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More and more Pinoys seeking love online

By Mike Frialde
Philippine Star (February 13, 2006), pp. 1, 12
URL http://www.newsflash.org/2004/02/si/si002123.htm

Despite the dangers of meeting strangers online, there are also encounters that actually end in blissful marriage.

Danilo Arao, a professor, is one of the lucky ones. FULL TEXT

Friendsters and lovers

By Josefa Labay Cagoco
BusinessWorld Weekender (February 10-11, 2006), p. 2
URL http://itmatters.com.ph/news.php?id=021006f

He writes in what colleagues describe an "unsmiling" tone, an observation affirmed by his serious demeanor. He is a journalist, a professor, an activist and a techie. He was also a person resigned, in his own words, to a life of single-blessedness. Imagine the surprise of friends and acquaintances when he announced he was getting married and to someone he had met in, of all places, Friendster. FULL TEXT

After a Year of Wedding Bliss

By Judith L. Balean-Arao
Solar Power (January 18, 2006), http://solarpower.dannyarao.com/?p=33

Realizing that I �survived� my first year of married life, I am prompted to look back at what I have miserably done to my life, as well as my husband�s and loved ones�.

Wow! How horrible was my married life? Very horrible�in my dreams! FULL TEXT

A Serious Wedding on Ni�os Inocentes

By Danilo Ara�a Arao and Judith Lopez Balean
Solar Power (January 18, 2006), http://solarpower.dannyarao.com/?p=32

This is an unpublished article written immediately after the �pamanhikan� in November 2004. We deem it appropriate to share this on the occasion of our first wedding anniversary on December 28, 2005. FULL TEXT

We were among those interviewed in a segment on Friendster of Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho on August 27, 2005 at 8:00 a.m. You may read our blog entry on this.

Our story was featured in the Valentine's Special of The Probe Team Documentaries titled "Basta Pinoy, Sweet Lover" aired over ABC 5 on February 15, 2005 at 10:00 p.m. Please check out selected vidcaps of this episode.

We were interviewed on the radio program Woman Talk hosted by Marou Sarne-Pahati on February 8, 2005, 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. aired over DWIZ 882 khz (AM station). Excerpts of our interview were aired on February 12, 6:45 a.m. over DWIZ.

Studio shot of Joy and I; click image to view full text

Friendster-inspired `wired' meeting ends in wedding

By Judith Lopez Balean
Philippine Graphic (Vol. 15, Nos. 30-31, January 3-10, 2005), pp. 56-57

"We started through the web, now we're going to be wed!" That's the kicker on our internet card-like wedding invitation and wedding special website which, incidentally, also sums up our story. FULL TEXT

Finding Joy in a Time of Crisis

By Danilo Ara�a Arao
Bulatlat (Vol. 4, No. 42, November 21-27, 2004)

Writing about one's life could be a struggle if he or she wants to avoid being kitschy, trivial and too self-absorbed. The task even becomes more daunting if there is an attempt to make a personal essay socially relevant. At this point, I beg the reader's indulgence as I try to explain the historical circumstances behind my current preoccupation with journalism, politics, economics and wedding preparations. FULL TEXT

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