CANADA OPEN: National Bank Open Aug 1-13, 2026

 Happened to watch TORONTO BLUE JAYS game last night against the PHILLIES. Oh, they changed their blue jacket for red jacket now for home runners. It was TBJ Smith who I saw had a home run and got the red jacket and a red/yellow dragon as prize. Wow! New gimmick for the TBJ eh? lol

They could have won last year! Why they didn't? I don't know. 

DINOSAURS & DRAGONS are becoming a commodity now not only for Halloween but also as "Mascots." Recently, a Dinosaur mascot was having so much fun at Alex Eala's tennis match with McNally in WTA 1000 Canada Open. After winning the Mubadala DC Open as the new Champion, Alex is now playing at the CANADA OPEN, National Bank in Toronto, Ontario with large crowd of Filipino-Canadians who are proud of her representing the Philippines. Another Filipina (Canadian) Leylah Fernandez is expected to win the tournament. But what if the gam e ends up Leylah vs Alex?

WTA 1000 is being held in Toronto, Ontario and the ATP 1000 for men in Montreal, Quebec from August 1-13, 2026. 

Unfortunately, Felix Auger Aliassime had been injured and had to backed out from the event. Shapovalov was injured too first round. Bianca Andreescu was out. Leylah Fernandez from Canada has defeated her opponents and still strong to continue. GOOD LUCK!

WAKE UP CANADA!

 CANADA WAKES UP TOO EARLY TODAY!

Of course Canadians are wide awake to watch the FINALE of the MEN'S HOCKEY TEAM against Team USA in the HOCKEY GAME FOR GOLD at the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games. As of now it's a tie CANADA 1 point vs USA 1 point.

Hope and pray for CANADA TO WIN.

Closing Ceremony of the WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES today, watch for it at CBC NEWS NETWORK.

UPDATE: USA wins GOLD!  SILVER for CANADA! BRONZE for FINLAND

is there a code in those 3 flags?

NEVER EVER USED OR TURN RED MAPLE INTO  BLACK MAPLE LEAF!

CONGRATULATIONS!🙌SILVER!!

USA with Quinn Hughes (former Team Captain of Vancouver Canucks) is a GOLD WIN for VANCOUVER  CANUCKS!😇👼

So, it's ok Canada!!

SURVIVOR & AMAZING RACE 2025

 I almost fell asleep watching SURVIVOR last night. I think it was Savannah who won the Immunity idol. Again? I'm not so sure so have to watch the recorded series from last night.

Then what happened at the AMAZING RACE hosted by Phil Keoughan? They all "turned" each other  out of the competition so that each team could be "detoured." However, Jag & Jas who were turned and detoured arrived at the Pit Stop ahead of every teams. What happened to Tucker & Eric? They were not shown tasting variety of olives. The brothers Eric & Tucker were eliminated at the Pit Stop in Greece. 

Sometimes, each team have an agenda of their own to stop and stayed in that country or whether they have to continue or not. I think each team has a plan. It doesn't need to be in another country to win the whole competition because who knows what's next at the end of the tunnel? Better safe than never.

Tucker & Eric had won so many Pit Stop first arrival winnings in cash and trip  for two to other countries, maybe that's enough besides, what's really the point? GREECE is the original country of origin for the very first Olympic Games. WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES will be held in Cortina, Italy, however, the official rite of the Olympic Flames will be torched in Athens, Greece first, by tradition.

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 CONGRATULATIONS SASKATCHEWAN Roughriders for winning the GREY CUP 2025!

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ALERT SYSTEM WAS TESTED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. The test was done throughout all TV Channels and Cellphones and Electronics Gadgets in CANADA.

WERE NOT PANICKY!

WE DID NOT PANIC here in Canada! Whether those "missiles" will hit those Blue Jays players or not but Vladdy's arm and Barger's toes were targeted!!

 Usually baseball game is about 3 hours long. But the World Series Game 7 had Toronto Blue Jays tied 4 - 4 with Los Angeles Dodgers. Extra innings were made and LAD scored 5 points ag. TBJ. 

It's a matter EAST Vs WEST. Hold on to the EAST and let LAD had the WEST. It's more like sunrise and sunset, you know. lol You cannot have the SUN for yourself.

NO MORE TEARS for Blue Jays fans. Apology given by PM Carney to Trump to make their potus happy. What Reagan AD got to do with it? Carney doesn't need to apologize. THE AD from REAGAN did not violate anybody because it is a factual information even attested by REPUBLICAN's Reagan's very close friends and allies. But because the economy is at stake, Carney has to do something because his own leadership is at peril. Do you think Doug Ford has to apologize and say sorry? He doesn't need to. Trump has to change his "deal or no deal" because US Presidents are not TV Show host!& He doesn't need to be NAZI HITLER. That deal might turn into magdildil ka ng asin. It will be winter sooner than later. Do you have lots of salt?

From LEFT TO RIGHT or RIGHT TO LEFT? If you will read from right to the left and sum the baseball World Series from Saturday to the first day of the event, BLUE JAYS actually wins!

We still have the GOLD. We have lots of water and that's why Canada was able to help put off the wildfires in California. Canada are THE SAINTS! You forgot to celebrate the "Saints" of Canada.

Yeah, it's more TRICK & TREATS!

When politics get into the sports it is more like mostly TRICKS and think of what Canadian PM Carney's warning of a sacrifice. The first nationwide budget will be announced on Tuesday, Nov 4, 2025. 

What's sacrifices known for in the real world? Let's have Bible story of Abraham offering his son Isaac to God. By miraculous situation, an animal appeared on that mountain and instead of Isaac, Abraham offered the animal to God. Some people think that offering a human being is what God really want or need. Do you think GOD wants human beings as sacrifices? A cousin of mine told me to offer myself to God. I was like stunned. Who the hell is she? What an asshole!! Sorry for the blunt word. You know what GOD did? When Carney warned Canadians of sacrifices... when he should think about Canadians are struggling economically before he even entered politics. You don't bow down to Hitler!

STRIVE TO BE HAPPY! Be thankful FG Sake.

GOLD VS GOLD

 I first thought the World Series Baseball Championship 2025 is between CANADA & the USA but it turned out it was Canada vs. Japan! HALLOWEEN alright! Duh.

One of the Japanese pitchers caught hitting Vladdy's arm. Uhm, not good! Those Japanese pitchers are ? um never mind don't want to say something bad.

Then Toronto Blue Jays'  George Springer had a fall... opsi is that grandfalloon? Not a cat's cradle? Remember they are closer to Niagara Falls. 

If California has eureka gold, Ontario has more gold. WATER IS GOLD. 

Anyway, it's more like...

Canadians are rooting for BLUE JAYS TO WIN and so do I.
 

SUPPLY & DEMAND

 How honesty pays the price? Honesty the best policy? HIGH standard of living in  Canada and the US and the whole world knows that. That's why third world countries don't really know how poor some of the people here when they complain about the high cost of living. The complaints had something to do about how much bills are paid every month from utility bills to rent or mortgages. That's why BCGEU strikes and rally still in effect. Some workers for Canada Post are back to work. Then look at those teachers and health care workers on strike in Alberta. Teachers wont go back to work until their pleas been heard. 

For the Retirees and Seniors could only hope & pray for increase in their pensions. Pray for miracles!!

While the BLUE JAYS baseball fans prayed for another win for WORLD SERIES Game 3 ag. LA Dodgers, game to be held in California. UPDATE: For the first time in World Series, the game led to 18 innings. L.A. Dodgers winning 6-5. That was over 3 hours to 6 hours? Wow!! Neck to neck! And George Springer got injured and need an MRI. This is getting so strange and so weird.

PM Mark Carney made a deal with the ASEAN leaders in the TRADE SUMMIT in Malaysia. Trump didn't talk to PM Carney. They don't need. It's trade and commerce between ASEAN leaders. Trump is a difficult man to talk to with trade and deals of all kinds he changed his mind more often like an unstoppable train.  He doesn't think about economy and the crisis he created in the US and other countries with his demands. Making enemies instead of friends. It is un-American. It is not democratic. Is he sick? Right now, so many Americans wont have food on their table. Workers working without pay and a lot of complaints being aired on TV News Networks. HISTORY will record this presidency as the worst of all, when America's allies turned into enemies. More than century of American history will turn into dust? I hope not unless the Americans do something about it when it comes to fair trade and commerce. It's almost a year of deal and no deal with foreign leaders, what he thinks of being a president is a "tv host for deal or no deal show?"  Hmm, maybe he thought he is a television show host. People with dementia or a combi of schizo (with dual personality) they think of themselves as somebody else. They don't act their real self.

In Economics, what matter most is the LAW of Supply & Demand. That's the focus! What's in demand? What's in demand then there is  the rise of supply.

UPDATE: TORONTO BLUE JAYS the IN Demand now! Dodgers won last year and they made Ohtani their hero. Toronto had a galaxy of heroes in their team as if they are "Guardians of the Galaxy."

TORONTO BLUE JAYS WON FIRST DAY OF THE WORLD SERIES 2025

 CBC News Network had dedicated their special day on sponsoring the whole event leading to the first day of the WORLD SERIES in Toronto, Ontario. TORONTO BLUE JAYS Vs LA DODGERS. CBC news anchor and reporters interviewed those excited Blue Jays fans and there were so many of them in hundreds of thousands, sadly they wont be able to fit all of them in a 50,000 capacity Roger's Stadium/Arena. Of course millions of Canadians and other fans from all over the world want to see this world series happened because how long Blue Jays been stuck from their 1993 Championship? That was 32 years ago. 

So glad that Toronto Blue Jays won last night's game to the delight of the fans at the Roger's Arena and millions of viewers across Canada and in the US. However, after that game 3 more games to go. You can only hope and pray for the next game after this. 

I don't really know why this baseball game takes that long. It's the same with hockey game wherein there is playoffs and the battle takes longer period of time to end with winning the Stanley Cup. Patience is always a virtue watching all these games unfold and it put stress & pressures on those sports enthusiasts or aficionados.

In regular Blue Jays play time matches with other teams from the USA, you heard more often of Vladimir Guerrero, Schneider, George Springer, Bo Bichette, Varsho having home runs. Then all of a sudden TBJ had Kirk, Barger whose names are often been heard having home runs, of course George & Vladimir are still the best of the best of the TOP PLAYERS. Vladimir Guerrero won the MVP trophy. Congrats Vladimir!

In the 90's BLUE JAYS baseball players/team  that were top of the line were:  Joe Carter, Halladay, Roberto Alomar, Vernon Wells, John Olerud, Gaston, etc. Usually TEAM EFFORT to gain Championship.

Well, wishing them more GOOD LUCK and hope they win the 2025 CHAMPIONSHIP because they deserve this better than anyone else.

GOOD NEWS!!

 Something weird happening in my blogs. Anyway, happy to know that the actress/singer SELENA GOMEZ has finally tied the knots to Blanco, known as the musician/author of the most popular pop songs sung by BTS, Selena G. Rihanna, Justin B. Yup, Blanco wrote the lyrics of the popular hit song DYNAMITE sung by the most popular South Korean pop stars BTS. Blanco also wrote Rihanna's DIAMONDS.  

We need more GOOD NEWS to air more than bad news. 

PM CARNEY of CANADA told the news reporters that he traveled to strengthen economic ties to European countries. While the people thought the travel was about trade and commerce and bringing in investments to Canada. It is measures and how the "process" of trade is done ? No comment.

Usually BIG BOSS travels only if huge deals are approved to be signed sealed & delivered.

It's OK he is NEW to politics.

Actually when it comes to trade & commerce every company directly send their highly respected representative to deal with trading. Why? So that time is not wasted and because BIG BOSS do not perform the task of employees or the messenger to carry the message.  You know what I mean?

CONGRATULATIONS TORONTO  BLUE JAYS! Winning the EAST DIVISION TITLE! GEORGE SPRINGER should receive the award as the MVP this year. 🙌👌👍

VICTORIA MBOKO - TENNIS STAR

 

CONGRATULATIONS! VICTORIA MBOKO's  National Bank Open Champion, Montreal Quebec, Canada.

The new world teen sensation in professional tennis is from Canada!

Photo Image c/o GOOGLE -New York Times

TEAM CANADA: 4 NATIONS CHAMPION 2025

 CONGRATULATIONS TEAM CANADA 

for winning the 4 NATIONS FACE OFF FINALS!!!!!!!

Combinations of Canada's Hockey players:: Sidney Crosby, Nathan McKinnon, Connor McDavid is a super great combination to win. 

Nathan McKinnon voted MVP.

JULES + U-571 + SURVIVOR

 MOVIES TO WATCH:

JULES - Story of Milton, a senior citizen living in small town of Pennsylvania. Day after day, Milton tried to request a zebra line or crosswalk for pedestrian so that is is safer for him and others to crosswalk at the intersection where traffic is congested. However, the councilors and city mayor falling deaf ears. Then one night, something crashed at his backyard. It was a spaceship from outer space. He was surprised but showed no fear and called 911 but he was not believed.  Later on he told at the council about UFO and nobody believed him except the two old ladies who were curious what is wrong with Milton that maybe old age is the cause of his perception. The next day Milton was amazed when he saw a gray alien at his patio. He is reluctant to help but he covered the alien with a blanket and had a glass of water. The next day, Milton showed more empathy and invited the gray alien to his house and offered foods but the alien was only interested in slices of apples. 

I want to tell you the whole story but you'd better watch this movie because it's very interesting. I don't like to spoil you the whole complete story. This movie is great for the old people in your community.

Then if you like action movie, better watch:

U-571 - Matthew McConaghuey, Bill Paxton in their portrayal of US Navy who infiltrate the NAZI Submarine that destroyed 1,000 allied forces in the Atlantic. Lots of action, terrifying, horrible to survive in underwater submarine. Would you believe they got hold of the ENIGMA Machine in this movie? How they survived is through the courage of those obedient young men in uniform and determination of older officers in charge to live and survive. Now you know why the military should also employed below average height humans, small but terrible.

What happened in SURVIVOR reality show? This is funny though. My friend was rooting for "Solomon" one of the contestants because she thought he is good or kindhearted and without so much drama in the group. Then last Wednesday he was booted off. The good thing is Solomon will join the JURY.

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VANCOUVER hosts the 111th GREY CUP tomorrow November 17, 2024 at BC PLACE

WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS VS TORONTO ARGONAUTS

JONAS BROTHERS performs the HALF TIME SHOW 

How Psychological It Is?

 CONGRATULATIONS NDP!!!

Congratulations BC Premier David Robert Eby!! Yey! 

Who would have known better eh? British Columbians are majority NDP no doubt about it. But they are all LIONS &  CANUCKS!!

It's just like Albertans who are majority Conservatives. However, Albertans are mostly Oilers, Elks, Stampedes & Flames. 

Sometimes, the politics in Canada had also to do with colors and sports. The politics is just tip of the iceberg.

You think it's psychological? 

 

SUMMER IS REALLY GOLDEN!

 SUMMER is really golden for Summer McIntosh! 

Once again, Summer McIntosh, the Canadian Olympic athlete  leads with 2 GOLD medals in Swimming (Freestyle & Butterfly) 2024 SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES. Congratulations!

Two Gold and Silver Medals in Swimming. What a great victory for her & Canada of course. Is there another sports for her to compete next?

TENNIS - Canadian Team doubles won. Felix-Auger Aliassime defeated Medvedev yesterday's and today has defeated Norwegian tennis player Casper Ruud. It's not over yet for Felix the Cat!

Day 6 and 10 days to go for the Finals.  

When is Rock Climbing? Break-dancing? Marathon, Triathlon, Archery & Target Shooting? 

I think all the cycling is finished. I haven't seen most of it though. 

Sophiane Methot from Canada won Bronze for Trampoline.

UPDATE: CANADA'S MEDAL TALLY: 3 GOLD      2 SILVER     4 BRONZE

< USA > STILL IN THE LEAD FOR 2024 OLYMPIC MEDALS

Day 7 and 9 days to go...

 

Bad Strategy

 OMG!!! TORONTO BLUE JAYS let go of baseball player JUSTIN TURNER! That's not great of Blue Jays. Maybe we should just stop patronizing Blue Jays. Their strategy is getting rotten and messed up. Horrible.

Such a great mistake! Bad strategy dude! Who is your coach? Maybe just replace the coach and manager and bring back Gaston.

There are too many players who are "under achiever" in TBJ Team why let go of Justin Turner?

 JUSTIN TURNER is the best player in every baseball team. It's not his fault why those other players don't play well. You know that it is not really Justin's fault. It should be TEAM EFFORT. If you watch attentively during the game... sometimes you have to blame it on the pitchers. Let us blame ROGERS too. lol Boycott Rogers!!!

Let go of Blue Jays STOP patronizing TBJ. They are no longer the greatest after 1991, 1992, & 1993 and beyond. Wrong move. Wrong strategy. Get rid of the jellyfish in your team.

They had just let go of their best players! And keep adding the "wrong pitchers and wrong players."

Maybe... they just want to lose the game. Maybe that's the strategy TO LOSE THE WHOLE GAME THIS YEAR and who are they fooling around? The fans? The people who are paying too much to see them at Rogers and paying too much attention, paying too much souvenir items... wow! that's wow!  Tsk! Indeed they are messed up. 

What can you do? LETTING GO OF THE VETERANS. What moral lessons they learned? 

VETERANS taught you skills, integrity, experience and love for the sports.

What VETERANS want? HONOR< RESPECT>GRATITUDE.

Why Canada? CURIOSITY? Too Excited?

 Could it be the hype of excitement and curiosity that Canadian Soccer Team staff had their drone flew above space of the New Zealand Soccer Team while on training at the 2024 SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES in PARIS, FRANCE. Canada Soccer Team are gold medalist in the past why worried? Sinclair no longer play?

Can you call it spying? Anybody can look at what other teams are doing in an "open field." NEWS REPORTERS CAMERAS are allowed in the Olympic venues.

Just that drone surveillance is rendered as "spying?" That's oddity.

For the most part DRONES are actually made or created for the military. Then they realized that there is something more for the drone to do like running an errand, delivery, for entertainment, photography, aerial view topography, surveillance, security, filming a movie or documentary, for gaming purposes as in some kids using drone for drone racing. 

You want me to include Drone Racing in the next Olympic Games? 

Anyway, there are too many games to watch for such as: Archery, Basketball, Equestrian, Cycling, Target Shooting, Tennis, Triathlon, Skateboarding, Gymnastics, Swimming, Golf, Football-Soccer, Rowing, Sailing, Kayaking, Diving, Track & Field, Marathon, Pentathlon, Judo, Fencing, Wrestling, Weightlifting, Volleyball, Water Polo, etc. etc.

NEW SPORTS ADDED: Breakdancing, Sport climbing, Skateboarding & Surfing

Tomorrow is the OPENING CEREMONY of the Greatest Show on Earth. 

 2024 SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES

PARIS, FRANCE

 

Watch for it on CBC NEWS CHANNEL.

SPORTS

 It is more cooler today than in previous days. Thank God! Let Autumn here we come? lol 

Hey did you know that it is okay if MAX VERSTAPPEN didn't win the FORMULA 1 last Sunday. Let somebody else win this time and that made McClaren won against Red Bull. Not a joke. Max Verstappen is still NUMBER ONE in overall standing when it comes to racing. I think there's no more challenging outcome if Max always win the race. Make it more highly competitive that the race needs more highly  skilled drivers. Of course Max Verstappen is still the greatest. 

When it comes to TENNIS, for such a very long time it was dominated by the great tennis players such as McEnroe, Billy Jean King, Sharapova, Djokovic, Nadal, Andy Murray and some other young players are getting to be highly competitive at present time. 

There comes a time and generation when new athletes surpassed the veterans. 

However, when it comes to baseball my favourites always been TORONTO BLUE JAYS & 

ATLANTA BRAVES win or lose.

HOCKEY TEAM: VANCOUVER CANUCKS FOREVER!

BASKETBALL TEAM: RAPTORS.

WIN OR LOSE: Loyalty to your favourite teams matter. 

Remember:

OLYMPIC SUMMER GAMES

 in PARIS, FRANCE

 July 26, 2024

What's Happening?

 A lot of things just happened almost within a glance. It was not long ago when PM Sunak of UK had surprised the world that from an Eastern ancestry will become a Prime Minister as long as he's born in Britain, educated, well experience in governance,  and he's a British citizen. Then another Election happened without much controversy and the British people had voted and elected a new Prime Minister Kier Starmer. 

Whew! Mercury rising in Canada!!

The Stampede Parade in Calgary, Alberta was successful yesterday, without the rain. Yey!

The BAD NIGHT event in the US still on going in the news. Why not set up another debate for former US Pres. TRUMP & current Pres. BIDEN. If the first debate is a bad night then let's have a second chance if the second debate is still a bad night. 

However, beware of stunt doubles.

What I'm unhappy about? 

BLUE JAYS!!!!!!! What are you doing? You're supposed to WIN THE GAME!

There is no other way why you are losing.

Your team got what it takes.

GO CANUCKS GO!!

 It's cold today because heaven is crying. Yeah people, it is pouring mighty and simply put it this way...
VANCOUVER CANUCKS is out of the 2024 Playoffs. They don't need to get in through the mud.

We have our own cup. Our CUP is different from other Cup. If you know what I mean.

CONGRATULATIONS CANUCKS 💓👍🙌🙏for a game well played to the last minute.

 

Are You To Be Reminded?

 REMEMBER: 

VANCOUVER CANUCKS the winner of Hockey 2024  in the Pacific Division and its overall standing against all the other Teams.

Currently they are on PLAYOFFS.

Vancouver Canucks they won the first game against Nashville Predators despite of all the odds and how those two players had collided with VC Team Captain Quinn Hughes, trying to knock down Quinn. They failed. lol

Currently, VC  playoffs with Edmonton Oilers. VC winning EO winning the next game, then it's VC, then it was EO last night for the Game 6. Zigzag game method? Like a wave of up & down style. 

Viewing on TV had us watching EO's players getting nasty and filthy. One player from EO had his hockey stick rather using his hockey stick to hit VC's player's head. Wow!----- is that you hitting Canucks player with your hockey stick? For whatever reason some referees cannot see what is happening. Are they blind? Referees you are unfair!

Remember when Sidney Crosby was hit so many times on his head, having concussions so many times? It was once of the ugliest events of hockey. How come one of the best sports can be so violent? 

VANCOUVER CANUCKS deserve to win no matter what. They are the best of the bests! These PLAYOFFS do not determine who's the best because CANUCKS ALREADY THE WINNER!

 The Playoffs just showing off violence and how filthy those other players are!

What Are They Up To?

 The most awaited ATP Match between #1 Rank Carlos Alcaraz (6-6-6) vs Denis Shapovalov (1-4-2) came to an end today at the ROLAND GARROS Rolex ATP Tour 2023. 

How in the world, that an unknown inexperienced Fabian Maroszan had defeated Carlos Alacaraz in French Open match? Opsi, sorry, mean in Rome 2023 and a more experienced tennis player Shapovalov has been defeated? Maybe some people are just born lucky! And some people don't know where their luck is. lol

I don't really know tennis much as  who should win or lose but I noticed or has observed that Carlos is more determined, focused and he is not wasting his serving and he is really good in Clay Court. Carlos is only 20 years old and very flexible. While Denis is 24 years old, almost a veteran and was reported that he had a knee and shoulder injury. Why he still plays if he is injured? 

Anyway, so many tennis players are being injured in this safest sports known to man and its good to know that too many of those female tennis players are still playing. Just recently (months ago), Bianca Andreescu was injured, crying out for the excruciating pain and now she's back to the court to fight back. Bianca is the only remaining Canadian tennis player up for grabs. Felix Auger -Aliassime had been in first round match and out because he was injured just the same as other players.  The longest tennis player to have been in remission or rehab for such painful injury was Rafael Nadal, the defending Champion for Roland Garros. Or probably he is just too busy being a new Dad to the newborn baby.That's right! Family first and foremost and that's how wonderful Nadal is to his family and fans.

Zverev from Germany was able to return after months of being absent for the injury that happened while in a match with Nadal last year. There are some tennis players who wont be able to come back to play for their injury are worst than the others. 

Vasek Pospisil is no longer playing tennis. Looks like he is being groomed as a sports commentator at TSN.  ?

Who's who in the next round for Roland Garros ATP Tour 2023: Djokovic, Alcaraz,  and whoever wins tomorrow's match. Good luck!