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.