Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Champions League Obsession

I've written a lot of post about football here in this blog. And plenty of those are about UEFA champion league matches. The 2010 season is about to end, and in a few hours from now, we will know who will face each other in the Finals.

Bayern Munich is already in. They are now waiting for the results of the other semifinals match. I am raring to watch Barcelona vs Inter Milan champions league match via free live streaming. I already know where to locate the free stuff. But quality-wise, you will certainly not enjoy it.

Last year, I saw the finals match between Manchester United and Barcelona when I sneaked in to the hotel room of a travelling work colleague. Since he was alone on a 2-bed room, I stayed there for a night just to watch the game.

But for this year, I still don't have a cable TV. I tried to scout for cheap cable companies offering Star Sports and ESPN. But so far, there's none in the place where I live. So I was will just watch the match online, and skip sleep once again. Ah, this is obsession!

Monday, April 26, 2010

Overslept

Having nothing to do on a Saturday, except punching the keys of my laptop playing some FB apps, I found myself sleepy quarter before 6pm. I turned on the aircon and closed my tired eyes.

My cellphone rang at 11pm. Wifey called up. We had an hour chat (thanks to Sun Cellular), until she was sleepy on the other line. After the 'good night, sweet dreams', I stood up, relieved my kidneys of excess liquids, and went back to sleep. I thought of writing some blog entries but it was only in my dreams. The lights were on, and my laptop was still consuming electricity.

I woke up at 6am, but dozed off again for another three hours extension. All in all, I slept for 14 hours, excluding that hour on the phone. The last time I did this, only a couple of weeks ago, my head was so heavy that I had to take some paracetamol.

This isn't good I know. So today, I balanced it out. It's 5am Monday morning and I am still awake. Tsk tsk. I got to attend a meeting at 9am. I'm not on a night shift, you know.

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Pacquiao vs Clottey Live Online

What's with the title? Yesterday I went to SM Southmall to inquire of the Pacquiao vs Clottey ticket price. It's P550 says the lady at the counter. I immediately made a u-turn without saying a word.

The last time I watched Pacquiao on the big screen was during that battle against De La Hoya. That was an ugly sight. Oscar was no longer the pretty boy after the brutal nine rounds. But I thought the P900 I shelled out was already a fair price. Eat-all-you-can and drink-all-you-can in a 5-star hotel. Plus you get to enjoy cheering with the crowd everytime a fist goes into the face of the Pretty Boy.

But P550 in a cinema with nothing more? What if Pacquiao knocks out Clottey in round 1? Or in round 2 like he did on poor Ricky Hatton? Do you think P550 is worth it? If there's food, I'd probably stay around and fill myself to content.

So today I just sat on the side of my bed and opened my laptop looking for Pacquiao vs Clottey online video streaming. I found some channels on justin TV. I hope this 512kbps promised by Lola Techie holds up.

The results of this much anticipated fight will be known before lunch today. I predicted a 6-round TKO win for Pacquiao. My officemate says it will go past the six rounds. He agrees with Freddie Roach. If Clottey remains standing after six rounds, I will have to treat that officemate to lunch - two viands, drinks and unlimited rice.