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		<title>Losing it, Learning from it, Loving it!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[My views of the 2009 District 75 Annual Convention
I left for Davao with high hopes of winning the International Speech Competition; but I came back empty-handed… I lost… and had a great time losing! That’s right; I didn’t even “place” in the International Speech Contest, but I had a blast! So how could I have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=penstroke.wordpress.com&blog=4324525&post=210&subd=penstroke&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An Open Letter to Chip Tsao (The War at Home)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 06:05:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Mr. Chip Tsao,
I believe that washing Chinese toilets and doing Chinese laundry are decent jobs. Unlike some Filipinos, I am not insulted by the term “nation of servants”.  I believe that being of service to others is a very noteworthy endeavor. Having been an OFW myself, I have nothing but the highest regard for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=penstroke.wordpress.com&blog=4324525&post=188&subd=penstroke&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I Create Excellence! (BNT’s Return to the MSE Penthouse)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 19:15:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finally, near the end of the year, we’ve returned to our usual meeting venue at the Penthouse of the old Makati Stock-Exchange (MSE) Building! While this venue was being refurbished, we have had to hold our meetings on the 4th Floor of the same building and in the, now famous, Rocci Café! Though I will [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=penstroke.wordpress.com&blog=4324525&post=135&subd=penstroke&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Hundred Thousand Swans</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[September of 1988… It must have been around 5:00am when we heard it; loud thumps and banging coming from my sister, Jette’s room! Noise loud enough to wake up everybody in the household! Naturally, we all rushed to Jette’s room to see what was happening; and what we saw would send a chill down my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=penstroke.wordpress.com&blog=4324525&post=107&subd=penstroke&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Through My Father’s Eyes</title>
		<link>http://penstroke.wordpress.com/2008/11/07/through-my-father%e2%80%99s-eyes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think that I was just 9 years old when I first saw it… A handwritten sign taped to the upper right-hand side of my Dad’s medicine cabinet mirror. I remember just two words from that sign… “Discipline” and “Dream”…
I didn’t really pay that much attention to that sign since, at age 9, you don’t [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=penstroke.wordpress.com&blog=4324525&post=77&subd=penstroke&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why I became a Fan of Geneva Cruz&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:19:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This will shock most of you&#8230;
Those who know me, know that I&#8217;ve never been a fan of Actors or Actresses, Foreign or Local.  But recently, I came across a note on Facebook that gave me a different perspective of a certain Singer-Actress. Her name? Geneva Cruz-Miller! The perspective? A very human and humble perspective! It [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=penstroke.wordpress.com&blog=4324525&post=59&subd=penstroke&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Preparing a Powerhouse Speech&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://penstroke.wordpress.com/2008/11/04/preparing-a-powerhouse-speech/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 04:59:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
As Toastmasters, giving speeches is inevitable; which means that learning to prepare your speech is a crucial skill to have.  However, I believe that PREPARING SPEECHES is not just a Toastmasters’ skill… it is a Life-skill.  It helps us hone other skills like… for instance… WRITING… which is a handy skill to have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=penstroke.wordpress.com&blog=4324525&post=52&subd=penstroke&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Absolutely Nothing to Say&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 08:44:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ah! The freedom of senseless talk!
Hmmmm… This is harder than I thought! I actually can’t think of anything to say! Not that I’m used to thinking; but there must be something senseless for me to say!
All I can think about is Alvin’s “Old Rubber Shoes”! There I go again! THINKING! I should keep reminding myself [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=penstroke.wordpress.com&blog=4324525&post=43&subd=penstroke&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What I LEARNED as a Contestant in District 75&#8217;s MidCon 2008&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://penstroke.wordpress.com/2008/11/02/what-i-learned-as-a-contestant-in-district-75s-midcon-2008/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 09:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
 Maayong Aga sa inyong tanan!

Let me dive straight into it…

The District 75 Mid-Year Conference was a blast! Sure there were some hiccups (like any event, there will always be hiccups); but, generally, the entire event was a rousing success! It was well prepared and the pomp and pageantry was simply awesome! Congratulations to Division [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=penstroke.wordpress.com&blog=4324525&post=39&subd=penstroke&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>BNT&#8217;s Night out at Rocci Café&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://penstroke.wordpress.com/2008/11/01/bnts-night-out-at-rocci-cafe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 06:38:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rocci Café…
The down side? The place was cramped…
The up side? The place was cramped!
Last October 23, Butter n’ Toast decided to hold it’s meeting outside of the usual MSE Building; perhaps to, somehow, break the monotony of always holding it in the same place. We picked a quaint little café on Jupiter Street called Rocci [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=penstroke.wordpress.com&blog=4324525&post=29&subd=penstroke&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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