I am still PROUD of our Pinoy Olympians

         As we are hoping and aiming our athletes for gold, unfortunately it didn’t happen even single medal for bronze nor silver. But then I am still so proud of our athletes especially for a fact that being Olympian is not very easy, it is like taking up the UPCAT, studying in high end universities in the Philippines or even the well known schools around the world such as Harvard or Oxford. The fact that you reach to be qualified in Olympics it is like a scholarship that you already attained your greatest achievement in life. Not all people can have this kind of opportunity, which is why I hate it when I’ve heard that our country is a shame just because our athletes didn’t have any medals. Imagine this way, it is like you were embarrassed to your child who graduated in school or university, regardless if high end or low profile, or well known and not so popular, just because your child was not Valedictorian or didn’t received any kind of awards from school. Whereas a lot of people out there can't have the opportunity to study even if they have potentials at all. How would you feel if you worked hard to attain your goal then people won't appreciate your effort just because you weren't able to accomplish their expectations? 

          I am still optimistic with this kind of matter and it just came to my mind that it is not yet time for the Philippines. Just keep in mind that our athletes had worked hard just to reach their goal as what we are also doing with our chosen field. All we must do is to hope and pray for the improvement of their training, respect and think positive about them to encourage and motivate them more rather than putting them down and blame for what they have done. Remember this is very competitive activity that you must expect other people from another country can be extremely expert with the different sports that they had chosen. Take it consideration as well that something that can be really proud of with our Filipino athletes is that they still competed with pride and dignity without attempting to cheat, put themselves into big embarrassment and most especially without being accused of doping just to achieve their goal. Also remember that being an athlete especially Olympian is not always about having gold medals, it also teaches us the sportsmanship on how are we going to accept defeat in matured manner.