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You’ve come a long way, GMT.

A little more than a hundred years ago, a stevedore on a ship going from the south of China to the Philippines flicked you over to a young man to help his even younger bride with her seasickness as they made their way to their new life in an unknown land.

Half a century ago, you mopped the sweat off of a young woman’s brow as she made her way from the southern provinces to Manila, the first in her family to go to university.

Twenty-five years ago, you soaked up that same woman’s tears as she struggled to re-build her life after a dead husband, a foreclosed house and a failed business.

Today, you’re on your way to being framed as a kitschy art piece that reminds that woman’s son of where he’s come from and the spirit that will keep him getting up every time he falls down, no matter what.

You’ve come a long way, GMT. I can’t wait to see where you go next.