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What it's like to be a U.S. Fulbright scholar, basketball player, journalist, and the whitest man in Metro Manila.

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New Yorker by birth, shipped across the globe to the world of malls, shanty-towns, patronage, corruption, basketball and a curious burnt-toast smell that wafts around at dusk

Sunday, September 23, 2007

Ateneo/La Salle: Where the cream of Philippine society comes to curdle


Here's my story from The New York Times about the biggest rivalry in Philippine sports -- the men's basketball rivalry between Ateneo de Manila and De La Salle universities. Now that the official story is published, I'll come back in a few days with some of the DVD exclusives. Photo by Nono Felipe.

6 Comments:

Blogger Joey said...

go Ateneo!

5:51 PM  
Blogger Jenn said...

wahaha I've never read anyone so dedicated to basketball before [or maybe I don't read enough].

Although I normally see you around xavierville area teaching[playing?] basketball to[with] kids, I never knew you had such dedication.

Yey! Go Ateneo!!! We're going to win this thursday! :)

6:51 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I think I've seen you around Katipunan several times! Haha! Anyway, even though nothing beats watching Ateneo-La Salle games live in Araneta, it's also fun to watch it in the Ateneo cafeteria with everybody else who couldn't get tickets. It's also a madhouse there where every single shot, assist, block, and rebound gets such intense reactions. It's actually funny hearing everybody yell their lungs out as though they're watching the game live, too. :p

12:07 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

the funny thing is, after sunday's game, no one will care, who will win the finals. sunday is where it's at.

2:54 PM  
Blogger Erika Tapalla said...

let's be blogger friends too. lol. How's it going? Been a while! Glad you're scoop is taking a finer form.

Hope all is well

12:03 AM  
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