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first off, sorry to the people who are requesting that i avoid basketball entries.. just have to mention these things..

1) nova - b2004 got back on track with a statement game, 66 - 7 against the red roosters. nothing major, but it will hopefully help the team with its remaining games against Team Arjay (I) and Team Agustin (CSA).

2) team crisol lives to fight another day by beating mang genielicious, 49 - 44. very notable performances were those of billy (10 points, 2 3-pointers made) and carlo (18 points). now, it even seems as if carlo is the team barometer. when he scores 18, we win, so it might be the magic number.

also, sorry to the people on the bench na sinigawan ko in the course of the game. medyo sensitive kasi yung team, and they respond to things they hear outside of the court, so baka mawalan ng confidence. tulungan nyo na lang next time. thanks.

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in spite of the many positive things that actually occurred last week, it somehow comes with a cloud of darkness with it. i mean, for the possibly "good" things that happened for me, i had to pay a price to get them - whether it be time, effort, grade or whatnot. also, the happy things that seemed to be purely products of sincere work and perseverence seemingly were futile as they came under the shadow of graver and hard events.

i recognize the fact that things come in pairs, as in a friend's essay i had read in 4th year. happiness and sadness, triumph and failure, etc all come hand-in-hand. a person experiencing the former would entail that someone else is experience the latter and vice versa. it's unfortunate that this is true, but it is so much worse when the victory you experience is so miniscule in comparison to the defeat.

looking at this optimistically, one might say that "things happen for a reason" or some other cliche. i'm just not in the mood to be optimistic right now..