Damn It, Missed March LOL

Damn it. Looks like my streak has ended yet again. Gonna try harder to stick to it

So what’s happened? Major events include going on a 2 week trip to Melbourne with Jenny in February (fantastic city. Seriously considering moving there!) and celebrating my quarter century birthday with Mum, Dad, Dill, Steph and Jenny at an Italian restaurant in the City called Da Vinci (very nice food and atmosphere, if I may add!).

Work-wise, just been working at Newmarket a few nights a week (including the odd extra shift when Pete needed cover), and pretty regular locum shifts at St Lukes, Avondale and Epsom. Quite steady.

In the MLB and NBA sports world (I don’t care much for cricket )…
- The Phillies just routed the Mets 11-0 behind Doc’s stellar 7-inning shutout;
- The Yankees edged the Twins with smart hitting;
- Mo picked up his 4th save of the season, quietly marching towards the record books. I believe he needed 42 to tie The Hoff’s 601 save record, so 42 – 2 = 38… 38 saves to go;
- Cole Hamels was raped a few days ago in the third inning. Hope he regains his 2008 playoffs MVP form soon!! The Phils need him;
- The Lakers have been slumping (2 game losing streak) since going 19-1 after the All-Star break. Not too worried about them. They’ve already clinched a playoff berth I think

Busy May

Damn it, I snapped my own streak of blogging at least once a month lol. Oh well, let’s try start a new streak lol.

I’ve had a pretty busy May. Work, work, work, then a huge trip to the US with Jenny We spent time in Los Angeles, Chicago and New York. Faaantastic trip. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Made new friends, and got re-acquainted with a fellow “not-living-in-Taiwan-and-speaks-fluent-English” cousin Desiree (there’s only 4 of us in total, so a rarity, including me, Dill, and Desiree’s sister; Bonnie), which is always a plus. Got to meet her fiance Matt too; what an awesome guy. Managed to fit in quite a busy schedule too. Went to Universal Studios, Disneyland, Sea World in San Diego, catch a Dodgers game at Dodger Stadium, visit Staples Center, do a lot of sightseeing, attend Jenny’s friend’s wedding (Jen was the maid of honour), do HEAPS OF SHOPPING, visit the New Yankee Stadium, among other things

Now it’s the 21st June, and I’m trying to restart my blogging habit (what habit?). What’s happened? Oh, the biggie assignment, Assignment 3 (patient-centred care) was due, which I handed in with a day to spare, the Yankees and Dodgers are both doing very well (can’t say much about the Phillies though…), and the Lakers are back-to-back champions!!

Can’t forget that can we? I remember back on the 15th June 2009 (I checked lol), I posted about the Lakers finally returning to the top spot with championship #15. Well, just a year and two days later, they win #16. With Kobe the Finals MVP for a second year in a row. Congrats to the Lakers!! Let’s make it a three-peat next season!!

Oh well, time to go to bed. Blogging at 12am isn’t really a healthy thing lol. Hopefully will hear more from me from now on (I keep saying that don’t I?)

#27!!

The Yankees have done it again. The most decorated team in all of professional sports just won their unprecedented 27th (I repeat, TWENTY-SEVENTH) MLB World Series title, taking down the defending world champs (and my other favourite team from the other league), the Phillies. Just like how Babe Ruth and his Yankees won it all in the old Yankee Stadium, Derek Jeter and co. have emulated what Ruth and co. did, but this time at the new Yankee Stadium!

Solid effort from Andy Pettitte, from the bullpen and Mariano Rivera who recorded the final five outs. But perhaps the man who deserves the most glory is no doubt Hideki Matsui. “Godzilla” singlehandedly mauled the Phillies with six RBIs including a two-run home run off Pedro Martinez. Well deserved World Series MVP, Godzilla!!

Let’s hope this is just the first of many for the Bombers!! Congratulations!!

Back to reality. Two more exams for me… Come on, Nathan! Study! Also found out I passed the Super OSCE yesterday night too, which I’m still quite ecstatic about!! XD

Kobe Bryant, LA Lakers; Champions Once Again

In my eyes, Kobe Bryant has always been a champion; a truly remarkable basketball player. But now he has the 2009 NBA championship to prove it. His fourth championship already, but his first since the departure of Shaquille O’Neal. He finally has one to call his own.

Many critics (aka Kobe Haters) say Shaq was the reason they won three championships. “Shaq was the center (no pun intended) of the Lakers’ three-peat, Shaq was the dominant superstar, Shaq was this, Shaq was that, Kobe is a ball hog, Kobe is selfish”. I think otherwise. Shaq could not have done it without Kobe, and vice versa.

No doubt Shaq was a huge part of the three consecutive championships the Lakers won from 2000 to 2003, but he would’ve been nothing with Kobe. Yes, Kobe may have been quite the ball hog in his younger days, but he has always been, without a doubt, the best player in the game right now. He’s a changed man. Older, wiser. More experienced, but still as lethal as ever with the basketball. A true team leader, the King of the Fourth Quarter. Black Mamba.

So here’s to you, Kobe Bryant! This one’s for yourself, your teammates (you couldn’t have done it without Pau, Derek, Lamar, Trevor, etc.), your family, and definitely the one to shut the critics up once and for all! In my books, undoubtedly the best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be.

CONGRATULATIONS, KOBE BRYANT!! 2008-09 NBA Finals Most Valuable Player!!
CONGRATULATIONS, LA LAKERS!! 2008-09 NBA Champions!!
CONGRATULATIONS, PHIL JACKSON!! 10 NBA Championship rings = The Best Coach of All-Time!!

Phillies Win World Series! Oden Injured. Again.

YES! THE PHILLIES HAVE DONE IT! They’ve won it, 4 games to 1! The 2008 WORLD SERIES! MLB Champions for just the second time in team history! Cole Hamels picks up MVP honours!

From ’80 (1980, their most recent championship, AND their only other championship) to ’08. Quite fitting, don’t you agree? Maybe next time, Tampa Bay!

And now moving on to the NBA. The 2008-09 season officially started yesterday, with the Lakers playing at home against a young Trailblazers team. All eyes are on Greg Oden’s long-overdue NBA debut. The #1 draft pick of the 2007-08 NBA draft, who missed the entire 07-08 season due to microfracture knee surgery, who’s HIGHLY ANTICIPATED big league debut was cut short yet again due to an injury.

Oden sprained his ankle 3 minutes into the game, hobbled around until halftime, and is expected to miss 2-4 weeks… It’s been more than 1 year after being drafted, and he’s yet to score his first basket (Oden was 0 for 4 in scoring)…