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31/08/2026

31/08/2026

On the morning of December 8, 2005, a 27-year-old sitting alone in his Chiba apartment noticed something impossible in the Tokyo Stock Exchange order book.

Someone was selling 610,000 shares of a company that had only 14,500 shares in existence — for 1 yen each.

A trader at Mizuho Securities had typed the order backwards: "1 yen for 610,000 shares" instead of "610,000 yen for 1 share."

While the market panicked, the young man started buying.

By the time the dust settled, he had reportedly cleared roughly ¥2 billion — about $17 million — in around 16 minutes.

Mizuho lost more than ¥40 billion on the mistake.

The man was Takashi Kotegawa, known online only as "BNF."

He had started trading in 2000 as a university student with ¥1.6 million — about $13,600 — saved from part-time jobs and New Year's gift money.

By 2008, Japanese media put his fortune at over ¥15 billion, roughly $150 million, all made from a bedroom trading desk.

He reportedly ate cup noodles while moving billions, never bought a fancy car, and has never given more than a handful of interviews.

Japan nicknamed him "J-Com Man." His reputation: the god of Japanese day trading.

31/08/2026

Nadine Elizabeth Rosario, granddaughter of a tricycle driver and a former OFW, ranked first in the Department of Education's first-ever Unified Science High School Admission Test (USHAT) in 2026.

She also placed first at both Quezon City Science High School and Manila Science High School following interviews, and qualified for the Philippine Science High School–Main Campus and the University of the Philippines Integrated School.

Read: https://theglobalfilipinomagazine.com/tricycle-drivers-granddaughter-tops-depeds-first-ever-science-high-school-entrance-test/

31/08/2026

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31/08/2026

FROM LABORER TO LICENSED ✨🎓

Before Engr. Josen Kian R. Sinag became Top 6 in the July 2026 Master Plumber Licensure Examination, he was once a young man who stopped studying and worked long hours just to move forward.

His journey began changing in Grade 9 when a math teacher saw his potential and encouraged him to compete. But after senior high school, the pandemic disrupted his plans. An entrance examination scheduled for March 14, 2020 coincided with the lockdown, and after failing to enter a state university, disappointment pushed him to work instead.

Josen became a helper at a solar power plant, walking nearly an hour to reach the site. He worked as a drilling and backhoe spotter before becoming a warehouseman for site batching, sometimes working almost 16 hours and taking overtime to save money.

A year later, encouragement from his cousin and siblings convinced him to study in Baguio despite concerns over expenses.

At Saint Louis University, he pursued BS Civil Engineering, later becoming a DOST-JLSS scholar. He once aimed for Magna Cum Laude, but graduated Cum Laude on May 22, 2025—still grateful for how far he had come.

He passed the Civil Engineering Licensure Examination in November 2025, worked beginning February 2026, then ended his contract in May to prepare for the MPLE.
With only about a month of focused review, Josen repeatedly studied plumbing codes and review materials. He did not follow an extreme routine—usually studying three to four hours, resting, then returning when ready.

For him, quality, consistency, and love for what he was studying mattered more than endless hours.

On results day, afraid of disappointment, he booked a movie from 6 to 9 PM and silenced his phone. By 6:30, it would not stop vibrating.

Messages from family, friends, mentors, and instructors revealed what he had long dreamed of:

Engr. Josen Kian R. Sinag, CE, RMP, SO2 — Top 6.

He dedicates the achievement to his parents, family, friends, and instructors at SLU’s CE-GE Department.

His reminder to struggling students: “No fruit becomes sweeter without first growing through the bitter.”

Keep dreaming. Sometimes, the achievement you miss on one path is waiting for you on another.

31/08/2026

RETURNED KINDNESS🫶

For Ashley Salvador and her classmates in Sual, Pangasinan, buying buko juice after school had become more than a quick stop before going home.

Over time, they grew close to their favorite vendor, Ramil “Manong Rami” Erames. Whenever school became exhausting, they could sit with him, talk about what they were going through, and listen to the advice he freely gave them.

Reports on the students’ story also recalled moments when money was tight and Manong Rami would still help, including allowing students to pay later.

So when they learned that Manong Rami was turning 50, Ashley and her classmates decided it was their turn to do something for him.

They pooled their money for a small birthday cake and approached him while he was doing what he normally did, selling buko juice. Even on his birthday, Manong Rami had gone to work. The students greeted him with the cake and turned an ordinary day of selling into a celebration with some of the young people who had become his regular suki.

The surprise meant even more because of what had come before it. Manong Rami had become someone they could approach during stressful school days. The students described his encouragement and simple acts of kindness as part of why he was no longer just a vendor to them, but someone they had come to see as a father figure.

Manong Rami had apparently heard the students teasing him about a possible surprise in the days before his birthday, but he did not expect them to actually prepare one. Their simple gesture deeply moved him.

Then Manong Rami gave them a surprise of his own.

When asked about his birthday wish, he said he wanted his student customers to finish their studies and achieve their goals.

Ashley and her classmates only wanted to return some of the kindness they had received from Manong Rami through the years. In return, the birthday celebrant asked for nothing from them except something every student hopes to reach someday.

Makatapos sila sa pag-aaral.

May Manong Rami someday see the students he encouraged return to him not just as his suki, but as graduates.💙

14/08/2026

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14/06/2026