Bring it on.
Yes! The World Cup finals is on tonight.
Well, early Monday morning here in Manila.


My friend Philippe sent me this website.
It shows the designs on the footballs of all the 32 countries who qualified for the FIFA World Cup in Germany.
Great innovative concept!

Tonight, I will be here for an overnight stay.
So I can watch the games live at 3 AM.

Cue in the Pointer Sisters song.
"I'm so excited and I just can't hide it" =)

Tan-ta-ta-ta-taaaaan....tan-tan-tan....taaan-ta-ta-ta-taaaaan. TAN-TA-TAAAAN
After watching all the World Cup football matches till my eyes bled, I finally sneaked out to watch "Superman Returns", yesterday.
Superman is my favorite superhero.
He can fly.
He has X ray vision.
He saves every damsel in distress.
He rescues us from catastrophic calamities.
All that wearing a tight costume with a flowing cape to boot.
The film had good entertainment value.
It was a thrill to watch.
The familiar John Williams score.
The usual villain, Lex Luthor.
His alter ego, Clark Kent.
His unrequited love for Lois Lane.
The Daily Planet newspaper.
Everything you expect in a Superman film was duly accounted for in this movie.
But.

Honestly.

I guess I'm such a nostalgic fool.

Christopher Reeve will ALWAYS be my Superman!

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I received the above email a week ago.
Since October 2005, there were Google Adsense Ads on my other blog. At the end of June 2006 I earned about US$ 101.56 and now they suspend my google adsense account? Wtf!!!.

Damn it.
I thought that Google was a reputable company.
I guess not.

Thanks for nothing!

Zisou


At his 'mature' age of 34, he is still brilliant. His feet are magical as he slides the ball. He effortlessly passes it to his fellow French players on the field. He has a high accuracy rate for his passes. He never hogs the ball. No wonder, he is adored for his skill and his tactical play. Now he delivered France to the finals of the World Cup on Sunday, July 9. It will be France vs Italy. My sister will be rooting for Italy while me well obviously there is no doubt who I will be supporting all throughout the final game of the 2006 World Cup in Berlin, Germany.
Vive Zidane.
Allez les Blues!!!

A funny UMBRO commercial

Anatomy of a Linden Suites room
I'm back again at my place. Phew! This commuting back and forth my parents place is really exhausting. Surviving on few hours of sleep doesn't help either. But something came up so I need to be within the city premises. This would mean I won't be able to watch the semi finals of the World Cup games, live. Bummer!
But I do have several options on where to catch the games as they unfold in the wee hours of the morning. Bahala na!
Anyways as promised, here are some pictures I took of my room at the Linden Suites. I'm too tired to come up with witty captions to accompany the pictures, why don't you just have a look see, ok?

A tiny hallway leading to the room


Sturdy wooden panelled door


Dining area which comes complete with an oven, a refrigerator, a microwave as well as a toaster.





Living room area with comfy couches, a study and a kick ass home theater system all encased in one big wood panel.



Inside the bedroom, you have a queen size bed with side tables on each side. In front of the bed there is another TV and a study table beside it.



Lastly, a fantastic view of the Ortigas skyline and its environs.

Early morning sunshine
2:45 am => I wake up to find out that our cable TV is out. According to the tech support, there is a brownout at their cable/satellite location.
*insert curse word here*

3:00 am => I log on to the Internet to read the play by play of the France vs Brazil game. My sister's laptop keeps hanging. I need to reboot several times during the course of the live match cast *insert more curse words here*

4:00 am => Half time, the score is still 0 - 0. I make myself some breakfast and drink coffee as I check the TV again. Still nothing!
*insert French curse word here*

5:00 am => Game is over, the unconquerable defending champion Brazil team is defeated. France won by 1 goal scored by Thierry Henry from a brilliant pass from Zisou Zidane. Woohooo. I totally adore Zidane in fact I loveeeee the guy. Teeeheee! He truly deserves to be voted man of the match.

I'm smiling, there is a cool crisp morning breeze, the sun is about to rise.

Congratulations Les Blues. Vive l'equipe France.

"Dreams are my reality, a wondrous world where I like to be"
It is rather odd that I can vividly recall my dream, last night. Ok so it wasn't last night. I went to bed after the Italy vs Ukraine game which ended at around 5:10 AM. Italy won 3 - 0 against Ukraine and they are scheduled to meet Germany, next week. Geeez!
Speaking of Germany, their game with Argentina was fit to be deemed a World Cup finals game. Both teams were equally impressive and either deserved to win although I was obviously rooting for Argentina. I'm totally disappointed with Coach Pekerman's decisions to substitute his key players in the second half. It was a crazy move which cost Germany to catch up and eventually win the penalty shootouts.
What was he thinking??? Really terrible decision.

Ooops I digressed.

So in my dream, there were a lot of snakes. There was one green king cobra with a bright red patch on its chest who was chasing me all over.
At least I presume it was me, I didn't see myself clearly.
It ended when the cobra caught up with me and bit me in the foot.
I woke up, had lunch and waited patiently for my turn to use the laptop.
So there I was researching online for dream interpretations regarding my disturbing dream when my father asked me what I was up to.
Naturally I told him about my dream and he tells me that reading up about it won't help me at all. It is best I just pray the rosary and forget about it.
Being the sarcastic skeptic that I am, I saw it as his way of making me go to hear Mass tomorrow. Anyways, I did manage to read up on a few meanings.
This one gave different interpretations about my snakes dream. Suffice it to say, it ain't really positive to dream about snakes.
It is just a bit daunting for me to actually vividly recall the appearance of the cobra. So much so that if I was a witness in a crime the sketch artist would completely ace the drawing of the 'suspect'. In my case it isn't a person but a menacing reptile.
But contrary to the song "Reality" by Richard Sanderson where he states:

Dreams are my reality,
a wondrous world where I like to be
Illusions are a common thing
I try to live in dreams
although it's only fantasy

Well I rather not live in that particular dream.
No, thanks!