Filipino Pool Player Rubilen Amit on UNTV!

My good friends, Edgar "Boyet" Asonto (Coach of the Philippine Billiards Team) and Rubilen Amit, aka Bingkay, did an interview for the sports segment of UNTV's Good Morning Kuya! television program at the AMF-Puyat Superbowl, Makati Cinema Square in Makati City, yesterday afternoon. What follows is a picture-essay on the fun we all had that day! Hope you like it!

Filipino pool player Rubilen Bingkay Amit in her winning form. Indeed, the 2005 and 2007 SEA Games Gold Medalist has come a long way! Her unmistakable rhythm and attitude towards the game that we all have learned to love has catapulted her from an ordinary everyday player to one of the Philippines' best-loved sports figures!

UNTV's Ryan Ramos tries his hand, err luck, against the 1st-Runner up of the 2007 Amway Women's World 9-Ball Championship! Hey wait, there could be something to that form! Seriously, Boyet Asonto can definitely soften up those rough edges. And I've seen him do it countless times - turning novice players into one incredible playing machine!

Now, this one is for the books, says the cameraman! Rubilen Amit, the Philippines' Number 1 player gives Ryan Ramos some tips and tricks on aiming and pocketing. Keep your fingers crossed, everyone! :)

Our very own Bingkay with the cast and crew of the sports segment of "Good Morning, Kuya!," a television program produced by UNTV. Ryan Ramos tries very hard to accept his loss at the table against the SEA Games gold medalist. ^_^

Cameraman: "That can't be right! Rubilen won again?
And for the nth time!"

A pose here. A pose there. The Filipino pool player is now steadily climbing the steps to international stardom! Did you know that Rubilen Amit had a very impressive win over Allison Fisher in the 2007 Amway Women's 9-Ball World Championship?The Duchess of Doom is considered to be the world's best female player. Bingkay also trounced former champion Ga Young Kim and Yukiko Hamanishi on her way to the finals! The field that our kababayan went through is the toughest ever - consisting of Taiwan's top cue artists and Europe's Kelly Fisher and Jasmin Ouschan!

Rubilen and Ryan

The Coach sharing his thoughts

About a week after the 2007 SEA Games was concluded, someone asked my good friend, Boyet Asonto, his thoughts on Rubilen Amit winning the gold. One of the questions centered on Rubilen's playing ability and whether or not she experiences nervousness or the like during tours and all. Without any hesitation, the Coach replied, "We all have that feeling. Every pool player has it. What is special about Rubilen is her ability to handle it well, channeling such such feeling into a positive force to deliver and bring home the bacon."

Pack up! Pack up!

Yes, AMF-Puyat is my second home. I will not transfer to other stables even if they gave me a million bucks! Besides, they have to get the coaches, too! And don't forget the other members of the Philippine Billiards Team!

Yes, sir! The staff and crew of UNTV's Good Morning, Kuya! TV program had one incredible day with the Philippines' Number 1 female player at the AMF-Puyat Superbowl! O, sa'n ka pa, di ba?

Thomasian Rubilen Bingkay Amit with her brother RJ Amit, who is currently a first-year college student at De La Salle University. Here's a little known fact: RJ Amit is also a very good pool player! The next champion of the Philippines? Hmmm.

Rubilen Amit's weapons of choice,
i.e., a Predator 3K4 and a Predator BK2

A close-up look on the forearms of the Predator 3K4 and a Predator BK2

An engraved Predator Z-shaft for Bingkay

Another look at my good friend's arsenal

I'll give you one good guess where she got this!
Could it be at the 2007 SEA Games in Thailand?!!

After all was said and done, everybody prepared to go their separate ways. But not before my good friend, Coach Boyet Asonto, gave TV personality Ryan Ramos one of The AnitoKid's BlogCard! And the Coach didn't stop there! He explained each and every detail of the BlogCard and even highlighted some of my accomplishments! Maraming salamat, kaibigan!

And how to end such a fun-filled and unforgettable day? With a picture of the SEA Games Gold Medalist Rubilen Amit with Coach Boyet Asonto and The AnitoKid, aka The Champ - that's how! And I kid you not!


*The UNTV special on Filipino pool player Rubilen Amit will air today, January 10, 2008. The sports segment will start between 8:00 - 8:30 AM. It will on the following channels:

"The AnitoKid supports the Philippine Team!"

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