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Déjà Vu

14 Wednesday May 2008

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Hey, I’ve been here before,
with the same heart, with the same sleeve.
No surprise, I see myself all over the floor,
ten thousand pieces, all scattered at my feet.

So now, again, I guess I’ll have to
pick myself up, tape myself up,
prop myself back up
to the way I was before,
to the way I’m not anymore.

Hey, pretty sure I’ve seen this before,
this me plus another is just not possible.
It’s the same and yet not, oh how I pour
my heart out but this sting is insoluble.

And now, again, I guess I got to
gather myself up, glue myself together,
sweep the pieces and fix ’em all up,
to be back to the way I once was,
the way before you came to pass.

Hey, yeah, I’ve been here before,
long overdue, already know what’s in store.
You’re slipping away, leaving me back
to the way I was before,
to the way I’m not anymore.

[ 2008.05.14.22.20 ]

Storm Blah-Blahs

14 Wednesday May 2008

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、EStorm Updates May 14 2008 、E/p>

(Because I’m not able to write lately, I’ll just flood this blog with Storm updates for the meantime hee)

– Through Jayda Evans, I read that rookie Daphanie Kennedy was cut today. No surprise there. I guess that brings us down to (omg, wait, I dunno how many slots are still open) Beck, Wright (prolly a lock — le sigh), O’Neill, Hodges, and Hodges-Lewis. Now I don’t care about O’Neill anymore but please, please, please, pretty please, KEEP KIMBERLY BECK!

– Birdy in the Hauz! No rest from the long flight and the highs of their Russian Finals but still unfazed. Ha!

– OMG, please don’t put T. Wright in the PG position. I hope Agler sees it better than Donovan did — WRIGHT IS NOT A POINT GUARD.

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I’m just 5 days into my Project 365 and I’m bored. Hahahaha. Oh well.

Storm 2008 Roster

13 Tuesday May 2008

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Waaaah — ang tagal mag-announce ng cuts. So anyway here’s my blah-blah-blah about the whole thing:

、ESURE-AS-HELL LOCKS 、E/p>

① Lauren Jackson and Sue Bird — ‘Nuff said. All hell will break loose if Seattle ever releases these two. Fresh off a successfull overseas season in Russia, LJ and Birdy should be back and ready in green before opening night.

② Swin Cash — She’s looking and playing great and is almost back to her pre-ACL days. I wasn’t really thrilled initially with the Storm signing her but I think Swin’s gonna be a big factor in days to come.

③ Sheryl Swoopes — I was initially awed when the Storm signed Swoopes. I mean, she is an All-Star, an Olympian, an All-Decade Team Member (wait — we had all those in Bird and Jackson). But Swoopes was also rumored to be retiring soon. And she’s got quite a number of minor injuries *every* game so far. But I think she’s also a great scoring threat and if she takes care of herself well enough (no major injuries please), she’s gonna be a huge part of the puzzle. Plus it doesn’t hurt to have a sort-of Assistant Coach in uniform.

④ Yolanda Griffith — Enough gas in the tank, I think. Without Janelle Burse (Jones Injury) this season, she’d have to be responsible for many minutes in the 5 spot. I’m not yet sure how Agler would rotate the players but with her, Swin, A.Rob, Kelly Santos, and of course LJ, our post is certainly not thin.

、EOF COURSE THEY’RE IN 、E/p>

①　Katie Gearlds — KG might have been a bubble player for a while (I read about the “white on rice” thing that Agler told her several weeks ago) but judging from her performance in the Indiana Pre-Season Game, she’s definitely in.

②　Ashley Robinson — Pretty solid on both ends of the court. Yo can certainly need a reliever like her for the 5 spot.

③ Shyra Ely — Huge improvement and great defense.

④ Kelly Santos — I’m not really familiar with her and I haven’t seen her play yet but I read some favorable feedback about her in SF.org so I guess she’s okay.

、EIN THE BUBBLE 、E/p>

① Tanisha Wright — Yeah, yeah, yeah, I get that she’s improved (heh) and whatever and her defense is good and her shot is good, too, but SHE IS NOT A POINT GUARD demmit! She’s prolly a decent SG/SF, at best.

② Kimberly Beck — Now, Beck is a Point Guard, albeit a traditional one (pass first, shoot second). There’s positive feedback about her all over sf.org and she’d be a solid back-up to Birdy. I hope Agler keeps her.

③ Daphanie Kennedy — Betty Lennox Jr., according to Scotts Game Report. Hahaha. Okay, we all know I’m not really partial to Betty. I think Kennedy’s out.

④ Kristen O’Neill — I’m not really sure. Is she competing with Gearlds for the same spot? She’s scrappy, she’s got great baller IQ, but with KG’s performance, it doesn’t look good for this UW stand-out. I wish Agler would keep her though.

⑤ Hodges Twins — I don’t even want to elaborate. They’re experienced but I’m not really comfortable with them in Storm uniforms and they haven’t shown any impact in the games. I hope Agler doesn’t stick with the vets and chuck these two out.

MY PICKS => Beck, one of the twins, and Wright (I knoooowwww … tssss … basta di siya back-up PG ah!) I want O’Neill in too, but I’d be very happy if Agler keeps at least one rookie. Come on, masyado na geriatric ang Storm!

Spartak Champs Again

11 Sunday May 2008

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Sue Bird, Lauren Jackson and the rest of Spartak totally decimated their Russian Championship opponent CSKA Moscow 101-63 to take this year’s trophy.

As expected LJ led the charge with 30 (on 8 of 10) and 5 boards. Birdy who was perfect from the field with 13 pts. Benchies Tatiana Schegoleva added 20 points and Tina Thompson 19.

This win makes it a Double-Championship Season for Spartak. They also won the Euroleague Championships earlier this season.

Box Score here.

Game Vid here (just wade through the alien~ish letters).

Saktong Kwentuhan Lang

08 Thursday May 2008

Posted by in Poetry, Project Tagalog

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psst … pwede bang umupo sa tabi mo?
makikitambay lang naman sana ako.
sana ay ayos lang sa ‘yo,
kwentuhan, katahimikan, kahit na ano.

saktong daldalan lang naman ito,
sabihin mo lahat ng gusto mong ikwento,
ke walang kwenta o di kune-kunektado,
sige lang, makikinig pa rin naman ako.

psst … pwede ba umupo sa tabi mo?
hayaan na lang muna ang buong mundo;
ayos lang ke umikot o huminto man ito,
ayos lang kahit nandyan ka at nandito ako.

[ 17:01 2008/05/08 ]

Photo: “Saktong Kwentuhan Lang” | Originally uploaded by kilcher

Disoriented

08 Thursday May 2008

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it’s not often you encounter something that totally rocks your world, renders you out of balance, makes your head spin like crazy, and causes you to be scared that much for the first time in your life (okay , well, not for the first time, but for the sake of exaggeration, just let this blooper go, hmkay?).

i stayed up all night (well, almost) because of that something. hell, i was already sleeping before it frikkin woke me up twice!

stupid bloody 6.7-intensity earthquake. who knew you could render me disoriented huh?

Those Were The Days

04 Sunday May 2008

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THE COLLEGE CYCLE

every new semester:

after first week:

after second week:

before midterms:

during midterms:

after midterms: before finals:

after knowing schedule of final exams:

7 days before a final exam:

6 days before a final exam:

5 days before a final exam:

4 days before a final exam:

3 days before a final exam:

2 days before a final exam:

1 day before a final exam:

night before a final exam:

1 hour before a final exam:

during a final exam:

after walking out of the examination hall:

after the final exams, during the holiday:

[Golden Week 2008] Nosebleed Sunday

04 Sunday May 2008

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Our building had to change gas companies and we scheduled the inspection/change for our unit today. Jemu’s not around so I had to “talk” with the gas man (ahahaha) regarding the change and all the chenes that comes with it.

Nosebleed!

I really really really need to study (again) nang hindi na sumasakit ang ulo ko kakausap sa mga Hapon.

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[+] Suimasen, Jemu-san ima inai kara …
[-] Ah. Demo kono tokoro ni ha sunde imasu?
[+] Uh. Hai?
[-] Inai?
[+] Ima inai.
[-] I’m sorry, do you speak English?
[+] (Halleluiaaaaaah) YES!
[-] Ah (laugh laugh laugh) eeeh tooo…
[+] (Nasan na ang English?!) …
(At nagpatuloy pa siya in Nihongo — nasaan na ang English niyaaaaaa?!)

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OMFG, kelangan ko mag-review ng katakana! Nakalimutan ko yung katakana for N! Amfufu!

[Golden Week 2008] Lazy Saturday

03 Saturday May 2008

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this is just an attempt to wade through the sabaw that’s currently occupying the space in my cranium. oic while my brain is vacationing somewhere.

it’s a very lazy saturday — start of the much awaited golden week, actually. no jap class because our rakista pasyonista lola sensei is off to god-only-knows-where and no tennis-slash-whatever thing because the weather got screwy. i don’t have any back-up plans. tssss.

i have nothing to do. and no one to talk to. well, scratch that out, there are people everywhere but i just wanna keep to myself for a while and mull over some thoughts (after-shock from last night, i guess).

alright, so i’m actually following a storm pre-season game in sacto now but there’s no audio and it’s really hard to get yourself into the game if you’re just watching the scoreboard and the play-by-play. plus birdy and lj aren’t yet around and *ugh* i’m just so lethargic this morning.

wait, omfg, why is sacto leading? grrr. we were on top just a few seconds ago.

i didn’t see swoopes in the line-up. she’s not playing, i guess. swin’s been in there a time or two. k.gearlds, come on, show us that smooth shot. yoyoyo griffith, cool, you just tied the frikkin’ game. now, i know that brian agler doesn’t care about winning just yet and he’s trying out combinations blah blah blah but wouldn’t it be nice to see a WIN this early? and yeah yeah yeah, i get that sue and lauren aren’t still around, as well as jb, but hey, a little enthusiasm wouldn’t hurt, right? (i will not mention tanisha, i will not mention tanisha, i will not mention tanisha — gad, why on earth is she still in a storm jersey?).

swin just fouled someone and we’re now down 2. and now the rookie beck just fouled some monarch again. anubuzz.

amfufu, down 5. swin just turned the ball over. oh come on, swin! team timeout.

what to do what to do what to do?! might head out to some park to play volleyball with laizee. and i’ll prolly take noodles with me so i can finally take a shot of those (oh wait, a gearlds three! yey!) flowers (or damong ligaw) along the road heading to the nagayama-eki.

argh, this game is just too long. i’m already hungry. 55-55. who scored? who scored? damn html play-by-play is not refreshing. oh, wait, two free-throws for beck.

amf. (sacto) tangela “pocahontas” smith fadeaway. lech. come on, swin, katie, yo, ANYONE! bawiiiiii! alright, swin scored a hook, but a monarch had a jump shot, swin had a layup, and the same frikkin’ monarch had a jump shot again. amfufu where’s your defense, storm? and what the bloody hell — pocahontas for another jump shot. grrrrr.

oh wait — why on earth am i live-blogging an exhibition game anyway?

2 more minutes and then hello lunch! gearlds missed a three, shyra ely rebounds and then turns the ball over. a cash turnover, a pocahontas steal, an a.rob foul. i can’t wait for this game to be over. i’m really hungry. and now we’re down 8. two lawson free throws. team timeout short.

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i’ll peel my butt off my chair for the meantime and will just update this entry when i see the score later. gotta scourge for food.

just a random (yeah, right, random) thought:

ano ba ang tamang sagot sa tanong na “ano ang wala?“?

[#]: anong meron?
[~]: wala.
[#]: anong ang wala?
[~]: hala, papano ba sasagutin yang tanong na yan?

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oh, waittaminute, we were down 8 and now we’re just down 2? woohoo @ beck for that three. 15 seconds left. why isn’t there no frikkin’ audio?!

down four on kara lawson’s free throws. are we dropping two games in a row? find out later.

kennedy for three! down one now. but oh no, beck fouled someone. please let not someone be kara lawson.

(why on earth am i so invested in a preseason game? because i will miss the opening game, that’s why! stupid check-up, stupid lungs.)

six seconds. down one.

beck fouls again. pocahontas misses the first ft but sinks the second. we’re down two. 4 frikkin’ seconds. i wanna eat naaaa!

oh. it’s over. 68-70.

whatever. let’s move on. the world is still turning.

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speaking of the world is still turning shit, i remember reading a thread in peyups.com and i picked this little nugget from there:

[+] axis ka ba?
[-] huh?
[+] kasi sa ‘yo umiikot ang mundo ko eh.

what the hell di ba? sarap batuhin ng sapatos — ay no, i will not insult my shoes that way. will find another object to throw na lang.

amfufu.

osha, (late) lunch na.