Thinking bout the NBA Eastern Conference Finals

This season’s MVP, LeBron James seems to be more dominant than he has ever been. So dominant that he scores almost half of his team’s points in a game. Adding to the Cavalier credentials, the coach of the year is Mike Brown. How did he become the coach of the year? It’s simply just letting his team become a one man team. It’s like a father-son relationship in a junior soccer league. Haha! Give the ball  to my boy. That’s his only plan. Well, it worked so far. But for how long will that last? LeBron has been showing fatigue in his past few games agains the Magic. The games where he scored more than 40 points were the ones where the cavs lost. So it just means that Mike Brown needs to have a plan with LeBron out of the picture. The easiest way to defeat the cavs would be sending your dumbest player on the team, and let him break James’ knee! Haha! The cavs would easily be swept or win at least one game, that’s for sure. Haha! LeBron is one of the best players that I’ve ever seen. But unlike Jordan, LeBron doesn’t have a Scottie Pippen to lob to, a Dennis Rodman to pick up his misses, and a Steve Kerr to shoot threes when he’s double teamed. Also, unlike Kobe Bryant, LeBron doesn’t have a Derrick Fisher to make miracle 0.4 second fast shots, Pau Gasol who could block shots and score, and Trevor Ariza to steal critical passes. Lastly, unlike his rival Carmello Anthony has Chauncey to save his ass in the last minute. 

 The point here is that NBA Championship Teams become champs because of an existence of a TEAM. Not an MVP. Kobe (’08 MVP), Nash (two time MVP-even the most unselfish player), Nowitzki (’07 MVP), Iverson (’01 MVP) and a lot more didn’t Championships during the year when they got their MVP awards. Well, Jordan, Shaq, Duncan, Bird, and Johnson got it because they weren’t the only productive players in the team. See? Haha. Mike Brown, LeBron, stop playing that father-son roles. Play as a team, and you’ll definitely kick superman’s ass without using any kryptonyte. You might get that championship too.

Thinking. Pissed.

Since that I’m now an insomniac, I’m gonna blab about crap again here in my blog, that shells out no cash for me, nor anything that is useful for me. Well hmm. What kinda stuff can I talk about today? hmmmmm.. Well, I’ve blogged about songs, an electronic shop, a friend who never acts like one, work, thesis, and what not? Oh, let’s talk about what I would wanna do in my life! Wait, that’s kinda boring. OK. Then let’s talk about insomnia. Neah, that’s boring too. Ok, let’s talk about another piece of crap issue in our country, which by the way is one of the dirtiest in the world. (I know a lot of people would agree. Good thing GMA doesn’t know how to read blogs.) To make it more interesting, I’ll put it into a “conversation” type. X is a simple guy, hates theives (government officials), and doesn’t know how to be proud of the country with its current and future government. Y is a dumbass son of a rich OFW, and a woman who works in the stock market. He’s got a Benz, by the way.

X: The topic would be about the Great Book Blockade in the Philippines.

Y: What is it anyway?

X: Read it again,dumbass Do you even know what a blockade means? Damn, you’re dumb.

Y: Uh. Books aren’t allowed to enter the country?

X:  Well, practically, that’s it. The Bureau of Customs now impose duties on the importation of books in the Philippines

Y: Really? What duties should the books do?

X: Huh? Duties are taxes, dumbass!  It’s another scheme the greatest theives in the South-East Asia to steal, I mean get some money.

Y: Wow. How did it all start?

X: Well, the novel Twilight by Stephanie Meyer was quite a hit around the world. And when one examiner (Rene Agulan) opened a ship of books, he demanded taxes to be paid on it.

Y: Really? So that’s how it all started.

X: Well, that’s not all. The importer of Twilight mistakenly agreed to pay the tax. It was a mistake becausethe Florence Agreement, which is a UN treaty signed by the Philippines, guarantees the free flow of “educational, scientific, and cultural materials” between countries. Aside from this, it declares that imported books are free of tax. 

Y: Uh. So why did the bureau agree impose such a tax when they this agreement?

X: Well, Agulan told the importer that the books were not educational.

Y: Hold on a second, I gotta go pee.

*Dumbass goes to the restroom to sit and pee* (he’s a guy though)

*He goes back to the conversation*

Y: But isn’t Twilight “cultural”?

X: Yeah, it is.

Y: So how did they get the approval of imposing taxes on books?

X: Well, according to Robin Hemley, the officials gave reasons that had no sense. But the projected customs revenue would reach around thirty billion Pesos (PhP 30,000,000,000)! And as we all know, the higher your rank, the greedier you get.

Y: Wow. I want in.

X: Oh, I know you do. I bet your Benz ain’t enough, dumbass.

Y: Yeah. Anyway, didn’t they have a meeting on this?

X: Yeah.

Y: What happened in the meeting?

X: The Customs Undersecretary Espele Sales showed a powerpoint presentation of the Florence Agreement and the Philippine law RA 8047. It states “the tax and duty-free importation of books or raw materials to be used in book publishing.”

Y: So what does that mean?

X: She said that there was no comma (,) after the word “books.” Thus, her interpretation is that books can be used raw materials for publishing.

Y: But aren’t books the final product, not the raw materials?

X: Wow, now you’re using your head. Yes. But she claims otherwise. Also, she argued that the Florence Agreement can only protect educational books.

Y: So for more than 50 years, everyone has misinterpreted this agreement?

X: She was asked the same thing. She said “yes”.

Y: Haha. Dumbass.

X: That’s my line, Dumbass! Anyway, now bookstores are now being taxed for both educational and non educational books. (1% for educational, 5% for non-educational)

Y: Good thing I’m rich. I don’t have to worry bout this crappy issue.

X: Haha! Well, it’s gonna hit you in the ass someday, Dumbass!

*The end*

 This conversation was based on this: http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/manila/1dispatch6.html

I just wanna brag.

A song I wrote about a couple of months ago

Still has no title though

It’s both and neither fact or fiction
It all depends on your decisions
You don’t see the weight of your actions
It doesn’t matter because it’s just my opinion

 
So would you go to a place where I will keep you?
Or would you go to somewhere you won’t have to…
 

Cry? Oh I’d love to try.
I’d take you away from your misery
And turn ‘em all to history
Let’s fly in each others skies.
Take my hand, you’ll understand
This journey won’t have an end.

 
Do you remember our first conversation?
You said you’d love to keep..keep that smile on.
I said “Why not? Let’s turn the night on.”
It’s only a matter of time till our situation…

Would go and start to grow on you
Oh would you know the moment that awaits you?

Let’s fly in each other’s skies.
Take my hand you’ll understand
This journey won’t have an end.
Tonight… Oh let’s just try.
To wake up in each other’s eyes
Wake up and see that smile.