Ball Till You Fall

Hey yaars,

Yes ladies and gentlemen, the picture to your right is me, in the first grade. I managed to use my digital camera to take a photo of this old photo, and it turned out alright. Over the coming few days I'll amuse/disgust you all with some of my older photos. And after uploading this one to my blog, I do realize why parents always wanted to squeeze my cheeks when I was a kid!

I just remembered an old first grade story of mine after seeing the picture. First grade was my public school introduction to team sports, where students were assembled into "teams" named after famous Canadians. In my school they consisted of Brock, Wolf, Macdonald, and my team Champlain. Anyhow, in our first ever game (of soccer), I managed to break the deadlock by taking the ball and breaking away to score the game winning goal. Of course, it was for the other team. Which meant we lost and I faced the shame of hearing all my teammates yell at me. Yes, I cried and had my teacher console me, whilst scolding the class for being mean. I think I'll switch topics before I regress back to my grade 1 memories!

As you all are laughing at my embarrassment, here are the odds and ends of the moment which are clattering around in my head :

- The Liberals surprsingly elected Mr. Dion as their new leader. I'm sure my friend Rob is all over this, probably finding a way to decipher how this can lead to another Conservative win. As many politically inclined, I was taken aback by the selection, though it could be a blessing in disguise. It seems that throughout his political career, Stephane Dion is almost always underestimated. Heck, he even was so in the leadership election. In my opinion though, this is like the Liberals going all-in with only a pair of 4s. It's totally a big risk, but as the expression goes, "big risk, big reward".

- Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif had their suspensions overturned by an appelate committee yesterday. While it is true that they had nandrolone in their system, the appeals tribunal felt that the original committee based their decision on WADA's rulebook, not the Pakistan Cricket Board's. Since the test was done out of competition and by the board, they felt it was within their jurisdiction. And since the PCB was found negligent in properly informing players of the dangers of supplements, the fast bowler's were exonerated.

What does this mean? I can once again look forward to March's World Cup. Pakistan Zindabad!

- I'm listening to the fan 590 and it seems the Jays have lost Ted Lilly and signed Matt Stairs as a 4th outfielder. I didn't expect Lilly to stay, I'm just a bit curious as to why we signed ANOTHER outfielder when we have a bunch of young prospects who can play the outfield. Who knows, this probably is another one of those moves that will work out for the better of the team

- Just got word from my moms that the "party" this saturday I'm dreading is expecting to have a total of 60 people attending! And in true fashion, Chinese Hakka food is the cuisine. As a friend once use to say "kill me now, and spare the pain!" :P

- U2 with Green Day - The Saints are Coming = The reason I want the Saints to wallop the Cowboys on Sunday