Pero Bago Ang Lahat

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Ngayong taong ito.

Hindi tumangkad ang mga tumalon ng New-years eve last year.

Hindi natuloy ang diet ng mga kaibigan mo.

Hindi ka nakapag everyday exercise gaya ng sinabi mo.

Hindi nagkaron ng trabaho ang kaibigan mong umaasa lang sa reply ni lina@jobstreet.com

Hindi parin nawawala ang trapik sa Edsa pati sa Epza.

Hindi parin nababawasan ang laman ng Pringles.

Hindi parin nahuhuli ang pumatay kay Ninoy.

Hindi na kasama ang NAIA sa top 10 worst airport sa buong mundo- kaya bilang souvenir, namimigay sila ng bala sa pasahero.

Hindi parin nakakahuli ng isda yung taong nasa buwan sa logo ng DreamWorks.

Hindi natupad ang pangakong LRT project ni P-Noy at Abaya.
(Magpapasagasa daw, EDI WOW!)

Haaaay nako kuya kardo talaga. Gayunpaman, ngayong taon din kasi,

Lumaban na si Mayweather kay Pacquiao sa wakas.

Naging Miss Universe ulit ang pambato ng Pilipinas.

Maraming naguluhan kung dapat bang sabihing nanalo ang Pilipinas after 42 years o nanalo ang Pilipinas after 3 minutes dahil kay Steve Harvey.

Wala paring half-rice sa Mcdo.

Naging viral si Binay.

Nanguna si Alma Moreno sa survey- hindi dahil magaling s'ya.

Mas marami paring naipasang batas si Lito Lapid kesa kay Enrile.

Binati parin ng mga hunghang ng Happy Birthday si Rizal nung Rizal-Day kahit kamatayan n'ya.

Naging isang magandang regalo sa mga kaaway ang Mitsubishi Montero.

At naging song of the year ang kanta ni Kim Chiu na may lyrics na- "Ikaw nga ba ang icing sa ibabaw ng cupcake ko" 

Anyway, OPM is still not dead pa naman.

Daming nangyari!

Pero bago ang lahat.

Bago magsampalan sina Mar Roxas at Rodrigo Duterte. 

Bago pa kunin ng China ang buong Spratlys.

Bago n'yo marinig ang walang kamatayang Dessert ni Dawin sa tabi-tabi.

Bago maupong Bise si Bong Bong sa Mayo ng susunod na taon. 

Bago magsunog ng mga effigies ni Aquino ang mga ralihista next year. 

Bago ka makaimbento ng panibagong #FriendshipGoals #RelationshipGoals at kung ano mang goals mo.

Bago pumutok ang mga piccolo, pla-pla, labintador, sinturon ni hudas, kwitis, super lolo at kung ano ano pang mga paputok.

Bago mo kantahin ang Auld Lang Syne.

Isang Magandang Taon at Masayang Bagong Taon sa'yo kaibigan! 

BAKIT HINDI ITO TRAVELING

TRAVELING: Taking 3 steps without dribbling the ball - Super educated basketball fan explanation

Sa madaling salita. Kapag naka tatlong hakbang ka sa basketball ng walang dribble, ikaw ay matatawagan ng traveling violation. Yan ang pangunahing deskripsyon ng mga karaniwang nanonood ng basketball. Wala nang ibang argumento. Wala nang ibang dahilan. Wala nang ibang konsiderasyon. Traveling yan. Yan ay sabi ng P.E. teacher nila.

Simple and plain. Bakit pa ba magsesearch ng iba pang meaning. E yun na nga 'yon.

Balikan natin ang dunk na nasa itaas

Traveling ba? Para sa iba, OO. Para sa marunong mag research at tunay na Basketball fan mula pa noon, ang sagot ay isang malaking HINDI.

Kung ang tatanungin mo ay si Google, marami s'yang pwedeng ibato sa'yong dahilan kung BAKIT HINDI ITO TRAVELING. Dahil ang dahilan n'ya. Ay hindi lang basta; "Three steps = traveling". Dahil maraming dapat na konsiderasyon bago tawagan ng traveling ang isang move. Maraming "ELSE-IF" statement.

Ilan sa mga konsiderasyon ay ang mga ilang move at rule na ito. Halimbawa:

HOP STEP MOVE
Else If: Kung ikaw ay nag-drive, at ang first step mo matapos ang isang dribble ay ang iyong right foot. Ang susunod mong hakbang ay dapat sa kaliwang paa. Kung ang susunod mong hakbang ay sa kanang paa, ito ay hindi matatawag na traveling violation. Dahil ang first step ay walang count, sapagkat ito ay off the dribble.
If: Pero kung ang first step mo matapos ang isang dribble ay ang right foot mo, at ang sumunod na hakbang ay right foot muli bago ang isang hakbang kaliwa. Ito ay violation na.
Ito ay malinaw na ipinaliwanag sa link na ito: www.youtube.com/watch

GATHER STEP or TWO AND A HALF STEP
"You're allowed 2 steps upon completion of a dribble, so if you dribble while pushing off of one foot it is not counted toward one of your 2 allowed steps." - NBA RULE BOOK
Ito ay madalas na tinatawag na "Two and a half step" kung saan ang half step ay ang "Gather step" na ginagamit ng mga player na gumagawa ng "EURO-STEP MOVE".

Kaya sa mga nag mamarunong. Paki-explain kung bakit hindi traveling si Dwyane Wade dito

Pati sa dunk ni Manu Ginobli dito

At lalo na sa layup ni Michael Jordan dito.

Yun lang. Maraming Salamat.

Parang Namumulaklak ang Hardin

Sa pagsilay sa panibagong araw,
Ikaw ang s'yang unang tinatanaw.
Kapag wala ka ay sobrang lamig,
Parang lunch time na walang sabaw.

Sa pag-daan mo'y ika'y inaabangan,
Sa paglapit mo'y ako'y kinakabahan,
Sa tuwing ikaw ay ngumingiti,
Ako'y labis na nasisiyahan.

Para kang isang paru parong naligaw,
Sa gitna ng isang malawak na damuhan.
At lahat ng madaanan mo'y
Namumulaklak ng tuluyan.

Wala na akong gusto pang iba,
Ikaw lang ang s'yang aking inaasam.

Wala na akong nais pang iba,

Dinggin ang aking nararamdaman.

At dahil nakilala na kita,
Ang gusto ko lang ay makilala ka pa.
At dahil nakasama na kita,
Ang nais ko lang ay makasama kapa.

I Don't Want To Go Home - Marqus Blakely

Marqus Blakely wearing San Mig Coffee's white uniform in a Finals game in Governor's Cup 2013

If you will read the list of Imports for the current PBA conference. You will notice that his name has the smallest height in the tally. 6'5" s'ya mga tol.

If you will make time to read the box-score of Purefoods vs Global port game last Friday. You will see these numbers beside his name, 26 points, 19 rebounds. 7 blocks. Almost a triple-double. 

Actually, the first thing that cross my mind when I heard that he will be the temporary import of Purefoods, I thought, dehado sa height, baka hindi kayanin. But when I saw him made a three point shot, grabbed 19 rebounds and just missed one free-throw that game. Men, we should make him stay!

Here is a guy, who knows the system very well. Knows the team for so long (I will not get surprise if he already shared an Ice-cream with Joe Devance). Became one of the reasons of 2 championships of the team's 4-peat. Beside the fact that his contract will just take 2-3 games, he still giving Purefoods so many reasons why they should keep him. 

Tonight, in his 'virtual' last game vs Alaska. He scored 17points and 11 rebounds. Double-Double is the best two words in sports for him, no doubt.

Every game he bring-up huge numbers. Suffer a lot of bumps inside the paint (bumps with the floor are not included). But I don't think he used salonpas for body-pains. Because literally and figuratively, his body is made of titanium.

What more can we ask for? A 6'5" player who rebound like a 6'9". With a titanium body combined with energy who can light up the whole Farmers plaza. Who is so familiar in any aspects of the team. I wish, Purefoods franchise should give him a permanent Philippine-address and keep him forever. You agree?

And if you still find a person who doubt Mr. Blakely. Pakisabi nalang, "huy si Mr. Everything s'ya".

Skip the Dream XX

In some moment of time, sometimes, life is unfair.

Sometimes, life is on your side and then the next day, you probably don't have any clue what it will throw to you.

I have a very good friend who passed away yesterday. And it was stunning. Every people who knew the news about him were totally shocked. He was a really good person. His personality is great when it comes of dealing with people. He has a very friendly type of personality. And as I heard, and as I think so, he is also a hard working father. His name is Melchor, not the one in 3 Kings. He range about more than 50 years old, I guess. The only way his family will receive coins and bills is when he will go back to home from the barbershop that he stayed-in from 7am in the morning til the barbershop close at 7pm. He used to smoke every-time he doesn't have a customer, or read  newspapers outside the barbershop and turn the tabloid's page to sports section and find the latest news about the PBA. That is what I used to know him. When he got a tabloid on his hands, its either he is reading some articles on Sports or just answering Sodoku and Crossword-puzzles.

He lost his wife in the middle of last year because of a serious health-condition. But he stayed humble beyond that obstacle of his life. He continue to support his childrens in school and in some way, he also made their house renovated. That is what you called, bunga ng pagta-tiyaga. 

And then his time on this Earth ended.

What can we do? If your time is now, we do not have the rights to demand. That is the reality of life. 

"Many that live deserve death and some that  died deserve life." 

- Gandalf 'The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring'