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Girls Deserve An Engagement Ring!!!

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

In response to today's Morning Show with Mo...

I still believe that girls deserve a beautiful and expensive engagement ring.

Don't get me wrong. A teacher of ours once said that if we do get a chance to get married, we should go out and do it because it's a wonderful thing. How many guys nga naman get to wake up next to the most beautiful in their world everyday and be sure that they love you. If we think about it, its a wonderful feeling that is why most people are itching to get married.

But, the reality of life is hard especially since we live in a third world country. We do not have the money to shell out for a 200k ring-- not even a wedding ring, just an engagement one. We'd rather put that money into a car that the family can use or a downpayment at a condo to become more stable in our life.

The thing is though, do you remember the time that you had the option of driving your girl to school or just having her commute? You know the more practical decision is to just have her commute and wish her a safe trip but don't you sometimes, despite better judgment still want to bring her home so you'll be sure that she's not only safe but comfortable as well and not too tired to still do her nightly routines when she gets home? It's the same thing as buying an engagement ring. Buy her a ring not because it's practical but because love is supposed to be like that, an outburst of ridiculous love and affection once in a while, to show how much you adore her. Come on, are you really practical all the time? Admit it, aren't you guilty of buying a freaking 3k worth of flowers for her birthday? Why don't you just give her the cash and everyone goes home happy? Because its the gesture that says "...I will do even the most ridiculously expensive and impratical thing (not all the time) at the times that matter just so that you not only know but are reaffirmed how much you are loved..."

Women want that man who would at least make the effort to bring home made lunch to work everyday for 3 months at least to save for that ring that's worth their girl. We're not saying that you should buy a 200k ring, just 3 months worth of your salary is good enough.

To all the girls out there: if you find someone like that, one that you know is willing to do everything, even sacrifice a little bit and put a little effort to make you happy, that guy's a keeper.

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Labels: engagement, I Keep Love Real, relationships, UAP, University of Asia and the Pacific

Posted by Gab at 8:28 AM | 12 Comment/s

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Unknown said last January 15, 2008 at 10:55 AM #..

hahha..yan...laugh trip kayo!!

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Unknown said last January 15, 2008 at 10:56 AM #..

heard that morning show too... people were so charged up about that issue!!! But you guys got a interesting thing going here!! hehe :) i so freaking agree! I'm gonna be giving my future away, might as well get a freaking nice ring for it!!!

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Anonymous said last January 15, 2008 at 12:09 PM #..

Yaaaa! a 24- carat diamond ring (ala paris hilton hahaha) and the guy should pay EVERYTHING no matter how big or small the wedding... ;)

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Anonymous said last January 15, 2008 at 12:36 PM #..

The guy should prepare for it. Hanggang kaya sa bulsa! Prenda na lahat ng gamit..

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Unknown said last January 16, 2008 at 8:21 AM #..

hahaha... i love you saber!!!

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Anonymous said last January 18, 2008 at 2:03 AM #..

True thing....Girl needs a ring, not a recycled ring from you're x-fiancee that dumped you. Cheap ass!

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Unknown said last January 21, 2008 at 8:12 AM #..

hahahaha.... heirloom ring from gossip girl sounds great!!! :)

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Gab said last February 11, 2008 at 1:25 PM #..

UA&P booth this week for special valentines event-- come visit at the CAS garden!!!!

From students of University of Asia and the Pacific

UA&P's I Keep Love Real Team

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Gab said last February 11, 2008 at 1:25 PM #..

UA&P booth this week for special valentines event-- come visit at the CAS garden!!!!

From students of University of Asia and the Pacific

UA&P's I Keep Love Real Team

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Gab said last February 11, 2008 at 1:25 PM #..

UA&P booth this week for special valentines event-- come visit at the CAS garden!!!!

From students of University of Asia and the Pacific

UA&P's I Keep Love Real Team

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Anonymous said last February 11, 2008 at 7:31 PM #..

Keep on supporting us guys!

UA&P's I Keep Love Real Team
University of Asia and the Pacific

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Anonymous said last February 11, 2008 at 7:32 PM #..

Keep on supporting us guys!

UA&P's I Keep Love Real Team
University of Asia and the Pacific

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I Keep Love Real (IKLR) is a campaign for a deeper understanding of the meaning of love,
relationships, and sexuality.

KEEP is respecting the nobility of affection and love.

LOVE refers to courtship, romance, and relationships between men and women with eyes towards friendship and marriage.

REAL is a quality of love that leads to respecting the dignity of the other person, waiting for marriage for love’s full expression, and making it last despite trials.

The first person pronoun "i" makes keeping love real a personal
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Talk Interactive talks given by ates and kuyas to high school and college students, with no-holds-barred conversation on real issues about love, relationships, and sexuality.

Mobile Booth iKLR hopes to build its name by creating familiarity with the youth through the setting up of booths in school-organized activities (e.g. fairs and variety shows)

Music Video From the winners of the 2007 I Keep Love Real Song-writing Competition, iKLR will launch a music video for the song that best captures the message of the campaign.

Lifestyle Merchandise Lifestyle merchandise such as baller bands, vintage necklaces, and dog tags are promoted as an expression of one’s personal commitment to keep love real.

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Scriptwriting Competition and TV Special Similar to the Photography Competition, iKLR hopes to engage the youth in discovering and promoting a kind of love that respects and nurtures, by means of a scriptwriting competition. The winning story will be presented to interested media partners for portrayal in appropriate television shows, to be launched the following year.

Real Love Revolution Southeast Asian Youth Congress Youth representatives from the Southeast Asian nations will be invited to the Philippines for a congress on real love revolution. Unity is fostered among these neighboring nations to uphold values strongly rooted in the Asian psyche.

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Keep Love Real Authored by Lora Tan-Garcia, Keep Love Real is a spritely read on love and chastity. In Lora’s words, “Chastity isn’t about what you can’t have and can’t do. It’s so much bigger and more triumphant than that. It’s actually having the life you’ve always wanted but perhaps didn’t think you could achieve through chastity...”

Congress Executive Report with Research The 2nd International Congress on Education in Love, Sex, and Life produced rich resource materials on character education: from experts worldwide and from a research study involving 4,000 Filipino colleges.

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