Sunday, September 27, 2009
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009
BLACKOUT AND MARTIAL LAW
Proclamation No. 1081's (the other name of ML) official date, however, was September 21, 1972.
Not many days ago, a government official announced on national television of the imminent power interruption which was to begin shortly, and quite surely stated to last until the 2010 election time. And the talks of 'emergency powers' to be exercised by the most powerful official in the land - that is the current President, PGMA, has become quite a topic.
Many...
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
LET'S TAKE A DIVERSION: If ONLY, MEN POSSESS a RUSSELL-like ATTITUDE!
Well, as a self-confessed basketball fanatic, let me bring you out of the "usual" topic here instead.
I didn't intend to talk about great basketball players here or great basketball games. But when I read MR. SPEAR's article today, I CAN'T afford to MISS by not sharing to 'you' Byron Russell's OUTLOOK on being the SACRIFICIAL LAMB of Michael Jordan's NBA Finals' Game 6 winning shot over him in MJ's Chicago Bull's 2nd Grand Slam and 6th Championship trophy in 1998.
Yes, Michael Jordan is GREAT and that was a great shot. But Byron Russell is GREATER!
I chatted with someone special last Sunday and came across with a number of write-ups "criticizing" MICHAEL JORDAN - the "suppose" NBA Legend and the GREATEST basketball player of all time - for his "INSECURITIES" revealed in his speech when inducted to the Hall of Fame.
Unlike his fellow inductees, he spoke of things, and quite photographically, which content was NEVER expected to come out especially in occasions like this. While there were good words, most were words that made Jordan be perceived by many as rude, insecure and as someone who had raked almost all basketball awards available - therefore so accomplished, yet he is one who cultivates ill-feelings with people he had encounters with, all this time.
I therefore REALIZED now, in that AMAZING winning shot by Jordan, it WAS Russell who was GREATER than the shot, and maybe even greater than Michael himself.
And when Jordan recalled his encounter with the then rookie Russell in his Hall of Fame induction speech, he made Russell GREATER the second time around!
Russell to Jordan: Game on
By Marc J. Spears, Yahoo! Sports Sep 13, 2:28 am EDT
Bryon Russell has a message for Michael Jordan: Whenever you’re ready, I’ll be waiting in California – in my basketball shorts.
“I’ll play his a— right now,” Russell told Yahoo! Sports. “This is a call-out for him to come play me. He can come out here in his private jet and come play. He’s got millions of dollars. He can pay for the jet. He can meet me at the Recreation Center in Calabasas.
“We can have Mark Jackson do the commentating. We can have Mitch Richmond do the officiating. We can put it on TV and see if Michael’s still got it.”
Jordan spent much of his enshrinement speech at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame singling out players and coaches who had slighted, criticized or motivated him. Russell merited a special mention.
After Jordan’s first retirement from the NBA, he was playing minor-league baseball and stopped by the Chicago Bulls’ practice facility, where the Utah Jazz were working out. Jordan said Russell, then a rookie with the Jazz, introduced himself and challenged him.
“…At this time I had no thoughts of coming back and playing the game of basketball,” Jordan said during his speech. “Bryon Russell came over to me and said, ‘Why’d you quit? You know I could guard you. If I ever see you in a pair of shorts…’
“When I did come back in 1995 and we played Utah in ’96, I’m at the center circle and Bryon Russell is standing next to me. I said, ‘You remember the [comments] you made in 1994 about, ‘I think I can guard you, I can shut you down, I would love to play against you? Well, you’re about to get your chance.’ ”
When the teams met in the ’98 Finals, Jordan hit his famous championship-clinching shot after knocking Russell backward. Jazz coach Jerry Sloan and point guard John Stockton, who also were being inducted, both shook their heads as Jordan told the story.
“From this day forward,” Jordan said, “if I ever see him in shorts, I’m coming at him.”
Russell said Jordan’s story was accurate and that he was honored, not offended, by his words.
“It was during my rookie year,” Russell said. “He turned to Karl [Malone] and said, ‘Hey Karl, is that your rookie?’ I really did say that to him. Karl was laughing and [Jordan] was laughing, too. …I guess I motivated him to come back. There had to be other reasons. You know he likes all challenges.
“Out of all the people he came across, he thought about me. I’m happy to be in his Hall of Fame speech.”
Russell said “not a single day passes” in which someone doesn’t ask him about Jordan’s shot over him. While playing for the Denver Nuggets, Russell and then-Nuggets interim coach Michael Cooper got in a heated debate about whether Jordan’s shot over Russell or Julius Erving’s famous acrobatic dunk over Cooper was more embarrassing. Looking back, Russell said he wasn’t humiliated to be part of such a historic play.
“To me, that’s the greatest play in basketball history,” Russell said. “It will stay that way because he will always be the greatest player to play the game. I didn’t mind. But the referees didn’t make the call on the push off.
“It’s long done and gone. It was a call that wasn’t made on a play that was great.”
Russell didn’t watch the Hall of Fame induction ceremony live because he was running errands with his 11-year-old son, Brandon, in Calabasas, Calif., but he did record it. After Jordan mentioned him, Russell received a voice message from his old Long Beach State coach, Seth Greenberg. Several other friends and family members also called and sent him text messages. As soon as Russell got home, he rushed to the television to watch Jordan.
Jordan and Russell were teammates with the Washington Wizards during the 2002-03 season, Jordan’s last in the NBA. Russell said Jordan never brought up the story while they were together and they never played one-on-one, either. Russell, now 38, last played in the NBA during the 2005-06 season, but he works out daily and is eager to “guard [Jordan] again and beat him.”
Russell encouraged Jordan to get his phone number from a mutual friend if he’s up for the challenge. Until then, he wants Jordan to know this:
“I keep my basketball shorts on.”
If ONLY, MEN POSSESS BYRON RUSSELL's ATTITTUDE/PERSPECTIVE in 'LOOKING AT THINGS', what a shot we give each one to GREAT RELATIONSHIPS!Even GREATER than ONESELF, indeed!
Friday, September 11, 2009
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Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Friday, September 4, 2009
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
CHRISTMAS STARTS "BER" and NOW
Lifted from ART.com
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ONLY IN THE PHILIPPINES!
As the "quite-a-saying" goes!
Whenever something UNIQUE/EXTRAORDINARY is done by a Filipino, or a tradition that has been practiced since time immemorial... we always take PRIDE in saying that!
In fact, the same statement is said even if it refers to the worst of feats the Filipino has ever dared doing, ONLY IN THE PHILIPPINES! --- and probably the same PRIDE goes with it.
But I am NOT talking about non-declaration of properties in other countries in my SALs, or my receiving of cash gifts in millions or about my latest jingle in my 2010 election-related INFOMERCIAL among others.
On the contrary, i am talking here of the uplifting, joyful, peace-giving and love-filled spirit of the Yuletide season that is CHRISTMAS!
My hearing of the first Christmas song in the air this morning while taking a sip of an aromatic coffee is a Filipino statement that the Season is just around the corner.
CHRISTMAS is unofficially (or is it OFFICIALLY?) HERE!
Oh, how'd you forget? It's the first day of SeptemBER!
Should I remind you, therefore, that CHRISTMAS in the Philippines starts on the first month that ends with 'BER!
MERRRY CHRRRISTMAS!!!
Unsaon man ni, AKO MAY UNA'G GREET (IKAW ang UTANGAN ug REGALO) nimu???!
Lifted from ART.com