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Life's a cool show, so make sure you play a big part in it while it's still on screen.

[The Philippine Star @PhilippineStar]

“Sorry sir, we can’t be here to help you because we went home already.” From here on, Benjie is totally on his own. It is now about 11:30 pm.

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Students who still take notes by hand better off, say neuroscientists
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Different ways to tie shoelaces

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Every child should know:
Good touch 👍 vs Bad touch 👎. Important message! 🌟.

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[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

I absolutely love this story........ It made me cry.

"An 87 Year Old College Student Named Rose
The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t already know.

I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned round to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me
with a smile that lit up her entire being.

She said, “Hi handsome. My name is Rose. I’m eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a hug?”

I laughed and enthusiastically responded, “Of course you may!” and she gave me a giant squeeze.
“Why are you in college at such a young, innocent age?” I asked.

She jokingly replied, “I’m here to meet a rich husband, get married, and have a couple of kids…”

“No seriously,” I asked. I was curious what may have motivated her to be taking on this challenge at her age.

“I always dreamed of having a college education and now I’m getting one!” she told me.
After class we walked to the student union building and shared a chocolate milkshake.

We became instant friends. Every day for the next three months, we would leave class together and talk nonstop. I was always mesmerized listening to this “time machine”
as she shared her wisdom and experience with me.

Over the course of the year, Rose became a campus icon and she easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she reveled in the attention bestowed upon her from the other students. She was living it up.

At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet. I’ll never forget what she taught us.

She was introduced and stepped up to the podium.
As she began to deliver her prepared speech, she dropped her three by five cards on the floor. Frustrated and a little embarrassed she leaned into the microphone and simply said, “I’m sorry I’m so jittery. I gave up beer for Lent and this whiskey is killing me! I’ll never get my speech back in order so let me just tell you what I know.”

As we laughed she cleared her throat and began, “We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop
playing. There are only four secrets to staying young, being happy, and achieving success.

1) You have to laugh and find humor every day.

2) You’ve got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die.

We have so many people walking around who are dead and don’t even know it!

3) There is a huge difference between growing
older and growing up.

If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don’t do one productive thing, you will turn twenty years old.

If I am eighty-seven years old and stay in bed for a year and never do anything I will turn eighty-eight.

Anybody can grow older.

That doesn’t take any talent or ability.

The idea is to grow up by always finding opportunity in change.

4) Have no regrets.

The elderly usually don’t have regrets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do. The only people who fear death are those
with regrets.”

She concluded her speech by courageously singing “The Rose.

She challenged each of us to study the lyrics and live them out in our daily lives.
At the year’s end Rose finished the college degree she had begun all those years ago. One week after graduation Rose died
peacefully in her sleep.

Over two thousand college students attended her funeral in tribute to the wonderful woman who taught by example that it’s
never too late to be all you can possibly be.

When you finish reading this, please send this peaceful word of advice to your friends and family, they’ll really enjoy it!

These words have been passed along in loving memory of ROSE.

REMEMBER, GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY. GROWING UP IS
OPTIONAL.

We make a Living by what we get,

We make a Life by what we give."

[Jacque Manabat @jacquemanabat]

Bookmark this info for your next international flight to and from the Philippines.

Starting April 15, passengers will have to register at https://t.co/GsT2x7fImu 3 days before their flight. The online registration site replaces onehealthpass portal.

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@lawschool_buddy Haha so witty! Loki Thor / Loquitor😂

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@wiseconnector 4

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Omg! I had to retweet this, so hilarious! This made me reminisce my chilhood before nostalgia kicks in. Remembering those simpler days which gave me the purest form of happiness, that I so luckily relive now with my kids. 😌💯

[Grant Miller @AIGuide_]

Nothing matters when you’re with friends!

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Tesla makes boats. @elonmusk

[Stepan Hlinka @stepanhlinka]

15 free websites that are so useful they feel illegal to know:

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If you owe me a gin & tonic, please consider reallocating your treat to my friend, colleague, and mentor's fundraiser instead. (Legit) global public intellectual and activist @WaldenBello was arrested because, well, let's face it, nothing makes sense anymore 🇵🇭 #FreeWaldenBello

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@PopCrave Omg! I’m excited!

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‘iCarly’ has been renewed for Season 3 at Paramount+.

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#thegrayman Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans in a film! Couldn’t get any better! 💯

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he's a 10 but he's Six

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Friend, whyyyyy? Mojito soon with bagets.

[iamboinks @sambuenson]

I friggin' hate it here

[Gideon Lasco @gideonlasco]

Here are seven reasons why I am voting for Leni Robredo; seven reasons that I share with people whenever I try to convince others to vote for her as well:

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@sambuenson Midlife crisis nani? 😁

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Quote of the day: "It's not too often that you rob a place and then you get welcomed back." —Luis, Ant-Man