Summer is here. (With match report by Brewhuh)
And the Philippine Volcanoes, of course, in their A5N match against Hong Kong today. Allez, Patrice! And Kuya Michael of the amazing jaws, and Jake, and Matty Saunders whose parents we wish would adopt us, and everybody.
But a special shout-out to our friend Gareth Holgate, who was unfairly singled out in the news coverage of the match against Japan. Fine, he missed his penalty kicks. Sometimes you miss. What are you, perfect?
Go Gaz! We believe.
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Brewhuh will cover the game for us. If you watch the match, send us a report! Jaime is not…on hand for this one.
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iScreamed for the Philippine Volcanoes
by Brewhuh of House Blend
A few weeks back I asked my friends Diana and Ara if they wanted to watch the Philippine Volcanoes match at Rizal Stadium with me and they happily obliged. These are people who don’t know squat about rugby. Real troopers and great friends.
We were outside the stadium at 6pm. Ara mentioned that she needed to pee and all of a sudden we all needed to go to the ladies’ room. Is it contagious, like yawning? So we took a detour to SM and by the time we were in the stadium the crowd was growing steadily. As both teams were doing their warm-ups, I also did warm-ups for my lungs and vocal chords. Confession: I needed to let off steam so I went to an event that called for screaming. Well it was a good cause.
Celebrities spotted in the stands: Azkals Phil Younghusband and Simon Greatwich.
The opening ceremony was held, then we were off. The Volcanoes were very aggressive in the beginning, making the Hong Kong team lose their bearings a bit. We got the first points through Alex Aronson’s penalty kick. The crowd went nuts! I think my friends lost 85% of their hearing.
We got most of our tries during the first half. One of them was from Patrice Olivier, who was a monster: he carried half of the HK team over the try line!!! I went all Robin Scherbatsky and shouted, “Nobody touch our Patrice!”.
My friends and I cheered for the team during the lulls and something happened: I heard myself! My goodness, I am loud. I can probably call someone in the northern grandstand from the southern side hahaha. I think I scared some of the guys from the Manila Nomads—they kept telling Ara to make me calm down. Ahahahaha sorry, I had a gallon of coffee.
Diana : Dear, remember that we are ladies!
Ara : Ay oo nga pala, I’m wearing pink jeggings!
Me : GOOOOOOOO VOLCANOEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSS!!!
Diana : Bubbly, you might be asked to leave the premises. You scream like a jet landing.
Me : Why? I’m a Filipino. Born and raised here.
Ara : Oo nga naman…
Me : And I order extra riiiiiiiiiiiiiiice …go Volcanoooooooooooooooesssss!!!!
But Hong Kong showed us why they’ve been in the Asian Top 5 for years. After 80 minutes they beat the Philippine Volcanoes 59-20. Props to captain Michael Letts, Patrice Olivier and Alex Aronson for racking up our points. In 2011, when we witnessed the bloodbath of a Volcanoes test match against Hong Kong, I never thought we’d get to this level of play so fast. I think the Volcanoes shook things up a bit, which probably surprised Hong Kong.
To the Volcanoes, congratulations for frustrating the heck out of the opponents —quote straight from the mouth of a Hong Kong player. You did well today. All the best against South Korea and see you all again on the 18th against UAE!
P.S. To the referees who made those bad calls against the Volcanoes: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!! I will record my scream and send it to all of you.
Answers to questions you might be asking, unless you wandered onto this site purely by accident >>>
May 4th, 2013 at 15:39
You say Go on the count of 3
1-2-3…GO!
You say Fight on the count of 3
1-2-3…FIGHT!
You say Win on the count of 3
1-2-3…WIN!
You say J.A.I.M.E. on the count of 3
1-2-3… ??????????????????JAIME???????????????????????????
May 4th, 2013 at 15:41
ay wala pala si Jaime (paki delete na lang yung cheer ko)
May 4th, 2013 at 17:27
My favorite Gaz moment on Twitter (apart from the times when I’d get the occasional left-field reply from him) was when I re-tweeted a picture from his pictorial for Bench. A friend of mine saw it and kept asking me who the hottie was, where I knew him from and everything… but when I got around to mentioning his girlfriend, she suddenly clammed up. Apparently I had ruined her fantasy.
May 4th, 2013 at 19:04
stellalehua: Pictorial? Pictorial?? It’s photo shoot. Pictorial is not a noun.
We get to say that in the zombie movie, too.
May 4th, 2013 at 19:07
swanoepel: We meant his uncle but it’s true: Jaime Urquijo Zobel is not playing today. Had to go back to New York for work.
“J’aime” in French means “I love.” Puedeng cheer yon!
May 4th, 2013 at 19:24
Photo shoot. Photo shoot. Photo shoot. Shoot, I must shoot myself. (And now I will add the zombie movie to my Must Watch list.)
May 4th, 2013 at 19:30
stellalehua: It’s one of two running jokes that got into the movie haha.
If you had gone to the game with brewhuh your eardrums would be dead.
May 6th, 2013 at 09:11
“I will record my scream and send it to all of you.” – YES! Go tell ’em, Brewhuh!
I followed the match on Twitter and I would have slaughtered a few eardrums myself if I hadn’t been writing that day.
May 6th, 2013 at 20:48
hi brewhuh! i think i heard you scream “lutoooooooooooooooo!!! kusinero ka ba?” when the ref made a bad call. diba? nalurks lang ang mga afam! full force ulit on the 18th!
p.s. ang cute ni benny. that is all.
May 6th, 2013 at 21:03
tara: He’s probably hit 18 so we won’t beat you with the Bantay Bata stick. Yes, the Saunderses are the cutest non-chronological triplets ever, and genuinely good people.
You have given us a great idea. We’re hiring out brewhuh as a cheering consultant to sports teams in need of crowd support. Interested parties, drop us a line here.
May 7th, 2013 at 00:43
Hello tara!
YES that was me HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Where were you seated?
My friends couldn’t stop laughing because I sounded like a “managinginom sa kanto” hahahaha!!! And jeering is more fun in Tagalog!
See you on the 18th!!!
Jessica — I can work with that hahahaha!!
May 7th, 2013 at 21:31
JZ: Over 18 but under 25! Kelangan pa rin ng parental consent!
brewhuh: Haha! Super fun mo lang! Push! Dun kayo sa first row ng yellow seats diba? Sa blue seats kami roughly 3-4 rows from where you are. I’ll say hi when i see you next time. :-)
May 9th, 2013 at 07:34
tara: HAHAHAHAHA, oh my gosh yes that’s us!!! Naubusan kami nung VIP tickets sa Ensogo.
Please do say hi if you see me again. Don’t mind the looks, hahaha, I’m harmless :D I just scream a lot for good measure, hahahaha!!!