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Miss World 2013: Philippines Pride

OR the first time after 63 years,
the Philippines won the coveted
title of Miss World when Megan
Lynne Young was crowned Miss
World 2013 in Bali, Indonesia, during the
pageant coronation night on September
28, 2013, besting 126 beauty queen
contestants from around the world.
Megan Lynne Young was born on
February 27, 1990, in Virginia, United
States of America, to Filipino mother
Victoria Tayde and American father
Calvin Young. At age 10, Young moved
to Olongapo City. She attended Regional
Science High School III in Subic Bay
Freeport Zone before moving to Manila
to pursue her acting career. She is
currently taking AB Digital Filmmaking at
the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde.
Her first showbiz break was through
the talent reality search, StarStruck,
where she placed in the top six. After
two years with GMA Artist Center, she
moved to ABS-CBN. She became well
known when she appeared as one of the
celebrity housemates of the Pinoy Big
Brother: Celebrity Edition 2, dubbed
The Princess of Charm. In 2009, she
was one of four personalities introduced
as video jockeys for the relaunching
of Channel [V] Philippines. Young
also became an occasional host in
several shows in Studio 23. Aside from
television, Young has starred in a few
films.
The reigning Miss World 2013 also
won the Top Model competition, placed
fourth in the Multimedia Challenge,
and fifth in the Beach Beauty contest

during the competition preliminaries. She
received the Continental Queen of Beauty
title, the highest ranked contestant in
the Asian region. As Miss World 2013,
Young so far has traveled to Indonesia,
England, and France. The Senate has
adopted a resolution commending and
congratulating Megan Lynne Young for
winning the Miss World 2013 crown.
The Miss World 2013 is the 63rd edition
of the Miss World pageant. There were
127 contestants from all over the world
who competed, the biggest turnout in
the pageants history. The Miss World
pageant is the oldest surviving major
international beauty pageant created in
1951 by Eric Douglas Morley in London,
England. His wife Julia Evelyn P. Morley,
who co-chaired the pageant, is now its
chairperson. Miss World is one of the
Big Four international beauty pageants
that include Miss Universe (established
in 1952), Miss International (1960), and
Miss Earth (2001). Traditionally, the
crowned Miss World lives in London
during her reign and spends an entire
year travelling to represent the Miss World
Organization and its various causes.
Miss World continues to break records,
with franchises in over 130 countries and
fundraising topping $450 million.
We congratulate Megan Lynne Young for
winning the crown of Miss World 2013 and
for bringing great pride to the Republic
of the Philippines. We wish her all the
best and success in all her endeavors.
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Gillian and Nikki Vistan own the caf, but they work hard to make it special for their young adult customers.
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Chic and trendy, in Bulacan
Mouth-watering cakes baked by

Gillian.
Banana Caramel Delight, what a waffle!
T last, the Young People of Bulacan

(YPB) have found a place of their
own where they can chill, tinker with
their tablets and exercise their connectivity, meet
and eat. They dont have to drive to Metro Manila to
stake a claim in order to belong, they dont have to
get out of their towns (no matter how
highly urbanized) to hang out with
kith and kin at a gasoline station
out there on the highway known as
NLEX.
Funny how Bulacan, the first
province
on the highway going north
By
Valenzuela City is a part of Metro
Jullie Y.
Manila has neglected the YPB
Daza
market of high school and college
students, fresh graduates, and professionals in
their 20s who are still cutting their teeth at their first
or second jobs; in short, the young adult market
who have cash to spend or credit cards to flash, the
type of consumer that the New York Times labelled,
decades ago, as the young upwardly mobile class,
Indoors or outdoors, a pleasant time at Caf +.
aka yuppies. The term is no longer new, but it is

as apt today as it was in the 80s, specially when
applied to the YPB.
Nobody knows this better than the sisters
Justine Nikki and Gillian Lara Vistan, whose Caf
+ in Plaridel, Bulacan, is making tsunami waves
in a town of 120,000, a town better known for its
traditional livelihoods fishing, garments, food
processing, bakeries and noodle-making than for
its trendiness in lifestyle choices. Since Gillian, 26,
and Nikki, 24, opened their Caf + last September,
the coffeeshop, a brunch-to-dinner stop along the
main road a few minutes after the Sta. Rita exit,
has been attracting exactly the kind of pleasant,
upwardly mobile customers desired by the owners
and their parents. The girls mother, Eloisa, who did
the last-minute touch-ups, is glad that the cafs
airy, brightly lighted look projects a wholesome
image that attracts just the right crowd.
The caf opens its doors at 9 a.m. and closes
an hour or two before midnight, which means the
sisters and their crew no one older than Gillian
have been on their feet for 14-15 hours, with
hardly a break. Their menu is lovingly crafted from
their own experiences as coffee addicts and
coffeeshop habitues, which means they know
what they like and what they dont want in a
coffeeshop.
Nikki considers coffee both her weakness
and specialty, after a stint with Seattles Best and
practicum credits earned at the Manila Peninsula,
on top of which hers was the touch that helped
define and refine the menu at her father Jorges
popular Filipino restaurant across the street. A

graduate of St. Benilde College, she looks after her
cafs hot kitchen and the cash box.
Older sister Gillian worked for one year as pastry
chef of the Ritz Carlton in New Orleans, counting
among her souvenirs and battle scars several burn
marks up and down her arms. I had to stand on a
bench or a stool, my arms were never long enough,
but I learned so much! No wonder, her cakes and
tarts, pies and enchanting pieces of this-and-that
are to die for, forget the calories.
A bunch of guys show up at the caf, theyre
laughing and having fun. I ask them if theyre from
here and what theyve ordered. Their answers:
Theyve just come from a basketball game in the
next town and theyre eager to taste the waffle
and croissant. A girl sits alone, busy with her WiFi,
a thick glass of latte in front of her. As the sun is
about to set, my friend orders Mamas Crispy Tapa
and vegetarian panini with(cheese, salad) for the
two of us. The portions are so huge we have to
take out half of each order for the midnight snack
well be finishing at
home in Quezon
City. To think that
were overqualified
as YPB! s
All Greens and

Cheese Panini.
A large meal!
Make the Giant
First Step
By JEFFREY PASCUA
Start by doing whats necessary, then do whats possible and suddenly youre doing the impossible.
N order to accomplish things, one has to

start from somewhere. And it is just not
about finding and establishing appropriate
point of origin for ones venture, it is also about
understanding the importance of getting a good
beginning. As the ancient philosopher Horace
perfectly stated, Well begun is half done. Which
Pythagoras seconded by saying The beginning
is half the whole. In a journey that could entail a
huge amount of patience and require incredible
quantity of effort, getting off to an ideal start
may be your only way to get going and finish the
voyage.
Unfortunately, getting initiated on something is
sometimes the hardest thing to do in this world.
In some instances, it is the uncertainty of where

to go next that prohibits people from making the
initial step. At times, its the fear of committing
mistakes that becomes the factor. Then theres
the lack of inspiration, inadequate self-confidence
and plain laziness that hold people up from
getting to where they actually need to go.
So how do you hurdle the obstacles and make
the giant first step? Simply start from somewhere.
Make your launching pad your own. Dont
compare your starting point to another individuals
finish line. Meaning, your first page in your dream
book, for example, is not the 203rd page of your
friends literary work. Once a particular pace is
established, youre already ahead of those who
havent even found yet the courage to start their

own piece of work. Success may be gained
through long striving, but if youre committed
to reaching it right from the early stages, then
theres a huge possibility that you would be able
to work for it with less difficulty.
Betty Friedan, author of the bestselling book
The Feminine Mystique, started her research
on womens discontentment in domestic
accomplishments alone in 1957. Motivated by
her personal experience and an idea that was
percolating in her mind for years, she started
the call for change in the status of women by
sending an intensive questionnaire to 200 of her
college classmates. The answers she received
opened her eyes that the shared discontent
was indeed widespread. She then dug deeper
into, what she herself called, the strange
discrepancy between the reality of our lives as
women and the image to which we were trying
to conform.
Friedan took five years to complete her
project. She recalled that neither her husband
nor her publisher thought that she would ever
finish it. But because she started on the right
foot years earlier just by being committed to
explore her female generations anxiety and
expose the causes of the problem, she was able
to finish the book, writing everyday for years on
her dining room table. The Feminine Mystique
sold three million hardcover copies in the first 10
years of its publication.
Its important that you should give your best
shot from the get-go. Avoid making half-baked
ideas, doing half-hearted actions only because
youre supposed to be starting and should be
given rooms for mistakes. A good start, backed
up by a sound plan, will only lead you to the
right path of progress.
The 1995-96 team of the Chicago Bulls
catapulted itself to the top of the National
Basketball Association history books by
becoming the squad with the best win-loss
record of 72-10 of all time. Backstopped by
legendary dribblers like Michael Jordan, Scottie
Pippen, Dennis Rodman and Toni Kukoc, the
Windy City quintet went all out from the outset,
starting the season with an incredible 41-3 card.
The Bulls also posted the best road record of

33-8 road-game slate at the end of the season,
as well as the longest home winning streak at
44 games (7 from previous season) and the best
start at home with 37-0.
The blazing start concluded with the teams
fourth title as Jordan and company didnt give
the other clubs the chance to catch up with
them and beat Gary Payton and the Seattle
Supersonics in the NBA Finals.
As what the Bulls resounding achievement
proved, a good start is a strong foundation for
a successful campaign. While it is not always a
guarantee to a great ending, it makes things a
lot easier by having you use time more efficiently
and prevent unexpected things from happening.
St. Francis of Assisi once said, Start by doing
whats necessary, then do whats possible and
suddenly youre doing the impossible.
Steffi Graf probably used that line of thinking
when she collared the one and only Golden Slam
prize of professional tennis history. The German
netter monopolized the entire 1988 tournament
by capturing the crowns at the Australian Open,
the French Open, the Wimbledon, the US Open
and the Olympic Games. The image to which we
were trying to conform.
Graf had an auspicious campaign from the
beginning, jumpstarting her season by not losing
a set during the Australian Open. She lost a
total of only 29 games in the whole tournament,
defeating Chris Evert in the finals. Inspired by
her triumph, Graf followed up with a victory
against Natasha Zverva at the French Open
before blasting Martina Navratilova into pieces at
the Wimbledon. The champion then wrapped up
the season with overpowering performances at
the US Open and the Olympics at the expense of
Gabriela Sabatini in both occasions.
Starting off on a good note is, well, just a start.
One still has to pour in the needed actions in the
mid-part up to the end of the line of a particular
task in order to reap the expected benefits. It
helps that before one subjects himself to an
undertaking, he or she should be enthusiastic
enough to do it. If you like what you do, its more
likely that youll begin the job well and youll be
on your way to getting it done in no time. s
Graffiti beside famed Vesuvio Bar
Chinatown
Sea Lions at Pier 39
Golden Gate Bridge
Alcatraz
MY OKTUBREFEST IN SAN FRANCISCO

By MARK ANGELES
CTOBER could be the best month to visit

San Francisco as California celebrates
Filipino American History Month.
The Filipino American National Historical
Society recognized Filipino American History
Month in 1988. It was in October 18, 1587 when
the first Luzones Indios set foot in Morro Bay,
California, on board the Manila-built galleon ship
Nuestra Seora de Esperanza.
In October 2009, the U.S. Senate of the 111th
Congress passed a resolution recognizing Filipino
American History Month. A month after, Congress
passed the resolution (HR 780), officially
recognizing October as Filipino American History
Month.
With this years theme Farms to Tables:
Filipino Americans Then and Now, the celebration
was in some way kicked off by the announcement
that California Governor Jerry Brown had signed

Assemblymember Rob Bontas Filipino American
Farm Worker Bill (AB 123).
There was also a grand unveiling ceremony of
the Filipino Memorial Projects mural Honoring
Filipino American Farmwoker Leadership in
Milpitas on October 12.
San Francisco Fever
Being a participant to the International Writing
Program this year in the University of Iowa, we
were given a chance to go to either New Orleans
and San Francisco. I chose the latter for three
reasons: Alcatraz (because I followed Jennifer
M. Johnson from Lost to Alcatraz), Golden
Gate Bridge (to reflect on the sense of life from
a reverse jumpers-eye view), and cable cars
(which somehow remind me of Frida Kahlos bus
accident).
On my first day in San Francisco, I already

overheard a couple speaking in Tagalog.
This is no surprise because according to the
U.S. Census of 2010, there are more than
a million Filipinos living in California. Thats
almost half of the total estimated number of
Filipinos residing in the U.S.
Even our hotel was just a few strides away
from the Philippine Consulate General in San
Francisco.
If one is planning to stay in San Francisco
for a week, it is best to purchase a San
Francisco City PASS booklet. It has a sevenday unlimited Muni and Cable Car Passport
which means you can ride any Municipal
Railway passenger vehicle for seven
consecutive days.
The cable car system has always been
a tourist attraction. It is a convenient and
fun ride going to the Fishermans Wharf
where you can have a seafood and pastry
fest. I went there in the evening and saw
the Bushman scaring a couple of passersby
when he jumped right out of tree branches
he used for cover. I didnt know he is a world
famous street performer and he has been
doing this for 30 years now. You will find
small boats in Fishermans Wharf that you
can rent. I was lucky to get a chance to see a
gargantuan cruise ship docked there as well.
One can have a good view of San
Francisco riding the cable cars. Along the
route you will find the Victorian rowhouses,
Chinatown (the biggest in the U.S.), and
most-of-the-time-foggy panorama of the
residential part of the city and the Golden
Gate Bridge. There is also the thrill of the
uphill-downhill motion of the cable car
that one cannot help but reminisce their
experience on riding a roller coaster. True
enough, there are more tourists inside the
cable cars talking in various languages and
who are willing to hang on to the railing,
standing, to have a good view of the city.
I rode the cable cars in both the PowellMason and Powell-Hyde line. On my first
ride, I got to have a chit chat with the gripman
(who has an Italian accent). He told me the

tranvias are powered by the cable underground
and the system itself is already 125 years old.
The Powell-Mason line started in 1888 while the
Powell-Hyde line started in 1952.
Asian Art Museum
If you are visiting San Francisco for a cultural
immersion, it is a must that you visit the Asian
Art Museum.
Our own bul-ol, also known as the Igorot rice
god, will welcome you as you enter the lobby.
The Korean, Japanese, Indian, and Pakistani
spectacular collections of artworks, wares, and
chiseled gods are must see in the museum.
The museum opens the Filipino American
History Month with programs that feature art
displays, music, dance, stories, and other
cultural performances. Visitors got to meet local
chefs, entrepreneurs, activists and other artists
who promote healthy community-based living
through art, culture, and delicious food. Ron
Quesada performed his Kulintronica while Chef
Cocoy Ventura had a cooking demo of Ilocano
dishes. Naimas!
Left My Heart in SF
Next stop would be Pier 39 where we get to
see the raft of honking sea lions.
That is where our SF Bay cruise started
where we got to see the famed Golden Gate
Bridge a few times from afar and from below.
I got to see Alcatraz from afar. Though I think
there are a lot of tourists who were frustrated
because of the federal government shutdown.
I also went to City Lights Bookstore, owned
by Lawrence Ferlinghetti and birthplace of
Allen Ginsbergs Howl, but it was in The Beat
Museum where I was able to find a poetry
book that I couldnt resist (Nine Alexandrias by
Semezdin Mehmedinovi).
No wonder Tony Bennett left his heart in
San Francisco. The citys beauty mesmerizes
anyone.
Oktubrefest is far from over. The 2nd Filipino
American International Book Fair will be held
on October 18-20 with guest speakers Luisa
Igloria, Benjamin Pimentel, Marivi Soliven,
among others. s
The loss of privacy
Offices are also changing, with the introduction of open plan work space, which eliminates separate cubicles.
ODAY, almost everything that we do is on

record somewhere through surveillance
cameras, satellite drones, license plate
cameras and the Internet. Personal information
is stored by Internet service such as Google and
Verizon. Retailers analyze purchases to check
what items are moving well. Smart
TVs show what programs we are
watching. Smart meters tell when we
turn on our lights. Fast pass lanes
track the movement of our cars.
Instead of collecting data on
individuals suspected of any
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wrongdoing, intelligence agencies
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collect all available data on
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everyone and then sort it out later.
Government agencies and private
corporations collect and store billions of records
every day emails, text messages, medical
records, retail receipts, bank balances, credit card
numbers and travel itineraries. In order to provide
storage for this mass of data, the U.S. government,
through its national Security Agency (NSA), is

building the worlds largest storage facility in an
underpopulated area in the state of Utah, that
measures over a million square meters.
Sociologists are now estimating that post
cards, letters and stamps will eventually disappear
altogether, as all forms of communication go
completely online.
Offices are also changing, with the introduction
of open plan work space, which eliminates
separate cubicles. But this program has not been
well received by some office workers who complain
that it is much more difficult to concentrate in an
open plan offices, with the noise of office machines
and the conversation of officemates all around. And
they may have a point. Already, there is evidence
that people who are forced to work in open plan
offices, are more likely to suffer from high blood
pressure and stress.
And as for me, I still work alone (at home) and
cant imagine having to concentrate in a room full of
people, with no privacy. s
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Filipino
fishermen
D
IRECTOR Reydeluz Conferido of the Manila

Economic Cultural Office (MECO) Labor
Affairs Division in Taipei took us for a long
drive to visit Filipino seafarers in Port Ylan County.
I was with the executive director of the Blas F.
Ople Policy Center, Mr. Fort Jose, and fellow OFW
advocate and NGO leader Luther Calderon. Taiwan
is second home to around 80,000 Filipinos, working
in factories, households, and sea
vessels.
Jenny Ong who heads the I-Remit
branch in Taipei drove the second
vehicle where I-Remit Assistant VicePresident Cristina Castilleja and her
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colleague, Ralph Cadiz, as well as
Susan V.
social worker Lizzete Sandalo of the
Ople
Kabalikat ng mga OFWs kept her
company.
It was a long trip made at nighttime with the
lights of Taiwans countryside merrily winking at us
from both sides of the expressway. The Ilonggo
Seafarers Organization (ISO) is a community group
that is accredited by the MECO in recognition for
their work in helping fellow seafarers.

Jose Joe Toquero is the ISOs president while
Rolando Mahinay serves as vice-president. When
we arrived at the ISO staffhouse, the Filipino
fishermen were busy cooking dinner for everyone.
I estimated around fifty or more of us in that
staffhouse, partaking of three kinds of tuna dishes.
The fried fish was best eaten with ones hands,
mashing the fleshy meat into steaming hot rice
while feasting on the unique conversations. It was
heavenly!
After the hearty meal, we all went up upstairs for
an informal dialogue. Director Conferido briefed the
fishermen about the forthcoming pay increases for
both part-time and monthly-paid foreign workers
next year. Taiwan has an elaborate system of
protection for foreign workers through its Council
of Labor Affairs, an agency that has good relations
with Filipino workers and MECO.
Foremost in the minds of our fishermen was the
huge differences in the POEA-approved contracts
with the actual working conditions as delineated
in a second document that they were all asked
to sign. The second document was an affidavit

on fees and wages as prepared by their agency
and brokers. Taiwan recognizes the legality of
middle men or brokers in foreign labor hiring
procedures. Director Conferido acknowledged that
in many instances, more weight is given to the last
document signed than the contract approved and
filed with the POEA.
The seafarers complained about salary
deductions: a brokers fee calibrated based on the
number of years served, food and accommodations
even if the fishermen never got off the boat,
medical or health costs, and the airfare going to
and returning from Taiwan.
Every foreign worker is given a three-year
contract to fulfill. According to Director Conferido,
the brokers are paid fees amounting to NT$1,800
for the first year, NT$1,700 for the second year, and
NT$1,500 for the third year.
For those fishermen who obtained loans prior
to leaving the Philippines, they are made to pay
amortization in Taiwan dollars through salary
deductions. This highly unusual lending practice
also holds through for land-based workers in
Taiwan such as caregivers and factory workers.
It is an added burden that our own government
authorities must look into. If the loan is obtained
in the Philippines then why should the monthly
amortizations be paid out in a different currency
and at a much higher interest overseas?
In their appeal letter to government authorities,

the Ilonggo Seafarers Organization explained that
while they were in the Philippines, they underwent
the mandatory pre-departure orientation seminar
but as it turned out, their contract was often set
aside once they start working. MECO Labor Affairs
Director Conferido assured the fishermen that his
office was looking into such practices and that in
fact, the Council for Labor Affairs (CLA) in Taiwan
recently filed a major human trafficking case that
involves a Taiwan agency and lending company
preying on Filipino workers.
Other than the financial burdens, the fishermen
also shared stories about life in a deep sea fishing
vessel. Their work hours were from 5 oclock in the
morning to midnight, and as long as the fish keep
coming, they have to work their stations. They have
no complaints about food on board but medical
services were unavailable.
It was obviously a tough life, and we left the
ISO staffhouse subdued and reflective of the
circumstances that have combined to drive our
fishermen to leave our shores. The long drive back
to the city was punctuated by questions left unsaid,
and prayers offered silently, for the welfare of the
fishermen weve left behind. s
(Send comments to toots.ople@yahoo.com.
For OFW assistance, call the Ople Center at 8335337.)
Healing Power of the Rosary

By JOSE S. BULALACAO, MD
CTOBER is the month of the rosary. In this

modern world in turmoil, high technology
and complicated lifestyle where people
are distracted to have more fun, hedonism and
materialism prevail. Praying the rosary regularly
with our heart will draw us closer to God. Balancing
our lifes activities is to nurture our body, mind and
spirit in order to be healthy as a whole person.
During these hard times, it heals as our faith in God
is strengthened.
Alfred Lord Tennyson once wrote that more

things are wrought by prayer than this world
ever dreams of. To reflect and meditate on the
mysteries of the holy rosary enables as to know
better and understand the life of Jesus as our
Savior and of Mary our Mother. Jesus humility and
obedience to God to carry the cross of redemption
made Him suffer and die with a good purpose. The
humility and obedience of the Blessed Virgin Mary
to be the Mother of God made possible the triumph
of Jesus Christ over sin and death.
We, the devotees to Our Lady of the Most

Holy Rosary, La Naval de Manila learn to follow
Jesus way of life and how to suffer for the
common good. The Blessed Virgin Mary as
number one follower of her Son, Jesus Christ
intercedes for us as we pray the rosary to heal
us and be able to solve our personal problems.
The rosary prayer teaches children to become
truly Christians.
During our childhood days, we were quite
unaware of the healing power of the rosary.
With Gods grace, I am thankful to my parents
who taught us to pray the rosary as we pray
with them at 6:00 oclock in the evening after
the Angelus. Indeed, the late Fr. Patrick Peyton
said that the family that prays together stays
together. I surmise that it is not only physical
togetherness but together in heart, mind and
soul. Thus, in this era of migration, such slogan
of Fr. Peyton in his campaign to motivate
families to pray the rosary is an inspiration to
many families and their absent members to pray
the rosary in order to be together in heart, mind
and soul. Thus, unity and solidarity in the family
are preserved. It intensifies even love for each
other as the saying goes absence makes the
heart grow fonder. Members of the family can
now communicate easily and help one another
to solve family problems.
Praying the rosary more often if not daily
helps prevent homesickness, delinquency,
drug addiction, depression and other diseases
among the siblings of Overseas Filipino
Workers (OFWs). As we pray, reflect and
meditate on the mysteries of the rosary, its
calming effect on our body systems relieve us
from stress and aches that at times we fear and
worry that we are sick. What a good mood and
optimism we feel or experience after praying
for about 20-30 minutes that indeed we are not
sick but healthy. Many devotees of Our Lady
of the Most Holy Rosary especially the elderly
have been healed miraculously of their chronic
diseases and even the hopeless cases to the
surprise of their doctors who almost give up to
continue treating them. Many doctors as well
are devotees who have strong faith in God
and that makes them better healers next to our
number one Healer, Jesus Christ.
Hence, praying the holy rosary for a lifetime

is a lifetime of good health as well, for most
diseases can be caused by fears, worries,
anxieties and lack of faith in God. It maintains our
faith and confidence as we are able to discern
well the many problems in our lives and as to
what best solution to do. Moreover, we improve
our relationship with God and our fellowmen as
we learn to love and forgive each other for our
mistakes. We find it easy to accept our common
sufferings and we are able to cope and avoid the
evil forces in our midst. We learn to let go and
let God handle some problems we cannot solve
and will only be disturbing us emotionally and
psychologically. Indeed, praying the rosary has
helped many in discernment that leads to healing
and reconciliation. s
More things are wrought by prayer than this world

ever dreams of.
A ngelos: The voice of angels

By NESTOR CUARTERO
Louie Abaigar
(left) and Rei
Paolo Libirian
are two parts
of Angelos.
AVE you become more pop than classic

now? I asked the remaining three
gentlemen in tux that make up The Angelos,
one of the first all-male groups to specialize in the
Filipino classic-pop genre that burst into the scene
in early 2007.
Now down to only three members from the
original four, with George Tagle as the lone
originating member and founder, The Angelos
recently released a new 8-track album, From Our
Hearts, in cooperation with Star Records.
The groups never-give-up manager, Charo
Garcia-Yu, says this is the closest the vocal trio has
gotten to the major league, and she isnt about to
let such an opportunity pass.
George, whose idea it was to come up with
an all-male, all-Filipino edition of the European
classic pop group Il Divo, admits going a little bit
more mainstream has transformed them into a bit
more pop than usual. Fellow Angelos Rei Paolo
Libiran and John Louie Abaygar promise not to
shed their classical inclination, however. Rei and
John Louie are studying music education at Centro
Escolar University while George is a music teacher
elsewhere, on his own.
The Angelos sing their versions of pop hits like
Mula Sa Puso, Anong Nangyari Sa Ating Dalawa,
Paano Kita Mapasasalamatan in their new album.
They also render covers of two songs by David
Foster: The Prayer and Forever, plus two new
entries: Always You (Jonathan Manalo) and The
Calling (John Louie Abaigar).
The songs rise and fall with a definitive pop
attitude but soar to the sound of classical music as
three distinct voices meld into one. The cross-over
from merely pop to a bit of the classical gives these
songs a refreshing twist that hopefully finds its
hook among the younger generation.
As Charo puts it, pop may reign supreme today
but nothing beats classical music when it comes
to longevity. Through the years, she has not
wavered in her musical belief, so that Charo has

taken it upon herself to be the trios stage mother,
business manager, record producer, and personal
assistant. Charo credits director Freddie Santos for
conceptualizing The Angelos, literally meaning the
voice of angels. George proudly states they can
sing in seven languages!
Single-handedly, she produced Angelos concerts
in Music Museum, Teatrino,
Meralco Theater, The Manila
Hotel. At the Cultural
Center of the Philippines,
The Angelos performed
with a 60-piece orchestra.
For their efforts, the group
has won the 2009 Aliw
awards for Best Group in
Concert category. They
have also tucked in a
Global Pinoy excellence
award.
Through Charos
orchestration, the group
toured parts of the US
in recent years. They
performed at the 80th
birthday concert in
honor of former US
Pres. Jimmy Carter
in Atlanta, Georgia,
and wowed an
audience comprising
of Catholic Daughters
of America in Texas.
They have also done
shows in Hong Kong
and Macau, aside
from guesting in Manila
shows that starred the
likes of Stephen Bishop,
Julio Iglesias, Engelbert
Hamperdick, and Dionne
Warwick. s
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com)
Poem
THE FLEETING RENDITION

By MARVIN WACNAG LIDAWAN
The camera zooms and exhibited maneuvered altercations.

The spectators roared before the cast with ardent exaltations.
Before their eyes, the finest player has sojourned to be born.
Behind those lauded fames in a thematically-studded motion
pictures,
Is a throbbing truth that exasperatingly kept peering.
Unfathomed and deceived by your seemingly immortal,
Captivating and angelical beams.
It was a couple of snowing weeks not so long ago,
When you rode the bloom- laden wagon
Towards your serene destination.
Having assigned a very epigrammatic but momentous character
You hurriedly traveled home after the take,
To emerge on a far dais in an abode we soon all belong;
Though the prominent play we were performing
Was on its worldwide premier onscreen.
The screenplay was diffidently editedAdjusted for your cameo characterizations.
As a guest, the silver screen displayed quarter of your exposures.
When you rushed after the take for an urgent call.
Your audience missed your mimics onstage,
Demanded your portrayal for more challenging roles,
Should you stage a comeback for another plot.
In silence, we responded with misty eyes.
Our protracted melancholy greeted us in our daily portrayals.
During breaks, freshly reverberated your lucid dialogues,
And scenes that you brilliantly internalized kept flashing back.
The astounded jolly casts whom we played have never known,
Of your contemplative and enigmatic agreement with stillness,
While our scenes on the reel were entertainingly spinning for real.
Your inopportune lack altered the original scripts.
With needles excruciatingly perforating our hearts,
Rearranged its usual settings but retained its themes,
For we shall clinch the art with its usual musical scoring,
Till the denouement display its epilogue.
And by the time the credits roll and dim,
We long to see you soon to launch a new script,
To be essayed in ceaseless renditions.
George Tagle founded

pop-operatic trio, Angelos
Thoughts for All Saints and All Souls Day

By LILIA BORLONGAN-ALVAREZ
All the faithful of Christ, of whatever rank and status, are called to the fullness of Christian life.
ERE all called to be great saints.

Dont miss the opportunity! This
powerful message is broadcast over
reruns of a well-loved TV series of Mother Angelica
(the contemplative charismatic Franciscan nun who
founded EWTN, the worlds largest Catholic TV
network).
Its a very timely reminder (especially in these
serious times) because even the saints themselves
say that no state in life has a monopoly of holiness.
They say that mere separation from the world
is not an essential ingredient of sanctity. In the
olden days, it was thought that if a man were
to be holy, he should leave the world and live
the life of a hermit or monk. In the early days of
Christianity, holiness was necessarily associated
with martyrdom or monastic virginity.

But the good news is: Vatican II has discarded
that view saying all the faithful of Christ, of
whatever rank and status, are called to the fullness
of Christian life.
A saint may then be a priest or a religious, or a
layman. He may be married or single, rich or poor,
young or old, learned or illiterate. He is the man
who may not give all that he has but somehow
manages to give more than he can. Or she is the
woman who unselfishly helps those in need. But
this ones non-negotiable: a saint is one who never
forgets to pray each day.
Common destiny
The reason for the observance of All Saints Day
and All Souls Day is to impress upon the faithful
that all men have a common calling holiness

which can be attained by exemplary Christian
living and a common destiny, which is eternal
happiness.
All Saints Day in Church liturgy is reserved for
all those who died in the grace of the Lord. So,
the feast is in honor not only of the known, great
and canonized saints but also of the saintly people
who are not listed in the Church calendar of saints.
In the 1970s, such calendar was revamped
to reduce the number of feast days so that the
minds of the faithful may not be diverted from the
fundamental mysteries of our redemption. The
idea was to hold for universal veneration only those
saints whose lives and writings are of universal
significance, since there are not enough days
anyway to honor all of them.
Indulgences
Throughout All Souls Day, the faithful may gain
merits, also known as indulgences. All they need to
do is visit a church or a cemetery and pray for their
dead and for the intentions of the Pope for world
peace and brotherhood. One gains an indulgence
as often as he makes the visit. This is similar to the
practice of visita iglesia on Maundy Thursday.
Special indulgences may also be gained for the
dead when a priest goes to the cemetery or a burial
place to bless the dead.
Although All Souls Day is the day set aside
by the universal Church for Christians to honor
and pray for their dead, the time-honored Filipino
tradition has appointed All Saints Day as the day of
paying homage to their departed loved ones.
Judgment
What does the observance of All Souls Day
remind the faithful? For one, it reminds them of
their mortality an earth-shaking reality especially
for those who think theyre invincible or could
take all their material possessions and worldly
accomplishments to the next life. It should remind
everyone that, as the Lord has so ordained, It
is appointed unto men to die once and after this,
comes the judgment, for then God will render to
every man according to his works.
Christians are also reminded of their spiritual
duty to remember their departed loved ones by
means of prayers and Masses. For, as the Bible
says, It is a pleasing and wholesome thought to
Christians are also reminded of their spiritual duty

to remember their departed loved ones by means
of prayers and Masses.
pray for the dead that they may be loosed from their
sins. At every Mass, all souls are remembered
and prayed for: Remember also our brothers and
sisters who have fallen asleep in the hope of the
resurrection, and all who have died in your mercy:
welcome them into the light of your face
St. Bernadette of Lourdes, when she was dying,
asked the sisters around her to pray for her when
she was dead. She said she was afraid that people
would think she was holy! But of course we know
better than that.
We pray for the dead because they had faults
and failings just like we do. Most people believe
that if we died right now, we would go straight
to heaven. Hogwash! The truth is we should
be eternally grateful if we landed in purgatory,
because there, we could be assured of the
beatific vision. But whether or not we think of the
afterlife, we know for a fact that we are selfish and
sinful in many ways, and are not able to love with
all our hearts. Fr. Bede Jarret, a Dominican priest,
puts it this way: no doubt our dead are restless
and eager for their release from purgatory, but
only as a lover might be restless who did not find
himself fit to meet his beloved. s
Agri-Talk
few weeks back, we

wrote about a number of
practical farming tips that
could be useful to both hobbyists
as well as commercial farmers.
Here are a few more.
COMMON MISTAKE WITH
BANANA One grave and very
common mistake that we often
see in all the places that we have
been to in the country is the
overcrowding of banana clumps.
It is not
unusual to see,
for instance,
more than a
dozen banana
plants in one
clump or hill.
By
This is very
Zac B.
Sarian
bad because
overcrowding
results in slender stems that
dont produce normal bunch. If
ever they bear fruit, the bunch is
usually small and the fruits are
also small. Many of the stems
may not bear fruit at all.
Experts recommend that only
one or two stems are allowed
to grow to maturity per hill.
Normally, bananas will produce
several suckers before they bear fruit. These
suckers should be balled and planted elsewhere. If
there is no place to plant the extra suckers, these
could be given to people who would like to plant or
they could be sold to interested persons. If not, they
should be thrown away.
When the main banana plant is starting to
flower, you might allow one or two junior suckers to
develop to replace the mother plant when its fruit
has been harvested.
GROW TOGETHER COMPATIBLE PLANTS
If you have a limited place to grow your favorite
plants, you can maximize productivity by growing
together plants that are compatible. We mean to say
that you plant two crops in one patch of ground that
More
Practical
Tips For
Farmers
will produce normal harvests.

We saw a very good example of this technique
during the 30th anniversary celebration of EastWest Seed Company in San Rafael, Bulacan. We
saw in their demo farm sweet corn and Pipinito
cucumber growing very comfortably together. The
sweet corn plants were robust with developing ears.
The Pipinito, on the other hand, was fruiting very
well.
It is important to plant only one corn seed in
one hill and the distance between hills should be
about 18 inches. This will allow enough sunlight to
penetrate the growing cucumber underneath.
BAG YOUR FRUITS One major problem
of growers of fruit trees like guava, pummelo,
balimbing and others is the fruitfly. This insect

deposits its eggs in the developing fruits and when
the eggs hatch, they are the worms (larvae) that you
often see in ripe guavas and other fruits.
Controlling the fruitfly by spraying with
poisonous chemical is not advisable because of the
residue that could be injurious to ones health. One
practical way is to bag the fruits from the time they
are still small.
Our favorite bagging material is made of cloth.
We bag our pummelos as well as our guavas and
balimbing. This is an effective technique. If you dont
have cloth bags, newspaper may be used to wrap
smaller fruits like guava and balimbing.
VIBRATOR FOR POLLINATION In order for
flowers to set fruit, they must be pollinated. In the
open field pollination is usually done by bees and
other insects. Wind movement could also effect
pollination.
However, in the greenhouse there are usually

no insects that will do the pollination. We saw a
practical technique of pollinating indeterminate
tomato plants in the greenhouse during our visit
to the experimental farm of East-West Seed in
Lanchang, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
We saw a lady worker with a vibrator going
Continued on page 26
THE Sunday Crossword

Across
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5 Sonic the Hedgehog
developer
9 Skunk Le Pew
13 Pileggi of The X-Files
18 Suffix for stink
19 Sea once fed by the Amu
Darya River
20 Round Table array
21 Cape Cod vacation
destination
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25 End-of-term hurdle
26 Put out there
27 Pealed
28 Barroom disorder
29 Special Olympics founder
Shriver
30 Picked up on
32 Wild pair, sometimes
34 Biblical verb
36 Playwright Ensler
37 Technology in Pixar films,
briefly
38 Wicked Game rocker
Chris
41 Boastful opening
43 Civil War historian Shelby
46 Aquarium fish
50 The Phantom of the
Opera setting
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55 Coal industry org.
56 Conspiracy
57 Get under the tag,
hopefully
58 Hades, to Satan
59 Amanda of 2012
61 Like drag strips
63 24-hr. convenience
64 A hitchhiker might
have one
65 Morsel mentioned in 80s
Australian tourism ads
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72 Area usually not mowed
73 Pelican St. metropolis
74 Spanish 101 verb
77 Dummy on Bergens knee
78 As a companion
80 Herding Cats: A Life in
Politics author
82 Bargain basement letters
83 Seasoned sailor
85 Abstained, in a way
88 Cries from one standing on
a chair, maybe
89 Obeys
91 Kudrow of Friends
92 Navel concavity
93 __ apptit!
94 NYC visitors final
destination, perhaps
95 1998 home run record
chaser
97 Take the gold
104 Puts into words
108 Unprincipled
109 Reduce
110 Pigeon shelter
112 Half-pretentious?
113 Shows pluck
114 Snap
117 Play, as Julius Caesar
118 Curved moldings
119 Blew the whistle
120 Blows the whistle
121 Shades
122 Gamers title island
123 Nice sweetheart
124 Brief writer: Abbr.
Down
1 Places on una avenida
residencial
2 Fictional Ziff infatuated with
Marge Simpson
3 Wear black, perhaps
4 Little Spitz, briefly
5 Dieters lunch orders
6 __ Brockovich
7 Turf controller
8 Subj. with exponents
9 Worker, informally
10 Host
11 Gumbys sidekick
12 Relatives of ums
13 Honshu Isl. peak
14 Youngest of the three
Prozorov sisters
15 Forum wear
16 Figure out
17 Case weaknesses
20 Coeur d__
23 Dissolution
24 Low-budget flicks
29 Advantages
More Practical...
Continued from page 25
around the rows of flowering tomato

plants with a hand-held, batteryoperated vibrator. She places the
extended stick of the vibrator on the
flowering stems. That effectively does
the trick.
Theres another technique that
Ronald Costales does to pollinate
31 Inside the NBA analyst,

to fans
33 Outer: Pref.
35 Wii locale
36 Tight position?
38 Morning announcement
39 Word before time and
place
40 At this very moment
42 Flip over
43 Trust
44 Grumpy film title
characters
45 Ftbol shout
46 Part of a layette
47 Hippie bus decal
48 __ marsala
49 Choir number
51 Perry of fashion
52 Hardly inconspicuous
54 Egyptian, usually
60 Show places?
62 Dressed to the nines,

with up
64 Log holder
66 Take back to the drawing
board
67 Eye-catching signs
68 Nuts go-with
69 Island greetings
70 __ quam videri: North
Carolina motto
71 Three-time All-Pro Giant
lineman Chris
75 Half-Betazoid aboard the
Enterprise
76 Alfred composer
78 It might be inspired
79 Driving instructor
81 Storm thats chased
84 Grave offender?
86 Neat finish?
87 Med sch. subject
90 Fangorn Forest
his cucumber plants inside his

greenhouse in Majayjay, Laguna.
He places a colony of stingless
bees he got from Milea Bee Farm
in Batangas. The bees are also
efficient in pollinating the cucumber
plants.
There you are, here are just a
few techniques that you could adopt
in your own brand of farming. s
inhabitant
93 Toots ones horn
94 Outback young
96 Reason for oversleeping
97 Future officer
98 Saudi neighbor
99 Bugs with weapons
100 Like a Siberian Huskys
ears
101 Informal science
102 Sketch artists array
103 Certain followers reading
105 Ostentation
106 One giving Scarlett a
fever?
107 No tough guy
110 Study all night
111 Luxury hotel chain
114 Ten Little Indians actor
Herbert
115 Today preceder
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T last, the Young People of Bulacan

Indoors or outdoors, a pleasant time at Caf +.

aka yuppies. The term is no longer new, but it is

popular Filipino restaurant across the street. A

All Greens and

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Make the Giant

N order to accomplish things, one has to

In some instances, it is the uncertainty of where

havent even found yet the courage to start their

The Bulls also posted the best road record of

Graffiti beside famed Vesuvio Bar

Sea Lions at Pier 39

Golden Gate Bridge

MY OKTUBREFEST IN SAN FRANCISCO

CTOBER could be the best month to visit

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