Archive for May 2006

The Fever is Rising

But the Philippines isn’t even breaking into a sweat.
In Germany, the venue of this year’s World Cup, worker’s unions are calling for flexible work schedules so that workers can watch the games and not be penalized for absences.
With the recently concluded FA Cup Finals (smashing game between the Reds and the Hammers) finding out [...]



Peanuts

My aunt (the one who raised me and is now in Seattle and has been there since I went back to my parents in Cebu which is another long story that will be told in another post but not here) used to bring home a bag of boiled peanuts for me on exam days, back [...]



I *Heart* H

Who is Horatio Caine?
Raised in 1960s Miami, by age 16 Caine had experienced a lifetime: Civil Rights marches, Cuban freedom flights, violent race riots, and the rise of dug culture.
His mother, a single parent in a time that did not favor such a definition of family, taught Caine that strength resided in your mind, not [...]



Olli Olli Olli Olli

Four years ago, while everyone else around me was cheering for Brazil, I was rooting for the underdogs — Germany — and my newfound idol Oliver Kahn.
The Four times German Bundesliga Goalkeeper of the Year was a formidable wall that loomed in front of any opponent’s goal, faltering only during the World Cup finals [...]