The Rugby Chronicles 2: One ball to bring them all
Patrice, Wolfie and David at the Sutera Harbour Magellan, Kota Kinabalu.
Sport is war in microcosm, the civilized version. Send us your best warriors to do battle with our best warriors, and when the fighting’s done we’ll all have a drink and be friends.
On the day of battle I find Harry Morris and Justin Coveney in the breakfast room of the tournament hotel, the Sutera Harbour Magellan. They are having ham, eggs, sausages, ham, eggs and sausages. No coffee—they explain that caffeine gives you a high then brings you down. No carbs and sugar for the same reason. “I am always hungry,” Coveney says. “I moved out of my parents’ house last year, but my mom still cooks all day because she knows I’ll be by and I’ll be hungry.”
Read The Rugby Chronicles 2: One ball to bring them all. Today in the Philippine Star.
Nobody ever uses the blasted dressing rooms. I should lodge a complaint with management. Not. Wolfie and Flowers at the Borneo 7s 2010.
Answers to questions you might be asking, unless you wandered onto this site purely by accident >>>
November 21st, 2010 at 04:21
Hi Jessica, I have to tell you this though totally unrelated to this post, but I’ve just read from yahoo that Steven Spielberg will work on an Abraham Lincoln biopic to star Daniel Day-Lewis. I remember that in the past you had this total DDL phase, your thoughts?
November 21st, 2010 at 10:02
They tape up … everything?
November 21st, 2010 at 22:12
Love the article, Jessica. It keeps getting better and better :) I thoroughly enjoy the Borneo 7 highlights and the Dune references :)
#2 chronicler — Hahaha, my thoughts exactly!
November 21st, 2010 at 23:41
brewhuh23: No, it’s The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King!
November 22nd, 2010 at 00:16
#4 jessicazafra — Oh yeah,my bad. I’m in detox the entire weekend so the brains ain’t working right O_o
November 22nd, 2010 at 00:53
@ #4 jessicazafra: So what is your role here? Are you the brave Eowyn fighting the Nazgul or the dainty Arwen embroidering a tree design on a black banner?
November 22nd, 2010 at 01:13
the chronicler of boredom: I am the Elves watching and supporting the Men of the West in the struggle against Sauron. I am their staunch ally but, after all, immortal. Also the Elves have the best outfits.
November 22nd, 2010 at 13:45
@ #7:jessicazafra Im Arwen te leem la thaid lastobeth nim tolomdomnomh galadh.(I don’t know if the spelling is correct. Hahaha. I transcribed this when Arwen first made an appearance in the Fellowship of the Ring).
And we greet each other in High Elvish:” Elen lumen sila omentielvo”
November 22nd, 2010 at 14:30
the chronicler of boredom: But Arwen is my least favorite major character in the movies. By the way it is time for my annual LOTR extended editions marathon. I am making a list of all the parts I cry at, to check if I still cry over them. In the first two:
1. Gandalf falls (I knew what would happen and I still cried).
2. Boromir dies. (Buckets!)
3. “Where is the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing?” as Theoden puts on his armor.
4. All is lost, so they ride to meet the enemy.
5. The Rohirrim ride down the mountain.
6. Samwise explains why the old tales work.
My friend cried when he saw Minas Tirith because it was real.
November 22nd, 2010 at 15:21
I always cry watching boromir die, I’m thinking about that scene and feeling the tears well up jeezus
my extended lotr dvds are in manila, now i’m really crying! maybe i’ll find the dibidis here in china so I can curl up for 12 hours this weekend drooling over viggo.
November 22nd, 2010 at 16:23
@ #9: jessicazafra: Yeah. But I loved her in the Fellowship, especially when she was riding through the ford chased by the Nine. I have always had this thing for ladies riding horses.
I also have the Extended version but the “cheaper” copy. I loved LOTR even more after watching it. The Extended version is really much, much better.
I also cried during all the scenes that you mentioned. But the part I cried most was when Faramir and the Men of Gondor were ordered by Denethor to retake Osgiliath. Pippin was singing a haunting song.
I watch LOTR whenever I feel down or am confronted by something seemingly insurmountable. It always cheers me up and helps me regain faith in myself and in the world. It should be made into a religion. Haha.
November 22nd, 2010 at 16:31
the chronicler of boredom: Yes, that scene where the water turns into charging horses and swallows up the Nazgul. At that point I knew Peter Jackson would not disappoint me.
November 22nd, 2010 at 16:42
I think the LOTR series should be revisited at least once a year :) There should be a bill passed mandating epics such as this to be re-watched every year. I remembered when The Two towers was shown, my uncle was at home talking to my dad and his daughter, sent him a text message.
The message went: Pa, ask mo si Bubbles kung gusto niya manood ng LOTR sa Sabado. Thanks!
(The message was sent to him because I wasn’t answering my phone.)
Then my uncle tells me: “Oh, manood daw kayo ng LOTTER nila Kitty!”
As in, pinronounce niya yung LOTR na lotter,hahaha! Siyempre, tawang-tawa ako. Nadouble tuloy panonood ko ng lotter ng wala sa oras XD
November 23rd, 2010 at 01:45
Continuing the list of the parts I cry at:
7. The lighting of the beacons. Before this my friend cried when he saw Minas Tirith because “It’s real!”
8. Seconds later, “Gondor calls for aid!” Silence. “And Rohan will answer.”
9. Crazy Denethor sends Faramir and his troops to certain doom, then orders Pippin to sing him a song.
10. “I am no man.”
11. “I go to meet my fathers.”
12. And the opening of the floodgates: “I can’t carry it for you, but I can carry you.”
November 23rd, 2010 at 01:48
#15 the chronicler of boredom: Same here. When I find myself in seemingly hopeless situations watching LOTR cheers me up. Also Buffy the Vampire Slayer.