The Celtics and Timberwolves have agreed in principle to a deal that will send Kevin Garnett to the Celtics. (source: Yahoo Sports) With Paul Pierce and Ray Allen already in Boston, many believe that KG’s arrival will put the Celtics among the Eastern Conference’s elite teams. We’ll see what happens next season. One thing it will do for sure if make the Atlantic Division a lot more competitive. With a healthy NJ team and the revamped Celtics, Toronto won’t have it as easy as they did the previous season.
Archive for July, 2007
NBA referee in gambling scandal
July 26th, 2007
A huge scandal has surfaced in the NBA. It has been revealed that one of the the referees has been betting on games that he officiated. Tim Donaghy, a 13 year referee in the NBA has allegedly been betting on NBA games, including ones he officiated, and also accused of passing information to others.
This brings to question the integrity of the NBA games. Just think about game 6 of the Raptors-Nets series and game 3 of the Suns-Spurs series, both of which Donaghy refereed. David Stern and the rest of the league will try hard to control the damage, but you really have to wonder why the league did not catch Donaghy in the act, and had to wait for the FBI to conduct an investigation. Apparently the league knew of the referee’s gambling problems, so you’d think they would keep a closer watch. And who’s to say this is an isolated incident? Of course Stern says is it, but that’s what you would expect him to say.
Before you climb the corporate ladder, cut that hair!
July 24th, 2007
I read this article written by Amy Verner on The Globe and Mail. It basically talks about how men should not have stylish hair in the office or they lose credibility. While I agree that there is discrimination against men that like to do more with their hair, I don’t think we should encourage such discrimination nor conform to it.
Men should make a little effort with their hair, but too much effort can compromise their credibility. High-maintenance males are likely more concerned with mirrors than mutual funds.
How does putting effort into their hair make someone lose credibility? Would the author say the same thing about women? High-maintenance females are likely more concerned with mirrors than mutual funds? Forget hiring and promoting people based on their merits, just look at their hairdo!
The rest of the article goes on about how men shouldn’t put too much gel, or get highlights, or dye their hair. Because you know, if you do anything too “crazy” with your hair then you can’t climb the corporate ladder. If I have to pick between looking good and climbing the corporate ladder, I’d choose looking good. We don’t need more people trying to get us to conform to some standard way of looking in the office. What’s next? There are already enough people that look pretty much the same, diversity is good!
Weekend in Waterloo
July 23rd, 2007
I went to Waterloo with Ams this past weekend. It’s weird to be back and not have school. :( Ams went there mainly to check out some apartments with her new roommate for the coming school year. It was pretty tiring going around to see all the different places, and one of them was a really long walk from WLU/UW campus. She did see one apartment that she liked so hopefully she’ll be able to get that.
We went to Morty’s on Saturday night and had some food + beer. Hmm, pizza and beer, what can be better? :p
Summer is going by pretty fast. It’s already the last week of July! I was watching the weather forecast today and there is a heatwave warning for this week, stretching into the weekend. I think the forecast on Sunday was something like 29 degrees Celsius, and feels like 40 degrees with humidex. Oh man, I don’t think I want to be out this weekend. I’ll probably just bum around the house with the A/C on.
Got a bunny
July 15th, 2007
I went to the pet store today with Joyce and we saw a really cute bunny. We’ve been wanting to get one for a while now, so we knew we had to get this little critter before someone else bought it. We named it Mori because we won’t be able to tell its sex until it’s 6 months old, and Mori could be for a guy or girl. Anyway, it’s pretty shy right now (which is normal). We’re hoping it’ll get more comfortable with its new environment.
I’ll post some pics of it once I buy a new camera. My old one broke during my last school term at Waterloo. I accidentally knocked it off my desk and on to the ground. Yes, I’m a clumsy fool. I went to look at cameras at the Superstore and saw the one I wanted (Canon A540), but apparently they were out of stock when I went. Boo-urns.
Nintendo E3 press conference today!
July 11th, 2007
Nintendo’s press conference at E3 is today at 9:00 AM PST. You can see it live at e3.1up.com. I don’t have sounds here at work, so I’ll have to read up on the 1up blogs and stuff to keep informed. I’m pretty psyched. Hope they have good things to show at E3. Knowing Nintendo, they will have some pretty impressive showing.
Homemade burgers!
July 10th, 2007
My blogging frequency has been pretty low for the last little while. I’ll try to change that, but it’s hard to get into the mood to blog nowadays, with work and all.
This past weekend I was over at Ams’ place. We had BBQ for dinner on Saturday, and we made our own burgers! It turned out quite well. It’s always more satisfying to make your own food. And even more satisfying when it turns out well. =P
This week so far has been pretty blah. The weather has been just horrible! Very very hot and humid. Oh, will it just rain already!
On further news, I bought Resident Evil 4 for the Wii. Only played about an hour today, and it’s pretty scary stuff. And I haven’t even encountered any zombies yet! Gah!! Those stupid farmers have some high resillience to bullets. Three shots to the head with a shotgun and they are still running at me with an axe. What the heck! >.>
Weekend in Boston
July 3rd, 2007
I went to Boston with my family and Ams to visit Grace this past weekend. Yeah I know, we didn’t spend Canada Day in Canada.. boohoo. =P
It was a lot of fun, and I bought an entire outfit (plus shoes!) all for pretty cheap. The great thing about Boston is no tax on clothing — as long as it is under $100 I think. Plus, with the soaring loonie, buying stuff in USD is very very cheap. Ams got a pair of boots that she really likes too!
We spent most of the time walking around doing sighting seeing. We did eat out at several restaurants. One thing I learned is that if a restaurant has no lineup going into it, even though other ones do, it probably means the restaurant is very pricey! Yes, we did go to a restaurant like that. Grace, Joyce, Ams and I wanted to check out a seafood restaurant, but there was a lineup, and it was starting to rain. So we thought, hey let’s go to that restaurant that has no line! Well, at least the food was good!
Ams wants to go to Boston again to do more shopping. She’s trying to buy more mature clothes and stuff now. =P
