Same-sex marriages
I heard someone say on tv that "everyone seeks to be perfect." But earlier on I read what Salvador Dali, the famous Spanish surrealist painter, said: "Perfection? Go reach for it but you'll never reach it."
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"This article here says that more and more same-sex marriages are taking place worldwide. A population control advocate calls this a welcome development. Of course, you know why, don't you?
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Asked to comment on these same-sex marriages, a neighbor they call "beata" said: "Mao nay hinungdan nga ning panahuna linog didto, linog dinhi; bagyo didto, bagyo diri; baha didto, baha nganhi. Nasuko ang kinaiyahan."
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Team Rama is plotting to oust Councilor Margot O as chairman of the powerful committee on budget and finance in the city council. Ma'am Margot, I'm sure, is not surprised. That is politics. And in politics there is such a thing as power play. And in this kind of play he who got the numbers rules.
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The World Bank has warned of a global job crisis. "There is a shortage of jobs and quality jobs," according to Nigel Twose, WB's senior director for jobs. Job seekers should work on the double while there are still work left to land on.
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This should change the attitude of the choosy job seekers. No time to be choosy. In one country in East Asia, where scarcity of jobs has started to force some jobless to eat fried cockroaches, even some be-degreed scholars are seen pushing cargo carts.
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SM Prime Holdings is helping solve the drainage problem in Angono, Rizal by rehabilitating the drainage system to prevent flooding. Maybe SM could also do the same in the area where SM City Cebu stands. The place is heavily flooded during torrential rains. Just a suggestion. Take it or leave it.
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Is smoking with a pipe allowed in no-cigarette smoking areas? A reader wants to know. "I have seen some men pipe smoking as a status symbol kuno," the reader, a woman, said. "It's only for show," she was told. "But, Sir, there's smoke."
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OVERHEARD: More and more multi-storied buildings and condos are rising in Cebu. Some government employees eating in a fastfood joint uptown were heard talking about this development. Said one: "Daghang dagkong bilding pero daghan sad nato ang namuyo sa barong-barong." Comment: "Kanang mga dagkong bilding para ra man na sa mga duna nang daang dagkong panimay." Comment: "Pasalamat na lang tang dunay barong-barong, Parts. Si Iya Ason ug tulo ka anak sa aseras nagpuyo."
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