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The Philippine rugby modeling for Bench.

Sharing with you a letter below written by a fellow paddler for the President to Save the Philippine Dragon boat sport. I hope to help the federation by spreading and making this issue reach media's attention. Dear Mr. President, We would like to seek help from your office to give immediate attention and guidance to the current situation of the dragon boat sport in this country. The Filipino dragon boat paddlers under the supervision of the Philippine Dragon Boat Federation or PDBF brought home numerous international awards in this sport, defending WORLD CHAMPIONS and WORLD RECORD HOLDER to name a few, yet the Philippine Sports Commission under the leadership of SOMEONE CLOSE TO YOU do not recognize the federation, stripped down all its rights as member of NSA without due process, and created a separate dragon boat national team under the the Philippine Canoe Kayak Federation or PCKF. Current statistics show that PCKF has around 40-50 members only compared to PDBFs more t...

“Mothers give their sons permission to be a prince but the father must show him how…” I am a prince, and my father's the king and it was his birthday yesterday. It was tatay 's 52nd birthday yesterday. Last day also was the first time I greeted him heart-fully and spoken to him the words, I love you and thank you but was not emotional . Yes, I have never been that expressive and open to him since the end of his dictatorship – last year, I received self-declared freedom and signed a mutual treaty with him that both would raise a white flag and surrender our armaments. It was an absolute relief having revived the healthy relationship with him but I am also missing the silent and strategic battle we fought against each other. Funny but that was how we dealt with each other over the past years. He had almost always opposed my ideas and my philosophies never ceased to contrast with his. We seldom meet in the center and agree for one thing –save, maybe food preference....