Posts Tagged ‘ football ’

Where Do The Children Play

Well I think it’s fine, building jumbo planes.
Or taking a ride on a cosmic train.
Switch on summer from a slot machine.
Get what you want to if you want, ’cause you can get anything.
I know we’ve come a long way,
We’re changing day to day,
But tell me, where do the children play?
Well you roll on roads over [...]



Impossible is Nothing

I have often wondered why, in a country where the average adult male height is just under five and a half feet, the national sport is basketball. (I can hear my son muttering indignantly, “No, it’s sepak takraw!”) But that’s just in the books, sweetie, we all know that where there’s at least 10ft square [...]



The Beautiful Game

It was 1999 and I had just joined an IT services and consulting comany in Makati. It was inevitable that I would be drawn into football, the beautiful game, as my Scottish-born, British-passport-holding-boss was an avid fan. EPL, FA Cup, Champions League … these were words that I heard as often as client visit, change [...]