Alagaesian

Sunday is the start of an interesting week in sports… Looking forward to the Philippine collegiate basketball championship (UAAP) where my uni is gunning for the championship title yet again (more on that later).  And on the Norwegian Football Premier League.

Today’s paper headlines a 96.9% chance of Brann getting the championship!  Gullfesten (Championship Party) is already being arranged in the Sentrum for Monday with a big screen link up to the stadium for Brann’s 4th to the last match (the local gov’t is prepared to spend about NOK 1M).  Although there are 4 more matches to go until November, with 7 points in the lead – all the statistical probabilities were checked and rechecked to confirm that the Championship Will Come Home (Gullet ska hem)!

So all of Bergen have their fingers crossed and I should be buying my Brann scarf soon.

On the Philippine front, La Salle (my uni) has always landed on the championship berth since when I started there.  Last year, they got suspended for fielding a player with falsified records (the info of which we volunteered in the first place).  So now, we’re back in the Finals against rival University of the East (alma mater of my mom) to challenge them in their twice to beat advantage.  Game 1 was last Thursday and with typical finals game drama – a 63-63 tie at the last 34 seconds of the game.  We luckily broke them 64-63! 

Game 2 is on Sunday and the Game is On!

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