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#1801
Talk of the Town / Re: ICM Raffle Draw Hysteria
January 28, 2009, 11:35:22 AM
kudos manay!

ang importante nagpakabana!
#1802
a,k. unsaon, bag-o pa tawon ko naka-tv kay ang ako giabangan nay tv.

kadto pa nako nakit-an sa tv tong barangaya.
#1803
we are already implementing policies that had been overlooked the past years specially on the part of our field officers who are very prone to these things. thanks God, they are very cooperative. it is in them that we can truly find the idealism and dynamism of youth. looking at them, i know that this country has a better future. (im working in a government agency that is managed like a private corporation)
#1804
avocado shake
#1805
Eyeball / Re: Informal EB in Cebu Jan 29?
January 28, 2009, 10:15:18 AM
i'll be in cebu sometime in feb. see you guys kung makaanha ko.
#1806
neutral man sad siguro nas apothecary. sensitive sad ia position, public office is a public trust man daw so dili jud mangchismis diri. sge ra tog basa ini run. LOL
#1807
Quote from: lumine on January 27, 2009, 09:47:45 PM
patilawa sad ko sa imo hinaguan,cals ha? hehe!

nakatilaw na mo sa akong hinaguan diri sa office, though indirect lang siguro ang effect sa ako work.

Quote from: bol-anon nga cebuano on January 28, 2009, 12:08:05 AM
hapit man tanang sigurong karaang abogado calle ang lupigon lang ug mga batan-on. sa una wala pay computer, nagsalig lang ni sila makinilya maong dili na magkadimao ilang mga position papers ug pleadings kay isalig ra man sa mga secretary kunohay kay dili lagi maantigo aning computer. whereas, sa mga batan-ong abugado nga nahimugso sa computer age, aw lahiro na kaayong mokubi anang computer.

wa jud nay ikaboga nas tiko bay. hehe i won't excuse him for the mess he created just because he's an old man. anyway, kontra ming tiko bnc. mortal enemy number 1. that explains why. hehehe

Quote from: Bambi on January 28, 2009, 05:21:32 AM
Am interested to know how much could be the retail and  wholesaler monthly space rental in that newly opened AGORA MARKET? Hope it will not reflects to its old named "AGOROY MARKET"...kay perting mahala sa  una sa wapa masunog ug usab.

city square man na run. siguro ang renta sauna gi-square na. so, kung 50 sauna, ang do square kay 2,500 na. hehehe
#1808
nati man ng virgin nga kabaw di ba?

tambok na kau si frony, basin ma heart attack na na.
#1809
bnc, si cajes man gud wa kaajoy stand sa mga issues kay vulnerable kau sya. as had been pointed out in this thread by ____ (kalipat ko kinsa to), si conching ra ang dili plastic diha sa SP.

Conching Lim for Vice-Governor!!!
#1810
actually, nakaanha na ko diha sa cafe lawis sa dauis last december. ang convento ilang gitarung para madisplay ug nindot ang mga cultural legacies sa mga taga dauis ug sa mga bol-anon. merienda lang ila i-serve. nya, kung ganahan mo ug panihapon kinahanglan magpareserve mo daan para makapang mercado sila. hehehe

like my dinner in peacock garden resort in laya, baclayon, kami ra sad tawo sa cafe lawis. ang mga lingkuranan gawas sa convento gipanghipos siguro to kay wa man diha.

anyway, manay tess, i called up two friends from bohol but they don't know about the incidents in baclayon and in dauis.

layman, mao na ako gibuhat run. i already told my manager that im leaving the office but naghuwat pa ko sa ako appointment letter sa cebu. without it, dili sa jud ko muhawa diri sa government office ako gitrabahuan.
#1811
dili pud ko officer, junior or senior. muhawaay na gani ko diri kay sayang ako mga diplomas, honors, and ahem, licenses! LOL
#1812
dili ko boss diri oi. o-boss kau kog rango diri. sayang ako qualifications.
#1813
paunhon sa nako ako boss ug uli. hehehe

suroy suroy sa ko diris tb
#1814
sige, muoli na kog sayo para makafriendster pa ko. naka-block ang friendster sa office. hehehe

Kudos manay. kung unsa man gani, mag PM na lang ko nimu and/or post diri nga thread.
#1815
wala man tay taga baclayon diri manay tess. anyway, suwayan nakog pangita ako mga kaila nga mga taga baclayon sa friendster para maclarify tong issue sa pikas thread.
#1816
mau unta mahinumduman nila ang mga bol-anon inig hisgut-hisgut nila.
#1817
Anonymous Diary Blog / Re: Let's Talk About Jollibee
January 27, 2009, 03:18:55 PM
jologs connection. what can you say, bnc? pag pm na lang mo.
#1818
Quote from: bol-anon nga cebuano on January 27, 2009, 01:26:12 AM
it's not only cortes who paint their place pink. i think there is a barangay somewhere in luzon who used pink as the motiff in their place.

pink is everywhere in metro manila under fernando's metro gwapo program.

kanang barangay bnc imung giingun nakakita ko ana (i think ikaw pud) sa program ni korina sanchez. barangay maligaya versus barangay masaya man guro to plus barangay pink.
#1819
No prob bro. tinoud man sad gyud nga naay mga ingun-ana nga mga nahitabo diri sa office.
#1820
Talk of the Town / Re: ICM Raffle Draw Hysteria
January 27, 2009, 01:47:07 PM
kaw na lang himo mdb.
#1821
welcome bay.

personally, mas ganahan ko si conching.
#1822
possible sir lindy. kay si conching mas sad gud naa na sa position sa ABC nga murag dugay pa ang election. mao nga nay possibility nga maconvince si conching nga dili na lang mudagan ug mugiveway na lang ni cajes nga walay laing kadungan kundi ang vice gov.
#1823
Masyadong nakakahiya ginagawa nila!

Darating ang araw (at dumating na nga), kakainin din nila yung mga sinasabi nila.
#1824
LOL

kung ingun-ana layman, basin amoa kinabo lang.
#1825
sa iro pa ang kinaon ini, ang ingun sa tag-iya dili pwede ng kagidon nga iro.

karun, ang kanding kinahanglan ug shampoohan una. siguro naingun-ana na sya kay dili sya exposed sa life sa wild ug sa bacteria mao mamili syag pagkaon nga limpyo para dili magkasakit.
#1826
gawain ng mga taong walang ginagawa kaya nag-iingay.
#1827
Quote from: lumine on January 26, 2009, 10:54:12 PM
ikaw jud,cals!hehe! maau na lang that they are cool people like you, o di ba?

outlet tawon nis mga kaguol ug mga kasakit nako ang tb. di pwede mag-init-init ug ulo.
#1828
dili na bangiitan si tiko ochavillo, bnc. silingan ra mi ani nija kay taga garcia man na sya, valencia ra mi.
wa man nay ikabuga ng tawhana na, puro ra hambog. LOL

kataw-an ra tawon na sijas mga court personnel kay dili kuno mag kadimao ija mga pleadings. aw, dungog ra pud na nako ha.

no contest nuon na si victor ug si aleckoy.
#1829
Talk of the Town / Re: ICM Raffle Draw Hysteria
January 27, 2009, 10:47:42 AM
hope nga madali ni nga proposed letter kay basin mapan-us na ang atong pagpakabana ini nga hitaboa.
#1830
Quote from: A Layman on January 26, 2009, 06:35:37 PM
Corruption is rampant in government offices. It is a practice by which a person uses his office or authority in pursuit of selfish interest to benefit his ownself and his nearest family. Where is the church there to blame?

in our office, kunti lang.
#1831
Anonymous Diary Blog / Re: Let's Talk About Jollibee
January 27, 2009, 10:33:24 AM
basin "friend" imu sister thatsmyboy ni bnc.
#1832
hambugira sad ni si frony!
#1833
kudos bro!
#1834
si apothecary taga cortes wa na man mucomment.
#1835
ajaw na lang si victor kay basin maacusan sya ug gihimo na niyang negosyo ang election.
#1836
i can't imagine how on earth people are peddling false information on Ms. Zobel. we all know that they are business people but it does not mean that they are not capable of doing good.

#1837
Bohol Directory / Re: Badjaos at Bohol Seaport
January 26, 2009, 06:02:46 PM
Quote from: Raquelproud boholana on October 15, 2008, 09:31:40 PM
Mike I wonder if this Bajao or sea gypsy earn enough money for food.I notice not all people throw coins on them, seems like everyone is in hurry to get out of the ship.When we went to cebu with my 3 year old son last 2005 riding a ferry from bohol we actually see them in cebu.We throw coins and bottle of water,chocolates, anything we can throw and whats funny we are the last person to get out in the ferry.
Mga Bajao man sad nang Manglilimos sa Tagbilaran di ba?I always see them peeking throw the window of mcdonald and always make sure I will buy food for them.Para makatilaw sad sila kung unsa ang lami sa mcdonald.I send lots of used cloths the hand me down from my kids via balikbayan boxes and give some to the Bajao too.Hope they use them.

usa ka masigabong pakpak para ni rac! karemember mo na pud ni si kc mga pag-umangkon nga gipaeskwela? kudos rac and may your tribe increase!
#1838
sa University of San Carlos Museum nakasud ko mga social man ang mga skulls didto kay nay gold fillings ang mga ngipon.
#1839
have thought of this project long ago. wa lang narealize kay i thought maposible lang kung ako na ang mayor sa valencia! LOL

anyway, for your seedlings, pwede mo mangayo or mupalit sa University of San Carlos. Na sila nursery para sa mga kahoy endemic to the Phils and Bohol. diha ko nakahunahuna ini nga project when i learned of this nursery.

Kudos mga sano/sana! (let's act na mga bro/bra)
#1840
No comment. Kanus-a ni nga issue?
#1841
mau ni para di himoung tambayan ang office sa accountant. kung official business pwede ra man gihapun mu sud.
#1842
na, wa gani koy ikapamiliti eroplano padung bohol para unta sa fiesta sa valencia.
magpahimo na lang kog pako ini.
#1843
has he really done anything significant to us?
#1844
basta dili i-convert ang mga basakan, kamaisan ug kalubihan to jatropha plantations, way problema. i think na pud sila demo farm sa cvscaft-bilar.

ang-ang man pud ug mukitkit na lang tag jatropha kung mag rice shortage na pud.

asa kaha nas valencia ibutang?
#1845
social ha, daddy-daddy man diay ning ungoya. LOL

haja haja nis glacier kay perfect man ug dad.
#1846
Help & Support / Re: My take on "personal attacks"
January 26, 2009, 03:04:47 PM
da, kaiktan lagi mong mike.
#1847
a, si keanna reeves. ang long lost cousin ni keannu. LOL

aye, taasa ana oi. lawm kau, di ko kasabot.
#1848
unsa man ni nato pagpabugno lumine?

bitaw, keep your cool guys! it's hhhmmmm cool! LOL

(chatto for gov, conching for v-gov mga pips)
#1849
di na jud maentertain si hotandsunnybohol kay na-banned man.
#1850
na, murag makakita pa diay buwad kay mag-sculpt pa man ang bohol's pride.
#1851
Quote from: buwadsanga on January 26, 2009, 01:24:03 PM
mas nindut paminawon ang ponto sa taga valencia. labinag si rene lim ang mo istorya. hehehehe! peace to ol valencianon....hehehe

kagun pa kang rene buwad.

utro sad ning taga jagna ay, gabawog bawog tawon ng ilang tuno! Peace buwad.
#1852
usahay ra uroy nas ric manglitrato. na man sila mga litratista. ang nagda sa ramasola orig pud run kay ija na man anak. kalipat ko sa ngan. mura nabuta si ric sa pagkadisgrasya.

naminyo sya ug usab noh?
#1853
Quote from: Angie Gulle on January 24, 2009, 06:48:23 AM
I went there last Jan. 7 and 9, 2009 to see the python and him. Tourists requested him to performed. And he did. My cousin and her family, my husband, my in-laws and Aunties were so pleased seeing him performed. In addition to that, he can speak different languages. Wow!

when we teased her if it were the languages of snakes, monkeys, rats, locusts and the like, nangloud sya angie. walk out ang beauty kay amo pud gibinuangan nga plastic si frony kay dili mulihok. LOL
#1854
lami siguro paminawon magtubag ang mga cool nga si bolingitboy ug bnc. LOL
#1855
that's quite interesting and very innovative glacier!

basin maawardan pa ka anang imung invention.
#1856
Quote from: glacier_71 on January 26, 2009, 11:33:59 AM
kung mangampanya diri sa TB, ok ra ba pod? any law regarding this?

i bet the law on this matter does not limit the forms of campaign that may not be had prior to the designated campaign period. so, it could be that campaigning via TB is prohibited.

(disclaimer: the COMELEC is very lax in implementing this law. Sen. Santiago filed a petition before the COMELEC on the alleged premature campaigning of Senators who appeared in various commercials to promote their so-called advocacies.  Expectedly, the case was dismissed. Im not sure if she filed an MR or appeal.)
#1857
Anonymous Diary Blog / Re: Let's Talk About Jollibee
January 26, 2009, 11:19:41 AM
muwork man sad unta ko diha sa nag eskwela pa ko pero wa gitugot sa kahitas-an.
#1858
basin makiha ko ana sir ug campaigning prior to the designated campaign period.
#1859
hope manay tess would find this posting. anyway, i'll just send this article to her.
#1860
Eyeball / Re: Informal EB in Cebu Jan 29?
January 26, 2009, 10:50:12 AM
wa lagi eb mga taga manila?

ingna nya ko para dili ko makaattend. LOL
#1861
pang candelaria glacier!
#1862
Ms. Zobel has my sympathy. Hope she'll not let these rumors destroy her resolve to preserve Bohol's legacy.

(kung bout hunahunaon, dili ra na mo kumajingking ng mga tresura kung tinood man gani)

We just can't please everybody apocarthinic. Kudos Ms. Bea!!!
#1863
Inspiration & Hope / Re: A Surgeon Prays
January 26, 2009, 09:46:06 AM
gi-block kay dili na magwork kay sige chat ug friendster
#1864
Inspiration & Hope / Re: A Surgeon Prays
January 26, 2009, 09:36:37 AM
Quote from: Lorenzo on January 23, 2009, 11:59:57 PM
Tito,

Gi blocked diay mo from visiting some sites? Mo recommend jud ko sa SCRUBS kai palamuut ang show. :)

sige, thanks dong. im running out of pirated dvds to watch na pud. God bless and Kudos!
#1865
sige, padugang dugang lang ning ako para taman Xmas 2009 ni nga thread. nanghipos na ba mo sa injong xmas tree?
#1866
mahal ug renta man siguro, i doubt mapuno or even masudlan sa mga muslim.

gawas siguro kung ubosan ng ilang renta. ang deposit man gani murag muabot ug 10 months.
#1867
http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/lifestyle/lifestyle/view/20090124-185362/Bea-Zobel-Jr-leaves-lifestyle-for-Bohol

Bea Zobel Jr leaves lifestyle for Bohol


By Marge C. Enriquez
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 23:01:00 01/24/2009


Close this BEATRIZ Susana Zobel de Ayala, aka Bea Jr., is pouring not only her own money but also her mind and soul into the cultural preservation of Bohol.

In Dauis, a quaint town in Pangalo island, she’s helping develop a first in the countryâ€" world-class tourism center with complementary sustainable livelihood programs revolving around a church complex and heritage site.

“It’s been my dream of saving our heritage by [making it benefit] the community,” Zobel tells Inquirer Lifestyle in an interview at Mandarin Oriental.

“I don’t feel communities have gained enough from tourism. There are many investors, but the people from the grassroots are not directly involved. My heart bleeds for them. I have a mission in life, and I usually work through my gut feel.”

With businessman and diver Joel Floro Uichico, and the Ayala Foundation Inc. (AFI), Zobel aims to build a self-supporting local economy while preserving the environment and culture of the historic towns of Baclayon and Dauis.

Zobel forged an agreement with the Diocese of Tagbilaran through Bishop Leonardo Medroso to support the redevelopment of the Dauis Rectory Courtyard and Center which includes the pilgrimage shrine, the Church of the Assumption of Our Lady.

She then formed the Dauis Renaissance Company Inc., with her as chair, CEO and president. It aims to restore the colonial church and to turn the complex into a viable tourist attraction, with its venue for functions, museum on local culture, café and souvenir shop featuring the best of Bohol.

Having tourism facilities in sacred sites is common abroad. Culture worker Ino Manalo says Bohol’s landmarks, such as the Baclayon Church, attract 200 tourists daily, and the Loboc Church has an art gallery.

“It’s not a new thing that heritage structures are used for tourism or making people more aware of the story of the church and the meanings of the church,” says Manalo.

“We are not reinventing the wheel. Dauis is the first example in Bohol where the church heritage structure can be set up to provide tourism facilities that, in turn, provide livelihood by having local people as suppliers.”

Suspicion and doubt

The plan did not sit well among the conservative sector of Dauis. Some residents complained there was lack of consultation. A manifesto circulated opposing Zobel’s project and expressing suspicion that the support of Ayala companies was to cover up the plunder of church relic.

There was even talk that Zobel was using the restoration project just to acquire the church’s treasures. The paper also alleged that the bishop took out a bank loan using the Dauis church, convent and cemetery as collateral. The bank denied this.

“I’ve learned through my ups and downs,” Zobel said about the criticism. “It’s like mountain climbing on high heels. It has taught me patience and to listen to what the community wants, not what Bea Zobel wants for them but what they need. It’s a process.”

Her involvement with Dauis began when museum worker Ino Manalo and the local clergy organized a dinner at the Assumption Church to make a presentation. The roof of the 140-year-old church was leaking. On its ceiling was a painting depicting the old complex, done by Rey Francio Canuto Avila in 1920. The water was destroying the painting.

By coincidence, the relic of St. Therese of the Child Jesus was also set to be brought to the shrine. However, Dauis didn’t have the facilities to host 5,000 pilgrims for the February 2008 visit.

Behind the complex is a sacred ground where, legend has it, two date palms grew after the image of the Virgin Mary image arrived in Dauis. The area had suffered from neglect. Zobel spent P2 million to build a deck to accommodate the pilgrims and also funded the lighting of the entire complex. This scenic deck is now a tourist spot and a venue for functions.

Movement 8 designers

Zobel, with another volunteer, Medi Singh, helped restore the deteriorating facilities of the adjacent convent. She flew in Movement 8 designers Milo Naval, Tes Pasola and Tony Gonzales to act as consultants in renovating the museum, the souvenir shop and heritage-theme café which are housed in the adjacent convent.

The convent bodega was restored and turned into an audio-visual and function room. She also sent cooks to train with chef Heny Sison, and staffers to train at the Ayala-owned Hotel Intercontinental and Marriott Cebu.

Although the pilgrimage was well-managed, Zobel got the flak from some church council members. She admits to having started on the wrong foot.

“You don’t come in with people from Manila and take over a whole site.”

Development plan

Learning from this, Zobel and the local clergy formulated a development plan and formalized it into a memorandum of agreement. The plan includes upgrading the restrooms, completion of the museum, construction of the kitchen and bakery, and acquisition of implements for dining and banquet services.

With a 10-year projection, the project is divided into three phases and will cost more than the estimated P18 million.

“Since we’ll have a hard time getting funding, let me put my own resources into this. Let’s build a template, and people will see that it works, I hope. That’s when funding will come in afterwards,” says Zobel.

A third of that amount (at least P6 million) is Zobel’s personal donation while the two-thirds (at least P12 million) is her capital outlay. She is heading this project for the first five years, and envisions that the complex will be able to run by itself.

Manalo says the plan is to provide employment and livelihood opportunities.

“We are launching a tour guide program, training locals such as the out-of-school youths,” he says. “We are consulting with the people to get the story of the town and the church. They will make the story themselves and will be put together. We will train the young people to tell the story.”

Zobel’s bigger job is that she’s organizing people to get involved, like planting organic crops that will supply the café and forming crafts groups like jewelry makers and weavers so they can make products that can be sold in the shop.

Zobel has collaborated with women who have been producing Boholano jewelry for several generations. Urnas, little shrines in old homes, were made into tourist souvenirs. These are selling well in Dauis’ museum shop.

Hospitality training

Zobel plans to provide training of waiters so that more functions can be held in the complex.

“That is to make Dauis self-sufficient and that the convent will be the engine in which they would feel they have to preserve this church,” she says.

“Spirituality is the center of all these towns,” Zobel explains. “If people could only see that it could also put food on their table. They are not just feeding their souls. They are feeding their human needs. It could be a win-win situation. We have to pass down to the community what is going on. It’s the first time ever that they’ve seen like this.”

On Feb. 1, Zobel’s group will meet with church organizations to come up with an information campaign. She also tapped a local nongovernment organization to do a survey on the living standards of each household.

“Joel and I have pledged that we will not leave until we see a sustainable structure on hand,” Zobel says. “Ino, Joel or I are not there to make money out of this. We are doing it because we love our country. We can do much more by standing back and helping them that way than if we had businesses there. We refuse to buy any property here. It hurts when there are these loud people who say I’m there for my own interest. I wish they could see what I’ve sacrificed.”

Widowed 14 years ago, Zobel has three children who are studying abroad. She travels just to attend to parental duties in school. She’s based in Bohol and comes to Manila only for important matters. Jaime Urquijo, 21, and Paloma, 18, are based in the United States. Still in London, Monica, 13, will also study in Rhode Island.

“My children are my priority,” Zobel says. “They lost their father [Juan Urquijo] when they were very young. They need me. I’m the only person they ever have. But there were many times I could not be with my kids because something was calling me in Bohol. I juggle to balance my life in doing the things that I’m passionate about. I gave up so many things. I left my lifestyle behind for
Bohol.”

“I try to be strong. I’ve put in so much already. For me to be suspected of stealing santos or digging for gold, it’s like whoa! Guys wake up! I don’t see myself so superficial. We’re here to work for our country and not for ourselves. I believe in you [referring to Bohol] and I believe in my country.”

#1868
welcome to tb gamhanang baruka.
#1869
taka lang nis glacier ay!

guindulman ba to ka glacier! ang injo kay sakit man sa dungan paminawon. LOL
#1870
Quote from: bol-anon nga cebuano on January 23, 2009, 11:14:42 PM
try kaha ko ask sa akong ig agaw kung tinuod ba jud ning taho bahin kang mayor jasmin balistoy. basin ug naa pud to siyay kasayoran kay taga cortes gud to.

unsay nay balita bnc?
#1871
hala, na banned si hotandsunnybohol. bali. LOL
#1872
maajo man jud ng manigurado daan glacier.

mga sano/sana, confirmed na jud ni:

gov: edgar chatto
v-gov: conching lim
#1873
beyond compare!
#1874
Come on!
#1875
General Topic / What is Virginity Worth Today?
January 23, 2009, 04:37:26 PM
CNN) -- Is a woman's virginity worth $3.8 million? That's how much a 22-year-old from San Diego, California, said she has been offered through an auction she announced in September.


Natalie Dylan, 22, said she has put her virginity up for auction through the Moonlite Bunny Ranch.

The woman, who goes by "Natalie Dylan," set up a private auction through the Moonlite Bunny Ranch, a legal brothel in Nevada, has given her lots of "business opportunities," she said.

Her top bid comes from a 39-year-old Australian, but she has no immediate plans to settle the auction, she said in a recent interview with CNN.

Some men may seek virgins because they want them as trophies, or desire purity. But as to why men would bid so much money on virginity, she said she has no answer.

"I honestly don't know what they see in it," she said.

If you think Dylan's auction amounts to prostitution, she completely agrees. She also said she's not breaking any laws -- after all, prostitution in Nevada is legal.

"I feel people should be pro-choice with their body, and I'm not hurting anyone," she said. "It really comes down to a moral and religious argument, and this doesn't go against my religion or my morals. There's no right or wrong to this."

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The idea that virginity has a high value harkens back to the days of early humans -- if a man has sex with a virgin woman, he knows for sure that her children will be his, anthropologists reason. In early civilizations, women were also considered the property of men, said Laura Carpenter, assistant professor of sociology at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee.

Through the 1950s in America, women were expected to remain virgins until marriage, Carpenter said. But with the availability of the pill and the IUD in the 1960s, combined with youth counterculture and gay rights movements, it became more common for women to engage in premarital sex, she said.

Attitudes shifted toward the conservative side in the 1980s with the worldwide HIV/AIDS pandemic, which made the stakes much higher for choosing a sex partner, especially for men. Abstinence-based education programs also took off around that time, with government support, she said.

Today, about 95 percent of Americans have sex before they're 25, Carpenter said. But worldwide, virgin prostitutes can claim larger fees, certain cultures still attach larger dowries to virgin brides, and some women undergo reconstructive surgery to restore their hymens.

In looking at Dylan's auction, "To some extent it's not new. The new part is the Internet," Carpenter said.

Dylan is not the first to hold a public sale for her sexual innocence. An Italian model reportedly had plans to sell her virginity for more than $1 million in September. Dylan said she was inspired by a report of a Peruvian woman who put her virginity up for sale.

Some think Dylan's auction may be indicative of a shift in the way society treats sexuality.

"In a world that is teeming with brand messages, with sponsorships everywhere, intimacy is really just the next thing to go," said Jon Ray, a 24-year-old marketing consultant in Austin, Texas, and author of the blog Who is Jon Ray?

Brett Austin Vanderzee, a 19-year-old student at Oklahoma Christian University who has pledged to stay a virgin until marriage, finds Dylan's actions somewhat appalling, but not shocking.

"It's kind of crazy, but I think it's the general direction that society has been heading in for a while," he said. "We're becoming more accepting of things that normally would have been considered unwise."

Kiara Daines, a 17-year-old from Detroit, Michigan, said she's saving herself until marriage for personal and religious reasons. Both Vanderzee and Daines said they have endured teasing from their peers because of their choice to remain abstinent.

Others say there's just too much hype around virginity. Martha Kempner, vice president for information and communications for the nonprofit Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S., said telling a young woman to stay"pure" misses the point that sexuality will influence her long after she loses her virginity.

"By putting the emphasis there, [on virginity], we're actually devaluing the rest of women, the rest of her, and the rest of her sexuality for the rest of her life," she said.

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A recent study in the journal Pediatrics showed that religious teens who take virginity pledges are as likely to have sex before marriage as their religious peers, and less likely to use condoms or birth control when they become sexually active.

Many people say losing one's virginity has different implications for men than women. While young women see the act as a symbolic giving of themselves, young men are more prone to want to get it over with and brag about it. Similarly, says Kempner, women are taught to keep themselves "pure" and help men exercise control, while there's a "boys will be boys" attitude around men.

Do men really think that virginity is worth millions of dollars?

Audacia Ray, a 28-year-old former sex worker from New York and author of "Naked on the Internet: Hookups, Downloads and Cashing In on Internet Sexploration," is skeptical. She views Dylan's auction as a publicity stunt and doesn't anticipate she'll "continue in the industry."

The importance of a woman's virginity may vary in different cultures, but generally there's not the high value there used to be, Ray said.

"It begins to be viewed more as a burden over time -- a burden in that losing virginity is an event, so that it has to somehow mean something, which is part of the reason why people are all up in arms about Natalie," she said.

How do Dylan's friends and family feel? Dylan, who said she was raised in a conservative, non-Christian religious household, said although her mother doesn't agree with her, she still loves her as a daughter. Generally people have been supportive, said Dylan, who uses "Natalie Dylan" as a pseudonym.

"I've talked with my exes, some different guys, and they understand it's just a business deal, and they know me, and they know I'm not this promiscuous girl. Honestly, even if I didn't do this, I'd always be the girl who thinks prostitution is OK," she said. "I would always want to find a partner that can accept me for me."
#1876
if im not mistaken, he admitted his homosexuality in an abs-cbn reality show. im not sure what program was it cause i don't have tv at that time.
#1877
hope he can live up to his promises and the people's expectations!

my prayers are with you, mr. president!
#1878
nay oblation sa ila balay. pero wa man mahuman di ba?

his parents and a sibling i think died in valencia, bohol during world war 2. a memorial in their honor was built by the abuevas later. its the structure near the boundary of garcia hernandez and valencia.

very touching story. as it was wartime, if i remember it right, dr. abueva had carry the remains of his parents and sibling in a boat just to give them an honorable burial.
#1879
open for all ng society-ha? or mga taga valencia ra?
#1880
Bohol Directory / Re: DATING THE CORTES CHURCH
January 23, 2009, 02:32:24 PM
a, k. thanks.
#1881
what an enumeration apothecary!
#1882
mao jud. ingun bitaw sila, everytime we point a finger to someone, remember nga tulo usab ka tudlo ang nagpoint sa imuha.
#1883
Inspiration & Hope / Re: A Surgeon Prays
January 23, 2009, 02:22:16 PM
walay youtube diri sa office and social networking sites kay sige na lang ug friendster and chat amo mga officemates.

mau gani nakalusot ning tb.
#1884
Amen.
#1885
Talk of the Town / Re: ICM Raffle Draw Hysteria
January 23, 2009, 01:35:20 PM
manay tess, pwede nimu i-email ang ato message sa bohol chronicle. just visit their website.
#1886
nanglimbawt ko tong nibisita ko sa sarrat church and convento kay niadmi sa torture chamber sa convento.

during the wedding oa aimee, ang ceiling sa sarrat giusob ug logs from canada. ang reception sa wedding diha ra sa kilid sa church. nagpagama si ferdinand marcos ug hall nga ang gigamit nga finishing bricks nga puwa pareha sa ila church and convent.
#1887
Eyeball / Re: Mini EB Last Jan 5, 2009
January 23, 2009, 12:52:25 PM
Quote from: Angie Gulle on January 23, 2009, 12:27:55 PM
Basta ako na uwaw jud that time. Pero happy ko to meet them all,kay bisan kami kami lng, lingaw pod katawa gamay. In other words, nag pa cute cute ko. hehehehehe

dili obvious sa imu avatar angie.

#1888
related ra bro. battered sya kay murag seloso nga wa sa lugar si joe.
#1889
Bohol Latest News / Re: Militant Farmers in Bohol
January 23, 2009, 10:52:24 AM
Mendiola Massacre, remember? Gisagulan sa mga NPA ang kawsa sa mga mag-uuma nga ligdong ug tomong sa pagprotesta sa mendiola.
#1890
neither. ni-wise na. LOL
#1891
kanang battered wife si mayor mutoo ko ana kay mao pud na dungog-dungog sa valencia nga maoy hometown sa ijang bana. nagtagotago na man gani si joe, wa na ig-kita.

kanang chismis nga nay laki si mayor ug nasakpan sya sa usa ka hotel sa tagb, lisud katouhan.
#1892
kagawad man sya sauna kung wa ko masayop then nilansad ug mayor kay nagkasumpaki sila sa iyang ig-agaw nga maoy naghupot sa cortes sauna, and Labor family. so, murag di na jud sya neophyte sa politics. i think this is already her second term.
#1893
LOL!

it was upon the advice of the Lim's political strategists.

ngana jud na politics bro.
#1894
Inspiration & Hope / Re: A Surgeon Prays
January 23, 2009, 09:32:09 AM
a, k. i'll try to grab pirated dvd copies of those soon. thanks

wa man koy cable diri dong. LOL
#1895
Word is all over valencia that Conching is eyeing the second highest elective post in the province.

in fact, when cesar ask for permission to do a pulong-pulong or what they called a concert in valencia, members of the Lims' political group blocked the said concert.
#1896
sounds so simple apothecary. indeed.
#1897
Anonymous Diary Blog / Re: Let's Talk About Jollibee
January 23, 2009, 09:03:42 AM
kij*d kij*d man pud to di ba. pero kalimot lang ko sa scene..
#1898
apothecary, sa likud ba tos simbahan ng ilang giingun nga hagdanan nga made of stone sad? wala man ko kita pa ana, nakadungog ra ko. na man gud pud ingun ana sa loay ako nakit-an pero ang pinakahabog jud kuno ng naas loon. (lig-on ng ilang simbahan kay sa loon, lugaw ray humok didto)
#1899
Photos Unlimited / Re: Ampalaya Mo Diha Peeps
January 23, 2009, 08:50:13 AM
aw, na diay mos gawas. churi.
#1900
basin mga kontra sa politika ni mayor ang nagpasiugda anang tsismisa. mag-anad na lang jud na si mayor ug ijang bana sa intriga kay kaluha na na sa politica.