Bye 2011!

2011 is about to end.

There are a lot of mistakes I'd like to forget. Leave with the year that will soon be.

But there are a lot of things I'm thankful for. Elaine is on top of that list.

I pray that things will continue to look up for both of us.

And for me, I shall continue to pray for a better life. God is good, and I believe in that.

I hope things will be better for a lot of my friends. You know who you are, and all of you are always in my prayers.

I pray 2012 will be kinder to everyone.

And 6 numbers coming out in the lotto wouldn't hurt. ;-)

Enteng's Corned Beef

Naisip ko lang. Vic Sotto should milk this Enteng Kabisote thing to the hilt! He should find a corned beef brand to sponsor. Be it Purefoods, CDO, or Argentina. The TV commercial can go this way:

Usual corned beef presentation... juicy, tasty, real beef, etc....

Then Enteng Kabisote tastes the corned beef, picks up the can and says:

"Eto ang paburitong corned beef ni Enteng."

Then music is played in the background:

"Eeeeenteeeeeng's karne nooooooorteeeeeee!...... (Eeeeenteeng's karne noooorteeee)..."

Doing

I've been doing a lot of things but apparently, whatever I do, I can't seem to be doing anything right.

Or maybe I am doing things right but there's always a better way of doing it. So I'm often told.

Or maybe... just maybe... I've been doing things right all along...

and everyone else just keeps screwing up for me!

No sad posts...

Just happy thoughts.

MSAA 5km Fun Run

You’re all invited to join the Manresa School Alumni Association fun run this November 9 entitled “Samasama para sa Manresa ” to be held at BF Homes in Paranaque. Funds raised through this project will be used for the formation programs of the Resurrection of the Lord Parish and will also help other charitable projects to be undertaken by the alumni association in the future.

This event is open to everyone, even non-alumni!

Prizes will be given to top finishers and prizes from various sponsors will also be raffled off after the race. Shirts will be given to the first 100 finishers.

For info contact: Mobile: 0917-9349753 Email: http://us.mc534.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=manresaalumni@yahoo.com

You may also visit http://manresaalumni.multiply.com/

Early bird registration is P200.00 until November 1, 2008.

So everyone, come join! You get to help and exercise at the same time!

Work out your heart and uplift your soul. Let’s keep the Manresa spirit alive!

1... 2... 3... 4... FIVE!

This time I REALLY DID IT! I got to run in AND finish a 5km running event!

Last Sunday, I joined the 5K Unity Run at the Fort together with eight other alumni from my high school. We're planning to organize our own marathon in the near future so we thought we could get better inputs if we all ran together in one. Half in our group join running events regularly. And with me being the only one in the group with, shall we say, a not-so-healthy lifestyle (and with this just being my second run), I expected to be the last to finish among us.

I was wrong!


I finished first! Haha! 5km in 25 minutes! Woohooo! PAKYU SILANG LAHAT!


I am first!

I am fast!

I am strong!

I am sore...

all over.

Eat My Dust

I finally did it!

I managed to get myself to join a fun run. This morning I participated in La Salle Cares' inaugural running event at The Fort, Taguig entitled, "One Run. One Family. One La Salle."

I pre-registered around May, I think. Mostly due to the egging of my co-workers. They had a 3km, a 5km and a 15km run. Since it was a couple of months ahead, I thought I'd just give in to them, register, and pray they forget about it by July. (Yes, I do pray. It's way easier than actually running) We registered for the 5km category. Yabang eh. And true enough, no one said a word. Until about a week before today. Bummer.

Jerry, one of my best buds at the office had been boasting that he's been practicing at an oval track near their place and that he's already been completing 5km for like two weeks already. That had me worried, so I immediately went downstairs... and smoked.

And then it hit me. I thought that I couldn't run like this. I couldn't run with Jerry more physically conditioned than I was. So I focused. I said to myself, I COULD DO IT! I WILL NOT GIVE THIS UP! So with just one week left, I did what I thought best would put me at par with Jerry's physical condition -- For the rest of the week, every night until the run, I asked him to drink with me. (It worked thrice!) I was supposed to ask him to drink with me again last night. He declined. I think he was already getting suspicious. It was good that he declined anyway. I didn't want the other runners leaving us way behind because our sweat smelled of Tanduay.

And so, mission accomplished. Today I ran. At 6:10 am.

You all should have seen me. It was raining. The road was a bit muddied. It felt like the theme from "Chariots of Fire" was playing in the background. I was running. I was fast.

I was lost.

The friggin' committee didn't field enough marshalls along the way. Not enough readable signs, and a lot of clueless runners in front of me. They missed a turn. And I followed. And lo and behold! The FINISH LINE!

What we finished was the 3km route. I already turned in my number when I found out. They already clocked me. I was thinking of going back to recover my lost 2km but since I already clocked in 20mins for the 5km I registered in, who's to argue?

Regardless of all the hassles, I had fun. I never thought I'd be joining something like this in my whole life. My motto has always been: NO PAIN, GOOD.

I'm kinda proud of myself. Maybe, there's hope for this lazy bum after all.