Yesterday, the 2008 Summer Olympics at Beijing, China officially came to an end with a beautiful display of fireworks, music, dancing, acting, and other artistic and memorable performances. As I sat there watching the closing memories, I looked back at the major highlights of the Olympics, such as Michael Phelps' 8 Gold Medals, Nastia Liukin's 5 Medals in Gymnastics, Usain Bolt's ridicious 3 World Records and 3 Gold Medals in Track and Field, the U.S. Redeem Team's Gold Medal, and the Men's Volleyball Gold Medal. Obviously, there are tons of other great moments that I didn't mention. Even if the medal count, breaking world records, and being number one in the world seems to be the major points of the summer games, I do believe that unity and peace was the overall theme.
In almost every event, each country respected each other, the sport, the officials, and their audience. It seemed like the tensions between rival countries did not exist at all. For example, look at the war in the country of Georgia with Russia. During the Olympics, Russia bombard and invaded Georgia with brutal force. The world watched on the edge of their seat to see how this would effect some sporting events where Georgians and Russians compete against each other. The conflict didn't stop Russia's Natalia Paderina and Georgia's Nino Salukvadze from embracing each other at the medal ceremony for the 10m air rifle event. Even when there is tension between the countries, their athletes showed the world what matters most: peace and togetherness.
Now the games are over. Every single athlete is back to his or her country. What now? Will the Olympic spirit die? Will we all fall back to kill each other? Why can't we keep the Olympic Spirit going? How come we can't live in peace from now on?
If we lived life in harmony with each other like we did in the Olympics, no one will die from gunfire, no one will cry when their love one is missing in combat, and no one will suffer. Right now, even after the Olympics brought us back together, we are far away from being together as one.
Well... it was a great 2 weeks...
- Christian
In almost every event, each country respected each other, the sport, the officials, and their audience. It seemed like the tensions between rival countries did not exist at all. For example, look at the war in the country of Georgia with Russia. During the Olympics, Russia bombard and invaded Georgia with brutal force. The world watched on the edge of their seat to see how this would effect some sporting events where Georgians and Russians compete against each other. The conflict didn't stop Russia's Natalia Paderina and Georgia's Nino Salukvadze from embracing each other at the medal ceremony for the 10m air rifle event. Even when there is tension between the countries, their athletes showed the world what matters most: peace and togetherness.
Now the games are over. Every single athlete is back to his or her country. What now? Will the Olympic spirit die? Will we all fall back to kill each other? Why can't we keep the Olympic Spirit going? How come we can't live in peace from now on?
If we lived life in harmony with each other like we did in the Olympics, no one will die from gunfire, no one will cry when their love one is missing in combat, and no one will suffer. Right now, even after the Olympics brought us back together, we are far away from being together as one.
Well... it was a great 2 weeks...
- Christian
It's been 4 days... yes 4 days since the event. I'm still here in this lonely place. The sky is bright blue, the temperature is rising. I haven't seen civilization since the event. I've eaten very little... WHEN IS IT GOING TO END?
Okay... away from the deserted island / airplane crash scenario. Really, I'm doing fine. The swelling is going down, but there's still enough to make me feel sick. The extraction areas throb here and there, and headaches go on and off. But everyday, I feel like I'm 10%+ better than the day before. Today, I can actually close my mouth. The swelling was large enough to actually stop me from closing my mouth. Brushing has been very difficult, and my breath stinks from gauze, dried up blonde, and salt from salt/warm water gargles. I'm actually scheduled to go back to work tomorrow but I don't think I'm well enough to even go. Seriously, I can't even get a full CLEAR sentence out. It really stinks :-(
I'm looking to be alright by this Tuesday. I won't be 100% but I'll be alright to work, talk, breathe, and eat regularly.
Classes is coming up real soon. 12 More Days!!!!
- Christian
Okay... away from the deserted island / airplane crash scenario. Really, I'm doing fine. The swelling is going down, but there's still enough to make me feel sick. The extraction areas throb here and there, and headaches go on and off. But everyday, I feel like I'm 10%+ better than the day before. Today, I can actually close my mouth. The swelling was large enough to actually stop me from closing my mouth. Brushing has been very difficult, and my breath stinks from gauze, dried up blonde, and salt from salt/warm water gargles. I'm actually scheduled to go back to work tomorrow but I don't think I'm well enough to even go. Seriously, I can't even get a full CLEAR sentence out. It really stinks :-(
I'm looking to be alright by this Tuesday. I won't be 100% but I'll be alright to work, talk, breathe, and eat regularly.
Classes is coming up real soon. 12 More Days!!!!
- Christian
Hello,
After months of pain in the back of my mouth and tons of waiting, the my wisdom teeth surgery finally came. Obviously, I was a bit nervous before the 8:15am "show," because I never had any type of surgery that involves opening a part of me up. Because I knew I was going to be a little nervous before the procedure, I created a new playlist in my iPod that had tons of great acoustic guitar music. Like I said before in all of my blogs, I love music, and music always calms me down. So basically, I calmed my nerves down in the waiting room.
Here's the general breakdown of my 45 minute procedure:
8:15am - the nurse called my name to come into the room (and she had a face mask on already... nice way to calm someone's nerves).
8:25am - the nurse goes over what's going on, tells me that I can keep my iPod on, and the surgeon applied 8 novacaine shots into my gums. Seriously I think it was the worse part of the procedure because it was the only time I felt pain from those long needles.
8:35am - the novacaine's effect is awesome... I can't even feel my face. The surgerical team started working on my left side of the mouth, drilling my wisdom teeth into different pieces for easy removal. They also stitched me up.
8:50am - the other side was done. Obviously, I can still feel the pressure of the surgeon removing my teeth but that's about it.
9:00am - the surgeon tells me that the procedure is done. And was I surprised! I thought it would take longer than that, but since the surgeon is pretty good at making this surgerical procedure quick and painless, I was out of the office around 9:10am.
Basically the whole day, my face swelled up, and my jaw is throbbing. Every hour to an hour and a half, I changed my gauze that was placed in my mouth to stop the bleed. I also iced my face every 20 minutes to reduce brusing and more swelling. The instructions go on and on, but right now I'm feel great. I do have a little headache and I'm still swollen like a chipmunk, but everyhing is alright. All of my coworkers at Hallmark are relieved that everything went pretty good - thanks girls and guy for your support!
I'm relieved that those stupid teeth are out. They were bothering the crap out of me for the whole year. Luckily, my procedure was easy and does not require more complicated stuff like removing parts of other teeth due to the impact of the wisdoms.
Before I let you go, here's a fact: For every familial generation, the mouth gets smaller and smaller. Since its gettings smaller, there are lest space for the wisdom teeth to emerge. This is why the wisdoms impact the back of your other teeth. If the wisdom teeth aren't removed, other teeth might decay or other medical problems may exist due to it.
Well, you are now 10x smarter, thanks to me :-)
- Christian
After months of pain in the back of my mouth and tons of waiting, the my wisdom teeth surgery finally came. Obviously, I was a bit nervous before the 8:15am "show," because I never had any type of surgery that involves opening a part of me up. Because I knew I was going to be a little nervous before the procedure, I created a new playlist in my iPod that had tons of great acoustic guitar music. Like I said before in all of my blogs, I love music, and music always calms me down. So basically, I calmed my nerves down in the waiting room.
Here's the general breakdown of my 45 minute procedure:
8:15am - the nurse called my name to come into the room (and she had a face mask on already... nice way to calm someone's nerves).
8:25am - the nurse goes over what's going on, tells me that I can keep my iPod on, and the surgeon applied 8 novacaine shots into my gums. Seriously I think it was the worse part of the procedure because it was the only time I felt pain from those long needles.
8:35am - the novacaine's effect is awesome... I can't even feel my face. The surgerical team started working on my left side of the mouth, drilling my wisdom teeth into different pieces for easy removal. They also stitched me up.
8:50am - the other side was done. Obviously, I can still feel the pressure of the surgeon removing my teeth but that's about it.
9:00am - the surgeon tells me that the procedure is done. And was I surprised! I thought it would take longer than that, but since the surgeon is pretty good at making this surgerical procedure quick and painless, I was out of the office around 9:10am.
Basically the whole day, my face swelled up, and my jaw is throbbing. Every hour to an hour and a half, I changed my gauze that was placed in my mouth to stop the bleed. I also iced my face every 20 minutes to reduce brusing and more swelling. The instructions go on and on, but right now I'm feel great. I do have a little headache and I'm still swollen like a chipmunk, but everyhing is alright. All of my coworkers at Hallmark are relieved that everything went pretty good - thanks girls and guy for your support!
I'm relieved that those stupid teeth are out. They were bothering the crap out of me for the whole year. Luckily, my procedure was easy and does not require more complicated stuff like removing parts of other teeth due to the impact of the wisdoms.
Before I let you go, here's a fact: For every familial generation, the mouth gets smaller and smaller. Since its gettings smaller, there are lest space for the wisdom teeth to emerge. This is why the wisdoms impact the back of your other teeth. If the wisdom teeth aren't removed, other teeth might decay or other medical problems may exist due to it.
Well, you are now 10x smarter, thanks to me :-)
- Christian
Hello everyone,
I'm looking at my calendar, and there are about two weeks left of August. That means the fall semester is coming up (way too) fast.
For new commuter students, there's a lot of things you have to expect on the first few weeks of classes:
1) GET YOUR PARKING PERMIT! This is the most important thing to get before first day of classes! The permit is a decal that states that you are a commuter student and you have the authority to park in most parking lots. If you do not have the permit on the first day, you will get a UML Police Parking Ticket, or what the commuters call the infamous "Orange Envelope." So please get one as soon as possible! To order a permit online, please go to this website: parking.uml.edu
2) The parking lots in UMass-Lowell will be filled quickly and traffic will be a "I-93 highway crawl." This is probably due to students trying to find the large parking lots, and other students still moving into their dorms. From what I heard from other students, the parking lot right next to Sheehy Hall was removed and turned into a green spot (and I still don't know why). So traffic will be tighter than usual and parking spots will be harder to find. I would definitely leave your house earlier than planned. Try to plan out your route in advance by driving to UML before move-in day so you can get accustomed to where to go, so the first day vehicle jam won't be a major surprise to you.
3) Get your vehicles checked by your mechanic before you start driving to school everyday. It is a good idea to get your brakes fixed, check your engine light, tires, and other car stuff. This step is basically a time to prevent any future breakdowns during the school semester. Trust me, you don't want to miss classes because your car fails to start in the morning! When the semester moves on into October, it is good to think about winterizing your car, because slippery roads are dangerous.
4) Talking about breakdowns and bad weather, sometimes you may get stranded in UML. It's a good idea to have extra clothing in the car, some toothpaste, a toothbrush, and other essentials that will help you through the night. Please don't sleep in the car with the engine on... there will be carbon monoxide build up and that's deadly! If you know a friend that has a dorm, sleep over there instead. Trust me, especially in the winter, the car freezes up.
5) Know the gas stations around the area. Fortunately, UML South has a gas station right next to it. The prices there are fairly inexpensive compared to others in the area. But it's a good idea to fill up before you leave your house. I created a link from Google Maps that shows all the gas stations around Lowell: Google Maps: Gas Stations in Lowell
6) Here's a tip about parking again: Please don't create your own parking space. This is the reason why commuters get ticked off. Some people tend to park in places that aren't considered as spaces at all, or some are stupid enough to park on a handicap space when they aren't handicapped! Please remember this: as long as you park in an area that says that you are allowed to park there, and your vehicle is between the white solid lines, you will be fine!
Well those are the basic points for the first few weeks of classes. There are probably other points that I did not go over, but as soon as I think of others, I'll re-edit this blog.
Please ask questions if you are confused about anything about the commuter life. I will be a senior this fall and I think I know my way around as a commuter :-)
If you do have questions, you can email me: christian_tiongson@student.uml.edu
- Christian
I'm looking at my calendar, and there are about two weeks left of August. That means the fall semester is coming up (way too) fast.
For new commuter students, there's a lot of things you have to expect on the first few weeks of classes:
1) GET YOUR PARKING PERMIT! This is the most important thing to get before first day of classes! The permit is a decal that states that you are a commuter student and you have the authority to park in most parking lots. If you do not have the permit on the first day, you will get a UML Police Parking Ticket, or what the commuters call the infamous "Orange Envelope." So please get one as soon as possible! To order a permit online, please go to this website: parking.uml.edu
2) The parking lots in UMass-Lowell will be filled quickly and traffic will be a "I-93 highway crawl." This is probably due to students trying to find the large parking lots, and other students still moving into their dorms. From what I heard from other students, the parking lot right next to Sheehy Hall was removed and turned into a green spot (and I still don't know why). So traffic will be tighter than usual and parking spots will be harder to find. I would definitely leave your house earlier than planned. Try to plan out your route in advance by driving to UML before move-in day so you can get accustomed to where to go, so the first day vehicle jam won't be a major surprise to you.
3) Get your vehicles checked by your mechanic before you start driving to school everyday. It is a good idea to get your brakes fixed, check your engine light, tires, and other car stuff. This step is basically a time to prevent any future breakdowns during the school semester. Trust me, you don't want to miss classes because your car fails to start in the morning! When the semester moves on into October, it is good to think about winterizing your car, because slippery roads are dangerous.
4) Talking about breakdowns and bad weather, sometimes you may get stranded in UML. It's a good idea to have extra clothing in the car, some toothpaste, a toothbrush, and other essentials that will help you through the night. Please don't sleep in the car with the engine on... there will be carbon monoxide build up and that's deadly! If you know a friend that has a dorm, sleep over there instead. Trust me, especially in the winter, the car freezes up.
5) Know the gas stations around the area. Fortunately, UML South has a gas station right next to it. The prices there are fairly inexpensive compared to others in the area. But it's a good idea to fill up before you leave your house. I created a link from Google Maps that shows all the gas stations around Lowell: Google Maps: Gas Stations in Lowell
6) Here's a tip about parking again: Please don't create your own parking space. This is the reason why commuters get ticked off. Some people tend to park in places that aren't considered as spaces at all, or some are stupid enough to park on a handicap space when they aren't handicapped! Please remember this: as long as you park in an area that says that you are allowed to park there, and your vehicle is between the white solid lines, you will be fine!
Well those are the basic points for the first few weeks of classes. There are probably other points that I did not go over, but as soon as I think of others, I'll re-edit this blog.
Please ask questions if you are confused about anything about the commuter life. I will be a senior this fall and I think I know my way around as a commuter :-)
If you do have questions, you can email me: christian_tiongson@student.uml.edu
- Christian
Al was a one-of-a-kind guy. If you spend one day with him, you'll probably say the following: he's tall, he's funny, he's goofy, he's crazy, etc. etc. He is the "dood" that just makes you laugh all the time. Seriously, most of my memories I had at Malden Catholic High School involved a little bit of Peters... oh I mean "P Money" here and there... If you were part of the class of 2005, you know what I mean.
I remember one time during Honor Chemistry in Sophomore or Junior year. Our teacher had this device that supposed to decrease pressure or something like that... I don't know. Peters raised his hand and asked this question out of humor: "If you put a frog in there, will the frog inflate and float around in the ball?" Of course, the teacher was a serious "dood" so he thought Alex was an idiot. Honestly, the whole class would've cracked up laughing to the floor, but since that teacher would give pink slips like crazy, we just kept it to ourselves. Alex was ALWAYS a funny guy and the center of attention in every class I had with him, even if what he did landed him in detention with the vice principal. Oh man, I remember that shout he had: "DOOOOOOWwwwEEEEPPPPP!!!!!!" That seriously was the MC call, shout, or whatever you called it.
Even if I never "chilled" with him out of school, he was still considered a friend to me in Malden Catholic. When I heard that he passed away, I was completely shocked. Come on, it's Alex "P Money" Peters. He is like a wall. He is the center of attention. He is unstoppable. How can that be? But I guess even the strongest person can't avoid death.
During the funeral, I can't stop thinking about all the "P Money" memories at Malden Catholic. It finally hit me deep that he's no longer on this Earth, but in a better place with God. The pastor reminded us that his death is not the end, but a new beginning of an eternal life. Death was like a stage in life. You live, you die, and you live again.
This blog is for you, P Money. Thanks for making me laugh and smile during my time at Malden Catholic. Rest in Peace, dood.
Alexander Nicholas Peters
October 5, 1986 - August 9, 2008
I remember one time during Honor Chemistry in Sophomore or Junior year. Our teacher had this device that supposed to decrease pressure or something like that... I don't know. Peters raised his hand and asked this question out of humor: "If you put a frog in there, will the frog inflate and float around in the ball?" Of course, the teacher was a serious "dood" so he thought Alex was an idiot. Honestly, the whole class would've cracked up laughing to the floor, but since that teacher would give pink slips like crazy, we just kept it to ourselves. Alex was ALWAYS a funny guy and the center of attention in every class I had with him, even if what he did landed him in detention with the vice principal. Oh man, I remember that shout he had: "DOOOOOOWwwwEEEEPPPPP!!!!!!" That seriously was the MC call, shout, or whatever you called it.
Even if I never "chilled" with him out of school, he was still considered a friend to me in Malden Catholic. When I heard that he passed away, I was completely shocked. Come on, it's Alex "P Money" Peters. He is like a wall. He is the center of attention. He is unstoppable. How can that be? But I guess even the strongest person can't avoid death.
During the funeral, I can't stop thinking about all the "P Money" memories at Malden Catholic. It finally hit me deep that he's no longer on this Earth, but in a better place with God. The pastor reminded us that his death is not the end, but a new beginning of an eternal life. Death was like a stage in life. You live, you die, and you live again.
This blog is for you, P Money. Thanks for making me laugh and smile during my time at Malden Catholic. Rest in Peace, dood.
Alexander Nicholas Peters
October 5, 1986 - August 9, 2008
26 is the magic number. Unlike, baseball with its magic number, the magic number I'm talking about decreases everyday... 25...24...23... and so on. To tell you the truth, I'm looking forward to my first day back. I get to see my buddies who I basically lost contact with the whole summer, catch-up with some cool professors, and feel like I have a mission again. For the whole summer, it felt like I did not have a mission or a major plan or thing to do. Sure, I worked, coached baseball, and stuff, but my summer was very disorganized, not well-planned, and not as memorable as I would have liked. Out of a scale of 1-10, I would rate my summer a 4 or a 5. This is probably due to the remnants of past problems that continued to poke me here and there. As much as I like to put stuff in the past, sometime always triggers me.
Look at this analogy. Picture a man walking down the beach along the ocean. Everyday that passes, a shell is picked up and placed in a bag. Day after day, the man continues to pick up shell after shell. Weeks passed, and the bag gets heavier and heavier. One day, the load was too heavy and the bag rips and shells slowly fall out of the bag. Everyday after the bag rips, the bag gets lighter and lighter. The man finally feels less burden by the load. As soon as the the bag empties, something pokes your shoulder - maybe its the wind, or raindrops, or something. The man turns around, and looks at the mess. Thinking its not such a big deal, the man continues to walk. But even when the man walks, he still gets those pokes from the wind, or something. Maybe that's the artistic way of saying how I feel about the summer so far.
Plus there's tons of other stuff that I haven't done for my senior year - paper work, plans for after senior year, and stuff to get to what I probably want to do for the rest of my life. The word that is emphasized in the last sentence is probably. Every day that number decreases, I become more uncertain to what I want to do after I graduate college. DPT School? CSCS? EP? What is my path? Seriously, I've tried hard to carve a path this summer but I still haven't found what I was looking for. I don't know. Maybe I'm not motivated? I just don't want to be a no-one after college. Or the guy who worked his "butt" off to achieve nothing. Maybe I'm not the only one that feels like he or she doesn't know what he or she wants to do.
Well, that's enough of my talk. Enough of this rambling. I'm going to leave this post with a thought:
"What's more important to my life? Money? Fame? Intelligence? God? Chance? Luck?"
- Christian
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P.S. - Because of the summer is whining down to a pulp, I'm going to blog more about my commuter experience, so all perspective commuter students know what's coming up! If you are a commuter student and you need some questions answered, you can email me: christian_tiongson@student.uml.edu or look further in my blog about my commuter experience.
Look at this analogy. Picture a man walking down the beach along the ocean. Everyday that passes, a shell is picked up and placed in a bag. Day after day, the man continues to pick up shell after shell. Weeks passed, and the bag gets heavier and heavier. One day, the load was too heavy and the bag rips and shells slowly fall out of the bag. Everyday after the bag rips, the bag gets lighter and lighter. The man finally feels less burden by the load. As soon as the the bag empties, something pokes your shoulder - maybe its the wind, or raindrops, or something. The man turns around, and looks at the mess. Thinking its not such a big deal, the man continues to walk. But even when the man walks, he still gets those pokes from the wind, or something. Maybe that's the artistic way of saying how I feel about the summer so far.
Plus there's tons of other stuff that I haven't done for my senior year - paper work, plans for after senior year, and stuff to get to what I probably want to do for the rest of my life. The word that is emphasized in the last sentence is probably. Every day that number decreases, I become more uncertain to what I want to do after I graduate college. DPT School? CSCS? EP? What is my path? Seriously, I've tried hard to carve a path this summer but I still haven't found what I was looking for. I don't know. Maybe I'm not motivated? I just don't want to be a no-one after college. Or the guy who worked his "butt" off to achieve nothing. Maybe I'm not the only one that feels like he or she doesn't know what he or she wants to do.
Well, that's enough of my talk. Enough of this rambling. I'm going to leave this post with a thought:
"What's more important to my life? Money? Fame? Intelligence? God? Chance? Luck?"
- Christian
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P.S. - Because of the summer is whining down to a pulp, I'm going to blog more about my commuter experience, so all perspective commuter students know what's coming up! If you are a commuter student and you need some questions answered, you can email me: christian_tiongson@student.uml.edu or look further in my blog about my commuter experience.
"Bay State!"
"Back (Back, Back, Back) Bay!"
"Bay Day!"
"Bay-beeeee!"
There are many ways to say that Jason Bay, the former Pittsburg Pirate and new Red Sox player is freakin' great! Bay gave Red Sox Nation new life and a new feel of a championship caliber team. He showed us that we don't need a hot-shot hall of fame slugger to win some games. He is the new ticket for the playoffs. The Sox now have more speed on the bases (triple in extra innings during his first game as a sox), a better defensive player (game saving sliding catch in left field and an outfield assist), and a dangerous offensive lineup (hitting .328 so far with 4 hits, 1 HR, and racking up 6 runs in 3 games). Sure, Bay is no Manny Ramirez, but he has a good enough bat, glove, and speed to make him an all around player. Honestly, he is better defensively than Manny. Manny does have a "gun" from left field, but Bay is not a lazy player. He'll sacrifice his body for the ball like a true outfielder.
Mr. Jason Bay, you deserve a pat on the back for giving the Red Sox and its fans a new life. We felt dead through the crap Manny has put us through. It felt like we were in a swamp in Manny's backyard. Now we're out of that swamp and fighting for the ultimate goal - a World Series win. Thanks for showing us that you are a great baseball player! Fight on!
GO BOSTON RED SOX!!!!!!
- Christian
Well, you can finally say that Manny is gone. It's now all "post-Manny." We also lost Craig Hansen and Brandon Moss. All we got from the trade is Jason Bay from the Pirates. I can tell you this, he is not a Manny Ramirez. So that can mean both good or bad. For "Good," Bay will be hustling down the baselines all the time. He also will play a better outfield. I think he won't make a fuss in the clubhouse either. The "Bad" is that Bay can't hit like Manny Ramirez. He also probably can't entertain us that much like Manny.
I was listening through my iPod and I found a song that matches this situation. The name of the song is "I'm Gonna Find Another You" by John Mayer. I'm going to tweak the lyrics a little to make this song for Manny and not a lover, ha ha.
It's really over
You made your stand
You got us crying.
It was your plan
But when our loneliness is through,
We're gonna find another you
You take your sweaters
You take your time
You might have your reasons, but you will never have our rhymes
Sox gonna swing their way away from the blues
We're gonna find another you
When you were our slugger, No one else would do
If I'm forced to find another, I hope he doesn't act like you.
Yeah and he's nicer too, yeah.
So go on Manny
Make your little get away
My Sox pride will keep me company
And you just gave yours all away
Now I'm gonna dress myself for two
One's for me and one's for someone new
I'm gonna do somethings you wouldn't let me do
Oh we're gonna find another you...
It's funny how that song just fits right in. The Sox said that they have to let that trade go, put it in their pockets and forget about it. It's time to start with a new player and a new approach. The Bay Era has begun!
- Christian
I was listening through my iPod and I found a song that matches this situation. The name of the song is "I'm Gonna Find Another You" by John Mayer. I'm going to tweak the lyrics a little to make this song for Manny and not a lover, ha ha.
It's really over
You made your stand
You got us crying.
It was your plan
But when our loneliness is through,
We're gonna find another you
You take your sweaters
You take your time
You might have your reasons, but you will never have our rhymes
Sox gonna swing their way away from the blues
We're gonna find another you
When you were our slugger, No one else would do
If I'm forced to find another, I hope he doesn't act like you.
Yeah and he's nicer too, yeah.
So go on Manny
Make your little get away
My Sox pride will keep me company
And you just gave yours all away
Now I'm gonna dress myself for two
One's for me and one's for someone new
I'm gonna do somethings you wouldn't let me do
Oh we're gonna find another you...
It's funny how that song just fits right in. The Sox said that they have to let that trade go, put it in their pockets and forget about it. It's time to start with a new player and a new approach. The Bay Era has begun!
- Christian
Manny said that he was tired of Boston. Manny said that he'll be okay with a trade. Manny doesn't like how the front office is handling his contract. Manny said that the Red Sox doesn't deserve him at all. Manny this... Manny that. It's just Manny being Manny again.
Manny, I really hope you stumble upon this blog post one day. This message is for Mr. Manny Rameriz of the Boston Red Sox.
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Dear Mr. Rameriz,
My name is Christian Tiongson and I've been a life long Red Sox fan. The past few months, I've seen the conflict between you and the Boston Red Sox grow everyday into this large and nasty weed in the middle of the ballpark. It has gotten to a point that the weed is strangling everyone in Red Sox Nation. You are probably sick of hearing the fans boo at you, because of the comments you have said to the media, such as "I tired of the Red Sox and the Red Sox are tired of me" or "I'm okay with a trade" and other stuff like that. We all know how you are Manny. That is the why we have the saying "Manny Being Manny." You are who you are. You are a laid back individual who just let things pass, yet you are a great ballplayer and an obvious future hall of famer.
Think about it Manny. Through the 7 years you've been with the Red Sox, how many World Series championships we got? The answer is 2. And are you are a big factor in our championship wins? Of course! You were the World Series MVP for 2004. You gave us the game winning home run against the L.A. Angels against one of the game's greatest closers. Heck, there are tons of other accomplishments, like your 500th homerun... your nasty plays off the Monster. You are a big contributor to the team. And now you want out? I know the front office has some problems and there are other internal "clubhouse" problems but why do you want to leave us hanging? "Us" meaning the Red Sox and it's nation.
I want to tell you that no one can replace you as the Sox's 3rd spot hitter. No one. Not even Jason Bay or 3 prospect's combined. You give us those clutch hits, those "bombs" over the fence, and those weird plays (like the over the head catch and jumping the fence to give a Sox fan a high five). Dude, you keep us on the edge of our seats. You are very entertaining. You just make this game fun for us to watch. If the trade comes down to your decision to go or not, I hope you don't go. We're going to lose a valuable player and a large part of Red Sox Nation. We're going to lose the face of the team. It's like losing a family member or part of a puzzle. Think about the memories and what your fans are going to think. I think we will be a lot happier if you stayed, kept your head in the game, no more media conferences about how much you hate the Sox or anything.
What is baseball to you? Is it money? Is it the love of the game? Is it just to please the please the fans. Remember the first time you held a baseball or your first baseball game. Seriously baseball now is all just money, fame, and other less important stuff. What happened to just playing baseball to the greatest team in baseball? What happened to the love of the game? Manny, I know you have problems with contracts or anything, but can you put it aside and look at the game on front of you? It's the game that brought you to Boston. It's the game that gave us our first championship in 86 years. It's the game that brought us our second championship in 3 years.
I really hope you do stay Mr. Rameriz. Actually I really hope you retire as a Red Sox (but that's a stretch). I can't imagine you with a Marlins or Pirates uniform. I hope this message helps you decide if the decision is up to you around the 4pm deadline time.
- Christian J. Tiongson
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I will blog about what comes out of this trade situation. Even if this message was sent to Manny, I still have a feeling that the Sox will trade him. I think they had enough.
Waiting anxiously for 4pm,
- Christian
Manny, I really hope you stumble upon this blog post one day. This message is for Mr. Manny Rameriz of the Boston Red Sox.
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Dear Mr. Rameriz,
My name is Christian Tiongson and I've been a life long Red Sox fan. The past few months, I've seen the conflict between you and the Boston Red Sox grow everyday into this large and nasty weed in the middle of the ballpark. It has gotten to a point that the weed is strangling everyone in Red Sox Nation. You are probably sick of hearing the fans boo at you, because of the comments you have said to the media, such as "I tired of the Red Sox and the Red Sox are tired of me" or "I'm okay with a trade" and other stuff like that. We all know how you are Manny. That is the why we have the saying "Manny Being Manny." You are who you are. You are a laid back individual who just let things pass, yet you are a great ballplayer and an obvious future hall of famer.
Think about it Manny. Through the 7 years you've been with the Red Sox, how many World Series championships we got? The answer is 2. And are you are a big factor in our championship wins? Of course! You were the World Series MVP for 2004. You gave us the game winning home run against the L.A. Angels against one of the game's greatest closers. Heck, there are tons of other accomplishments, like your 500th homerun... your nasty plays off the Monster. You are a big contributor to the team. And now you want out? I know the front office has some problems and there are other internal "clubhouse" problems but why do you want to leave us hanging? "Us" meaning the Red Sox and it's nation.
I want to tell you that no one can replace you as the Sox's 3rd spot hitter. No one. Not even Jason Bay or 3 prospect's combined. You give us those clutch hits, those "bombs" over the fence, and those weird plays (like the over the head catch and jumping the fence to give a Sox fan a high five). Dude, you keep us on the edge of our seats. You are very entertaining. You just make this game fun for us to watch. If the trade comes down to your decision to go or not, I hope you don't go. We're going to lose a valuable player and a large part of Red Sox Nation. We're going to lose the face of the team. It's like losing a family member or part of a puzzle. Think about the memories and what your fans are going to think. I think we will be a lot happier if you stayed, kept your head in the game, no more media conferences about how much you hate the Sox or anything.
What is baseball to you? Is it money? Is it the love of the game? Is it just to please the please the fans. Remember the first time you held a baseball or your first baseball game. Seriously baseball now is all just money, fame, and other less important stuff. What happened to just playing baseball to the greatest team in baseball? What happened to the love of the game? Manny, I know you have problems with contracts or anything, but can you put it aside and look at the game on front of you? It's the game that brought you to Boston. It's the game that gave us our first championship in 86 years. It's the game that brought us our second championship in 3 years.
I really hope you do stay Mr. Rameriz. Actually I really hope you retire as a Red Sox (but that's a stretch). I can't imagine you with a Marlins or Pirates uniform. I hope this message helps you decide if the decision is up to you around the 4pm deadline time.
- Christian J. Tiongson
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I will blog about what comes out of this trade situation. Even if this message was sent to Manny, I still have a feeling that the Sox will trade him. I think they had enough.
Waiting anxiously for 4pm,
- Christian
Imagine yourself sitting in your screened porch reading your favorite summer book. In the distance you can see clouds building up. The first thought is that it might be a passing shower, since its hot and humid outside. Your parent comes into the porch and says there's a thunderstorm warning and tells you to get inside. Lazily, you sluggishly hop off your chair saying, "Not another thunderstorm again." The wind picks up, the cloud gets closer and closer. You start hearing raindrops pounding your window. The frequency of the raindrops increases, and next thing you know you hear a noisy sound of a downpour. The winds start picking up even more, and from your T.V, a red banner runs on the bottom of your screen, repeatedly saying "TORNADO WARNING - FIND A SHELTER NOW!" Next thing you know, you see branches flying everywhere and the sky getting darker and darker. You finally say to yourself, "I don't think this is no regular thunderstorm..."
When I was younger, tornadoes (mostly weather in general) fascinated me. When I was around 7 years old, I understood what a F5 tornado meant, and what channel I should click on to check if there was any type of weather warning if the sky turned "black" in a hot, humid day. Still to this day, I get excited when the sky turns gray, rain falls hard, and lightning races the sky. I guess I had the weather-man instinct in me, I don't know.
Most of you probably know what happened in southeastern New Hampshire a few days ago. A tornado, most possibly a EF1 or EF2 (which generally means that its a weak tornado, but can produce damage like downed power lines, trees, and damage to houses - the "E" on the code is part of the new tornado scale). Like what I said above, I was fascinated with the weather, so I basically stuck my eye on the T.V. to find out what happened. After reading a few articles in the Internet and keeping my eye on the T.V., the tornado was a big surprise for the citizens of New Hampshire. As far as I know, I never heard of a tornado that created this much chaos in New England in my life. Usually, I would hear about a tornado touchdown in the south or around "Tornado Alley," which is the area of the U.S. where many tornadoes have been recorded. I've looked through the pictures and maps of the damage from wbztv.com, and overall I was shocked about the damage. Probably the worse thing I got from all of this is that 1 person died trying to save her grandson.
Tornadoes are generally rare in the New England area especially near Boston. But imagine if something like that happened around here? Do you think we're prepared for such a disaster? Ironically we almost had that tornado funnel touchdown near the UMass-Lowell area. I saw how the storm moved; it was heading straight up north, with probably a little northeast movement. I think that even its such a rarity to have a disastrous phenomenon hit us, I think we're due for one - we have to know what to do when something like that happens. Not even a tornado, but a hurricane, an earthquake, a major major blizzard, or anything that is listed with that group. I feel that MA is not prepared for any summer storms at all.
Wow... ironically the sky is dark right now and there's a few loud rumbles of thunder... time to watch the sky. (Sorry I'm a nerd! Hahaha.)
- Christian
When I was younger, tornadoes (mostly weather in general) fascinated me. When I was around 7 years old, I understood what a F5 tornado meant, and what channel I should click on to check if there was any type of weather warning if the sky turned "black" in a hot, humid day. Still to this day, I get excited when the sky turns gray, rain falls hard, and lightning races the sky. I guess I had the weather-man instinct in me, I don't know.
Most of you probably know what happened in southeastern New Hampshire a few days ago. A tornado, most possibly a EF1 or EF2 (which generally means that its a weak tornado, but can produce damage like downed power lines, trees, and damage to houses - the "E" on the code is part of the new tornado scale). Like what I said above, I was fascinated with the weather, so I basically stuck my eye on the T.V. to find out what happened. After reading a few articles in the Internet and keeping my eye on the T.V., the tornado was a big surprise for the citizens of New Hampshire. As far as I know, I never heard of a tornado that created this much chaos in New England in my life. Usually, I would hear about a tornado touchdown in the south or around "Tornado Alley," which is the area of the U.S. where many tornadoes have been recorded. I've looked through the pictures and maps of the damage from wbztv.com, and overall I was shocked about the damage. Probably the worse thing I got from all of this is that 1 person died trying to save her grandson.
Tornadoes are generally rare in the New England area especially near Boston. But imagine if something like that happened around here? Do you think we're prepared for such a disaster? Ironically we almost had that tornado funnel touchdown near the UMass-Lowell area. I saw how the storm moved; it was heading straight up north, with probably a little northeast movement. I think that even its such a rarity to have a disastrous phenomenon hit us, I think we're due for one - we have to know what to do when something like that happens. Not even a tornado, but a hurricane, an earthquake, a major major blizzard, or anything that is listed with that group. I feel that MA is not prepared for any summer storms at all.
Wow... ironically the sky is dark right now and there's a few loud rumbles of thunder... time to watch the sky. (Sorry I'm a nerd! Hahaha.)
- Christian
