Filipino Americans Are Kicking Ass!

This has been an amazing month for Filipino Americans. First Robert Lopez won an Oscar for Best Song for "Let It Go" from the movie "Frozen." He becomes the youngest person in history to win all four major artistic awards: Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony. And he did it all in less than ten years, also another record.

Then we hear that a 16 year old FA from New Jersey managed to elude tight (?) security in and around the new World Trade Center and climb all the way to the rooftop spire. Justin Casquejo snuck through a hole in the fence surrounding the building and climbed the scaffolding to the sixth floor. From there he hitched a ride on the elevator, courtesy of a trusting elevator guard, to the 88th floor. Then he climbed the stairs to the 104th floor and walked around a sleeping security guard to get to the roof. Too bad he didn't post any of the pictures he took from up there from his cellphone. At least I didn't find any on the web. It sounds like the hardest part of that journey was sneaking out of his house after midnight to get to lower Manhattan.

Finally, here is the amazing victory by Emil DeLeon on the game show Wheel of Fortune. With only two letters on the board, he correctly guessed the phrase "NEW BABY BUGGY" on his first try, thus winning himself $45,000. That is practically supernatural.

Congratulations to all three FA's this month. You have made all Asian Americans proud of your achievements, even if one of you had to break the law to do so.