Jose Ceralde
21 Aug 2007

 

 

Eduardo Pontaoe,

Thanks for clarification. I am aware of the UN resolutions on the territories and evolvement of the commonwealths. I was not sure how they get to the Games because I thought they have to be a country to compete.

You and Ms, Ric clarified it well. I did not have time to check although I was curious because I lived in Guam in the ’70s as a military dependent and eventually stationed there as an airman.

I do not even remember my relatives in Guam talking about the Olympics as they do in the Philippines even during the Games. I always take it as us Americans’ indifference to the Games as a given and does not enjoy broad public support. Unless it is the sports widely followed by the press because of certain stories or dramas. I can not even follow my favorite sport and team from my home because the media jump from clips to clips of many different sports.

This Fil-Am almost stayed as a Guamanian but like most islanders we would have told anybody that ask that we are Americans. Why not?

During my stay there, Guam has the highest casualty rate in Vietnam than any other entity of US of A. Anyway clear skies and beautiful breeze is what almost got me unlike the big state of smog I left behind.

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