December 29, 2008; One-sided affair in Sacramento!

Before it was just a rumor, but not, it became a reality. The Photokina franchise Red Bull Barako traded away highflyer guard Cyrus Baguio and point guard Celino Cruz to the Air21 Express in exchange for their first-round picks for 2011 and 2012. This marks the Express' second trade after they sent Ranidel De Ocampo to Talk 'N Text in exchange for Don Allado.


Baguio averaged 13.4 ppg, 3.7 rpg and 3.1 apg, while Cruz had 7.0 ppg, 3.7 rpg and 2.6 apg for the Barakos.


Now here are the results from the double-header yesterday from the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City!


1st Game
Coca-Cola 89 (7-11)
San Miguel 99 (9-9)
COK: Asi Taulava- 20 pts, 13 rebs.
SMB: Dondon Hontiveros- 24 pts, 8 rebs, 6 assts, 1 stl.
Coca-Cola is eliminated from playoff contention.

2nd Game
Air21 94 (8-10)
Purefoods 82 (8-10)
AIR: Gary David- 20 pts, 2 rebs, 3 assts.
PUR: James Yap- 26 pts, 1 reb.


And now, here are the results from the NBA!


December 29, 2008


Denver 117 (20-11)
New York 110 (11-18)
DEN: Carmelo Anthony- 32 pts, 9 rebs, 4 assts, 1 stl.
NYK: Nate Robinson- 20 pts, 2 rebs, 4 assts, 2 stls.


Dallas 98 (18-12)
LA Clippers 76 (8-21)
DAL: Josh Howard- 29 pts, 9 rebs, 7 assts, 1 stl.
LAC: Marcus Camby- 16 pts, 12 rebs, 1 stl.


Miami 86 (16-13)
Cleveland 93 (26-4)
MIA: Dwyane Wade- 29 pts, 4 rebs, 8 assts, 2 stls.
CLE: LeBron James- 33 pts, 6 rebs, 9 assts.


New Orleans 105 (18-9)
Indiana 103 (10-20)
NOH: Chris Paul- 19 pts, 5 rebs, 12 assts, 3 stls.
IND: Danny Granger- 34 pts, 5 rebs, 2 assts, 2 stls.


Boston 108 (28-4)
Sacramento 63 (7-24)
BOS: Kevin Garnett- 21 pts, 11 rebs, 1 stl.
SAC: John Salmons- 11 pts, 1 reb.


Golden State 113 (9-23)
LA Lakers 130 (25-5)
GSW: Jamal Crawford- 22 pts, 2 rebs, 5 assts, 1 stl.
LAL: Kobe Bryant- 31 pts, 3 rebs, 4 assts, 4 stls.


And now, here are the results from the UFC 92: The Ultimate from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.


Main PPV Card
Light Heavyweight Championship bout: Forrest Griffin vs. Rashad Evans
Evans defeated Griffin via TKO (Strikes) at 2:46 of Round 3.

Interim Heavyweight Championship bout: Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Frank Mir
Mir defeated Nogueira via TKO (Strikes) at 1:54 of Round 2.

Middleweight bout: C.B. Dollaway vs. Mike Massenzio
Dollaway defeated Massenzio via TKO (Strikes) at 3:01 of Round 1.

Light Heavyweight bout: Quinton Jackson vs. Wanderlei Silva
Jackson defeated Silva via KO (Punch) at 3:21 of Round 1.

Heavyweight bout: Cheick Kongo vs. Mostapha Al Turk
Kongo defeated Al Turk via TKO (Strikes) at 4:37 of Round 1.

Preliminary card (not shown on TV)
Middleweight bout: Yushin Okami vs. Dean Lister
Okami defeated Lister via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

Heavyweight bout: Antoni Hardonk vs. Mike Wessel
Hardonk defeated Wessel via TKO (Strikes) at 2:09 of Round 2.
(Wessel replaced Mark Burch, who was originally intended to fight Hardonk.)

Light Heavyweight bout: Matt Hamill vs. Reese Andy
Hamill defeated Andy via TKO (strikes) at 2:19 of Round 2.

Welterweight bout: Brad Blackburn vs. Ryo Chonan
Blackburn defeated Chonan via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).

Heavyweight bout: Dan Evensen vs. Patrick Barry
Barry defeated Evensen via TKO (leg kicks) at 2:36 of Round 1.


Later on, the Manchester United Red Devils will face the Middlesbrough Football Club from the "Theatre of Dreams", Old Trafford in Greater Manchester, England at 3:00 AM Manila time. Go Red Devils! Haha!

So there you have it! You guys have just been fed!

Tomorrow marks the 110th death anniversary and the suppossed 147th birthday of our National Hero, Dr. Jose Rizal. Another holiday for us Filipinos! Haha!

Hope you guys had a wonderful day! God bless you guys! Stay safe! Peace out! The Wizard was here... :)

Comments, questions and suggestions are highly appreciated! :)

December 28, 2008; The Wrap-up!

To wrap things up for this year, I would say that it was a year full of exciting moments. From January to December, there were moments that I would treasure, and moments that I would never forget.


This year has been good to me to say the least. Not much problems whatsoever. Many happy moments with family and friends. Some sad moments, but I try to divert those to the opposite so that my life won't be miserable. Let's all remember that life is short, so we must make the most out of life. It takes fewer muscles to smile rather than frowning, so why frown? And as the song goes, "It's so nice to be happy".


It's 4 days to go before the Year of the Earth Rat ends (that's for the majority, but for the Chinese, it will end on the 25th of January 2009). And in comes the Year of the Earth Ox. I hope this year would be more eventful, and may it be good for me, my family and to my friends as well. May all of us have good health, peace, stability and prosperity!


May all of you have a Happy New Year! :)


And for all Chinese people, Kung Hei Fat Choy/ Kiong He Huat Tsai! :)


And now, let's get it on with the sports news!


First up, from the National Basketball Association!


Decmeber 28, 2008


Oklahoma City 95 (3-27)
Washington 104 (5-23)


Chicago 117 (13-17)
Atlanta 129 (19-10)


New Jersey 114 (15-15)
Charlotte 103 (11-20)


Orlando 118 (24-6)
Minnesota 94 (5-24)


Utah 115 (18-14)
Houston 120 (20-11)
Final/2OT


Detroit 87 (17-11)
Milwaukee 76 (14-17)

Memphis 103 (10-20)
San Antonio 106 (20-10)
Final/2OT

So there you have it! You guys have just been fed!

Hope you had a great day! And by the way, just watched "Iskul Bukol" at Promenade. It was hilarious! A must-see movie! Tito, Vic and Joey still has it with them! Haha!

The Wizard was here...:)

Comments, questions, and suggestions are highly appreciated! :)

December 20, 2008; Start of X'Mas Vacation '08!

5 days to go 'till Christmas. And finally, we're done with our Christmas shopping! Yesterday, me and my parents were supposed to shop at Divi, but due to the impending traffic, we shopped at GreenHills instead. Right there at TK (Toy Kingdom) VMall branch. Then, some of my classmates were there too. We ate dinner, watched movie (The Day The Earth Stood Still) and played basketball at TimeZone. So there! Wasn't able to go to the Paskuhan though.

And now, after all the drama, it's now back to business as I bring you guys the latest from the world of sports!

First up, the results from the NBA!

December 20, 2008

Philadelphia 109 (12-14)
Washington 103 (4-20)

LA Clippers 117 (8-18)
Indiana 109 (9-17)

Golden State 99 (7-20)
Atlanta 115 (16-10)

Chicago 108 (12-14)
Boston 126 (25-2)
BOS: Leagues best record; 17th straight win; 1 win away to tie franchise record.

Dallas 97 (14-12)
New Jersey 121 (13-11)

Milwaukee 105 (12-16)
New York 81 (11-15)

Utah 120 (17-11)
Detroit 114 (14-10)

Charlotte 112 (9-18)
Memphis 83 (9-17)

LA Lakers 87 (21-4)
Miami 89 (13-12)

Toronto 83 (10-16)
Oklahoma City 91 (3-24)

Sacramento 96 (7-20)
Houston 107 (17-9)

Cleveland 105 (22-4)
Denver 88 (17-9)

So there! And now, for the PBA!

December 20, 2008
Batangas City Sports Center

Brgy. Ginebra 87 (9-8)
San Miguel 82 (9-9)
BGK: Jayjay Helterbrand- 35 pts. (Conference-high)

So there you are! You guys have just been fed!

Hope you had a wonderful Saturday! :) 2 days to go! Woo! :)

God bless you guys! Stay safe! Peace out! The Wizard was here! Sunday tomorrow, family day! :) have fun you guys!

Comments, questions and suggestions are highly appreciated...:)

December 13, 2008; Nothing yet!

It's just 12 days to go before Christmas. And it's all the perfect time to sing the song with the same title! :) haha! But the thing is, we still don't have gifts to give to our friends and relatives! I know most of you guys have already done your Christmas shopping, but on our case, we will just start today! After the dinner gathering later on, we will go all out! I still don't know where but the fact is, we will shop later! Haha!


It's a weekend once more! Take care on your way to somewhere you guys! And for most of you guys who would take your exams next week, well, best of luck to all of you! :)


So there, now here are the sports news, first up, from the NBA!


December 13, 2008


Philadelphia 72 (9-14)
Cleveland 88 (20-3)
PHI: Willie Green- 19 pts, 2 rebs, 1 asst, 2 stls.
CLE: LeBron James- 28 pts, 7 rebs, 7 assts, 1 stl.


Atlanta 87 (13-9)
Miami 73 (12-10)
ATL: Joe Johnson- 21 pts, 7 rebs, 4 assts, 1 stl.
MIA: Dwyane Wade- 21 pts, 8 rebs, 3 assts, 1 stl.


Toronto 101 (10-12)
New Jersey 79 (11-10)
TOR: Chris Bosh- 18 pts, 5 rebs, 3 assts, 1 stl.
NJN: Yi Jianlian- 14 pts, 7 rebs, 2 assts, 1 stl.

New Orleans 82 (12-7)
Boston 94 (22-2)
NOH: David West- 23 pts, 14 rebs, 1 asst.
BOS: Paul Pierce- 28 pts, 6 rebs, 6 assts, 2 stls.


Indiana 110 (7-15)
Detroit 114 (12-9)
IND: Danny Granger- 42 pts, 7 rebs, 6 assts.
DET: Rip Hamilton- 28 pts, 2 rebs, 5 assts, 1 stl.


Chicago 96 (10-12)
Memphis 103 (8-15)
CHI: Ben Gordon- 26 pts, 2 rebs, 1 asst, 1 stl.
MEM: Rudy Gay- 29 pts, 4 rebs, 2 assts, 3 stls.


San Antonio 98 (14-8)
Minnesota 86 (4-18)
SAS: Tim Duncan- 17 pts, 13 rebs, 2 assts.
MIN: Al Jefferson- 29 pts, 13 rebs, 1 asst, 1 stl.


Orlando 112 (17-6)
Phoenix 113 (14-10)
ORL: Dwight Howard- 19 pts, 7 rebs.
PHX: Amar'e Stoudemire- 21 pts, 14 rebs, 2 assts.


LA Clippers 120 (5-17)
Portland 112 (15-10)
LAC: Zach Randolph- 38 pts, 11 rebs, 1 asst, 2 stls.
POR: Brandon Roy- 38 pts, 4 rebs, 9 assts.

Houston 119 (15-8)
Golden State 108 (7-16)
HOU: Tracy McGrady- 24 pts, 10 rebs, 9 assts, 1 stl.
GSW: Andris Biedrins- 18 pts, 12 rebs.


Sacramento 103 (6-17)

LA Lakers 112 (19-3)

SAC: John Salmons- 26 pts, 4 rebs, 6 assts, 3 stls.

LAL: Kobe Bryant- 32 pts, 7 rebs, 3 assts.


So there you have it. You guys have just been fed.

May all of you have a blessed weekend! God bless! Stay safe! Peace out! The Wizard was here... :)

Comments, questions and suggestions are highly appreciated! :)

December 12, 2008; The Monthly's are over!

The Monthly examination week is over for us (Faculty of Pharmacy students @ UST). Now is the perfect time to unwind. No more hassles for next week. Next Friday will be the annual Paskuhan @ UST, our own Christmas celebration complete with fireworks display and concert! So if you guys want to have a glimpse of how the Thomasian community celebrate Christmas, come on the 19th of December!

So there!

And now, here are the results from the NBA!

December 12, 2008

Boston 122 (21-2)
Washington 88 (4-16)
BOS: Paul Pierce- 22 pts, 6 rebs, 8 assts, 2 stls.
WSH: Caron Butler- 19 pts, 3 rebs, 4 assts, 1 stl.

Charlotte 90 (7-16)
Dallas 95 (12-9)
CHA: Emeka Okafor- 27 pts, 17 rebs.
DAL: Jason Terry- 26 pts, 1 reb, 3 assts, 2 stls.

Portland 88 (15-9)
Utah 97 (15-9)
POR: Brandon Roy- 33 pts, 8 rebs.
UTAH: Mehmet Okur- 27 pts, 10 rebs, 3 assts.

Also, the Phoenix Suns traded Raja Bell, Boris Diaw and Sean Singletary to the Charlotte Bobcats for Jason Richardson, Jared Dudley and a 2nd round pick for the 2010 NBA Draft.

Hope you had a good day! God bless you guys! Stay safe! Peace out! The Wizard was here... :)

Comments, questions and suggestions are highly appreciated! :)

December 7, 2008; PacMan too much for Golden Boy; TKO'd at the end of 8th!

Me and my parents woke up early today to watch "The Dream Match" between Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao and Oscar "The Golden Boy" De La Hoya at the Sta. Lucia Mall Theater Zone. Ate breakfast before leaving the house. We arrived there early on, around 6:30 in the morning, so we waited for the guards to let us in at around 7:00 AM. Free snacks were given upon entry to the cinema (hotdog sandwich and a can of Coke). Then, undercards were shown. It came by so fast! Especially the fight which Juan Manuel Lopez won. He, according to boxing analysts, will be Gerry Penalosa's next opponent. Lopez stopped his opponent on the first round! Also to Danny "The Golden Child" Jones, who also stopped his opponent at the first round!

After all the undercards, the match-up of the year was shown. It started at around 12 noon Manila time. And right on the entrance of the boxers, I already knew the winner. Manny Pacquiao entered the ring with all smiles across his face, while Oscar De La Hoya entered with all the pressure in the world on him, because he is expected to win the fight. Almost all the stats where towards the direction of The Golden Boy. He has the experience, the height, weight and reach advantage against Pacquiao. But if the spped, the will to win and the heart of the fighter is considered, that is where Manny has all the advantage. He is the pound-for-pound king in boxing today, while Oscar is the most popular boxer in his time. So it is indeed fitting that they match up.

Round 1 started, with both fighters sizing each other up, but as always, Manny initiated the offense, hitting De La Hoya on the face many times.

This was the story all through the fight, Pacquiao is simply too fast for De La Hoya.

Manny was a moving target for Oscar, that is why Oscar was having a hard time to throw a punch to the Pacman. And whenever Oscar take a punch, Manny had already hit him 2 times. And Manny turns towards the left of Oscar, so that he could not be followed up by The Golden Boy, because Oscar is an orthodox fighter (where the right hand is his favored hand).

Manny was able to make Oscar's left eye close because of the barrage of punches he threw. And after the 8th round, while they were in their respected corners, De La Hoya's trainer Ignacio "Nacho" Beristain called for referee Tony Weeks to stop the fight, thus making Manny Pacquiao the victor via TKO, improving his record to 48-3-2 with 36 wins via KO. While De La Hoya's record now stands at 39-6 with 30 coming from KO. The bout ended with Manny Pacquiao's face clean from any wounds. Still fresh, just like when he entered the ring. While Oscar's left eye were swollen. He was unable to attend the dinner press conference because he was rushed to the hospital for examinations.

Ricky Hatton, the IBO Light Welterweight Champ, has vowed to face the winner of the said fight, and in this case, it's Manny Pacquiao. The proposed venue will be on the Wembley Stadium in England, which can hold up to 100,000 people. And the proposed date is on May 2009. That should be one to look forward to. And if ever Manny defeats Ricky, he will become a 5-time champ in 5 different weight divisions!

So once again, congratulations to Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao for that terrific win, and once again, bringing pride and glory to the Filipino nation!

Looking forward to the Hatton fight! Go Manny! :)

Hope you had a wonderful weekend! God bless you guys! Stay safe! Peace out! The Wizard was here... :)

Comments, questions and suggestions are highly appreciated! :)

December 1, 2008; Yuletide Season on full swing!

Here in the Philippines, it is customary that when the last syllable of a month ends in -BER starts, it's already Christmas. People already start building up their Christmas trees, they also start putting on those decorations like the lights, banners and what nots. Also, Christmas bazaars sprout on every corner, even inside villages. Truly indeed, that Christmas here in the Philippines is the most happiest, to say the least.

Our college, or should I say, faculty (of Pharmacy) week has just concluded. I would say that it was better than last year, kudos to the organizing team. Our block had a great float. This year's theme was "Different Countries", and the country we picked was Polynesia, which turned out to be good, because it was fairly easy. But I THINK, if our class sticked to the first plan, which was Afghanistan, it would have turned out to be better. (just an opinion). The only downside to the Afghan plan is that it would be more expensive, so there. Overall, it was a fun week.

Also, last week, I played NBA 2K9 on PC, and it blew my eyes! The graphics were great, it's already in HD, so you can really see the similarities of it to the real thing! It was a cool game! It blew the NBA Live series, which pulled away their PC version. Kudos to the developers!

And now, back to the real thing, as I now bring to you the latest from the world of sports!

First up, let's go across the globe for the results from the NBA!

December 1, 2008

Portland 96 (12-6)
Detroit 85 (10-6)
POR: LaMarcus Aldridge- 27 pts, 4 rebs, 2 assts, 2 stls.
DET: Rip Hamilton- 18 pts, 2 rebs, 4 assts.

Chicago 103 (8-9)
Philadelphia 92 (7-10)
CHI: Ben Gordon- 21 pts, 6 rebs, 4 assts, 1 stl.
PHI: Elton Brand- 21 pts, 12 rebs, 1 asst.

Houston 94 (11-7)
Denver 104 (12-6)
HOU: Yao Ming- 18 pts, 11 rebs.
DEN: Chauncey Billups- 28 pts, 4 rebs, 10 assts, 2 stls.

New Jersey 117 (9-7)
Phoenix 109 (11-7)
NJN: Devin Harris- 47 pts, 7 rebs, 8 assts, 1 stl.
PHX: Steve Nash- 26 pts, 1 reb, 9 assts, 2 stls.

Toronto 99 (8-8)
LA Lakers 112 (14-1)
TOR: Anthony Parker- 19 pts, 2 rebs, 2 assts.
LAL: Pau Gasol- 24 pts, 9 rebs, 1 asst.

There you go. Next up, from the PBA's out of the country game from the National Indoor Stadium in Singapore!

November 30, 2008

San Miguel 80 (8-6)
Talk 'N Text 85 (7-6)
SMB: Tugade 20, Pennisi 17, Washington 12, Villanueva 9, Hontiveros 9, Pena 8, Custodio 4, Racela 1, Gonzales 0, Bono 0.
TNT: Alapag 20, Dillinger 17, Ritualo 16, Cardona 13, Carey 8, Peek 6, Allado 2, De Ocampo 2, Castro 1, Reyes 0.

And now, here is the result from yesterday's derby match, from ESPN's Barclay's Premier League coverage!

Barclay's Premier League
Eastlands, Manchester City
47,320 on attendance

Manchester City 0
Manchester United 1
*Wayne Rooney- 42"
United- 5 pts away from leaders Liverpool and Chelsea.
Cristiano Ronaldo sent off after inadvertedly hitting the ball with his hands.

Just as a reminder, 6 days to go before "The Dream Match"! Our very own 4-division champ Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao against 6-division champ Oscar "The Golden Boy" De La Hoya on what is the dubbed as the greatest fight in boxing history! It will be on Sunday, December 7, 2008. It will be shown LIVE on Solar All-Access and to be shown via satellite on GMA channel 7.

So there you go. You guys have just been fed.

Hope you guys had a wonderful long weekend. But don't you worry, there will be another one next week! Haha! God bless you guys! Stay safe! Peace out! The Wizard was here... :)

Comments, questions and suggestions are highly appreciated! :)