Vanity and the menfolk
They are building more skywalks or skyways in Metro Manila. Have you observed that many motor vehicles, especially buses, are jumping or flying over these skyways? That's why in Cebu a skywalk is commonly called flyover.
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Manny Pacquiao is in VP Jojo Binay's senatorial slate. I wish Manny all the best. But first I want him to beat Tim Bradley.
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I had fun reading Alexa Montecillo's article "The Skin Care Baloney" (TF, March 7/14). Especially the portion that said the beauty industry has grown to a billion dollar thing because everyone wants to look younger.
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In South Korea it's the men who spend more on beauty products than the women. I once read an article in the South China Morning News, a Hong Kong daily, where it said that more men today carry pocket facial mirrors in their clutch bags. Of course, you know the reason why.
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Delayed reaction this... One reason why PNoy decided to celebrate the 28th Edsa People Power Revolution anniversary in Cebu was the Cebuanos' taking care of his mother (Cory Aquino) at the most crucial moment of Martial Law. And the fact that Cebuanos never feared Martial Law. This according to Communication Sec. Sonny Coloma.
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Local political camps are said to be busy now mending fences and planning for 2016. This I only heard from the grapevines. And this is what they're saying: Councilor Margot Osmeña has a better chance to win the mayorship in 2016 (should she decide to run) than Tom O.
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Why? "Ma'am Margot," they say, has already learned the political ropes... And she smiles more often than Tommy." Tinuod bitaw na, pero dili akoy gapalakaw ana.
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OVERHEARD. The medical doctors are right now up in arms against the tax collectors for allegedly saying they do the correct taxes. A doctor's wife in a southern town said to me: "Modawat ang BIR manok ug kalbasa isip bayad sa income tax sa akong bana?" She said some patients of her husband think vegetable and chickens are legal tender.
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