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Mikey: Your chances of success are directly proportional to the degree of pleasure you derive from what you do You cannot raise a man up by calling him down good sam: you are all nonsense bert: Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others Jason: He that can have patience can have what he will 405056: Passion is always an expression of the soul

I have a story to tell...it goes like this... I attended the reception dinner for Singapore President R.S. Nathan at the Shangrila Hotel Makati. I wanted to have a picture with the president so I could show it off to my friends but I did not have an access to him so I just decided to enjoy myself with the food. Just before I could take half the food in my plate, my singaporean husband asked me to come with him to meet Sen. Richard "Dick" Gordon, with whom he had a chat already. I introduced myself to him as one of his friendstermates & one of the first batch of scholars in Olongapo City Science High School. The project was his brain child as mayor of Olongapo City (way back in 1984), and it initially aimed to produce students who could pass the UP Entrance Examination since our curriculum was patterned after the highly esteemed Philippine Science High School. (True enough, many of us passed the exam including me, but did not enter UP) I could still remember how he would

FairyGodMother: wag kayong mag-away-away.... DickHead: Bakit cnu ka ba? FairyGodMother: wag ganyan... ang olongapo ay para sa bayan... para sa ating lahat to.. alagaan natin DickHead: FairyGodMother sa SENADO! FairyGodMother: ayokong tumakbo sa senado,masyadong madumi doon,dito na lang ako,magmamasid sa inyo. DickHead: taga saan po ba kau? FairyGodMother: dito sa likod mo...

06 March 2007 Sir, Once again, Olongapo City Vice Mayor Rolen Paulino, the renegade protégé, is on the loose and spewing fire and brimstone due to burning ambition. This is evident in his allegation that Mayor James "Bong" Gordon, Jr. shoved him away from Genuine Opposition senatorial bet Francis "Chiz" Escudero during a press conference in a local restaurant (PDI, 3/05/07). Well there's nothing new in his exaggerated version of a minor incident where he claims "it seemed his lungs would collapse by the sheer force" of the alleged panghahawi. Since entering politics, Paulino has mastered the art of exploiting a particular issue or personality to turn the odds in his favor. Poor Chiz, his presence in Olongapo was taken advantaged of in a desperate attempt by the vice mayor to elicit sympathy and earn pogi points. Escudero came to Olongapo first and foremost to camp

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