tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54275732011-04-22T09:37:43.721+08:00downlowspreading the love, keeping it real--for the sports junkie in all...
jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548120639009778488noreply@blogger.comBlogger441100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427573.post-1092273792834946712004-08-11T18:20:00.000+08:002004-08-12T09:25:18.243+08:00the last few weeks have been a blur...
with my big move finally in the works, this blog has suffered through it's longest drought to date. my journey back to school includes a trans-pacific relocation that separates me from loved ones and introduces me to new challenges...
it may take a bit of time, but i'll be back.
until then, check out the sportsguy as he spends the offseason sorting out jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548120639009778488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427573.post-1087377439318255112004-06-16T16:55:00.000+08:002004-06-16T17:32:50.886+08:00it's a well-known fact that i hate the lakers, but it's also clear that i thought they would lift the larry o'brien trophy this year. the fact of the matter is, LA did roll--roll over and play dead, that is. perhaps fittingly, today, the lake show capped a weak finals run with what was arguably the worst performance from a team on the ropes...
with aretha franklin playing the fat lady and jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548120639009778488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427573.post-1087313030776156512004-06-15T23:23:00.000+08:002004-06-16T00:09:27.003+08:00just when i was getting all giddy about my recent gmail account, yahoo introduces upgrades to it's mail system. if you haven't already heard--go check your yahoo mail account right now! i wonder when microsoft will follow suit...
speaking of gmail, i was on www.gmailswap.com today looking for good deals on the additional invites i received (hmm, i guess they were affected by yahoo's slick movejhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548120639009778488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427573.post-1086801526233648972004-06-10T01:01:00.000+08:002004-06-10T01:29:30.546+08:00i know i said something about how special the nba finals would be, but i wasn't prepared for this!
detroit is for real... had the pistons held on to their three point lead, i believe they would have won the series. while the ride remains rough, los angeles is ready to show the world what tupac already knew--'california knows how to party.' now i'm no fan of showtime, but the playoff script's jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548120639009778488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427573.post-1086538011626990952004-06-06T22:46:00.000+08:002004-06-26T08:51:12.036+08:00tomorrow's the big day!
on to the lowdown...
overview
once again, it's been a ridiculous road to the nba finals. out west, the lakers woke up just in time to defuse a rocket launch in houston and send a message to the french in san antonio (sacre bleu!). by the time the conference finals rolled in, los angeles met a minnesota team led by the imposing kevin garnett. but while the mvp can jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548120639009778488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427573.post-1086242660707771042004-06-03T13:51:00.000+08:002004-06-03T17:41:10.306+08:00was it just me, or did they really play 'welcome to the jungle' just before the pistons manhandled the pacers in the fourth quarter of their game six showdown? then again, i also think i saw kid rock chilling in the front row... with all the carnage they were throwing up at the palace, i wouldn't be surprised if my mind was playing tricks on me...
speaking of tricks, it's la versus detroit jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548120639009778488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427573.post-1085588533700645572004-05-26T23:38:00.000+08:002004-05-27T00:22:13.700+08:00much has happened of late...i'm not quite sure how this blog fits in with everything, but for now, it remains afloat...
...my playoff bracket looks like money this year. lakers-wolves out west and pistons-pacers over in the east. as much as i despise the lake show, it looks like they might just pull it off. if my predictions hold, then shaq will meet clockwork in what should be the most jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548120639009778488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427573.post-1082820490177988352004-04-24T23:28:00.000+08:002004-04-24T23:42:13.500+08:00pardon me for the hiatus, but it's the NBA PLAYOFFS! prior to that, there was the ncaa tournament, not to mention, the arrival of my much-awaited ipod and the family trip to a northern historical/beach province. clearly, there was way too much going on last month--and my fantasy squad's lame finish can attest to that.
on a more positive note, it was while jogging through the pristine white jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548120639009778488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427573.post-1079508231231266852004-03-17T15:23:00.000+08:002004-03-17T15:26:13.810+08:00in the ridiculously long time i spent filling out my ncaa tournament bracket, i forgot about oregon.
the ducks may have put the cardinal in a world full of hurt, but their 15-12 record (9-9 in the Pac-10) didn't quite cut it with the selection committee. but while oregon isn't going anywhere near san antonio this march, i might just be heading to eugene this fall... this morning, i received jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548120639009778488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427573.post-1078244127131809262004-03-03T00:15:00.000+08:002004-03-03T00:20:41.076+08:00been a bit busy with this and that lately... seeing that time is on my side before classes start, i'm looking into proceeding with some crazy business ideas. everything is pretty much still unraveling, but once the idea takes shape, i hope to post the 411 online.
not much movement on the mba application front. still no word from the last three schools and still no idea on where i'm headed.jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548120639009778488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427573.post-1077846764805755922004-02-27T09:52:00.000+08:002004-02-27T09:59:29.543+08:00boy am i amped! my morning ritual of checking e-mail has once again paid off--i just received the good word from uc irvine! overall, it wasn't just the school's program that was impressive, it was also the way they proactively conducted the admissions process. in a span of two weeks, i went from submitting my (late) gmat scores and interviewing with an admissions consultant, to clicking into jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548120639009778488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427573.post-1077816022158544502004-02-27T01:20:00.000+08:002004-03-03T00:22:22.560+08:00
kg = mvpjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548120639009778488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427573.post-1077694513645214492004-02-25T15:35:00.000+08:002004-02-26T23:15:25.733+08:00i realized sometime back that this page was added as a link at trip enel's site. first of all--i am a big fan of mba applicant blogs and i would be wrong to mention downlow in the same breath as trip, chunkypitbull and futurembagirl.
i'm glad for the hookup, but i must also admit that my ramblings will leave those looking for mba details shortchanged. i am fully aware that my basketball jones jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548120639009778488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427573.post-1077541533561722302004-02-23T21:05:00.000+08:002004-02-23T21:09:00.436+08:00okay, so the knicks have lost four of their last five. i still think those chants for van horn are a bit premature. it could still happen...
jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548120639009778488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427573.post-1077463119173528672004-02-22T23:18:00.000+08:002004-02-23T08:39:54.780+08:00did i doubt isiah?
as a baller, the answer is a most definite no. in my opinion, he could very easily be the best little man there ever was. at 6'1, zeke wasn't just a detroit piston--he was the bad boy. bob cousy may have more rings, but he also had bill russell to watch his back. allen iverson may ultimately put up better stats, but he might also never play in another nba final.
isiah jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548120639009778488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427573.post-1076730039861780282004-02-14T11:40:00.000+08:002004-02-14T12:37:57.293+08:00this valentine's day, another school decided to give me some love! more and more, it looks like sending mba applications out early does pay off. i hope to take my newfound knowledge with me to my next life, but just in case i return as a mosquito or someone else is reading this page--i hope my experience proves somewhat helpful. i'm now hitting .667 (2 for 3- WL) on first round at-bats. i jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548120639009778488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427573.post-1075720418638501892004-02-02T19:13:00.000+08:002004-02-02T19:15:17.420+08:00in what was the biggest play this side of an adam vinatieri field goal, i managed to finish the last of seven mba applications today. looking back, the process took me over a year to complete. while i definitely have to find a new routine, i imagine the coming days to be therapeutic. there's nothing like a day without having to write essays about yourself!
and so the waiting period begins... jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548120639009778488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427573.post-1075513629719344432004-01-31T09:47:00.000+08:002004-02-01T02:11:57.360+08:00though i lost out to the snooze button and dozed off for an extra 45 minutes this morning, i'm glad i chose to wake up and write essays. this being the "early decision" period for two prospective schools, it has become standard practice for me to step out of bed and slip in front of the computer to check my mail--as well as light a candle or two at church.
i received an email from the first jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548120639009778488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427573.post-1074958403683713372004-01-24T23:33:00.000+08:002004-01-24T23:52:14.030+08:00after beginning the year as the league's favorite comeback story, vin baker was indefinitely suspended by the boston celtics yesterday. personally, i wanted to see vinny succeed.
i remember catching clips of baker during his bucks days on nba action--handling the rock, threading the needle, sinking the trey, and posting up like kevin mchale. despite coming from a small system at hartford, hejhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548120639009778488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427573.post-1074240946370235542004-01-16T16:15:00.000+08:002004-01-16T16:20:30.106+08:00mba applications are up to five! interestingly enough, the five schools also happen to be the original five on my list. she moves in mysterious ways...
early decisions are coming out in two weeks and like all 2k4 mba applicants, i'm hoping for good news. if things go astray, i may have to shut this site down--even if it is a free service. i figure my new career as a street vendor won't jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548120639009778488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427573.post-1073404043115331772004-01-06T23:47:00.000+08:002004-01-06T23:56:50.200+08:00my brain is still on vacation, but i have to give props to isiah thomas. now i never was a big fan of zeke's and i still truly believe that larry bird made a good call by firing him and hiring rick carlisle, but now that marbury's heading home congratulations are called for...
the trade gives new yorkers a chance to prolong the new year's eve hangover--that is, at least until playoff time. jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548120639009778488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427573.post-1072616340780740752003-12-28T20:59:00.000+08:002003-12-28T21:00:04.140+08:00
greetings from ricky davisjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548120639009778488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427573.post-1072319227382036772003-12-25T10:27:00.000+08:002003-12-25T10:29:58.903+08:00happy holidays to everyone. may we all remember the reason to the season!
things are progressing on the mba admissions front. four apps submitted, two interviews lined up. i've stumbled onto a bit of a roadblock known as "Christmas" so my essays and applications have taken a slight hit. i'm hoping to get longshot dream school number 5 done by the 29th, but i'm waiting out on one jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548120639009778488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427573.post-1071135991915481412003-12-11T17:46:00.000+08:002003-12-11T17:47:17.856+08:00the past few days have thoroughly sucked--excuse me for the language, but nothing could be more apt to describe what i'm going through. i find it uncanny how all this has to happen just as i complete application forms for the top two schools on my list.
impeccable timing!
then again, nothing in life comes easy. i'll be back with what i hope will be a better perspective next week. after all, jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548120639009778488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427573.post-1070528549057261122003-12-04T17:02:00.000+08:002003-12-04T19:15:38.106+08:00i took a break from yet another essay to check out my two favorite sports columnists on the web--the sportsguy and the english taxi driver. turns out, i missed out on some of their more recent stuff and while that was my bad, there's no reason for you not have a good laugh...
for hoops fans, check out the sportsguy's fantasy hoops diary. guaranteed to make you want to sign up for next year's jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548120639009778488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427573.post-1070387788972730732003-12-03T01:56:00.000+08:002003-12-03T18:47:23.420+08:00finally wrapped up a number of short answer questions for dream school number three, so please forgive me if i misplace a comma here and there. my writing ability's shot for the day.
just passing through to drop my two cents worth on the recent demise of my fantasy league teams--not that it should interest anyone. jakarta boys is now laboring in 9th place and turtle power is firmly entrenched jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548120639009778488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427573.post-1070296730798020122003-12-02T00:38:00.000+08:002003-12-02T01:02:02.983+08:00my babson package finally made it to babson park via anchorage, memphis, east boston, and finally, needham. unfortunately because of the thanksgiving holidays (no pun intended), my application arrived one day after the november 30 round one deadline. despite coming oh so close (i'm still hoping for some sort of a reprieve from babson), i really have to tip my cap to the guys at fedex. amidst jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548120639009778488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427573.post-1069166738317130832003-11-18T22:45:00.000+08:002003-11-18T22:46:01.733+08:00hard to believe but i actually spent more time preparing for my essays today than i did fixing up my fantasy league team. yet somehow, the jakarta boys are now hanging out at first place so go figure. i'm praying that the inverse relationship holds only for hoop leagues and not mba applications...
in other news at the homefront, i had a sparkling interview at yet another bank today. i'm stilljhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548120639009778488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427573.post-1069083474560686522003-11-17T23:37:00.000+08:002003-11-18T00:24:06.140+08:00had my third and hopefully, final, crack at the gmat 10 days ago. i managed to score a 640 which was well-within my pre-test ballpark figure and somewhat within median range for my preferred b-schools (unless of course you consult the gmat forums where 700s surface like power forwards on the knicks). after posting a 620 and a 650 on the ets powerprep exams, i was hoping to somehow sneak out jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548120639009778488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427573.post-1066663816748166292003-10-20T23:30:00.000+08:002003-10-20T23:42:07.033+08:00and just like that, the celtics pulled the trigger on antoine walker. employee number 8, barring any veto action (if you've been playing on one too many fantasy leagues--you know what i'm talking about), is heading to dallas with tony delk for raef lafrentz, jiri welsch, chris mills and a #1 pick in 2k4. as usual, espn had no info about the deal on their site, but if you're looking for a fix, jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548120639009778488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427573.post-1066374458424880742003-10-17T15:07:00.000+08:002003-10-17T15:07:38.496+08:00talk about joyability...the lakers, sans shaq and kobe, just finished toying with the cavs and putting lbj in a world full of hurt. in what has become a typical performance from the cavs savior, luke walton and devean george (yup, luke and devean) shackled king james to a 4-18 shooting night (forgive me if i'm wrong, after missing shot after shot, i couldn't really keep count). on a positive jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548120639009778488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427573.post-1065517867321591912003-10-07T17:11:00.000+08:002003-10-07T17:16:46.850+08:00somewhere in the middle of indolence and precipitance, i found the time to set up a yahoo nba fantasy league for all comers....cro and the others up at rochester, if you guys are up for the challenge, the username and password is in the mail. the league is set up rotisserie-stylez--20 team max (for more flavor), 13 players per team, trade and waiver action, and enough space on the bulletin jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548120639009778488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427573.post-1061824169895637022003-08-25T23:09:00.000+08:002003-08-25T23:09:30.106+08:00been so busy with this and that, that i forgot to update the site. as time would have it, according to the guestbook, two people have now visited the page. and because of the growing demand, i promise to be back with more juice.
until i get my swerve on, please click on this if you're a knick fan...
thanks for dropping in cro! jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548120639009778488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427573.post-1058204657500997112003-07-15T01:44:00.000+08:002003-07-15T01:47:25.080+08:00i know my nba draft recap is long overdue. i'm hoping to write it before lebron starts playing defense. so all three of you better stay tuned...
kidding aside, i've been swamped with a few items lately. tops on the list is my gmat preparation at kaplan. it's quite a drive to get to the school, but so far, it's well worth it. though i can read and write a bit, serious math issues cripple jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548120639009778488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427573.post-1057161136629082142003-07-02T23:52:00.000+08:002003-08-29T00:14:56.856+08:00like dikembe, i couldn't get off my seat today. it wasn't as if i woke up with a tennis elbow or anything, but i feel like it definitely had something to do with my recent nocturnal activities. needless to say, the gym was out of the question, so i didn't get to use my sweet nike dry-fit gloves from l'il lea. dang...you win some, you lose some.
my exercise for the day consisted of jogging 3 jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548120639009778488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427573.post-1057081766040439432003-07-02T01:49:00.000+08:002003-07-02T03:10:42.260+08:00it's my birthday...we gonna party, like it's my birthday...
like staind said, it's been awhile--june 22nd to be exact, but since this is my site, i'm entitled to a shameless plug and to greet myself. more importantly, i just want to greet those who made the day special. to kick back was a pleasure and to feel the love, stellar. thank you for keeping things nice and simple. i needed that in ajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548120639009778488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427573.post-1055823378290409772003-06-17T12:16:00.000+08:002003-06-17T12:22:45.110+08:00props to the spurs for finally putting us out of our misery. tim duncan put up amazing stats, but was never really impressive to watch. jason kidd regrouped to keep the games close--though never really exciting. david robinson turned back the clock, but mr. robinson's neighborhood was gone long before the socks. kenyon martin was served more facials than your seatmate with the acne and provedjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548120639009778488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427573.post-1055233935420338772003-06-10T16:32:00.000+08:002003-06-10T21:56:52.113+08:00i just installed internet explorer 6.0 and presto, this blog started playing tricks on me. everytime i preview the page on edit mode things look fine, but once i publish it, either the links area on the right goes missing or a chunk of my blog disappears. so now i'm basically trying to start over. and i thought this blog thing was supposed to be simple. go figure.
right now, things are jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548120639009778488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427573.post-1054871943213128102003-06-06T11:59:00.000+08:002003-06-06T13:06:47.770+08:00the spurs took the nets...i did say brace yourself for disappointment didn't i? for awhile there, you must admit that it looked like jason was going to fulfill my prophecy. the nets looked real good during the first 6 minutes. kidd was nailing his jumpers and people magazine had to have been seriously reconsidering tony parker's inclusion into the 50 most beautiful list because his game was jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548120639009778488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427573.post-1054742671013085482003-06-05T00:04:00.000+08:002003-06-05T06:48:19.376+08:00i'm amped, cleveland-style! it's the nba finals, brace yourself for disappointment!
on to the lowdown...
1 - jason kidd and tony parker
kidd redefines the point god position. he's a lock for 20, 8, 8 and a triple-double on any given night. it remains to be seen how he'll fare against a stacked san antonio team, but my guess is, he'll be a'ight. kidd's a once in a lifetime player, he's jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548120639009778488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427573.post-1054555284507717262003-06-02T20:01:00.000+08:002003-06-03T23:04:12.640+08:00okay, so the spurs finally pulled it off. was there anyone other than mark cuban who actually thought that dallas was going to win? it was inevitable. i woke up to turn the tv set on, but after tip off, i fell asleep. it's almost automatic these days. at halftime, i could hear that raef lafrentz was tearing it up, but hey, raef hasn't been the man since denver and even then, nick van exel jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548120639009778488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427573.post-1054222336244463832003-05-29T23:32:00.000+08:002003-06-02T10:14:00.646+08:00i slept on dallas. my bad.
i meant to do this yesterday. the spurs were on and so was (whoa!) stephen jackson, who incidentally, was living a day in the life of lebron james. back then, charles and i thought the mavs were going down and though i didn't quite have a ticket to cancun, i did have this urge for a bacon cheeseburger and large onion rings.
i was going to write about how i had jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548120639009778488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427573.post-1054027691775469702003-05-27T17:28:00.000+08:002003-06-01T23:41:06.506+08:00no games today, but then again, if you're still tuning in to the nba playoffs, then you must have nothing much going on these days. let me be the first to welcome you to the club.
since i doubt that anyone is anticipating the finals this side of france and argentina (okay, joumana deserves a shout out), the subject of today is lebron james. or should i say stephen jackson (whoa, he has a jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548120639009778488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427573.post-1053955957223651972003-05-26T21:32:00.000+08:002003-05-26T21:32:37.226+08:00after an enriching seven days of html--okay, i was actually digging deep into my accenture experience while using microsoft frontpage--downlow's moving out to a new home at blogspot. i thank my boy bug for my new-found knowledge and though my life story has always been to do things the hard way, i'm hoping that this move will start a trend of sorts. not that i'm looking for an easy way out or jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548120639009778488noreply@blogger.com