Alex @ April 28, 2008 | | Education | Comments (1)
UP Diliman and its various colleges held recognition rites and the commencement exercise over the weekend. I really wanted to go to iBlog4 but, alas, I was issued a memo by the college that I’d be one of the emcees for CAL’s recognition rites.
As a spin made by the organizers, they got every department’s most junior and senior faculty members to introduce the graduates. Unfortunately for me, I am the most junior. Representing the senior faculty for our department was Dr. Adel Lucero (who happens to be Ia’s mom.)
I got dressed up (in barong and sablay) to speak only a few lines. I got baked in the afternoon sun, and had to sit through a valedictory address that wasn’t really as moving as a valediction should. (Come on. If “I dared to dream” isn’t cliche then tell me what is.)
The things I do for the college.
At least Tony Gloria (the guest of honor) had some very sensible words to share with everyone.
Photo credit to Delurianne (who happens to be one of the college summa cum laude grads this year) and interestingly, my seatmate in the ceremony
Tags: College, UP
Alex @ April 28, 2008 | | Music | Comments (4)
This is one of those WTF moments. You start browsing people’s Friendster profiles out of sheer boredom (and to satisfy scopophilic tendencies) and lo and behold you see… your guitar in a gig under the spotlights. Just like this one:
No doubt about it, it’s my guitar. I actually just lent it to a friend (the one wielding it in the pic) for maintenance since it’s just lying around gathering dust and whatnot. Told him he could practice with it if he wants. Didn’t imagine it to be in a gig before me.
The nearest to a gig I used it is for a company Christmas party, a couple of years back. Oh well. How pathetic it is when the guitar gets the spotlight over its (real) master.
Photo credit to Szusza via Sushi
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Alex @ April 26, 2008 | | Health | Comments (2)
Save for November of last year when I purchased a beat-up car, this month has got to be my most expensive month in cumulative expenses. Not that I’m complaining, it’s so just not me to spend close to not saving a single centavo of my earnings.
Anyway, I’ve been hankering about getting back into shape this year. I started the year out with a 1400-calorie-a-day-diet and 30 minutes of basketball everyday. That made me lose 10 lbs in 10 weeks. Since I’ve been going about it on my own with no supervision from a dietitian, I was diagnosed with iron deficiency anemia, apparently, due to my lack of meat. Ever since then, I started to up my calorie intake - the side-effect of which was that I started to balloon again.
That worried me since I’m trying to be really conscious about my health nowadays. Having feasted on pure fat and cholesterol (those sisig feasts at Mang Jimmy’s back in college and the greasy Teriyaki Boy food I get to chow down every week) could surely have clogged some of my arteries). Not to mention a gut that sticks out.
More…
Tags: Fitness, Health
Alex @ April 25, 2008 | | Sports | Comments (0)
Damn, it’s when you have two conference giants that make a good playoff series. Compound that even more when they’re rival teams who have had a great history and historic matches. So is the case with the Western Conference semifinals of the NHL with my Colorado Avalanche facing the Detroit Red Wings.
Might be tough for Colorado who’s 6th in the conference to take on the top dog in the West. Tougher even if Colorado comeback center Peter Forsberg will be out of commission for Game 1 due to a groin injury. The Avs have struggled with their offense in the series versus the Wild and having Forsberg scratched from the roster would definitely hurt their chances especially since the Red Wings isn’t lacking in both offense and defensive talent.
Pavel Datsyuk is scary even with a sub-100-point season (97). They have two top-quality netminders in Dom Hasek and Chris Osgood. Will definitely be tight for Colorado, but I’m still cheering them on.
Tags: Colorado Avalanche, Hockey, NHL, Sports
Alex @ April 20, 2008 | | Sports | Comments (0)
Yes, and my very informal chronicle of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs, following the journey of my favorite team - the Colorado Avalanche who will be moving on to Round 2 after disposing of the Minnesota Wild, 4 games to 2.
The series in retrospect, is a tale of players stepping up when it counts. Noteworthy - Jose Theodore who stood rock solid despite the Avs’ struggle to keep possession of the puck. Just in those six games, Theodore faced 200 shots, saving 94% and amazingly, almost impenetrable early on in most games. Avs captain, Super Joe Sakic notched another record holding the most overtime goals in the postseason.
Hurrah for the Avs!
Tags: Colorado Avalanche, Hockey, NHL, Sports
