Wow, this guy's Tagalog is so good! Never since Michelle van Eimeren have I heard a foreigner speak this well.
Hmmm....the color's a bit off. His teeth look beige here.
But watch him speak English and pogi points are up plus 10.
As a Fulbright scholar, 6'3" basketball enthusiast and author Rafe Bartholomew spent three years living in Katipunan and researching on the Filipinos' passion for basketball.
"Allured by the idea of an island nation full of people who love the game as irrationally as he does, American journalist Rafe Bartholomew arrived in Manila to unlock the riddle of basketball's grip on the Philippines. On his unforgettable journey, Bartholomew spends a season inside the locker room of a Philippine professional team, dines with politicians who exploit hoops for electoral success, travels with a troupe of midgets and transsexuals who play exhibition games at rural fiestas, and even acts in a local soap opera. Sweating his way through hard-fought games of 3-on-3, played with homemade hoops for 50-cent wagers, Bartholomew uses a mix of journalistic knowhow and the hard- court ethics he learned from his dad to get in the paint and behind the scenes of Filipinos' against-all-odds devotion to the sport."
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Pacific Rims is available at Amazon, selected branches of National Bookstore, Fully Booked and Powerbooks.
To know more go to http://www.rafebartholomew.com/blog
Oh, and I love this post. Read about him getting territorial over the Belgians moving into his neighborhood in QC.
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Hmmm....the color's a bit off. His teeth look beige here.
But watch him speak English and pogi points are up plus 10.
As a Fulbright scholar, 6'3" basketball enthusiast and author Rafe Bartholomew spent three years living in Katipunan and researching on the Filipinos' passion for basketball.
"Allured by the idea of an island nation full of people who love the game as irrationally as he does, American journalist Rafe Bartholomew arrived in Manila to unlock the riddle of basketball's grip on the Philippines. On his unforgettable journey, Bartholomew spends a season inside the locker room of a Philippine professional team, dines with politicians who exploit hoops for electoral success, travels with a troupe of midgets and transsexuals who play exhibition games at rural fiestas, and even acts in a local soap opera. Sweating his way through hard-fought games of 3-on-3, played with homemade hoops for 50-cent wagers, Bartholomew uses a mix of journalistic knowhow and the hard- court ethics he learned from his dad to get in the paint and behind the scenes of Filipinos' against-all-odds devotion to the sport."
Pacific Rims is available at Amazon, selected branches of National Bookstore, Fully Booked and Powerbooks.
To know more go to http://www.rafebartholomew.com/blog
Oh, and I love this post. Read about him getting territorial over the Belgians moving into his neighborhood in QC.
