It's out of my life... sort of
Hay... Thesis is out of our hands. Thank you thesis gods. And now, we wait.
Mon: You know I love you, right dude? But really... can I not see you for the next few days? Nakakasawa na! Hahaha... And I dedicated my current music to you. Hehe.
I was reading this post on Gameface.ph:
Sour grapes part I
Where were all these people when the Blue Eagles were playing at NAS and even ULTRA to 2/3 full stadiums and practically empty bleachers sections?
Its sad to see regular, die-hard supporters of the Eagles relegated to Upper A and Upper B when the playoffs come because biglang sumusulpot yung mga taong mas may connection sa kanila.
Sooo true. Oh well... that was to be expected. Sure, I only watched half the regular season games. (I don't watch the Thursday games eh.) But still. The ones I feel really, really bad for are the die-hard DIE-HARD supporters. Gotta admire those guys. At kahit na sa Upper A at Upper B sila napunta ngayong finals na, siguradong-sigurado all-out pa rin ang pagsigaw at pag-heckle nila. Hahaha.
I hope those who got the good tickets for game two will stop being so friggin' prim and proper and making pa-cute and start cheering their lungs out for the Blue Eagles and the Blue Eaglets. I hope school spirit doesn't start and end during the men's basketball finals. Sana naman suportahan n'yo rin (whenever you can, of course) yung ibang Ateneo teams dyan na lumalaban rin at pumupunta pa sa kung saang lumalop ng Metro Manila para ibandera ang ating Blue and White.
Naks. If I weren't a sports staffer, I probably wouldn't have said that. And yes, Sir Francis was right. Sadly, the media is to blame for our obsession with basketball.
A few weeks ago, Evi asked me what the big deal was about "school spirit." I couldn't give her a straight answer if I remember correctly. I dunno. Minsan nadadala ka na lang talaga. (Crowd mentality nga ba yun?) Minsan naman... ah, ewan. Maybe this excerpt from a Bonnie DeSimone article (from ESPN.com) on Andre Agassi helps:
Most athletes are uncomfortable when they're asked to place what they do into the bigger picture. They either over-aggrandize themselves or they prefer to stay micro, resisting outside analysis. Agassi used every pixel of the giant screen where he got to perform. He never shied away from tennis as a metaphor. He knew that was why most people were watching him, not because he ran down impossible shots and put them back over the net.
"I think we all look for hope and love, and sports has the platform to offer a few moments that actually give people hope and the belief they can accomplish things in their own lives," he said on that summer evening in 1999, a few weeks before he would win his final U.S. Open.
Mon: You know I love you, right dude? But really... can I not see you for the next few days? Nakakasawa na! Hahaha... And I dedicated my current music to you. Hehe.
I was reading this post on Gameface.ph:
Sour grapes part I
Where were all these people when the Blue Eagles were playing at NAS and even ULTRA to 2/3 full stadiums and practically empty bleachers sections?
Its sad to see regular, die-hard supporters of the Eagles relegated to Upper A and Upper B when the playoffs come because biglang sumusulpot yung mga taong mas may connection sa kanila.
Sooo true. Oh well... that was to be expected. Sure, I only watched half the regular season games. (I don't watch the Thursday games eh.) But still. The ones I feel really, really bad for are the die-hard DIE-HARD supporters. Gotta admire those guys. At kahit na sa Upper A at Upper B sila napunta ngayong finals na, siguradong-sigurado all-out pa rin ang pagsigaw at pag-heckle nila. Hahaha.
I hope those who got the good tickets for game two will stop being so friggin' prim and proper and making pa-cute and start cheering their lungs out for the Blue Eagles and the Blue Eaglets. I hope school spirit doesn't start and end during the men's basketball finals. Sana naman suportahan n'yo rin (whenever you can, of course) yung ibang Ateneo teams dyan na lumalaban rin at pumupunta pa sa kung saang lumalop ng Metro Manila para ibandera ang ating Blue and White.
Naks. If I weren't a sports staffer, I probably wouldn't have said that. And yes, Sir Francis was right. Sadly, the media is to blame for our obsession with basketball.
A few weeks ago, Evi asked me what the big deal was about "school spirit." I couldn't give her a straight answer if I remember correctly. I dunno. Minsan nadadala ka na lang talaga. (Crowd mentality nga ba yun?) Minsan naman... ah, ewan. Maybe this excerpt from a Bonnie DeSimone article (from ESPN.com) on Andre Agassi helps:
Most athletes are uncomfortable when they're asked to place what they do into the bigger picture. They either over-aggrandize themselves or they prefer to stay micro, resisting outside analysis. Agassi used every pixel of the giant screen where he got to perform. He never shied away from tennis as a metaphor. He knew that was why most people were watching him, not because he ran down impossible shots and put them back over the net.
"I think we all look for hope and love, and sports has the platform to offer a few moments that actually give people hope and the belief they can accomplish things in their own lives," he said on that summer evening in 1999, a few weeks before he would win his final U.S. Open.