Risk

Sorry for the delay between posts, to be honest, there just hasn't been anything "write worthy."

Risk. The game of the devil. Not only does it take an hour to learn how to play, it takes an hour to set-up, then like 80 hours to play. Ok not that long but you catch my drift. On Saturday night me and some friends decided to play. Here is how it broke down:
There were 3 teams. Jon and Fu were together, Hilmi and Kaito were together, although Kaito left early and Hilmi then teamed up with Green Eagle Manny and some consultation from Yip, who had played the game before. Finally, I was on a team with Leo Fu.
For those who have not played Risk, it is actually a very fun game. Intense, Strategic, and a real Friendship Breaker. At the beginning it looked like Hilmi and team had it won, until the battle of all battles went down. it was truly epic. it was like the Spartans taking on Xerxes and his army. It was Hilmi's 40 red plastic toys against Fu and Jons 30 plastic toys. Hilmi was attacking and if he won this battle would control majority of the board and ease his way to victory. However, those plans were not to be. Jon and Fu game up with a mega defense and took the battle, along with the rest of the board about 2 hours later. Damn Megatrons.
All in all i had alot of fun, although my stomach hurt from the Pepsi and chips with cheese. Miyuki was there to exchange all of our men for us, and pipe in with some strategic help. We had so much fun it is something we might do more often, only next time we will start earlier so we don't play til 4:30 in the morning.
Anyway that's it for now, but i will be back soon as i am apartment and car hunting and will keep y'all updated with how i do.

thank you WWTDD, you helped me find the girl of my dreams

I am at work and busy but I had to post this. Part of my morning ritual is going to www.wwtdd.com. Guy is funny. Today I look and happen to find quite possibly one of the funniest videos I have ever seen. If you have 4 minutes to spare, and love good singing, do yourself a favour and watch this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfnCmv9eV1U

More Self Promotion

This time i was talked about on notes from the nat, which is a blog that talks mainly about the Vancouver Canadians.

"Khouri was a Game Day intern this season, putting on the contests you all saw from the stands, which is a key part of your Nat Bailey experience. He is now the Group Sales Manager, hoping to attract groups of over 20 to our beautiful ballpark. His hiring has been expected for a few weeks, and the Canadians have to be happy that he will be staying on with the team."

The whole article can be read here:
http://notesfromthenat.com/

Just like to thank Jeremy for the kind words. He also writes a blog, and i have the link below on the right. Called the road kill sports blog. he has some good interviews on his site. Jeremy is 12 years old and is an amazing writer. He has done interviews with many people from Jim Lang of Sportsnet to Rob Fai, voice of the Canadians as well as Team 1040 employee. I encourage all to read Jeremy's stuff.

Self-Promotion

Normally i am not a self promoter but i just thought this was cool. A media release was done by the team i work for, the Vancouver Canadians, congratulating me and two other co-workers on our new full time positions.

Nov. 6, 2007 - Nat Bailey Stadium, Vancouver, B.C. – The Vancouver Canadians are proud to announce the hiring of three new staff members to the organization. The club has welcomed Allan Bailey (Assistant Ticket Manager), JC Fraser (Ballpark Operations Manager) and Spiro Khouri (Group Sales Manager) on a full-time basis effective November 1st, 2007.

http://www.canadiansbaseball.com/contentclient.php?intIdContent=634

A little but more on the link, but yeah, just cool to be on the front page of our teams website. Look for my picture soon under the staff links.

Stories Around the Web

Just sharing some various stories i found interesting from around the web. First is Don Vito, Bam Margera's uncle, might be going to jail. I feel really bad for this guy. Not only does he get made fun of alot, but he really thinks the crazier he acts the more people like him. Here is the story courtesy of yahoo news:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071031/ap_en_mu/people_margera;_ylt=AgJb0_s07YCTSorI8dHAEG6s0NUE

Next up is one of the funniest man on the planet Stephen Colbert. I seriously think if he runs he might have a sporting chance. I mean, he got 1,000,000 people in his facebook group faster than Obama. People love this guy.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071101/ap_en_ot/colbert_ballot;_ylt=ArcBv7zpn1__d_RSO4jEahqs0NUE

That's it for now. Thanks y'all. Don't forget to watch the Canucks beat down the Predators tonight. Late.