Real Madrid wins La Decima

Yes yes yes, the real madrid finally win their 10th champions league title, it's been a ling time coming.. I missed watching the regulation as the game started around 2 in the morning and was able to wake up i guess around 4.. so i missed the shot of sergio ramos but i did saw the angel de maria move that gareth bale was able to score then marcelo's shot and finally christiano ronaldo's icing of the cake shot.. i got lucky that i got to see the extra time period, the de maria move that bale converted to a goal i think broke atletico's desire to win thou you could see that diego simone has not yet given up but the marcelo shot broke simone's hope that he could still win the game.. diego simone deserved all the credit for leading atletico to the la liga title and the consolation in the champions league you could his composure and will when he decides to run to the field to pacify his players trying to argue a call just so his players wont get carded, the varane situation is understandably varane's fault.. thou the night really belongs to real madrin who finally nailed it.. the players played great football.. i thought the semi final match between real and bayern is truelly the championship match but i was wrong as this all madrid match is shows greatness among the players on the field playing their hearts out.. of course to ancelloti who definitely deserved the credit for leading madrid to its La decima as his predecessors including the special one failed to do so.. for all of ancelloti's brilliance in coaching real it's a sure he would be staying as real coach and hopefully next year won the la liga title that got slip away at the same time winning the treble, they won 2 this year and let the la liga title slip away so hopefully they won it all next year... go real go..

It's Been A Long long long Time since I Posted...

Geeez, its been a long long time since my last post here, i was actually surprised this still existed.. i already forgot about my blog postings until i was tempted to log in after browsing another persons blog.. anyway upon seeing my last post it was last 2009 i realized i need to at least update this, upon seeing my old post i saw that it is all about my opinion on certain topics but i soon felt that since it has been a long time then it's time to break a rule on my blogs which is not to used blogs as personal diaries. this will be a bit like a diary but somewhat a look at some of the events that happened that i could remember on my life since i last posted in this blog. 

This wont be in a chronological order...

Well first of noynoy was now the president of the republic so far not that bad thou, there's ups and downs and that is to be expected and then as always there's a wish for much more improvement in governance. I think among that past presidents, noynoy was the one that was able to start the ball rolling on the modernization program of the AFP.. lately ive become a fanboi when it comes to buying new equipment for our soldiers like new planes for the airforce and new boats for the navy thou there is still much to be desired but atleast there is some procurement going on.

Well during 2009 i'm still in the Management of a Gasoline station, oh well now 2014 i have moved on a different career path. It Sucks, It Hurts, Its depressing, It felt like i lost something special, one time or another during those very difficult days after the station closed i probably felt of just ending my life (yeah too dramatic right, but i'm still here, still obese and alive.. lol) Until now when i pass by that station going home everyday it still stings hurt.. i sometimes just shed tears and hoping the stop light would just turn green just so the car could move on already.. anyway there's really no body to blame with that gasoline station debacle except me, i take full responsibility for that.. it's a shame that i'm the reason for it's closure and depressing to know that i just lost a crown jewel of the family even thou the family keep showing up a brave supportive face to me but deep inside i know they were hurting very badly and it's because of me... IF ONLY I DID MY JOB it won't have come to that... I want REDEMPTION!!! but as of now financially it won't be possible but someday someday i wish to have my redemption..

Speaking of career path, well after that gasoline debacle i was assigned to manage a farm, A pig farm with some chicken laying eggs and a few cows, goats and native chickens around.. The focus really was pigs coming from a recently depressing stage of my life i was not ready to handle a farm yet alone manage any business.. The timing of my entry was awefull i could not have come at worst time, we could not find a buyer for the pigs and the pigs are starting to grow at a weight they are already considered as overweight and less desirable and so if a buyer was found those buyers in turn are offering prices that are well below market value and the pigs that we have that are desirable are also not faring well because the market prices of hogs at that time was in a funk, the prices are so low the pig farmers like us are bound to lost money. It came to my realization at that time that raising pigs is not profitable since the total amount on pigs i was selling could not paid for the farm expenses, i was already recommending that the pigs business be shut down because it's loosing money at a rate that our capital would be wiped out and be in deep debt. My mom is strong and brave enough to not give up and keep telling to continue it's operation no matter what.. Sure enough the pig industry slowly and surely started to improve, live hog prices slowly started increasing and now since the last part of 2013 until now in early 2014 the prices are very nice that i could say where on the road to recouping that money that we lost during those challenging times.

My Dad passed away last 2010, oh god i was at his bed side upon his death, i saw how he died and his last breath, on how the doctors and nurses at makati med tried their best to revived my dad.. it's the lowest of the low of my life it the worst time of my life. His passing was totally unexpected, i know my dad was sick but have no idea what it was and how serious it is, i have an idea he was having health issues since in the latter part of his life he was going for check ups a couple of times and was confined for a few days in hospitals but i thought of nothing serious since he always go home after check ups and when he got confined in hospitals its only for a few days then he would arrive home as if he was healthy, even during his last confinement in a private hospital here in the province and his eventual transfer to makati med in makati i was clueless on how serious it was (no body is telling me how serious it is, all i know is its a simple illness and that he only needs a rest to get back on his feet) and in fact i just doesn't seriously think that something is to be worried about since my thinking was its my papa and he will be confined for a few day then like as always he would go home, i never thought at that time that he won't be coming home alive anymore. When i was a kid i was afraid of my dad, he was after all the disciplinarian of the family and i was this kid who made mistakes most of the time and so i ended up being disciplined time and time again BUT during the latter years of my high school my dad had mellow and i did too, so i see less and less of his discipline but more on talks when i made error in judgements. Regrettably i only started to really appreciate and truly enjoy my dad's company a year or two after i graduated in college, he was always there for me, to give advice, help me out in the gasoline station and encourage me always (thou regrettably those encouragements came to nothing as i never acted on most of it) we laughed more now than when i was a kid, he seems to become a joker more and more of the time as he ages, he seems to be more relaxed and happy ever since he and my mom bought a farmland in san jose. after college me and my dad often talk enough seriously, jokingly, simple talks, a little chit chat, peace full banter/debate at times that it removes my anxiety of approaching him for a simple talk or asking for favor and those later in life talks is what i really treasure and deeply miss everyday.. Love You Pop's and someday well meet again..

A few weeks after my Papa died it was my grandma who went to heaven, it was a double whammy specially to my mom, my lola is only a few years short of reaching the coveted 100 years old. sayang it would've been fun to brag that my grandma is 100 years old. My grandma whom we fondly called lola itay is very beautiful lady if you could see her picture during her younger years it's not surprising my lolo isko fell in love with her. my lola itay signature dishes that is always at the table during gathering is her adobo in assuete very tastefull and also her tsokolate, i remember my lola sometimes will be missing in the dining area it's because she is in the dirty kitchen trying to create those tsokolate to give to all her children before they go home. my mom i don't think was able to replicate those but i know she has some of those still in our refrigerator. my lola itay loves to go to the parlor to fix her hair, either to curl it or straight it out, hehe thats one of my memories about her. she is also very masipag, she actually doesn't want to stop working in her store even at her old age but thanks to some convincing she relents and retired without having to worry financially since after all lola itay and lolo isko due to their hard work was able to establish a corporation that is still running great today thanks to the great management of them and eventually their kids. She is after all the last living grand parent i have, so her passing hurts deeply and thus hearing her laugh and that smile of hers are still being missed today. Love yah Lola..

My little Sis graduated from college a few years ago, it's great specially my for my mom seeing her last child, her bunso graduates in college and seeing that she with papa was able to send all their three kids to a great school and seeing all of them finish college. I know pop's was there but his physical presence was definitely missed.

Some of my cousins got married and i got some little nieces from them but alas me and my sisters are still single.. no comment on why.. lol

so whats up with me now? i'm getting old by the second hehe.. well lately i have been attending short courses at UPLB regarding swines and poultry and looking forward to attending a few more.. just attending those short courses even at this staged of age of mine fueled some desires in me to go back to school but alas i still am finding it hard to seriously commit my self to doing paper works, projects, assignments, quizzes, reading books.. i probably am just enjoying learning new things without the pressure of actually proving that i learn something and also probably because i got fond of meeting new people, talking to them, learning from them, sharing knowledge and experience to them and the fact that i even surprise my self by being talkative at times, to the point that i felt i'm becoming too annoying to my classmates but in reality i'am quiet and reserved, hardly speaks at all and most of the time uneast at the company of strangers but during my stay at UPLB i realize that its only during a few days but later on i relax and get to enjoy the company of strangers.. oh lastly seeing and meeting beautiful ladies is a plus too, too bad thou i think she is taken... booo booo lol...

Mar gives way to Noynoy

here's a link: http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=501500&publicationSubCategoryId=63

Mar gives way to noynoy??? hmmm... what a mess... what is he thinking? is he nuts? actually on not running for Philippine president shows he is not that nuts.... but giving way to noynoy to run for president means he's totally nuts!!! c'mon... thou i'm positive mar wont win president of the republic this coming election even if his beloved korina by his side but actually side stepping on the side so that noynoy could run for president was totally a mistake... if only mano a mano between mar and noynoy i would have voted for mar...

The problem i see with noynoy is that he still has a lot to learn and a lot to prove to the filipino people... Yes his parents is famous, well known, very much respected and is treated as a hero of the philippines but his parents worked hard and actually deserved all the accolades that is being given to them... him being a son of heroes is not enough to be president... from what i know about noynoy is that he is a former congresman for three terms and currently a rookie senator... with just that, for me it's just not enough! to become president of the philippines... besides what did he do as congressman and currently as senator? another thing is if her mother corazon aquino is still alived i doubt noynoy would run for president in this coming election... it just happened that her mother died and people with vested interest seeing lots of people attended the wake and funeral decided to egged noynoy to run... see when her mother is alive nobody give a serious thought of noynoy running for president and now that her mother is dead and people's mind is still fresh from grief suddenly noynoy is being pushed to run for president... tsk tsk... does a person's mother had to die? so people with vested interest pushed the son to run for president because they thought filipino people would pitty at the son and vote him? what a lame lame lame reason...

anyway i just hope noynoy would not run for president this coming election... maybe he could run in the future but as of now i think he still has to prove himself to the filipino people... and be independent from the image his parents had established...

Powerade-Team Pilipinas

okay.. good luck to team pilipinas since i think you need all the luck you can get. i'm a filipino and i love philippine basketball... i also have alot of respect to coach yeng guiao, infact i like him more than chot reyes who coached the last PBA backed national team... 

since ive said what i like, i would like to say what i dont like... i dont like the composition of these team! period... here's why... Asi thou he's still wide but he's also old and now so much slow than ever before. Pennisi, he's also old, slow, and lack of post of up moves, he's considered a shooter but he's no allan caidic. Thoss, thou you and promising but he's soft and lack strength and agresiveness. Baguio, the biggest surprise of em all, i could not believe this guy is in the team, thou he could play but still there are alot of PBA players that are much bettern than him. Dillinger, thou he's young, agressive and shows promise in his young PBA career, just like baguio i thought there is a much better player in the pba than him. how i wished kelly williams is not injured.

since i rant, i need to give alternatives and definitely my alternatives is open to criticism. In place of asi, i would have like to see enrico villanueva or dorian pena, i like either of the two, villanueva is familiar with yeng's system and he's also agressive and can score under the boards, with pena i go with his wide body since with asi being wide it's pena body that can replace an asi body. in place of pennisi, i would have put in washington, jay wash developed tremendously while in san miguel, he shoot at the three at the middle and can post up and infront of the basket and the guy can also rebound so i like jay wash because he can do alot especially if he's motivated, in place of thoss i would have put in JayR Reyes, thou i'm not a fan of this guy but i'l pick him always ahead of thoss and the fact that reyes can shoot the ball and man the post much better that thoss. Baguio now this is the position that caguioa should have if only he's healthy but since he's not healthy i would have picked alapag to shore up the PG of the team and as fadi el khatib said jimmy is the best point guard in asia (hell yeah). Dillinger, this is were kelly williams should have been, since he's not available i would have picked Hontiveros, dondon has experience, can slash to the basket and a streak shooter which is good since if he's hot then he's unstapable in scoring...

i know its too late for this post... but what the heck... i just hope that team pilipinas wound up for the top three so that the training of the smart gilas team wont be wasted... 

                                                         good luck and mabuhay....

PBA TEAM: PureFoods trades..

okay, the draft is finnished... Picked Mierhoffer... i like the pick... thou what i dont like and couldnt fathom is why the heck did they trade enrico villanueva together with rich alvarez to ginebra to gain artadi, reavis, timberlake? this is Sh*t... excuse me for my language... i just thought that the trade is so one sided in favor of ginebra... enrico alone is much better than a combined artadi and reavis... artadi has lot of flaws, isnt that reason why purefoods released him during his first stint. reavis is overrated... even surprised he's still in the PBA... then they also reaquired pingris for 1st and 2nd round draft pick next year, are you kidding me? pingris is only worth the 2nd round pick but definitely not the 1st... Pure Foods is my team in the PBA but with this trade i'm scratching my head asking why??? villanueva with raymundo and yap is already a formidable trio then they added allado last season... imagine allado playing together with villanueva, considering the rivalry between these two during college... plus the fact that if raymundo is sent to the bench allado can come in and with villanueva purefoods wont have problem's in the four and five position... the three can also play since raymundo can play the three position... it's just so unfortunate the management decided to trade villanueva... as you can see my rant is pretty much focused on villanueva being traded for almost like nothing... it's just a letdown to see one of the main core of purefoods being traded for peanuts...

The Passing of Corazon "Cory" Aquino

     Its been four days since the former president died of cancer, thus the entire filipino nation is grieving. The Philippine flags all over the world is at half mast and the international community especially the pope and leaders of different country's offered their condolence and prayers. 

    I was born before the people power revolution and too young to even remember what really happened. It was thru school that i learn the history of the people power revolution and how cory unite the filipino people to oust the dictator ferdinand marcos. For that thank you very much.

    As i watched waked thru the TV in the ANC channel, i could see that ordinary people, rich or poor came together to show their respect to president aquino. one could see the owner of metrobank and the vice president shows up to attend the first mass during the wake and while the coffin of president aquino is being transferred from la salle greenhills to manila cathedral you could see fernando zobel de ayala in the streets together with his brother in law and later said he was also with his children line up in the streets with ordinary people. It's nice to see this happen since cory is seen as a person who unite the filipino people, one can hope that even after cory's burial filipino people would find a way to unite whether it's against an abusive person or to help fellow filipino's in need.