Because I would drive my dad to buy groceries at Ranch 99, I had expected not to be able to watch all BPL matches on Saturday morning. However, I found out only two matches being televised and I did watch both of them. Manchester City beat Stoke City 4 to 0. I guess the latter not having any motivation because the result didn't matter anyway. It's bit more critical for the former because they wanted to keep themselves in top four, which shouldn't be a problem. In addition, they wanted to keep the momentum to meet Real Madrid in UEFA Champion League Semi-final.
I caught the wonderful goals made by Sturridge and Lallana in the first half in the following match but missed the two goals Newcastle equalized the match in second half because of bathroom break and shower-taken. The result helped Newcastle a little bit, two of Norwich, Newcastle and Sunderland would following Aston Villa to relegate at the end of the season.
Before going to the supermarket, I tried to fix the wireless connection issue of Kylin TV packages for my parents'. The connection had been broken almost on daily basis as my dad told me. Especially from Friday night after I had Kylin Package added onto Great Wall Package, the connection had never been truly set up. I tried all of the possibilities but it still didn't work. At the moment of driving out of the garage to go to Ranch 99, I decided to try the last option then call their technical support. Hopefully, they would work on weekends.
Dropping my dad at Ranch 99, I drove to Costco to buy other stuff, such as Wine, Salmon, Toothpaste and Detergent. Going through the register, I was asked if I found everything. Definitely, I made a joke of saying to the lady it is why I love Costco. Not knowing what I was thinking, I almost said Safeco, then had to correct by saying "Not Safeco". The gentleman who helped me load the stuff into the cart smiled while staring at my Sounders' jacket.
Paying for the groceries at Ranch 99, I told the cashier why we only came here once every three weeks recently was that my son didn't come back home as often as in the previous quarters. The cashier's daughter is a senior at UW and will pursue a medical related graduate degree. Though she will stay at school for another 3 years, the job opportunities should be a lot.
My Dad and I stopped by Taste of Sichuan we hadn't gone for a long time. I ordered Spicy Boiled Fish my son didn't want to eat, so we couldn't order when he was with us. The gal at the restaurant asked my Dad how he was able to keep healthy and make himself look young at the age of 84, my dad shared several experiences I even didn't know before: Active but not athletic; Taking nutritional supplements; Reading to keep brains working.
I ordered a dish of pork to take home for my mom. The dishes we ordered for ourselves were big, so we also had them boxed to take home as well. While my parents took care of all groceries downstairs, I started trying the last option for the connection of Kylin TV packages. It worked perfectly after I connected the 2.0 box to Xfinity Modem with cable. Its wireless card might not be compatible with Xfinity Modem, I assume.
Sleeping a little bit, I started searching on Movie channels and locked one named "Golden Diggers", which portrayed Washington State as the background of the story. It was made in 1995 and I permanently resided in this State two years later. It might be why I was interested in watching it.
Next, I watched the entire movie of "Big Trouble". It based in Florida and an entertaining comedy.
I was waiting for the whole day to watch Sounders challenging Rapids in Colorado. It's not a surprise losing it away home. Morris scored his second goal in MLS matches, which was promising because he was deemed the future of the club; Anderson had several good runs as another promising young player; Ivanschitz wasn't powerful as he had in the previous matches, might be driven by hamstring injury; Freiberg got No.8 Jersey back and was subbed in; Alonso played more actively in offense than in the past. It's odd that none of DP played a minute in the match. To me, after selling Martins, Sounders haven't figured out a solution in effective offense. I don't mean we must keep Martins, whom might be too expensive or there might be other reasons. Midfield has been a bit soft and MLS matches become more intense. Defense is a bit disorganized. You can't rely on a goalkeeper to win the match anyway, though Frei had been performing normally even saved a PK in this match. Sounders had chance to equalize but the 3rd goal, which was obviously made on an offside, killed the possibility.
Switching to Root Sports, I had hoped Mariners to turnaround in 9th inning but it didn't happen either. However, Mariners had been performing much better on road than at Safeco Field. In 2005, I was working for Epson in Long Beach for almost a year, then I lived in Cypress. One night, I drove to Angels Stadium to watch Mariners visiting Angels. If I recall correctly, Mariners won the game 3 to 0.
Lying in the couch, I kept watching movies. First, I was deeply touched by Walker's Below Eight. The dogs were so brave, smart and endurant. I will adopt a puppy after I retire and grow him into an adult while I am dying.
The last entertainment of Saturday was watching a weird comedy: We'll never have Paris. It was referred as a true story based, I don't know who would be involved in such a messy situation.
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