February 22

I share my birthday with two people I knew in my life. They were born on the very same day I was born: February 22, 1971. They are: Cherry Galiluyo, my classmate back in UST; and Lea Salonga, a world renown singer and actress.

Also born on February 22 are:

• George Washington (He is the reason why I was named George)
  US President (1732)
• Arthur Schopenhauer
  philosopher (1788)
• James Russell Lowell
  poet, critic, and editor (1819)
• Edna St. Vincent Millay
  poet (1892)
• Edward Kennedy
  U.S. Senator (1932)
• Jonathan Demme
  director, producer, screenwriter (1944)
• Julius Erving
  basketball player (1950)
• Drew Barrymore
  actress (1975)