sandro dias takes vert gold

Sandro Dias Takes Vert Gold, Bob and Bucky Follow

LOS ANGELES -- On Thursday night at The STAPLES Center, Sandro Dias' first run was good enough for gold. It was also the Brazilian's first skateboard vert gold medal at the X Games. Bob Burnquist nabbed silver and Bucky Lasek took home the bronze. Andy Macdonald missed the podium, just 0.25 points behind Lasek.
Dias best finish in skate vert was a bronze at X Games 11, but he holds several vert titles from the Latin X Games and Asian X Games.

"I thought my score was too high," quipped Dias, when asked if he was surprised his first run was enough for the victory. "But I love the judges."

That winning run included a backside 540 McTwist to tail, a gnar jar 540, heelflip to frontside slider and ollie to fakie.

Burnquist and Lasek both had strong runs with opportunities to take the gold, but in the end came up short. Burnquist fell on his final two runs on a switch kickflip after a frontside air to backside air.

"I feel very good about that run, because I connected every obstacle and it flowed all the way through," said Burnquist. "The switch kickflip that I couldn't land  I'll definitely lose sleep over that because I usually can land it. I think that if I had landed that, I might have got the gold."

Lasek put together a run that included a frontside air 540, ollie flip fakie and stalefish.

"My body felt good for as battered as it was," Lasek said. "I was feeling it on my third run but I was seeing about eight walls ahead of myself and fell on something easy."

source: www.expn.com

overdue library books

i guess this entry is all about overdue entries! but unlike library books, these entries are still free and hopefully fun to read! so, last 29 july 2006, i went to sj to deliver some cds and luckily got my chimes! then we went to tep's house... guess what, its the first time my chimes has all those words and ink writings... yep! i asked some batchmates of mine to sign it! sadly, not everyone signed :( of course mama tep's party was fun! with all the food, nun and booze (although kulang yung booze) enjoy parin! when we were in the car heading home, we dropped ken ken off first... evil part! they opened the window for the guards then a roach entered!!! eeeewwww!!! scary! then we got to go home...

next event... 04 august 2006... sme gave us a trip to remember! our very first plant visit!!! it was fun! actually a lot of fun! and the best fun of them all??? the bus ride! haha! :D we were like a couple of gamblers (without the stakes)playing non stop card games! for our lunch, marrion and jon-riz provided the picnic (literal yan!) as in bread and spread and a huge bottle of skippy! (with crushed pringles yung akin) yummy! anyway, the trip was also awesome! some food processes and machines in taguig and some biomedical stuff in laguna... then there was also the stupid dumb police officer who took the liscence of manong before we even got to leave la salle! how could you say we were parked illegally when the engine's on?! la salle wasn't even complaining!

12 august 2006... we went to glorietta after my class and entered every shoe store we saw, literally! of course we also stopped by bookstores... then we went to greenbelt to meet up with the others to watch sukob (yikes! hindi ko nakita yung multo! good thing!) then when we were looking for a restaurant to have our dinner, we saw policemen chasing some teens... still don't know what happened there (refer to tep's blog for more! anyway, then it's bubba gump!!! run forrest run! then off to bed... no booze here... first time i went to greenbelt without it...

13 august 2006... went to greenhills for some supposedly bargain hunting with jing, nic and lynnet! guess what?! bargains smargains... its no bargain! anyway, i got to buy my orange rose anyway, so what am i complaining for?!

and finally today... this week we started having our finals... in fact, i just finished my memmath test awhile ago. and next week are the departmental... yep, phyeng2, mechone, envieng and the dreaded enganal... oh well... but it also brings something good... that means sem break is almost here!!! and the last lbymemb (which by the way is the cause of the metal smell) and lbyphy2!!! whahahha!!! when my die returns to me and it's finished chroming, trust me, i will put up a picture here in different angles! even though my die is not perfect, in fact it's super ugly compared to the others, i'm still proud of it because it's labor for 1 whole term!!!

as for my fic, i'll try to finish it during sem break... it's really getting old fast! ja ne! no more overdue posts... i hope!

orange rose

after months of searching for an orange rose... i finally acquired one! actually, it's not what i had in mind... it's not a bouquet or a single stemmed rose... but instead, it's a plant! yep, with the actually thorns, soil and the watering maintenance! but still, i love my orange roses... i actually took pictures of it just now to make sure i will remember it even though it dies out on me... i have no green thumb... more like a black thumb! take a close look at the pic...



i just found out that my beloved digi cam can do this during night time!!!



and here's my edited version of it...

anyway, still waiting...

dreams and nightmares

oh yeah, the previous entry's title was elfren lied, or fairy's song. that was my reaction towards the series... watch it and you'll find out why i kept on insisting that it was something i want to have but could never have... ok, SPOILER : because the girl, the cousin, can never have the guy because of nyuu... ok? same with canvas2 but in this case, the cousin won. incest?! just to clear things up...

oh well, now that's clear, here's my entry for tonight... dreams and nightmares. why? i have been having nightmares every night and sometimes dreams so weird that i take note of them in the middle of the night just to ponder on it when i was fully awake.

i wonder what causes these nightmares? oh well! Destiny is online right now! just have to buzz him in!

elfren lied

alam kong hindi na dapat ang nasa isip

hindi na dapat hinahangad

hindi na dapat inaasahan

hindi na dapat binabalikan

hindi na dapat inaabangan

hindi na dapat inaantay

hindi na dapat ninanais

dahil hindi na darating ang panahon na hinihiling

ngunit sa pagdilat ng mga mata

yun parin ang nasa isip

yun parin ang nasa piling

yun parin and hinahangad

yun parin ang inaasahan

yun parin ang binabalikan

yun parin ang inaabangan

yun parin ang inaantay

yun parin ang ninanais

sa pagpikit ng mga mata

yun parin ang napapanaginipan

yun parin ang nagpipigil

yun parin ang rason...

bakit ganun?