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                    [Title] => Give me some credit
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As the holidays begin to creep in, what haunted me over the Halloween break was the specter of my looming credit card bill.

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When my father Louie Beltran was still alive in 1992, I remember him writing a blind item about a presidential candidate he had discovered to have sired an illegitimate offspring with a mistress. On the day the article came out my dad made it a point to discuss the blind item on his morning radio program. We assumed that 2 candidates who were publicly known for their philandering activities would be calling.

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The more oily the skin, the more testosterone in your system. No wonder I have enough oil on my face to put up a gas station.

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Now we talk of an issue of national consequence: Premature ejaculation.

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“MASAKIT ang ulo ko Che­ rry,” sabi ko habang na­kadapa at isinubsob sa unan ang aking mukha. “Pinilit mo kasi ako…”

[DatePublished] => 2009-11-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1713511 [AuthorName] => Ronnie M. Halos [SectionName] => True Confessions [SectionUrl] => true-confessions [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 208402 [Title] => Insert your euphemism here! [Summary] => Filipino English, it has been noted, is fiercely resistant to colonization by Americans or British. Here, the lingua franca takes what it needs and does away with the rest. In conversation, Taglish will lightly cushion an Americanism between a couple of Tagalog words, generally treating English as an ad hoc, deconstructive affair.

But sometimes English euphemisms crop up in daily discourse, presumably to cushion the impact of language. Often, though, the English equivalent sounds even more garish and lurid.
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Give me a break. From the way my hyperventilating friend was gasping, you’d think that my boyfriend was a 99-year-old "Dirty Old Man" with arthritis, a bad toupee, and skin that resembled a raisin. [DatePublished] => 2001-12-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1255377 [AuthorName] => Denise Albert of Young Star Magazine [SectionName] => Young Star [SectionUrl] => young-star [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 138269 [Title] => Age Sure As Hell Matters! The Superb Quality of Older Men [Summary] => "Really?!?! You guys have that big an age gap?!?!?!"

Give me a break. From the way my hyperventilating friend was gasping, you’d think that my boyfriend was a 99-year-old "Dirty Old Man" with arthritis, a bad toupee, and skin that resembled a raisin.

For the record, my honey is 27 years old, financially secure, self-reliant, and independent. [DatePublished] => 2001-10-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1255377 [AuthorName] => Denise Albert of Young Star Magazine [SectionName] => Young Star [SectionUrl] => young-star [URL] => ) ) )
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As the holidays begin to creep in, what haunted me over the Halloween break was the specter of my looming credit card bill.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-03 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135287 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1702540 [AuthorName] => RJ Ledesma [SectionName] => For Men [SectionUrl] => for-men [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/lifestyle/for-men/20151103/Rose-Fres-Fausto-2.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1387433 [Title] => Not about bad luck [Summary] =>

When my father Louie Beltran was still alive in 1992, I remember him writing a blind item about a presidential candidate he had discovered to have sired an illegitimate offspring with a mistress. On the day the article came out my dad made it a point to discuss the blind item on his morning radio program. We assumed that 2 candidates who were publicly known for their philandering activities would be calling.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133943 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804831 [AuthorName] => Cito Beltran [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1302378 [Title] => Face off [Summary] =>

The more oily the skin, the more testosterone in your system. No wonder I have enough oil on my face to put up a gas station.

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Now we talk of an issue of national consequence: Premature ejaculation.

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“MASAKIT ang ulo ko Che­ rry,” sabi ko habang na­kadapa at isinubsob sa unan ang aking mukha. “Pinilit mo kasi ako…”

[DatePublished] => 2009-11-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1713511 [AuthorName] => Ronnie M. Halos [SectionName] => True Confessions [SectionUrl] => true-confessions [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 208402 [Title] => Insert your euphemism here! [Summary] => Filipino English, it has been noted, is fiercely resistant to colonization by Americans or British. Here, the lingua franca takes what it needs and does away with the rest. In conversation, Taglish will lightly cushion an Americanism between a couple of Tagalog words, generally treating English as an ad hoc, deconstructive affair.

But sometimes English euphemisms crop up in daily discourse, presumably to cushion the impact of language. Often, though, the English equivalent sounds even more garish and lurid.
[DatePublished] => 2003-06-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136345 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804693 [AuthorName] => Scott R. Garceau [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 142703 [Title] => The Superb Quality of Older Men [Summary] => "Really?!?! You guys have that big an age gap?!?!?!"

Give me a break. From the way my hyperventilating friend was gasping, you’d think that my boyfriend was a 99-year-old "Dirty Old Man" with arthritis, a bad toupee, and skin that resembled a raisin. [DatePublished] => 2001-12-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1255377 [AuthorName] => Denise Albert of Young Star Magazine [SectionName] => Young Star [SectionUrl] => young-star [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 138269 [Title] => Age Sure As Hell Matters! The Superb Quality of Older Men [Summary] => "Really?!?! You guys have that big an age gap?!?!?!"

Give me a break. From the way my hyperventilating friend was gasping, you’d think that my boyfriend was a 99-year-old "Dirty Old Man" with arthritis, a bad toupee, and skin that resembled a raisin.

For the record, my honey is 27 years old, financially secure, self-reliant, and independent. [DatePublished] => 2001-10-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1255377 [AuthorName] => Denise Albert of Young Star Magazine [SectionName] => Young Star [SectionUrl] => young-star [URL] => ) ) )
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