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UP Alliance of Chemical Engineering Students UP AChES is a student organization that aims to promote true excellence in chemical engineering.

The UP Alliance of Chemical Engineering Students known as UP AChES (ey- ches) is a duly recognized socio-academic organization based in the Department of Chemical Engineering University of the Philippines Los Baรฑos Campus (UPLB). It was established by 45 young, vibrant and highly spirited Batch 2003 and Batch 2004 Chemical Engineering undergraduate students of UPLB. UP AChES is a proud member of the Philippine Institute of Chemical Engineers-Junior Chapter Luzon (PIChE-JCL) and the Philippine Association of Chemistry Students (PACS), Inc.

Through the passage of time, some things take on a form of their own.Shaped by those who came before, carried forward by...
09/10/2026

Through the passage of time, some things take on a form of their own.

Shaped by those who came before, carried forward by those who follow, and preserved in the moments that become part of something greater.

๐‘บ๐’๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’š ๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’‚๐’Œ๐’† ๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’Ž..

Calling every ๐™๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š ๐˜พ๐™๐™š๐™ข๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™€๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™š๐™ง! ๐ŸงชโฃโฃThe UP Alliance of Chemical Engineering Students, in partnership with Philipp...
08/10/2026

Calling every ๐™๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š ๐˜พ๐™๐™š๐™ข๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™€๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™š๐™ง! ๐Ÿงชโฃ
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The UP Alliance of Chemical Engineering Students, in partnership with Philippine Institute of Chemical Engineers - Junior Chapter Luzon, is bringing you the ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ'๐ฌ ๐‚๐ก๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ' ๐‡๐š๐ง๐๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค (๐Ÿ—๐ญ๐ก ๐„๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง) for the rest of the academic year! โฃ
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Today, we celebrate the heroes who work tirelessly to inspire learners, instill knowledge and values, and light a path t...
05/10/2026

Today, we celebrate the heroes who work tirelessly to inspire learners, instill knowledge and values, and light a path toward a brighter future.

These teachers are the guiding hands that plant seeds of wisdom in our hearts and minds, nurturing them with dedication and patience while asking for nothing but to see us flourish and grow into the people we aspire to become.

To our teachers, we express our heartfelt gratitude for your unwavering commitment to serve as role models and shape lives. Your dedication beyond the classroom truly shine and leaves a lasting impact on the students and communities you inspire.

May this day serve as a reminder for us to support meaningful reforms in education and stand alongside our teachers in their call for fairer compensation and better working conditions. Because investing in our teachers means investing in the future we all deserve.


๐—ง๐—ผ ๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€,As the month begins, may this birthday remind you that every moment passes has been leading yo...
01/10/2026

๐—ง๐—ผ ๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€,

As the month begins, may this birthday remind you that every moment passes has been leading you toward something extraordinary. The challenges you have encountered have not broken you but instead create something in you that is stronger, deeper, and more resilient than before. They are the testimonies of your courage and your ability to keep moving towards to the even greater version of yourself. May this new year of life bring you meaningful progress and ignite purpose that aligns perfectly with everything you have truly envisioned.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฎ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†! ๐Ÿฉท

๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ,
๐—จ๐—ฃ ๐—”๐—–๐—ต๐—˜๐—ฆ

The UP Alliance of Chemical Engineering extends our warmest congratulations to our dearest alumni, advisers, and residen...
30/09/2026

The UP Alliance of Chemical Engineering extends our warmest congratulations to our dearest alumni, advisers, and resident member who participated in the ๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ•๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ˆ๐‚๐ก๐„ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง and ๐๐ˆ๐‚๐ก๐„ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”, held from September 15โ€“18 in Hotel Supreme Mall & Events Center and Saint Louis University in Baguio City!โฃ
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We proudly celebrate the following achievements of our UP AChES community:โฃ
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๐Ÿ† ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐“๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ž, ๐๐ˆ๐‚๐ก๐„ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐“๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ฌโฃ
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๐„๐ง๐ ๐ซ. ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐. ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐š๐ฌ, ๐Œ๐’๐œ was inducted as a ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐“๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ˆ๐‚๐ก๐„ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐“๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ฌ (๐๐๐จ๐“) on September 18, 2026. Having served PIChE for almost nine years, he currently serves as ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ˆ๐‚๐ก๐„ ๐Œ๐ž๐ญ๐ซ๐จ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ฅ๐š ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ and ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ ๐€๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ˆ๐‚๐ก๐„ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐  ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง (๐˜๐„๐’).โฃ
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๐Ÿ† ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐โฃ
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๐„๐ง๐ ๐ซ. ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ฑ ๐‹๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง ๐“. ๐‹๐š๐ฒ๐œ๐š๐ง๐จ received the ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ under the thematic session Leveraging Data & Digital Technologies for the paper entitled โ€œMechanistic Modeling and Simulation of Transport-Kinetic Processes in Carbon-based Electrodes for Membrane Capacitive Deionization of Brackish Water.โ€โฃ
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๐Ÿ† ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐š๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐โฃ
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The paper, authored by Floyd Emmanuel G. Namoca, ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ฑ ๐‹๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง ๐“. ๐‹๐š๐ฒ๐œ๐š๐ง๐จ (Alumnus), ๐‘๐ฎ๐ž๐ง ๐‘๐ž๐ฒ ๐‘. ๐’๐š๐ณ๐จ๐ง (Adviser), Butch G. Bataller, ๐‘๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ง๐š ๐. ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ (Adviser), and ๐‰๐ž๐ง๐ง๐š ๐‘๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐ฒ ๐€. ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐ข๐จ (Alumna and Adviser; Principal Investigator), was awarded ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐š๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ under the thematic session ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ข & ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜›๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด.โฃ
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๐Ÿ† ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐š๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐โฃ
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The paper โ€œParametric Study on the Potassium Hydroxide (KOH) Activation of Bamboo Biochar as a Precursor for Functionalized Biocharโ€ was awarded ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐š๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ under the thematic session ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ.โฃ
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The research team includes ๐Š๐š๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐š ๐‰๐จ๐ฒ ๐“. ๐‚๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ, ๐„๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š ๐…๐š๐ฒ๐ž ๐. ๐‚๐š๐ญ๐š๐ง (Alumna), and ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐‘๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ง๐š ๐. ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ (Adviser), alongside co-authors Samantha Vega, Jewel A. Capunitan, Mae Joanne B. Aguila, and Monet Concepcion M. Detras.โฃ
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๐Ÿง  ๐”๐๐‹๐ ๐ƒ๐‚๐ก๐„ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ ๐“๐ž๐š๐ฆ - ๐Ÿ’๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅโฃ
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๐“๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ:โฃ
โ€ข Zander P. Mayor โฃ
โ€ข Arnelle Paul C. Rosales โฃ
โ€ข ๐‰๐จ๐ก๐ง ๐๐ž๐ง๐ง๐ข๐๐ข๐œ๐ค ๐Œ. ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐จ (Resident Member) โฃ
โ€ข Jay Lawrence D. Carlos โฃ
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๐…๐š๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ:โฃ
โ€ข ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ญ. ๐๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ. ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐Œ๐ž๐ซ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง ๐‚. ๐Œ๐š๐ ๐›๐จ๐จ (Alumnus) โฃ
โ€ข ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ซ. ๐‘๐ฎ๐ž๐ง ๐‘๐ž๐ฒ ๐‘. ๐’๐š๐ณ๐จ๐ง (Adviser) โฃ
โ€ข Engr. Myrckho Miguell A. Mendoza โฃ
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These achievements reflect the dedication and excellence of our alumni, advisers, and resident member. We are proud of everyone who represented UPLB DChE at the 87th PIChE National Convention and PIChE Student Congress 2026!โฃ
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๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ! ๐Ÿฉท

๐™ƒ๐™š๐™ฎ, ๐™ฌ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™šโ€™๐™จ ๐™‹๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™–๐™จ? ๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™—? ๐Ÿ‘€Oh, there you are. Turns out theyโ€™ve been busy making this summer one for the books.Fro...
29/09/2026

๐™ƒ๐™š๐™ฎ, ๐™ฌ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™šโ€™๐™จ ๐™‹๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™–๐™จ? ๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™—? ๐Ÿ‘€

Oh, there you are. Turns out theyโ€™ve been busy making this summer one for the books.

From the first idea to the final day, ๐‡๐ž๐š๐๐€๐‚๐ก๐„๐’ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐”๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ-๐ˆ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ was more than just a project. It was a summer we got to build, experience, and remember together.

So, before we move on to the next project, letโ€™s take a look back. ๐ŸŽž๏ธ

Hereโ€™s to the chaos, the laughs, the lessons, and the people who made HeadAChES 2026 what it was.

๐™๐™๐™–๐™ฉโ€™๐™จ ๐™– ๐™ฌ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฅ, ๐™›๐™ค๐™ก๐™ ๐™จ. ๐Ÿ’›

๐—–๐—ผ-๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜†:
Canon
Mama Viol's Food Creations
ADRN Wellness And Aesthetic Lounge
Sweet Dreams Bakeshop
A2Z2GO
TenTen's Academy

๐—œ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต:
Motoneck Silog Blvd.
Twist & Chill/Kofee Manila
Steak2one

๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฏ๐˜†:
Side Wok Asian Street Food
MushAwaited
Aly's Kitchanne
Ali's Chaolong and Cafe
Lola Benny's

๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ:
Best Print Copy Center

๐—–๐—ผ-๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜† (๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€):
Explained PH
Edge TV




Photos by: Errol Lintag, Carmela Ybuan, Rai Lee
Layout and Caption by: Rai Lee

โ€œ๐™’๐™–๐™ž๐™ฉ, ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™œ๐™ช๐™ฎ๐™จ ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃโ€™๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™š๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฎ๐™š๐™ฉ?โ€ ๐Ÿ‘€So, the question is: What are we gonna do today?Make a summer project, of cours...
16/09/2026

โ€œ๐™’๐™–๐™ž๐™ฉ, ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™œ๐™ช๐™ฎ๐™จ ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃโ€™๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™š๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฎ๐™š๐™ฉ?โ€ ๐Ÿ‘€

So, the question is: What are we gonna do today?

Make a summer project, of course. And maybe something a little bigger than we imagined. ๐Ÿงก๐Ÿ”ฅ

Behind every successful project is a team of people who believed in the vision and helped turn ideas into reality. The UP Alliance of Chemical Engineering Students would like to extend our ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™›๐™š๐™ก๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™š๐™˜๐™ž๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ to all our sponsors, partners, and media partners who supported ๐‡๐ž๐š๐๐€๐‚๐ก๐„๐’ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐”๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ-๐ˆ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ. Your generosity and support made this summer adventure even more meaningful and memorable. โœจ

๐—–๐—ผ-๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜†:
Canon
Mama Viol's Food Creations
ADRN Wellness And Aesthetic Lounge
Sweet Dreams Bakeshop
A2Z2GO
TenTen's Academy

๐—œ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต:
Motoneck Silog Blvd.
Twist & Chill/Kofee Manila
Steak2one

๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฏ๐˜†:
Side Wok Asian Street Food
MushAwaited
Aly's Kitchanne
Ali's Chaolong and Cafe
Lola Benny's

๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ:
Best Print Copy Center

๐—–๐—ผ-๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜† (๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€):
Explained PH
Edge TV

To everyone who became part of our summer project-inator, thank you for helping us bring our biggest ideas to life! Here's to the people who made the impossible projects possible. ๐Ÿงช๐Ÿ’›




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Pub and Caption by: Samantha Louise Pasigan

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