Appetizer
Who is the easiest person for you to talk to?
** My best friend, Angela Milano. We don’t have to explain everything and all, I mean we just understand what the other is talking about or feeling. College friends, I think it’s M-jeff coz we’re both weird.
Soup
If you could live in any ancient city during the height of the quality of its society and culture, which one would you choose?
** eww, I don’t want to go back to the past. No TV, cellphone, internet, etc.
Salad
What is the most exciting event you’ve ever witnessed?
** Years ago when we went to Hong Kong, wala pang Disneyland dun Ocean Park pa lang, there was this show for tourist na sobrang cool talaga… but a bit weird, there was this guy who jumped at the top of the roof of a big house and he like splashed into the a semi-far pond, at dahil bata pa ako nun sobrang natuwa ako sa buong production. Hmmm… event ba iyon? lol
Main Course
If you were a celebrity, what would you do for a publicity stunt?
** attempt suicide or go to a rehab… joke.
Anyway, some of the shows I’m currently crazy about:
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia – Love this show. Really funny. I like the way the four characters talk to each other: they shout and argue 24/7.
On the Lot – just finished but it was one of the best reality shows.
Mommy Elvie’s Problematic Show – a low-budget reality show and I think the sequel of the Misadventure of Maverick and Ariel which stars Ariel and Mommy Elvie. Now the grumpy and ice cream lover Mommy Elvie has her own show. Lol.
Mad TV - I need a daily dose of laughter, and this show never failed to supply it for me. I think it's the best comedy show.
After their consecutive big wins from Iran, Chinese Taipei and last from Qatar 88-80, lady luck slips team San Miguel Pilipinas from her hands as tailender Kazakhstan slammed a vicious 90-107 victory in the last day of the 29th William Jones Cup International Basketball Tournament held in Taiwan.
Jordan, defeated by team Japan in the last day, got their first taste of the gold, meanwhile Lebanon received the silver and the Philippines with a 5-4 record tumbled in fifth for the bronze to tie with USA, Chinese Taipei, Iran and Korea.
In their last match, James Yap injured his right ankles after a bad fall in the second half with 5 minutes left in the regulation. He was carried by Asi Taulava out the court.
Team Pilipinas started out strong but after Dondon Hontiveros and Jimmy Alapag both sank two triples in the third half, the game was tied 55-all for the last time. The “Filipinos” (or should I say Fil-Ams) then lost their sparks failing to catch up to Kazakhstan as they stab a shooting fest.
SMC-RP should have won the silver but team Kazakhstan denied it.
Though they failed to end the tournament in a winning streak, SMC-RP proved that they have learned from their mistakes in their games against silver holder Lebanon and the young team of Japan, both of which they should have won.
They have managed to take advantage of their speed thus creating effective combinations in the court, this shows a great foundation on July 28 for the FIBA-Asia which will determine Asia’s representative for the Olympics.
29th Jones Cup Team
San Miguel Pilipinas ruled the court gaining a big victory over team Taiwan in their in own land 82-64. The team finally took advantage of their speed as well as delivering a solid defense. Mark Caguioa was unstoppable ending the game with 20 points.
There is still hope.
** While watching the game with only three minutes in the regulation, for some unexplainable reason ESPN suddenly stopped airing the game. Same goes with ABC5. What the f**k, so I have to search the web for the results and I’m still searching for the video. Lol.
UAAP season 70
The UE Red Warriors got their revenge on the team that eliminated them in the semis last season and defending champion the UST Growling Tigers 73-60. The Tigers felt the impact of losing one of their key players Jojo Duncil who will take part in the PBA draft next month.
The Ateneo Blue eagles clipped the Adamson Falcons in an overtime victory 69-63. The Eagles is not as good without Escalona, Intal and Kramer. I’ll be waiting for their match against the Archers and I have a feeling the latter will be victorious.
29th Jones Cup
SMC-RP managed to get back on track as they slashed team Iran in a 89-79 victory.
Finally we get to see more of James Yap in action as he delivered a decent amount of points in the ball game.
There is hope for team Philippines in the 29th Jones Cup. It’s great that they managed to come up with an effective strategy, to use the team’s only advantage – speed. SMC-RP is probably the fastest in the tournament. They are improving in terms of their offense. Slowly they’re getting used to international basketball.
We can just hope that undersize team Pilipinas could give the same result against taller Iran team in FIBA – Asi Taulava look like Jimmy Alapag next to the Iran players. Lol.
UAAP
Suspended in the previous season, the returning DLSU Green Archers proved that they are to be feared as they ripped the young team of the UP Fighting Maroons 82-61 in the opening of the 70th season of the UAAP tournament.
In the other game, the FEU Tamaraws folds to the NU Bulldogs 70-73.
A Philippine basketball team in the upcoming Olympics seems hazy. Team Pilipinas has a 2-3 standing in the 29th William Jones Cup held in Taipei.
Though the team whipped a sweet victory over Korea, they bowed to the bigger Jordan team the following day. SMC-RP struggled throughout the game against the latter team and failed to gain momentum finishing with 70-74 on the score board.
The SMC-RP line-up seems ineffective. Erik Menk, Mick Penissi and James Yap couldn’t contribute anything to the team. I don’t know much about Gabe Norwood and why is he part of the line-up.
Coach Chot reyes even said that if Danny Seigle was there they would have less trouble. See. So I don’t know why he isn’t there.
I just hope we’ll be luckier and better in Japan for the FIBA-Asia Men’s Championship. And hope that Seigle will be playing for a higher winning chance so the “Olympic Dream” wouldn’t be just a dream.
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Andy Roddick lost to Richard Gasquet who’ll be in the Wimbledon semi-finals. *sigh*
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66 hotdogs in 12 minutes? Sounds like INDIGESTION to me. But hey, congratulations to Joey Chestnut for setting a new world record at the Nathan’s Hotdog eating contest, and also for beating the previous champion Takeru Kobayashi.
Though the team defeated defending champion team USA in the opening, they suffered two consecutive defeats from Lebanon and Japan. And the thing is that SMC –RP should have won but the loss in the last two games was all due to an error made by the same cager, who happens to be one of my favorite cager, Dondon Hontiveros.
My sister and I couldn’t believe the lost to Japan. I mean the Japanese were young, age ranges from 21-24 – they are like UAAP players!
I’m not blaming Hontiveros or what but it was really his mistake. Nevertheless he still played well. The loss was just heartbreaking. I mean there we were, defeating USA in the debut, Team Pilipinas soared… but then crashed.
Well, hope we win the succeeding matches.
So much for the Olympic Dream.
I can’t believe they did not include Danny Seigle. He’s one of the greatest players. Anyway, at least my other favorite cagers are part of the line up: Hontiveros and Helterbrand.
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The UST Tigresses made a successful comeback in the Shakey’s V-League sweeping the SSC Lady Stags. Champions again! The Tigresses skipped the last conference because the team’s key players graduated.
Too bad I forgot to watch game 2 because I was watching Star Wars Episode II. Lol.
Only a few days to go and we’ll get to see college sports at its best – whoo bias. Lol.
UAAP season 70!!!
Last season the UST Growling Tigers got a Cinderella finish by finally capturing the senior men’s basketball championship after a 10 year title draught. Aside from that, UST was also the overall UAAP champion for the nth time and the Salinggawi Dance Troupe won the cheer dance competition for five consecutive years. Super Cool. What a great way to graduate and exit the school with those bragging rights eh? Sorry, just reliving the great past. Hehe.
So yeah, here are my senior men’s basketball final four teams:
1. UST Growling Tigers – the team is pretty much the same and I assume that they have a great drive and spirit to defend the title this season.
The biggest lost of the team will be the absence of Jojo Duncil, the season 69 finals MVP. Why is he leaving? There are some issues regarding his eligibility to join this season because of his age, but that was cleared a few days ago. But then again, he decided to drop his supposedly last UAAP year and has his eyes set for the PBA draft in next month (same thing with UP’s Marvin Cruz and AdU’s Ken Bono).
On the other hand, the team still has Jervy Cruz, who is obviously the main man of the Tigers. Plus there’s Cuan, Ababou and Espiritu. So nevertheless the group is still intact.
So they will be pressured, I just hope they can handle it.
2. DLSU Green Archers – they were suspended last season so they probably want to redeem the name of the school. The team has always been a strong contender anyway. And yeah I’ve always been an Archer fan. They still have good players like Jv Casio and Ty Tang (not sure if they will play, but if they will getting the Archers to the finals wouldn’t be a problem. Lol).
3. Ateneo Blue Eagles – Like the archers, this team was always part of the final four. But without Kramer, Escalona and Intal… I don’t know. Not sure if Tiu will still play. Nuff said.
4. UE Red Warriors – I’m quite impressed with this team actually. They have a solid defense plus a number of great players. I’d go for the UP Fighting Maroons but the team is still young, and the fact that Marvin Cruz will not play this season, that would cost them big time. I don’t know about Nestor David though, but if he will play I don’t think he can lead the team to the finals.
My top 5 players:
1. Jervy Cruz (UST)
2. Woody Co (UP)
3. Jai Reyes (ADMU)
4. JV Casio (DLSU)
5. Bonbon Custodio (UE)
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It’s almost like a tradition – the Demigod’s birthday that is. We always seem to do the same thing and at the same place – even though it’s not really my kind of thing since I’m more of the quiet and laidback coffee shop kind of guy. But once in a while it’s nice to just do something you usually don’t do, go somewhere you never usually go.
We again went to Malate and had our annual bar hopping – he’s a certified party guy so there you go. The crowd’s really different, but nevertheless we all had a great time dancing, drinking and doing nothing. Lol.
Earlier that day we met at TriNoma (or something), a new mall in front of SM North, killing time at Coffee bean and Tea Leaf because it’s still quite early (meeting time’s supposed to be 5pm but I went to Mega to buy a Yabang Pinoy band meet an old friend so I got to TriNoma at about 7). The Demigod bought me a double macchiato. The Libido Queen wore a mini skirt which showed off her “mala pussycat doll” legs. Lol. We got to Malate at about 11 or so, and went to three different bars. I don’t know the reason why people would go to different bars in a night.
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