I was just getting up and out of my bed today around 5:30am Angola’s time (GMT+1), I automatically turned on my boobtube on DSTV’s channel 401 on my favorite tv channel CNN, and whalla! a crowd of 125,000 jammed into Chicago’s grand park euphorically waiting for Senator Barack Obama, well now I can sure enough [...]
November 5, 2008
Categories: My Life in Africa . Tags: 44th President of USA, America, American Dream, Barack Obama, Blue States, Change, Chicago, CNN, Democracy, Democrats, DSTV, ELECTION, God, History, Joe Biden, John McCain, Obama, Palin, President, Red States, Republican, Sony Cyber-Shot, United States of America, US Election, Vice President, Yahoo, Yes We Can . Author: malembe . Comments: Leave a Comment
First, the French Open, this time the Wimbledon, two consecutive finals win, my idol Rafael Nadal is 2008 Wimbledon champion. He beats Roger Federer in a five thrilling sets in the finals. Accordingly, this is the best final ever in the Wimbledon history. What can you say about that? In fairness to Federer, he remains [...]
July 7, 2008
Categories: My Life in Africa . Tags: CNN, entertainment, Federer, History, Idol, Life in Africa, Match, mining, Nadal, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Sony, Sports, television, Tennis, Tennis History, Wimbledon, Wimbledon 2008, Wimbledon History, World of Tennis . Author: malembe . Comments: 1 Comment
Early dawn today 29 June 2008, Filipinos in mina wakened and gathered together to watch tv for the anticipated boxing fight between Manny Pacquiao and David Diaz for a WBC Lightweight Title. We were very elated as our champ Manny Pacquiao after 9 rounds of bout, he made history by knocking out the mexican fighter. He dedicated this [...]
June 29, 2008
Categories: Global Pinoy Power, My Life in Africa . Tags: asia, Barrera, Boxing, David Diaz, Filipino Excellence, Filipinos, History, IBF Super Bantamweight, Manny Pacquiao, Marquez, Mexi-cutioner, Mexican, Morales, MV Princess of the Stars, Pacquiao, President Arroyo, Professional Boxing, Ring's Magazine, Sports, TKO, WBC Flyweight Title, WBC Lightweight Title, WBC Super Featherweight . Author: malembe . Comments: 1 Comment
‘Havemos de Voltar’ – I guess most of you never heard this phrase, not if you are in Angola or in a Portuguese speaking country. I encountered this phrase 4 years ago when I enrolled in a formal Portuguese class lessons, my teacher introduced me these famous lines, she told me these are perhaps the [...]
June 28, 2008
Categories: My Life in Africa . Tags: Africa, African Poem, Angola, Angolans, Gas & Oil, Havemos de Voltar, History, History of Angola, mining, Natural Resources, Pablo Milanés, Poem, Portuguese, We Must Return . Author: malembe . Comments: Leave a Comment
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