Bring It On

At the conclusion of the Summer Olympics, the Philippines came out empty handed. The big brains of Philippine sports have started to think what could be done to improve the country’s performance at the next games. My children, too, have noticed the fact that it didn’t even come up to the medal standings. So we had to explain that yes, at some point in time, we were good contenders in some events. And the athletes have also won bronze and silver in the past. In fact, we have won gold but on games that were then considered as demonstration sport and thus, does not really count in the medal standing.

It is important for us to make our kids proud of their roots. So we did have to tell some stories of how our athletes have also topped the best of the best when it comes to other sports, not necessarily in the Olympic scenario. Of course, one of the popular figures in Philippine sports is Manny Pacquiao (who, for some reason, is the country’s flag bearer in the last Olympics). Also world-recognized are our Billiards and Pool Cue masters such as Efren ‘Bata’ Reyes. We didn’t really have to enumerate a long list. I know and I can see that our children are proud of who they are, and where they come from.