Q1's top events continued... (2nd of 3 parts)

Finally, had time to continue the Q1 top events post because the last time, just able to discuss what happened to me last Jan'06...

To continue...

almost half of the month was still spent in Warsaw, Poland for me and mich (all warsaw experiences have been noted on earlier post) since we went home last Feb. 12, 2006... just in time for valentines! naks! ooppss... it's our dm week pala saka cannot celebrate this special day din lang. syempre pa, im into long distance relationship...

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- on work? doing midnight shift every other week, in alternate with Mich. sad! :( I need a life! hahaha. hirap mag-night shift, kakapagod kasi di ka naman na makatulog kagad. kahit nasa bahay ka lang e kakatempt manuod ng tv. hehe

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- on parties? yeah! there's 1 affair all of us I think really enjoyed! Vlam held a post-birthday party last February 18, 2006... I cannot even mention if the party was supposedly a merienda, dinner or what since we stayed at their house for 17 hours! whew! that's from 5pm of Saturday until Sunday 10am! hehe. kapal ng mukha ba?! ngmerienda na, nagdinner pa, nagmidnight snack at nagbreakfast pa! plus natulog pa! 2 hours lang nmn... hehe

it was a party with an agenda or list of activities to do (formal?! parang team building ba?!) videoke, billiards, table tennis, card games including poker, movie viewing to name a few! the memorable one is that, for the first time in my whole life that I played table tennis for more than 5 hours, having more than 25 matches! btw, it was a doubles competition with James/Mich and Mike as my teammate. well well well... what can I say? we were just the champions for the first to reach 10 race! hehe :) To balance the success, worth mentioning na when we had a poker game (texas hold'em), I was the 4th one to exit (out of 7), there will always be a next time ---para makabawi ng talo! hehehe

ATTENTION Mia Diola! pa-share ng pics... hehe :)

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- on concerts? Me and Gina watched Faces of Love 2 at NBC tent a day after the birthday party mentioned above. it was a post-valentine concert for us! hehe :) I really enjoyed this concert of Gary V. and Zsa-zsa with their eldest child (Paolo and Karylle). star-studded pati ang audience, parang ASAP saka SOP in 1 venue! hehe. starstruck ba?! not really!

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- other notable events? I was able to play badminton for the first time in more than a year! we used to play badminton atleast one day in a week (w/ HP teammates) for the year 2004 however I haven't played even a single game for last year! busy-busyhan na sa work kaming lahat! hehe. it was nice to burn all those fats and calorie in-takes hehehe! medyo useless nga lang kasi kumain din lang kami sa KFC after, bucket meal pa! :) thanks to Becca, Ben, Daisie, Mike, Mich, James adn Jan for organizing this sporty lakad! sa uulitin pag nagtagpo-tagpo uli ang schedule... hehe :)

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I was able to meet Janelle for the 1st time since college graduation! nag-balikbayan kasi! naks! with that, we had an opportunity to meet up with other college barkada: Jayjay, Popong, Amiel, Ronald and Joel... the couple (Pong and Janelle) treated us for lunch (@ Dencio's Jupiter) and dinner (@ Krokodile Grill Greenbelt; belated happy birthday Pong!), thanks! :)

we went for a bowling game (or should I say a friendly competition?! --- anyways, going back to our first love! adik adik kami sa bowling nung college! feeling magaling! haha. dyan nauubos ang aking allowance dati!) after lunch and as usual, timezone! it's my first time to play in Pearl Bowling (venue for 23rd SEA GAMES for the bowling event and where our country's pride for this sport play and train! saw some of them the time we went there...); maganda yung bowling lanes and the whole venue, pangit lang tlga yung building! CREEPY as in!!! yung feeling mo pag nasa parking lot ka e sasaksakin ka na lang bigla ala Nida Blanca (may she rest in peace).

Going back to the competition, we had a deal that the top 2 players will not be shedding out a single centavo since it will be a sort of LOSERs pay! (top 2 will be determined on the accumulated score of 3 games). To cut the long story short, alangan naman ikwento point-per-point! It was me who came out to be the winner, Top player!!! whew! Popong as the 2nd placer... we played last year in Eastwood and same winners, congrats Pong! :) kaya ako nasasabihan na mayabang kasi wala na kong ginawa kundi magkwento ng mga ganitong bagay, e totoo naman kasi! (na mayabang ako?! of course not, na ako ang winner! hehehe)... another thing that made this pearl bowling experience is that I was able to record my personal best score, I obtained a whooping 208 points on our 1st game! wag na natin pag-usapan ang 2nd and 3rd game! di nako umasa pa na mauulit! if it was a pure luck during the 1st game, hindi naman siguro! believe me! :)

After the bowling event, went back to Greenbelt for dinner and a singing commitment at Red Box from 12 midnight to 3am!

oh, I almost forgot, Jayjay treated us a cup of coffee at starbucks to celebrate his latest promotion and for signing up in HP! welcome Jay to HP family! hope you will have a good time here.... :) (wala nakong sinabi, baka ma-quote pa ko dito, delikado na!)... here ends our almost 24 hours "reunion".... had a great time and sa uulitin! :)

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no other special events to add, aside from timezone gatherings (as usual!) :)

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ooopppsss! there's 1 thing more, for the 1st time in my 22 years of existence that I met someone who celebrates his birthday on February 29! Happy 5.5th Birthday to George (our DM new hire)...

next post for March top events.... pasensya, naghahabol sa blog kaya parang monthly report and labas! nyahaha!

NOTE: This post I just made is still related to my Q1 theme/topic: my FIRSTs! lots of first times throughout this month... :)