Team Spirit

Saturday was the opening day for the NCAA season here in Manila.  Basketball is the favored sport in the Philippines, not soccer, not baseball.  Six hours of dancing, loud music, and hoops at the Asia Mall Arena made for an exciting day.  It was interesting to see that the universities and colleges work to recruit tall players from Africa and beyond.  The good news:  Jose Rizal University won-"our" school.

Shoutout to Noah, Victoria, Ellen, and Nicholas:  the largest island in the Philippines is called Luzon and it spans 40,541 square miles.  It is the most populous island because this is where the mega city Manila is located.  I will not be staying with a family but in a hotel not far from the school where I am co teaching.

Shoutout to George:  the Filipino flag was adopted in 1898.  It is called "Three Stars and a Sun."