1. For my college blockmates who turned out to be the best friends of my life. Best back up system.
2. For knowing that these people inspire me.
3. Gabby’s generosity. And how he manages to celebrate our birthdays together.
4. For pasalubongs from people who really know you well.
5. For bobo and deep conversations.
6. For who we are now, and the million possibilities of who we can become.

ANG GALENG!!!!!

Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad, 17-year-old classmates at Agincourt Collegiate Institute, took four months, many Saturdays, and $400 to carry a Lego figurine and four cameras miles above the earth, a project that the two did for fun, not for class.The DIY contraption included a GPS locator so the students could track the weather balloon (a professional-grade one they purchased online) once it landed. Using a website that calculates a weather balloon’s landing position based on coordinates and variables like wind speed, the two waited to launch the object until the timing was right for a Canadian landing.

The video shows the two-inch high LEGO man holding a Canadian flag flying high above Earth and the clouds, until the tilt of the earth’s axis can be seen. And then the balloon pops, sending the Lego guy back to the ground in a mere 32 minutes.

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People talking…
Tita: O, oreo o, kainin niyo
KIDS: Di na Tita, thank you

Tita checks out the packaging of the oreo.
Sabay pinangkamot sa likod, sa loob ng tshirt.

Say whuuutt??!?!?

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Best laugh of the day. =)

We can do this. I know we can, because we’ve done it before. Let’s remember how we got here. The state of our Union is getting stronger. And we’ve come too far to turn back now.

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Tonight, my message to business leaders is simple: Ask yourselves what you can do to bring jobs back to your country, and your country will do everything we can to help you succeed. My message is simple. It’s time to stop rewarding businesses that ship jobs overseas, and start rewarding companies that create jobs right here in America.

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Teachers matter. So instead of bashing them, or defending the status quo, let’s offer schools a deal. Give them the resources to keep good teachers on the job, and reward the best ones. In return, grant schools flexibility: To teach with creativity and passion; to stop teaching to the test; and to replace teachers who just aren’t helping kids learn…
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Those of us who’ve been sent here to serve can learn from the service of our troops. When you put on that uniform, it doesn’t matter if you’re black or white; Asian or Latino; conservative or liberal; rich or poor; gay or straight. When you’re marching into battle, you look out for the person next to you, or the mission fails. When you’re in the thick of the fight, you rise or fall as one unit, serving one Nation, leaving no one behind.
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So it is with America. Each time I look at that flag, I’m reminded that our destiny is stitched together like those fifty stars and those thirteen stripes. No one built this country on their own. This Nation is great because we built it together. This Nation is great because we worked as a team. This Nation is great because we get each other’s backs.

-We Can. Obama says so.

January is about to end. And the first month of 2012 saw me in a familiar place. Truth be told, I feel like I’m on a retreat. One that is far from being over. The promises, however, are slowly being kept.

Definitely under construction.
Grateful nonetheless. :)

And that’s when I know I have the best friends in the world. =)

“Travel is never a matter of money but of courage”
― Paulo Coelho, O Aleph