Barca wins lackluster Champions League Final

What an anticlimactic end to an otherwise superb season of European football. Too bad the English champions failed to show up tonight. Props to Barcelona for getting the job done.

On a different note, what the fuck is up with United's all-white kit?! They looked like Real Madrid. They played like Real Madrid. They lost like Real Madrid. SMH.

Roma 2009: The Dream Final

The most anticipated game in world club football kicks off in less than an hour. Fittingly, it pits arguably the two best clubs this season.

My take? United wins, 1-0, in regulation.

Stern Warning

The NBA should have an ambulance and a med-evac chopper ready at the Staples Center for Game 5. With Orlando winning today, a Denver victory tomorrow just might lead to a David Stern heart attack.

I can already imagine the Amway Arena and Pepsi Center crowds going wild.

Stern in trouble

I think it was fairly obvious to the whole world that David Stern and his army of imbecile refs tried to win Game 4 for Lebron James and company. Too bad the Magic didn't get the memo and kept hitting their threes at an amazing rate, closing out Cleveland in overtime.

Besides, how can you rig the game if Lebron kept turning the ball over without contact? The zebras can't blow his horn their whistles then.

I expect the NBA to go all out and make sure this series reaches Game 7. I just hope Orlando can keep shooting the lights out so Stern can bid his dream finals goodbye.

Until then though, brace yourselves for more bullshit calls in favor of the one they call King.

The Birdman takes flight

In case you missed it, this was the ESPN special on Denver's Chris Andersen as shown during halftime of the Western Conference Finals Game 4 between the Lakers and Nuggets yesterday.



"What statement did you want to make?"

"Look at me now."

Twitter overtakes FB for my attention

Haven't been on FB recently because of Twitter. No, I haven't jumped off the Facebook bandwagon yet. I just find it easier logging on to Twitter because I don't need to have wi-fi to send or update my tweets. Plus yeah, it's a lot less complicated too.

Love-set witness

In all my years playing competitive pickup ball, I've never seen or experienced a love-set game. You know, a game so lopsided that the losing team couldn't even muster a score.

Until tonight.

I was on the right side of a love-set game when we absolutely demolished this particular team on our way to a 21-0 blowout win. Afterwards, we were all in a state of awe and disbelief with what had just transpired.

This might not mean much for other people but I take pride in winning.

Plus, nothing feels better than dominating your opponent so much that the next time you play them, they don't believe they have any chance. They've lost the game before it even started.

Air Jordan still owns THE SHOT in Cleveland

I've been hearing people say King James' buzzer-beater trumps Air Jordan's shot over Craig Ehlo two decades ago.

Let's make this simple.

Lebron James hit a three at the buzzer to win Game 2 over the Orlando Magic. Whatever happens, they go to Orlando for Game 3 this weekend.

Michael Jordan drilled a gamewinner at the buzzer to win a series over the Cleveland Cavaliers. Had he missed, the Bulls were out of the playoffs.

Now tell me who's clutch.

Unbeata-Bulls

I looked up 'dynasty' over the web. This is what I got:

Swine flu stopover

It took a while but the Philippines is no longer A(H1N1)-free. The Department of Health recently confirmed the first ever case of swine flu in the country. The victim is a 10-year-old girl who recently flew in from the US.

I hope this is just an isolated case and does not spark anything disastrous. On second thought, Manila's got terrible air pollution. Maybe it's enough to deter the airborne virus from spreading. LOL.

Day of the 'dogs

The Orlando Magic came back from 15 down to snatch a 107-106 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers. Lebron James was at his usual best scoring 49 points, grabbing 8 rebounds, dishing out 6 assists while blocking 3 shots in the loss. The Magic were 9-point underdogs in Game 1.

The American Idol final night turned out to be another shocker. There was little doubt that everyone expected favorite Adam Lambert to win. In a bizarre twist of fate, voters rallied behind heavy underdog Kris Allen who came out on top.

Sometimes I like rooting for the 'dogs to make things interesting. It's not fun if you go chalk all the way.

Back to books

People might not believe this because I'm actually having a difficult time believing it myself too, but I've mysteriously started reading recently. I was never into books so it's quite puzzling, I know.

Reading was never my thing, at least not since the Hardy Boys Casefiles were in fashion back in my primary school days. That's the last time I remember enjoying some form of literature. I guess going through a stack of pages wasn't my idea of having a good time while I was growing up. Glad I was able to survive school having enlisted the help of Barron's or Cliffs for my book reports. I wish we had Wikipedia back then. It would've been way easier.

Anyway, I've been spending a lot of time the past few days finishing a couple of borrowed books. I'm hoping to finish them soon so I can return them and borrow a few more. I can't say how much longer this phenomenon will last but I'm hooked for now.

Clever comeback Vol. YM chat

Where's the modesty?

I only have honesty.

Phiten-ized

I've been wearing these titanium-infused Phiten necklaces for about a week now and I must say they've worked for me so far. I've been taking less of my asthma maintenance medication and I noticed I don't tire out anymore.

I'm not saying it's all because of these. For all I know it just might be all in my head. But whatever, as long as I feel it works and it does me good then that's all that really matters.

In case y'all are wondering, yeah I wear two and I never take them off.

Days and confused

I dunno what's wrong with me. Maybe I just lack sleep because I've been planning my day like it's a Saturday, only to realize it's just Friday.

Blown out Vol. Atlanta Hawks

My team got spanked in a pickup game last night at the Ateneo Gym, 30-10. If you follow the NBA Playoffs, we shot like Atlanta and defended like Dallas.

Unbelievable.

The Kings of Cover

Need proof that there are a lot of dumb people in this world?

Cleveland and Denver are an astonishing 17-0-1 against the spread during the first two rounds of the playoffs. The only non-cover was a push in Game 4 of the Cleveland-Atlanta series.

Amazingly, there are quite a number of bettors who still faded these teams despite the odds being stacked against them. They were looking to break the streak while everyone else was cashing in. If that ain't stupid, I dunno what is.

Making it rain Vol. Pacman Jones

We made it rain last night. Good lookin' out for those with umbrellas. Dolla, dolla bill y'all.

Cebu on my mind

It's been almost 2 months since I was last in Cebu and I'm kinda missing its laidback lifestyle. I've to admit that there's not much to do there though.

Anyway, I told myself I'll plan a quick trip there before I start working again.

Ode to my mother

Happy Mother's Day Mom!!! You know I love ya!