Fashion Bullying, a Scene from MAGKARIBAL

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A female fashion designer has disliked this young Cebu bred fashion designer V.R. ever since one of her workers transferred to her. Their paths never crossed until last Saturday night in an after fashion show party in Greenbelt's M Cafe. This was what happened.

This female designer was partying with her male writer friend when suddenly a restauranteur/jewelry designer/socialite from Cebu passed by. The writer said hi to her and noticed her outfit so he asked her who did it. When the writer heard her say "it is V.R.", he teased his female designer friend by repeating the name over and over again. The socialite found the behavior unusual so she shared the incident with V.R. when she saw her later that night at the party.

Unfortunately, when it was time for V.R. to leave, she had to pass through the area where the female designer and her writer friend were hanging out. When she reached that part of the venue, the two blocked her way on purpose. V.R. had to say "excuse me po" several times before they looked at her with pity and allowed her to pass. V.R. left the party feeling very bad because she was bullied by two people who are supposed to be more mature than she. They might have been a bit drunk but that does not give them an excuse for their immature and distasteful behavior. It was just like a scene from the soap opera Magkaribal!

I suggest you visit Crossings Shangri La Mall and check out the display window to familiarize yourself with the works of V.R. Coincidentally, her cocktail dresses and long gowns caught my attention last Wednesday when I visited the said mall. 

How about the two fashion bullies, do you know them? The female designer has a store that is walking distance from the party venue. My apologies though to the readers who are not familiar with the Greenbelt area. On the other hand, the writer needs no clue. His behavior speaks for himself.

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Guess Where FP is Going Next Week

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On Monday night, I am flying to the capital of this country with four of my close friends. We will be there for six days. This is the first time that I am not excited for my trip because I know I have to leave my readers behind. I am already feeling the separation anxiety. I will try my best though to write from where I am. It might also take more time before I get to post your comments. I hope you will be patient.

Can you guess where we are going? Will you be interested too see some of our travel photos? Let me know your thoughts. Again, thank you for your support and love.

Double Dead

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This mother had her baby girl when she was a teenager so she decided to leave her behind in the hospital. She thought her dark past will be buried forever until a few years ago when she received a phone call from a woman who claimed that she was that baby. After receiving the call, the mother decided to open up her sketchy past to her husband because she was scared that the caller might extort money from her. The understanding husband did not judge her and even suggested that they should set a meeting with the caller.

On the day of the meeting, the mother was very relieved when she learned that the daughter she abandoned turned out to be an accomplished doctor. After their initial meeting, they met each other regularly trying to make up for lost time. When they became close to each other, the mother tried to loan cash amounting close to two million pesos from her newly found daughter. Since the daughter  was told that the money will be used for the family's business, she agreed to lend her the money without further questions.

Almost two years have passed since the money lending incident happened and the daughter still has not received any payment. She would enter into an argument with the mother every time she brings up the topic. Her patience eventually dwindled so one day she exploded and had a big fight with her. After that day, she decided to cut off her ties with her and her family members.

The daughter has not been paid to this day. She regretted that she had to look for her biological mother that led her to lose so much money. She wished she never got to know her.

Do you know who is this mother? It might be difficult for some of you to guess her identity because she is not that known. She does have a popular hot athlete son though who belongs to a highly publicized all male sport team. Her family is into the retail business.

Model Homewrecker

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This commercial model first laid eyes on her son's classmate's dad when she saw him in school. Since he was always with his wife, she befriended both of them. She would take photos of her son together with their daughter and share it with them. In short, she was considered as a friend of the family.

One time when this dad went out of the country, the wife accidentally accessed the messages from his social networking site. She was devastated when she discovered that her husband was having an affair with their daughter's classmate's mom for more than six month already. She saw messages from the model telling her husband that she wanted him exclusively for herself. She goes on bad mouthing the wife and suggesting that he should abandon her. She even threatened him that if he does not leave his family, she will just try to fix her marriage with her husband.

Eventually, the wife separated from her husband after discovering his affair with this model. Although this was not the first time she caught him womanizing, the affair with their daughter's classmate's mom was just unforgivable. She just knew that it was time for her to let go. 

The funny thing is a couple of years later, news broke out that her former husband was caught in bed with a politician's common law wife. When the politician caught them on the act, he got hold of his mobile phone containing the messages sent to him by his other married lovers. The politician later went on television threatening these married women that he will call their husbands and inform them about their extra marital activities.

Right after the politician's interview was aired, the model set her social networking site on private mode. She isolated herself from all her friends and went into hibernation. More than a year later, her friends just got news that she already had another baby.

Do you know who is this model? She may not be very popular but she has several television commercials wherein she always plays the role of a housewife. She was washing clothes in one of the television advertisements for a brand of detergent.

Before I end this story, I have two pieces of advice. To the casting agents out there, you should look into the background of the talents you hire because their negative image might affect the brand. To all the mothers out there, do not allow your husbands to be over exposed in your kid's school because there are just too many lonely married women lurking around.

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Hand Woven Tote by Aranaz

I fell in love with this Aranaz hand woven tote when I saw it in Greenbelt 5 a few days ago. I just had to go back to the store this afternoon with S.M. to buy it. Priced at 2,500 Php (after 10% discount), it is an inexpensive alternative to a Bottega Veneta that will cost you an arm and a leg. For a well crafted one of kind tote that is proudly Philippine made, I think this is really a good buy.

French Maid Uniform

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If a person gets sexually aroused from a physical object, this is called sexual fetishism. The person is called a fetishist while the object is called the fetish. 

The French maid uniform is one common fetish among men who have power issues because it indicates absolute submission. The uniform, worn by a servant who traditionally defers to her wealthy master, gives the fetishist a sense of control and dominance. 

This story might be obsolete to some of the readers who belong to the social circle. Apart from this story, let me tell you what else is obsolete. In the household of this wealthy businessman, all his maids are no longer allowed to wear French maid uniform. This became a rule after the numerous times his wife caught him flipping the skirts of their maids and making a pass at them. This is also the reason why they have such a high turnover rate for their maids.

What is sad though is that every time the wife catches her husband, she undergoes cosmetic surgery to make herself feel more beautiful. I think she is not solving her problem. My recommendation to her is that she should try wearing French maid uniform inside the bedroom. This might just do the trick. If this is her husband's fetish, then I suggest it is worth giving a try. If it still does not work, at least we now know that the fetish of the husband is not the uniform, but the maids.

By the way, if you pass by their mansion now, you will see that all the maids wear white round neck t-shirt and black pants. Do you know who is this society couple? I will give you a clue. This businessman was previously married to a another woman who is also now married. 

As much as I want to give you more information, I will control myself. I suggest though that you follow micsylim on twitter and you might just get more clues.

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Congratulations to Chuvaness!

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Congratulations to the queen of blogosphere, Ate Chuvaness on her new website. Earlier this week, she has successfully moved from Livejournal to her own domain (www.chuvaness.com). I love your new layout. More power to you!

Also, I would like to thank you for including Fashion PULIS in your READ column. Thank you very much for all the support. Cheers!   

You Don't Know Me?

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After all the passengers have boarded this international flight, the son of this high-ranking politician spotted many vacant seats in the business class section. He stood up, left his economy seat, and transferred to the business class section.

When one of the flight attendants noticed his move, she politely approached him and requested that he goes back to his seat. He was offended that she called his attention. He spoke to her in a loud voice, saying "You don't know me? I am the son of . . . . . . . .  I have the right to choose where I want to sit."

The stewardess did not want any trouble so she went to the cockpit and told the pilot about the incident. A few minutes later, the pilot came out and approached this passenger. He told him that the plane will not depart unless everyone is properly seated. At that moment, he realized that the pilot was darn serious. He swallowed his pride, stood up and walked back to his assigned seat.

Do you know who is this passenger? Apart from his parents being politicians, he was also recently elected into office.

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My Wife is a Gambler?

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This housewife has a gambling problem. She walks around the casino almost everyday carrying cash between one to two million pesos. She is no ordinary housewife though.  She is the wife of a young good looking politician who holds a position in one of the local government units. Her husband definitely has bigger plans for his political career in 2013.

When the time comes, I hope his constituents will consider his wife's gambling problem before making their choices. Let us remember, "Behind every man's success (or failure), there is a woman!"

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Debutante Gown by Frederick Peralta

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I would like to share with you photos of my client/debutante last week, Clarice. She was wearing a strapless ball gown with fully beaded bodice by veteran designer, Frederick Peralta. This orange gown definitely made her feel like a princess on her special day.