Last Friday, I had to leave the office early to prepare for the 3-day Single for Christ (SFC) Metro-Manila Leaders Conference (MMLC) at Subic.  Grabe ang saya at ang daming nagyari sa weekend na ito… So I would just divide the topics.

MMLC Talks

There were a total of four talks scheduled in the conference.  The first talk was held last Friday night which I wasn’t able to attend since my chaptermates and I arrived Saturday morning.  Anyway, the talk was entitled “Life is a Trip.”  As SFC our destination is the eternal kingdom of God with the task of winning and attracting others to join this trip.  The second talk was entitled “Crossroads.”  Crossroads are inevitable in life.  Crossroads are considered as blessings because it reminds us to alw! ays consult the Author of life, Jesus.  The third talk was entitled “One Way.”  Christ is the only way and the one true way.  Responding and Maturing with Christ is the only sure-road to take in this life’s journey.  The last and final talk was entitled “Head Up on the Highway.”  As we head towards the highway towards the eternal kingdom of God, we allow Christ to conquer our hearts and our minds and be transformed in order to become the disciples that we are called to be.  That sums up the four talks of the conference.  All of which were very enlightening in how! we should live and ride our trip in life.

The Basketball Game

After participating in 6 Sundays of basketball (4 Try-outs and 2 Practices), the team is now poised to play the game that we love for Christ.  All games were knock-out games which mean once you lose you are automatically eliminated.  First game, the game was fun and high octane.  We won the game by a comfortable margin.  Second game, the game was very defense oriented and was a low scoring ball game.  The game went to overtime and in the overtime we were poised to win with 3 seconds left and our team on top by 2 points.  Unfortunately, the desperation shot of our opponents from just across the half court went in a! s time expired and we lost by 1 point.  Grrrrrrr…. But its ok they deserved the win after a miraculous shot like that.  It’s just I don’t like losing especially on a close game.  Anyhow, we’re all sports and gave congratulatory shake hands and high fives to the winner.

The Trip

On our way home to Manila, just when you think we’ve learned form our trip towards Subic, our fortunes just got worst.  hehehe…  Instead of using exit at Subic, we decided to use the exit at Olanggapo so that we could do a little tour.  Unfortunately, we went on and on again without seeing any exit back to Manila.  When we were already traveling for almost 2 hours we decided to ask and found out that we are already at Zambales and again lost.  hehehe… So we had to go back to Subic and use the exit there towards manila.   Whaaaatttttt… again… didn’t we learn our lesson… hehehe… On our way to North Express, we saw Razon’s Restaurant which is know for there delicious and unique Halo-Halo.  So we decided to stop for a meryenda.  We ordered palabok and halo-halo for everyone.  It was my first time to eat there and grabe ang sarap nga talaga ng halo-halo nila.  I recommend this to everyone.  You should try there halo-halo.  After finishing our meryenda, we saw our back tire totally flat to the point that the fx could not travel anymore.  So we had to walk to the nearest vulcaniz! ing shop.  It took us approximately 5-10 minutes of walk to reach 7-E vulcanizing.  There we met Kuya Elmer who was so kind to fix and replace our tire.  Grabe na toh… series of unfortunate events na toh ah… hehehe… So we went on and prayed that it would be the last of our trip blunders.  At last we arrived at the North Express Road then to Manila then Cuboa.  Yahooo… lapit na… Before we went home, Ate Lanie who celebrated her birthday 3 days ago decided to treat us to dinner since it was already late.  Nagising lahat nung sinabi nya yun… hehehe… Gutom na kasi 8 pm na… She treated us a! t the ihaw-ihaw area in Marikina riverbanks.  Wow sarap ng pagkain… Inihaw na tilapia, liempo, sisig, at sinigang na ulo ng tuna… sarap nabusog ako… Thank you sa treat Ate Lanie and belated happy birthday… So After almost 8 hours of grueling and exhausting travel on the road we finally arrived home safely.  Praise the Lord.

The Other Happenings

Our other happenings include non-stop pictures… picture-picture… My chaptermates and I went to a picture fest before we went home.  Yung nandito yung sa cellphone ko lang.  Yung nasa lower right ako rin yan... hehehe... Ang saya-saya talaga.  To summarize the conference, it was very enjoyable, enlightening, relaxing and exhausting at times.  I really needed the conference to go away from the stress of real life and to refuel my spirituality.

The Expenses

Of course, I can’t join the conference without expenses. Hehehe...

Conference Payment – P800

Ride (Fx)                       – P500(Initially) + P100 + P50 (Due to misfortunes)

Room                            – P450

Basketball Uniform    – P100(Buti na lang madami kami nasolicit)

MMLC Shirt                  – P140

Food\Others                – P400

Total                              P2,540

Ano… ganyan ka mahal… grrrrrrrr… Wala na kong pera…. Waaaaahhhhhhhh…

Our team planned to give Ms. Lalaine a birthday surprise last Friday since she would be celebrating her birthday on Saturday (July 30).  Allan, our team lead, asked me to buy flowers, cake, and card for Lalaine.  Last Thursday, I went to glorietta to canvass for the flowers and cake and buy a card.  At Friday lunch time, Aldrin, Leya, Paulo and May accompanied me to buy the flower at Holland Tulips and to cake at Cheesecake etc.  I forgot the name of the flowers we bought but it’s an assorted set of flowers.  For the cake, we bought the Berry Temptation.  From the name, I presume it is a berry cheesecake with grap! es toppings.  We gave the gifts and sang an out of tune happy birthday at around 3 pm.  Then we divided the cake amongst ourselves.  Grabe…Sarap nung cake… kaya ko siguro ubusin magisa yung cake na yun… hehehe… Happy Birthday po ulit Ms. Lalaine… Ang aking buddy at dakilang Momi ng JPMC.  Wish you and your family the best things in life.

Haaaayyyyyyyyy... Dahil walang pasok kahapon... napanood ko ulit ang Full House sa GMA 7... hehehe... Grabe... nainlove nanaman ako kay Jessie (Song Hye-kyo)...  Haaaaayyyyyyy... ang ganda niya talaga... kailan ka ba magiging akin... hehehe... adik na tong batang toh... nakadrugs nanaman... hehehe... JJJ

For the past 6 Sundays, I’ve been attending a tryout for the basketball team that the east sector of Singles for Christ (SFC) is assembling.  The team would compete in the Metro Manila Leaders Conference (MMLC) which would be held on July 29 – 31 at Subic.  The line up was recently announced and luckily I was included in the team.  Yes… Plus pogi points nanaman toh… hehehe… Anyway, the team assembled was not that strong compared to the other basketball team I’ve been with.  We lack in height because there were many guards in the line up.  But in a positive note we are fast and I think the team has good 3 point shooters.  Anyway, I believe that basketball game is not won by talent but by heart and hustle.  Naks… Parang coach magsalita ah… hehehe…  Good Luck sa team namin… Go for the gold... hehehe...

Yesterday afternoon, sobrang lakas ng ulan kaya naisipan kong maligo sa ulan.  Grabe sarap maligo sa ulan parang balik kabatan ulit ako.  It was the perfect time to take a bath in the rain, the rain was pouring so strong, the clouds was so white, there were no lighting only occasional thunders.  As far as I could remember, the last time I did this was almost 3-4 years ago.  I was still studying in college at that time.  Anyway, a friend of mine saw me in front of our house standing still in the strong rain so he asked me to join him in playing basketball at our subdivision’s open court.  So I did, we used to that when we were still young.  When we arrived at the court, there were so many people there.  Some of them I don’t know but most of them I know.  We played basketball, even if the ball won’t bounce since the ground was full of water.  Para kaming mga tanga pero oks lang.  If all of you are doing an unusual or extraordinary thing, it would not seem unusual since all of you are doing it.  I even saw my childhood crush.  Grabe and taba na nya… hehehe… buti na lang hindi ko na sya crush… hehehe… I played in the rain for about 2 hours and when the rain subsided, I went home and took a real bath.  That’s all.  I really enjoyed the day and hope to do it more often.  It’s good to do childish activities once in a while.  It was very relaxing though I got a little bit of colds because of that. hehehe…

Last Friday, I went back to the office after my training at around 5:30 pm to get my things, check my mail, and makipagkwentuhan, manggulo, and mangulit with my teammates.  Anyway, when I arrived, they told me there was an issue and asked me to help resolved the issue.  waaaaaaaahhhhhh….  Just when I thought I could go home early, a work was assigned to me.  But it’s ok, it all part of my job and I don’t want to leave the team with an issue without giving an extra hand.  Since the issue was not yet resolved and it is already pass 7 pm, our team lead decided to use half of our team building budget for July to have a dinner.  We decided to have a dinner at Chef Angelo, also known as Chef Paulo JJJ, but unfortunately the queue was so long and the place was already packed with people.  So Allan suggested eating at a newly opened restaurant named Aveneto Pizzaria Restaurant which specializes mainly at pastas and pizzas.  And since the restaurant just recently opened and is currently on a promotional stage, it is not that expensive.  Exactly the place we are looking for.  hehehe… All of us were present except for Karren and another team member.  The two already went home at the time we decided to have an ambush team building dinner.  We were nine in total, eight JPMCista plus James (the boyfriend of Nanah).  We ordered four pastas (two white sauce and two red sauce) and four pizzas.  Actually, there were only two plates of pizza but each plate is divided into two different pizzas.  kain-kain… kwento-kwento… kain-kain… kwento-kwento… Grabe busog na busog ako… As usual, tinikman ko lahat ng dishes and inubos ko ang mga natira… hehehe… grabe after eating halos hindi na ko makahinga and hindi ko na mastomach-in yung tyan ko kaya bundat ako… hehehe… After we’ve finished eating, we asked for the bill and we found out that they don’t accept credit card.  Good thing the restaurant is not that expensive.  Our bill only cost 2,140 pesos.  It’s very cheap for an Italian pizza-pasta restaurant taking in consideration the number of dishes we ordered and that all of us were very full after eating.  The bad thing about this is I had to shed out 2,200 pesos to pay for the bill and would not get the reimbursement until August 15.  Furthermore since the bill is 2,140 pesos and I gave 2,200 pesos, I gave a tip of 60 pesos which is unusual for me.  If not for our team lead, I would have only given 20 pesos for the tip. hehehe… kuripot… Afterwards, we went back to the office and fixed the pending issue.

I’m stuck in office with nothing to do.  I had training from 8 am to 5 pm.  I am currently glued to my PC at my working area waiting for the clock to hit 8 pm and go to our basketball game scheduled in Guadalupe gym at 830 pm.  I have nothing to do, nothing to surf, no one to talk to except for my blog.  What to talk about? hmmmmm… Thinking… Thinking… hmmmmm… Senti mood… An undying and everlasting question just pop in my mind, “Would you rather go for someone who loves you or whom you love?”.  This is the question… hmmmmmm…. I know someone have asked you this question or you might have heard this question from someone.  Either way, you might have stumbled on this question somewhere-somehow.  Anyway, for guys, I think it is much easier to go for someone who loves you but what is the challenge on that.  I, personally, prefer to go for someone I love.  The feeling and happiness of having a relationship and being with someone you love would be much much much sweeter than being with someone who loves you.  In addition, the bragging right is more prestigious in having a relationship with someone you love because you know it would need more effort and money to have her love you compared to the other one.  Unfortunately for me, I’m a guy who’s all words and no action.  The ever so torpe Ryan.  hehehe…  I always say that I would do this but when the opportunity is there I back down and fold up.  hayyyyy… Kailan ka ba matututo… hehehe… Only time could tell.  Hope it won’t take too long.  hehehe… Ang drama mo… hehehe… Pakamatay ka na lang… hehehe… That’s all folks... Good thing I have my blog to talk with… JJJ

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