FEU vs UP- from FEU TAMBayan

RR Garcia is solidying his place in the upper echelon of talent in the UAAP after being virtually unknown at the start of the season. The former RP Youth standout made an encore after his best game of the season, as he led the FEU Tamaraws past the UP Fighting Maroons, 86-74. Garcia chipped in 17 points, while MVP contender Aldrech Ramos had 16 and a season high 15 rebounds.
The Tams raced to a 15-2 advantage at the start and kept UP at bay throughout the game, with halftime ending at 40-31. FEU threatened to blow the game wide open after starting the second half with an 8-0 blast but the Diliman-based team made its own mini-run to spark some flicker of hope. However, back-to-back threes by JR Cawaling extinguished UP’s charge and FEU entered the final quarter leading 63-46.
Coach Glenn’s group cruised in the fourth and the win pushed their record to 10-2. FEU needs to win at least one of their last two games in the elimination round to secure one of the twice to beat slots in the Final Four round.

FEU vs Adamson

Coach Glenn Capacio was not in the mood to celebrate despite the team booking a place in the Final Four and within striking distance of one of the twice-to-beat slots with still three games remaining in the elimination round of UAAP Season 72."Were struggling now, Im not happy how we played. Kailangan naka focus na going into the Final Foul, dapat i-angat namin ang game namin", said Coach Glenn.RR Garcia poured his highest output so far in his young collegiate career, finishing with 25 points, while fellow rookie Jaymo Equilos chipped in 7 points and logged in heavy minutes to make up for the stuggles of big men Pipo Noundou and Aldrech Ramos."Di ako umaasa sa three players lang, sa 12-man rotation ko kahit sino pwede mag step-up," added the former UAAP MVP.Despite suffering a humbling loss against the UE Red Warriors last Sunday the Tamaraws started slow with the Falcons leading as much as nine points early. The Tams got their act together in the middle of the second quarter, charging with a 21-6 run to finish on top going into halftime, 45-39.Adamson managed to tie at 56-all but were never able to regain the lead. Garcia extinguised a late Falcon run with a rare 4-point play with 2:18 left in the final quarter to give the Tams enough space and close out at 84-75.FEU rises to 9-2 and faces the UP Fighting Maroons on Saturday 2pm at the Arena in San Juan. Box:FEU 84 – Garcia 25, Barroca 15, Ramos 10, Cervantes 10, Cawaling 10, Eguilos 7, Sanga 5, Noundou 2, Vinluan 0, Tanuan 0, Knuttel 0, Caluag 0.AdU 75 – Canuday 12, Canada 12, Alvarez 12, Camson 11, Colina 8, Nuyles 6, Basilio 5, Galinato 4, Cabrera 3, Lozada 2, Sandoval 0, Margallo 0, Lapitan 0.

Red Warriors bomb luckless Tams: 2nd Round UAAP 72

Furious starts were enough for the UE Red Warriors to enact some payback against the FEU Tamaraws in their second round meeting, 87-72. UE led from start to finish but the Tams made their best run when they closed the gap to 4 points by the end of the second quarter.
UE made another run at the start of the third quarter with the Tams’ struggling to make shots and defense not in sync. Red Warrior Pari Llagas posted a career high of 24 points while Elmer Espiritu was a defensive and offensive power chipping in 20 points and five blocks. Paul Lee made watchers temporarily forget his disappointing performance so far this season after finishing with 18 points including back-to-back threes to douse a Tamaraw rally
Pipo Noundou was the lone bright spot for FEU, finishing with a team-high 14 points. FEU shot a dissapointing 33.8% from the field. The Tams have a chance to rebound when they face Adamson on Thursday 2pm at the San Juan Arena with them still needing a victory to formalize their place in the Final Four.
Box
UE 87 – Llagas 24, Espiritu 20, Lee 18, Zamar 9, Lingganay 6, Acuna 4, Acibar 4, Reyes 2, Tagarda 0, Sumido 0, Flores 0, Duran 0, Alabanza 0.
FEU 72 – Noundou 14, Cervantes 11, Barroca 10, Ramos 9, Garcia 8, Cawaling 7, Sanga 5, Vinluan 2, Tanuan 2, Eguilos 2, Caluag 2, Manalo 0, Knuttel 0, Exciminiano 0.
Quarters: 22-10, 45-41, 70-55, 87-72

The Proposal...

Margaret Tate (Sandra Bullock) is the executive editor-in-chief of a book publishing company, Colden Books. All of her workers, including her assistant Andrew Paxton (Ryan Reynolds), hate her, and she fires a senior editor, Bob Spaulding (Aasif Mandvi) because he is unable to get an author named Frank interviewed by Oprah. After learning she is being deported to Canada, she forces Andrew to marry her, as his future is tied to hers. When the government investigates, Mr. Gilbertson (Denis O'Hare) informs them that they will undergo rigorous testing to prove that the marriage is not fraudulent. Andrew grudgingly accepts, under the condition that he is promoted to the position of editor and his manuscript be published. He also forces Margaret to propose nicely to him on her knees in the streets of New York, and to allow him to tell his parents they are getting married.
The two are forced to spend the weekend with his parents in Sitka, Alaska in order to sell the lie, where they will be attending the 90th birthday party of Andrew's grandmother (Gammy) (Betty White). Margaret is very unreceptive of Alaska, and is furthermore shocked to learn that Andrew's family owns most of the business in Sitka. They attend a surprise party for them, where Andrew catches up with his ex-girlfriend, Gertrude "Gert" (Malin Akerman). After he is humiliated by his father, Joe Paxton (Craig T. Nelson), Andrew announces that he and Margaret are getting married. They are forced to kiss, and do so passionately, showing the first signs of respect for one another. Andrew's parents then show them their room, and Gammy gives them a special blanket (called baby-maker, which they avoid). Andrew and Margaret sleep separately - Andrew on the floor and Margaret in the bed.
The next morning, Margaret wakes to hear her phone ringing. After waking Andrew with her loud conversation, she goes outside; the family dog, Kevin, follows her and is swooped up by an eagle. She gets Kevin back, but the eagle instead takes her phone. Andrew, having seen the commotion, informs her that she, his mother Grace and Gammy are going shopping; the shopping actually proves to be a male strip show by Ramone. Margaret talks with Gert about Andrew, who tells her that they dated through college, and when Andrew asked her to elope with him, she didn't want to go from her home, and said no. Margaret comes home and takes a shower, but finds no towels; when she goes to get one, she is stopped by Kevin. Meanwhile, Andrew confronts his father after he apologizes and asks him to take up the family business, telling him he's happy in New York. He goes to the balcony of their room, stripping naked. Margaret, also naked, goes for a towel after distracting Kevin, only to run into Andrew. He sees her tattoo before going to take a shower. That night, Andrew and Margaret tell each other a little about their past, and find out they like the same band.
Next morning, Joe and Grace knock at the door with breakfast. Andrew and Margaret hurriedly get into bed, and the family suggest they could marry the same weekend, and they reluctantly accept. Andrew is stressed because the marriage is actually a sham, and Margaret tries to comfort him, finding herself genuinely caring for him. To sort out her emotions, she goes for a bike ride into the woods, where she finds Gammy "giving thanks". Gammy invites her to join her, and they end up dancing to "Get Low", while Andrew watches. Andrew takes her into Sitka, and she tries to contact New York. However, Gammy and Grace arrive and take Margaret to be fitted into a dress that Gammy's great grandmother made, and a necklace that's been in the Paxton family for generations. Deciding that she can't do this to Andrew, she hijacks a boat and tries to explain, but she falls off after he takes the steering wheel. Andrew goes back for her, and they return to his house. Once there, they find that Joe has contacted Mr. Gilbertson, who asks them again to admit the sham. Andrew vehemently denies.
During the wedding ceremony, Margaret decides she cannot do this to Andrew and confesses the business arrangement in front of everyone- including Mr. Gilbertson, who tells her she has twenty four hours to get back to Canada, and thus goes back to New York to pack her things. Andrew rushes to their room only to find she has already left leaving Andrew's manuscript with a note of praise from Margaret on the bed. Upon returning, another argument arises between Joe and Andrew. Gammy has a heart attack while trying to stop them and while being airlifted to the hospital has Joe and Andrew to quit arguing before she passes. When they agree, Gammy reveals she had faked it. Andrew attempts to stop Margaret's flight, but cannot do so in time. Upon doing so, however, Andrew shows up at the office and confesses his love for Margaret in front of the entire office staff, proposing marriage all over again. They go to Mr. Gilbertson once more to get engaged "for real".

Dylan Ababou: I sooo love this guy...

UST's Dylan Ababou has topped the Statistical Points race after the first round of the 72nd UAAP basketball tournament. The 6-3 forward, the league's leading scorer at 19.6 points per game, edged out FEU's Aldrech Ramos to move within seven games shy of winning the coveted MVP plum.

UAAP Season 72 FEU vs. UST (2nd Round)

FEU ace guard Andy Barroca made sure the absence of Reil Cervantes would not be enough to end the winning streak of his team against their crosstown rivals. Chipping in a season high of 23 points, the Smart Gilas standout anchored the Tams against an inspired UST team that lost to them by 27 points in their first round meeting less than two weeks ago.
UST scorched hot at the start, racing to a lead till the end of the quarter but lost momentum in the middle of the second when top Tiger Dylan Ababou was forced to ride the bench after collecting his third foul. FEU led by as much as 10 points in the third until a rally fanned hopes of an upset. Key shots from Barroca, Paul Sanga and Jun Tanuan were enough to lift FEU to its seventh straight win and tie Ateneo at first place.
Coach Glenn lauded his second stringers that helped make up for his top center’s absence and noted that the succeeding games will likely become more physical given their current status as league leader.

FEU 75 - Barroca 23, Noundou 11, Garcia 9, Tanuan 8, Sanga 8, Ramos 8, Cawaling 6, Knuttel 2, Exciminiano 0, Eguilos 0, Caluag 0.
UST 67 - Ababou 23, Bautista 11, Teng 9, Maliksi 7, Camus 7, Fortuna 5, Mirza 4, Afuang 1, Mariano 0, Green 0, Aytona 0.
Quarter scores: 13-20, 35-31, 56-51, 75-67.

UAAP Power Ranking

1. Aldrech Ramos – Behold the Tamaraws’ new offensive weapon. The 6-foot-6 FEU slotman has completely evolved from a blocking menace under the rim into a legitimate post-up arsenal as he powered the Morayta-based squad to a league-topping 6-1 record with key victories over UST and UE. Ramos chewed UST’s undersized frontline all game long en route to a career-high 22 points on 7-of-9 FG shooting and 13 rebounds, two steals, two assists and an assist in 30 minutes of play. Against UE, Ramos logged in 14 markers, including a surprise triple, 12 boards, an assist and a steal.

Ramos capped his first-round performance with per-game averages of 11.4 points, 10.9 rebounds, 1.9 blocks and 1.4 assist With the emergence of Ramos on the scoring horizon, solving the Tamaraws’ offensive puzzle has just become harder, given the motley of options FEU enjoys at its disposal nowadays.

2. Eric Salamat and Nonoy Baclao – The Ateneo pair’s crunchtime resolve shielded the Eagles from the lethal arrows of fierce rival La Salle to pull off a 76-72 nail-biter. Salamat, who finished with 13 points, five assists, three steals and three rebounds, knocked in a dagger trey that shattered a 57-all deadlock with 3:30 left in the fourth quarter to give Ateneo its first lead. Baclao fueled Ateneo's breakaway by draining back-to-back baskets that sandwiched a Salamat freethrow going into the last two minutes of overtime to perch the Eagles on top, 72-69. Salamat is currently averaging 11.7 points, three assists, two rebounds, and 1.7 steals a game while Baclao, despite tallying only five markers agme, is norming 8.5 rebounds, 2.2 blocks, 0.9 assists and 0.6 steals an outing.

3. Dylan Ababou - Season 72's MVP pacesetter continues to pour in the numbers for the 4-3-toting Tigers, who fended off a spirited challenge from UP in their last game to prevail, 68-58. Ababou registered 23 points, seven rebounds, two assists and a steal but more importantly showed the on-court leadership and poise that the Tigers badly needed when they trailed by as many as 21-36 in the second quarter. His third 20-plus-point game of the season offset his lowest output of 10 points on a woeful 3-of-12 FG shooting night against FEU after ducking suspension in the same playdate. The 6-foot-3 Smart Gilas swingman capped the first round by topping the overall statistical points race with 66.8571 total statistical points (TOTSPs) built on a league-leading 19.6 points a game average alongside norms of 7.2 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 0.9 steals an outing.

4. Joshua Webb - Save for the kicking incident, Webb played like a man possessed against the Eagles, chalking up a career and team-high 26 points highlighted by a remarkable 11-of-12 freethrow shooting, two of which pushed the Archers to their biggest lead at 46-36 in the third period. His A-1 game ably filled the offensive slack left by veterans Simon Atkins, PJ Barua and James Mangahas, who was 0-of-6 from the field in 20 minutes of play, among others. Webb now averages 9.7 points and 3.9 rebounds a game.

5. Jeric Teng - The catalyst of UST's gutsy comeback against UP, Teng tallied 10 of his 22 markers in the pivotal third quarter including a rare four-point play over Magi Sison to help the Tigers snatch a momentum-shifting 64-63 edge that altered the complexion of the game in favor of the Tigers. The 6-foot-2 rookie led UST with 20 points in its 63-90 loss to FEU. Teng is now sporting rookie avarages of 13.4 points, 3.9 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 0.9 steals per contest.

6. Khasim Mirza - Like Ababou and Teng, Mirza has also figured prominently in UST's offensive charge versus UP, nailing the go-ahead triple with 38.3 seconds left to seal the deal for the Tigers after the Diliman unit closed in at 85-88. He fired 11 of his 22 points in the second canto to cut UP's double-digit lead, 44-51, going into the halftime break. The first round's second leading scorer currently ranks third in the overall statistical points race with 64.1429 TOTSPs anchored on a 17-point, 8.2-rebound, 2.3-assist and 1-block per-game clip.

7. Arvie Bringas - La Salle's top rookie followed up his breakout game over UST with a decent performance against Ateneo and its experienced frontline. But more than holding the fort inside, Bringas underscored his 10-point night via a make-or-break fourth-quarter triple with 20.5 seconds left which gave the Archers enough leverage to force overtime. At present, Bringas is averaging 7.2 points, 5.6 rebounds and 0.9 steals per game.

8. Paul Lee - His crucial under-the-basket dish off to Llagas spelled the difference in the Warriors' 77-69 overtime whipping of UP. Known for his scoring versatility as attested by his 13.1 points per game, Lee also puts more premium on the other dimension of his offensive game - passing - which he evidently flaunted in the Warriors' last two games (the one against FEU which they lost, 72-76), where he issued a total of 13 feeds to underscore a league-leading average of 5.4 assists per game.

9. Jewel Ponferrada - The Bulldogs' lone inside presence has again showed why he is the league-leader in blocks as he swatted away six shots on top of 12 markers and eight boards to help NU subdue Adamson, 76-70, for its second win. The smother's-club topnotcher for the first round has compiled a total of 17 rejections thus far for a 2.4 blocks per game norm.

10. Woody Co - Despite the Maroons' endgame misfortunes that slapped on them an unenviable 1-6 record, Co remains a gem of a scorer for UP as he wrapped the first round with back-to-back 23-point outputs against UE and UST. At present, the 6-foot-3 Co is UP's chief gunner with 13.3 points per game.

Honorable Mention: Hyram Bagatsing, Yutein Andrada, Pari Llagas, RR Garcia, Joseph Hermosisima, Melvin Baloran.

yellow ribbon

Been looking for this quite sometime now... hmmm... meaningful yellow ribbon... worth the searching, isn't it!!!

FEU won over UE : last game for round 1, UAAP season 72

FAR EASTERN University warded off a late University of the East fightback, 76-72 to assure itself of first place at the end of the opening round of UAAP Season 72 action last August 9 at the Araneta Coliseum.
The Tamaraws controlled the opening half of the game, building leads as high as 20 at the three-minute mark of the second period. Three Tams – Aldrech Ramos, Paul Sanga and Pipo Noundou – hit double-digits in scoring as early as halftime, which saw the Red Warriors trail, 45-29.
Coach Glenn Capacio’s troops, though, seemed content with sitting on the advantage and played to keep the lead. UE immediately made its move, chopping down the deficit to 12 after 30 minutes of action. The Recto five continued its march with a seemingly small but important 6-0 run, capped off by a Paul Lee three-point play with 4:09 left in the game that trimmed the FEU lead further, 73-68. Second-stringer Erwin Duran then intercepted a lazy pass and drove coast-to-coast to put the Warriors within striking distance, 74-72.
That proved to be UE’s last basket, though, as FEU tightened up on defense to hold on for the victory thanks to two pressure-packed free throws from Andy Barroca and RR Garcia.
Ramos led the league-leading Tamaraws with 14 points and 12 rebounds. Garcia also tallied 14 markers after going scoreless for the first time in his career last time out against University of Sto. Tomas. Pari Llagas delivered yet another double-double for the Red Warriors, who slid to 4-3 in the team standings, with 21 points and 12 boards.
Capacio was calm in the media room despite leading his wards to their sixth victory in seven outings. “Nung second-half medyo gipit-gipit na. Siguro, medyo nahirapan kasi grabe na ang physicality ng game kaya hindi na kami nakaka-execute. Ang magagawa na lang namin ay to stop them…Tiniyaga lang naming, luckily hindi sila makakuha sa amin sa loob.”
He added, “Halos lahat ng teams, gusto na kaming talunin ngayon, dapat mag-step-up sa susunod. Hindi masyadong mainit ang ulo. [With regard to the 41.7% free throw percentage] Yung freethrows, yun nga kailangang i-praktis. Tingin ko puro mental na lang iyon, nakikita ko naman sa praktis na nashoshoot nila.”

The scores:
FEU 76 – Ramos 14, Garcia 14, Sanga 13, Noundou 12, Barroca 11, Cawaling 9, Vinluan 3, Knuttel 0, Eguilos 0, Cervantes 0, Caluag 0.
UE 72 – Llagas 21, Espiritu 12, Lee 11, Acuña 9, Reyes 6, Zamar 5, Duran 4, Bandaying 3, Tagarda 1, Lingganay 0, Flores 0, Ayala 0.

CORY'S FANTASTIC FOUR...

It was a very rainy, solemn but inspirational day last August 5, 2009 when the late ex-President of the Philippines and an international Icon of Democracy was finally laid to rest, Mrs. Corazon "Tita Cory" Aquino, beside her late husband Ninoy and suddenly..........the Philippines has its own version of the Fantastic Four! Those four guards who literally stood still for more than 8 hours beside Tita Cory's coffin while she was being brought to her final resting place, the Manila Memorial Park from Manila Cathedral! They can be worthy to be called as the Philippines' "Fantastic Four" simply because they did something that no one has ever done yet and maybe not for another thousand years. The motionlessly stood still the whole time when Tita Cory's cortege traveled at a snail's pace from the Manila Cathedral to the Manila Memorial park, literally without food, water, rest and even without "taking a leak"!!!!I was really amazed when I saw the whole footage again during the reruns and it really made me speechless, not only because of the "Cory Magic" that everyone has felt but because of the unbelievable-but-true endurance of these four guards who came from different branches of the military.Here is the whole article of GMA 7 of the Philippines' "Fantastic Four".I'm really proud of Tita Cory for what she has done for the Filipino people and I'm equally proud of these for superheroes for what they had done for Tita Cory. For you, guys, all four of you, you deserve a lot of honors and commendations! Keep up the good works and we salute you!!!

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Who am I to complain???

I could say that I’m blessed… not that I’m bragging and all… but basically, I love my life…
I’m blessed with a good and loving family but ofcourse there would be highs and lows of our lives and we made it through, who am I to complain???
I’m blessed with a good job. Hey! Not everybody has a job, who am I to complain???
I’m blessed with good and real friends. Not everybody is real so who am I to complain???
I’m blessed and all… Maybe I do have to brag!
Basically, I do love my life!!!
And I’m not going to complain…

'"ORPHAN" argh!!! freakin' scary!!!

Orphan is a 2009 American horror film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. The film centers on a couple who, after the death of their unborn child, adopt a young girl who is hiding a dark secret behind her sweet façade. Orphan was produced by Joel Silver and Susan Downey of Dark Castle Entertainment and Leonardo DiCaprio of Appian Way Productions. The film was released theatrically in the United States on July 24, 2009.

Kate (Vera Farmiga) and John Coleman (Peter Sarsgaard) are experiencing strains in their marriage after Kate's third child was stillborn. The loss is particularly hard on Kate, who is still recovering from a drinking habit that cost her her job. They adopt Esther (Isabelle Fuhrman), a 9-year-old Russian girl, from the local orphanage. While Kate and John's deaf-mute daughter Max (Aryana Engineer) embraces Esther almost immediately, their son Daniel (Jimmy Bennett) is somewhat less welcoming.
Not long after Esther arrives, she pushes a schoolmate, who had picked on her, off a slide, breaking her ankle. Max saw Esther shove the girl, but covers for Esther by saying that the girl "slipped". However, Kate grows suspicious when Esther, who watched Kate and John have sex, expresses far more knowledge of sex and its slang than would be expected for a child her age. She is further alarmed when Sister Abigail (CCH Pounder), the head of the orphanage, warns her and John about Esther's tendency to be around when things go wrong. Esther overhears this, and later kills Sister Abigail with a hammer to the head. She convinces Max to help her hide the body and the hammer. Daniel sees Esther and Max descending from his treehouse, not knowing they hid the hammer there. Later that night, Esther threatens to cut off Daniel's penis if he tells anyone what he saw.
Kate is told by the orphanage that they can't find any record of the Russian orphanage Esther came from. However, John doesn't believe her, despite continued ominous behavior by Esther. That night, Esther breaks her own arm in John's vise, and convinces John that Kate broke it in the scuffle from earlier that day over the rosebush. On Esther's first day back at school, she slips Kate's SUV into neutral, nearly killing Max. Badly shaken, Kate buys two bottles of wine, but at the last minute pours one of them down the drain.
Kate learns that Esther was housed at a mental institution in Estonia called the Saarne Institute, but when she expresses misgivings to John, he and her counselor think that Kate is relapsing into her drinking habit. After John produces the other bottle Kate bought the night before, he threatens to leave her unless she gets help.
Daniel learns of the hammer from Max and decides to get it and go to the police. However, Esther sets the treehouse on fire, intending to get rid of the evidence and kill Daniel. Daniel escapes by falling out of the tree, and is severely injured. Esther tries to finish him off by smashing a brick over his head, but Max shoves her out of the way just in time. Esther again tries to kill him at the hospital by smothering him with a pillow. As doctors rush to save Daniel, Kate angrily knocks Esther down and is sedated by doctors.
That night, Esther tries to seduce an inebriated John. John realizes Kate was telling the truth all along, and threatens to call the orphanage. Esther, angry at being spurned, stabs him to death. Max witnesses this and hides in her closet.
As Kate is coming out of sedation, she gets a call from the Saarne Institute's director, Dr. Värava (Karel Roden), who reveals that Esther isn't a 9-year-old girl at all, but a 33-year-old woman named Leena Klammer. She has hypopituitarism, a disorder that stunted her physical growth, and has spent most of her life posing as a little girl. The doctor tells Kate that Esther is dangerously psychotic, and has killed dozens of people. Kate rushes home, where Esther shoots her in the arm before taking off after Max.
Their chase takes them outside to a frozen pond, where Kate and Esther struggle before falling through broken ice. Kate crawls out of the hole, followed by Esther, who begs for her life, addressing Kate as her mother. Kate angrily responds that she is not her mother, and kicks Esther in the head, breaking her neck and sending her back into the pond to drown

CORAZON C. AQUINO

Corazon C. Aquino
January 25, 1933 – August 1, 2009

11th President of the Republic of the Philippines
February 25, 1986 – June 30, 1992

Maria Corazon "Cory" Cojuangco Aquino became the 11th President of the Republic of the Philippines, following the peaceful 1986 People Power Revolution that astonished the world.
Aquino was married to Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr., a leading figure in the political opposition against the autocratic rule of President Ferdinand Marcos, who was assassinated upon his return from exile on 21 August 1983. Having had no prior political experience, Cory Aquino nevertheless became the focal point around which the fractured political opposition finally unified. She was the lone candidate against Marcos during the 1986 snap presidential elections.
Soon after Marcos’ proclamation as victor, despite widespread reports of electoral fraud, then Minister of National Defense Juan Ponce Enrile and Armed Forces of the Philippines Vice Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Fidel Ramos, set in motion a long-planned coup against Marcos. The charismatic Archbishop of Manila, Jaime Cardinal Sin exhorted the predominantly Catholic populace to mass along EDSA (the main thoroughfare between Camps Aguinaldo and Crame) to support the rebel soldiers. Over the next four days almost 2 million unarmed civilians poured into the streets, heeding the call of Cardinal Sin. People the world over were amazed to see unarmed priests, nuns and ordinary men, women and children forming human chains, blockading loyalist military squadrons, preventing them from reaching the rebel soldiers at the Camps. They answered guns and tanks with prayers and flowers… succeeding in what became known as the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution.
Cory Aquino was proclaimed the 11th President of the Philippines on the 25th of February 1986, Asia’s first female head of state. After completing her term in 1992, she continued to be an advocate of democracy, peace, women's empowerment, and religious piety.
Lest we forget, Cory Aquino and our original people power inspired Yeltsin in Russia , Lech Walesa in Poland , Nelson Mandela in Africa , Vaclav Havel of Czechoslovakia and the unsung heroes of Tiananmen Square .The Philippine's original "People Power", led by Cory would inspire many other non-violent movements for democracy in the world. The largely bloodless political upheaval began in Poland, continued in Hungary, and then led to a surge of mostly peaceful revolutions in East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Bulgaria.She (and therefore the brave Filipinos of EDSA 1) continue to inspire the likes of Aung San Suu Kyi in Burma, and recently our neighbors of Thailand.
She began law studies in Far Eastern University but did not finish on account of her marriage to Ninoy Aquino. In 1987, she received an Honorary Degree in Civil Law from FEU.
Cory Aquino died of cardiopulmonary arrest after complications of colon cancer at the age of 76 on August 1, 2009.

UAAP SEASON 72: PROUD TAMARAW

FAR EASTERN UNIVERSITY TAMARAWS
2008 record: 10-4 (tied for second place, lost in the Final Four)
Head coach: Glenn Capacio (third season)

Key additions: Casey Caluag, Jaymo Eguilos, Chris Exciminiano, Ryan Roose Garcia, Jolas Guerrero, Christian Manalo, Pipo Noundou, Marty Pearce, McJan Vinluan

Key losses: Marlon Adolfo, Jon Alisbo, Mac Baracael, Ron Cabagnot, Benedict Fernandez, Robert Kave, Gian Macazo, Mark Romero

Holdovers: Andy Mark Barroca, JR Cawaling, Reil Cervantes, Jens Knuttel, Aldrech Ramos, Paul Sanga, Edgar Tanuan

Background: 2008 was a tumultuous year for FEU, both on and off the court. Inconsistency plagued the Tamaraws all year, as signified by a win against Ateneo (which was its only loss in Season 71) and a defeat at the hands of the then-winless National University. Off the floor, star forward Baracael was shot by a still unidentified assailant near the FEU Gym, an incident that opened the eyes of the hoops community to the darker side of basketball. After being touted as favorites to take home the title, FEU was beaten by De La Salle in its semifinal tilt.

Key changes: While Baracael didn’t see a whole lot of playing time due to that horrific episode, he, along with Barroca, was still the Tamaraws’ heart and soul. Fernandez, meanwhile, was big game at times, and that could prove to be quite a loss, too. However, FEU’s additions make the squad an even far more talented unit than last year. Garcia is ROY-quality, while Noundou is a versatile forward who can score, rebound and defend. Eguilos will be the Tamaraws’ next star center, and Caluag is an athletic combo guard. Despite the lost talent, the Tams are retooled and reloaded.

Outlook: FEU 2K9 will be Barroca’s team. That is, if you stop after reading his name on the alphabetically arranged roster. What makes the boys from Morayta the best team on paper is, aside from the aforementioned additions, the rise of Barroca’s other teammates. Cawaling and Ramos have gotten better thanks to Rajko Toroman and the RP Developmental Team, while Cervantes has a more polished inside game to complement his physicality. This “Fantastic Four” is “Four-midable” in itself. What sets the Tams apart from the rest of the league even further is their depth. Garcia’s skill at the one can free up Barroca off the ball, while Sanga can draw other fours away from the basket with his shooting ability. Noundou, a better Tanuan, Caluag, Eguilos, Exciminiano and Knuttel round out a scary 12-man rotation.

Prognosis: Anything less than a finals appearance for Capacio’s troops would be disastrous. It’s not often that you end up having a team as locked and talented as this. An Ateneo-FEU finals showdown isn’t far-fetched at all. While DLSU may have something to say about that, FEU should at least exact revenge over its conquerors from last season and square itself for a title run.