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CONTENTS
64 OCT 2012
Filipino-Dutch model Laurens Foronda eases into fall-winter in this month’s chilled out fashion feature.
FEATURES
Investing in the Philippines Going Solo Passion to Profits Relationships: Internet Dating A Few Good Men In MMA Fighting Form
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COLUMNS
Editor’s Note 1 Contributors 4 Letters 10 Illuminati: The Business of Being Cool 14 Kabuhayan – Money: Ten Top Investments for Filipinos 30 Kabuhayan – Money: Investing in Condos 34 Kabuhayan – Entrepreneurship Cooking it Up 36 Pinoy Entrepreneur 38 Bayanihan Corner 40 Pinoy Pro 42 Spirituality: The Best Investment in the World 44 Relationships: Internet Dating 46 Illustrado Scrapbook 62 Onli in Da Pilipins: Who’s Your Papa? Who’s Your Papa?! 96
FASHION
Fashion: Easy Sunday 64
PEOPLE AND PLACES
Trippin’: 5 Things To Do 80 Trippin’: Heritage Hotels 82 Pinoy Planet: From the Black Forest to the Bavarian Alps 86 Katutubong Filipino: Calamian Tagbanua 90
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