WHAT HAPPENED TODAY:

1. Today, we lost the championship in double overtime. Yes, you read it right double overtime, we took on an entire team of 12 players head on with only 7 of of us. The dream of graduating with a championship has come to an end and being included in the mythical five might even not materialize since looking at the stats I have two players breathing down my neck in statistics. I thought I had a clear path to it but I was wrong. I can only hope that I have accumulated enough stats to keep them at bay. God, my joints hurt like hell right now, I couldn't even drive home properly but it was ok. Losing is part of life and should be met with grace. I gave my 110% in that game and losing doesn't seem that bad. We lost to the better team and that's fine with me. The road was tough and the last step was even tougher but we had fun. We all did. Amidst the flaring tempers, bruises, referee appeals and glares, it was a great experience. I was given a chance to be part of this great team, diverse in terms of personality but we were all the same in terms of our passion to win. To my teammates, mga chong salamat!
2. In philosophy today, I created quite a stir in class. No, I didn't do anything to cause my teacher to send me out like my Benilda Santos experience ( parang Jimi Hendrix Experience e noh!). Nor did I blurt out stupid remarks such as "Sir! Ang first name ni Lenin ay John!" No...it was nothing like that. In fact, it was quite the opposite. My teacher popped a question about value. He said that values are in fact things that we consider worthwhile and in fact to be obligatory. For example, some people value their work, let's say basketball (since I opened this entry with that, let's stick with it), because they value it; it becomes an a-priori. In turn, they are obliged to practice everyday, night in and night out. That in turn, connotes that we in fact want something in return, even subcosciously we do. In this case people who value playing basketball such as the PBA stars, NBA stars and even college cagers want something in return. May it be in the form of cheers and accolades or monetary recognition. It's the truth. So what does worthwhile mean? It's something that is...well, self - explanatory. Something is worthwhile, when it is worth your time, when in fact it is something that we yearn for something in return. So I popped this in response to it. Maybe when people give something or someone a value, it is in fact the opposite. When we value something we put it above everything else, but in doing so we put boundaries to it. We value it as long as it is worthwhile. That's the whole premise to it. So maybe there is no value in it's pure sense or maybe we categorized everything so wrongly. Maybe it's just a fancy word that people conjured up to make them come out smelling like roses in the end. Maybe it's also why I never used the word when it comes to things that really matter. I use the word love. Because love doesn't have boundaries or what ifs. You love because you do. Clear and straight to the point. Valuing can be attributed to inanimate things such as comic books, cars and the like. But it should never in any circumstances but attributed to people or persons we really put importance to because of its limitedness. That is why there is no value in persons, there is only love. That is why I love. The class fell silent and Dr. Miroy dismissed us with nothing to usher us into next week's discusssion but a grin and a smile.