catching up

so much to blog, so little time. a month since my last "real" blog. gotta catch-up, so here it goes...

the mountaineer me.
a week after the "fabulous" mt. ugo climb, i joined the adidas king of the road 10km run. it was my first official marathon. i finished at around 1hr 8 minutes. yay! photoblog here.

then a week after that was our 4th (make-up) training climb at kibungan. i decided not to join the cllimb, some members advised us not to join anyway. we might get injured daw and might not pass the 15km qualifying run. anyway, it was my first mountaineering sunday break for a very long time. i played ultimate instead. :D more on this later.

then a week after that was our orienteering weekend at laiya batanggas near mt. daguldol. it was sort of a practical exam to test all the skills we learned. my groupmates were mawi, adonnis and ai. jomen backed out the last minute. there were seven stations: tent pitching, backpack loading, trail signs and trail movement, ropemanship, first aid, stove operation and climb ethics. i got lucky in tent pitching, i get to pitch a tent like j's. hehe. i did well in others, but i flunked climb ethics haha.. wasn't able to open my notes, (i blame typhoon milenyo, my notes are in my laptop) so i can't even site a single leave no trace principle.. haha.
orienteering weekend pics here.

then a week after that was our orienteering make-up and 15km qualifying run. never thought it would be a very emotional event. i finished at 1hr, 48 minutes, 7th among us 27(?) who ran that day. unfortunately, four trainees didn't made the 2hr cut.

my orienteering makeup pics here. (I ran out of batteries saturday night, sorry :( )

then a week after that was the 2nd 15km qualifying run for those who were not able to join and make the 2hr cut. j and i volunteered to help set the pace for mich. unfortunately, that sunday morning, i was struck by lbm. darnit. i have to sleep my belly ache away. even went to bed with my running shoes on. was really sorry i wasn't able to help out. ooh well..


the toda girl me.
i really wasn't been able to juggle mountaineering and disc at the same time. ussually with all the training and activities in bmc, im too tired and sore to practice ultimate. when i got a free week from bmc, since im not required to join the 4th training climb, an opportunity opened and i got to play in the habagat league :D i played for toda 2. darn i need practice.

but i guess they don't need me that much anymore, coz toda1 and toda2 placed 1st and 3rd in pool b! at last! hurrahh!!! congrats also to toda1 jo and toda2 teban for pool b's most goal catches awards.

david's leagues pics--> week1 week2 week3 and week4.
my party pics here.
david’s party pics here.

another bloggable event is the september celebrants (j, jo, soki and doie) party at sizzling stop.
david's sizzling stop scandal pics here. from my camera here.


the computer geek me.
in the past month, i attended 3 lunch despedidas. there were a lot more despedidas but i just attended 3, coz the two of them are my teammates (li-an ~ estee) and the other one is my former boss. well i can't blame them. i almost joined them actually. i thought magkakadespedida na ako sa wakas. hehehe. decided to stay nalang. i don't have "real" problems them anyway. but now with my 2 teammates gone.. darnit... muy and i are left with all the work.

im really impressed how he's coping with all the responsibility and workload passed to him. :) teej, the new comer looks like he's got a lot of potential. :) another guy is scheduled to join us next week. hah.. new set of teammates, with a set of new ambitious projects, and with the birthpains of our newly launched star application. ang saya-saya!!! end result.. no time to blog.. hahaha..


other happenings.
my ust batchmate barkara kitakits. cha made her formal announcement on her wedding on december. im a secondary sponsor, candle yata. cha why yellow motif? why?!?! hehe..
usthchika kitakits photoblog here.

j's birthday. got him a replacement battery for his “pan”... a cool looking bible... a mess kit .. and other items i grabbed on this japanesse store i recently discovered :D

james' birthday (j's nephew). got him a plaster with alphabet mold with attachable magnets. mas nagustuhan yata ni goldie yung gift ko kaysa kay james. hehehe.

daniel's 1st birhtday. He's getting cute-r everyday. visit his multiply here. :D

lastly, i now have a wireless lan in our house. powered by broadband internet. yey! ate neng talked me into getting a smart bro after our kitakits. was kinda scared at first, reading all the blogs from dissatisfied customers. but so far so good, and still keeping my fingers crossed. to share the bill, i installed a wireless router so that my bro can hook up. btw, i thought im techie enough to install the router, apparently not. thanks j for the help.

and pahabol. got myself a pair of nike air rifts. yay! tagal ko nang gusto, i procrastinated a lot. but when i saw j wear his black-green version, i fliped and got my own the next day. :D