law... and order

 ive been hooked once more to Law and Order. Its fun watching them solve cases by piecing one event to another, one item to the other. its crazy.

then ive realized that this isnt coz i want to be a lawyer. Law and Order, White Collar, and even House is all about investigating. Trial and error and all those stuff. I wanted to be an investigative reporter originally, but growing up I took a lot of detour.

now im in legislative work, something ive been enjoying and learning to love more day by day. the thing about it is that i try to put it together with the investigative instincts that i like most. maybe its not even investigative instincts, its the whole connect the dots thing, or maybe its the whole creating logic to everything that happens. i think it even means the same to my previous phrase.

Every morning, I wake up extra early just to get to work. its not entirely coz of my slow poke tendency, or my inability to fix my stuff the night before, its because when i wake up, my TV is on, and when i bump into my favorite shows, i cannot move from where i am anymore. whether its about the law or the order, its a vague line, coz all i know is that i enjoy watching them and solving those cases with them.

Baseball Philippines

I was chilling out at home on a Thursday afternoon after I started the day early with a breakfast meeting. I wasn't feeling too well also when I got home and I ended up laying around with the remote control on my hand. I usually don't watch local channels except when I know that something I usually watch is on, but this time I was happy I did stumble onto this channel. They were showing the Baseball Philippines Finals Series between my home Manila and another city Cebu. It was the airing of a game that happened last Tuesday and they were showing pretty much the important innings. Manila Team won the game and it was evident on the second inning why it ended that way.

I started watching during the bottom of the 2nd inning where the game was tied at 3 runs, 1 on first base who was hit by a pitch, and the batter has been getting pitches that has almost came in close contact to his shoulder. Then the pitcher from Cebu team pitched again, a pitch that had relatively slow speed that hit the batter on his shoulder. I don't know what type of pitch he used, but it seemed like a change up that gone wrong. That pitcher obviously didn't have command of the ball. The next plays were like the worst one can imagine. 2 men on base. Man on 2B gets to steal 3rd. Batter gets to drive a single that gets an RBI, him safe on 1B, but the other guy out on 2nd. Another batter comes on the plate, gets to drive a low single but because of an error by the catcher, 1B gets to steal up to 3B. Batter on the plate and he drives an RBI making Manila earn 5 runs total in 2 innings. That was the only time that the Cebu team decided to change their pitcher after all the damage has been done. It was quite funny, if you can imagine what I wrote.

The next inning they showed was the 5th inning. The Cebu team was absolutely in a rut with their pitching. Their batting was quite okay though, except for that guy who swung at a VERY LOW pitch. Seriously, I think that guy wanted out. There was one also where the umpire first called it a "ball" but even on my view, it was really a strike. I ended up shouting at my TV screen just as they announced that there was a change on that previous call and it was really a strike. It was sad that these guys seem to have little idea how important their job is. The other innings were uneventful including the part where no one made any hits or had any runs, though I believe there was another error during the 7th inning. After the 7th inning, I fell asleep.

Though it seems as if I have been disappointed, I am actually excited to have seen a game. I imagine that my next move will be to watch their games live, but I have to find out how this whole shebang goes. Baseball isn't too popular in the Philippines and this league is definitely small compared to basketball or some other sport. The stadium where they were holding the game is a 40 minute drive from my place, so I can just see myself driving there soon. Watching the game on TV also made me want to get involve with the baseball scene here too, and by involvement is to help the sport be known and be supported more, amongst which, by the Philippine Sports Commission. I want to help these players who are striving to show their talent in one of the most unpopular sport around here, to continue their dream of pioneering in this field. I want to help out Filipinos to continue their love for the sport that I fell in love with too.

It seems too big of a dream but its never wrong to be hopeful. It takes small steps to reach a wonderful goal like this and if it entails hard work then I'd be up for it. Somehow I'm trying to figure out how to start getting to the association handling this (properly called "Baseball Philippines"), and if I should start with constant tweeting, blogging, and putting them on my friends list on Facebook, then I surely have done some steps to get to the goal. Its never too late to start a dream when that dream entails you to help more people you can imagine of helping.

I miss baseball

I do miss baseball, but most importantly, I miss the W's.

No, I don't have a different baseball team right now.

W's stand for Wins, and I miss the feeling of winning. The Orioles games have been making me and everyone else cry. We haven't encountered a lot of wins, and we crave each one of them. When the O's win, we savor them (savor 2 wins out of 14 games, thats great). How I wish we can be like last year at least, but we're worse than last year. The Astros at least have 3 wins now. The Mets have 5 wins (a lil better off than us), the Pirates have 7 wins (for crying out loud). The Orioles, Ive got to say, is at the slumpiest I can imagine. oh have mercy!

We dont have a star closer to blame right now. We don't have a highest paid player to blame even. We have to point it to a collective reason why there are no wins. We have limited pitching power, we have problems with our batters. No one can drive themselves back to the home plate even, and I dont even know for what reason this is happening.

Before the end of last season, we had a start to the "new" Trembley approach. Is this still part of it, coz even last season, that Trembley approach didn't work. That was the time we had a 12 game losing streak. Don't we get a trend to this?

I miss Bergesen, Reimold, Scott, Markakis, and Jones. If they can even be the slightest of themselves last year, that would be really nice. But this is not the Bergesen we knew from May-July 2009. This is not the Reimold we saw who was running for Rookie of the Year last season. This is not the Scott before All-Stars. This is not Markakis who had the eagle eye and can bat with sure power. This is not the Golden Glove/ All-Star CF Jones. This is a messed up team who seemed to come from the minors, and we are the worst in MLB rankings right now.

Besides these, our problem lies with us earning more injuries and players on DL. Roberts, Tejada, Pie, and even Gonzo all are out of shape at present. This is what's contributing to the great Orioles fall. Its the saddest song that we'll ever hear all season.

We've just begun but it is giving all concerned the desperation and anxiety to at least do something good, something better. Is it a curse? I hope not. Is it a type of mismanagement? Maybe. Is it a feeling of being crapped out or intimidated? I hope not. It's just begun and unless the Orioles do something to get things better, this season will be a LONG season.

And the countdown begins...

its 31 days before another chapter in my life ends and a new one begins. i sound too cheesy here, but that is the truth. its not that 2010 is the new millennium, or that the number 6 has been instrumental in some of my pivotal moments (because almost 4 years ago, on 3/6/06, is when i started the chapter of the one that im just closing)... it just happened that way.

i cant believe thats how long it was yet it seems like yesterday. or maybe it wasnt really long ago, it wasnt ancient, yet time just moves fast giving us new things to learn, new stuff to deal with, and it just makes us grow and hopefully gain wisdom at each step. its just how life takes us, and we have to deal with it with open arms, open minds, and open hearts. (i love the seeming logic in what im writing, or the subtle philosophy, but i should go ahead and write).

when i come to think about things, i tell myself that i can sales-pitch myself for a good career/project proposal. i can get loans with the words i say, yet deep in me there's still this little voice that says, "i dunno what you're up to, chicken, but i think your words are vague." and that is true. as much as i try to make myself confident that i know what im doing, that im sure what i want, there's always this dark force that makes you doubt if you're even going to make it. im not sure if i have to blame Gemini for this thinking, but thats just how i am. i feel confident on one hand, and i feel anxious about tomorrow on the other. please tell me im normal.

its like that show i was watching though told me. maybe you've just put yourself too much on that pedestal, you've put that bar high that you want to achieve something to be competitive, but at the same time you beat yourself up when u dont feel like you've measured up. maybe sometimes you've got to take it easy and enjoy what life has to give. lets see how i'll put that into practice then.

The Real "The Office"?

so there comes in a guy wearing his polo and tie. he introduces himself as the sales representative for our area on office supplies. so he chats up with my co-worker while i do my stuff, and then i heard my co-worker say, "oh my you are tall!" and a guy comes in wearing a jacket. he's tall and lanky, and i wanted to laugh. the first thing that came to my mind was...

"are you Jim Halpert?"

i swear, he looked like he ripped Jim Halpert, and the manager looked like he ripped Michael Scott.

Glee Episode 8

ive watched this episode alone like 5 times already, 4 times today. I cant get enough of it!!! these two videos are from Episode 8, and im like a teenie screaming how hot these two guys are...


Matthew Morrison dancing here is really H-O-T. he isn't really "my guy" (coz that title goes to Cory Monteith) but this made me really giggly here. (plus there was also this vid on YouTube where Matthew was in New York with glasses and a Mets baseball cap!!!)


Mark Salling singing with a guitar? H-O-T! what more can i say? (I hope Cory gets to sing with a guitar too some time).

my fave "Glee" version so far...

 

"Single Ladies" on Glee

 i forgot that they did this on one of the episodes. i think it was on episode 4.

and their QB has also the jersey number 5. =D

unlucky 13 (and others)

damn it! The Orioles have been banking on losses now. as if the whole season's losses wasn't enough, they are running out of fuel and is one day short for a complete two week streak lost. how awesome? blech! its like they took a break before the real break, especially the pitching pool (the starters and the bullpen). they are making me... sad. its really nothing new considering the performance the whole season, but to have continuous losses under the new "Trembley approach", i think abracadabra didn't do that magic. ah shux! ah suck! on to the weekend! i'll just get my keg.

other news, if you haven't known this yet, then i dont want you outdated, but i am an official GLEEK. what is a 'gleek'? its a term some person coined for crazy fans (ahem, like me) of this new Fox show called "Glee". i got into it last week, wherein i spent 4 hours (or less) watching the first four episodes in Hulu that made me sleep at 430am (so calculate what time i actually started). its about a school teacher who's an alum of this public school, who was also a former member of a glee club. But when the school was about to axe the glee club, he took over it and tried his best to win the approval of his colleagues and the popularity of the group with the student body. His mission, besides getting more members, is to win the regionals. aaah! its a breath of fresh air against the common 'mature' shows, reality shows, and Gossip Girl. now while waiting for my other shows, i have something to look forward to (on Wednesday nights at 9pm. check your local listings too, and Hulu).

in a more serious tone, if you're a Filipino or know Filipinos, then you have heard of the great flood that surrounded Metro Manila, Philippines over the weekend. it was really bad as i cannot believe what had just happened to the whole area. it was surrounded with water in every street and highway, and people struggled to save their lives and some of what they have. it was awful. it was an awful sight that i felt bad for everyone. that is why in any possible way, i have been helping out some people who have used social networking site Facebook, and site Twitter in disseminating information about relief operations and any help that can be extended. a lot of people need help right now. food, clothing, basic needs, money, clean potable water. all these are still needed by a lot of families displaced by this tragic misfortune. so if you need information on how you can extend your help, here's a very helpful site: http://superbianca.blogspot.com (thanks to Bianca Gonzalez for compiling them). If there are other questions, or if you're looking for other sites to check out about this, you may ask me thru email or twitter: margeemateo. Here's a link also that you can access that has an overview of what happened some 5 days ago, http://www.techpinas.com/2009/09/typhoon-ondoy-video-footages-and-news.html

alright! i guess im not indebted in this blog now. until the next time i have the urge to write this much. =)

The Fish Tank's Simple Joys

i was thinking about this while taking out my laundry from the dryer. i felt great and began to think some more.  

in random order
- getting the laundry from the dryer 10 minutes after it is done. makes you not worry about ironing.
- mint in chocolate or ANYTHING with mint and chocolate is love!
- sweet yellow mangoes.
- marshmallows. just plain, white, puffy marshmallows.
- hugs from anyone, anybody, and everybody!
- pink toenails.
- blue Roxy flip flops
- white shirt. (very white shirt, preferably).
- electronica music.
- sitting on the couch watching Roger Federer, Orioles, Gregory Peck, or Lindsay Lohan
- "The Parent Trap" or "Clueless" (yes. im guilty)
- smile worthy messages
- personal messages on e-mail (coz u know my e-mail, and you didn't send a chain mail).
- Batman/Superman
- jack stone exhibitions
- quiet time
- Macbook
- a good book
- finishing a new poem or essay
- pink carnations
- blue tulips
- cool breeze
- a good cup of coffee
- pan de sal heated in the microwave for 15 seconds
- cooking
- running without running out of breath

there are more but i have to think still.
PS: i think CapSwell made something like this too, but i cannot find his post to hopefully link it. please send link if u find it.

O's 7 - Royals 3

Suggested Reading: Win painful for Orioles' Bergesen
i watched today's day game at home, for most part while eating lunch and washing the dishes. im getting to be a fan of Brad Bergesen now that i wanted to get done with yard work (at around 1235) as fast as i could just so i can watch the game right away. i ate lunch and started watching the game that was on 1 run at that time, which at that time was pretty slow still. i was washing a pot when Huff made his 3 RBI hit, that was for me short of a homer. i smiled too much since then. I can never get tired of watching them when they make things like this get crazy. oh well! unfortunately, or not, i was not able to see when Bergesen was hit on the leg that caused his injury. its saddening me, and i hope that once he recuperates, he gives us the same pitch, the same play that he's been giving us. i just want to see him in more games. he's the one of the best rookie of the year prospects, before i can even think of the name Nolan Reimold. for me with Bergesen given this difficult task, he is much more deserving to get into ROY's than Nolan, or if they can give it to both, i sure wouldn't mind.

Other news is that trade deal leads George Sherrill towards the LA Dodgers side. I haven't read what Alyssa Milano has to say about that, but i'm saddened by this news. I've been starting to like Sherrill, minus times when he cannot just close it good, but the other thing is that they are putting "my boy" Jim "JJ" Johnson in his place. SUCKS!!! EPIC FAIL!!! i dunno tho, but i dont trust JJ so much because he gives up a lot of runs. he pitches balls too high also leading to Balls, and it just plain sucks! I'm hopeful JJ would improve and try to work it out then.

PS: Did u see Nolan Reimold's brother John? he's a basketball player in Luxembourg, tall, and such a cutie. (*_*)

can someone find me this music video? or an mp3?

ok, im on a "Felicity" high right now. so will someone please get me this song? i really like it. Valley of Sound

D-9. D-9? D.9!

what do u do when u see this on your Facebook site? simple, click it. i'm curious.

then it leads you to this.
next thing you know you just spent 15 minutes reading, googling, and watching YouTube videos and laughing.
Update: another site about it. (i must use bookmarks next time)

oh what fun!

http://www.todaysbigthing.com/2009/02/27
reminds me of Ping Pong and Ping Pong Playa. =D

more more more

so here i go again googling: James Franco.

James Franco gets fired as lead role in Knocked Up from Judd Apatow

no wait, this link was from James Franco page in Facebook!

alright...

 alright, me still laughing at this. http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/james-franco-seth-rogan-2009-oscars-skit/14709662 i dunno why. but maybe coz it has James Franco. =D

me @ Oscar Pool

tho the claim that i was too impatient with the ballot, and the claim that i was reading up with Yuki Nagato, and the claim that i just pulled out the nice sounding name, i lost again. i knew that when i saw my picks again earlier and had this look of disbelief on why i picked Jolie for Best Actress, i knew i would lose it. why did i pick Jolie? i didnt even want to watch Changeling! oh well. the mistake of being brash about this. tsk tsk tsk. nice game guys, nice game! congratulations to the winner (a general statement to not preempt Browser's announcement) =D

The Office Marathon

after two and a half weeks (i think it is that long), my The Office marathon from Seasons 1 to 4 is now done. i'll wait for Season 5 to be uploaded, or maybe i'll check NBC dot com. i'll miss giggling to Jim and Pam before i sleep.

doing The Office marathon

this has got to be the funniest line ive heard in the show so far!

Michael: someone complained that the men's room was white's only, Stanley you know that's not true.
Stanley: i did not say that
Creed: why is there a picture of a white man on the door?

The Office: Season 2 "Conflict Resolution" (episode 21)

its either my BP or i hit my head too hard

if you watched the game, i dont need to tell you why my head is spinning right now. i think tho i hit my head too hard during fourth quarter when i slapped it with my hands. both fear, frustration, and glee, the whole game ate me too much.
Ravens win, 13-10. Luck? part of it. but oh well, lets see more next week!
God bless the Ravens.

PS: the BK commercial made me crave for some greasy cheeseburger. seriously.