STI students MAKE IT BIG in the 2003 Sea Games

STI students Al-Jabbar Nain J. Sangkula and Felipe B. Tauro Jr. each went home with medals in the recent SEA Games competition held in Vietnam.

 

Jabbar won the bronze medal for the Pencak Silat (Indonesian martial arts) category in the 2003 SEA Games held in Vietnam . Before that he won gold for the same category in a local championship and another bronze in the 2003 Asia-Pacific championship. Jabbar is from Jolo, Sulu and he's here in Manila to fulfill a scholarship grant in STI Taft, one of the prizes he won for winning in the SEA Games.

 

Twenty-year old Felipe or Philip first became interested in playing snooker at age eight while spending time in a neighborhood 'tambayan' near his mom's office. This passion has grown through the years and has culminated in Philip winning a silver medal at the 2001 SEA Games and a bronze medal at the 2003 SEA Games 2003 in Vietnam . Also an STI Taft scholar like Jabbar, Philip spends his time training for the next international competition that will hopefully propel him to world-ranking status.

 

The two champions were featured in the upcoming issue of the Stimuli, where they talked about, what else, girls!