Xabi's new shirt

Can't wait for 2012-13 season! Liverpool and Real Madrid! 
Here's Xabi's new shirt. 

I super LIKE!
 
 

Xabi Boss!

Xabi Alonso, Real Madrid's No. 14 is my favorite football player.  He's the celebrity endorser of Hugo Boss for España! Muy guapo!

Xabi Alonso, the former Liverpool and Real Sociedad man, is so solid playing in front of the defenders that no player has been able to replace him perfectly.

Alonso has the ability to not only pass the ball, but also tackle it well; a requirement of a player playing in his position.

The Spanish midfielder, from the Basque Country,  is considered to be a deep-lying playmaker,  sitting down right behind the midfielders aiding the team with his inch-perfect passing, long shoots and good tackling ability.

Therefore, Alonso belongs to a breed of players who are not only dying out but who are also a rare find. Hence, replacing him in the Real Madrid first-team is a task which is not every player’s cup of tea.

still hurts. what is the world coming to?

the fact is that Alonso was key to Liverpool's resurgence last season and without him they miss the urgency of his passes to Gerrard.


'Xabi Alonso was priceless for me,' Steven Gerrard explained when we met last month.

'The speed of his delivery was essential because it gave us the advantage over the defenders. I really miss him because I scored a lot of goals that were down to his speed of thought.

'The service, the way he controlled games, to lose that was big for us. He is one of the best in the world in that position.


Read more:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1218164/MARTIN-SAMUEL-Its-tough-Rafa-Benitez-losing-Xabi-Alonso-X-factor.html#ixzz0T4lrRQKt

españa 3rd place

XA silences SA in overtime españa 3-2 south africa! magnificent free kick, alonso! woohooooooo! stay with liverpool! you look good in red!

spain NT exits

missed the yuchengco museum opening of 'first impressions' exhibit with the embassy of spain in manila. would have wanted to attend, if only to commiserate with the embassy on the spanish NT's horrific exit at the confederation cup.

españa 0-2 ee.uu. heartbreaking, horrifying.
poor xabi.
am so not over it..

this xabi, deshabille

shirtless, bare-chested, topless.. whatever.

his hotness. red hot chili hotness. cool and cute outside. all hotness inside!

this man may seem gentle, jovial, dorky even - he is obviously very bright and smart - nerdy, i believe. that he is an excellent passer, is FACT. one of the best, in fact!

but to do this to us, his loyal, loving, eager fans is daft! unforgivably daft, it is brilliant!

how can you do this to us xabi?! how can you keep this from us?! hide this hotness, from us?! what a jolt!

¡ay, dios mio, xabier!

¡hace calor! ¡hace mucho calor! *faints*

http://kickette.com/images/uploads/XABIFUR.gif

thank you kickettes!

collect and dust off

liverpool are runners-up in the premier league. now man f*ing U is equal to liverpool in 18 league titles. next season, the race to #19 is on! and bloody it will be!

will make a rundown of the last six weeks. soon. i hope.

meanwhile, i shall nurse my heartache at the losses of the season. as i shall try my best to ignore the transfer rumors. try my very best!

right now, i am anchoring my sanity to the upcoming liverpool trip to bangkok+singapore! chanting and singing 'you'll never walk alone!' or in my case, you'll never walk alon(e)-so!

football.

image credit: liverpool v aston villa. image appears on many sites.

killer three words

yes, what a bummer of weekend. what a bummer of a week, of a month! jeezzzzz!

1. can't make it
am in the midst of a centerfold shoot. got the photographer=bahaghari, the stylist=millet arzaga, even have the makeup artist/s=the makeup forum! and the location: boracay! and the flights, and the hotel! i just have half the talents to shoot. *sigh* such is my life.

2. hit his hip = alonso's own goal
in the midst of this unfolding, nerve-wracking project. liverpool loses to middlesborough. starting with an own-goal from liverpool's hardest-working midfielder (in fact, player), my fave xabi alonso.. poor xabi. killer three words = hit his hip. the ball HIT HIS HIP! WTF?!

3. just hurts more
hurts more than talents unavailable for the shoot. hurts more than undeserved scathing remarks. remarks, i simply ignore. in one ear, out the other. hurts more than deadlines not met. hurts more than people disappointed in you. just hurts more. period.

on with the week! on with the next match! wed, 03:50H v sunderland.

forward... march!

ten days since my last post. proof enough that work gets in the way of play. ggggrr. after a week of excitement, the mag i work for (the work-mag) turned 3 and what a party! we had the NYF awards, the ad of the year awards and the design competition awards. amidst all these, had articles to write, a centerfold photoshoot to organize, and friends to take care of. above all, i had football matches (of a lifetime!) to watch.

england 0-2 españa - what a match! two of my fave teams (i also like france) playing a friendly. alonso my baby passed what made the first goal! what a baby! becks played. and how! beautiful game! alonso and becks.

liverpool 1-0 real madrid - again, two of my fave teams!!! raul fouls alonso four seconds into the match. the two players i love! *LOL* alonso again, attempted his audacious long-range goal. terrific save by iker. woohooo yossi for the goal! i couldn't bear the look on the men in white. sergio ramos, raul, guti... that stunned the santiago bernabeu. can't wait for the anfield leg. just can't wait. i can't.

now with the anniversary out of the way. i have a photoshoot to organize. life goes on. and the shoot is in f*ing boracay! what was a beauty has turned into a hootie! *sigh*

forward, march!

photo: downloaded from many sites.

he is all right!

the universe listened and granted.
return to normal mode.
he is all right.
xabi alonso is all right.
phewww!

holiday things you HAVE to do when work beckons

on the last day of the holidays, i woke up with half the day gone. it was expected. i slept later than the newspaper delivery. sick with worry i was and STILL am with xabi alonso limping away and with a temp brace at half-time.

now i have to spend the day cleaning and clearing. feeding circle-bunny and my adopted street-cat mogwai. who, i am discovering, does not fancy milkfish. what a high maintenance lodger!

reality is crashing on me. i have to get to that filing of my reimbursements to start the year right. it's a feeble act. i should've done a lot of writing. articles, not blogs. and i have to wrap presents i didn't get around to giving at christmas. i am a very sorry case.

liverpool 2-0 preston north end.
i would give up that win for good news on xabi...
on xabi, no news is good news!
go reds!

photo credits : i have no idea, but thank you to you.