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I saw this photo circulating on face book and immediately knew i had to share it on my blog.... You don't have to spend more than 5 mins on this blog to know am an avid world soccer fan with a clearly biased love for my national team les lion indomptables du cameroun. Sometimes we have to take a step back into the past in order to move forward. Perhaps our team and football association FECAFOOT needs to do exactly so. To go back and remember why and how football became an important national pride. To remember the glory days. To realize how their present day actions is ruining the reputation of an organisation that was founded on hard work + a love for the game + national pride. And you cant talk about the days of roger miller, pepe, maradonna and not remember 1990 FIFA World Cup - Italy's official song composed and sang by the talented Georgio Moroder. In English the song is entitled "To Be Number One" ....In my humble opinion still THE BEST world cup/...

Recently a friend asked for my opinion on some exercises one can perform at home with little or no equipment. There a many body weight exercises you can do at home without the luxury of gym equipment  The bonus of some of these exercises is the ability to tweak it to either make it more difficult as your conditioning improves or to provide different combinations to keep your workout interesting. My friend was more interested in upper body routines.  Here are my current favourites to do on a rainy or bad weather day( hello up coming Boston winter which i am dreading) or during those months in which you're on a tight budget and a gym member ship sounds like a luxury  You can find picture or animated demonstrations of all the moves at google.com 1. Push Ups Variations – works chest and Triceps a        a.  With feet elevated on a chair/stool/couch anything with elevation b. Handstand Push Ups – Lean on Wall for bal...

Things have been going from bad to worst to .... for The Indomitable Lions of Cameroon. Ours boys and FECAFOOT need to really step it up if we intend to play in FIFA2014 And I mean that not just by qualifying through games but having our administrative shit together 1st -  Samuel Eto'o Fils....the HIGHEST PAID soccer player IN THE WORLD was suspended (8+ months) then later on released from his duties as national team captain   Then you had the drama with Roger Miller. He is such a great soccer icon not just  in Cameroon but in the world of soccer. Hence I am going to have an  intentional amnesia and keep being a big fan of the man At some point I thought former fiesyt Liverpool defender Rigobert Song who has been to 3 world cups with the Lions was being considered for the coaching position but apparently the government didnt want to meet his "financial" demands? lol but they'll happily do it for a white foreign coach? smh.......

My sentiments?. ..Disgusted Read and be amazed photo source Battle On In Cameroon by Aaron Kessler A truck drives through a palm oil plantation in Indonesia’s Central Kalimantan province. Over the past decade, the area planted with oil palm in Indonesia has almost tripled. / REUTERS A New York venture capital firm, which has leased some 180,000 acres of land in Western Africa to create one of the world’s largest palm oil plantations, has abruptly ceased efforts to obtain an independent certification that its operation is socially and environmentally responsible. The firm, Herakles Capital, withdrew on August 24 from an internationally-recognized protocol for certifying that its $350 million palm oil project in Cameroon met minimum standards set by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, or RSPO . Instead, the company says, it will start clearing the land and establish its own environmental and social standards later. “ We’re going to develop our own standar...

Today's sports medicine article review is about football players (especially line backers) and their struggle with maintaining a "healthy" weight while at the same time meeting the physical demands of their sports. You can read the article HERE by VancouverSun, titled " Weighty issue for football's big men". The article makes the following points 1. Football players are getting bigger and bigger (280 - 340lbs) 2. Despite their weight, these athletes go through rigorous strength training programs to maintain athletic fitness + performance 3. Some sports medicine professionals struggle with placing them in a particular category because the average 340lb person does not exercise at the same intensity that footballers do 4. Irrespective of their physical prowess, sports medicine staffs should monitor their BMIs, BP, cholesterol levels and waist circumference on a regular basis especially those with a family history of diabetes, stroke, and...

Today has been an awesome day. I took a chance on myself and my abilities and it paid up ^_^ I went into this new venture thinking...maybe am not good enough...what if they say i just graduated from school and haven't had the necessary experience...what if they judge me by my age and not by my skills. what ifs...what ifs...what ifs But I decided to let go of the doubts, prayed to GOD for strength and wisdom and came out of the experience with a job. I wish i could go into the details of the crazy circumstances surrounding me getting this job but i cant. I dont even know where to begin.....It was one of those crazy days that began with the job interview people having to pick me up  1/2 way on a raining day in order for me to attend my own interview crazy right?...even more crazy when they asked me to come back the next week...and then  offer me the job upon my return Lesson du jour : Never Give up....seriously what's the wo...

" To Love Oneself is the beginning of a life long romance" ____Oscar Wilde Location: Revere Beach, MA... My friend and I went hunting for some "healthy" ice cream for him and yogurt for me and ended up at the beach.  In my defense a 6+ mile workout had been achieved earlier in the morning so the sweet tooth dessert was well deserved When you look at the ocean and all the other natural wonders of the world, how can people not believe in GOD?   I work hard in life for days like these...Good company...Good conversation...Peace of mind.... La joie de vivre.... Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it.  Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many.  Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books .  Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders.  Do not believe in tradi...

Sickle Cell Disease :  A genetic disorder that results in the premature death of red blood cells. Patients are constantly short of red blood cells. Abnormally shaped sickle cells will sometimes block other blood cells. One of the primary functions of red blood cells is to carry oxygen and we all know the many amazing functions/benefits of oxygen in our body g Short of bone marrow transplant in severe cases, there is currently no cure for sickle cell disease...just treatments to manage symptoms and prevent complications Sickle Cell and Exercise Even though most people with sickle cell have to battle against many different conditions from abdominal pain,joint pain and fatigue to shortness of breath, it is possible to incorporate exercise into their lifestyles. 1.Strength Training :  Because  of shortage of oxygen delivery by red blood cells to working muscles, there is a shortage in energy production through the aerobic system). = fatigue ea...

I had a cray-cray day. Nothing was going right despite my best efforts and intentions. When i finally sat down to get some work done, I realized I had left my bag of goodies pens,pencils, office supplies & et c at home. It was like the universe was telling me to go home and chill out. so I did exactly just that and spent the day listening to and reading all about Alec Lomami and his mixed album of many other African artists  "Africa in Your Ear buds" Below is a music video of one of the songs that helped propel his music career

As you've all heard...or not but now you know ^_^, 7 time tour de France winner Lance Armstrong has decided to stop fighting the United States Anti Doping Agency's latest doping allegations against him. By choosing to quit, he risk losing all his titles and  being banned from ever competing in cycling again. The verdict is not out yet but i pray the above case is a worst case-scenario type of deal.   I read the press release about why he is quitting. He is tired of all the allegations even after he has in the past showed up and not failed any of the many doping tests they had asked him to do. The USADA claims that they have new evidence and testimonies from his former team mates....some of whom have in the past tested positive for using drugs...interesting By quitting we may never truly know if he did participate in the doping allegations some of his former team mates are claiming.  I wish he would not quit because as far as am conc...