Comments on: Delicious words, I must eat them http://www.sonictempest.net/2008/08/15/delicious-words-i-must-eat-them/ the pointless musings of a strange recluse Sat, 10 Dec 2011 17:26:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Photon http://www.sonictempest.net/2008/08/15/delicious-words-i-must-eat-them/comment-page-1/#comment-175 Photon Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:16:04 +0000 http://www.sonictempest.net/2008/08/15/delicious-words-i-must-eat-them/#comment-175 Wow, that's great. Congrats to them - that's quite a feat, in quite an exciting sport as well. As for my country... really no hope. On a regional (and even Asian Games level) we're good, but then all the dysfunctionality shines through in an Olympic year, I'm afraid. Until the corruption (during ceremonies, there are more mooks and companions than actual competitors!), infighting, and lack of training/facilities are addressed, chances of the Philippines getting any kind of Olympic medal again remain slim. For the remaining sched, there's high hope for the taekwondo, but that's about it. I guess that one popular Philippine comedy show joke from the 1990's should be revived. "By 2020, the Philippines will be a province of China, and in being so, will finally win its first gold medal!" Oh and lol @ cheap, easily torn Chinese merch (apparently something even Phelps complained about previously too): http://ph.news.yahoo.com/star/20080816/tsp-simms-arabejo-suits-missed-d685dba_1.html Wow, that’s great. Congrats to them – that’s quite a feat, in quite an exciting sport as well.

As for my country… really no hope. On a regional (and even Asian Games level) we’re good, but then all the dysfunctionality shines through in an Olympic year, I’m afraid. Until the corruption (during ceremonies, there are more mooks and companions than actual competitors!), infighting, and lack of training/facilities are addressed, chances of the Philippines getting any kind of Olympic medal again remain slim. For the remaining sched, there’s high hope for the taekwondo, but that’s about it.

I guess that one popular Philippine comedy show joke from the 1990′s should be revived. “By 2020, the Philippines will be a province of China, and in being so, will finally win its first gold medal!”

Oh and lol @ cheap, easily torn Chinese merch (apparently something even Phelps complained about previously too):
http://ph.news.yahoo.com/star/20080816/tsp-simms-arabejo-suits-missed-d685dba_1.html

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