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                    [Title] => Crossing the line
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Idon’t mind telling you I have crossed a line.

[DatePublished] => 2009-02-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135494 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805260 [AuthorName] => Barbara Gonzalez-Ventura [SectionName] => Modern Living [SectionUrl] => modern-living [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 235846 [Title] => A season for tikoy — and fortune-telling [Summary] => ’Tis the season for tikoy — literally, "sweet cake" — and fortune telling as a new lunar year begins tomorrow.

While commonly referred to as Chinese new year, the occasion is now celebrated by the general populace, with President Arroyo declaring tomorrow a "special working holiday."

Everybody wants tikoy, the sweet, round, sticky rice cake that will cap many a new year’s eve feast this evening. Traditionally, this is the time for families to come together to "gather around the hearth," to share a meal as lavish and bountiful as the budget will allow. The stickiness of the rice cake fosters the unity of the family. [DatePublished] => 2004-01-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => ) ) )
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Idon’t mind telling you I have crossed a line.

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While commonly referred to as Chinese new year, the occasion is now celebrated by the general populace, with President Arroyo declaring tomorrow a "special working holiday."

Everybody wants tikoy, the sweet, round, sticky rice cake that will cap many a new year’s eve feast this evening. Traditionally, this is the time for families to come together to "gather around the hearth," to share a meal as lavish and bountiful as the budget will allow. The stickiness of the rice cake fosters the unity of the family. [DatePublished] => 2004-01-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => ) ) )
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