IRRI FC joins in 1st Mizuno Corporate Futsal Cup

The IRRI Football Club (IRRI FC) participated last Sunday, September 16, 2007 in the 1st Mizuno Corporate Cup held at the prestigious Dasmariñas Village in Makati City.

IRRI FC played in bracket A along with Globe FC, Citigroup FC, HSBC-2 and powerhouse Union FC/Real Soluziona. SR Metal, Inc., HSBC-1, Accenture FC, Satoshi FC and Ogilvy FC comprised bracket B.

IRRI FC is composed of goal keeper Tanguy Lafarge (CESD), Gay Carrillo, Darlene Sanchez, Rhulyx Mendoza, Kofi Bimpong (PBGB) Jonathan Mendoza (CRIL) and Icoy Mercado (PBGB). The team was reinforced with the addition of Jyron Mendoza (brother of Rhulyx), Jojo Telosa (brother of Anthony Telosa, GRC) and former GRC staff Monique Barile. Sheila Quilloy (GRC), Ems Deomano (CRIL) and Dr. Lafarge’s family also joined to watch and cheer.

In their first game, IRRI FC scored the first goal but Globe FC quickly scored level after the kick-off. The two teams were still tied 2-2 during the final 12.7 seconds but a wayward ball from Globe FC found its way to goal for a 2-3 IRRI FC loss.

Excellent defense by Tanguy and Icoy paired with goals by Monique, Kofi, Jojo, and brothers Rhulyx and Jyron lifted IRRI FC to two consecutive wins against Citigroup (4-2) and HSBC-2 (5-0).



In the last game, IRRI FC faced Union FC/Real Soluziona reinforced with former national team players. After allowing one goal, IRRI FC leveled the match 1-1. However, fatigue caught up with the rice researchers and went to lose the game 5-1.

IRRI FC, with 2 wins and 2 loses, finished 3rd. Globe FC (4-0) and Union FC/Real Soluziona (3-1) advanced to the semifinals.

Photos can be viewed here.

THREE GEE

yup! It's mine!!!! :)

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Cry Me A River, Bogsi!

When Bogsi discovered I knew how to play the keyboard, he, right then and there request Henry Mancini's "Moon River" (from Breakfast at Tiffany's). But what also learned at that time was that I haven't touched the piano keys for the longest time. Yup, there's an upright Wittemberg Harpitone at home but it's not being kept well (read or rather, hear: it needs a lot of tuning, fine and not fine).

Anyway, tuning is another story. Let's get back to Bogsi's crying. :)

So, it's also not that I do not know the piece; it's I "used to know" the piece (very different, eh?).

Well, I'll post the lyrics of the song below before closing. I'd like to honor the genius that gave us this very beautiful ("tearful") song: Henry Mancini, born... (drum roll, 1/16th beat... cymbals clap)! ENRICO NICOLA MANCINI! Henry was born April 16, 1924 to a family of Italian immigrants who settled in Cleveland, Ohio. His father was a steel worker, played the flute.

Little Henry started playing the flute at age eight, and with his father, played in the Aliquippa Italian immigrant band, "Sons of Italy".

He also fought in the war that kept him from school. Upon discharge, he started his musical career.

Among his great works were scores from "The Pink Panther," Alfred Hitchcock's "Frenzy," and theme from "Remington Steele".

Henry also won a record number of Grammy awards, including a posthumously awarded Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995. He passed on to the next world June 14, 1994.

The information here is from Wikipedia. :)




MOON RIVER
Music by Henry Mancini
Words by Johnny Mercer

Moon River, wider than a mile
I'm crossing you in style someday
Old dream maker, you heart breaker
Wherever you're going I'm going your way

Two drifters, off to see the world
There's such a lot of worlds to see
We're after the same rainbow's end
Waitin' 'round the bend
My Huckleberry friend
Moon River and me

The End is Here!!!

For The Harry Potter series, that is!

The last book about the boy who lived has been officially released, but I have to read it. So nothing to worry about... no spoilers here... YET! Hehehehehe. :)

PISSED

After watching the Ladies' 3rd place game between Peach and Gray, I'm pissed, really.

I haven't seen the kind of unsports(wo)man attitude displayed by April Muere during today's game since our own high school intramurals. In high school, the players are so much immature as compared to people with jobs, especially working in an international institute.

She was so physical, using her bulge-ful body to bulldoze the Peach team. But what really ticked me off is her jeering in the court. One of our players were shooting free throws. After missing the last shot, this excuse of a "HR employee" went up to our player and made faces and jeered in our player's face. And she's and HR employee, much less, a secretary there. :p BASTOS KA, APRIL MUERE.

May be the organizers of this annual event, which is incidentally the HR relations, should make clear the objectives of the sportsfest... Because their own secretary obviously doesn't know! Bummer.

basket kanina

grabe..ang galing ng laro ng peach at blue kanina...........
si mary nag r-rebound!!!! san ka pa nun. sa mga di nakapanood...tsk...sayang di nyo nakita kung pano nilampaso ng peach ang blue!!!!!!! o ha.... kala nyo magaling ang blue...bilog ang bola!!! yahu kala nyo.....
namaos na kami kakasigaw ng GO PEACH!

pambihira lamang na lamang na ang peach.........yung nga lang nakahabol ang blue....
ayun talo ang peach...sadness.....

(as written by Tiny, 6/28/2007, after the Peach vs. Baby Blue Basketball Ladies' semifinal game)

Peaches thank you for supporting the team in everyway possible ;)

Hope you’re not discouraged with the turn out…..remember we did well ;) considering that every game is our practice hehehe.

Hoping in the next game we’ll still play our best ;)

And next season we will go for the win…no more skipping of practice, please ladies continue to play basketball and recruit also ;)

And hoping the next time we’ll have a permanent coach…..basketball is a team game from the cheerers, players, and coaches ;)

Don’t give up on our team ;) PLEASE!!!!

YOU ARE THE BEST DRIBBLING BABES AND BEST COACHES ;)

See you on our next practice ;) Thank you very much! mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmwah

(as written by Mary, Team Captain of the Peach Ladies' Basketball Team)

Hot off the displays!!!

A brief account of the a day and a quick list of most of the things we purchased today. :)

First, we stopped by the Factory Outlet in Mamplasan. Boy, everyday sale! :)

Wilson Racquet Bag, Flower Power Edition (Green). Nice, spacious interior with separate shoe compartment. Easily fits 2-3 racquets, may it be for tennis or badminton. Of course, this is Sheila Mae's.



Next, SM also got a pair of Nike Jogging pants. Well, can't say much about this. Don't even think the photo matches what she bought. :D



Then Icoy got this Adidas shoe bag, also in Mamplasan. Two tone (black and blue), Fits one pair and you could squeeze in your shin guards, too!



After lunch at Jollibee Shell (NB along SLEX), we went to Festival Mall for some more stuff. :) And look what goodie I got:

An authentic replica of a Barcelona FC jersey!



SM and I still bought some stuff there (a pair of shoes- sorry! I don't know what style- some toiletries, undies) but nah, no need to put up pictures of those.

So the trip back to Laguna, we stopped by Petron Biñan and had dinner at McDonald's. We had dessert and coffee afterwards at Starbucks. Coffee drikers/lovers that we were, we purchased 250g of Vinta Blend... mmm...



Oh well... and to think most of these were not planned. But I'M NOT COMPLAINING! :)

Another Sad Ending

Defeat is always painful. Losing twice is terrible. Being trashed 6-2? Don't ask.

Ten matches against team Rhulyx and we only won once. 1/10 since 2005... A measly ten per cent.

Football season officially ended yesterday with Peach team (sporting the maroon color) losing to the Pink team in the 2nd game of the best of three series. Pink won the opener, 5-1, I think.

With my contract ending October 2007, this may even be my last game in sportsfest football. Too bad...

Rhulyx was just so good. Too good, with so much class... Nearing forty, you'd think he was 25 when you see him play.

Too bad for us Peach.

Botak '07

And so it begins anew...

OU wars (see previous posts) at IRRI commenced last tuesday, Feb 13th. Opening ceremonies were, as usual, held at the basketball court. After all the blahs-blahs and the oath of sportsmanship (oh, really now...), Dr. Willy Padolina signaled officially started hostilities by clapping two wood boards, and off we went!

The ~5k fun run started from the Training Center Rotunda, circling the demo field thrice and ending at the AgEngineering building. The top 20 runners (for both men's and women's division) garnered points. Obviously (but nonetheless sadly), I wasn't able to make it in the top 20.

But who cares! I finished the race and the team (GO PEACH! GO PEACH! GO PEACH!) went to go on a rampage, and won the top honors. The peach men's collective points were miles away from the nearest contender, the fink team. The ladies came in second to the pink team.

Go Peach! Hopefully, this is a sign of better things to come!

Botak 07

Learning Hiligaynon (Language of the Ilonggos)

From Wikipedia:

"Hiligaynon is an Austronesian language spoken in Western Visayas in the Philippines. Hiligaynon is concentrated in the provinces of Iloilo and Negros Occidental. It is also spoken in the other provinces of the Panay Island group, such as Capiz, Antique, Aklan, Guimaras, and many parts of Mindanao like Koronadal City, South Cotabato and Sultan Kudarat. There are approximately 7,000,000 people in and outside the Philippines who are native speakers of Hiligaynon, and an additional 4,000,000 who are capable of speaking it with a substantial degree of proficiency." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiligaynon_language)

The same article also states that contrary to popular belief, it is not synonymous to "Ilonggo." Ilonggo refers to the people. :)

So what's this entry of Hiligaynon stuff in my blog??? Well, yes, as the title says, I'm trying to learn to understand and write/speak this dialect. I was thinking before, that if most Ilonggos play good football, then if I learn Hiligaynon, I'd be a better player! Nah, dream on kid!

So for after a week of "intense" training, I've learned the everyday words kaon (kain), kadto (punta), lakat (lakad), didto (doon), diri (dito), bugtaw (gising), tuyo (antok), hampang (laro), diin (saan), subong (ngayon), and a whole lot of words! Honestly, I am overwhelmed, and sometimes I get frustrated because some words really are "very far" from the Tagalog translation. But I'm glad I can (er, more or less) understand Hiligaynon (when they're talking slooooooowly....). :D

Hopefully I can really learn Hiligaynon, and then I can have some entries here in that dailect.

Thanks to Sheila Mae for having the patience to teach me her native tongue after dinner. :)

Heeeee's baaaaaaack!

So watch out terrorists! CTU's Jack Bauer is back for another loooong day.

In the 6th longest day in Jack's life, he now tries to find 5 nuke devices in the country. He was about to give up on himself after killing (the episode guide says Jack killed him, but I think he was still breathing when the Ep. 04 ended) Agent Curtis Manning when one nuke went off in California.

24 is shown on Fox every monday 9/8pm c. Official website @ http://www.fox.com/24