Inspired Daw

For some reason, I played "too well" in my first game at yesterday's bowling tournament here in our office. Imagine me scoring my last 5 frames with perfect pinfalls, and getting a score of 30+ points above my average.

Much to the amusement of all my teammates and spectators, they concluded that my nearly-perfect game was because of the timely appearance of a female colleague.

Inspired daw kasi ako.

Well, all the shouts and cheers were nice to hear. I'd say that THAT was a good moment. Yung bowling ha. Baka batukan ko kayo kung ibang moment ang naisip nyo.

=D

Good luck, Donna!

Wishing you luck on your K.L. assignment. Sana magkita tayo dun in the future as colleagues (hehehe...).

O ha, one of the rare moments na kumakanta ako in public.

"...in this kaleidoscope world.."

Weekend Wees!!

1.

For the third year in-a-row, I and my partner emerged as champions in our division of the 3rd Chairman's Badminton Cup held last Saturday at THE ZONE. (Yabang!) Hahaha. I had some problems with my net play, suppossedly my 'comfort zone' in badminton, throughout the tournament --- about 90% of my soft shots were a hairline short of crossing the net. Realizing that my attempts to make drop shots and hairpins were costing our team some points, I had to revert to playing the shuttle using lobs and smashes.

It involved a lot of running and jumping around on my part. Almost sprained my ankle once because of a poor landing on one of my hops. The finals game was around mid-afternoon. Heat building up on my head had to be managed with cold towels to prevent a heat stroke (?) on my part.

Anyway, I got another trophy to add to my collection! =)


2.

That night, immediately after the tournament, I had a quick shower and went to Mall of Asia to see BEOWULF at the IMAX theater with Tin, Marijo and Buddy. Free IMAX passes care of my brother.

Two comments: (1) BEOWULF (the movie) makes you reminisce of a certain Austin Powers movie because Beowulf (the character) has no regard for his appearance with-and-without clothes, and (2) Angelina Jolie is eye-candy-spectacular in her role as a mother temptress.

The movie made good use of 3D-effects for the IMAX screening.

3. Had to wake up early on Sunday morning and drive to The FORT for the URBANATHLON. After claiming my race kit, I donned my new outdoor running shoes and Oakleys and found myself in the middle of about 250 urban warriors participating in the race. Wasn't able to see Chie or Pancho at the starting line though.

I was physically challenged with the obstacles involving the pick-up trucks, hurdles and the wall. Because of my badminton games the previous day, my calf muscles were still sore and could only give me a minimal boost whenever I needed to jump.

Twice during the race, my legs buckled. On one instance, one of the first-aiders asked me if I needed first-aid. I told them I'm still okay.

It was a very hot race --- the air was very humid because of the rainshowers early in the morning.

Anyway, my official time was 1 hour, 22 minutes and 18 seconds. I learned later on that Chie clocked around 1 hour 19 minutes while Pancho finished the race in 1 hour 24 min. Great achievements for us since we were able to finish the race in under one-and-a-half hours.

Ouch... my aching body. Anyway, it's been fun! Really played hard this weekend.

Enumeration

Hmmm... the week so far:

1) I've allergy attacks the whole day, most probably because of pollen. Too many flowers in the compound.

2) What's the English of 'paltos'? Anyway, I've a paltos at my right big toe. My indoor shoes were suddenly too big for me when I used them last night, because Geland forced his feet (size 11 daw, yabang... haha) to fit in them earlier this week.

3) Two beers = second wind. Working fervently late the other night, I encountered a mental block at around 10 in the evening. I couldn't write sensibly for my report anymore. Fortunately, Bai asked if I wanted to join him for drinks and I did. After two beers, I was on a roll for work.

Pathetic work-life balance.

4) Abstinence = 1, bachelors = 0.

5) Good luck to Donna for her overseas assignment! Go, 'day! :)

6) Having nothing but telecons for your whole working day is one thing I don't want to find myself in in the future.

The week's been a bit stressful, pero oks lang. Worked hard this week, so I'll be playing harder this weekend!

Happy weekend!

One Week to Urbanathlon

Inspired by my acquaintances Carmela (budding triathlete) and Roms (marathon runner), plus peer pressure from Chie, and more of personally challenging myself, I registered late last night for the Men's Health & Fitness URBANATHLON.



The URBANATHLON is a 10-kilometer race to be held on Sunday at the FORT. It's not your ordinary run -- participants need to conquer seven obstacles along the route.

I think I can manage the obstacles except for this one -- the wall. I can do it if I have the wall to myself, but if you're with 400+ other runners it's gonna be like a scene from that Japanese game show "Takeshi's Castle".

Obstacles include a commando crawl, pylon hurdles, a tire maze and a minefield among others. Those who've done bivouac training definitely have an advantage. My aim of joining the race is just to really finish it within regulation time.

Anyway, this event has gotten me excited. I've been re-training myself for the run since last week.

I'm definitely gonna be an urban warrior this weekend. The Chairman's Badminton Cup is on Saturday, and the Urbanathlon is on the following day.

Papabugbog na naman ako ng katawan. Hahahaha. Sana matapos ko yung race. =)

Sexagenarian Sex

Overheard this conversation between two female senior citizens while I was waiting in line earlier at an ATM machine in a nearby mall:

A: "Ang convenient talaga nung ginawa ng GSIS dito sa pensyon natin. Sa ATM na lang natin kukunin."

B: "(changes the topic)Mare, effective ba talaga ang Viagra?"

A: "Bakit mo naman natanong yan? Wag mong sabihin... u-hummmm... (sabay ngiti)"

B: "Pa'no kasi, si mister eh gusto kagabi. Kaso ayun, mas malaki pa yata ang pastillas de leche kesa dun sa kanya. Sabi niya, bibili daw sya ng Viagra pag nakuha nya pensyon nya."

Hahahaha... and they talk about it so openly as if they were casted for "Sex in the City".

Missing Points

1.

During lunch today, one of my new female colleagues at work kidded me. “Stip, libre mo naman ako ng lunch.”

Hehe. Hindi ako umimik.

What would seem as apathy or coldness to her is actually because it brought to mind how a past peer would chide me to make libre to her, among other favors.

“Istipen, manlilibre ka uli sa amin ng lunch?”

“Starbucks? Samahan kita pero libre mo ko ng kofi?.”

“Stip, pwedeng pasabay pabalik ng Batangas please?”

“Stip, kelan ka uli magpapa-dinner?”

“Stip, anong oras ka mag-gym? Sabay ako ha!”

Of course, I’d brightly say “Sure ba!” to all of the above anytime, everytime. With the way she delivers those lines, it’s hard to say ‘no’. (In the first place, I find it hard to say ‘No’ to mostly everything).

It’s perfectly fine with me to treat friends once in a while, more so if they are fun and amusing.

...sigh... na-miss ko bigla kanina si Jackie.

If we do meet again in the future, the first thing I’d do is treat her to a cup of coffee.

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2.

I miss the rain.

Sana umulan na uli. It makes me calm, clears my head and makes me think of nice memories.