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1. Federer, Venus, and Serena manage to lose to lower-ranked opponents on the same day, August 14.
Talk about ruining a birthday.

2. My dad officially demotes me to doing girly house chores.
It took him 22 years to realize how terrible I am in the assembly of home appliances.

3. Two months after purchase, the DVD that a friend ordered for me from the United States is still "undelivered".
Indonesian customs officials probably liked the movie so much that they decided to keep it.

4. Harry Tanamor bombs out in his first match in Beijing, losing to a boxer from Ghana.
And the idiot can't stop grinning. Go figure.

5. Filipino athletes continue to fall to the opposition in the Olympics.
Makes me so proud to be Pinoy. Not!

6. An unsigned package is delivered to my house, causing our incredibly paranoid helper to panic for fear of "bomb-in-the-mail".It turned out to be the best birthday cake ever. Who it was from I still don't know, but who cares? :P