World what?

Came into work this morning a little sleepy after a late night cheering on the Aussie team in their first World Cup game. I watched the game with a bar full of ex-pats in Makati. The fact that this global sporting event is on seems to have escaped the attention of most of the Philippines' population. Soccer is not really known or understood and so most of my work colleagues had no idea why I was so excited today. Here the most common sports are the "B" sports: Basketball, Bowling and Badminton. I have a theory that their popularity stems from the fact that you can play inside with air-conditioning!