Pros and Cons of a Free Model

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What can I say? Having an 'on demand' model that is free has it's pros and cons definitely. Obviously aside from small bribes that sometimes work, having your own daughter as your model has it's disadvantages too. I have barely started when just like Florida summer weather, the temperament changed as one can see from the photos above. She only wanted two shots and of course I was more eager to snap more than two. Too much familiarity I guess. If I weren't a photographer and I hired one to do this and my kids start acting up...and I still need to pay up, you can just imagine. Anyway, as the saying goes, "better luck next time".

Filipino Boxers Did Well in the Undercard of the De la Hoya vs. Mayweather Bout

Last Saturday night, May 5 we attended the birthday party of our friends Homer and Chit Freitag's twin daughters' birthday party. After that we continued to watch the HBO-PPV of 'The World Awaits' boxing match between de la Hoya and Mayweather at the MGM Grand of Las Vegas. Forget the main event, if it was not for de la Hoya's more aggressive stance, it was a pretty boring fight. Mayweather may be the pound for pound king, religiously maintaining his unbeaten record by avoiding the real contenders but his style of fighting is completely unexciting compared to Manny Pacquiao. It's time for Manny Pacquiao to take the throne although that's another story and a big question mark especially that's he's running for congressman.

Anyway, among the bouts on PPV, it was 20 year old Filipino boxer Rey 'Boom Boom' Bautista vs. Sergio Medina of Argentina who made the PPV worthwhile. Boom Boom was all heart, despite suffering a knockdown and standing 8-count in round 7, he managed to recover and maintain his aggressiveness. It was after all his toughest fight so far, fighting a 28-0 fighter (but not anymore). At the end, after knocking down Medina twice, he unanimously won the bout.
His record stands at 23-0.



Also in one of the undercards but not on PPV was another Filipino boxer by the name of AJ 'Bazooka' Banal who made the country proud. This was his US debut and according to the news he won convincingly over another tough Mexican by the name of Juan Alberto Rosas in another unanimous victory decision. He's only 18 years old but I've seen some of his fights on youtube.com and he's a very skilled boxer. At the moment, he is 13-0.

These two boxers are the cream of the crop right now of Philippine boxing, still maintaining their unbeaten records and hopefully in the near future will be world champions and keep their belts for a long time. They do deserve to reap the rewards of their hard work.

Greatest NBA Comeback Video

I saw this game on TV a few years back and inadvertently saw it again on youtube. This I believe is the greatest comeback in NBA history, a game between the San Antonio Spurs and Houston Rockets played on Dec. 9, 2004. The video clip starts when the Spurs were ahead by ten points in less than 1 minute of regulation play. Tracy McGrady or T-Mac scored the last 13 points for his team in about 35 seconds. Not even Michael Jordan was able to do something like this. Just incredible! Watch the video and believe.

Planet Earth DVDs

Ever since I was a young boy, I had been fascinated with nature and wildlife. I have always enjoyed watching interesting episodes on Discovery Channel and Animal Planet. Knowing more about seldom seen wildlife strengthens the belief that God exists. Everything about us and all living things on earth tells only one story. We were all intelligently designed!

Anyway, the 5-DVD Planet Earth boxed set had just been out. It is a BBC and Discovery Channel collaboration that can show nature's splendor right in your own living rooms. I just ordered the boxed set and am now excitedly waiting for it. I think I will be planning to arrange Planet Earth Family Watching Nights soon. I know David and Missy will like it. They have been enjoying watching shows like these on TV. Just maybe I can convince Ophine although it's not really her cup of tea. But who knows, based on the glowing reviews about the DVDs, perhaps she'll watch it too.

To check more about it, click HERE. The trailer/video clip takes more than a few minutes to load but it's worth watching the clip first before buying the DVDs. The original is narrated by Sir David Attenborough and Amazon.com sells the original. To buy click HERE. It's currently ranked #1 in DVD sales on Amazon. When it was shown on Discovery channel, the narration was done by Sigourney Weaver. I prefer the original. Buy.com also sells the DVDs but is $6.00 more.

Missy is Student of the Month

Missy was chosen as 'student of the month' for her class so today I went to her school to attend the 'Student of the Month' assembly for Kinder up to 5th grade. It was just a short program where all the parents of the students of the month were invited to witness the recognizing of the exemplary performance of the students. What makes the program meaningful is that a short note made by the student's teacher is read about the student as the certificate is handed to them. They were also given a pin and I had that opportunity to pin it on Missy after the awards were given. I hope our two kids will continue to excel in their academics. They enjoy learning and I believe they also take pride in their achievements. So do we.