WHILE doing a spur-of-the-moment night walk inside the subdivision where I live, I passed by the basketball court where a group of teenagers displayed their individual folly playing kanya-kanya (to each his own) brand of play in five-versus-five games. Whoever gets the ball, he dribbles right away and takes every chance to shoot right away, mostly from a three-point angle and usually with no success.

I asked myself: 'What happened to teamwork? Are we looking at our future politicians and bureaucrats?' I continued watching the game as if I was enjoying it. But no. It was a pathetic way to spend my time watching them play until a light bulb sparked inside my head. I raced back to my house to get a piece of paper and a ballpen.