When Josiah Albelda invited me to participate as a speaker in the In the Huddle 1st National Sportswriting Congress, I declined. I did so because I didn't think that high school students really didn't take too many things seriously let alone sportswriting. I did feel his disappointment but I didn't buckle from the way I felt. About two months later, a common friend of ours, Eddie Ching, was discussing the seminar again and I reiterated my lack of interest. But after a while, I warmed up to the idea of inspiring them and maybe giving them a direction to take when they went to college. So I signed up for it. And like I told the kids today (there was a smattering of college students), the Man Above sends you where you need to go. So no regrets going and I certainly had a good time. I came in my faux Steve Jobs attire -- long sleeved shirt (sorry I didn't have it in black), faded white jeans, and white rubber shoes. I even had it down to the Mac. Hahaha. It was easily the highlight of the day for me as I ran off to a working lunch meet at an officemate's house in La Vista and then to a voice recording for a video I am doing for the AAA. Guess what? I conducted almost my entire talk in Filipino. Cool, huh? Thanks, Josiah! And thanks to all the participants. Hope you enjoyed the talk.
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