Merry Christmas & Bong Natal!

Friday was my last day of work for 2005. Boy, was I happy :-) I had to use all of my vacation days as I couldn't bring the remaining days forward for 2006. I had to rush home to make it on time for "the" game. My team, University of Kentucky (UK) was playing IONA. Honestly, I've never heard of that team before. But I know that this game wouldn't be a piece 'o cake! After the loss to Indiana, by God, UK doesn't take any team for granted. We were lucky cause my husband purchased the tickets early. And I mean, real early. So we got the floor seats. Words simply couldn't describe how excited I was. Yeah, I've been to other UK games before but this...I mean, this is by far the best seats we've ever gotten. I was right on the floor, I could almost reach out my hands and touch the players. Seeing my favorite player, Rajon Rondo in action upclose and personal....left me in total awe! He's just amazing. I had the best time! Aside from getting my christmas gift from my husband, this is one of the best gifts ever!! Surprisingly, my husband was in his best behaviour ;-) He didn't cuss, he didn't whistle as how he usually does or do anything simply put stupid!!! LOL. But me on the other hand, I was cheering all the way. Geared up in my UK long sleeves shirt, UK tobbogan and my pom pom, I was ready to go! They all played really well. Woo really surprised me. He's improved so much ever since the UofL game. Way to go, Woo!

Christmas was rather quiet. I didn't really do a whole lot. On Christmas day, we visited our dear friend in Federal Penitentiary. He hasn't had any visitors for the past 3 years and we felt kinda bad. We haven't seen him in 3 years so I figured, it was time to pay him a visit. He's doing well. That was his first time meeting my son. So I'm glad we went to see him.

I got the camera I wanted for Christmas. I was ecstatic. My husband got me the Canon SI I2, just in time before the game. I was touched that he got what I wanted that I bawled. Yeah, I know....sounds corny but it just floored me. I was lucky cause the type of camera that I wanted was sold out everywhere else. My son got a lot of gifts too, so he was happy!

Write soon. Peace out!

My UK's Victory!!!

I am indeed a diehard University of Kentucky's basketball fan. As the saying among the UK fans goes, "I bleed blue!" I was never exposed to basketball before when I was back home in Malaysia. Well, blame it on the broadcasting stations that never exposed the Malaysians sports fans to basketball. I never understood the game before. Never knew how it's played and never understood why there are only 5 men playing against each other in the court. But ever since I've been here, my love for basketball grew fonder each day. Being married to a basketball fanatic fan, developed my understanding about basketball. I never could understand what the hype was all about of College basketball. I thought to myself, "heck, these players are not even paid to play. Why are they busting their asses in court to win a mere title? They just get scholarships. Big whoop!!!" Now I know. Kentucky is indeed a basketball state. Basketball is like a religion here. We have 2 teams that are among the best in the nation.

Now let me begin about the great rivalry between Universtiy of Kentucky and University of Louisville. This has been a tradition for a very long time. The intensity, the heat and the enmity between these colleges are known nationwide. I don't know much about soccer, but to paint a picture of the rivalry, well, it's almost like Manchester United and Arsenal, if you will. The fans get really emotional, not to mention obnoxious amont themselves. It doesn't matter which team makes it to the Final Eight, Final Four or even the Final. What matters within the Kentuckians is who wins between these two. Who gets beat up, that's all that matters to us.

Basketball season is one of the best seasons in a year. It's almost as "big" as Halloween or even Christmas. Everywhere you go, you'll see fans in blue (Kentucky) or red (Louisville). Not being biased, but UK fans travel everywhere just to see their team play, even to Hawaii!!! It was reported that today's attendance was 24,432!!!!!!!!! Mostly UK fans. Damn! I wish I was there. Too bad Ashley Judd wasn't here today. She did go to the game against North Carolina few weeks back. Ashley Judd's the biggest fan as she went to UK to study.

The intensity at my work between the UofL and UK fans is great. Although there are more UofL fans compared to the UK fans. In my group, there are 5 UK fans including me. But for some reason, I'm the one who always gets picked on by the UofL fans. Just because I'm the most passionate about my team. What the f*** ever! I have the UK flag, UK magnet and UK soft toy in my cube. I don't give a hoot what other people think, it's my f***in' cube. I can put whatever the f*** I want! There's one particular person in my group who's always giving me a hard time when it comes to UK. I was told the reason why I was an easy target for her to pick on is because I was the most passionate UK fan and I'm easily bothered and whatever that's said about UK, gets to me!

Word of the day is, OVERRATED!!!! The game started off good by the players. The fans were all revved up because this is THE game!!! The fans stood the entire game cheering and roaring. Pitino (UofL's coach) made a fool of himself by stepping into the court yelling at the Ref. Idiot! He got a Technical foul for that. What an idiot! I know he was trying to motivate his players but he didn't have to be like a clown. Final score was 73 to 61!!! And everybody predicted that we'd lose just because we played bad last week against Indiana University (IU). Boy, that was an utter humiliation. I was at that game when UK lost to IU by over 20 points. I went with my husband and my brother in law. We traveled for 2 hours and beat the cold just to be embarassed. UofL played an angry team today. I guess that was part of the reason why they lost today. After the Indiana debacle, UK got down to business. UofL was ranked fourth in the country!!! Like I said, OVERRATED!!!!! Their best player didn't step up to his plate today.

Rajon Rondo, who's wearing the #4 jersey for UK was the star of this game today. He scored a career high 25!!! He's originally from Louisville. He wanted to play for UofL but Pitino was stupid enough not to pay much attention to Rondo's talent. His infatuation with Sebastian Telfair led him to hold off on taking a commitment from Rondo. When Telfair turned pro instead of coming to school, Pitino wound up with neither. Rondo felt second best and said, "screw it! you don't want me bad enough. I'm going to UK" and so he did. It was a blessing not only to Tubby but the entire UK fans! I adore this young boy. His moves....his talents...his wittiness....simply indescribable! Even Orbzut, the Polish player played extremely well today. He usually seems lost game after game. I'm gonna try to get Rondo's autograph next year during Derby Classics where all the rookies play together. I know it's just a wishful thinking but I'm hoping he'll stay another season and not go Pro. It seems rather impossible but hey, like I said, it's just a wishful thinking.

We were cheering the entire game and so was Ryan, my 23month old boy! He clapped, he jumped, he screamed throughout the game. That's right! I'm training him to be a diehard fan early!! Who knows, he might have the interest to play basketball someday!!!

So Santa, thanks for giving me one of the best Christmas gift ever!!! I couldn't ask for more. I got tickets to watch UK play against Iona next week. I hope that UK will have another break. I am well aware of the impending tough games, but for now, leave me the f*** alone. Let me celebrate this victory and stay the f*** outta my face!

To sum it all up, yes, I am indeed a diehard UK fan!!!! Merry Christmas, y'all! Be safe! Peace out! I'm out!

Big round of applause to a novice like moi!! My intention of creating my "public" log, for lack of a better word is not meant to stage my daily happenings or even to be one of 'em who have blogs. Of late, as I face with life's challenges and tests, I find it hard to keep my thoughts to myself. I know it is not healthy. Heard from the thinkers that it's not good to keep everything bulking up in your chest and your head. So I've decided to let it out....for self-satisfaction, if you will!

I know, sometimes it's good to have some kind of journal to record one's life's episodes just to prove your existence. To me personally, I find that writing helps to alleviate the pressure, the stress or the f***ed up feelings that I may have for the moment. May not be permanent, but hey, temporary relieves work too.

I haven't been to the office for 2 days because I had to attend a course at New Horizons. Was about 17 miles from home. The first day, I left a bad impression to the fellow students and the Instructor! I didn't expect that day to be snowing. So I took the traffic for granted. Hey, come on! I live in Louisville. It's not like a metropolitan city or something. I am not familiar with that part of town and I printed the direction from mapquest.com Stupid mapquest took the longer route! So I was 5 minutes late and everybody had to wait on me. As though that wasn't bad enough, I had some more mishap. It was as though I was trying to prove to everybody that I have an issue with punctuality. We were given an hour and 15 minutes lunch break. So, genius me decided to stop by my sister's house for lunch. I guess the word "big duh" came a little too late when I realized the traffic was bad around lunch time. Yup! You guessed it. I was late, AGAIN!!!!

2nd day of the training, I was the first in class at 7:50am! Thank you! No pictures, please! And, I was 45 minutes early after lunch!!!! Well, I was so afraid I'd messed up again, I decided to bring lunch from home! For once that day, I was smart!!!!

Well, that's all for my first blog! I'll share my thoughts, incidents and accidents again soon. Peace out!