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I assume that our first Christmas tree was for real because back then you could still buy those “fresh cuts” from Baguio or out of Camp John Hay.

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“Compassion hurts.  When you feel connected to everything, you also feel responsible for everything. And you cannot turn away. Your destiny is bound with the destinies of others. You must either learn to carry the universe or be crushed by it. You must grow strong enough to love the world, yet empty enough to sit down at the same table with its worst horrors.”  — Andrew Boyd

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Somehow you knew it but you were never quite sure.

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Tegan and Sara fans Kasey Albano and Karen Ramos thought of the cleverest gift for the Quin twins, which eventually found its way into Tegan and Sara’s Instagram account (pictured below).

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We learn from the very lessons that we teach but often times we also learn from those we teach.

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If there is a “Wizard of OZ”, I finally figured out what he usually has for dinner.

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I make it a habit to pick up any coin that catches my eyes on the floor, on the road, even in the gutter.

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How many people are aware that one of Hawaii’s current congressmen is a Filipino? Congressman Jose Maria Brias Manahan happens to be the grandnephew of Philippine Senator Manuel Manahan, as well as the grandson of the famous doctor Constantino Manahan, and his even more famous wife Elvira.

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If there is one positive thing that TV and radio stations excel in, it would be in their outreach programs or “public service”, particularly when they go to out of the way to distant places to bring food, medicines, educational materials as well as a message of hope.

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