Violently precise
Last Saturday I went to Manny del Rosario’s birthday party. So that’s what Embassy is like: long queue of people dressed to impress and waiting to get in. Made a mental note to call Jim Libiran and suggest a sequel to Tribu. Tribu 2: Shet, pare. Chus prefers Tribongga. In the climactic sequence there would be a walk-off, then a dance-off, then the in-crowd would send in their security guards to do the fighting. We left the place round 1 am, before anything exciting had happened, and went back to that 24-hour carinderia to eat lechong kawali, tokwa’t baboy and beef pares. Heavenly. You don’t get food like that at The Fort.
The party was 90% advertising folk. I had a chat—okay, we had to yell over the music, but in a polite way—with a risk management consultant. He said, Could you not write about Roger Federer? So here’s something about the Fed on the practice court from 3Quarks.
“Seen at close range, I can perhaps best describe his play as explosively graceful, or violently precise. He wasn’t very focussed, though, missing some shots and laughing, “Nein!” (Federer tends to exposulate in different langauges, using “Allez!” for the French, and “Come on!” in Queens.) At one point, Kiefer aced him, and Federer, without looking, smashed the ball off the tarp behind him, neatly banking it into the hands of a waiting hitting partner. It was the kind of thing you might see a magician do, yet for Federer it was just an absent-minded expression of annoyance. Such is life as the greatest practitioner ever of tennis.”
Answers to questions you might be asking, unless you wandered onto this site purely by accident >>>
August 30th, 2007 at 14:07
When you go and study the habits of the local fauna, what methodology do you use? Are you like George Schaller who prefers a hands-off, objective approach, or are you like Fossey or Goodall who tries to be accepted by the local population and gives their subjects names like Fifi and Digit?
August 30th, 2007 at 14:32
From my side of town where I spent most of my highschool life(lessness), I discovered this Chinese eatery in the heart of the old Misericordia. Anyways, the food, mostly slimy and sweet, well I did say Chinese right, was sheer divine! Up until now, I still find myself squiggling into its formica-covered white chairs as I breathlessly wait for my order. Yum!
August 30th, 2007 at 14:42
Great idea for a Tribu part 2, JZ! I could imagine the poster: “Bawal ang dugyot dito” hahahaha Submit ko na ito sa Cinemalaya ha :-)
August 31st, 2007 at 00:24
why is no one airing the US Open?
August 31st, 2007 at 11:31
What I dont understand is why Star Sports on my cable provider is not airing/covering the early rounds of the U.S Open… Whenever I check, there is always another sports/games on except tennis or the U.S Open early rounds. And I don’t even know where to address this question. I get the feeling they will only air/cover it when the quarter finals begin. Arrgghh!!!