Anything & Everything

Nothing could make Filipinos than to see one of our own win in any sport or event. Last night Filipinos showed their support to the Philippines National Football Team better known as the AZKALS. When I arrived home, my son was trying on his new school uniforms , last October I blogged about getting a new pair of pants, this time around I had to get him two school polos because 2 of his old ones (which btw was made for him last April). He was trying it on at home because he just asked his uncle to get it for him since he was waiting for the football game between Azkals and Mongolia’s Blue Wolves to begin. Everybody was on their seats waiting; I don’t think they even checked on the news channel to get the latest update. The problem with me is that I am a pretty noisy when I watch, whether it be basketball, soccer or baseball or volleyball. So you can just imagine the kids looking at me every time I would shriek each time they missed a goal or something else happening. But the wors...

The Philippine national football team shocked the 40,000 Vietnam fans and stunned the defending champion when the former won 2-1 in the recent ASEAN Football Federation Suzuki Cup at the My Dinh Stadium, Hanoi. Considered to be the underdog, the weakest team compared to the other teams, the Philippine football team certainly gave everyone a surprise. It certainly was a team effort but names that stand out are Chris Greatwich who scored the opening goal in the 38 th minute, goalkeeper Neil Etheridge who repeatedly fended off attempts from the Vietnamese team to make a goal and the goal that sealed the victory was made by Phil Younghusband with 10 minutes remaining to the game. Now, they are a force to reckon with as they battle with Myanmar on Wednesday. Winning over Myanmar would advance them to semi-finals and a chance to win the Cup. The Philippines has always been a basketball nation and who are just starting to appreciate associated football is definitely giving the enthusiasts,...

My son, an avid fan of Miami Heat, has taken a sabbatical from basketball. He has changed his sportwear uniforms from basketball jerseys to soccer uniforms and spike shoes. It started when their school has the intramurals and he wanted to play basketball. Unfortunately, as he is in his first year and not as tall as the older students, he was not chosen. Since I am an associated football fan I have long been encouraging him to try it out. This time with no sport to play he enlisted in the soccer team. Since then he has been playing soccer, changed his wallpaper with Real Madrid’s logo. His FaceBook account now has Raul Blanco Gonzales, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo and many more as pages he likes. Since I am a fan of El Siete when he was still in Real Madrid, I have been always been a Madridista, I still am. But my allegiance is and always will be with Raul so now that Raul is in FC Schalke, I root for Schalke. But because he has always heard and seen me as a Madridista, by default, my son is Re...