Come and Go

Looking at the vast blue sky above our heads, we see the clouds gathering to form shapes and symbols that only our wildest imagination can envision.

The fluffy white clouds come and go from afar, separate from one another, to again come together to be united as one.

Whether it be in the near or distant future, people from afar come and go to meet again.

As with clouds, the unions and gatherings of people symbolize memories to be cherished and to entertain our imaginations.

Busy, busy week in France

The busy week has finally ended in France where headline after headline, things are finally coming to a calm.

It all started with Thierry Henry's record breaking game against Lithania last Wednesday, October 17th, . With the French national team, Henry scored 2 fantastic goals in the last 10 minutes of the game to bring France closer to a qualifying bid for next summer's European championship in football (soccer for Americans). In doing so, Henry became the best striker in French history surpassing Michel Platini, who was until now, considered the best of the best. As they say, records are made to be broken. Final score, France 2 - Lithuania 0.

Ah but that same evening, all of France was preparing what was called a black day. Throughout France, they were numerous strikes in the public transportations. Consequently, many people were not able to work, and traffic jams were all around testing everyone's patience and nerves. Even until today, people are still struggling to find their way home with the public transportations.

Not only that, after several weeks of speculation by the press, it is official now. Our newly elected president is now a single man. Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife are officially divorced. It was indeed a black day for many, and for our president as well.

But bad news never come alone. After having defeated the so called best team in the world in rugby during the Worl Cup quarter-final against New Zealand, not only did the French rugby team lost in the semi-final against a mediocre English team 17-9 last week, but it got man-handled and humiliated by Argentina 34-10 during the 3rd place game. The French flare flamed out after France's emotional and tremendous game against the All Blacks.

All in all, the press in France and its people have many things to talk about. It is time now for Sarkozy and the French rugby team to start all over again and write up new stories and legends to inspire and intrigue us. Soon, we'll be talkin bout a revolution ...

Nothing Is Impossible

For the past 4 years, New Zealand's rugby team ,the All Blacks, has dominated the world of rugby. The All Blacks have terrorized and crushed all of their opponents with so little effort that they are highly regarded by many as the best team in the world. In fact, by looking at the scores of their past respective games, it seems that most of their effort thus far has gone into their traditional and trademark Haka ritual pre-game dance. The Haka alone frightened their opponenents.

Throughout the world, it was a foregone conclusion that the All Blacks would beat France in the quater-final of the World Cup 2007. Who are we the kid, France was no match against the All Blacks in their last 6 games. And if the first round of play proved anything, the All Blacks looked invicible in the current World Cup. Of course, when the going gets tough, and the tough gets going, the All Blacks' invicibility ended tonight against France in the quater-final of the World Cup 2007!

Experience is what we call past mistakes. While France had been embarassed and humiliated by the All Blacks for the last 4 years, it has finally learned from its past encounters against them. France finally proved the rugby world wrong by brilliantly applying a strategy to defeat the best team in rugby tonight. In 1999, France had beaten an arrogant and over-confident team in the semi-finals of the world cup back then, when the All Blacks were also considered the very best in rugby. As the saying goes, those who do not learn history are condemened to repeat it.

For the past week in France, the slogan has been Nothing is impossible! Indeed, nothing is impossible in life, espcially in sports! Allez les bleus!