Samba!
Rio De Janeiro wins bid to host 2016 Summer Olympics.
Rio beats Madrid in the last round through a landslide victory with more than half of the International Olympics Committee members voting for it, making it the first South American country to host the the giant event.
50,000 screaming Brazilians roar in the streets of Janeiro after the announcement, that being the complete opposite reaction of the streets of Chicago (voted off the first round despite Obama&Oprah’s presence),
Tokyo (least number of votes by the 2nd round despite $4billion alloted fund for the Olympics) and Madrid.
Brazil will also stage another major sporting event on 2014, the World Cup tentatively called the “Copa 2014″.
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Letterman admits in yesterday’s Late Night episode to having sex with his female co-workers in response to a $2million extortion plot against him.
My two cents: There are countless relationships and flings built on the foundation of constant exposure&close-proximity. And let’s face it, women LIKE funny men. Letterman’s former girlfriend and current wife was his employee and one won’t see any harm with old Dave having female friends inside the work place.
The thing we have to consider though, is Letterman’s not just their boss. No one’s JUST a boss when your name is written in every corner of the office. 
Given that, the questions everyone’s asking are,
Did the women he slept with feel any pressure to do so out of fear of losing their jobs? Well, they most probably did to a certain level. Even if it was pressure not intended to be felt, they were bound to have a certain amount of anxiety by the mere thought of rejecting Letterman’s advances.
Did Letterman use that to his advantage? Well, duh, it’s called having game.
I think that people should start pressing the queries on his office’s rules on office romance and if the women involved were hounded by REAL threats of losing their jobs, even implied or ones said in jest.
One thing for sure, his late night buddies would feast on the Letterman issue in their monologues like vultures on a fat,dying elephant. Haha. The following weeks would be great for late night TV.
Sorry Dave, this time, you’re your own punchline.
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Went to Cainta yesterday for University-wide relief operations with fellow Iskolars ng Bayan.
Yesterday was my personal 3rd non-consecutive day of volunteering (each for different organizations) to try and do my part in the recent Ondoy disaster.
it was the most exhausting but the most fulfilling day. I spent the last two V-days repacking donated canned goods and old clothes and it’s really nice to experience really reaching out to the victims of Ondoy.
The University Student Council in cooperation with different UP Manila organizations and Cainta’s local government held a medical mission and relief good distribution in Cainta yesterday. We experienced passing relief goods via human chain, going from one block to the next (there were 12), sadly we ran out of goods to share and it’s quite unfortunate to see some people not do the right thing (falling in line several times despite the fact that we have limited relief goods, trying to cut in line, etc.). Good thing, there were still many peeps who chose to think of others first before themselves.
Things got pretty heated up during some moments, but their happy thank-yous are enough reason for us to do it over and over again if we have to.
Some of us then played doctor&pharmacist during the medical mission. Hands down and caps off to Pharmacy students, it ain’t easy, I’m telling you. Tricia and I were fillers(we had to fill out the prescriptions, meaning: looking for the medicines and getting the right amount/dosage) while Cleve did the auditing on the meds prescribed. We were with other UPM peeps from CAS, CAMP, CD, CM, etc.
It was fun, but I don’t wanna say “’til next time”,nooooo, Im not wishing for another disaster.
May we all just feel the spirit of giving sans the weather disruptions and massive destructions and may we always remember our obligation to ensure the betterment of our fellow people’s quality of life and happiness.
To whom much is given, much is expected.
God bless everyone. Stay safe. 
