It’s about her and another, ehem, younger man – Brad Turvey whom some quarters are describing as Pops’ "toy boy" (unfair, unfair!) with whom she has just, as she admitted in last Sunday’s The Buzz, spent a two-week holiday in Brad’s native Australia where, according to Funfare DPAs, Pops was proudly introduced to the rest of the Turveys. Pops is turning 37 (I hope I got that right) in December while Brad is into his early 20s. But a few, even many, years don’t really matter between two people in love (presuming that Pops and Brad are now in love), do they?
In the wake of their Australian holiday, all sorts of speculations have been cropping up, such as the one about Pops spending for their vacation, making some people tag her as, ouch, a Sugar Mommy. That, again, is unfair, unfair!
Actually, there’s nothing wrong with one of the partners doing the spending if he or she is the one earning more, is there? I doubt, though, if Pops is "guilty" and even if, granting, she is, what’s wrong with that? It’s her money and she has the right and the liberty to spend it the way she wants to. What’s wrong, I think, is if she spends on another man the money her ex-husband Martin Nievera is presumed to be giving to her as sustento. I know Pops and she’ll never, never do that.
A friendly advice to Pops: Go ahead, enjoy yourself! Don’t mind the nitpickers. As long as you’re happy with what you’re doing, who cares about what other people will say? Inggit lang sila, di ba? If Martin is having the time of his life, there’s no reason for Pops not to do the same. After all, she needs love and affection and Tender Loving Care just like everyone else.
As the poem goes: Then be not coy but use your time, and while ye may go marry. For having lost but once your prime, you will forever tarry.
So, go right ahead, Pops. Enjoy your prime or you might forever tarry.
"There’s a church rule that you can’t get married anywhere else but in a church," said Tintin. (That ruling came, by coincidence maybe, after the beach wedding of Nora Aunor and Christopher de Leon in the mid-’70s.) "It’s our fifth choice, actually," added Tintin who will wear a gown by Renee Salud and shoes by Janylyn amidst flowers to be provided by Marie Dantes. (Julius will wear a Barong Tagalog by Edwin Tan.)
The chapel is named after San Antonio de Padua which is a pleasant coincidence because in 2000 when she and Julius made a pilgrimage to Padova, Italy, they made several wishes, one of them for Julius to be given a break in TV Patrol (wish granted). Padova is Italian for Padua. San Antonio de Padua is the favorite saint of both Tintin and Julius.
Tintin and Julius, who are sharing in the expenses, have already drawn up the roster of principal sponsors, including (at random now) Senators Noli de Castro and Loren Legarda, D. Joven Cuanang (head of St. Luke’s Neurology Department), Mel Tiangco, Cheche Lazaro, Panjee Gonzalez-Lopez, Bencab, Ang Kiukok, Malang, Jake Maderazo, Leo Caparas, David Charlton, Dr. Rosalinda Hortaleza, Sharon Cuneta, Arlene de Castro, Baby Arenas and Charo Santos-Concio (the last two still have to be formally and personally invited by the couple).
The honeymoon will be in Europe, preferably Spain.
"After that," laughed Tintin, "we’ll start working on our first baby. We plan to have three."
By Mother Teresa |
People are often unreasonable, illogical,
and self centered,
Love them anyway
If you are kind, People may accuse you
of having selfish, ulterior motives,
Be kind anyway
If you are successful, you will win some
false friends
And some true enemies,
Succeed anyway
If you are honest and frank, people may
cheat you,
Be honest and frank anyway
What you spend years building,
someone could destroy overnight,
Build anyway
If you find serenity and happiness,
some may be jealous,
Be happy anyway
The good you do today, people will
often forget tomorrow,
Do good anyway
Give the world the best you have, and
it may never be enough,
Give the world the best you’ve got anyway
You see, in the final analysis,
It’s between you and God,
It was never between you and them anyway.