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.

6 Months

Six months and I haven't posted a thing.

Maybe I should start posting again.

Or not.

Oh, Well...

Exploit them while they're young...

Happy New Year, everyone!

Mali gaya ng Pasko

Christmas day is finally done! It was more like a non-event. Not that I hate Christmas and all that, but I think the Christmas stress just gets to me. All that preparation, shopping, parties, traffic and whatever have you thrown in on or before Christmas Day. And after Christmas Day passes, you think to yourself, "That's it?" Sometimes all that hassle just doesn't make it all worthwile. Or maybe I'm just getting old. (Argh!)

But come to think of it, what can you do on Christmas Day that you can't do on ordinary days? Be nice? Be generous? Give gifts? Give love? Hey, if you want some loving, I got your loving right here! Try me, baby yeah! (offer good to the female of the species only). Bottomline, If you want to be a good person in His book, be a good person all year round. Not just on His Birthday.

Anyway, you know that weird habit of people sending text messages to everyone in their phone book starting 10:00pm of the 24th up to the wee hours of the morning of the 25th (sometimes extending to the late afternoon and even evening for those who forget to wake up for Noche Buena)? Well, it's starting to become a drag already. All those quotes and greetings forwarded, re-used, re-hashed... not one message really put a smile on my face. (Don't get me wrong, I do thank you all for remembering me). But message-wise, there was one message I got that really made my Christmas. I had asked for this person's permission to print the message here. The person agreed provided that I keep this person's identity anonymous. Itago na lang natin siya sa pangalang.... Randy. Randy Chang.

Message:

Potah pare! Ngayn gabi kami matutulog sa Sofitel. Nandun na kmi sa front desk, bags, water and all tapos di dala ng nanay ko yung certificate! Para kmi mga yagit na pinalayas! Juzko! Nakakahiya talaga! Merry Christmas to me!

Ho! Ho! Ho! Ang cute 'no? Best Christmas message yet. Happy Holidays to all!

Scared or scarred?

I am so confused.

Two people. Very much alike. Very much in love. But can't be together. Not by situation. But by choice.

You see, they're so happy when they're together. And it's really obvious. When they're together, no one else around matters. As in no one. They act as if they're in a world of their own. Just the two of them in one tiny island. No other inhabitants. Free to do as they please. And they act like this is at a big table, at the bar, with a dozen friends. Hello? Define SOCIALIZE.

He loves her. And I assume she loves him, too. I've talked to them both. (aha! hindi pala ako ito!) The reason: They can't be together because they both agree that the relationship won't work. That it's bound to fail, one way or another. Doomed from the start. Now how they deduced this, is far from my mind. Maybe it's because they've both been through other failed relationships and the pattern from their previous ones seem to be glaring. (I'm guessing, actually)

But they love each other. One is willing to take the risk and go through it. There's a big probability that it won't work. But there's also the probability that it can. Minute as it is, it's still a probability. And that person is willing to go through it. Pain and all.

The other isn't too keen. It will fail in the end, so why go through the process? Why risk it?

Now, they're apart. And both miserable.

Why make a joint decision where both of you will be unhappy in the end? At least one of you has to be happy, right? How do you say it's for the best when no one really benefits?

Risk it. Take chances. Suffer the repurcusions if any. In the end, even if you fail, you know you tried. And you live your life without regrets.

And there is always happiness in that.