Solids Curioius Thoughts

Sunday, September 18, 2005

It should be decided on the battlefield

During a war, everyone fights their hearts out for something great, honor, pride and ofcourse their own lives. Once you win, you feel very much accomplished, its like a feeling you have never experienced before, true joy.

A few weeks ago there was a very contreversial decision during the DLSU vs UE game. Right after we won it during overtime, 86-83, UE protested saying we did not call a legitimate timeout. The UAAP board, ofcourse biased voted in favor of UE. This was a cause for great disturbance within the UAAP, sprots writers were again the decision, and over-all, the La Salle community was very disappointed as we were robbed, our soldiers fought hard and galently and won it, fair and square later to be given to another team, who play sub-par compared to us. And, the UAAP Board was given a second chance to redeem themselves... and once again, they falter. by deciding that the game will have a rematch, a second chance, a second time. That was very questionable, again. La Salle took it instead of a loss but demanded justice. The question whether we were able to call a timeout was not answered which really frustrated us. And thats the start of it all.

We poured our hearts out, the next 2 battles between the Falcons and the Eagles, beating them convincingly. And now, UE again. It was a close game, La Salle couldnt go far since UE would always catch up, and the closest they got, 52-50. Joseph Yeo hit a three from the right corner to get us up, this was the start of something great. Pound for pound, the Archers fought, they wanted to proove something, they played their hearts out. Then, Jun Jun Cabatu hit a three pointer plus a fould to get us up. That changed the flow of the game. Yeo hit more layups and they played team basketball, in the end, DLSU prooved to UE, that games are won on the court, not in the boardroom, via a 79-66 blow out against the Red Warriors.

Personally, I think they should change their monicker, afterall, no warrior shies away from defeat, rather accepts it gracefully. And justice always prevails, we have to proove a single win twice.

What im trying to say is that life is not always second chances. There are no commitees deciding on the outcome of wars, there are no second chances. Life should be live to the fullest, and you can never take back things you have done before. You may be given a second chance, but it isnt always the same as the first time. You need to be humble in victory and gracious in defeat, never shy away from it and find some excuses, find someone or something to blame for defeat. Because, in every game, there is always a winner, and a loser.

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