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                    [Title] => Wesak festival and Buddhism
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Yesterday, the full moon day of the Indian month of Vaisakh (Wesak), Filipino Buddhists, with some 350 to 550 million other followers of the Lord Buddha the world over, celebrated “The Appearance of the Reflection of the Buddha.”

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1318471 [AuthorName] => Flerida Ruth Romero [SectionName] => Letters to the Editor [SectionUrl] => letters-to-the-editor [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 769727 [Title] => Dragon year, fifth in lunar cycle, signals benevolence [Summary] =>

Of the 12 animals that responded to Lord Buddha’s call to appear before him, the dragon is the only mythical creature, and the only one that can fly.

[DatePublished] => 2012-01-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1281489 [AuthorName] => Doreen G. Yu [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/9526/sfthumbz.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 51222 [Title] => Seven centuries of Thailand in one magical night [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2008-03-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133855 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1122199 [AuthorName] => Althea Lauren Ricardo [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Entertainment [SectionUrl] => cebu-entertainment [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 235846 [Title] => A season for tikoy — and fortune-telling [Summary] => ’Tis the season for tikoy — literally, "sweet cake" — and fortune telling as a new lunar year begins tomorrow.

While commonly referred to as Chinese new year, the occasion is now celebrated by the general populace, with President Arroyo declaring tomorrow a "special working holiday."

Everybody wants tikoy, the sweet, round, sticky rice cake that will cap many a new year’s eve feast this evening. Traditionally, this is the time for families to come together to "gather around the hearth," to share a meal as lavish and bountiful as the budget will allow. The stickiness of the rice cake fosters the unity of the family. [DatePublished] => 2004-01-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 235598 [Title] => Swing It! Welcome The Monkey [Summary] => Astrology is one of the most ancient of the Chinese arts. It was practiced and had influenced major decisions in Chinese imperial courts. Of course, nowadays, the Chinese government does not rely on astrology when it formulates its economic or foreign policies, but feng shui still plays a good part in the lives of the Chinese–where to situate the door of a new building, when to launch a new product, when a wedding should be held...
[DatePublished] => 2004-01-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1435589 [AuthorName] => JVM Francisco [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 207370 [Title] => New Everest speed climbing record set [Summary] => KATHMANDU (AFP) — A Nepalese Sherpa yesterday smashed the Everest speed climbing record as the stampede to reach the summit of the world’s highest peak ahead of celebrations marking its conquest 50 years ago continued.

The Sherpa, 39-year-old Pemba Dorje, summited in a time of 12 hours 45 minutes, the Nepalese tourism ministry said.

The previous record was 16 hours 56 minutes, set in 2000 by legendary Sherpa Babu Chhiri who died after falling into a crevasse on Everest the following year.
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