azkals vs kuwait

We are just not THERE yet.

The Azkals sure have gone a long way, but getting somewhere in football entails a lot of hard work...and time. We are up against teams from countries which declare a holiday every time their national team play.

How else could we show our support to our home team but watch their games?

And watch their games I did. Every single one.

My heart broke at the 3-nil culmination of the first match against the Kuwaitis last week. That didn't keep me from another broken heart after last Thursday's game. What made it more painful was the fact that by the second half, the Kuwaitis were undermanned and most of their subs saw action, still they managed to regal us with some quite fancy footwork and win the match.

(Just my opinion) Seeing that the penalty box is impenetrable or that we are undermanned in that area, Coach should have seen the advantage of making long shot attempts like Schrock did in the first half, we could have done better.

Oh, well.

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Manic Monday!

The computer lab was infected by a hideous virus. My PC has been installed with a trial version of antivirus which expired last Saturday. So I copied my files in a flash drive as uploading them to my mail took ages to complete and I only had half day to spend.

The catch was, the flash drive was faulty and I found the folders empty. It had all my updated files. If I swore, I would have burned the house down with expletives. But my cool self took everything in stride and started recreating files from June. Thankfully, I didn't have to start from January. That is good enough for me.

from hogwarts to disneyland

Ethan turned one. And in this birthday party, the adults outnumbered the kids by almost double. The paella was superb. I just had to ask for a portion to bring home for supper (which the hostess granted. Hahaha.

Yes.

Shortly after a not so filling lunch of beef burrito (the beef was dry and salty, looked in vain for red beans and peppery taste, salsa obviously came from the can and it was served cold) and iced mocha (no complaints about the bev) from bob's SM, we (bff, gnr and tito manuel) joined the throng queuing for the tickets for the last in

stallment of harry potter.

It was a fun movie...at least with our other worldly interjections...like when all eyes focused on atty when the camera zoomed in to Sybil Trelawney...or the thought that had the goblins embraced the wonderful technology of mobile phones, Gringotts would have been warned that a dragon was about to break out of the bank. Tsk.

If there's one thing that my imagination has not matched with that of the director was the Helm's Deep-like war between the good and bad wizards.

Fine weekend that was.

strike while the iron is hot

...and the road led them at my door...

To say that I was surprised was an understatement. Liway visited me at the office today shortly after lunch. Most mornings, I watched her prepare to shuttle her kids to school, on my way to the family house. We usually exchange not more than a nod to each other in recognition. So, today's visit was a surprise indeed.

The meeting lasted not more than 10 minutes. She was wondering if I am available to tutor her daughter (and three of her classmates) on high school algebra. I might have sold myself cheap. She was so surprised at the rate I quoted.

Thank God for small blessings!

pamilya grill...an afterthought

After the Mongolian Barbecue encounter some two months ago and vowing to get back to sample more of what pamilya grill has to offer, i did go back. I was with colleagues from school. Pigging out seemed to be an appropriate finisher after a busy day coming up with a workable course outline for this semester's subjects that will apply across all branches.

It was early so we had the place almost to ourselves. This time I ordered a large serving of baby back ribs. The anticipation built-up as we wait for our orders.
The enormous piece brought smile to my lips. When I took my first bite though, I was let down big time. The sweet basting is not to my liking. I'm not saying that it is not good. The meat was cooked perfectly, only that I would have been happier if it tasted garlicky and spicy.

Pamilya grill management, I hope you can look into adding some variety of flavors to choose from for your baby back ribs.

LPA MADNESS

Even with only the fan on, the room was still cold. It made waking up quite a struggle. Putting off the alarm for 5 minutes several times was a futile activity. Looking ahead to a long day of 3 hours lecture was the last motivation that finally pushed me out of the makeshift bed and into the wet pavement.

Rain continued to pour as I made my way to the family house to get fed and bathed. I was the only person walking on the road. The cold wind that relentlessly attempted to take away my brolly and the water droplets that it sprayed on my person woke me completely up.

Looking back now, with the noonday sun making sure its presence felt, the morning rain seemed light-years away. Crazy weather.