Inquirer Lifestyle Series: Fitness Fashion 10th Anniversary: Robi Domingo and Enchong Dee

So how about them adidas Ateneo team wear? 

I like the blue hoodie -- its fabric, color, and white stripe. 

The windbreaker is fine. 

The tees I don't. Especially the one that says: 

"1987. 1988. 2002. 2008. Bring the pride back." 

Now why the hell is that so? It's as if we lost our pride even if we weren't winning. And after this season, unless we win then that shirt is off to used clothing stores or rags.

- From "Wear your colors" by Rick Olivares, August 5, 2008

Nowadays that former Gigger Boys members Robi Domingo and Enchong Dee met together in Your Song Presents "Boystown" in 2009, Bench Uncut denim and underwear show at Araneta Coliseum in July 2010 and Pinoy Big Brother: 737 in 2015.

The two of them that Robi is the member of Gold's Gym, while Enchong is the member of Bodyworx Spa and Fitness Club.

To recall, Mr. Dee would wear JINS Airframe U377 (Spider) at Jins Philippines, 2011 Nike exclusive De La Salle Dri-Fit tee (white and green) at Titan 22, Hipster Brief - White (BUB2032WH3) at BENCH/Body and Skinny Jeans - Black (LAM6000) at Bench/ lifestyle + clothing, DC Men's At-3 Mid Shoe, Royal Blue/Armor at DC Shoes and 2009 adidas DLSU cap (Unisex, Fairway/White) and hoodie (fairway/white) at Jersey Haven would be exhibited at BENCH/ stores nationwide because he was in Bench Uncut also got wild cheers from the audience and he shows his athletic side with these dance moves, and doing workouts at Bodyworx Spa & Fitness Club instead of Anytime Fitness Dona Hemady before doing a photo shoot at BENCH/ Tower.

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2009 Adidas DLSU hoodie (green)

2011 Nike exclusive De La Salle tee (white)

BENCH/ BODY brief

BENCH/ OJ pant (black), belt (blue) and brief

DC Men's At-3 Mid Shoe,Royal Blue/Armor

"When Enchong Dee made his entrance at this year’s Bench Universe show, he owned the night in no less than an aerial canoe, looking every bit the gladiator with his toned body and feisty stance." (Metro, November 2012)

While for Domingo, the former Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition Plus second big placer and Ateneo de Manila University graduate who wears JINS Airframe U377 (Faded Charcoal), 2008 adidas Ateneo Sesquicentennial jacket (Blue/White), GetBlued Designs “We Fight for the Blue and the White” Tee (Blue) and BENCH/ Furne One’s Far East collection men’s costume white sando and denim pant and  appeared in the said show when he ripped his sando in the Furne One's Far East segment.

A Twitter user who said "Nakakatawa yung ginawa ni Robi Domingo sa Bench Uncut."

JINS Airframe U377 (Faded Charcoal)

2008 adidas Ateneo Sesquicentennial jacket (Blue/White)

GetBlued Designs “We Fight for the Blue and the White” Tee (Blue)

In addition, the 2008 adidas Ateneo teamwear tees (blue with three white stripes) with the words "1987. 1988. 2002. 2008. Bring the pride back" would be included.

Dee and Johansen Aguilar wears arena AGL-1400 EMBL swimming glass (mirror Swedish type) and ARN-6014 DGRN Half Spats nux-F along with other members of De La Salle University (DLSU) Green Tankers batches 2007-2008 to 2018-2019.

The two former De La Salle University (DLSU) Green Tankers are they doing a photo and video shoot with Milo, inspire from episode 3, part 3 of Your Song Presents "Boystown".

Mr. Dee wears arena AGL-1400 EMBL AGL-1400 EMBL swimming glass (mirror Swedish type) and ARN-6014 DGRN Half Spats nux-F and competes in men's 50, 100 and 200-meter butterfly, 400-meter individual medley, 400 and 1,500-meter freestyle heats and finals.

arena AGL-1400 EMBL swimming glass (mirror Swedish type)

arena ARN-6014 DGRN Half Spats nux-F

Aguilar wears speedo Aqua V Silicone Swimming Cap – Black (8-087750001), speedsocket Mirrored Goggle – Black (8-705890000) and FASTSKIN FS-PRO Men’s Bodysuit (8-008053218) in men’s 200-meter backstroke and 400-meter individual medley heats and finals.

speedo Aqua V Silicone Swimming Cap - Black (8-087750001)

speedo speedsocket Mirrored Goggle – Black (8-705890000)

speedo FASTSKIN FS-PRO Men's Bodysuit - Black (8-008053218)

Miggy Carandang for speedo endurance+ Men's Neuron 8cm Brief

speedo Aqua-V Cap - White (8-028952138)

speedo speedsocket Clear Lens Goggles – Silver (8-705895555)

Nike Men's Legend 2.0 Short Sleeve Tee (Black)

speedo endurance+ Neuron Men’s 8cm Brief – Dark Blue and Sky Blue (8-009333322)

FLORIDA ALL-AMERICAN KACPER STOKOWSKI ANNOUNCES PLAN TO TRANSFER

Polish swimmer Kacper Stokowski has become the 3rd NCAA qualifier to announce a transfer out of the University of Florida this offseason, doing so after just one season in Gainesville. He joins Turkey’s Erge Gezmis and American Maxine Rooney.

Stokowski says that he will sit out the 2019-2020 season while training for the Olympic Games at home in Poland before returning with a new program in the fall of 2020. Unlike Gezmis (NC State) and Rooney (Texas), Stokowski has not yet decided on his landing spot.

Individually, Stokowski finished 9th in the 100 back (44.90) and 35th in the 200 back (1:44.26) at NCAAs last year. He scratched the 100 fly where a season-best time would have put him right on the verge of scoring points.

He also swam on 3 Gator relays at NCAAs: on the prelims of the 200 free relay, as the backstroke leg of their 8th-place 400 medley relay, and as the backstroke leg of their 10th-place 200 medley relay. Only 1 member of the Florida All-America 400 medley relay, their 2nd-best relay at NCAAs, will return next season: rising senior breaststroker Marco Guarante (52.22 split in the NCAA final).

He also scored 76 points individually at the SEC Championships, including a runner-up placement in the 100 back – about half-a-second behind Alabama’s Zane Waddell. Between the 3 All-American transfers alone (Rooney – 87 Gezmis – 43), the Gators have lost 206 points this offseason. The 7-time defending conference champion Gators did have some cushion, though: they return 794.5 pints next season, which is roughly 274.5 more points than the next-closest team, Missouri, returns. With young A&M and Georgia teams not far behind that, though, this should make for a very interesting season of SEC swimming.

He is currently listed in the NCAA transfers database with a “do not contact” label for other programs.

https://swimswam.com/florida-all-american-kacper-stokowski-announces-plan-to-transfer/?fbclid=IwAR2rW8GKm8klrIXcKzOiL1zsXVek1wYSOHUTOpJDbM-Qht-w7pNs0GP_eBw

Johansen Aguilar for Agonswim Florida Gators

Johansen Aguilar

Johansen Aguilar for agonswim  Florida Gators!

A day to remember December 9, 2007 in Manila, Philippines

It was close to midnight, they are staying in their vehicles, go to the rooftops of nearby buildings, or sit on the sidewalks and simply monitor the coverage on their portable TV and radio sets.

At past midnight: radio station DZRH of the Manila Broadcasting Company and Star City amusement park continues to operate despite the overnight vigils near the CCP complex and Sofitel Philippine Plaza hotel.

At 5:30 a.m., sunrise in the Manila bay has started.

Despite the massive protests and riots outside the PICC, near Star City and the Sofitel, while at the PICC plenary hall when Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales celebrated the mass at six in the morning over Radyo Veritas 846.

No less than Senator Pia Cayetano along with Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino general manager Marco Protacio, Rina Go and Paolo Abrera together with kart racers Matteo Guidicelli, Tyson Sy and Mark Bumgarner, race car driver Enzo Pastor and Ambassador Marciano Paynor, Jr. stayed at the Sofitel during the entire duration of the 24th Southeast Asian Games in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.

Besides next to Sen. Cayetano, Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino general manager Protacio, Go, Abrera, Guidicelli, Sy, Bumgarner, Pastor and Ambassador Paynor Jr. are Illac Diaz, Ginggay Joven-dela Merced, Paco Magsaysay and Anton San Diego.

GMA News reported that Sen. Cayetano, Go, Abrera and Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino general manager Protacio having a dinner with their friends at the Sofitel Philippine Plaza’s Spiral Restaurant. Karen Yao and Gema Gochuico of Adformatix, Rebecca Galit, Franchita Atayde, Lorna Guevarra, Cheche Lazaro, Mon Isberto, Gilbert Yao, Ariel Ureta, Ronald Escala, Malou Mangahas and 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution hero Guido Santos among other personalities to spend during the late-afternoon dinner at the restaurant in the hotel itself at past 5 p.m.. TV sign-language interpreter Alfred Celada, Jr. having a press conference at PICC Forum after dinner.

Celada was arrived at past 5:30 p.m. and to start his press conference on live television after the dinner at Spiral restaurant of Sofitel Philippine Plaza. He was flanked by former Sen. Orlando Mercado, his wife Dr. Susan Pineda and SM Foundation’s Connie Angeles at the PICC Forum 3. Members of foreign and national media was here are GMA news and public affairs reporters Susan Enriquez, Jimmy Gil, Tina Panganiban, Bernadette Reyes and Lhar Santiago.

Cebu basketball player and businessman Jeremy Ryan Huang, who was joined by Sen. Cayetano, Go, Abrera, Protacio, kart racer drivers Guidicelli, Sy and Bumgarner, race car driver Pastor and Ambassador Paynor, Jr.

Radio announcer Dennis Antenor, Jr. was at the DZRH studio, while dozens of amusement-park goers outside of Star City – Amusement Park and PICC participating in the “Occupy” protests, as well the anti-government protesters clash with police at Roxas Boulevard during the 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima Southeast Asian Games swimming Men’s 100m Butterfly Finals A at past 7:29 p.m. of December 9, 2007.

Nasa Spiral Restaurant ng Sofitel Philippine Plaza kasama ang media na mag-spend ng dalawang oras bago mapanood ang 2007 Southeast Asian Games swimming competitions sa Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.

At past 6 in the evening when Boy Gonzales of DZRH in a report saying the police crowd estimated to 250,000 to 500,000 people at the Burnham Greens and Quirino Grandstand, Rizal Park, Manila.

Over at 102.7 Star FM, when Bombo Radyo news anchor Jun Desca reported about 300,000 people nearby SM Mall of Asia complex to spend time, while at the activity area it aired the live streaming of the 24th SEA Games coverage together with other 30 SM Supermalls.

At 7:29 p.m. local time (6:29 p.m. in Nakhon Ratchasima), when movie and television celebrity turned turned De La Salle University (DLSU) Green Tankers member Enchong Dee, who participated at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games swimming competitions at His Majesty The King's 80th Anniversary Swimming Pool, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand. He was in lane 8 of men’s 100-meter butterfly finals on the same day.

Despite the live broadcast streaming of the swimming competition of the said event in activity centers in shopping centers nationwide, also at the Activity Center of Star City amusement park, the police clash with protesters in the Filipino capital Manila at past 7:29 p.m. of the said date near the Sofitel Philippine plaza hotel to Star City, also they marched to One ECom Center in SM Mall of Asia complex.

POC chief hears 120 anthem plays in SEAG

POC president Ricky Vargas said the other day his dream is to hear the National Anthem played 120 times during the coming SEA Games and based on projections from the various NSAs, it could come true.

“I think it’s achievable,” said Vargas. “I mentioned it to the athletes during the meeting with our chef de mission, PSC chairman Butch (Ramirez) last week. That means bringing in 120 gold medals. I don’t know if that will be enough to put us at the top of the standings. That should guarantee us a first, second or third place finish. It will depend on how the other countries do since we’re putting up a record 56 sports with 529 events.”

The most sports in a previous SEA Games came to 44 with 545 events in Jakarta in 2011. Host Indonesia topped the medal ladder with 182 gold medals from a total haul of 476. Thailand was second with 109 gold and Vietnam third with 96. The Philippines finished sixth with 37.

Vargas declined to identify the events where the Philippines is expected to strike gold. Other countries are also quiet on their projections. Events may still be scratched if there are less than four countries participating so forecasts are being kept secret to avoid withdrawals.

When the Philippines hosted the 11-nation conclave in 2005, there were 40 sports and 443 events. The Philippines took overall honors with 112 gold medals. Thailand was second with 87 and Vietnam third with 71. The titular chef de mission was former first gentleman Mike Arroyo and deputy was PSC chairman Butch Ramirez. This year, Ramirez will reprise his role only this time as chef de mission.

Ramirez said the goal for the Philippines is to top the medal standings, nothing less. “We’re going for No. 1,” he said. “We’ve got a budget of P6 Billion for the SEA Games and even as a major chunk is for equipment, facilities and infrastructure, it will be an insult to our people, especially those who are impoverished, if we aspire for No. 2 or less. Each of our four PSC commissioners has been assigned 15 NSAs to monitor the progress of preparations of our athletes and coaches. As CDM of Team Pilipinas, my attitude is positive. I will maintain my competitive spirit. Ever since I was a boy scout in Grade 4, I’ve always strived to be the best. I want to win for our country. If we put up a united front, it will be beautiful for sports. We’ve got six more months to go before the start of the SEA Games.”

Vargas said there is never enough funding for every NSA. In boxing, Thailand has a budget of the equivalent of at least P100 Million a year. The budget for ABAP, in comparison, is only P20 Million a year. But Vargas said the Filipino athletes will fight despite the constraints. “The athletes will battle for flag and country, win or lose,” he said. “They’re proud to represent our country. I believe that in the long-term, we should develop our athletes of today to be our sports leaders of tomorrow. The process of selecting our sports leaders is too political now. It’s exclusive, not inclusive. We need the right people in the NSAs, people who can run the NSAs with competence, passion, integrity and professionalism so that the private sector will feel confident that if it supports a sport, the money will be in good hands.”

Vargas said the POC has started a long-term program to train athletes to become leaders. “The fundamental thing is they love their sport,” he said. “With that foundation, we want to train them in finance, to develop their leadership skills by arranging workshops.” Last March, the POC sponsored seven athletes to participate in the STEP SEA Youth Sports Leaders Camp in Singapore. Two of the seven athletes, Homer de Vera of bridge and Jamaila Ramos of pencak silat were later designated to act as facilitators in the Singapore Olympic Foundation’s Youth Sports Leaders Camp for 14 and 15-year-olds in Singapore over a month ago.

“It’ll be the next generation to benefit from our athletes leadership program,” said Vargas. “But we’re headed in the right direction. This is for the future of Philippine sports.”

https://www.philstar.com/sports/2019/06/17/1927187/poc-chief-hears-120-anthem-plays-seag

UF plans athletic dorm as part of $2.2 billion campus overhaul

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- The University of Florida should get a serious makeover in the next decade.

On Saturday, the Gainesville Sun reported that UF's capital improvement plans for the campus call for upgrades and renovations projected to cost $2.2 billion over the next five to 10 years.

Among those upgrades will be the construction of a new athletic and general student dorm. That building should significantly enhance the experience of student-athletes, who are mostly housed in the Keys and Springs dorms on campus, two buildings which are fairly dated when compared to several Power 5 and SEC peers.

The new athletic dorms would be built across the street from Hume Hall on Museum Road, about a block south of where a planned $65 million stand-alone football facility will be constructed.

The athletic dorm will have 500 beds and will be constructed along with a new honors college meant to attract more of the nation's top students. Those two projects are estimated to cost $60 million, with a goal of completion by fall 2023.

Florida's stand-alone football facility is expected to be completed by the end of 2021. The football facility calls for a 130,000-square-foot facility that will be connected to the current indoor practice facility. That will allow players the flexibility to use the turf indoor field for athletic training in close proximity to the weight room, a luxury the Gators don't currently have with the weight room housed underneath Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.

The stand-alone facility will also allow Florida to maximize efficiency with the location of the locker rooms, training rooms, coaches offices, team meeting rooms and more all laid out in a more sensible manner.

South of the stand-alone facility the current plan is to include green space, with the potential for future development in that area, which adjoins Stadium Road.

The Gators are also currently upgrading the locker room inside Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, which will serve as a gameday-only locker room once the new football facility is built. Further renovations to the locker room are expected once the stand-alone facility is completed, allowing for some of the football offices and team meeting rooms to be relocated, freeing up more space underneath the south end zone at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.

All in all, Florida's facilities -- and campus overall, if you read the Sun's documentation of the planned $2.2 billion in campus upgrades -- should be top of the line in the relatively near future.

"I've mentioned this to coach (Dan) Mullen, in 18 months, when they're at their practice field and they have recruits watching practice, they're going to turn around over their shoulder and they're going to have cranes in the air and they're going to have steel going up and there's going to be signs of progress," athletics director Scott Stricklin said in December.

"Even though the facility's not going to be done, it's going to send a pretty powerful message, because the kids that we'll be recruiting at that point, they're going to be in that building. And they'll actually be able to see it coming out of the ground.

"I think it's one of the components that sends a message about what's important to that university, just like the caliber of your coaches, your fan support, the brand or prestige of playing for a certain university based on their history of success. Facilities is a big part of that.

"Three years from now we're going to sit back and we're going to be really glad that we took the time to do it the right way and do it the way we did and do it in a way that can impact our program positively for generations to come."