SuPeRnOvA and SwEeTpAiN

My Father's Gift

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Last saturday night, I wasn't expecting what my father gave me. Its the first time he gave me a chocolate. It was hiden in my pillow...hahaha... when I was about to prepare myself for bed. I was suprised when I look at it, there was a box of chocolate. So tried to ask the one I'm sharing my room with, seems she doesn't know anything about it. So after when I get back the room, my brother told me that father gave me that chocolate...yummy...i gave my brother one piece and I ate the rest...hahahah..he even told me I'm greedy, well, I love chocolate...and I definitely go greedy when it comes to it...

this is the one...

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Stanley Cup

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The Stanley Cup, notably the oldest trophy competed for by professional athletes in North America, was donated in 1892 by Sir Frederick Arthur Stanley, Lord Stanley of Preston and son of the Earl of Derby. He purchased the trophy for 10 Guineas ($50.00 at that time) to be presented to "the championship hockey club of the Dominion of Canada." The first team ever awarded the Stanley Cup was the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association in 1893.

Since 1910, when the National Hockey Association took possession of the Stanley Cup, the trophy has been symbolic of professional hockey supremacy. Beginning in 1926, only NHL teams have competed for this prized trophy.

The Montreal Canadiens have won a record 23 Stanley Cups since the formation of the NHL (they also won in 1916), with Toronto a distant second at 13. The Habs also hold the record for most consecutive championships with five, accomplished between the years 1956 and 1960 inclusive.

There have been numerous alterations to the Cup structure. In its infancy, tiered rings were added periodically to the bottom of the bowl. This was followed by long narrow bands in 1927 which were later replaced by uneven bands in 1947. Because the Cup is the only professional sports trophy where the name of every member of the winning team is inscribed, bands are often retired to make room for new champions. Retired bands, along with the original Stanley Cup bowl, are proudly displayed in Lord Stanley's Vault in the MCI Great Hall. Currently the Cup consists of a bowl, three tiered bands, a collar, and five barrel or uniform bands. The trophy stands at 35 ¼ inches and weighs 34 ½ pounds. (complete measurement and inscription breakdown)

Each year upon presentation of the trophy to the championship team, a summer of celebration begins, as each of the organization's players and staff enjoy 24 hours with the Cup - a tradition which has no rival in any sport. In its many years of existence, the Stanley Cup has traveled around the world, including stays in Russia, Japan, and Switzerland as well as atop mountain peaks through the Rockies and inside igloos in Canada's newest territory, Nunavut. (Stanley Cup Journals & Galleries)

Overshadowing all other championship trophies in sports, the legend and glory of the Stanley Cup continues to live in the dreams of hockey players and fans alike.

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Ron and his buddy Steve from Las Vegas Nevada, told me about this Stanley Cup, it triggers me of how really old this one, i've read about his and his right.... Its one of his dreams to hold and kiss it in person, one day all that hopes and dream just came true. It took him 27 years to fulfill that dream..they even paid 200 dollars to the security just to get hold on close and kiss it….

Ron kissing the cup

His buddy Steve and him

what a sweet couple....hehehe...don't get mad..just wanna tease you two....love you

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Star Signs

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I have read from one of my email today about this email. A friend of mine sent me Star Signs, now I have to keep on looking at the sky during nighttime, just to look for my Star Signs. I want to SHARE this to you, so you would have an idea about your Star Sign looks like. I am a Scorpion ... go try and check out of your Star Sign and start looking of it in the Sky.

Star signs - as in "What's my star sign?" - is a phrase the average reader of horoscope columns in newspapers thinks of as a "label" for a stereotype applied to him simply because he was born in a certain one-month time period.

Sign is an astrological term used by astrologers to define a a sector of the sky. It is one of the twelve sections of Space which were originally marked by certain groups of stars called constellations which are still seen within a narrow band of the sky called the zodiac. These star patterns of the zodiac were a convenient way to locate the Sun and Moon and planets which appeared to be passing through a particular constellation.

<>Zodiac Signs = Star Signs

Zodiac signs and astrological signs and Sun signs are terms which mean the same as star signs. Astrology signs and planet signs and birth signs are similar terms used by laymen; but these usually refer to Sun signs, which is the term commonly used by astrologers.

Strictly speaking, Signs are areas in space, or areas on the map of space called the horoscope chart (or birth chart) in which the Sun and Planets are positioned at various times. A sign cusp is the boundary line between two Signs. The Sign where the Sun appeared on your day of birth is called your Sun Sign. You also have a Moon Sign