Because life is a spectator sport
Mall of Asia parking lights
Just got back from Mall of Asia from our family’s semi-weekly rounds there, and I couldn’t help but notice the nifty new sensors they’ve installed throughout their parking buildings. I’ve been told this feature’s been up and working for the past couple of months, but either because of my chronic oblivousness to my surroundings or their subtle presence, or perhaps a little of both, I’ve missed taking note of this simple yet functional little addition.
Fantasy basketball season is upon us! It’s time for obsessive-compulsive managers (like me) to start planning their lineups and brushing up on their NBA knowledge. This year I actually started a league among my friends after spending the past three seasons playing at our office league. Aside from eating up most of my free time, playing fantasy basketball at least gives me some material to write about on this blog after a month-and-a-half of neglect.
For those of you who aren’t familiar with the nuances of Fantasy sports, it’s a game wherein you pick real-life players from a particular sport and league, the NBA in our case, and form a team where the actual statistics garnered by your players earn your team points. At the end of the season, the team with the most points wins. Sounds simple, but as they say with most games, easy to learn, but difficult to master. And in this case, highly addictive.
Chocolat decorative sign
I haven’t really written too much about food despite the fact that I probably enjoy seeking out new gastronomical discoveries as much as the next blogger. Seeing as local food blogs and resto review sites are a dime a dozen, and given the fact that my opportunities to be adventurous are quite limited due to my
domesticated lifestyle, it’s been a deliberate choice thus far to focus on sporting events and the like. But since this blog was created to allow me to share my experiences, however mundane they are, I’ll try to write more often about a broader range of things, dining out being an obvious topic.
Today was a typical family visit to SM Mall of Asia, where we’ve been making an almost weekly pilgrimage for the past couple of months due to my son’s ongoing addiction to an afternoon of imprisonment at Kids Republic. In a quest to try out something new for our meryenda, we spotted Chocolat in the ground level of MOA’s north wing, a smallish cake shop specializing in, you guessed it, chocolate cakes. Now, my spouse and I aren’t exactly big chocolate addicts, but their displays were tempting enough that we decided to give it a go. The place would struggle to seat more than 30 people, so being less than half-full when we arrived allowed us to settle in comfortably.
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“Citius, Altius, Fortius”. These three Latin words represent the most basic ideals on which the modern Olympic Games were founded upon. And for the current Games, the first word, which simply translates to “faster”, is quickly establishing itself as the adjective most often used to describe the highlights we’ve seen thus far. Michael Phelps, in one of the most anticipated swims in the history of the Games, made sure that the Beijing Olympics will be memorable for his golden performances more than any other controversy on and off the field. On the other hand, Usain Bolt, while not as much of a household name yet, deserves special mention for his record-breaking and jaw-dropping exploits on the track.
