Friends, Basketball and the "Call Me Maybe" Craze

Yeah, I have friends whom I've known through basketball and I'm so happy that our friendship gets stronger each day (or should I say, each basketball game day? haha).

 After a home service by Nail Rituals (pls follow them on twitter: @Nail_Rituals)

It is owned by our friend, RenRen Ritualo of Air21 and his wife, Teacher Margaux

birthday party of our friend, Kris (June 22)

Since I got back from Japan, I haven't missed a TNT game. And it's probably one of the reasons why I kinda gained weight! haha! Every after game, we go out and dine. Can't imagine that we're spending lots of cash to get ourselves fat! LOL!

June 24 - TNT vs BGK

Then at halftime, "Call Me Maybe" was played...so we took advantage of the music! LOL!

Call Me Maybe during PBA Halftime LOL from roycie salen on Vimeo.

 Cafe Bola

 June 27 - TNT vs BMeg

 Mr. Kurosawa Eastwood

July 1 - TNT vs RoS

 Flaming Wings, White Plains

And of course, we also support the Philippine team! Last 25th of June, we visited Smart Gilas 2 and the team to SEABA (They're in Chang Mai, Thailand this week) during their practice in Ultra. My friends watched their tune-up game last June 29 in Moro Gym (Ateneo), but I had to miss it 'coz I was in school.

w/ Chris Tiu

Joy and Jimmy A.

Each team member was give the "Game of Life" book of MVP

While the team was practicing, we made a "Call Me Maybe" music video via VideoStar (on my iPhone). So funny that some of the players got distracted with our craziness haha!

Call Me Maybe by Carmela & Joyski from roycie salen on Vimeo.

when Joy wore Ranidel's new shoes:))

Jason "The Blur" Castro

Outback, Libis

The Launch of "Rising Higher"

Last Thursday (June 28), we attended the Book Launch of Kelly Williams in Fullybooked, Bonifacio High Street. We were there to support this big man of Talk N' Text Tropang Texters, whom we've known since we started supporting the team in 2010.

Kelly's book entitled "Rising Higher" is an autobiography. Here he shares his life experiences that made him "rise higher", which means it is truly an inspirational book. In this book, Kelly talks about his family, close friends, teammates, coaches, etc. In fact, the book's foreword was written by his current team coach, Chot Reyes.

The book launch was attended by Kelly's closest friends both in and out basketball, the  entire Talk N' Text team, friends from the MVP group, some fans, and a couple of friends from media. Our entire "barkada", which was founded through basketball, was also there to support. This great guy deserves such kind of support.

With TNT's big man: Kelly Wialliams #21 :)

from another photographer :))

 the girls w/ Ms. Patricia Hizon

Thanks so much to the photographer of Smart Media

the girls w/ Coach Chot

Please support Kelly Williams. Grab a copy of "Rising Higher" at any Fullbooked branch, or visit (and please LIKE) Rising Higher's Fan Page on Facebook for further info on where you can buy the book. The book is priced at Php 1000. Happy reading! :)

Congratulations Talk N Text!

This team has been very close to my heart...and I'm just so happy that they made it again! Back-to-Back Philippine Cup Champions!:) They've been the best All-Filipino team since last year. After this conference's Game 5 (Jan. 29), they became champs again!:)

I'm so proud of these guys because I know how much they have worked hard for this. Through this conference, they encountered a lot of injuries and dilemmas which have almost stopped them from running, but they never gave up! They kept fighting, kept believing, kept the faith and worked harder as a team. They really have THE HEART OF A CHAMPION!

Congratulations to the team, the coaching staff, the management, their families, friends and fans. I'm just so honored to be a part of this family. Congratulations also to Larry Fonacier for winning this conference's MVP!:)

TNT Nation in full support!

woot! confetti galore!

 Ali got emotional in his interview (after all he's been through)

 must be the team's lucky charms lol

 Larry = MVP

super cute Liam, Larry's son

Ryan Reyes taking the net off the ring

 our traditional championship photo :)

friendship :)

And so our tradition continues...victory party at Dads/Kamayan/Sambokojin, Ortigas after the awarding ceremonies, then Bugsy's Fort for the after-party. It's just so AWESOME!:)

 with our idol Jimmy and the soon-to-be-engaged JD

 with the forever late, Aaron

 with our next conference's import Ohmar

 with the 6-time Champ Coach Chot

PROUD TO BE TNT!:)

Looking forward to more championships! Heart and soul for the game. Keep the faith!:)

It's ok to be SECOND.

August 21 - Talk 'N Text didn't go Grandslam as Petron beat them in the Game 7 of the PBA Governor's Cup Finals. The team seemed really tired and Petron really excelled, most especially their import, Grundy. The Tropang Texters did not win, but winning 2 championships this year wasn't bad at all. I really admire how they were as a team. Win or lose, they're still WINNERS for us; and we'll support them all the way! I know that they're still happy because at least now, they'll get to rest, take a vacation, and spend time with their respective families. Most of them will fly within this week to the States. And I was happy to have spent some time with them after the game, and before they leave for the US.

 last game for Nina. She left for the US during halftime.

 TNT Nation

 super cute Tristan -- Ryan Reyes' baby

 we believe

 i thought we already had the chance

 woah!

 and confetti was all over the place

 Congratulations Petron

 no matter what happens, we won't miss our traditional photo

playing Monopoly Deal in Johnny Rockets Eastwood

 with the two "abs" boys: Aaron and Charles haha

 great gang!:)

 love these girls!:)

with my idol Jimmy and Bora bud Harvey

August 22 - No sleep yet and I had a long day. After the weekly division meeting, we went to Eastwood for our Department's planning and a bit of  team-building. We had lunch, played bowling, listened to the words of my idol who also happened to be our surprise guest Jimmy Alapag, and had a brainstorming of our plans for 2012. It was such a productive and fun day! It didn't show much that I haven't got any sleep yet haha!

 our special guest! what a coincidence haha

 Team Advocacy & Marketing w/ Jimmy Alapag

 I'm such a fan!:)

 score board at the end of the game

My last stop that day was at the Smart Club Championships in Rizal Stadium. Unfortunately, Smart San Beda FC lost to Teknika, which scored 3-0. But it's not bad winning second. I got the chance to take good shots of the Younghusband brothers before everybody else came near. Special thanks to their manager who's also a very important part of all MVP's teams, Father Ed Africa.

 the field

 the crowd

 trophies

 good job guys!

 cute!

 Let's go Smart San Beda FC!

Finishing SECOND isn't bad...but it will always be the best to be the FIRST!:)