Vettel Fact

Current Formula One World Champion Sebastian Vettel has 12 wins to his name in his very early career.

He has now won 2 out of 2 races this year but still I cannot rate him as one of the greats.

Lewis Hamilton, although I am one of his antis', is one of the great drivers of today including Fernando Alonso and Michael Schumacher. So why don't I rate Sebastian as highly as I did Lewis? Here is why.

In all of his 12 wins, Sebastian Vettel was on pole bar 3 times.

The first one was in Malaysia of 2010 where he was third from the grid but had a great start and was first going into the first corner.

Another same circumstance was in Brazil of 2010 where he was second on the grid to Hulkenburg, but of course, everybody knows the Williams wasn't competetive. He jumped right through before hitting the first corner and was first from then.

The third was in Abu Dhabi where he was second and Lewis was running first until he had a brake failure and had to retire from the race thus handing the win to Sebastian.

He has still a lot to prove, like winning from behind or having a non-dominating car. Only then could I rate him highly.

2011 Australian GP

I did not watch the race live so I had to watch it from youtube.

Anyway, it was hard to think that Ferrari are way off pace compared to Redbull and Mclaren. Just compare the speed of Button and Massa during the first stint. It was incredible though and fun to watch Massa defending hard against the charging Button. I admit I was impressed with how Massa controlled his car and defended well.

The surprise package for me was Mclaren. They were way off the pace during the winter tests but all of a sudden, as drastic changes were made to the car, they were at time matching Redbull's pace. It was incredible to see that at least, a team or two can challenge Redbull's dominance.

I believe that Ferrari need to step up their game. They weren't just quick enough, and as Fernando said before, strategy can play an important part but in the end, the quickest car will win the championships.

As of the moment they are way off, which means a lot of work has to be done if they want a championship this year.

Fernando Alonso, may I say, drove really great in the race. During the start, by the end of the first corner, he was 10th already but he made up some places which resulted in his 4th place. Sebastian Vettel was dominant, although I think that his move on Jenson Button was rather illegal and could have been the difference between Lewis or Vettel on the top step of the podium. Anyhow, Mark Webber was lacking a lot, of pace, and control of the car. On the third stint he made a mistake thus allowing Fernando Alonso through to 4th place.

The star of the race though was Russian driver Vitaly Petrov. He charged his Renault from 5th on the grid to his first ever podium position. He is the first Russian driver to do so, and it was a proud moment for him. Vettel now has a hat trick of wins on his pocket from last year. Such is the dominance of the Redbull.

So there, I could not wait until the next race to see if Ferrari have done something right, and if Mclaren have pushed their development in order to be as fast as the Redbulls.

I hope my work time does not coincide with the race so I will be able to watch the race live.

No Rest Off

Two days off, and I haven't had a good rest.

First night off, we went to Carrefour for some gruesome grocery shopping. Don't forget about Elma, going back home ahead and leaving Karyl, Marj and me until 10:30 pm, waiting for her in the mall.

After fixing tons of groceries, I continued my no rest pursuit by doing the laundry. And not just ordinary laundry, I cleaned blankets and bed sheets, and of course, our clothes.

By 4 in the morning, I took some sleep and awoke at 6, slept again, then cooked breakfast at 7. By 9 I was ready to accompany Kim to the post office. We returned to the room at around 11:30. I ate lunch and then slept. I woke up at 6pm and went to Duartani to send money to the Philippines. After which we went to Swefieh to buy some greeting cards but unfortunately the bookstore was closed. Then we went to buy DVD's. I bought myself a complete 5th season of How I Met Your Mother. Sav bought 2 movies, one of which, we already watched. We bought Paranormal Activity 2, and I hope by tomorrow I will be able to watch How Do You Know starring Reese Witherspoon.

All the walking was tiring and having not slept  for more than 8 hours wasn't really positive. On the contrary some in between's are nice and memorable, like the smell of KFC wipes, and eating Mcdonald's hot fudge sundae out in the cold with Sav. Bargaining for a lower price also is good. And hey! I got me some Jordan stamps!

I hope to have my off very soon again. Which will come after 5 days of graveyard shifts...

p.s. From March 1 up to 3 hours from now, I did not open the laptop.

The Lost and Finding of Fezzy Wezzy

Apart from the big news that Bahrain GP is cancelled and the F1 season will start on March 27th,
I had an interesting day waiting for the news about our cat.

Here are the text messages from my sister in the Philippines:

Received at 02-22-2011, 11:32 a.m. PH time:
"We have devastating news  nawala si fez kasi ipapaanti rabies siya tapos nagwala nabitawan pa ni dad yung chain tas tumakbo ng mabilis. Hinahanap pa rin ni ches at dad sa bundok."


Received the same day at 12:16 p.m. after I replied and asked some questions:
"Free kasi sa court taga health center ata ewan. Nakawala na siya bago pa umabot sa mga tutusok. Buong barangay hinahanap na siya. Nakachain kasi siya baka nasabitsabit."

At 2:46, I received this text message:
"Nasa bundok kami ngayon hinahanap namin si Fez."

And at 8:38 p.m., the following text was received:
"Fez is back! Umuwi siya mag-isa pero nawala yung bell niya at chain."

The full story of the finding of Fez is described below (from ate Jewnale's facebook wall)

• Nakabalik na siya haha. Pagod at gutom na gutom. Nawala yung chain at bell niya feeling namin may kumuha sa kanya. Anyway, tuwang tuwa kami at nakabalik siya.
• Paguwi niya nga nagulat kami eh nag meow tapos sabay sabay kaming nag Fez. Nagulat siya tumakbo sa ilalim ng table.

Hopefully our cat won't try to run away again because everybody loves him!

Love Your Enemies

It was the gospel reading yesterday. Three words. Very simple. Yet complex in a way.

Jesus asking us to love our enemies is quite hard especially when your foe has done something which is difficult to overturn. Wait, it isn't quite hard, it is very hard!

Imagine having to forgive a person who hurt you or your family, I know for sure it is unbearable to do. But then, Jesus asks us to do so in order to have peace in the community, and most importantly, to have peace in our hearts.

Forgiveness was also another point in the readings. A very simple word, yet again, also difficult to do.

I hope one of these days I will be able to forgive and reconcile with all my enemies.

With that, I hope and pray for strength to do so...

Daddy's Birthday

Today is my dad's birthday. He's 56 now, getting older and wiser.


Imperfect as he may be, my dad is exactly what we needed. Cool and calm. A really principled man.


He always believes in what is right, and stands up for it, even if he is the only one fighting.


My dad, see, is a politician. However he is very different from the usual politicians in our country. My dad never once saw opportunity to use his power for self gain. He was barangay captain for 10 years but he was never corrupt. He opposed to the high council if he needed to, but always said it in a way that no one will be stepped at.


A humble man, my dad, and I will always be proud of him. Given the opportunity, I know he wants to serve the people of our city for the best interest. Not for money nor power, but only to serve.


I miss my dad like the people I left in the Philippines. I miss my dad's jokes and his incredulously good logical skills. I hope he is having a happy birthday today.

Formula 1 is fast approaching

Less than a month to go, and my favorite sport, Formula 1, will kick off and start anew.

I can't wait to watch the pinnacle of motorsport show off the best cars made on earth.

I do hope Ferrari can match or better the Redbulls.

Forza Ferrari!

Forza Fernando!

p.s. I hope Robert Kubica will get well soon and get back on trach soon, I really liked him as a driver.