Les Panthères du Gabon make history

By winning 2-1 against Morocco in Casablanca last Saturday, Gabon took the first place in the 2010 World Cup qualify group A ahead of Togo and Cameroon. This is a huge step forward to try to qualify for the first time for a World Cup and considering that the 2010 World Cup will be hosted in Africa (South Africa) for the first time, the impact of a qualification for a country as small as Gabon would be just amazing, awesome....


I will come back to this later this week on all the expectation people home have and share with you my thought on "Les Panthères du Gabon" chance to make history and be in the first plane for Johannesburg next year.

Well done guys....

Debating on my Iphone last night...

I had a great day yesterday, first I was pretty happy to have finished the work on my Blog and see that it looks cool and fresh compare to the template I had before, the few feedbacks I have already received are all really positive...Will keep the good work going...


Anyway the highlight of my day was definitely the debate I had on another blog (The Wage of Wins) I visit fairly often to learn about statistics and NBA Basketball. As you all know now, I'm a huge NBA fan and spend some of my free time between watching games live on TV (pretty hard to do in the UK because of poor NBA coverage), on my laptop (Thanks NBA pass), or playing on the week-end with some friends... But anyway last afternoon I sent a comment about Allen Iverson being one of the best players ever to have played the game and I even had a go at the person behind the Blog, Prof, D. Berri (nothing personal obviously) just because I thought that some of his comments, about AI's average productivity (which I agree with), were a little bit disrespectful to a player who gives everything night in, night out....

Well to my surprise, everyone came back to me and tried to kill me just because I had the audacity to say that Allen Iverson was a great player and one we will never forget... Man, suddenly I was in trouble and attacked from every front while walking back home from my office I was trying pretty hard to defend myself and explain my thoughts on AI's career, but trust me typing on my Iphone was something really funny (most people on the pavement were probably wondering what was wrong with me laughing most of the time...) and not always easy but I really enjoyed the fight and the experience...

It was fun and I hope to do it again, but not on my Iphone this time, I will wait until my broadband finally works at home...

Take care guys...

Working on my Blog...

Since last Monday I've been working to make my blog look a little bit different, I should say more "Pro" or simply more readable. One of the really positive thing about Blogger is the fact that it's really simple to use for someone with no deep knowledge on HTML or other development language, Blogger give you anything you need to start blogging on your own and it's really easy to use. The only bad point is the lack of template from Blogger, if you want to really change your format or visual and have something more funny or complex, you will need to look somewhere else.

I'm actually trying diferent template from Deluxe Templates which offer you more than 120 free high quality template designed specifically to be use with Blogger and because all template have been tested you can feel pretty confident on downloading any of them by giving your blog a new face. By the way, just a quick thanks to Isaac Yassar for his help on template change and to Klodian (from Deluxe Templates) for his clever advice.

Anyway, if my Blog look a little bit strange or is slow to load image and text, don't worry at all, I'm actually testing some template and have to decide which one to use before finish the Peace Blogger make over.

Take care everyone....

Barack Obama and March Madness [ESPN]

You know what I really like Barack Obama as a man, I think the guy is just awesome and America should be pride and lucky to have a President like him who is so natural and so down to earth. I mean I was watching the latest ESPN NCAA report on my laptop last night and I was just amaze to see the most powerful man on the planet, talking with a journalist in the White House Map Room and filling is own NCAA bracket before the March Madness begin.

I mean, the man is really like you and me, you know, a modern man never too far from keeping up with everything, like the latest college basketball injury updates, the depth issues of Oklahoma, the strong finish by Florida State and the late entry into the NCAA tournament by Arizona.

And amazingly, when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert Gates were holding meetings nearby, and a state dinner with Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen to come (according to ESPN) , The US President slipped down to the Map Room to break down his own bracket and he proved to be as educated and knowledgeable as those who make this for a living.

Barack Obama pick for the 2009 Finals Four : Louisville, Memphis, UNC and PITT

The US President will spend the next few weeks in Europe for the NATO Summit in France then will visit England, Germany and Czech Republic, quite a busy schedule but nevertheless he is already planning on watching most of the game on Air Force one at a pretty late time, around 2 in the morning, or just on checking the scores.

Coming back to his final prediction, the president had Louisville beating old rival Memphis in one semifinal and North Carolina outlasting PITT in the other.

And like many of us, the most powerful person in the world predicts the Tar Heels will be cutting down the nets in Detroit, as the 2009 NCAA Champions.... And then he was off, with his bracket in hand, folded and ready to reference on Thursday as the first-round results come trickling in.

The report on ESPN lasted 20 minutes and it was just unreal, I mean you don't always surf on the net and expecting to see one of the world leaders doing something so usual for many of us who love basketball or sport in general, I mean the guy is just awesome, you know, and.....He is just awesome....

Quote of the Day [Laissez Faire]

Evolved individuals know that people who are not intuitive can be dangerous to work with, since they are guided solely by the current appearance of things that are in reality, changing. Evolved individuals seek out others who have intuition and vision - a form of intelligence that comes from cultivating the instincts, observing the direction of change, apprehending the evolution of ideas.”

[Lao Tzu]

Our new Home.....

I'm finally back to post some news on my blog again...And this time I'm in for real (hopefully)....
Anyway I've been really busy in the past few weeks, first I went in Paris to visit one of my old friend from my home country (Gabon) who flew from Libreville to spend some time with me, talking about the past and the prospect of going back home. Jean Kombila, my friend, is one of the most important senior advisor of the new Mayor of Libreville, the former Prime Minister : Jean François Ntoutoume Emane.

Meanwhile I'm working pretty hard, since last November, to start a sport project in my country which should involve investor from Europe and Africa to provide a lot of different stuff like goods, financial advice or sponsorship for the 2012 African Cup organisation. After 6 years in England it is maybe time for me to get ready to go home and share the joy of my land with my family...


Back in England 3 weeks ago, I had to get ready to move house, pack boxes, clean our rented flat, clean our new home, set our billing papers with our new address and let the removal men doing the hardest part of the job. Last Friday we finally moved and since then we just enjoy the area upgrade from a popular and busy downtown to a more calm and "posh" surrounding.
In today economic fear, buying a house can be a risk and can bring more tears than smile, having someone on your side who can help you settle in a new and comfortable house while you can use that opportunity to save money is a unique opportunity and a sign that luck is on your side. But to be honest with you luck has nothing to do with that in my case, Philip Pettitt made this happen.

Thank you Philip....