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Basketball Championships And Parenting

July 15th, 2007

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After church, I tagged my two kids and off we go to Araneta Coliseum to watch the championship match between SMC-Pilipinas and Lebanon, and the game 5 of the Alaska and Talk n Text tussle at the Philippine Basketball Association.Our national team won the title with Lebanon 2nd and Syria 3rd by virtue of winning against China in the battle for 3rd place. Because of the kids schooling tomorrow, we left for home before the game 5 of Alaska against Talk n Text starts.

The atmosphere is festive all thru out the game with Philippine flags waived here and there with wild cheering from the crowd with the drums and bugle in the background. Added bonus is the presentation of UST’s cheering squad.

SMC-Pilipinas

July 14th, 2007

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The Philippine National Basketball Team, SMC-Pilipinas, had another sorry setback in its conquest for an Olympics slot. A heart breaking loss to China added to the sorry losses of the Philippine team from Japan (a lightweight), Kazakhstan (another lightweight), Jordan (tough nut) and Lebanon (another tough nut). All these losses happened at the recent Jones Cup.

It seems our team has a character problem. Running out of guts at crunch time. Hopefully this can be remedied before the Japan pre-qualifying tournament. Coach Chot Reyes, consumed with passion to bring the Philippines back into Olympic Basketball, has all faith for his boys, despite the setbacks.

Almost There

July 14th, 2007

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Of late , we are busy organizing the 1st National Convention of an e-group, we are progressing substantially, we have resource people who agreed to speak for the event both on the plenary as well as the break out sessions. We have substantial list members who signified their intention to participate on the event. We are able to get a competitive package to host the event plus fine dining from a premier International Training Hotel/Center operated by an A-list University. And we received another offer from another A-list post graduate school. We’ll look into the proposal next week to go to the bottom of things. They say it’s for free but nothing is free in this world, you know. X-deals, yes. We are trying to get as many sponsors and trade-offs with companies so we can bring down the cost and add value to young dudes and dudettes who are just starting in their career.

Reality Bites

July 14th, 2007

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My daughter teased me and her kuya the other day because our “tummy” is getting bigger.

I normally dismiss such comment because I always thought I can manage. Well, not when I noticed that I’m a little uncomfortable now with my pants. My wasteline is 32, and normally, my pants have an allowance of 1 inch. This is BAD!

Sonnie BTP, Of Muscles Of Muscles