Velez 2 - Boca 0
Mood:  happy
Here's a cute picture from when Velez Sarsfield (my team, and also Santiago's and Florencia's) beat Boca Juniors (Juan's team) 2-0.
We watched the game on TV, and had an Argentine soccer afternoon (drinking mate, singing songs, etc)

Aca hay una bonita foto de cuando Velez Sarsfield (mi equipo, y tambien de Santiago y Florencia) le gano a Boca Juniors (el equipo de Juan) 2-0. Miramos el partido por TV, y tuvimos una 'tarde argentina' (tomando mate, haciendo cantitos de hinchada, etc).

Not today, please...
Mood:  blue
I'm bored and I'm tired, so I won't write anything today. Not that I have been lately...

Soccer news
Mood:  happy
The indoor season finished last week. And here are the results:
* Santiago's team ended 6th; they did very poorly in the play-offs, after a more than acceptable regular season.
* Carolina's team ended 4th, after barely losing the first game of the play-offs.
* Juan's team won the championship, which was more than surprising, considering that they hadn't won any games until three weeks before the play-offs. But they did extremely well. Juan scored one goal on each of the last two play-off games, and played goalie in the final game, which they won 3-0. He even stopped a penalty kick that day!. There's a couple of pictures below.

La semana pasada termino la temporada de invierno. Aca estan los resultados:
* El equipo de Santiago termino 6to; les fue muy mal en los play-off, despues de una mas que aceptable temporada regular.
* El equipo de Carolina termino cuarto, luego de haber perdido el primer partido de los play-off 'ahi nomas'.
* El equipo de Juan salio campeon, sorprendiendo a propios y extra?os, sobre todo considerando que no habian ganado un partido hasta tres semanas antes de los play-off. Pero la verdad es que jugaron muy bien. Juan metio un gol en cada uno de los dos ultimos partidos de los play-off y jugo de arquero en la final, que ganaron 3 a 0. Ese dia atajo un penal! Aqui hay un par de fotos...


Juan about to receive the trophy. Next to him, Carolina (green shirt) / Juan a punto de recibir su copa. Al lado, Carolina (de verde)


Juan posing with the team / Juan posando con su equipo

The sleep clinic...
Mood:  down
I went to the sleep clinic last Saturday night. It was interesting. I had a whole bunch of wires coming out of my head, chest and legs, so it was kinda difficult to fall asleep, or to even rest comfortably.

I was waken up several times during the night, either because one of the cables was loose, or because the equipment I was 'connected' to would beep very loudly. I don't know why it did that, I guess that it was because I stopped breathing. I don't remember snoring, but I better not ask...

I have to go back this Friday, but this time I'm going to wear a mask -which sends a constant flow of air to prevent my 'air ducts' from closing- on top of all the wires. I'm pretty sure about the outcome of these two appointments: I will be told to sleep with the mask from now on. I don't care too much, as long as it's not too uncomfortable and its humming doesn't bother Gaby...

Fui a la clinica del sue?o el sabado pasado. Estuvo interesante. Tenia un monton de cables saliendome de la cabeza, el pecho y las piernas, asi que fue muy dificil poder dormirme, o incluso poder estar acostado confortablemente.

Me despertaron bastante veces durante la noche, ya sea porque se salio un cable o porque los equipos a los que estaba 'conectado' sonaban muy fuerte. No se porque hacian eso, supongo porque detectaban que habia dejado de respirar. No recuerdo haber roncado, pero por las dudas mejor no pregunto...

Tengo que volver este Viernes, pero esta vez ademas de los cables voy a tener una mascara, que al mandar un flujo de aire constante, impide que se me cierren los conductos y deje de respirar. Estoy bastante seguro de que al final de estos estudios me van a decir que tengo que dormir con la mascara de ahora en adelante. No me preocupa mucho, mientras no sea incomoda y su zumbido no la despierte a Gaby...

Another concert...
Mood:  surprised
I sang again last Sunday, at Trinity United Church, in Kitchener. It was a mini-concert, consisting of songs from the '40s, like "Some enchanted evening", "If I loved you", "You'll never walk alone" and "Red roses for a blue lady".

I have to say that it went quite well, probably beyond my own expectations. The funny thing is that it seems that I made some people cry. Everyone in the audience seemed to have some fond memories involving one of the songs I sang.

It was a good experience. Just my second concert as a soloist (after all these years!), and it couldn't have been for a nicer audience.

I didn't sign any autographs, though. :-)

My favourife CDs (1st version)
Mood:  lazy

I'm going to throw names in here without any particular order. Then I'll rank them (but not today)

* The King's Singers - Circle of life
* The King's Singers - Good Vibrations
* Beach Boys - 20 Greatest Hits
* The Manhattan Transfer - Tonin'
* The Manhattan Transfer
* Kiss - Creatures of the Night
* Kiss - Destroyer
* Kiss - Unmasked
* Kiss - The Elder
* Queen - A day at the races
* John Denver - Windsongs
* Bee Gees - Story
* ELO - Discovery
* Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman
* Cat Stevens - Teaser and the Firecat
* Styx - Paradise Theatre
* Stephen Bishop - Careless
* Simon and Garfunkel -
* Supertramp - Paris
* Bill Bruford & Patrick Moraz - Music for piano and drums
* Bad Manners - Ska 'n' B

I think it's OK for now...

Some health-related news II
Mood:  sad
Nice. On top of all the stuff that I already suffer from, now I have been diagnosed with sleep apnea. Basically, I stop breathing while I sleep. My wife has noticed and it freaks the heck out of her. I also snore, and have a very dry nose (hence the bleeding). Finally, I have polips in my nose, that are also obstructing my breathing. Not too bad, the doctor said that the worst that could happen is that I have a heart attack in my sleep... :-(

So, next Saturday the 12th, I'm going to a Sleep Clinic, and then we'll see what happens. Now that's my idea of a Saturday night, going to sleep to a clinic...

Que lindo. Encima de todas las cosas que tengo, ahora tambien me diagnosticaron apnea. Basicamente, dejo de respirar mientras duermo. Mi esposa ya lo detecto, y le pone los pelos de punta. Tambien ronco mucho, y tengo la nariz muy seca, por lo que sangro seguido. Por ultimo, tengo polipos en la nariz, que tambien obstruyen el flujo de aire. Nada mal, el doctor dijo que lo peor que me puede pasar es tener un ataque al corazon mientras duermo... :-(

Asi que el sabado 12 me voy a pasar la noche a una 'Clinica del Sue?o' y veremos que pasa. Esa es mi idea de parranda de sabado a la noche, ir a dormir a una clinica...

Cute picture
Mood:  silly
Aca estan Carolina y Florencia, con pijamas haciendo juego.

Here is Carolina and Florencia, with matching jammies.

Some health-related news...

I've had a lot of tests and exams done. Some of the results are:
* My blood pressure is OK: I had 120/80 yesterday (thanks Novohydrazide (R))
* My heart rate is normal: around 60 (thanks Atenolol (R))
* My blood test came back normal. No cholesterol (!)
* My blood sugar levels are still high. So, on top of the diet that I should be following, I'm now taking some pills.
* My weight is still the major concern. We'll see what I do about it...

More tests, checkups and stuff like that are still to come. For example, I have an appointment with a cosmetic surgeon tomorrow, to see if I get a rebel vein in my nose fixed, so it won't bleed again.

I'll keep you posted...

Karaoke
Mood:  silly

It's been a while since I laughed this hard watching something on the internet.

Thank you so much, BaByLoN-G from noseasboludo.com

Watch this incredibly stupid karaoke video