In the US now for Barbara Hales' wedding this weekend.  From the airport, went straight to the best burger place in the world, In-N-Out!  Gave in to the craving and had a couple of cheeseburgers.  After the wedding and some meetings, will go on a family vacation for a couple of weeks.

Had a pleasant surprise when I realized on board that China Air offers personal video screens in economy class with a decent selection of movies.  I had never heard of the movie "The Great Debaters" but chose it because it was directed and stars one of my favorites, Denzel Wahington.  I'm not even sure if this showed in Manila.  But don't let the bad title dissuade you, I can't remember the last time I was stirred so deeply by a movie.  It was beautiful.

"The Great Debaters" is based on the true story of a brilliant professor who trained and inspired a black college's debate team in 1935 to fulfill their potential and not be cowed by racial prejudice.  The story is powerful and the characters strong.  If you want to know what it means to have "fire in the belly," go see this movie.  I hate it when people give away the story before you see it so I'm not going to do that.

I will say though that if you are a communicator, preacher, father, son, woman, teacher, young person, Christian or African American, you can't afford to miss this one.