Love - Informing, Engaging and Connecting CommunityThe Canadian Filipino Net is an online publication owned and operated by the Maple Bamboo Network Society, a non-profit society powered by an all-volunteer stafhttps://www.canadianfilipino.net/more/love2024-03-19T04:57:43-07:00Canadian FilipinoRapidweaverLove in the Time of COVID-192023-02-16T00:09:28-08:002023-02-16T00:09:28-08:00https://www.canadianfilipino.net/more/love/love-in-the-time-of-covid-19By Eleanor R. Laquian /<p><img src="https://www.canadianfilipino.net//images/photos/feb2023/valentines-day.jpg" alt=""></p><p>February 16, 2023 - While celebrating Valentine’s Month this year, I was reminded by a friend who is always in love “that love is the most powerful energy in the universe.”<span class="Apple-converted-space"></span></p>
<p><img src="https://www.canadianfilipino.net//images/photos/feb2023/valentines-day.jpg" alt=""></p><p>February 16, 2023 - While celebrating Valentine’s Month this year, I was reminded by a friend who is always in love “that love is the most powerful energy in the universe.”<span class="Apple-converted-space"></span></p>
Will You Still Remember, Mommy? (Maalala mo pa kaya, Inay?)2022-01-31T23:11:55-08:002022-01-31T23:11:55-08:00https://www.canadianfilipino.net/more/love/will-you-still-remember-mommy-maalala-mo-pa-kaya-inayBy Dulce Amba Cuenca /<p><img src="https://www.canadianfilipino.net//images/photos/feb2022/sunset-g23714cf27_640.jpg" alt=""></p><p>It’s been four years since we said goodbye.<br />You went abroad to take care of two kids as old as Kuya and I.<br />I counted the days, weeks, months, and years.<br />Each passing time, my longing for you swelled through my tears.</p>
<p><img src="https://www.canadianfilipino.net//images/photos/feb2022/sunset-g23714cf27_640.jpg" alt=""></p><p>It’s been four years since we said goodbye.<br />You went abroad to take care of two kids as old as Kuya and I.<br />I counted the days, weeks, months, and years.<br />Each passing time, my longing for you swelled through my tears.</p>
Is there a universal definition of love?2021-01-31T18:43:25-08:002021-01-31T18:43:25-08:00https://www.canadianfilipino.net/more/love/is-there-a-universal-definition-of-loveBy Staff /<p><img src="https://www.canadianfilipino.net//images/photos/feb2021/love-each-other.jpg" alt=""></p><p>Romantics say love is a yearning for someone, an insatiable longing to care. Intellectuals explain it as a function of the brain, the master of all emotions. And while poets and songwriters wax lyrical about this “most wondrous feeling of all,” love story movies take at least two hours to show that love is truly “a many splendored thing.”</p>
<p><img src="https://www.canadianfilipino.net//images/photos/feb2021/love-each-other.jpg" alt=""></p><p>Romantics say love is a yearning for someone, an insatiable longing to care. Intellectuals explain it as a function of the brain, the master of all emotions. And while poets and songwriters wax lyrical about this “most wondrous feeling of all,” love story movies take at least two hours to show that love is truly “a many splendored thing.”</p>
Carmelia Ray: Staying in love with the business of love2021-01-31T18:27:31-08:002021-01-31T18:27:31-08:00https://www.canadianfilipino.net/more/love/carmelia-ray-staying-in-love-with-the-business-of-loveBy Rachel Ramos-Reid /<p><img src="https://www.canadianfilipino.net//images/photos/feb2021/carmelia-ray.jpg" alt=""></p><p>“Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match!” So goes a line from the musical <em>Fiddler on the Roof’s</em> iconic “Matchmaker” song. And doing just that is what matchmaker, relationship expert and dating coach Carmelia Ray has been doing for close to three decades.</p>
<p><img src="https://www.canadianfilipino.net//images/photos/feb2021/carmelia-ray.jpg" alt=""></p><p>“Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match!” So goes a line from the musical <em>Fiddler on the Roof’s</em> iconic “Matchmaker” song. And doing just that is what matchmaker, relationship expert and dating coach Carmelia Ray has been doing for close to three decades.</p>
A Lifetime of Love: Lessons Learned from Andy and Ben2021-01-31T18:25:08-08:002021-01-31T18:25:08-08:00https://www.canadianfilipino.net/more/love/a-lifetime-of-love-lessons-learned-from-andy-and-benBy Maya Laquian /<p><img src="https://www.canadianfilipino.net//images/photos/feb2021/Best-friends-forever-Maya-and-Andy.jpg" alt=""></p><p>One of my fondest early childhood memories is when we got our cats, Andy and Ben, in November of 2004.</p>
<p><img src="https://www.canadianfilipino.net//images/photos/feb2021/Best-friends-forever-Maya-and-Andy.jpg" alt=""></p><p>One of my fondest early childhood memories is when we got our cats, Andy and Ben, in November of 2004.</p>
Do we fall in love with our hearts or with our brains?2020-01-31T22:10:50-08:002020-01-31T22:10:50-08:00https://www.canadianfilipino.net/more/love/do-we-fall-in-love-with-our-hearts-or-with-our-brainsBy Eleanor R. Laquian /<p><img src="https://www.canadianfilipino.net//images/photos/feb2020/love-couple.jpg" alt=""></p><p><strong>It has been said that the brain is a most outstanding organ</strong><strong>.</strong> (It manages most of your bodies' activities and processes information received from both outside and inside the body and <em><strong>is</strong></em> the very seat of our emotions and cognitive abilities, including thought, long- and short-term memory, and decision-making.) </p>
<p><img src="https://www.canadianfilipino.net//images/photos/feb2020/love-couple.jpg" alt=""></p><p><strong>It has been said that the brain is a most outstanding organ</strong><strong>.</strong> (It manages most of your bodies' activities and processes information received from both outside and inside the body and <em><strong>is</strong></em> the very seat of our emotions and cognitive abilities, including thought, long- and short-term memory, and decision-making.) </p>