SILVER!

haha! glamorous it may not be as that of winning in the open class category, but hey got to start somewhere and silver for a beginner is not bad at all.

Archery Tournament Jan2010- UNILAB

Pinoy Archers 1st Indoor Archery Tournament - UNILAB

Bohol vid - Jan2010

"B" - Cebu!

BOHOL

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Jan2010.

Bohol by accident? Not at all. This thing was planned by wifey, Eric and Tin way back last year to accomodate May on her first vacation from work in Abu Dhabi. May's idea is a local trip this time. Lots of nice places to visit but later on it was narrowed down to Palawan, Boracay and Bohol. With much fun debate and for the love of chocolates, Bohol won hands down. Who can refuse to take a bite on those chocolate hills? What about those lovable eyes of the tarsiers? And since Cebu is just a boat ride away -SuperCat that is, that paved the way to a Bohol trip.

Our's wasn't at all sunny, from time-to-time rain will fall but not enough to dampen the atmosphere, there's just too many beautiful places and lots of nice people for this to happen.

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MY BUSIEST WEEKEND TO DATE.

Sat: 7am: Drove wifey to her scheduled group recollection. 8am Went out to canvass for hardware to buy steel tubulars for our garage roofing project. 10am: Found a suitable hardware and ordered the materials for a Tuesday morning delivery. 10:30, sent the car for a carwash. 11am, went home to fetch Mico for his regular medical check-up. 1pm, fetch Matthew from school. 2pm, worked on my wedding gift for Omel and Kitty. 4pm, fetch Mr.Katits and proceeded to Paco Park to attend the wedding. 6:30pm, wedding, 8pm, reception. 10pm, we went home. 12midnight, went to Alvin (wifey's cousin) and took GranMa out. And finally, me, home at around 2am.

Sun: 9am, we went to church. 10:30, brunch at Chowking. 11:30, went to Tandang Sora to get the t-shirt I ordered from a friend. Heavy traffic. Got home at around 1:45pm. 2pm we went to Jollibee Zabarte for my inaanak's birthday party. 3pm, we went to Cubao for Tita Babes' birthday salu-salo. 7pm, watch SM Fairview firework display. 7:30, we went to Diamond to visit Irene's parents, to let them see their apos - Mico and Matthew. 9:30pm, we went home. wow!

Happy. andami ko nagawa.

Back at the range, LHS that is.

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Archery LHS Oct31- A couple of trainees preparing to shoot their arrows at the 20 meter line during their warm up session. I took the photo standing at the 30 meter line and after that took my turn to try my skills from that distance. Grabe! My first time to release an arrow from that distance, kabado and excited! Mahirap. And these guys later on did it on 50, 60 meters at ease and continued their session (qualifying) even in the rain. Coach Neng Buenaventura told me, on occasions during outdoor competitions, they have to shoot arrows come rain or shine. 

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Waiting for dad

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Mico thought balloon:

Thanks mom for setting me on the grocery pushcart...  kung hindi, mangawit ako nakatayo dyan... at tsaka pagod na ako kakatakbo hehehe...  I am sure pati si kuya napagod kakahabol sa akin.  Antagal naman ni daddy, sabi kukunin lang car, ba't wala pa hanggang ngayon?  I know, and I am sure... nakalimutan nanaman ni dad kung saan nya nai-park yung car. hehehe...

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Shooting arrows at home

I've been shooting arrows at home now for 3 weeks with my makeshift target faces - an 8 ply rubber puzzle mat. 24" x 24" in dimension with a total thickness of  4".  Good enough to stop an arrow release at a distance of 5 meters from a bow with a 34 lbs. draw weight.  

My first two weeks was at a distance of 10 and 15 meters. This afternoon was my first attempt to shoot arrows from a distance of 18 meters. Two hours of practice - 12 x sets of 6s. A bit off during my first few shots but later on I did manage to get a good grouping on my sets.

I hope to clear my schedules for the weekend so I can get back on the range rather than doing it at home.

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Mico's 2nd Birthday

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Many thanks to Mico's Lolos and Lolas, the Titos and Titas, Kuyas and Ates, Mico's playmates and just about everyone and syempre Fr. Toni Galvan. Thank you all for making Mico's birthday a joy to remember. - Bong&Irene

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what a RELIEF!

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Got an aching back... a sore thumb... and a full three hours after, my arms are still shaking... and what a RELIEF!

Oplan Blue Bayanihan: Building Lives Beyond Relief

Ateneo de Manila University's way of helping those victims of typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng.

ADMU, Sunday-4Oct. -Tita Bons, Alma, Eric and Tin, Bong and Irene.

Photo: Christine Selda

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Black and Blue

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Those are not hit marks from bb's but rather from bow string. Last weekend I started my archery classes and those bruises they say are common to beginners. 

They gave me an arm guard but that did not do much.  It's not the arm guard but my shooting style that's at fault. Umpisa pa lang naman.

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NC lost its smile

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The troop planned to play here many weeks after our last game at G9, but the weather spoiled the day for us. Umaga pa lang umuulan na, di na kami tumuloy.

Yup, May is the new site keeper for NC. I had a chat with her the last time I visited the place. She even gave me a tour, I told her I knew the place very well and that I used to play a lot of airsoft here and Smiley is a friend. Sabi nya barkada nya rin si Raymond and she begun to elaborate Smiley's last days in NC. Same thing comrade Longrifle wrote - that Smiley lose its ways.

I told May that Raymond also spent most of his time with our group during his better days. Sabi ko sa kanya kasa-kasama namin sya sa Diamond pag meron mga ukasyon. Dinadalhan din namin sya ng pagkain sa kubo nya paminsan-minsan pag hindi sya nagpapakita sa grupo. A friend of ours offered him a small job in his canteen but it did not workout. We hired Smiley to man our playing site on Sundays (during the Phoenix days) but that too did not workout. The man did try to pick pieces of what is left of his life after NC but a lot of things did not really work for him. He got frustrated with life and begun to lose his grip on it.

Hindi na sya nagpapakita sa tropa, ibang tropa na pinupuntahan nya. Puro balita na lang ang dumadating sa amin, madalas hindi pa maganda.

Up to this day I haven't heard a news about our friend not even a site of his shadow. I guess NC has lost its smile.

Smiley (in red) with the troop during his 2008 birthday.

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Sponge Bob Matt

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SpongeBob - Matthew's costume that I made from an old Balikbayan box and some color cartolina.  Got the idea from Rem's SpongeBob outfit.  

It was an instant hit during Trizzia's 7th birthday celebration that after the party, everybody wants their picture taken together with SpongeBob Matthew.

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Farewell to Cory

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"Today our country has lost a mother, a woman of both strength and graciousness."

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The last time I saw Cory in person was way back 2001, during one of the series of rallies at the EDSA Shrine in Ortigas held those days. The quote I used on the top of this post is from the same person I joined in ousting during that event.

That message just shows how high a respect this lady earned throughtout her lifetime as a leader, which I can only wish for to our current.

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Farm Town

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Ok it's official. At level 23, I am a now a Farm Town addict.

I've been away for quite some time now from airsoft, full two months off! My gears dust laden and this blog is starting to give me the cold shoulder.  You see, I have been spending my extra time (which I have a few) on my rc workbench and if not, you can catch me at my farm tending my crops and visiting my farm neighbors. The latter is virtually of course.

After almost a month now since planting my first crop, my farm has prospered so much I was able to acquire a 18x18 farm, buy a small house and a red barn, and three dogs and three dog houses to go with it. It's addictive playing this game and sorta relaxing staring at what you have accomplished. To date, it's only the second video game me and Irene enjoy playing together. The first, Hideo Kojima's Metal Gear series. (anlayo! lol)

This I need to mention, the sound fx the farm animals creates, is almost always guaranteed to put a smile on our M&M's face.

Happy planting everyone!

My Farm at Farm Town.

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