>On My Cork Board:

27-29 September 2002, Friday - Sunday
National Sportclimbing Championship.
- Play UnderGround, Power Plant Mall, Rockwell.
We're not covering this, but Annarod is one of the organizers I think. So you can pass by and say hi if you know her.

28 September 2002, Saturday
The Third All-Women Futsal Grand Prix
- University of Asia and the Pacific Basketball Court.
I'll be covering the event for GamePlan tomorrow, so feel free to pass by and say hi. I don't think I'll be able to entertain you, though, but a hello from any of you would be really nice. Besides, you might enjoy the girls. :)

28 September 2002, Saturday
GamePlan: The Nike 3on3 Super Special
- For the first time in the history of Sports television, GamePlan will give you a 1 1/2 hour of pure Nike 3 on 3 action.
This is what has been giving me stress and tears and a total of 6 zits! but we worked really hard on this, so if you decide to watch this, I hope you enjoy it. My segment is the Manila Leg Part 2. :)

Eeep! I just remembered that we have to watch this with the Nike people tomorrow night. God, please, I hope they like it.

18 October 2002, Friday
The 2nd EMA Cup Golf Tournament.
- Camp john Hay Golf Club, Baguio City.
This tournament is a fundraiser for the medical and dental missions of the Rotary Club of Downtown Session and livelihood projects of the PFVR Youth Action Center Foundation.

For more info on the following events, go to buhay gameplan.

i just want to go home...

>kakaibang commendation letter

A former cameraman named Nene came by this afternoon and we suffocated him with hugs and hugs and more hugs. I missed Nene a lot and it was such a surprise to him today.

Last July, GamePlan submitted a very delayed commendation later for the company's crewmen. Nene wasn't working here anymore, so we gave him the original copy of the letter today, proof that we loved him and that we were thankful for his daredevil shots.

Because we have the most loveable crew in the country, we wrote them the weirdest commendation letter ever.

WALANG MAKAKATALO SA CREW NG PROBE PRODUCTIONS, INC.!
WALA!!!
Maging sino ka man – basketball player, terorista, poiltiko, or adventure racer – isang crazy shot ka lang!

Sino pa ba ang makaka...

1. ...akyat ng bundok para makakuha ng trekking shots, at aakyat ng niyog kasi walang Don Henrico’s sa tuktok? Hindi lang motivated, resourceful pa!

2. ...isip ng mag-MOS ng walang kamatayang, “Ano ang susunod niyong GamePlan?” sa gitna ng kadiliman, kagutuman at kapaguran? Hindi lang metikoloso, ma-chika pa!

3. ...tulog sa ibabaw ng HABAGAT kapote sa tabi ng waterfalls, at makaisip pang gumawa ng tulugan para sa mga producers? Hindi lang cowboy, maalaga pa!

4. ...sunod sa mga Del Monte racers sa rice terraces, kuweba at ibabaw ng tricycle, na ang tanging pananghalian at kakarampot ng sabaw ng pinikpikan? Hindi lang cameraman, acrobat pa!

5. ...akyat ng Batad-Bataran na nakakapit sa talahib at may hawak pang tripod? Hindi lang maalaga sa equipment, mabilis pa!

6. ...takbo sa tabi ng pumapaspas na bisikleta para makakuha ng MOS, habang nakapuwesto para sa isang napakagandang low angle shot? Hindi lang tao, de-goma pa!


From the Del Monte 202 The Great Outdoor Quest (Denor at Gil!), to the Carrera Habagat in Camotes Island (Nene, Bernie at Jopet!), Siquijor (Denor, Chong, Jonathan, at Nene!), and Camiguin (Gil, Tito Germs, Bernie, Mandy Moore, at Chong!), to the many many many mountains and caves, panalo talaga kayo!

Proud na proud kami ‘pag sinasabi ng mga racers na dapat sumali na kayo sa mga karera kasi ang lakas-lakas ninyo. Proud na proud kami ‘pag ginagaya ang mga shots niyo ng ibang cameramen (at buti na lang may ilaw silang dala!). Proud na proud kami na sa bawat shoot binibigay niyo ang lahat ng mabibigay niyo.

At malaki ang utang na loob naming lahat na nagmamaneho at sumisiguro sa kaligtasan nating lahat – kahit na kumakanta na kami (Rudy! Nabingi ka ba?), at dumadaan tayo sa baha o sa trapik.

Idol namin kayo sa bawat araw na kasama namin kayo. Pamilya tayo ‘pag nasa labas at nagdudurusa sa mga madudugong shoot. Kung mabibili lang namin lahat ng Fundador, Emperador at iba pang –Dor sa mundo para good time na good time ang mga videoke sessions natin (PANALO KA, Hermie! Tito Sam, you’re our Teddy Bear!), gagawin namin iyon.

MARAMING MARAMING SALAMAT! And that’s the GamePlan! Bow!

Probe crew guys, you'r the best! - Joy
Da best talaga! :) - Gretch
- Mel
- Camille
TOMA! :) - Ramil
- Gie
Rhum Coke Pa! :) - Karen, Froggy and Armando
WINNER! CHAMPION! POGI! ASTIG!!! - Alia

>I must write about Game 1!

[I can't play nor write about basketball for shit, so please forgive me for this may sound stupid. I'm just really happee!!!]

Today was an edit day, but Pancho left at 3pm to catch the game live(he went as a Lipton Iced Tea Booth Supervisor. Haha!) while I left my edit at about 550 to catch the end of the 3rd Quarter. The TV's in The Probe Team area, so we all couldn't help but turn up the volume and just stop whatever we were doing. Lolit and I were screaming at each other because she's form La Salle and she kept on trying to make me feel guilty for cheering for Ateneo when most of my life was spent in Zobel. Everyone else was cheering "UP! UP!" Haha! But I cheered for Ateneo and I'm glad I did, and I'm so happy for Tenorio because I interviewed him when he was still small-time and now he's amazing! He's so quick and he has extremely good footwork and his outside shots are pretty clean. He can't shoot free throws for shit, though, but he could've just been really nervous. The same with Villanueva because both of them were unfortunate to have had the stressful free throws during the last 2 minutes of the game.

I was really scared when the 3rd Quarter ended with Wilson's cool buzzer shot to keep La Salle in the lead 62-59. But when Tenorio tied it 62-62 and Villanueva took the lead with 62-64 in the 4th Quarter, I knew there was hope. La Salle may be at its best in the 4th Quarter, but the Ateneans looked really hungry for this win. They also looked really puny! The La Salle players looked like daguls! They're monsters! They're like mini Asi Taulavas!

I've gotta hand it to La Salle, though. They played extremely well and they’ll always be the team to beat. Sharma and Cardona are very aggressive players and at the risk of looking like monsters and getting fouled out, they get the job done. They are good defenders and they'll do anything to keep the enemy at bay. They'll even smash your face in if they have to. Wilson was good as usual, except in that one play where La Salle was passing the ball to each other beautifully until the shot clock was almost up, and when it got to Wilson, he screwed up the shot and Ateneo made a rebound for the ball. I was very impressed with Yeo. I've never seen him before, but he looked like a really good shooter. Another one I was impressed with was Cortez. Determined to catch up with Ateneo, he drove to the basket really quick and scored 68 La Salle - 71 Ateneo. And within seconds, he snuck up to Villanueva from behind and stole the ball and passed it to Cardona who scored 70-71.

55.8 seconds left! PRESSURE!!!

A lot of things happened in that last minute. I remember being amazed with Alvarez, whom I think is very underrated. He was finishing up the shot clock and his ball-handling was really cool, and before he could score, there was a foul and I didn't understand what the hell was happening. The commentators were just shouting, "There's a foul! There's a foul!" but they didn't say where. It had something to do with Villanueva because he walked over to the free throw line and out of 2 shots, he got only one and brought the score up to a panicky 70-72.

9 seconds!!!

The last 9 seconds play after Villanueva's free throw was the best because this was where Ateneo showed that they were also good defenders. Cardona hogged the ball and tried to make a shot outside the box, but Fonacier blocked him, and blocked him again! Woohoo!!! The buzzer went off and the game was over and the screaming from the TV and our cubicle filled the office. Good thing CLL didn’t get mad at us.

70-72! What a great game!

*For the full story by Sandro Paredes of PinoyCentral, [click here].
Ang bilis nila magsulat ng aritcle, no?!?!

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I wanted to call Tenorio and Membrere to congratulate them, but I was too jahe. I didn't want to sound like a groupie. I WILL buy their Ateneo jerseys someday and have them signed, though. :P

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I can imagine Nono and everybody from GSM screaming like crazy right now! :)

I'm sorry, but the world has to stop because it's Game 1: La Salle vs. Ateneo! (And Pancho's there! I hate you, Pancho!)

Shit! Fourth Quarter na, and La Salle's leading! Argh! In my heart, I will always be a Lasallian, but I really, REALLY want Ateneo to win! Please lang, Lord!!!

I'm finally in the zone, and I'm gonna finish this fucker.

>Event Announcement:

Ms. Bikini Philippines and Musclemania Philippines 2002 on October 12, 2002 Saturday. If you're interested in joining, or if you just want to ogle and drool, then visit my GamePlan blog for more details.

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>Aha! I've learned how to play with color! I rule!

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>goin gaga for gary!

My new desktop wallpaper is a picture of Gary Valenciano singing in a concert, and everytime I close all the explorer windows and I see the wallpaper, I find my self letting out a mini scream as if I were at the concert and he was singing the final words of Sana Maulit Muli. Mahalin pa rin...kitaaaaaa... (and the girls screeeeam, then stop), o giliw... (scream again with matching arms reaching out, then stop), o giliw... (scream again, pull your hair down, rub your face, cry if you have to) ...

I'm going nuts, but at least the sight of Gary V. lightens me up. It's such a dull day today. It shouldn't be, but it is. I think I'll take a nap and get back to the zone at about 6 o'clock or so...I hope.

>yoohoo!

Hey, people! I need your help. See, I get easily bored with my text gear which is now called SAY ANYTHING (In your eyes...). I keep forgetting to add stuff to it, so I'd like you guys to type in lines from movies, TV shows or songs, whatever.

Eg: Only one thing worse than a dragon. Americans. -Creedy, Reign of Fire.

Click [here] to begin, or click on the SAY ANYTHING link on the upper left of the screen.

Salamat! :)

>wahoo! dragons, yeah!

I finally saw Reign of Fire and it was awesome! I loved dragons and it was pretty cool to see a really mean ones as opposed to the noble dragon in Dragonheart.

But really, I think the action was cool! And I also found the story very interesting because again, I like dragons. I know people who didn't like the story, and I must admit that it had some dragging parts, but I still enjoyed it. I didn't find anyone cute, though (I think that's something that would disappoint Vida. :), but I did like Quinn's best friend Creedy. I don't know why. I just liked him.

>the ickiest model gets the billboard

I hitched a ride home with Julia this afternoon and an icky thought entered my mind on our way to C5. I saw a Raid billboard that had a huge can of Raid and a dead ipis (it sounds more disgusting than saying cockroach) lying on it’s back, dead.

It’s actually a nice picture of an ipis on a white background. So I thought, who the hell takes these pictures of dead ipis? It must be such an odd assignment for a photographer, and the poor advertising agencies have to find photographers willing to do it, unless they had an ala Maguire from Road to Perdition who, instead of murdered people, liked photographing, well...I guess you can say murdered...murdered ipis.

Julia thought that they used CG. I thought that they might have one template or negative of an ipis, then they’d just manipulate that. But how did they do it back in the old days when the ads had a swarm of ipis crawling across the kitchen floor? Top shot, low angle, POV, who was the cameraman of these creepy crawlies? And who were the ipis handlers? What a horrible job they must’ve had. Ok! Let them loose! Now run! And I wonder if the ipis have to undergo inspection or some sort of audition? VTR kung baga. Nope, too brown. Pregnant. She’ll be lugging behind dragging her ass on the floor. Too big. Too small. Too black. Dang, he flies...he’ll be dead before shooting day.

Hah, we make fun of them now; but when we’re all dead and extinct, they will rule the world. Sa bagay, I’d rather be dead than alive in a world ruled by stinking ipis. They'd probably be as big as the bug in MIB. Uuhhh, sick.

>ANG PALAY. Bow.

There's a new Tagalog movie coming out called...haha! Wait lang! ...It's called: Ang Palay ‘Pag Naging Bigas, Ibig Sabihin May Bumayo.

Ok, I didn't get the joke at first, and apparently, neither did the MTRCB since they allowed such a titile. When it was finally explained to me, I just kept on giggling and I actually found a Pinoy joke called Ang Palay from which the title, and perhaps the movie, may have been taken. Read on:

Nitong mga nakaraang buwan napapansin ni Mister ang pagiging matabang ni Misis. Walang maisip na dahilan si Mister sa pagiging matabang ni Misis kundi ang posibilidad na si Misis ay kumakaliwa. Sa pag-iisip ni Mister kung papaano ang gagawin upang mapatunayan kung totoo ang kanyang hinala, nabanggit niya sa kanyang Kumpare ang kanyang niloloob.

Mister: "Pare palagay ko ang Kumare mo kinakaliwa ako ngunit hindi ko mapatunayan."

Kumpadre: "Sana naman Pare hindi totoo ang hinala mo, pero kung gusto mo, mayroon akong alam na paraan para mo mapatunayan ang hinala mo."

Mister: "Siyanga Pare, ano ang alam mong paraan?"

Kumpadre: "Di ba Pare ang kama ninyo ay 'yong double bed, 'Yong bang box spring na may nakapatong na mattress sa ibabaw?"

Mister: "Ganoon nga ang kama namin Pare, Oh - ngayon?"

Kumpadre: "Ganito iyon Pare, maglagay ka ng isang gatang na palay sa kama ninyo. Sa pagitan ba ng box spring at mattress pero huwag mong ipaaalam kay Kumare."

Mister: "Eh, ano naman ang kinalaman ng palay kung totoo ngang kumakaliwa ang Kumare mo?"

Kumpadre: "Pare, iyong palay pag naging bigas..............SIGURADONG MAY BUMAYO."

You can find the movie's billboard on Edsa-Cubao and I'm told that it's really big and it just has a woman husking away in the rice field. Reminds me of GMA's presidential campaing poster. Haha! Sigh, what a jolly good day I'm having. :)

Get a load of some more Pinoy jokes. I think you can even contribute! [Go]

>from The Wonder Years last night

Until Winnie left, everything was outside my front door. But now, I think the world will have to get a little bigger.

The episode when Winnie broke up with Kevin because she had to move to a new neighborhood AND a new school. :(

>Kids Say the Darnest Things with Bill Cosby was on Star World this afternoon and I absolutely love that show. Today’s kids in particular were extremely witty, they sounded like the type of kids Ramon and Neva would have if they get married.

When asked what they wanted to be when they grow up, a little boy named Robert said that he wanted to be an Egyptian. Funny ambition for a 6-year old to have! So Cosby asked him which Egyptian he wanted to be, and said. “King Robert!”

Another boy (I forget his name) was asked if God had a wife, and he said yes. Her name is Mrs. God and they fight aaall the time in their house in New York City. And when he was asked to spell, he started counting and confessed that he counted 1 to 20 and missed 13 just so Cosby would ask him more questions.

My favorite from an old episode was this one boy who said that he wanted to be an octopus. Cosby asked why and the boy answered, “Coz they have lots of testacles.”