So, yesterday, Sunday, was fight day. Manny Pacquiao vs. Ricky Hatton. I wrote an article on Friday in anticipation of the bout, and although it was a very short match, it certainly lived up to my expectations. I was a little worried for Manny, maybe he had not taken the “Hitman” seriously enough, but he […]
Let’s get ready….
…to rumble. This weekend, Pacman is at it again! No, I’m not talking about the vintage video game from the late 70’s, I’m talking about THE PacMan! Manny Pacquiao. Pacquiao is a champion boxer from General Santos City, Philippines. Considered a hero here in the Philippines. Certainly a source of great pride in this nation […]
Summer of swimming
Summer vacation for the school kids here in the Philippines is well underway now, and the challenge for parents like Feyma and I is to keep the kids busy! You know how kids are, if you don’t keep them busy with something, they will spend their time playing video games and watching TV. Doing that […]
Are you ready for some football?
One thing that kind of surprises me is how many people actually base their decision about whether to move to the Philippines on how much (or little) American Football they can catch on TV here. Two or three times per month, I get e-mails from people asking me how many games per week they can […]
Go, Sheila Mae!
Today is the day that Sheila Mae Perez gets her start in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Sheila Mae is a diver, the only female Olympic diver from the Philippines. Sheila Mae’s favorite event, the 3 Meter Springboard competition gets started today. Sheila Mae is from Davao, and started diving at the age of […]
Competitiveness
The other day I was watching the news on TV. One of the stories was that there was a lady who is entering the weightlifting competition in the coming Olympics in Beijing. She will be the first Filipina to compete in weightlifting in an Olympic Games. At the end of the story they said that […]