a night with the lakers

we saw the lakers vs houston game last night down in l.a. it was a short, fun, and exhausting trip for me, paul, chel and t. cham and allan joined us to see the game as well.

well what can i say about watching the lakers? it is soooooooo much better than watching the warriors! the fans in l.a. had so much more energy...maybe because they had a superstar in their team unlike g.s. staples center is huge and there's so much going on inside and outside the stadium so there's a lot to do before and after the game.

some of the stars we saw other than the basketball stars were, of course, jack nicholson who sat not too far from us, tori spelling, penny marshall, and former governor gray davis. cham also saw zac efron and danielle fishel (topanga from boy meets world, remember her?) from their side of the court and allan said he saw catherine zeta-jones. i'm sure there were so many more stars out there on friday night but we just didn't recognize many of them.

it was exciting to see kobe and yao who were the only 2 players i was really familiar with. i almost forgot that phil jackson was the lakers coach until they flashed his picture on the giant overhead and it reminded me of watching my forever love, michael jordan and the bulls, win championship after championship back in the 90s. seeing the lakers reminded me of how much i love the game and i told myself i should watch more of it on tv. i'd love to take my dad and my brother (when he gets here) to see another game (live!) in the future. but the next time we go, we should make it a week long trip and make the most out of being down south.

after the game, we went back to our hotel and had drinks....actually, they had drinks since i was nursing a bad bad cold and the alcohol was not helping. my stuffy nose kept me up all night. i'm currently running on all the caffeine i consumed today so i can keep up with michelle and all of life's other demands.

pictures to be posted tomorrow. i'm dead tired and still have to make buko pie early tomorrow morning before church.

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we got back earlier this morning and went straight to tselogs and it was packed. it was crazy! crazy but good!!! i told the crew that i have never seen the place so busy before. 95% of the tables were occupied during the lunch hour and i was there again from 430 to 8 pm and it was just as crazy! both times, there were people calling to pick up orders as well. it was awesome!!!