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Tanjay's most elusive
bachelor weds
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RANCHO PALOS VERDES – Orlando
G. Zerna (aka Bebe Zerna, Eric Jones, Pretty Boy), gave
up his long held title as TanjayUSA’s Most Elusive Bachelor after a
whirlwind courtship a week after Valentines Day when, in seeming
bewilderment. He exclaimed, I do? Oh, yeah, yeah. I do!” to Dr.
Hygeia Bayer, a vivacious youthful former AFS scholar and now an OB-Gyn
whose last practice was in Bahrain and the Sultanate of Brunei, in a
well attended private wedding ceremony held at the 14-room
sprawling mansion owned by his pretty sister and entrepreneur Lu
Colgrove, who also happens to be the incoming President of Tanjay
Association, USA.
(Continued on page 9)Originally intended to be an outdoor garden wedding, the formal ceremonial rites and reception had to be held indoors on account of heavy rains and thunderstorm (which led Jun Laxina to whisper to wife Precy, "Pusot-pusot gyud ning mga anak ini!" calling to mind an old Tanjay superstition of marrying during a thunderstorm.) And then when the lightning flashed followed by a loud clap of thunder, we overheard Armi Gayo remark, "Sus, ug maka-timing si Bebe, Superman Ladlaran kada Viernes
One Friday last January, didto mi sa
Ladlaran sa Tanjay. It was market day sa ato. Alegre kaayo.
The
whole two blocks along Rizal Street from Hotel de Tanjay, all
the
way to the church, galaray gyud nang mga baligya: mga utanon, mga
salag-on,
mga frutas, sinanlag mani, linat-ang mani, kombo, botse, dinoldog,
bibingka,
bud-bud - all native stuff. But then, startlingly, from the
corner
of Legaspi Street abut sa Park Cafe, la-in na pud - puro gyud na mga State
side! Multihued skirts, blouses, shirts, suits, also wedding
gowns,
wool jackets, movie costumes, even over-sized jockey shorts, were on
display.
Mora'g Memorial Day Sale sa Bloomingdales or Macy's.
(Well,
here in this part of the commercial world, they have a term for that:
(ukay-ukay!) (Continued on page 10)
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 Blushing bride and nervous groom: Mr and Mrs Orlando G Zerna(nee Dr Hygeia Bayer) swing and sway on their wedding day. "I waited my whole life for a lady like this. She is one in a million. She came, she saw, and, mao na'y gina-ingon, the rest is "herstory". (Katalana, taga Tanjay ra gyud.)
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