Filipino Canadians
His family emigrated from the Philippines to Canada when he was 3 years old, and not to Jacksonville, Florida, as The Good Place may have suggested
Who is Manny Jacinto?
Jacob shares his birthday with this co-TA 36 trainee, although she is both a batch above and a year older than him
Who is Yas?
This is the only Loyola Schools accredited organization with "Project" in its full name; funnily enough, it is Jacob's home org
What is Ateneo Project for Asian and International Relations (APAIR)?
With no solid home department, AB DipIR students have no choice but to go to this department in Leong Hall's 3rd floor to find their professors
What is the Department of Political Science?
Jacob supposedly couldn't come to the TA 39 Officers' Planning because he was busy with his internship in the Senate, found in this city
What is Pasay?
Hopefully this Christmas, last Christmas, and in all Christmases, you remember this singer and husband of host Gelli de Belen
Who is Ariel Rivera?
Eduardo Saverin and Dustin Mokovitz were two of the co-founders of this social media platform that launched in February 4, 2004
What is Facebook?
Project is one of two Microsoft Office desktop-only applications that start with the letter P, the other being this layout and design app
What is Publisher?
The only Southeast Asian country that is not a member of ASEAN
What is East Timor?
For his term as the Special Projects Officer, Jacob succeeded Bibau, who, in turn, succeeded this TA 36 graduate
Who is Gel?
Fil-Canadian former beauty queen Tisha Silang competed with her then-boyfriend Geoff Rodriguez in the Asian rendition of this reality competition, finishing 2nd overall
What is The Amazing Race?
This beastly basketball player and one-time NCAA MVP for San Sebastian played his first game back from his PBA suspension last October 26
Who is Calvin Abueva?
J. Robert Oppenheimer, head of the Manhattan Project and father of the atomic bomb, famously said that he has become this, "the destroyer of worlds," a line lifted but paraphrased from the Bhagavad Gita
What is death?
Headquartered in New York, the United Nations also has main sub-offices in The Hague, Geneva, Vienna, and Nairobi, the capital of this African country
What is Kenya?
Twice, Jacob served as head technical director, the first time for Utos ng Hari and the second time for this production
What is TA Lab: Takas?
Alex "The Lion" Pagulayan briefly represented the Philippines between 2004 to 2012 in this sport, before reverting to represent Canada again due to fewer "political obstacles" in representing Canada
What is billiards/pool?
This stand-up comic of Broad City and Spider-Man: Homecoming fame was named after the great Carthaginian general, not the fictional man-eater
Who is Hannibal Buress?
The eight project areas in Quezon City were named as such for the eight housing projects built in the 40s and 50s; this project is just down the road from Ababu
What is Project 2?
One of 300's most memorable scenes involve Spartans kicking or throwing heralds of this Persian king down a well, considered to be a crime against diplomatic immunity
Who is Xerxes?
Jacob was only part of a TA season preview (for RecWeek) photoshoot once, used as a model for a teaser/promo for this production
What is Yemaya's Belly?
Born to an Italian father and Filipina mother, but born in Winnipeg, she co-hosted the first season of GMA's StarStruck with Dingdong Dantes, and worked in showbiz for a few years before going back to Canada
Who is Nancy Castiglione?
Don't feel cut up and ripped apart if you didn't know that singer's most-known and most successful song is a cover of a 1993 Ednaswap original
Who is Natalie Imbruglia?
Projects Cyclops, Sentinel, and Phoenix are among research projects of the program SETI, short for this term
What is Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence?
The Group of 20, "G20" for short, is an economic summit of 20 countries, with this country as its lone Southeast Asian representative
What is Indonesia?
Perhaps Jacob's finest moment as a TA member was when he single-handedly won 20k for TA in this event, a yearly partnership between the organizations of Ateneo and DLSU, during his term as SPO
What is Ugnayan?