The Dynasty Ends Here

Aimee, PLEASE don't make this the title of your web article... I'd rather have Xavier School Settles for Second! hahaha!!! pero trulyly, mas gusto ko yung title kapag nanalo tayo: Twice To Beat, Twice Beaten... hahaha!!!! oh well, pero what really happened was twice to beat, once beaten... at least dabbaz, we did not just hand over this year's champ title to Claret... nahirapan din sila, in fairview park!!!ÜÜÜ and syempre, may next year pa! we'll get it back! yezzzzzz, yebbah, yebbah, super fight na fight ang spirit ko! hahaha!

no denying, Claret is really good... with plusses of formal training and a homecourt advantage for the second game... they deserve naman to win... pero we did not deserve to lose... hahaha! just joking!!! personally, i feel that they deserve to get the title... we gave a good fight for it... they just did better... di rin ako masyado sad about how things turned out to be kasi i gave my all during that game... wala na akong maipipiga pang powers... my efforts might not be as well as the first championship game's (alam ko naman yun...Ü) but it was my best that night... i believe it was ALL our best...

i cried tears of mixed emotions that night... i was sad because we are not the champs anymore (2nd place naman!Ü) -- we were the champs for THREE STRAIGHT YEARS, how hard for us to let go... at the same time naman, i was also happy because i realized how much the Xavier Community and my personal friends support us... support me... how i realized that friends and family are more important than awards and trophies... (awww... kaka-tats!)... when i was crying after that deciding game, i am certain about NOT being disappointed... nahuthot na nga game lahat ng efforts ko, lahat ng efforts namin kaya wala na kaming pwede pang sisihin... hahaha!ÜÜ

i like what Tess told me when i texted her... she replied saying, "Congrats din. I guess we can't win them all. They played really well." o dabbah??? coming from a diyosa über-galing volleyball player and team captain like her... it means so much... oo nga naman... naka-tatlo na kame... i-share naman namin sa iba... pero don't worry next year ulit... or next tournament... tayo ulit yun... i believe Miriam's invitational tournament would push through... basta ha, kung kelan man yun, kita-kits!ÜÜÜ

here are some pics taken that night... i'm still waiting for Aimee's web article and other people's pictures... i'll post them as soon as i get hold of them...

Here's the first six...

4 - Lina Impelido (setter)
23 - Rachelle de Vera (moi! moi!)
10 - Aimee Apolinario
5 - Tess Elizalde (team captain)
9 - Retsel Gulifardo-Sanggalang
7 - Charo Dimatulac



mga feeling champions na... yan tuloy naudalot... hahaha!
(L to R) seated: Joan, Charo, May, Tina, standing: Thet and me



yan ang Xavier Team, ang team ko... truly proud to be part of it...



here are my friends who supported and shouted their hearts out for us...
Top: Espren Jonas and me; Mid: Nath, Joseph, Ate Pea
Bottom: Maylene; Not in Picture: Miyer... sya kumuha eh!Ü

THE DYNASTY DID NOT END... IT JUST RESTED.

CHANCES ARE, IT WILL SOON REIGN AGAIN.

Personal thanks also to those who came to watch... Miyer, Maylene, Nath, Joseph, Mama, Ate Pea, Diko, Kuya and op cors, Espren Jonah. Just by you all being there, I strived to play well. Wag magsawa, manood ulit ng next game ng next tournament.

Pictures taken again by the ganda-camera of Porky and Sweety.Ü