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The Girl from Chula Vista

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Recently, the girl from Chula Vista has become our very own Jessica Sanchez in San Diego. I never watched or followed American Idol or America's Got Talent before but this time I noticed and followed. I have been following the lukewarm support of San Diegans on Jessica Sanchez. The first time I heard somebody in San Diego acknowledging Jessica Sanchez was when an on-air host of KIFM, a station I listen asked what Jessica Sanchez and Manny Pacquiao have in common. It was the heckling portion of the program and I had to turn off the radio before I could hear anything I probably would not find funny. At the break room some days ago, I was listening to a Filipino co-worker talk about the racial issue of Jessica Sanchez when another Caucasian co-worker casually noted that Jessica Sanchez is an American. I totally agree with Megan, the Caucasian co-worker. Jessica Sanchez is probably a first or a second generation American and Filipinos can not totally own her. She is also o...

OLG School

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Long time ago when the mountains are young in a far-flung barrio in a northern province of a country south of ROC, mother fire truckers were unheard of.And so are tongue ng pato Nor cooking in as Then came women empowerment. The above drawing is obviously Karlee. And below is of course the cadet's. The late Glo still has her days.

A Hike to the Mountains

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I was trailing behind Melanie, Annie and Tina. I asked them to look back and  I froze the view on the film of my 35mm. The caption would be: Taken on May 1, 2012 at the Iron Mountain trail. The subject: the Iron Mountain. Taken at the Iron Mountain trailhead. The arch looks like it's made of iron. With an iron-looking arch at the the trail head, you can not miss the trail if you are the junction of Poway Road and Highway 67. There's the peak, the middle one. The hike is estimated to be at 6.3 miles round trip. The peak elevation is at 2,684 feet. There are no other names for the mountain. I look back one more time to the trail sign as we head back to the trail head. I wonder where the next hike would be.