Growing up as an amateur, I wasn't much of a power puncher. I was more of a speed guy.

I liked Roy Jones, Sugar Ray Leonard, Ali... those were the guys I was looking at growing up.

Even the other kids who people made fun of made fun of me. That's where I stood on the school food chain.

All I know is that I'm proud to be Filipino.

A number of bloggers in economics and the financial sector have risen to prominence through the sheer strength of their work. Note it was not their family connections nor ties to Ivy League schools or elite banks, but rather the strength of their research, analysis and writing.

My son is a tree surgeon and gets me a lovely tree. I like to put it up early, as I can't wait for Christmas. We dress it with decorations that have been in the family for years.

In Egypt, every family is suffering from the deteriorated schooling and university system of the Mubarak regime. What families want most of all is to secure a good education for their children.

I was making $150 a week in workshop. It was a rough year. I had trouble paying the rent. But I had evenings free to spend with my wife, Olive, and our baby daughter. In terms of family-building, it was one of the most blessed years of my life.