THEY arrive from an afternoon excursion, shopping for orchids for their Quezon City home. They call each other “Baby,” and instinctively change into clothes in the same shade for the photo shoot. One is a celebrity a few years older; the other works behind the scenes, but it’s definitely a relationship of equals. They first met on November 3, 1983 — both remember the date in a heartbeat — and will mark their 24th year as a couple this year.
There’s no stopping Pinoy Big Brother Double Up ex-housemates Melai Cantiveros and Jason Francisco from being the hottest love team of the masses. Reality TV’s wacky yet romantic couple had fun together with the PBB staff and crew last Sunday night at a videoke place but unknown to the two, the celebration was also meant as a thanksgiving to the high ratings of Melason In Love, the morning ‘realiserye’ that documents Jason and Melai’s romance here in the outside world.
Gone were those days when wise men would warn about the Ides of March because today March is a hot, merry month when students mark the culmination of years of hard work. March is “graduation” month. And even if it’s a happy occasion, Graduation Day almost always comes with tears or at the very least, a sigh. Students get emotional because as a new chapter in their life begins, they leave behind a lot of memories.
