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BARBARA GONZALEZ
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                    [Title] => The age difference
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‘You know I’m a widow, in my 60s. I still work at an office and I work with a young man who is in his middle 30s. Before, we just used to be friends but lately I’ve noticed a change in the way we deal with each other. I think I may be falling in love with him.’

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I write many things in my mind, in the course of one day — when I am enjoying my pretty cup of tea or coffee, while I am swimming laps (my self-imposed penance for the sin of too much rice or cake), when I have little conversations with my five-year-old nephew Valiant who is Superman one day, and Mr. Bean the next. I have all these little stories I want to put on paper, while I am stuck in horrendous traffic and am too tired to even complain about it, when I see pretty flowers and kind faces, when I talk to my strong and very funny mother over lunch or dinner.

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You know I just moved house.  With that novelty comes a change in lifestyle or something that feels like it. 

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135494 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805260 [AuthorName] => Barbara Gonzalez-Ventura [SectionName] => Modern Living [SectionUrl] => modern-living [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 937914 [Title] => Writing or consulting? [Summary] =>

Retirement!  I looked forward to it at one time.

[DatePublished] => 2013-05-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135494 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805260 [AuthorName] => Barbara Gonzalez-Ventura [SectionName] => Modern Living [SectionUrl] => modern-living [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 833139 [Title] => Rizal@150 at SM: Reaching out to the youth [Summary] =>

With the Rizal@150 celebrations coming to a close, the SM Supermalls highlighted activities that would reach out to the youth and make the next generation aware of our National Hero’s life and times, as well as his values and greatness.

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Yzabelle, a new sterling silver jewelry line that is the brainchild of Mia Faustmann and her first cousin Barbara Gonzalez, presents its major collection, “Women of Rizal,” which features four capsule collections  The Leonor Valenzuela, Nellie Bousted, Saturnina and Teodora  all named after the women linked to Jose Rizal.

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Death is a reality we avoid talking about, but knowing that it can knock at our door or just pull us out of this earth at anytime can help us set our priorities, give importance to people we care about and, most of all, try to do what is right at all times.

[DatePublished] => 2012-05-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136207 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1529529 [AuthorName] => Mons Romulo [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 702860 [Title] => Noli at SM Cinemas [Summary] =>

As part of the Rizal@150 celebrations, the 1961 film version of Noli Me Tangere directed by Gerardo de Leon was showcased at selected SM Cinemas nationwide in a joint partnership with the German Embassy, Goethe Institut Manila, the National Historical Commission of the Philippines, the Cultural Center of the Philippines, My Rizal Project and Bayanihan Arriva Productions.

[DatePublished] => 2011-07-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 701401 [Title] => Awash with jewels [Summary] =>

How does one keep her sanity living in this country that has not changed in approximately 121 years?

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The recent “My City, My SM” launch at SM City Calamba came just in time for the Rizal@150 Celebrations, honoring National Hero Jose Rizal along with two modern-day heroes from his hometown: advertising executive, writer and entrepreneur Barbara Gonzalez, who also happens to be his great grand niece; and Marc Cosico of the Philippine High School of the Arts.

[DatePublished] => 2011-06-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) ) )
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