...ateneo and backing out, the "almighty comish", giving and the Lancer...

Ranting About Ateneo

i never liked Ateneo. it's almost like Don Bosco Makati to me: rarely do i befriend someone from either school right off the bat. they're arrogant, brash, too "sosyal" and think too highly of themselves... of course there are those exceptions, i do get to meet people who are anything like what i think of them generally... Larry Fonacier, for one, is a really good player who i thought was really an asshole, but as it turned out, he's one of the nicest guys off the court... on court he's "cold-blooded" shooting clutch free throws and three pointers, and his game face seems to show you he's a brash fellow, but its all part of the game... LA Tenorio, well, i just like his game... as well as Nonoy Baclao, Eric Salamat, and Jai Reyes... Chris Tiu's, well, Chris Tiu. its too unfair to give him any more praises.

in college basketball, the only time i rooted for Ateneo was during their drive to stop La Salle's 5-peat... this was the tenorio-gonzalez-fonacier-alvarez-villanueva time, when gec chia made his "famed" buzzer beaters to beat out 2nd placers UE, who were artadi-booker-yap powered (i met their center here in the village, i just forgot his name, but they're role players who are probably lost playing in Liga now), the team i originally rooted for... anyway, since then, i saw Ateneo as "the enemy"... a good one at that...

but they have this thing about backing out which really bugs me... a few months back, Mr. Palou of the Ateneo was in contact with my aunt about a possible exibition match between Ateneo and La Salle as a fund raiser for Uncle Jun... Mr. Palou was really game, but after talking with some Ateneo alumni, i guess he had a change of heart... i guess they didn't really like to be associated with Uncle Jun, probably because most of their "sponsors" are from the government... Mike Arroyo is from Ateneo... it was a really confusing time, as regular students and student leaders representing the Ateneo are all really supportive (in all aspects. i mean, if you saw what the Ateneo students do to show support, man, you'd think they're from UP - sterotyping, i know...), but the alumni and the older people seem to want to distance themselves from the issues at hand...

anyway, now, they back out from another commitment, as they beg off from the PBL.... for whatever reason, i don't know... but heck, what is it about Ateneo and backing out?

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Noli Eala and Issue making

NCAA is being officiated by PBL refs... Allegedly, Noli Eala called up Chino Trinidad, PBL commissioner, and talked about the officiating following the tight win of JRU in game 2 of the NCAA finals... This prompted Chino to nearly pull his refs out of game 3... This issue is yet to be resolved...

Now, Yeng Guiao has just been named as the National Team's coach... But, Noli Eala, the all-powerful guy that he is, is again at the center of controversy, as he is one of the figures who brought in the Toroman guy to be the the "director" for the National Team... Yeng Guiao says it wasn't discussed with the Basketball Coaches Association of the Philippines... Noli Eala says it wasn't needed to be discussed with them, as he was in constant contact with Chito Narvasa, whom we all know as the UAAP comissioner...

Since when were Noli Eala and Chito Narvasa credible entities since the former's disbarment and infidelity cases, and the latter's UAAP performance? i say, go Yeng Guiao. =)

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Being an Asshole vs Being Nice

there were a group of kids who came here the other day, asking for "konting tulong"... now, i'm into giving and stuff, but, i just hate it when they demand for help... besides, we just gave away much of our old stuff to our relatives in Bicol who were hit hard by a typhoon... with a changing tone, she asked for either food, money or clothing... they were "flooded in Marikina"...

later, when my dad came home, some more people came and asked for his help... they "lost their homes to fire in Antipolo"...

Being an asshole has its perks... when you do something nice, people tend to really appreciate it... if you've been really nice and have been constantly nice, stuff you're doing are kinda normal already that they don't really appreciate it that much, and sometimes, they even expect you to do stuff for them...

Hence, i think i'd rather be an asshole who people don't expect anything nice from than a nice guy who turns out to be an asshole because he wasn't able to do one nice thing people expected him to do...=P

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The Lancer and Expenses

My mom's Lancer is the oldest car that we own right now (in terms of ownership, not by model), and it's really in good condition... it's so good, in fact, that we never really had any issues with it...

However, recently, the aircon is messed up... i had it fixed earlier, and waited 5 freakin hours for it to get fixed after issue after issue was raised... anyway, 5 hours and 6k later, it's good...

for this past month, it's racking up bills... i recently bought 2.5k worth of floor mats for it... hay... my sister should miss the freakin car... at least it's being pampered... though scratches around it won't say so... hehehe....