SINGAPORE—Here the past four nights to attend the Induction Ceremony of our “brother” club, the Rotary Club of Singapore West, here are some observations… WIMBY. While billions of football zealots worldwide dream of blowing that vuvuzela in South Africa, I’m dreaming of London. Yes, it’s the same green as soccer, but it’s grass at Wimbledon. [...]
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Green grass, random notes in Singapore
June 25th, 2010 · No Comments
Tags: 2010 FIFA World Cup · Rotary · Tennis
GenSan’s new name: “Manny Pacquiao City”
March 7th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Romy S. DyPico did the unthinkable last Friday night. While attending the Rotary District Conference, Romy, the president of my club, the RC of Cebu West, scurried near the front stage and tiptoed to sit beside a lady for that one-click photo moment. We were in General Santos City along with 1,200 other Rotarians from [...]
Tags: Manny Pacquiao · Rotary
Rotary + Sports = active, energized Rotarians
February 16th, 2010 · No Comments
“Rotary is a worldwide organization of more than 1.2 million business, professional, and community leaders,” says the official website, www.Rotary.org. “Members of Rotary clubs, known as Rotarians, provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world. “There are 33,000 Rotary clubs in more than 200 countries and [...]
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