Buffy!

Buffy! How nice of you to "drop" by.

You have no idea how happy I am to see you! I knew I could count on you!

No words!

I'm out of words. I was hoping Rafa would win this time but I guess the deal with the devil is still active otherwise the record breaking winning streak would have been expired by now.

Have you seen how Rafa killed Andy? Well, I guess none of it matters now.






We're dealing with someone out of this world now and what we really need is a slayer...
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Blue vs Red

I've always made fun of Andy every time he's up against Rafa because I know in my heart that he's got nothing from his arsenal to beat Rafa! But this semifinal I felt something for Andy that I never felt before... I felt bad for him. It's pity actually but I don't think I have the right to feel pity for him. Pity is such a strong word to use. Pity is for someone who quits in the middle of the game and Andy's no quitter!

I know Andy did nothing wrong, he was doing everything he could and he actually won the 3rd set doing everything he could, like those annoying (but effective) drop shots he gave to Rafa but it wasn't enough and it wasn't funny anymore... the way he's losing his chances to win a grand slams. How does it feel to have your dreams shattered in front of a million viewers? I can only imagine. Not to mention the look on her mother's face, she's scary!

If I would summarize the whole match, Rafa reduced Andy into pieces. Specially in the 4th set, he was everywhere, Andy just couldn't put the ball away. Rafa gave him great passing shots and solid ground strokes. This is the Rafa of old. Ooh, I just love Rafa!

On the other side of the court I just couldn't understand why in the middle of a good game Andy had to change shorts? I'm loving those short shorts, by the way! And then when it was imminent that his grand slam dream was about leave him... his wristband was somewhat irritating him and then there's the hip problem.

Poor Andy!

The Game of Thrones

The last thing I need now is being hooked on a TV series, it takes commitment and time and I'm afraid I don't have any of those to spare. I already have my tennis and motogp to keep me busy all year round not to mention that I have 2 kids, a husband, a job and church commitments. So you see, I can't be hooked on a TV series but that was what exactly happened the moment I watched Boromir... I mean Ned adopt those direwolves pups... I was hooked! Don't you just love Boromir... I mean Sean Bean? Well, that and the fact that the author of the book is being compared to Tolkien is enough reason to watch the show, you know... just to prove them wrong!

Boy, they were wrong... Game of Thrones is a lot darker than LOTR, they have bromance and incest in there! I will not have my kids watch it for now. And don't you just love Tyrion Lannister? The cleverest dwarf you ever saw! I could not get myself to hate him and yet he's a Lannister! I hate them, Lannisters... specially the Kingslayer for pushing Bran out the window!

I shouldn't get attached to the characters, I know, but I can't help it. I am hooked!

Here are the characters that I really love:

Ned Stark, Lord of the Winterfell, Right Hand of the King and Protector of the Realm (almost).

Loving father and an honorable man.

Most of the honorable man in this series end up dead... just like in real life.






Arya Stark, 3rd child of Ned and Lady Catelyn, she's clever and shows great interest in fighting, she was given a sword by his half-brother called needle. She has a close relationship with her half brother, Jon. She calls her wolf, Nymeria.

I love it when she knocks some senses out of her stupid sister, Sansa.











My heart just broke when he called his father "Lord Stark" at the beginning of the series, he's a bastard and he knows just where to put himself, "There are five pups and you have 5 trueborn children, they were meant to have these pups, my lord."

The pups were enough for the Stark kids because he excluded himself, I almost cried.

But as fate would have it they found an outcast pup, he got a wolf as well, he named it Ghost.



Tyrion Lannister, he's clever, educated and very entertaining to watch. I love all his lines, I hope he wins an award.

I particularly love his character because although a Lannister he shows great support for people like him, an outcast. He gave Bran a design of a saddle specially made for a cripple. He also befriends Jon Snow.

A lovable Lannister.

I don't particularly love Drogo but I just want to point out that he's so scary. Every man on the series will look like a little girl in his presence... and he's the one wearing eye make-up!








Daenerys Targaryen, the only surviving child of the Mad King, dethroned by King Robert Baratheon. She's polite, well-spoken and has a kind heart. She started out as a naive little girl but her time spent with her husband Drogo and the Dothraki has eventually taught her confidence and skills to rule.













And who would ever forget the story Old Nan told Bran one night:

Oh, my sweet summer child, what do you know about fear? Fear is for the winter, when the snows fall a hundred feet deep. Fear is for the long night, when the sun hides for years, and children are born and live and die all in darkness. That is the time for fear, my little lord, when the White Walkers move through the woods... Thousands of years ago, there came a night that lasted a generation. Kings froze to death in their castles, same as the shepherds in their huts, and women smothered their babies rather than see them starve, and wept, and felt their tears freeze on their cheeks. So is this the sort of story that you like?


Season 1 is about to end and I'm getting restless, I just might read the book just to keep me from missing them too much.

War Horse

The cast of Steven Spielberg's movie War Horse. This is taken from the Vanity Fair photoshoot.

I don't think I know anyone except for Benedict Cumberbatch!

End it already!

Sam Stosur and Maria Kirilenko's match this morning was so full of emotion. I could only imagine what the audience were feeling inside the Ashe stadium, the 32-point tiebreak seemed endless. I wish I was rooting for anyone of them but I wasn't so I felt nothing but impatience. :-)

U.S. Open 2011: Round Three

Nadal is through round three! He opened the door wide open for David Nalbandian last night. But what was amusing was when he got out from the pit the background music suddenly changed to Welcome to the Jungle, the person responsible for it must be having fun.

Nadal won 3 sets but Nalbandian made Rafa work hard for every point specially in the first set. And then Rafa got ferocious in the second set leaving Nalbandian a broken man. They had a good fight on the 3rd but David's volley did not work on Rafa as much as it did on the 1st set. It was a good fight, Davis was admirable for finishing the game when everyone knew that he was not a hundred percent okay considering all the operations he had on the last 24 months.

Vamos!

Andy, you can't transform into a vampire now!

Gael, I didn't know you could fly!

U.S. Open 2011: Round Two

Yey! Rafa is through with round two! I know he's going to win the title again, I feel it in my bones.

Nevermind what Nicolas Mahut is telling the media:

"I think maybe he doesn't have as much confidence as he had at this time last year. He doesn't go for it as much as he used to. He's not as aggressive as he used to be."

It's all mind game. That statement comes from a man who lost two games in a row, 6-2, 6-2 and to save his ugly face, he retires at the start of 3rd set from abdominal pain. Excuse, excuses!

Rafa may seem to lack confidence but really he's just being his humble self and being realistic about his game. Anything can happen when it comes to tennis.

This is what Rafa told the media last year:

"The people remember the last day when you are with the trophy, when you play fantastic in the final. But to arrive at [that] moment is not everything in the way of roses. You don't play fantastic every match and every moment."

And he won the title!

Even Novak should watch out.

U.S. Open 2011: Round One

Normally, I watch all (Rafa) Grand Slams from day one but this time I miscalculated the time and I ended up missing Rafa's round one. Good thing he won! Yey!

By the way, I'm glad he's wearing yellow! Love it!

So now, I might as well say something about round one of the players I've watched. Starting with...

Andy played good but I couldn't help but stare at his legs while he's playing... he's wearing a very short shorts! It's distracting me...

If it was up to me I still don't want him to win any grand slam, I know it sounds cruel but... I still enjoy it when he's hitting himself with his racquet whenever he's playing badly.

It's not your time yet, Andy!

Gael, you're broke my heart... you were doing so great! You could have won this morning (local time).

JC called for a medical time-out, he had a finger malfunction and you, on the other hand, got a massage but you were hitting the ball like you didn't care (and still making points). You looked tired but so was he, you should've tried harder.

"Shayaaaang!" My nephew tells me after screaming so loud whenever you hit the ball wide. Or maybe I was screaming because my back is killing me!

You broke my heart big time! And my back too! Yeah, I'm blaming it all on you!