Why Maritoni, Hans called off wedding
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August 24, 2004 | 12:00am
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"What happened?" Maritoni returned Funfares question last Sunday during a chance meeting on the set of The Buzz. "Well, what happened is that Hans and I discovered that we still have a lot of things to iron out before we should settle down."
Meaning, legally?
"No, not legally," stressed Maritoni. "We dont have any problem on that aspect."
Hans is divorced from former Bb. Pilipinas-World Cara Subijano, now based in San Francisco and working with The Filipino Channel (TFC), with whom he has a daughter. Maritoni said that she wasnt married to her estranged businessman-beloved by whom she has a child.
"Together," said Maritoni, "sana well have a son naman."
Both highly articulate and passionately opinionated, Maritoni and Hans often bump heads, which always happens between two intelligent people who refuse to give in to each other.
"Believe it or not," said Maritoni, "but Hans sometimes cant understand what Im saying and vice-versa. I would say something and he couldnt grasp what I mean, and vice-versa, so we end up arguing. I insist on what I believe in and so does he."
In short, they have a "communication gap," or something like that.
"So we thought that if this kink in our relationship isnt ironed out," said Maritoni, "and our other differences as well, we better not push through with our wedding on Dec. 28 as planned. Baka mag-away lang kami nang mag-away. Our wedding is on hold."
A few months ago, Funfare reported that Maritoni (a breast-cancer survivor) and Hans broke up after going steady for almost two years.
"We didnt break up," Maritoni clarified. "We did fight but we didnt break up. What did we fight over? The usual. May sinasabi akong hindi niya masakyan at may sinasabi siyang hindi ko masakyan. Our usual communication gap. But things are okay now."
Come October, Maritoni and Hans will move to their new love nest where they hope to live happily ever after while their wedding remains, well, "on hold."
Giselle said that shes coming home maybe next month to fulfill several engagements, including one for Freeway (the clothes brand shes endorsing).
She also sent a clipping of the August issue of Elle Girl magazine (with Avril Lavigne on the cover) which has her in a full-page feature.
"I was made to look much younger than all my previous pictorials because of the magazines market," explained Giselle. "Take note how different my Elle photo is from my come-hither looks."
Several issues ago, Funfare printed the brief Elle story on Giselle. Im printing it again to accompany the clipping Giselle sent me. Here it is, entitled Global Girl of the Moment: Giselle, 25, written by Maria Santos:
Whos that girl? Giselle Tongi, 25, a model/actress/singer/VJ. Her international flava: With a Filipina mom and a Swiss dad, this girl has lived in Paris, Zurich and finally Manila where she was discovered at age 12 by a modelling agent in a mall. And the modelling jobs keep comin. Even though shes only five-feet-four, Giselle has landed the covers of Cosmo and FHM magazines in Asia. "I signed a contract to be the spokesmodel for Freeway, a Filipino fashion label for edgy girls who arent afraid to express themselves through clothes."
Giselle just returned from a sweet gig in Hawaii where she along with MTVs Suchin Pak, hosted an event for World Asia TV, a new US network with Asian-themed programming from yoga shows to Kill Bill. Wait, it gets better. While working as a VJ for MTV Asia, she travelled all over Singapore interviewing celebs like Ricky Martin and Mariah Carey. She even released her own CD on Sony called Very G. Her inspiration? Mom. "After my father died, I grew up in a single-parent household as the youngest of four. Girls in the Philippines are usually raised to be subservient, but my mom taught me that I can do anything."
One is MTO, owned and operated by my friend Mercy T. Ong, with branches located in strategic locations in Metro Manila, one in Malate, Manila (1709 Mabini corner Gen. Malvar Streets, telephone 400-9775) and another on Timog Avenue (#8 Landsdale Arcade, telephone 416-9104) in Quezon City.
After closing my page at The STAR, I rush to the MTO Malate branch (where I sometimes bump into Manila Standards Jullie Yap-Daza and Bulletins Cris Belen) for foot/back massage (good for one hour and a half). MTO offers several other services.
I enter MTO with aching joints and, after the session, I leave the place feeling light and easy, as if floating on Cloud 9. If youre a card-carrying member (like Jullie, Cris and me), you pay less than the usual charge (check out the numbers listed and inquire how much).
During my day-off, when Im too lazy to drive from Quezon City to Malate, I hie off to the MTO branch on Timog Avenue. Or I check out Family Spa (second level of Tomas Morato Plaza, 170 Tomas Morato Avenue corner A. Roces Avenue, Quezon City, telephone 926-9322) for the same service (foot and back massage). Like MTO, Family Spa offers various services and the charges depend on what service you want and need and how long you get "pampered" in a well-appointed room complete with a TV set and fragrant linen on the lounging chair.
Family Spa is owned and operated by a Chinese couple who has recruited a reflexologist from Mainland China to train the staff. You pay a little more if you choose the Chinese guy to serve you but, I assure you, its worth it.
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