My First [and definitely last] Visit to Roxas City

Doing What I Have To Do

T___ I___ !!!  This place is just F___  S___tty !!!   But -- I gotta job to do -- So I'll do it to the best of my ability then take my flight home.  The Sights and the Sounds [and the Smell] of this place are just horrible.  The organization of the whole event is F___ Up, some athletes were complaining about the deplorable conditions in the classrooms they were staying in,  the football field has a smell [Man, it stinks to the high heavens!],  Jeez !  Grabe  Talaga !  But that's just me  and I can only speak for myself.

 The high point of my trip -- Nada. 

Well - I saw some UAAP Volleyball, Football, and Basketball friends and acquintances. A few snaps here and there, some good game photos --  some calling cards given away to advertise this blog.  WiFi all night long . . . .  What else is there to do here ?

God, I miss home !

Nyways - here are a few RANDOMLY arranged JPEGs from the past few days:

The Fighting Maroons Football Team

- Villareal Field -

TOP

Ian Garcia - Pon Cruz - Justin Depano - Nathan Octavio - Joerelle Garcia - Miguel Roy -

Nathan de Guzman - Nino Muros - Gabe Mendoza - Alfonso Ancheta - Deo Segunial -

Mike Simms - Anto Gonzales - Albert Francisco

BOTTOM
Cobi Ochoa - Cholo de Vera - Shane Bucat - Penn Custodio - Jaric LaValle -
Russel Castro - Albert Yatco - Allen Serna

Thanks Jeric !!, for E-mailing me the names --  appreciate it.

The Lady Eagles Football Team

- Villareal field -

Tata Garcia, wearing the white shirt w/ an A, requested for a group photo after the Ateneo Lady Booters were eliminated by DLS Taft {1-0} 

Yet -- Just look at those winning smiles !  [Priceless!]

Anytime, Tata, just say the word.

The Lady Eagles Volleyball Team

- Baliwag Restaurant -

Front Three -    Gretchen Ho, Den Den Lazaro, Amy Tajima

Middle Three -  Ella del Rosario, Tasha Faustino, Sarah Cruz

Back Eight -      Jamenea Ferrer, Bea Tan, Fille Cainglet, Alyssa Valdez,

                          Dzi Gervacio, A Nacachi, Amy Amohiro, Mona Bagatsing

If the mood is right, I like serving JPEGs after every meal. It's fat free.

Ateneo vs La Salle Bacolod
Capiz Gymnasium

University of St. La Salle vs NU

Panay Civic Center

Erica Casas scores for Ateneo.

Cha Guancio scores for DLSU Taft.

Alesa Dolina of FEU scores vs UP.
[Dolina is not seen in the photo]

Alesa Dolina scores the winning goal,  this time, during the extension period,
 beating UST for the Championship [2-1].
[Again, too, Dolina is not seen in the photo]

Al Bustamante [#16] eludes the DLS Bacolod defense, scores,
 and gives DLS Taft a [1-0] win to arrange 
a showdown vs UNO-R for the Championship.

Al Bustamante

does a victory jig.

Way to go Dude !

Erica Casas [#10], one-on-one vs. Becca Formoso [#2] 

[DLS Taft-1   Ateneo-0]

The next two photos are from this game too.

Tasha Alquiros [#17], from DLS Taft, is flanked by two Ateneo booters.

Ces Trinidad [#14], from Ateneo, and Miel Ampil, from DLS Taft,

 battle for possesion.

FEU vs UP
[FEU-2    UP-0]

Volleyball players Xavier Senoren and Dzi Gervacio pose on the sidelines

just before an evening volleyball game at the Filamer Gym.

Juami Tiongson does a nifty move to the basket.

The Ateneo  vs  Adamson  match-up is the most exciting
Ladies' Volleyball duel at that point in the Uni Games.
I just love the tension between the two UAAP teams.
Ateneo wins this match.

Jovelyn Gonzaga [CPU] scores one against the Ateneo Lady Eagles

[who must manage w/out their top 6 players who have to fly back to Manila for the Shakey's V-League Invitational, that same morning].

CPU wins in three sets.

Lanky Maricar Nepomuceno [NU] streches for this one.

The NU Lady Bulldogs lose this match to USLS.

The USLS girls celebrate their victory over NU.

DLS Bacalod wins this game vs Ateneo [5-0].
Joel Bedia [#13] scores DLS Bacolod's 1st goal at the 26th minute.

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DLS Taft   vs   DLS Bacolod
As the image above and the next three below show, DLS Bacolod has a lot of chances to score but Taft manages to make great saves time and again.

UNO-R   vs   Benilde
  [University of Negros Occidental Recolletos] vs [Benilde Blazers]

UNO-R   vs   Benilde

UST   vs   DLS Taft
UST wins this one via a penalty shoot out.
[see photo below]

This miss by DLS Taft gives the win to UST,

 [the penalty shootout goes the full route, players and keepers taking turns] 

setting the stage for an FEU-UST championship match.




Here is a 10-frame sequence taken during a DLS Taft football match - - -

- - where a non-call by the referees [which leads to a goal by DLS Taft's opponent]  triggers a confrontation between some DLS players and the refs.

DLS Taft Coach Hans Smit files an official protest the same day.

The next two photos show Alyssa Valdez and Gretchen Ho in a huddle 

sometime during the Ateneo Adamson match.

Teeth, Tongue, and Sweat -

No, this is not a toothpaste or mouthwash endorsement thing . . .

. . . I simply have to put captions to make my blog a little more interesting.

Ateneo beats Adamson in three sets but is eventually eliminated by CPU the next day.  Adamson, meanwhile, goes on to win two [one is vs UST] consecutive games, after the loss to the Lady Eagles, to advance to the Finals.

--- "Feel It !" ---

With barely 5 minutres to go in the DLSU Taft-vs-UNO-R

Men's Football Championship Match

 and the Archers ahead [4-1], I approach DLSU Lady Booters

Miel Ampil - Mica Henson - Cara Abaya - Lois Hain - Isabelle Montelibano

 - Adri Yniguez - Becca Formoso - [Please forgive me ! my list is incomplete] -

 Cha Guancio - and - Tasha Alquiros [in front]

and specifically tell them "Feel It!" .

 From that point on all I have to do is make sure everyone is in frame.

[I think, I even almost get hit by a stray soccer ball,

 since my back is turned towards the field]

Four clicks - Ten pretty smiling athletes - Whaddaya have?
A must-have for one's photo collection.

Insane smiles can arrest you but

the subdued ones can captivate you.

Camille Dayrit - Ines Lorenzo - Tata Garcia

All come to support their 4-peat Champion Blue Eagles

 at the Capiz Gymnasium during the Championship match vs West Negros.

The thing with wide angle lenses is that it makes fat/short

people fatter and shorter, and tall/lanky ones even taller and lankier.

Rookie Sarah Cruz' head reaches up to May's Tajima's nose.

Dzi and Den seem to be staring curiously behind.

Another wide-angle shot, this time,

showing Gwynn Capacio with and undergoal stab.

[Wide angle lenses also exaggerate distance]

The next five photos of the Ateneo Women's Volley Team were taken
during the Ateneo-DLS Bacolod hoops match at the Capiz Gymnasium.

--- Stage left ---
Used a medium telephoto lens for the image above and below

of Coach Parley with A, Mona, Bea, Alyssa, and Amy

during the ADM - DLS Bacolod  basketball game.

--- Stage Right ---

Sarah, May, Gretchen, Dzi, and Fille happily oblige.

"Maski simpleng kuha, maski papaano, masmaganda kung may kasaysayan"

A pair of jogging pants, three pairs of jeans . . .

and ten pairs of "vollyball legs".

No doubt these are well toned.

 

When I land in Manila, will rush home to unload, then scoot to Data Blitz to claim my pre-reserved DVD copy of Battlefield 3, [am a PS3 gamer]  [had requested an "L" size Battlefield 3 T-shirt previously] rush home, play the console for a few minutes - then sleep, sleep, sleep.

[FYI - All JPEGs in all my posts are compressed low res files.]

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Before the Azkals Fever

Three Pictures of Aly Boromeo and Chieffy Caligdong 

from the Summer of 2010  .  .  .

Months before the Azkals made the news, I was able to take a number of photos  Aly Borromeo and Chieffy Caligdong,  who were playing [then]

for Kaya Digiprit and Air Force respectively.

March 28, 2010 [UFL] - Ateneo Erenchum Field

Aly is on the extreme right.

April 25, 2010 [UFL] - Army Football Field

- Aly -

May 5, 2010 [UFL] - Nomads Football Field

- Chieffy -

Big Shots of Aly and Chieffy from

July 28 and Febuary 9 of 2011  .  .  .

July 28, 2011 - Rizal Coliseum

A four-frame sequence . . .

showing Aly Borromeo whooping it up . . .
[This particular frame [the best among the 4]
can be seen in two earlier posts.]

after Schrock scored the Azkals' one and only goal . . .

 in the closing seconds of the 1st half of their match vs Kuwait,

where RP was knocked out of the World Cup Qualifying Race,

 losing to the Kuwaitis [4-1].

 Febuary 9, 2011 - Panaad Stadium

  - Big Goal, Big Shot - Big Photo

Chieffy Caligdong's goal that put the Azkals ahead by a point over Mongolia.

Phil Younghusband scored the 2nd Goal which helped seal the win.

 [Azkals-2   Mongolia-0]

[This JPEG may be seen in one of my early posts titled
"Panalo - Getting the Job Done"]
[It also came out in a Sports Section Spread of a daily, last Febuary 12]


and a simple photo of Chieffy and a boy.

October, 2011 - UMak Football Field
- Simple Photo -- Or so it seems -
This is a stolen shot of Caligdong warming up and
daring  a little fan to steal the soccer ball from him.
The moment captured here might appear insignificant, at first glance, 
and even inconsequential, at the most - more so if one compares it to Borromeo's "whooping it up" photo.  But if one can "get it",
 it's "utter simplicity" is its strength.  No image of flashy or flamboyant goals here - just a man and a boy, and a soccer ball --
that says a whole lot more than meets the eye.


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An Exciting One and a Boring One

October 23, Sunday

UMak

Global  vs.  Pachanga

                                            2                2

After John Bedic [#8] and Nixon Leonora [#7] put Pachanga ahead [2-0]  Global was put on the brink of elimination.         But, from that point onwards, as they say in the vernacular -"Napabayaan".  Izzu [#10] [Global] scored, barely two minutes after Leonora made his.  Capitalizing on a defnsive lapse by Pachangas, Guirado hit the open man, Franko Borromeo on the 89 minute mark.  Borromeo sent it home for a 2-all count, with barely a minute left in the match !!  Whatta Game !!!

This is Nixon Leonora's goal in the 70th minute which put
 Pachanga ahead 2-0.

- Global Strikes Back -
 Izzu scores !
[Picture above and below]

Diop [#21] had an opportunity to put Pachanga ahead by 2 again [3-1]
 but he went wide on his Penalty Kick.

Guirado found an open Borromeo [#7] in the dying minutes of the match.  

Franko finished.  Score [2-2] !!

 

 

Randomly arranged photos follow . . .

[more JPEGs 2 b added]

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October 23, Sunday

Araneta Coliseum

Rain or Shine   vs.   Alaska

                                           120                     84

In the biggest blow out of the season, the Elasto painters outclassd the Aces in practically all departments --

Field Goal %                                 57.5   to   37.8

Rebounds                                      58             33

Assists                                          30             19

Points of Turnovers                        17              8

2nd Chance Points                         18              7

Steals                                            6               5

3-Point Shots Made                        14              6

Jeffrei Chan's 15 markers in the 1st Qtr set the tone of the match early on but LA Tenorio's perimeter shooting in the 2nd helped bring down Rain or Shine's 16-pont 1st Qtr. lead to 8 [Alaska ended the 1st half with a Baracael buzzer-beater lay up].  Come the 3rd, another Elasto Painter, Larry Rodriguez,  scored double figures' [10 poinbts],shifting the momentum back to Rain or Shine.  The 4th Qtr then  saw Yneg Guiao's boys plaster Alaska, outscoring them by 17 [39 to 22], to end the match with an impressive 36-point margin.

A few pics follow here.

Cyrus Baguio

Baguio off an assist pass by LA Tenorio.

.Mac Mac Baracael - Hindi makaporma.

Actually, Jeffrei Chan was slapped a foul on this play.

Ronjay fakes out rookie Eric Salamat for a sure two.

Now, how often does this happen ?

                                                                  

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Urinalysis In A Hotel Room

October 22,  Mandarin Hotel

Last Saturday, I was tasked to document [with a still camera and a video cam] a Sweat Test [by Gatorade].  Two celebrities - Jaymie Pizzaro and  Anthony Pangilinan - were at the forefront of this procudure.  They underwent a series of tests - which involved urine sampling, running on a treadmill [for a specified period of time], monitoring the amount of sweat they excreted and the amount of hydration [liquid replenishment] they took while running, and the measurement of other variables on, during, and after their time on the treadmill. 

It wasn't as exciting as shooting a soccer or a basketball game but it compelled me to use my macro lens [which I never bring to a match] and, among other things, taught me a thing or two about urinalysis.  Just had to exercise a little more patience.  After all was said and done - and downloaded to my laptop  - I could safely say that I had done a simple, decent job - and had taken a few casual souvinier snaps for this blog.

Yes, that'a urine sample being placed on the sensor of the chisel shaped end of a "refractometer" [one can see the the full length, profile, of the gadget on the picture below].  Notice how the analyst peeps at the eyepiece on the opposite end of the piece.  What he will view is a vertical chart, similar to that of a thermometer, which will give him a numerical reading which will then translate to measurements of certain variables. 

This data will then be the basis for the urinalysis.

It does help to point the refractometer agains a strong light source to have the chart well lit, ths making the graph/reading very clear.

One has to make sure that the lid, which closes and secures the urine on the refractometer sensor, is repeatedly cleaned, to make sure that each urine sample is free from contamination. 

That's one of several patches that  Jaymie, and also Anthony,

had to wear during the Sweat Test. 

 

Both participants had to do the treadmill for approximately an hour and a half.

In order to to simulate New York weather, at this time of the year, the room was prepped up [with the aid of additional airconditioning equipment],

the temperature being lowered, several hours before the actual test.

Everyone was advised to bring several warm clothing the night before.

Another patch, which would react [discolor] depending on the amount of on one's sweat,is shown being secured on to Anthony's forehead. 

 I belive that's Hannah, one of anthony's daughters, in the background.

- Mission Accomplished -

Marcia Cruz, Anna Romero - both from Group M, and

Anthony Pangilinan, are all smiles at the end of the day.

 

Actually, Jaymie, accompanied by son Anton [10] anddaughter Nia [6], 

 came early and had some time to pose for beside the window.

- One More, for the Road -.

Marcia, Anna, Jaymie, and Oz Arcilla

By the time I left Mandarin, it was  around 6 past.

[Glad to finally loose the three layers of clothing

I had  been wearing for close to 4 hours.]

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