, we write about a guy who is a college dropout. He would have been on his third year on a degree in business administration. He is 25 years old, works smartly and earns a relatively fat pay as one of the senior tech support agents in one of the major contact centers in...
Singlestalk: Valuing our loved ones
Michelle (M): What’s great about being longtime in love is having a relationship you know you can always count on. The not-so-great thing: occasionally forgetting to appreciate what a gift your love really is.
Darwin John (DJ): The weird part really is it’s the people who...
Singlestalk: Time of her life
Michelle (M): Our acronym for the day is NBSB. A 35 year old woman wrote that she is NBSB (no boyfriend since birth). She also said that she doesn’t consider herself pretty and thinks she is the odd one out. Her two sisters are pretty. In fact one sister is a beauty queen here in Cebu....
Singlestalk: Healing the day after tomorrow
Michelle (M): As with all things broken, including hearts, they temporarily shut down to get fixed. The day right after a break-up is like a scene from The Day After Tomorrow. Remember that movie? People have a dazed look on their faces and with break ups, inevitably you have puffy red...
Singlestalk: Parent and child
Michelle (M): I thank the Lord for the gift of life. Micaela was born last July 25. Tomorrow, my eldest son turns five. He wants to be called Ben 10 and thinks he is Ironman, the Transformer robots and Capt. America rolled into one. When we came home from the hospital and Micco first saw...
Singlestalk: Marrying the fight one
Michelle (M): A forwarded email talks about love and commitment in marriage. The story started with one woman who popped the question, “Did I marry the right now?” And here’s the writer’s answer: “Every relationship has a cycle. In the beginning, you fell in love with your spouse. You...
Singelestalk: Cold or cool?
Michelle (M): There’s this girl who was sexually active before her current relationship of three years. She’s making the move on her boyfriend and wants them to be physically intimate. But the guy isn’t responding. He tells her he respects her and wants them to wait and that means that...
Singlestalk: Settle or set out
Michelle (M): A woman in her late 30s has a boyfriend of five years. Although she is quite content with her relationship, she is currently unhappy with her work. The upside is that she found a good opportunity for career advancement. However, this means that she has to transfer to Manila...
