Highlights of the weekend: music and sports

The weekend was officially kicked off on Friday night when my daughter's piano recital started. I enjoyed her performance as well as other students'. It really reflected their dedication to music and the effort they put in. I had an early start on Saturday: biking Hillsborough with my buddy. We tried a new route: we turned into Polhemus Rd from Crystal Spring, then rode up Bunker Hill Rd. It was rather steep and we loved it. The only setback was getting a flat tire (and fell), not on the hill but on the bike path back to Foster City! Fortunately I got help from my buddy. BTW, he also shared some of his wisdom during the ride: we talked about high efficiency was causing job losses in the States. Then I told him my frustration with the cable company: I went there twice to get the faulty cable box replaced and still couldn't get one that worked! He said it was a good thing. I've helped the economy. The inefficiency was the reason that service center needed so many staff! 真是聞君一席話，勝讀十年書。

It's band practice night on Sat. I spent a few hours the night before to prepare by making a drum track for "Black Hole Sun" using WinMMA. We made some good progress that night. Really looking forward to the upcoming recital.

There were 2 championship events on Sunday (both are outside the 4 major US sports) NASCAR's Sprint Cup season concluded in Miami. Before this last race, Tony Stewart trailed Carl Edwards in the championship standing by only 3 points. And it was all about these 2 guys in the race. They finished 1-2 and Stewart won the championship. The last 10 "playoff" race of the season was really exciting to follow. I enjoyed this season. (Of course, it helped when it's not Jimmy Johnson winning the championship again)

Next, it was the MLS cup final between LA Galaxy and Houston Dynamo. This is the type of final I enjoyed the most 'coz would be happy to see any of them win. Of course I was a bit happier when the Galaxy won. This could be David Beckham's final MLS game. At the end, star power prevailed: Beckham and Keane assisted Landon Donovan to score the lone and winning goal. I also want to mention one more championship event on Sat (that I didn't watch) It's the President's cup, the USA vs International team golf competition. USA clinched it when Tiger Woods won his single match. It gave me a glimpse of hope that the old Tiger will be back. This post is special because it's likely to be the last one automatically sync from 00zine to Facebook Notes. Facebook will be turning off the RSS sync functionality on 11/22. [Update: it "missed the boat" and never made it to FB]