Sino-Israeli Kiddushin

MabuHAI

"China just has been incredibly strategic in how it develops... the largest reserves in the world, so they have tons of money right now, where nobody else has money. They're going around buying natural resources. I'm a Journalist and you have to go to where the biggest stories are and China really is the biggest story for the rest of my life. I think Chinese and Israelis have a lot of interesting similarities: both of them have ancient histories, and the Chinese really admire that about the Jews and about Israel, but their states are also very young. I'm really interested in China's relationship with other emerging markets. China's ascendancy in world politics means that's it's going to shift the balance. It's not U.S. hegemony anymore. Countries are starting to create new relationships to China. I'm focusing on the exchange between China and Israel. It's probably the biggest Gaming market in the world: just hundreds of rows of computers and playing endlessly. They just passed Germany to be the 3rd largest economy and they'll probably pass Japan to be the 2nd largest economy in a year. And they'll pass the United States within the decade, surely. They are really training their labor force to be better educated and to innovate. And that's another point of contact between Israel and China, that Israel is known for being innovative and that's really one of its greatest exports: and that is the direction that China wants to move in. No other country can compare. That is part of the appeal: it's just a massive, massive country. I intend to be going there regularly, and covering it regularly, and I hope my children learn Chinese, so it's a long-term commitment." — Manuela Zoninsein

Filipina-Hudyo Kiddushin

Dedicated to Marilyn-Joy@Ken, on their engagement

Sabraguita: Toward A Bamboo Ketubah

Based on Yechezkel 37

You

UST Singers of Ha'Filipinim

Ikaw ang bigay ng Maykapal
Tugon sa aking dasal
Upang sa lahat ng panahon
Bawat pagkakataon
Ang ibigin ko'y ikaw

You are the gift granted by G-d
His answer to my prayers
So that forevermore
With every given moment
The one I will love is you

Ikaw ang tanglaw sa 'king mundo
Kabiyak nitong puso ko
Wala ni kahati mang saglit
Na sa iyo'y may papalit
Ngayo't kailanma'y ikaw

You are the light of my soul
Who completes my heart
No one else to share it with
Mine is yours to exchange with
Today and forever, yours

Ang lahat ng aking galaw
Ang sanhi ay ikaw

All that I am {and will be}
The reason is you

Kung may bukas mang tinatanaw
Dahil may isang ikaw
Kulang ang magpakailan man

If, there is a future I can {now} see
It is because of only you
"Eternity" would not suffice

Upang bawat sandali ay
Upang muli't muli ay

For me, to love you each moment
Each moment, eternal

Ang mahalin ay —

The one I will love is —

Ikaw

You

Speech sa Wedding Fiesta

Mabuhay Family and Honorable Friends,

My name is Virginia Fabro Rivera: Mother of The Bride, Mercy. On behalf of The Father of The Bride, Sixto Enriquez Rivera: The Riveras wish to thank you for accepting our invitation to witness this most momentous occasion — on the weekend anniversary of The Liberation of The Philippines and The Legalization of Interracial Marriage — culminating today with the formal wedding of Mercedes and Anthony.

I would like to present a covenant of peace and express my love and gratitude with The Father and Mother of The Groom and welcome the unification of our respective families into one. The Gates are now open.

To my new son and pearl daughter,

Anthony. When you respectfully asked permission to propose marriage to Mercy — and she said yes — I knew our blessing was not in vain and I trust that — Anthony and Mercy — you will honor the sacred commitment. I wish each of you an abundance of love, joy, peace, ant-honey and soy-milk. G-d be with you both, forevermore, as one. Your everyday, Earthly-Heaven. May you gaze upon the moon, resting in one's embrace, reminiscing. Dream. Believe as Bamboo. Grow in wisdom and understanding, like a Garden. And may the sun of my birth nation, The Philippines, shine brightly upon The Tree of Mabuhai, upon you and Mercy's cultivated birds' nest — in one accord, your souls welcoming lasting peace. I love you and always remember:

"Walang ligaya sa lupa na hindi dinilig ng luha"

["There is no earthly bliss not watered by tears"]