DUNKED IN MANILA

Bill Fink's story of a year of work, basketball, romance, and other disasters in the Philippines

Friday, June 29, 2007

Expat Magazine story


My basketball story "The Politics of Pickup in Manila" is appearing in this month's issue of Expat Magazine in the Philippines. The page has a nice layout with a few of my photos, including this view of me holding a basketball in front of a coconut tree with a hoop attached to it (the tree, not my chest). You probably can't see it in the photo, but my chest has a big rash and some cuts, as I had just climbed and then slid down another coconut tree. I'm really not very bright...


The recently launched Expat mag as described by its editor, Jude Defensor:

"Expat Travel & Lifestyle is a 140-page glossy, oversized magazine – and the first magazine devoted to expat life in the Philippines. Published quarterly, Expat Travel & Lifestyle is a must-read for expats and people with a passion for life in the Philippines. Regular sections include travel (foreign and local), business, real estate and property, lifestyle and culture, health and fitness, fashion and beauty, and so much more. Our cover story for the June issue is on the top airline executives working in the country and the overall theme for the issue is “high-flyers”. Expat Travel & Lifestyle is exclusively distributed by Emerald Headway Distributors, Inc., and is now available at magazine stands, bookstores, supermarkets and other retail outlets. For subscriptions, call: (02) 647-4744 or 647-4766 or email: ehdi@pldtdsl.net "

Hopefully with my featured story, the mag is now the talk of Manila. If I can get a better link which is actually readable, I'll connect to that one instead of the blurry jpeg page.

1 comment:

Paula Vergara said...

Nice photo! Yeh, climbing a tree shirtless may not have been a wise choice, but you survived to tell the story. Congrats on the article!