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		<title>Leap OFTEN.  Stick the Landing.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2011 05:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Almost EXACTLY five years ago, I happened into the dusty basement of Toronto&#8217;s Masonic Temple &#8212; the future home of MTV Canada.  It was a brand new start, a chance at reinvigorating my career and the opportunity to be a part of something big, shiny and new. For five years, I worked hard, did some [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brownscene.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2416872&amp;post=417&amp;subd=brownscene&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>La Trenchera: Alaminos, Laguna</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:03:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You must turn right after climbing a long winding road from Calauan and reaching San Pablo to reach Alaminos. Alaminos is a small community lying on a plain, west of San Pablo de los Montes. It used to be a barrio of San Pablo, which then belonged to the Province of Batangas. The prairie community [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brownscene.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2416872&amp;post=408&amp;subd=brownscene&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>GMA has laser eyes!</title>
		<link>http://brownscene.wordpress.com/2008/02/05/gma-has-laser-eyes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bone to Pick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gloria Macapagal Arroyo]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[scandal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[by Leonard Cervantes This article also appears in Kapisanan Blog In a speech she made today, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (GMA) said she is &#8220;focused like a laser&#8221; on moving the economy forward, not on politics, in the wake of the ouster of her estranged ally, Jose de Venecia Jr. (JDV 2), as House Speaker in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brownscene.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2416872&amp;post=51&amp;subd=brownscene&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">lasers!!!!</media:title>
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		<title>My Coca Cola tastes Sour Today</title>
		<link>http://brownscene.wordpress.com/2008/02/04/remembering-the-philippine-american-war/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Leonard Cervantes Today in Manila, they&#8217;ll celebrate the commemoration of the 109th anniversary of the first shot that triggered the Philippine-American War, which left at least 600,000 Filipinos dead. Author and historian Ambeth Ocampo says the Philippine-American War is an event that young Filipinos should know about. “It had been glossed over in our [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brownscene.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2416872&amp;post=49&amp;subd=brownscene&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t es-STOP. Bel-EEEBin.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 15:58:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Media]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Arnel Pineda]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Leonard Cervantes This is old news, but just in case you already didn&#8217;t know &#8211; Legendary rock band Journey has a new lead singer and he&#8217;s PINOY! If you don&#8217;t know who Journey is, you are probably: a) a youngin b) too cool c) too cool for school The members of Journey ended up [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brownscene.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2416872&amp;post=44&amp;subd=brownscene&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Over-Romanticizing the Filipina</title>
		<link>http://brownscene.wordpress.com/2008/01/29/over-romanticizing-the-filipina/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 02:44:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bone to Pick]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Leonard Cervantes Woman By The River &#8211; Fernando Amorsolo  Today I saw one of my old college classmates on the subway. He&#8217;s a Trinidadian guy and we had fun at school talking about whatever things we have in common &#8212; not much actually, but we&#8217;re both island folk in our own way.  At one [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brownscene.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2416872&amp;post=41&amp;subd=brownscene&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Island Food &#8211; Filipinos in the Bahamas</title>
		<link>http://brownscene.wordpress.com/2008/01/25/island-food-filipinos-in-the-bahamas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 05:57:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Balikbayan Stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ya&#8217;ll people fan out like nobody&#8217;s business.&#8221;   That&#8217;s what my buddy said as we waited for our order at Little Philippines Restaurant, in downtown Nassau, Bahamas. The proprietor, Lorna, was like an auntie but I don&#8217;t think she took me for a Filipino when I walked in. Maybe its because I was dressed a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brownscene.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2416872&amp;post=35&amp;subd=brownscene&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>We&#8217;re the Best!  In Women&#8217;s Golf!</title>
		<link>http://brownscene.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/were-the-best-in-womens-golf/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ladies are elated that their Filipino flag golf shirts are a hit. by Leonard Cervantes It&#8217;s always nice to see Filipinos do well in sports. Makes me feel better about not having shit-all to be excited about during the Olympics (even Jamaica has a bobsled team). Imagine my pleasure at hearing that the Filipino [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brownscene.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2416872&amp;post=34&amp;subd=brownscene&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">We’re #1</media:title>
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		<title>Renaldo &#8212; 14 minutes and counting</title>
		<link>http://brownscene.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/renaldo-14-minutes-and-counting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:24:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bone to Pick]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jokes, guy.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a week since Renaldo Lapuz shocked the world with his infectious tune and it looks like he&#8217;s already fading from view. His &#8216;official&#8217; website is up for auction and while he&#8217;s still &#8216;hot shet&#8217; in the blogosphere, mainstream media seems to be on the next thing already. I promise that this will be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brownscene.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2416872&amp;post=31&amp;subd=brownscene&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">your brodder</media:title>
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		<title>Renaldo Lapuz is your BRAWDER til the end of time.</title>
		<link>http://brownscene.wordpress.com/2008/01/17/renaldo-lapuz-is-your-brawder-til-the-end-of-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Leonard Cervantes Since the beginning, American Idol has seen its share of Filipino contestants. Mostly a steaming arroz caldo pot of also-rans and broken dreams, it&#8217;s hard to even remember some of their names today (Camile Velasco, Sway Penala, Jasmine Trias and Canada&#8217;s own Mikey Bustos). Last night, in one fell swoop, Filipinos all [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brownscene.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2416872&amp;post=29&amp;subd=brownscene&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">He IS your brawder.</media:title>
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