Cecile Van Straten has played many roles — Parsons student, designer, and retail storeowner — but with nearly 30, hits a day, she has garnered more attention for her daily updates on her little corner on the World Wide Web. Her entries remain opinionated and humorous.
But a strong voice can sometimes mean bumping heads with other people — including a family member of mine, but they have since kissed and made up.
Read up as Cecile lets her guard down once again, but this time for The Dialogue. Honestly, I got fed up with dealing with sewers, the drama and headache of running a fashion business, and most of all, stealing employees. I want to encourage couples and families longing for children or a larger family to open themselves to fostering or adopting a child, as we. Bean for my kids, Philippe Starck, and Chace Crawford. I am more impressed with those that stay humble and reachable.
Maybe dinner with Boy George in Malate, where he offered me a job, to just pack up and work for him. But it was the wrong time as I had two kids and a husband. A short time later, he was arrested for drug possession, so not meant to be. I told him I loved him, though. You know, when you really want something, your heart hurts. It feels so good to be loved by someone so small and handsome.
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Young Star. What made you throw in the towel with fashion design? How do you address haters? What cause are you passionate about? I want to encourage couples and families longing for children or a larger family to open themselves to fostering or adopting a child, as we Jauxlogs: Mixing her Chanel with her chuva and chutzpah, Cecile is an icon for high culture, low culture, and most especially every one in-between. Mama Puma: One fashionable mother, lover of kids that Cecile is, at an event for Puma.
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My instinct during a time like this, was to offer to pay for the medical bill because the victim was poor.
Never mind if it was his fault. This, I told the police officer over the phone. The police handed the phone to the doctor who told me I had to make a Php 20, deposit to have Nilo confined.
The doctor then asked if I would have the victim transferred to a government hospital because Medical City is expensive. It would cost more than Php , for the first surgery.
I braced myself. Having experienced horrible service at a government hospital in , I told them to keep Nilo there. I could imagine the pain he was going through and thought the humanitarian thing was to get him treated as soon as possible.
I spoke to Nilo on the phone and told him not to worry, I would take care of the bills. But I need him to sign a waiver that it ends there. I would pay for his bills and he cannot run after us or press charges because he was the one jaywalking. I was there to help him get through this.
Nilo was kind and agreed. I quickly called my lawyer cousin and asked him to email me a waiver form. Then I sent my maid to the hospital with Php 20, deposit and the form. And then I got a call back that Nilo refused to sign the waiver. I decided to call to Nilo on the phone. Apparently he had consulted with his boss in Tarlac who told him not to sign anything.
I reached out to my cousin to ask the boss to vouch for me before I talked to him. Unfortunately my cousin refused to help me. God knows I have watched too may Brillante Mendoza movies to know what happens in there….
I honestly got exhausted writing Part One that I had to stop, have a massage, and take a nap. But I felt like I had to write it because what I went through was so painful, to think that I stressed about it for only a week. What more the actual victim who could be suffering up to now? It was nearing midnight when I got the dreaded call. I used my chirpy, friendly voice.
My name is Cecile. Perhaps he could ask them about me and they could vouch for my character. So I let him talk. But I wanted to say, please calm down. He went on and on, I even put the phone down on the table because he was yelling at me. I just want to help. My driver needs to go home. It was an accident. Nilo was jaywalking with a phone on his ear….
I just need Nilo to sign the waiver so that my driver can go home. You are being rude. I meant no harm. I put the phone down, shocked by his behavior. I was shaking. I got another call from our driver. The cops would let him go home if they leave the BMW at the precinct. But our driver refused. I talked to my lawyer cousin who talked to my driver, who humbly said he was fine spending the night at the precinct and I should go to bed.
After that, I blocked his number because I refuse to be treated that way again. In the morning my lawyer cousin would go to the hospital and talk to Nilo and his boss.
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