Singapore

So, Heidi and I have been killing time the last few days watching lots of volleyball and melting in this heat. Sentosa, Singapore is beautiful, very touristy, and humid. We are at the Siloso Beach Resort......moved here after we lost our last match with Australia. The FIVB puts the main draw teams up in the Amara Resort and feeds you.
This has been quite an unreal experience for both of us.....but it is just the beginning.
We leave for Manila Monday, then Korea Tuesday. We plan to keep the streak going, but now teams will be gunning for us......
Well,off to Chinatown and shopping for Tony's birthday!
You can Check out the FIVB beach volleyball page and check out the gallery for photos of Heidi and I this week. Also, check out www.teamhidi.blogspot.com for more exciting Team Philippines updates!!!!

The Main Draw

I am in Singapore right now. Arrived Monday this week for our first FIVB event. It has all been pretty overwhelming, but Heidi and I feel very confident in our play right now. So, since this is our first event ever on this tour, we took the 35 seed out of 38 teams in the qualifier. Therefore, we play the 28 seed first (which we beat in 2games) then we matched up against China (3 seed) and beat in 2 games. lastly, we faced Australia. Lost the first game against them, then game back to win the next 2. So, we qualified in our first FIVB event into the main draw..... Our goal was to win a match, so qualifying was a huge victory. Once in the main draw, we faced the #1 team in the world (Brazil)-lost. Then we faced Australia again (different team)-lost. Played well, but lost our endurance from the heat and the 8 previous games we played:) off to Korea next week to do the same thing. Anyone wanting to follow our travels can go on FIVB.org and click on the beach volleyball page...just follow from there. Feel free to drop an email if you like...it is great to remain connected to home. We wont be back until August. Love to all!!!!!!