Comments on: Curling?!?

By: jaimee

jaimee — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:53:51 +0000

i wasn’t able to catch the curling during the olympic games but just reading these posts and comments makes me want to check it out.. i have tried broom ball once before and it was pretty fun.. since most of us were first timers.. it was hilarious.. just a bunch of sliding around and falling on your face type moments..=D all in all it was pretty fun..

By: luaster

luaster — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:45:17 +0000

I had the exact same reaction when I first saw it 5 years ago. But ever since I got hooked on the Vancouver Winter Olympics (of course, cheering for Team Canada), I realize the sport is not sooo bad afterall. It requires a lot of strategy and sweeping action. But it’s an interesting sport once you sit down and try to understand what they are doing. You’re right, it was the strangest sport I have ever come across! :)

By: ta

ta — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:00:12 +0000

Mr MM
Yes jolen and tantsing as national sport is a fantastic idea.The rules must be set to develop good sportsmanship,teamwork,etiquette and leadership.Mr MM I hope NA and MR win the election so you pass on the idea. One of the rules of curling is calling out
your own infractions to the opposition team,example “burning the stone” that is
accidentally touching the stone with the broom or a body part.Concession is considered an honorable act, the act does not carry stigma of quitting.At the end of the game
the two opposing teams shake hands and wishes for good luck in the future is exchanged,Good Curling!

By: happyman

happyman — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:20:07 +0000

I would actually associate curling to ‘tantsing’. Probably we played ‘jolen’ differently than most of the people that posted here. With ‘jolen’ we put it into a hole (thus the word ‘jolen’ as in ‘hole-in’ or the ‘kulto finish’ as in ‘goal to finish’).

By: rose

rose — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:21:18 +0000

hahaha,, i got attracted to curling tooo!!!! very new to me, and i love the way they hold the ball ang slide to release it…and scream to death….!!!!

By: Divina

Divina — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:39:30 +0000

Haha. Mr. MM, your last sentence made me laugh. No offense to someone who loves curling. I just don’t understand that sport. But it’s better than poker being a sport.

By: i love sta.rosa

i love sta.rosa — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:27:31 +0000

MM, pwede ba tayo magkaroon ng sport event sa summer? mga version naman natin, pitik bulag , piko, at jolen… hehhehehehhee

By: JO

JO — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:13:59 +0000

Hi MM…I never heard of curling myself until after i got here..and they are very passionate about the sport!

By: Getter Dragon 1

Getter Dragon 1 — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:41:18 +0000

Broomball is a much harsher sport. Its basically hockey without the skates on ice. Instead of sticks and puck, you have a ‘broom’ and a ball. In the grand scheme of things for a sport to qualify as an olympic event, there has to be rigor and an element of danger. Somewhere along the lines, broomball got overlooked in favor of curling.

I wouldn’t mind playing it and it does look unforgivingly silly, but a the same time, if I was with a bunch of friends (and a few drinks), I could imagine playing it Pinoy style, probably breaking it down with some good trash talking, some cheating and maybe a few punches.

Perhaps we should advocate the IOC to include billiards and bowling. It that would happen, then the Philippines would surely sweep up the competition. No pun intended (I thinks).

By: Rowi

Rowi — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:58:44 +0000

I hardly know anything about curling and I thought it was a weird sport to be featured in the Winter Olympics. I couldnt help but be fascinated though by the extreme concentration and focus the players showed. And of course we watched this event as the Swedish teams both men and women were in the semi-finals. As many Swedes know very little of curling, one of the major dailies featured the hows and whys of the game so we could appreciate the game.

The Swedish ladies’ team were super cool and very collected – they won the gold, over Canada!!!! It was a close and dramatic match, and the Canadian ladies were tough but the Swedish team prevailed. The Canadian men’s team won the gold though.