UAAP championship is FEU's belated birthday gift for coach Nash Racela

Far Eastern University coach Nash Racela initially wanted to celebrate his 44th birthday on November 30 as a UAAP champion.

The Tamaraws dismantled the University of Santo Tomas in Game One of the finals, and the coach had hoped they would be able to close it out on Game Two, which fell on November 28.

The series, however, was extended as Kevin Ferrer exploded for UST to force the winner-take-all, which was scheduled two days after Racela's birthday.

Well, better late than never, as the Tams bounced back on Game Three and finally took the championship title for their beloved coach.

"Etong si Mike (Tolomia) texted me the other day," Racela told reporters after his team fashioned out a 67-62 victory on Wednesday. "'Coach. happy birthday. Sa Wednesday na lang gift mo.'"


He said his other players also said the same thing along with their well-wishes, and he could not ask for more as they kept their promise and gave their all to win the crown.

"This is a good gift from my players. It's something that they guaranteed. They delivered, and I'm really thankful sa kanila," he said.

The championship was Racela's first for FEU since taking over in Season 76, settling for a second runner-up  and first runner-up finish in his first and second years as head coach.

It was also the Tam's first title in 10 years and the school's 20th title overall in the history of the UAAP. —JST, GMA News

source: gmanetwork.com, 

Pope Francis urges youth to use information technology wisely

 

Pope Francis on Sunday urged the youth to judiciously use information technology (IT) lest "the psychology of the computer let us think that we know it all."

 

Speaking at an encounter with the youth at the University of Santo Tomas, the pope said having many modern means of communication can help but there is a danger of accumulating information.

 

"Today with so many means of communication, we are overloaded with information. Is that bad? Not necessarily ... It is good and it can help, but there is a real danger of living in a way of accumulating information. We have so much information but maybe we dont know what to do with that information," he said through an interpreter.

 

 

 

He warned of the risk of becoming museums of young people who he said have everything but may not know what they want to do with them.

 

The Pope said the challenge is to learn how to love and "through that love, that information bear fruit."

 

"We dont need youth museum but we do need holy young people," he said.

 

Also, he said the youths should learn to use their hearts, minds and hands - "to think, to feel, to do, and all that harmoniously."

 

The Pope also warned against having the psychology of a computer to "think we know it all."

 

"Let us not have the psychology of a computer to think we know it all," he said. — Joel Locsin/TJD, GMA News

 

source: gmanetwork.com