Posts Tagged ‘Philippine basketball’

The Author of the “Pacific Rims” Book

Filipinos got used in a traditional book-launching by either their fellow Filipinos or international foreign author who came here in the Philippines to launch their books in the country, but recently both were merged. That is, a book launching authored by a foreign author but speaking in almost fluent Tagalog language. Is that amazing?

This interesting foreign author is a basketball fanatic named Rafe Bartholomew who just got curious about Filipinos success on sports arena who flew in the Philippines last 2005 wherein he created a book entitled “Pacific Rim”, as a proof of his good stay in the Philippines which supposedly to be only 1 year but becomes 3 years.

His book is about Philippine sports, particularly Philippine basketball, being him as a fan of basketball, which was released, not only in the Philippines but also in New York and San Francisco, wherein his book was greatly appreciated and patronized.

His almost fluent tagalong speech or way of speaking Tagalog language is one of the plus factor why Filipino book lovers were charm and got interested to buy his book wherein his never really disappoint the expectations, thus his book becomes a hit.

Shift of Philippines’ National Sports

Before Manny Pacquio becomes a phenomenal Philippine boxing icon, most Pilipinos were inclined to basketball sports and basketball icons like Robert Jaworksi, Alvin Patrimonio, Jerry Cordinera and other Philippine basketball superstars that have been idolized by many Pilipinos young and old.

Basketball then is the main signature sports of the Philippines or the National Sports of the Philippines where every championship games were highly and greatly anticipated and awaited, either live or on every one’s television set, to cheer for their favorite basketball teams. However, this excitement on basketball sports have decline and mellow when the boxing underdog Manny Pacquio won an episodic victories against his foreign boxing opponents that surprised most Pilipino sports enthusiasts .Since then, boxing become the apple of the eye of many young sports aspirants that also wanted to achieve what Manny Pacquio have achieved.

Moreover, boxing sport s becomes, part of the primetime news in the Philippines television, whereas back then, it was on the late time, and basketball was on the primetime news on TV and radio.

Truly, Philippines’ National Sports have greatly shifted from basketball craze into boxing mania because of the success, Manny Pacquio have achieved. Moreover, because of the success of Manny, some amateur boxing athletes which have won an international boxing game has now been reported, back then it not but only seldom.