winning and losing

woke up today feeling like the world is so much better. ang saya ko talaga. main reason really is that im so looking forward to next weekend but the cherry on top was the oh-so-fabulous win by ateneo yesterday.

being that im in another timezone, it was really hard for me not to watch the game live.. but even harder not to watch it at all. thanks to acky... i got to watch online (at the office.. hehehe). happy as i was, it was one of the hardest things ive done because im used to cheering my lungs out at games... and for me to watch the game and have to literally hold my mouth shut so i wont react at all was excruciating. feeling ko puputok na puso ko. syempre i had to pretend i was "working".

anyway, we won, and la salle lost. what was supposed to be just a comment n pat's blog turned out long enough to post.. so here are my thoughts. haha.

you really see what people are made of when they are down. i may be miles away from araneta, and STILL i have my fair share of bitterness from our green friends --- i work with one, and my sister is married to one. si ko maintindihan kung bakit pag talo na sila, iniiba yung usapan bigla... 

1. congrats, mas marami naman kaming championship trophies 

-- okay, fine. i cant deny that, but a win is a win. fact also is, WE ARE THE CHAMPION THIS YEAR.  

2. okay lang manalo kayo, mas malaki naman sweldo namin sa inyo. 

-- uhm, okay. sa basketball kasi part ng stats yung financials ng mga alumni ng school di ba? (rolling my eyes)  

3. sige, kayo naman.. para sumikat din kayo. 

-- ano daw? halatang bitter at walang masabi. hahahahaha!  

4. luto naman e. ang papangit ng mga call ng referee. 

--- gasgas na to. pobreng mga referee lagi na lang sila may kasalanan. they only call it as they see it. tough luck. we've had our fair share of bad calls (or lack of) too. and please dont blame the players for the ref's "bad calls". the boys just want to play and win the game. its just funny (and sad) how people can get used to the glory of winning so much that they forget how to lose with grace... oh well.

wait, not to generalize... i had more la salle friends call / text / ym to congratulate me for the win (akala mo ako naglaro, no?). thank you for that.

great season for ateneo. finger or no finger. good or bad calls. championship or not... it was one hell of a season (weirdest 4th quarter though). too bad i only got to see one game live.. and had to watch the last one online.

ONE BIG FIGHT!