I�M glad the Cebu City Government decided to cancel a membership to an expensive gym for its officials because it may be just a waste of money.
One of the things I learned in this business is that getting fitting is not about signing up in a gym. Getting fit is all about determination.
One of the things I learned in this business is that getting fitting is not about signing up in a gym. Getting fit is all about determination.
Even if you get the most expensive package to the most expensive gym in the city, if you�re not determined to get fit, you won�t!
It�s as simple as that.
Besides, for our government officials, there�s a simple exercise that�s cheap and highly-recommended for them. Walking.
They can do that at the Cebu City Sports Center oval, once, of course, the repairs are finished.
I used to see a councilor regularly there, and curiously it was during the time when he made the news regularly for fighting with the mayor. Did he wisely walk away the stress of politics?
I no longer see him now, just as when he�s rarely in the news. But perhaps he just changed his routine or time at the tracks?
I�ve always admired guys like him�politicians who try to get fit without bringing in the whole newsbeat to cover their �getting fit.�
It means that despite the pressure and their hectic schedule, they find time for themselves. And it is what they need. Not a gym membership.
OVAL REPAIR. Now finally, two years and nine months after attending a a forum with a group that was planning to start a petition to have the CCSC track oval repaired, it is being repaired.
It is understood, of course, that the government operates at a different timeframe, but I hope the government, the private sector and the public will be of the same �frame� when it comes to taking care of the new track oval once it is opened to the public in 2012.
The oval won�t be in place before the 2012 Sinulog but I hope that before the next Sinulog, the CCSC will come up with protective measures for the track so it won�t get damaged. I hope, too, that whoever uses the oval�the companies that hold their sportsfests there, the groups that hold their races, or the joggers, or even the ANS students who make it their extended classroom�will take care of it.
It�s not the only track oval in Cebu City but I guess it�s safe to assume for the thousands of folks who exercise regularly, it�s the only track oval in the city.
And we�d like to have the new one look new, longer.
OLD FOTOS. While sifting through old photos accumulated over the years, I came upon a grainy photo taken after the Regional Schools Press Conference in the early 90s in faraway Mati, Davao.
It was taken after the awarding ceremony and after getting a couple of second places in editorial and sportswriting, I and some schoolmates were whooping it up.
That press conference always stood out for me. Not because I won, but because years later, I learned that not only was my wife a participant in that contest, or that we had the same event but because she said she remembered seeing a KSP boy, kissing a cut-out of a lady during the picture-taking sessions.
Unfortunately, I�ve never seen a copy of my pic doing that stunt.
I was a third year high school student and I think it was in that year when I decided that if I couldn�t make it as a sportswriter, I�d be an engineer since I was comfortable with numbers.
And I did take up BS ECE in college in 1996, but somehow, wound up with an AB Sociology degree in 2005. Yet, here I am now, 17 years removed from kissing the cut-out of an impossibly-slim lady after the closing ceremony, writing this.
Life sure has its funny twists, right?
I often get asked how I ended up in sportswriting and I always say my laziness during enrollment was the reason.
Back in 1997, after putting up enrollment at USC for the umpteenth time, I found myself with only four subjects and plenty of free time.
Two months later, at 18, I was covering sports events. That was over 15 years ago.
But don�t call me an old-timer. No sir, not me. The old-timers in this business are the ones who remember the time of the typewriters and I wasn�t a part of that time.
Makes you wonder what sort of fotos�and their stories�these old-timers have, don�t you?
Besides, for our government officials, there�s a simple exercise that�s cheap and highly-recommended for them. Walking.
They can do that at the Cebu City Sports Center oval, once, of course, the repairs are finished.
I used to see a councilor regularly there, and curiously it was during the time when he made the news regularly for fighting with the mayor. Did he wisely walk away the stress of politics?
I no longer see him now, just as when he�s rarely in the news. But perhaps he just changed his routine or time at the tracks?
I�ve always admired guys like him�politicians who try to get fit without bringing in the whole newsbeat to cover their �getting fit.�
It means that despite the pressure and their hectic schedule, they find time for themselves. And it is what they need. Not a gym membership.
OVAL REPAIR. Now finally, two years and nine months after attending a a forum with a group that was planning to start a petition to have the CCSC track oval repaired, it is being repaired.
It is understood, of course, that the government operates at a different timeframe, but I hope the government, the private sector and the public will be of the same �frame� when it comes to taking care of the new track oval once it is opened to the public in 2012.
The oval won�t be in place before the 2012 Sinulog but I hope that before the next Sinulog, the CCSC will come up with protective measures for the track so it won�t get damaged. I hope, too, that whoever uses the oval�the companies that hold their sportsfests there, the groups that hold their races, or the joggers, or even the ANS students who make it their extended classroom�will take care of it.
It�s not the only track oval in Cebu City but I guess it�s safe to assume for the thousands of folks who exercise regularly, it�s the only track oval in the city.
And we�d like to have the new one look new, longer.
OLD FOTOS. While sifting through old photos accumulated over the years, I came upon a grainy photo taken after the Regional Schools Press Conference in the early 90s in faraway Mati, Davao.
It was taken after the awarding ceremony and after getting a couple of second places in editorial and sportswriting, I and some schoolmates were whooping it up.
That press conference always stood out for me. Not because I won, but because years later, I learned that not only was my wife a participant in that contest, or that we had the same event but because she said she remembered seeing a KSP boy, kissing a cut-out of a lady during the picture-taking sessions.
Unfortunately, I�ve never seen a copy of my pic doing that stunt.
I was a third year high school student and I think it was in that year when I decided that if I couldn�t make it as a sportswriter, I�d be an engineer since I was comfortable with numbers.
And I did take up BS ECE in college in 1996, but somehow, wound up with an AB Sociology degree in 2005. Yet, here I am now, 17 years removed from kissing the cut-out of an impossibly-slim lady after the closing ceremony, writing this.
Life sure has its funny twists, right?
I often get asked how I ended up in sportswriting and I always say my laziness during enrollment was the reason.
Back in 1997, after putting up enrollment at USC for the umpteenth time, I found myself with only four subjects and plenty of free time.
Two months later, at 18, I was covering sports events. That was over 15 years ago.
But don�t call me an old-timer. No sir, not me. The old-timers in this business are the ones who remember the time of the typewriters and I wasn�t a part of that time.
Makes you wonder what sort of fotos�and their stories�these old-timers have, don�t you?
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