Miracles Happen

Congrats El Gamma Penumbra for winning Asia's Got Talent  (AGT)! You have inspired not only Asia, but the whole world with your heartfelt and inspiring performances  like emoticon Watch their winning performance below. They definitely deserve it. Their shadow play is so noble that only someone with a cold heart will not be moved by it. BRAVO! The result was spoiled in Twitter though. Some got annoyed by it. hahaha At the end of the day, I'm glad, like the others, that not only does my bet won but more importantly the winner was the group (or person) that deserved it the most. They may have not won in Pilipinas Got Talent , yet it was still okay because they were meant to be at greater heights where they are able to reach out to not only the Philippine people (Filipinos), not only in Asia but eventually the whole world. I have watched them since their audition leading up to the Finals. Watch their other golden performances in AGT below. Be in awe. Be m

The 2015 U23 Asian Volleyball Championship, which the Philippines is hosting, is scheduled on May 1-9. The coverage, or at least the televised games of our country, will be shown in one of the three biggest television networks in the Philippines. In one of its “promotional” videos, it was mentioned that the team dreams of being number one in Asia. I can’t help but scoff each time I hear it. Why? Don’t get me wrong. I’m happy that finally, whatever issues especially political ones that contributed to the inactive status of the team for the past years has been “resolved”, at least for the time being. Even though the team has the likes of Alyssa Valdez and the Santiago sisters, I don’t think it’s enough for them to really compete against the powerhouse Asian teams, i.e. the Big Three: Japan, China and South Korea, and even become equal to them. What’s more possible to achieve is being number one in Southeast Asia though. It’s too far-fetched for now. It’d be better if they fo