Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Why the Miami Heat could lose in the NBA Finals

While most blogs are highlighting the strengths of the Eastern and Western Conference champs in their Finals preview, Lone Opinion decides to take a step back (pun intended) and focuses on the concerned teams' weaknesses and problems. In this post, the Miami Heat.

After some early season struggles, the Heat's Big Three are finally getting their act together and are living up to expectation. Poised to win it all, here's a rundown of things the Heat have to address, otherwise, they'll never hear the end of Mark Cuban.

Monday, May 30, 2011

Why the Dallas Mavericks could lose in the NBA Finals


While most blogs are highlighting the strengths of the Eastern and Western Conference champs in their Finals preview, Lone Opinion decides to take a step back (pun intended) and focuses on the concerned teams' weaknesses and problems. In this post, the Dallas Mavericks.

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Why the Mavs and Heat make for a perfect Finals

Dirk Nowitzki: Ay kalbo! Pendong peace.
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The Los Angeles Lakers defending their title against the Boston Celtics should sound good around this time of the year, however, this year's NBA playoffs left us with the Dallas Mavericks and the Miami Heat.

I'm not one to complain though.

While seeing the purple and gold slugging it out with the green and white can make any basketball junkie drool in excitement, there's some interesting storylines that make the Heat-Mavs meeting in June just as exciting.

Saturday, May 21, 2011

College education: Is the price right?

I just enrolled my brother in a private school two days ago and it resulted into the emptying of my wallet and my mom's. Since it's his fourth and last year in high school, and considering the state of public schools here in the Philippines, I'd say it's all worth it.

Not far from now, my brother will be going to college, just like those kids lining up at the cashier window of (insert name of university/college here). As I type this entry into my blog, I reminisce about my college days as if it weren't that long ago. At the same time, it reminded me of an article, “The Question You're not Asking: Should You Go to College?” by Robert Brockway, which I read a few days ago. And said article will be the inspiration of this piece.

Saturday, May 14, 2011

Street Basketball hits SM Novaliches


Allan Tamparong wins Street Basketball Title

Newbie upsets favorites.

First-timer Allan Tamparong was crowned 2011 Street Basketball champion after slipping past defending champ Eliz Lintingco in the semis, and defeating last year's runner-up Dan dela Cruz in the finals.

Monday, May 9, 2011

Power Trip

At around 1:00 a.m. today, I was online and multitasking -- reading some blogs, writing one and social networking -- when all of a sudden, a power failure occurred. There was a typhoon in the horizon and Metro Manila was under Public Storm Warning Signal # 1, so I wasn't surprised that such thing would happen.