a perfect birthday gift..

April 9, 2006 - This date marked a special day in my life - it’s my birthday! Unfortunately, I was not feeling well that day. I’m stacked in th ehospital with my cousin who undergone an operation, with cough and flu. What a day to celebrate my birthday! I have planned pa naman to watch Coke’s game later at the Araneta Coliseum. But since I was not feeling today, I decided to skip watching the game live and rather watch it on TV na lang. It’s a good thing, the room that my cousin was occupying had a TV set.

During the start of the game, I saw JA playing very well. And guess what! He made that amazing dunk against Marlou Aquino. Great! I even shouted out of happiness. That was really fantastic! Will Antonio also played well during that game. He was deadly from the three-point shot. Unfortunately, playing against SLR was never easy. They also hav eother players who can shoot trey like Paulo Mendoza. That’s the reason why the game was so closed and you would really know who would win it. It was on the dying seconds when JA was fouled and had to shoot two freethrows. Knowing JA, he usually made those freethrows but during that night, he missed one of those very important freethrows and SLR made a lay-up after. Coke called a time-out. While they were having a time-out, I was really praying that they would be able to send it to overtime. It’s my birthday and I don’t want to be sad on this special day. During that moment, I was really nervous. I know the importance of that game especially to Coach Binky Favis that’s why I was really praying for them to win.

After the time-out, the players were back on the court.  Few seconds before the game ended, JA pull up a trey and made it! Teh game was tied! Then SLR hurried back to their court but they failed to score. It’s OVERTIME! During the overtime, Ali Peek made sure that they would win the game. And that’ it, COKE WON that very critical game! Why? Because that game gave Coach Binky his first All-Star coachign stint. Imagine, he’s a rookie coach but he was able to do that. Congrats Coach! Also, JA, Ali and Rafi made it also to the All-Star team.

Congratulations guys!