raptors season opener!!!!! i love the new nba leaguepass broadband! 3 live games simultaneously! let's hope the raptors can hold the sixers off for the rest of the game!

the weekend just came and went! the ducks swept all of eastern canada beating the leafs, senators, and canadiens...they even won last night against columbus. we are now back at .500!!!!

friday night, nikki stayed over at her parents house. as for me, i went over to see jandro as he invited me for some all u can eat sushi at this place called onami up in irvine. it was ohhh so good. afterwards, we chilled back at his place to watch incredible hulk and play some NBA 2K .... suffice it to say, the movie was alright (still liked the ang lee version) but the ass kicking jandro got was even better!

sunday was cool. as the fam came over to chill out! we had the infamous roundtable pizza (which i still think, is the best pizza next to nyc)...the kids were over, ethan, jordan, and baby domenic! his hair, how his hair!!!

thursday morning meant staff hockey day. not only were we playing but we were also helping one of our sponsors with a commercial shoot. AAA was doing PSA at anaheim ice, so they asked if we wanted to help them with the shoot. traditionally, we play from 7am till around 8:30am...however, with the shoot, we found ourselves playing till around 9:30. suffice it to say, my legs were killing...but at least i got some ample screen time...just look for the filipino dude skating in a dark blue jersey and white helmet...that's me!

tonight is also the last preseason game for the Lakers. and as usual i got staff tickets to the event. it really is a pain in the ass to find people to take my tickets, and i usually don't want to spend after hours here at my work...but for basketball, i'll make an exception!

DUCKS beat LEAFS! what can i say...we went to watch the game over at ESPN zone at downtown disney. we were supposed to have a dept meeting there, but let's be honest, we were all there to watch the power house tilt between the putrid leafs and the even more disappointing ducks...

the game was actually pretty good. i hardly recognized anyone on the leafs (is sundin still on our team?) but i did see cujo, kaberle, steen and stajan. all in all, the ideal situation for me would be if both teams just tied and gets a point...and at the end, ducks won the shootout! everyone get a point and everyone wins!

look at how both websites labeled the game...

i had some extra tickets for the ducks vs. san jose sharks game on friday night. as usual, the last place i want to be after hours, is at work...so i knew i had to give the tickets to someone. lucky for me, my brother and cousin are always up for free tickets...(and of course, the free food and drinks in the VIP lounge)

i decided to just hang out in my office till the game got started, and until they showed up. it ended up being an awesome game, because they beat san jose 4-0 for our first win of the season!!!

i had a very full saturday. i decided to go with nikki to her power tai class in the morning. afterwards, we did our weekly trip to costco for our groceries...

we got home, had lunch, and then i had to rest up for my scuba diving lessons! that's right, scuba! the sport chalet near our place offers free lessons every 3rd saturday of the month. it finally worked in my schedule to go...and it was awesome. there were only 5 of us that showed up, and we had all the time dedicated to us. we spent almost an hour in a 14 foot pool. they showed us how to use the gear, how to put it on, and proper signs and procedures. suffice it to say, it's an amazing sensation to breath underwater...

i've told myself that i will start to be more diligent in updating this blog. after reading di's and sal's blog regularly, it has inspired me to be more pro-active when adding even the littlest things on here...i've even discovered that my friend sheryl has a blog, saadia has a blog and even tiffany has a blog!!!??? funny that no guys i know have blogs...something gay about it i guess...oh well.

last week started off great...on friday, we even found time to head out to LA to meet up with RO, who happens to be nikki's cousin from NY. I loved hanging out with RO when we were in NY, so it was a no brainer to go out and see her...

...as we made our way down to LA, we planned on meeting nikki's sister pam for dinner and then meet up with RO and her cousins on sunset...as usual, the traffic was horendous. we even left late, to try and avoid it, but i should know better...there is no good time to head out to LA...

so after an hour on the 5, we finally made it to sherman oaks, picked up pam and had some delicious sushi at this place called nami sushi (i think that's what it was called)...then we made our way to sunset to meet RO, and her cousin denise, lino and rosanna. suffice it to say, they were amazing. and the best part...lino's wife rosanna is from toronto!!! it was like homecoming for me...we talked and talked...it ended up being a great time, with great people. lino is a lead supervising animator with Disney studios, so please go and check out BOLT...its the latest movie he just worked on!

i had a full saturday planned. i had some errands to run in the day, and my brother's birthday dinner in the evening. for the past 6-7 months, i've been collecting all our recylables, from plastic, to glass to cans. they unfortunately don't have a recycling program in fullerton. i always wondered why people would be rummaging through our trash for recyclables...well, i found out it's because you get paid!!! that's right ! PAID!!! so after months and months of saving crap in my garage, i finally went to the recycling depot to get PAID!!! 5 bags of plastic, 2 bags of cans and 2 bag of glass...i totolled a whopping....get ready!!!...$11.00 bucks! well, that is at least $11 more than what i started with.

after my big payout from the recycling center, we headed over to my brother's place in corona to celebrate his birthday...good times with family, and st. louis bbq!!

i knew that the start of my work week was going to be a busy one. we had events almost everyday, and i knew i had to work a couple of the games. i prepared myself by volunteering to be a secret shopper for WWE RAW! yes, that's right...i said MONDAY NIGHT RAW!!!!

i haven't been to a live wrestling match since i was like 12 years old...so this was indeed a treat. not to mention, it was free and we even got $50 bucks! can't go wrong with that!

i must say, a lot has changed since my last wrestling match. i didn't recognize any wrestlers, but johnny knoxville was in the crowd which was cool, and we saw the main event between heartbreak kid and batista...and batista might very well have the biggest shoulders in the WWE!!!

suffice it to say, it was a lot of fun, and there was a guy sitting behind us who was super knowledgable of wrestling...and get this...he even had a girlfriend with him...go figure!