SONICS watch, etc.

i was going to write last monday, after the SONICS (yup, i insist on highlighting) evened up the series against San Antonio. However, i missed the game and only read about it on the net how my team played a good game, the absense of their 2nd & 3rd leading scorers notwithstanding. This was the second game (in a row) in this series that i missed and the second (in a row!) that my team won. hmm, go figure...!

(would the "streak" continue?)

today, game 5 of the series was played in San Antonio. the SONICS came out flat in the first quarter but managed to even it out come halftime. (yeah!) entering the second half, the hope was there that we could pull this off. however, in an almost eerily fashion, the second half started like the first as the SONICS missed about seven of their first 8 shots. It was pretty much catch-up basketball from that point onwards and my team fell short. no thanks to the brilliance of that sweet-shooting, hardworking, Argentinian SOUTHPAW Spur Manu Ginobili. i mean, 39 points on 10-15 FG shooting, plus all the little (BIG!) things that matter such as passing and defense! darn...! he's the difference maker in San Antonio right now, no question!

Still, the series is not over. Not by a longshot! My SONICS have shown that they've got what it takes to hang with these mighty tough Spurs. All it takes is a commited defense, solid rebounding and a balanced attack, which i know my team can put together.

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this past weekend, i went to Engkanto Kingdom after, oh... 5 years; my first visit since i started med school. i wasn't too keen on going initially since i knew there was no real new addition since the park opened almost 10 years ago. still, the tickets were FREE and you don't pass up on such things. (a song comes to mind...) plus, i got to spend time with my cousins, whom i get to see rarely, if at all. pucha! ang lalaki na nila! napag-iwanan na talaga ako! hehe! pero ok na rin, nakakaaliw, being able to relate to them in a more mature level. not just kiddie games, but sports... not just toys, but, um, girls (bad example? hehe) AND school AND other less "juvenile" things.


(me and my bro...)


(with raffy. i like this picture despite the distortion...)


(goofing around with Patty, near the merry-go-round)

(fire in the hole! with Chip, Miggy and Raffy. hmm, i've got that face on again... what the?)

these were (obviously) taken at night, just before we went home. Didn't get to experience all of the rides since it was late afternoon when we arrived but we got to ride the Anchors, Log Jam, play Paintball and "bully" a few kids in the bump cars, hehe. (KIDDING, of course!)