Arrived in the Philippines very early this morning. Very smooth flight.
Interesting thing happened on the flight. We were all loaded on the plane waiting to take off and noticed that a lot of pictures were being taken towards the front of the plane. Turned out that the current president of the Philippines, Gloria Arroyo, was on the flight and was making the rounds through the plane to greet the Filipino passengers and have pictures taken. Was very refreshing to see her interact with the passengers and know that she was flying a commercial flight from Frisco to Manila.
The qualifiers are all taking place at Star Paper and we have not made it over there yet. We did check out the Convention Center and they are very busy getting everything set up for the main event on Sunday.
We have heard that local player Carlo Biado booked winning matches against Van Boening and Pin Yi Ko already this week. He did not win huge sums of money, but enough to make it interesting.
Was enjoying lunch here at the hotel this afternoon and experienced what appeared to be a very minor earthquake. I have personally never been in an earthquake, so it was different. The waitress didn't even seem phased by it.
Have seen a couple of the pros here. Stevie Moore is already here, as is Shaun Wilkie.
Looking forward to the main event getting started on Monday.
Mike
Interesting thing happened on the flight. We were all loaded on the plane waiting to take off and noticed that a lot of pictures were being taken towards the front of the plane. Turned out that the current president of the Philippines, Gloria Arroyo, was on the flight and was making the rounds through the plane to greet the Filipino passengers and have pictures taken. Was very refreshing to see her interact with the passengers and know that she was flying a commercial flight from Frisco to Manila.
The qualifiers are all taking place at Star Paper and we have not made it over there yet. We did check out the Convention Center and they are very busy getting everything set up for the main event on Sunday.
We have heard that local player Carlo Biado booked winning matches against Van Boening and Pin Yi Ko already this week. He did not win huge sums of money, but enough to make it interesting.
Was enjoying lunch here at the hotel this afternoon and experienced what appeared to be a very minor earthquake. I have personally never been in an earthquake, so it was different. The waitress didn't even seem phased by it.
Have seen a couple of the pros here. Stevie Moore is already here, as is Shaun Wilkie.
Looking forward to the main event getting started on Monday.
Mike
