Marian Rivera's Secrets To Getting Sexy & Smooth

Before you're quick to dismiss Marian Rivera as just another pretty young actress, you might want to take a closer look. The latest poster child for popular telenovelas and a growing list of endorsements might conjure up images of being a prima donna, a stereotype that Marian herself likes to mock while she's on the set working. But the reality is, this big star is more level-headed than you would expect. Do not, however, equate her modesty with being quiet and reserved, as this girl is an outspoken ball of energy, capable of throwing quick one-liners and witty comebacks before you can see them coming.

"Palaban ako," she'll say one minute, with an air of apparent confidence, then laugh the next at a random joke she herself cracked. Only after taking a closer look will you realize it: there's a mixture of a warm, childlike innocence and a feisty, strong-willed attitude in this bubbly, 5'4" package.

One thing that keeps this 23-year-old humble and grounded is the doting maternal grandmother who raised her. A self-confessed "lola's girl," she proudly claims it was her grandmother's guidance that helped her successfully graduate from college (with a degree in AB Psychology from De La Salle University Dasmariñas) before she could even consider a career in show business. After some modeling projects and small breaks on TV, she was eventually catapulted into stardom, quickly becoming a household name.

Now she is the newest endorser of Facial Care Centre's LaserLight hair removal, and could very well be their walking testimonial. Not only does she personify LaserLight's promise of perrmanently removing unwanted hair, but also the carefree, confident attitude that comes with it. She began getting LaserLight treatments way before her roles in MariMar and Dyesebel came, something she admits was (and still is) a key advantage during shooting those TV shows as the characters she portrayed always had to don revealing outfits.

"My tapings would last 24 hours a day, tuloy-tuloy yon so wala na rin akong time to wax or shave, and if ever, mag-aantay pa ako ng re-growth bago mag-hair removal uli. At least sa LaserLight, wala na akong pinoproblema. Big convenience talaga," Marian says.

She recalls her past hair-removal methods of waxing and shaving were a big hassle and caused delays. Being of Filipino-Spanish descentt (her father is pure Spanish), she inherited not only a pair of doll-like eyes and an hourglass figure but the trait of being balbon as well. "Balbon talaga ako, dati ang dami kong hair sa legs," she recalls.

After her first attempt at hair removal through shaving, the re-growth came in coarser and thicker, much to her dismay. Waxing, on the other hand, was painful and time-consuming. So the discovery of LaserLight hair removal excited her enough to want to try it immediately. After experiencing it firsthand, she had nothing but raves and praise for the treatment. Marian happily relates that it not only got rid of the hair on her legs, it also made the skin on her legs much smoother because ingrown hair never became a problem. She's had LaserLight done on her underarms as well, which now look smooth and flawless. LaserLight also prevents the darkening of the skin on the underarms that often results from the trauma of various irritating hari removal methods (like waxing or harsh creams).

Marian says that LaserLight has definitely boosted her self-esteem, considering she is now less conscious (if at all) of her unwanted hair, a problem many women have. Marian proves that being hair-free and sexy is a definite guarantee with LaserLight hair removal.

LaserLight hair removal is available at Facial Care Centre.

Taken from The Philippine Star

Are You Intelligent?: The meaning of true intelligence...

A student gets a perfect score in his test. His classmates then comment, "That guy is intelligent." Is he? We all know for a fact that we, students, are getting to be experts in the field of cheating among which includes the cheating arrangement. Along with it, we also have very trained eyes to see our seatmate's answers at a glimpse and very trained ears to hear our seatmate whispering the answer to us. So if a student gets a perfect score in his test, is doesn't necessarily mean he is intelligent.

When does one become intelligent? One becomes intelligent when he has a great "capacity to understand." The key word is understand -- NOT MEMORIZE. You may say it's better to memorize than to understand because in memorization, the information tends to "stick" to your brain. This is only partly true because in memorizing, you can only absorb part of the information. It is believed that if a person has a better capacity to understand and get new information into his mind, his memory isn't as good. But this has been proven otherwise. Researches of some neuroscientists show that these two -- memory and intelligence -- are two very different things and are probably controlled by two different parts of the brain.

Further research shows that our capacity to memorize or remember things must be related to our emotions regarding the subject. This would explain why some of us can memorize better when we are in desperation and not so much when we are in stress or tension. One of its disadvantages is the tendency of the information to "disappear" when we have relaxed. Another is having a hard time to remember what the information is under heavy stress. Some tests conducted by some neuroscientists showed that we can remember the information that we can't normally remember once a certain instance or object, similar to that in the information we want to remember, triggers a nerve in our brain that would suddenly flash the said information into the mind.

These are the reasons why it is better to understand whatever information we receive (be it a subject, topic, news or any discussion or symposium) because once we have set our mind to truly understand what we are about to encounter, the information will "carve" itself in our minds and we won't have a hard time remembering it. When it comes to reading information from newspapers or magazines, it is better to get the main idea of the topic and then analyze each of the data in connection with the main idea.

But with regard to solving puzzles and answering questions like those in the National College Entrance Examination (NCEE), the capacity of the person to understand will enable him to analyze the data faster than usual. He will be able to find the connection between Object 1 and Object 2 and apply it to find the partner for Object 3.

True intelligence is therefore marked by the person's capacity to understand the information he encounters. It doesn't necessarily have to reflect on your test score (but you must have an above-average score). With this in mind...ARE YOU INTELLIGENT?

Rico Andrew Patron, HS450

Taken from The Bosconian Forum