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May 29, 2011
Our coverage of the Philippine Volcanoes at A5N Korea begins now.
The national men's rugby team (24 guys), their coaching staff (3), manager (1) and media entourage (me) fly to Korea today on PAL 468 to Incheon airport. Last night I had a brilliant idea: national team, national airline, maybe PAL could admit the guys to the business lounge where they could be more comfortable and [...]
Our coverage of the Philppine Volcanoes at A5N Korea begins now.
The national men's rugby team (24 guys), their coaching staff (3), manager (1) and media entourage (me) fly to Korea today on PAL 468 to Incheon airport. Last night I had a brilliant idea: national team, national airline, maybe PAL could admit the guys to the business lounge where they could be more comfortable and [...]
Boombox, take 1
Using Photo Booth for Mac. (Eww must clean screen.)
May 28, 2011
Paging all Pinoys in Korea
On Wednesday, June 1, 2011 at 1500 hrs the national men's rugby 15′s team the Philippine Volcanoes face the toughest challenge in their playing career. They will meet the top-seed and host nation Korea in the semifinal of the Division 1 Tournament at Ansan Wa~ Stadium in Ansan, Korea. At stake is a place in [...]
8 hours in Antipolo
On Friday we attended the launch of My City, My SM at the SM mall in Masinag, Antipolo. SM Masinag opened just a few weeks ago. We got there early so we had time to wander about. The mall is shiny and spacious, with giant eco-friendly asterisk-style fans on the ceiling to help the airconditioning [...]
The Weekly LitWit Challenge takes a break.
Our regular contestants are exhausted and we need to find a new schtick (as do you). While the Weekly LitWit Challenge goes on hiatus, we're doing book reviews and author interviews and bringing back our hysterically popular Jock With A Book feature.
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AP photo from tennis.com. At Roland Garros the third-round match between Novak Djokovic (2) and Juan Martin del Potro (25) has been suspended on account of darkness. Djoker who is gunning for his 40th consecutive win in 2011 (he has not dropped a match since December) won the first set, 6-3. Delpo, whose rise to [...]
May 27, 2011
What We're Fighting For
by Phil Abraham of the Philippine Volcanoes national men's rugby team I learned about rugby ten years ago from my pastor who grew up in Kenya. When I attended the University of Illinois in Champaign I started playing rugby, and I continued to play for my pastor's old team, the Chicago Lions, when I moved [...]
May 26, 2011
Kiwipedia
Kiwi orchard, Mount Manganui, New Zealand. Photo by JZ. You want to be a vegan? Fine. You want to follow a macrobiotic diet? Fine. You choose to subsist on nuts and berries or air and mesclun, good for you. Bravo, you are a stronger person than I. But never attempt to lecture me about my [...]
May 25, 2011
Auntie Janey's Old Fashioned Agony Column # 15: Obsession With Money
Gillian Anderson is brilliant as the Lady Dedlock in the Masterpiece Theatre adaptation of one of the finest novels about money ever written: Bleak House by Charles Dickens. Dear Auntie Janey, When I was growing up my parents fought constantly about money. I swore that I would never let money—having or not having it—rule my [...]
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