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A break from work

Dalawa o tatlong beses lang kaming mag-asawa kung umuwi sa Mindoro sa loob ng isang taon. Iyon ay tuwing Mahal na Araw, kaarawan ng itay, at Bagong Taon. Ngunit sa taong ito...buong buwan pa lamang ng Agosto ay naka-apat na balik na kami! Lingo lingo. Niloloko nga ako ni Auggie at Don na ginawa ko na raw Cubao ang Mindoro. Ang dahilan? Basketball. Team Manager ang nakatatandang kapatid ni Jojo at naatasan si Jojo na maging assistant manager, consultant, dakilang tsuper, at entertainer ... hehehe. Ako? Dakilang asawa, alalay, photographer, at tagahanga. Mabuti na lang at mahilig din ako manood ng basketball kasi ayaw ni Jojo na hindi ako kasama.

Nakakalungkot
- na ang basketball ay maari palang maging sobrang "mapulitika" dahil sa pagnanais ng bawat kalahok na manalo.

Nakakatakot
- huling linggo, kailangan naming umabot sa 7:00 ng gabi na laro. Kasama namin ulit ang mga imports, mag-a-alas 3:00 ng hapon nasa Turbina, Laguna pa lang kami. Kailangan naming umabot sa 4:00 na alis ng barko. Mula Turbina hanggang sa pantalan ng Batangas, kinuha lang ni Jojo ng 15-20 minutos. Bilis ng sasakyan: 150 kph!

Nakakatuwa
- kasi marami kaming supporters. Bukod sa may banda si kuya, panalong panalo ang imports namin! May fans club na nga! hehehehe. Huli na kasi kaming dumating, 6 minutos na nag-uumpisa ang laro. Akala ng mga tao, wala na mga imports na maglalaro sa team namin. Nung makita nilang dumating mga imports, napuno ng sigawan at palakpakan ang gym! Ang saya ng pakiramdam!

Nakakapanghinayang
- hindi kami umabot sa semi-finals. Maagang nag-graduate ang isa sa mga imports namin. Ewan ko... masyado yatang na-"challenge" ang referee kasi nag-dunk nung nag-fastbreak. Yanig nga ang board! Ayon... panay panay ang tawag ng referee. At OA sa pagtawag ha? Kailangan sa gitna ng court magsesenyas! Hindi naman kaya ng isang import kasi bukod sa siya ang magre-rebound, siya ang magsu-shoot, binantayan pa ng kalaban. Galit na galit ang mga manonood sa referee na iyon. Lahat ng manlalaro namin na gumagawa, kundi 3, 4 fouls na. Natigil lang ang pag-tawag niya ng fouls nung lumamang na ang kalaban at kung kailan physical na ang laro. Pinagmumura siya ng mga manonood, nung matapos nga ang game, may 2 syang bantay.

Nagpapasalamat
- at nalaglag na kami. Naglaban iyong nakatalo sa amin at iyong team ng kaibigan ni kuya. Nagkaroon ng kaguluhan kasi isa sa mga manlalaro ng nakalaban namin ang sumuntok dun sa import ng kaibigan ni kuya. Putok ang mukha. Ayon, nagpang-abot ang dalawang team. Isinugod sa hospital ang import, ewan kung ilan ang tahi.

Samu't sari man ang naging pakiramdam ko, sasabihin ko pa rin , sa pangkalahatan, na masaya at naging bahagi ako ng basketball cup na ito dahil bukod sa karanasan, nagkaroon kami ng mga bagong kakilala at kaibigan.

Bye, My N70

Yehey! I received my new phones, Nokia 3610 and 3600, from Globe Telecom last Monday.

I have two lines so I got two phones, too! I took the 3610 while I gave the 3600 to Jojo.I am very excited because this will be my first time to have a flip/clamshell phone. Feeling ko sosyal eh HAHAHAHA. I gave my N70 to my Nanay.

Despereaux

Before going to bed, Jojo placed mouse traps inside and outside our bedroom hoping to catch Despereaux.
In the morning, I immediately looked for the mouse traps but Despereaux was not there. Lucky mouse!
Hmmm... on second thought... maybe he just want to say something to me last night, like..."I mean you no harm, just let me out of the room."? ngiiii...kakakilabot

A restless night

After I finished ironing our clothes for a week, I went to bed. I hoped for a good sleep because I'm a little tired so I slept at 10:30 PM while Jojo watched TV. I snuggled up myself with a blanket and closed my eyes.

I'm already dreaming when I felt something crawling on my right leg then to my right arm. At first, I thought it was still a part of my dream ... but it hurts a bit. Half sleep, half awake, I immediately jumped out of the bed.

Jojo looked at me, startled.

"Dad, may daga! May daga!" (Actually it was a Mouse but we don't call it Bubwit.) Yelling while throwing the blanket.

Jojo searched for the mouse but it was already gone.

"Tulog ka na, ako bahala."

"Pano nakapasok yan dito?" I asked.

"Naiwan yatang bukas ang pinto ng kwarto natin", he said.

He continued to watch TV while I returned to bed. Afraid to sleep, still feeling the mouse's feet against my skin... ngiii...

My eyes became heavy and everthing went black.

Then... I felt something crawling again... on my left arm. I turned my head on my left arm and saw the mouse crawling toward my face!!! AHHHH!!!! I struggled to jump out of the bed because part of the blanket was under Jojo's body.

"Dad, may daga na naman!"

He woke up and turned on the light. He saw the mouse climbing on the window curtain, tried to smash it with a broom but the lucky mouse escaped. We searched the room but could not find it. We went back to bed but after a few minutes, we could hear the mouse running.

"Buhay pa nga! Ang kulit talaga ng daga na iyon." Jojo whispered.

He stood up, turned on the light, switched off the air con, opened the door, and told me to sleep.

It was already 4:30 AM when my eyes became heavy and started dreaming again.

Programmer's Quotes

While browsing on the net, I saw these quotes in one of the forum sites I've visited.

"Everything in Life can be solved with an 'If/Else' statement."

"Life is like one big try/catch statement, nested within a loop."

Pasalubong

Kikay Candz, thanks a lot sa pasalubong. Sa uulitin hehehe.

Posting

Hi! I'm using multiply now and here is the site http://mendraz.multiply.com. I will not remove my blogger account because I plan to update this site some other time =)