Mindanao Daily Lifestyle (November 3, 2014)

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Volume III, No. 132

Editor: Christine Cabiasa

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MIA DURANO Anatomy of a fashion blogger By MARK FRANCISCO, Assistant Lifestyle Editor

MEET Mia Durano. Fashionista. Socialite. Blogger. She’s the de facto quintessential princess of style in CDO. At the tender age of 18, Mia started her blog TheHandmadeTurban.com. Two years later today, it has already commanded quite a following among young fashionistas in Cagayan de Oro. Coming from a prominent family in Cebu, you would expect Mia to be the maarte type. She’s the opposite instead. In this interview conducted last Friday at Starbucks Centrio, Mia shows up in a simple black tank top with very minimal makeup and all. She converses in a bubbly and carefree way, recounting her blogging, travels and experiences in casual joy. “It is but natural for a girl or a woman to be conscious of how she looks and how she carries herself at all times. It’s not being fashionista, it’s just being who we are,” Mia says. Sometime in April 2012, this AB International Studies senior from Xavier University chanced upon an online tutorial on how to make your

own turban. Mia tinkered with all the sewing stuff, taking photos in the process and posting them online. This was the birth of TheHandmadeTurban.com. Today, Mia updates her blog once a week. “My priority is my studies first. We have an ongoing thesis to defend but while I have the time, I blog,” she says. Assisting Mia in taking up pictures of her in various outfits is her 16-year-old younger sister Aniana who is a budding fashionista herself. Staying in CDO for the past eight years has also inspired Mia to start her blog. “The fashion sense among Cagayanons has definitely evolved. Our looks have become more vibrant,

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Three CDO groups shortlisted for TAYO 2014 By MARK FRANCISCO, Assistant Lifestyle Editor

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T’s an initial big triumph for Move this World-Pilipinas, ROTA Philippines, Inc. and Green Hand, three Cagayan de Oro-based groups, who are included among the ten nominees from Mindanao shortlisted for the prestigious Ten Accomplished Youth Organizations (TAYO) 2014 awards. Anti-bullying lobbyists Move this World-Pilipinas, mountaineers-with-a-cause ROTA Philippines, Inc. and gardening advocates Green Hand will join eight other groups to compete in the two-day Area Finals for TAYO 2014 this November 10 to 11 here in Cagayan de Oro City. They will be joined by ACCESS PYLAP AA, Inc. (Zamboanga City), BNCHS-YECS (Bayugan City), Comvalicat

Youth Builders (Compostela Valley), Hearts and Brains Youth Volunteers (General Santos City), Holy Trinity College ENACTUS (General Santos City), New Breed Special Force (Davao City) and SDSSU 4-H Club (Taglina). Move this World’s journey is an inspiring one. Started in 2013 in Cagayan de Oro City by physical education teacher Primitivo Ragandang, it has introduced dance workshops all over Mindanao as a peace and stress-relieving tool especially at schools in conflict-rdden areas. By late 2013, they have shifted focus to fasttrack the implementation of Republic Act (RA) 10627, otherwise known as the Anti-Bullying Act of 2013. They train both teachers and

students on movement- and dance-based workshops that will discourage bullying and promote empathy, mediation, diversity appreciation, anger management and conflict transformation. Topics discussed include Social and Emotional Learning in a Safe School Climate, Gamebased Approach of Understanding Emotional Learning, Biological and Scientific Triggers to Behavior, Somatic Safe Space Building, Dance and Empathetic Behavor, Sports for Bullying Prevention, among others. They also provide counseling and other activities that will enhance the psycholsocial and emotional well-being of both

the victim and the bully with

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