David Beckham in Sydney....

I think i've already posted about this before.... But this time it's the real thing....! For those who like to watch David Beckham play football, mamatay kayo sa inggit he-he....! Joks lang....! I was so busy at work na kahit gusto ko sana tong i-post bago pa sya dumating dito ay wala talagang chance.... Anyways, he's still here promoting a lot of things like his football team the LA Galaxy, his perfume, and lots of things mostly products from japan....


Around 80,000 people turned up to watch him play for LA Galaxy where he is the team captain in last night's exhibition match against Sydney FC. Thought his team lost the match, everyone understand that it was only an exhibition game and he doesn't really have to break a shin bone just to prove his ability to play the game.... Just to watch him perform his spectacular moves was already enough to drive the last night's ecstatic fans wild over Beckham....!


One officemate of mine had a chance to watch the exhibition game last night with his grandson.... Funny thing was, he (the grandson) broke his leg while doing diving in the weekend and the leg was in plaster cast and he was on crutches too when they went to watch the game.... My officemate said that when the security saw them, he then told them to take the front seats instead he-he....! Maybe he thought that the boy's leg got broken in a soccer game and he is a big fan of Beckham....! =D

My other friend's husband and four sons too was there.... They are lucky to get some front seats, manager kasi husband nya sa ACER so they had the chance to get the tickets much earlier and much cheaper from the company where he works.... I'm not really a football follower, and same as all the other filipinos i guess, i am a BIG BIG FAN of basketball games.... But just for the sake of having something na " IN " nowadays to talk about sa trabaho ay nanood na rin ako sa tv nung live broadcast kagabi he-he....! It was alright....

Anyways, panoorin nyo na rin tong video na to.... This is Channel 7 News with David Beckham a day after arriving in sydney.... I hope you can catch-up with the aussie accent, para kasing kinakain nila ang mga words kung magsalita....! =D

Bloody Saturday....

I've seen injuries from car accidents but i've never seen a bleeding foot cause by a remote controlled car no bigger than a shoe box, not until yesterday afternoon i should say....! Kahapon kasi, we've finally decided to race again after a long hault due to a full two weeks of non-stop raining here in sydney.... Natatawa nga ako kasi every morning tumatayo sa may bintana ang store manager namin tapos sabi nya, " what a beautiful day, for the ducks!" ha-ha....!

Anyways, back to the bloody topic.... Friday night i prepared my RC and wish na sana tumigil na ang ulan even for just a day kasi this will be the third consecutive saturdays na hindi ko manlang napatakbo tong RC ko.... I wish i have an off-road car too para kahit maputik o mabasa ay no problem pa rin.... Tong on-road type kasi masyadong sensitive sa kung ano-ano lang lalong lalo na sa basa....

Saturday came, binalot ko na ang RC ready to go with my Toyota Supra shell.... Isa lang ang ayaw na ayaw ko dun sa pinapatakbohan naming carpark, mataas kasi masyado ang kerbs kaya sayang ang magagandang shells oras na bumangga dito ay magagasgas o mababasag kaagad.... That's why i'm using a racing shell my hand painted Nissan Skyline shell na kahit bumangga man at magasgas ay okay lang as long na safe ang original shell ko....

Ops, masyado yatang napalayo tayo dun sa topiko a he-he....! Me and my mini-obsessive-compulsiveness ha-ha....! Hey i also want to touch that topic next time when i have the time, about the Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OSD).... It's a very interesting topic because almost everyone of us have a slight touch of it no matter how normal we thought we are....! Coming soon....! Anyways, yun na nga naging madugo ang first saturday namin after the rain.... We came to work talking about the race again and can't hardly wait for that big moment to sink our hands into that remote controls and speed-up....!

I've installed a fast battery charger sa working table ko.... Lahat pumila para mag-recharge buong umaga.... It was quick.... Normally it will take about 5 hours for a 7.2 volts batt to recharge on an average charger, but to my fast charger more or less 1.5 hour lang astig sa bilis di ba....?

Finally lunchtime came.... We had our lunch, the others had ulam and rice, and i had a big chicken-roll sandwich.... Yumm! After lunch the action started.... There was some shallow patches of water on the area so we've moved a bit up to a heigher spot.... We're just racing for about 10 minutes when we saw Cam hurrying to join the fun.... He then stood beside me and i started talking to him about the SERVO system of my RC, a device inside that is responsible for stirring the car left or right....

I told him that my servo's gears are maybe broken because it's difficult to stir it to the right.... Just when i was about to finish my words, there came the devil-car unable to stir right and was heading towards us....! It missed me and slam on Cam's right foot....! I can see the pain in his face when it happened, but he pretended like it was nothing.... I tried to touch his foot but he said that he was fine and he told me to continue playing with the others....

But i've noticed some blood on his sandals so i knew that it was serious.... I asked him to sit on the bench while i rush back to the office to grab some medicines.... His fingernail on the right toe was splitted in half....! Banggain ka ba naman ng RC in 30 km/ph speed....! I sprayed medicine on it, wrapped it and told him not to wet that area for a while and take some antibiotics when he gets home to prevent infections.... Today sunday, i rang him para kumustahin ang paa nya.... It really makes me feel so bad hitting Cam's foot you know because i know it was all my fault, i shouldn't have run that defective car in the first place today....! For all the people ba naman watching there si Cam pa ang nasapol ko....! I'm glad he's doing alright now.... I told him to wear shoes instead of sandals next time.... So that was the story of the bloody saturday, i hope you like it....! Ingatz all....! =D

Melbourne Cups fever....

Today we'are celebrating the Melbourne Cups 2007 here in australia.... The "Race" that stop the whole nation daw sabi nila he-he....! Sabi ko naman baka the "Rain" that stopped the nation kasi kanina pa malakas ang ulan dito....! Imagine na lang ang mga horses and jockeys, pati na ang mga ladies in big hats na basang-basa ha-ha....!


By the way, San Miguel Beer is one of the main sponsors of this event eversince and it makes me proud as pinoy too....! I heard that the company bought some size of land in Tasmania and turned that into a brewery.... I'm not so sure about that tip, but that's what some pinoys said.... Anyways, today there was the usual yearly MC sweepstakes....


You can place a bet at any TABs or you can simply buy your horses from an officemates running a mini-sweeps.... There are $2 and $5 sweeps, and you can win 10x the bet amount or so once your horse hits the finish line tail first....! Joks lang he-he....! Ano takbo nun paatras....! Though i'm a bit short of my budget for this month, i've decided to place a bet anyway.... I went on a one $5 and three of the $2 horses.... Then i also placed a bet of $10 outside at the local TAB in a group with friends....


Normally the company owner throws-out a party and drag the projector downstairs to the lunchroom so that everybody can watch and enjoy the day.... I was expecting that one already, so i didn't bother fixing my lunch for today, kasi pag wala naman ay pupunta na lang ako dun sa may chinese take-away.... I don't really gamble, but this is a once in a year spectacular event na hindi dapat ma-miss ng lahat kaya yun, nakisali na rin ako....! And you know how much the horse owner will get once his horse wins....? Yung talagang horse owners ha, hindi yung tagapusta lang.... It's a smashing 3 million dollars in the bayong to chong....! Astig na astig....! It's equivalent to a massive 120,900,000 pesos....! Paano na ba babasahin yan, billions na ba....? Hindi pa pala....! Pesos yan ha....?!


To make things short, at the end of the day ay nanalo ang kabayo kong tinayaan woooohoooo....! Hindi lang isa kundi dalawa pa, the 1st and 3rd places....! Then another 1st place din dun sa pusta ko sa may local TAB....! Lucky ha....? Sadly, i didn't put any large amount on the horses kaya too bad ano....? If i were a professional gambler, i would probably be throwing-out a party right now....! Sadly i still have this tiny mouse inside my chest kaya kahit 100% na ang winning trust ko dun sa kabayo ay kabado pa rin akong tumaya ng medyo malaki....!


I've even spent more on a plate of Siomai and Steamed rice for lunch than the race itself ha-ha....! Kakahiya....! At least nalaman ko naman na meron pa palang natitirang luck dito sa katawan ko ha-ha....! Better luck na lang ulit to me next year....! By the way, the video is about the three time-straight Melbourne Cups winner Makaybe Diva two years ago.... Last year's winner was a japanese horse.... This years champion is called Effecient, who was also a third placer as far as i can recall during the last run of Makaybe Diva in 2005's MC and was scratched off the listing last year's race because of some reasons unknown to me.... Anyways, Makaybe Diva for me is still the greatest amongst the greats.... She's truly an amazing horse....! Enjoy watching....!

Great saturday ahead....!

Can't hardly wait for the next saturday to come....! There will be a great event ahead and i can't hardly wait for that....! Wooohooo....!


Last saturday while having our lunch at the benches outside our workplace we've noticed that there's not much cars at the carpark that day, so one of my workmates opened the back of his car and pulled out a foot and a half long white remote controlled racing car....!


We took turn playing that, speeding around the small pizza-shape island in the middle of the carpark and then we came up with this one bright idea, we are going to bring our R/C Cars and have a mini-car racing next saturday there....! Isn't that fantastic....! The picture on your top right-hand side is the map of my workplace location and the Drift Package R/C Cars Racing Ground, i've made-up that name he-he....! Tunog astig ba....?! =D


One thing's for sure, i will never be left behind eating the others dust on this one ha-ha....! I believe that i have the best, fastest R/C Car in the whole Pempek System's population ( my workplace name.... Pempek : means belly button in thai language. ) but i'm just worried about the battery thingy.... The batteries takes about five long hours to recharge, but i don't know how long can it last.... Best way is to bring a back-up battery just incase he-he....!


By the way, the picture above left is an R/C Car similar to my super drifter SUBARU Impreza WRX.... The only difference is that my one is in red color instead of a blue, but linings and all other features are the same.... Drifting in racing term means, turning using the front breaking system by pulling the hand break instead of stepping on the foot break and throwing the rear part of the car close to a 180 degrees semi-circular swing like a compass, with the nose of the car as the center of the compass.... In high speed, this can make your car appear like skidding side ways....! But don't try to do this with your cars guys, it's a very dangerous manoeuvre and you can get hurt in the process.... It has a real motoring sound and a working headlight for night-time action too.... Also armed with a 7.2 Volts ni-cad rechargeable battery pack.... The only problem is that you need to recharge them at least 5 hours before using....


I wonder what kind of features does the other guy's R/C Cars have hmmmm....! Maybe i should ring them up tonight and ask them to bring their R/C Cars tomorrow and leave them on their work-desk for the rest of the week until saturday's race....


All in all, i know that there will be lots of fun and i'm looking forward to see my Subaru in action....! Anyways, i will post here the result of the race next weekend.... I just hope that my battery packs won't let me down.... =D

One on one with Mr. Bender....

PEPE-RAZZI

Good news soccer fans, soccer star David beckham is going-koalas wooohooo....! The english superstar will play a one-off game in Australia with his new club Los Angeles Galaxy in november....


FFA said Beckham's galaxy would play Australian A-League side Sydney FC at Sydney Olympic Stadium on november 27, in what will be the first appearance outside North America for US Major League Soccer's star signing.


So armed with my customized Pepe-razzi Microphone, designed to lure the monkeys este the celebrities pala ay binisita natin si idol....!


If we are lucky enough today, maybe we can get some words from the man himself.... And just as i've thought, he's heading this way teka lang ha....

Pepe - Mr. Bender ( taken from "bend it like Beckham" ) excuse is me sir, sir....! My name is Pepe from Oz po...!

Mr. Bender - Hey, how's things hanging there Pepe from Oz....?

Pepe - Hanging?.... Like the da-ing? And the saging?.... Let's talk about soccer muna bago pagkain okay lang po ba sa inyo idol sir?

Mr. Bender - Sure, ikaw bahala Pepe from Oz.... Kick that ball....!

Pepe - Nakuw! At maalam rin palang kayong managalog tapos pinaikot-ikot nyo pa mga mata ko dyan kanina....! Nagpuyat pa naman ako sa kapapraktis kagabi....!

Mr. Bender - Ikaw dyan, inunahan mo naman kasi ako e....! Alangan namang pa-aawat ako sa'yo e nananalaytay yata ang inglis na sabaw sa mga kasukasuan ko....!

Pepe - Anyways Mr.Bender, ano po ba'ng technique ang gamit nyo dun sa bend it like beckham nyo na tira? Galing nyo dun a....!

Mr. Bender - A yun ba? Hindi technique tawag dun, talagang naka-chamba lang ako dun kasi wala silang makuhang mahusay na bantay kaya kahit yung duling ay pinalaro pa nila....! Tuloy, kaliwa tira ko sa kanan naman ang dive nya he-he....!

Pepe - Ganun po ba? Pero talagang po'ng HERO kayo dun sa bansa nyo, katunayan nyan ay ipinangalan pa sa'yo yung malaking wall clock ba yun sa may likod bahay ni aling Queeny....! Ano nga tawag nila dun, ah...."Big Bend" pala he-he!

Mr. Bender - Oo nga ha-ha! Ang talas ng pang-amoy mo Pepe from Oz a! Pero muntik pa nga akong masingitan dun ni Rowan Atkinson (a.k.a Mr. Bean) kaya akala ko tuloy noon ay magiging "Big Bean" ang pangalan nun....!

Pepe - Maiba nga pala ako Mr. B, tungkol dun sa paiba-ibang hair style nyo, ano ba talaga kuya kent yu meyk-ap yur brain ba....?! Tsaka ano po bang parlor ang sponsor nyo at talagang seryoso kayong masyado dun sa mga hair style ads nyo a....? Pwede po ba naming malaman?

Mr. Bender - Yun ba? Wala yun, gusto ko lang talaga na maging unique and one and only hair style ko in town, kaya lang palagi na lang ginagaya ng mga fans style ng buhok ko kaya binabago ko palagi so ngayon wala na akong maisipang style kaya pinakalbo ko na lang muna.... Ang hindi ko pa talaga nasubukan ay yung hair style ni baby spice ng spice girls, minsan susubukan ko nga yun....!

Pepe - Alam nyo Mr. B, ang hindi ko lang talaga maintindihan ay kung bakit pagkatapos na makagawa ng points ang mga players ng soccer ay itinatakip nila sa mukha ang t-shirts nila! Bakit nga ba ganun Mr. Bender sir?

Mr. Bender - Yun ang tinatawag naming sa soccer terms na B.O. check.... Normally kasi ay yayakapin ka ng ka-team mates mo after ng score so nakakahiya naman kung amoy kilikili ka during those moments di ba? Kaya check ka muna bago payakap.... Yun naman mga players na tuloy tuloy ang takbo pagkatapos ng B.O. check, yun ang mga amoy kilikili na players kaya ayaw payakap sa ka-team mates he-he!

Pepe - Ah yun pala yun....! Now i know why the carabao can't fly! Mabuti na yung clear di po ba? Para best plen tayo....!

Mr. Bender - Yung mga referees naman ay may tinatawag din na temperature check, kapag nag-foul ang isang player may pinapakita ang referee na red or yellow cards, na-noticed mo ba yun Pepe from Oz?

Pepe - Ah oo nakita ko yun madalas, ano nga pala yun Mr. B....!

Mr. Bender - Yung mga referees naglalagay ng temper meter cards o heat sensors sa kilikili at kung red and result ay ibig sabihin galit na galit sila so out ang player nyan, kung yellow naman ay medyo nagtatampo lang kaya pwede pa ulit maglaro until such time na makakuha pa sila ulit ng another yellow card which only means na double tampo na si ref kaya out side the kulambo na ang player....!

Pepe - Mr. Bender, gusto ko pa sana kayong tanungin kaya lang tinatawag yata kayo nung ale'ng Anorexic na nasa may likuran natin kanina pa....! Yun po ba si Mrs. Bender a.k.a. skinny spice este Posh Spice pala? Maspayat pala sya sa personal ano, aninag ko na skeletal system nya....! (ngatog!) Takot ako....!

Mr. Bender - Ha-ha....! A oo, medyo tumaba na nga sya ngayon.... Sabi ko kasi sa kanya magpataba sya ng kunti kasi takot ako sa butiki at sa bulate he-he....!

Pepe - Anyway Mr. B, puntahan nyo na ang beloved nyo at mukhang tagos hanggang buto na ang pangigigil sa sobrang galit sa inyo....! Good luck po sa karera ng kabayo este sa career nyo pala he-he....! Wala po bang free entry tickets dyan?

Mr. Bender - Oo nga ha-ha....! Thanks for having me in this blog-interview pala.... Can't wait to be there in sydney....! Bayaan mo padadalhan kita ng tickets kung hindi ko makalimutan he-he....! Catch you later Pepe from Oz....!

Pepe - Catch? Akala ko po ba ay soccer laro nyo, bakit bigla naging baseball na naman ngayon? Ang gulo nyo namang kausap Mr. B....! Tama na ngang tanong yan at hahaba na naman ang usapan natin mamya....! Anyways, balik na muna ako sa downunder para abangan ang laro ni Mr. Bender dun sa november....!