Bowling !!!

A GLOBE-Quest/I.T. Interaction Philippines (ITIP) sponsored a bowling tournament is on the way. Six representatives for every IT company joining the tourney.


Frij wasn't keen on joining since there were players in his department who were more eligible for the game but perhaps through sheer luck, only 2 players joined (with the exception of the company VP and HR manager). Frij took the opportunity to register himself and his network buddy Robert, thus completing the circle of six. The game is a four Tuesday event and will start on September 12, a good time for warm-ups and practice rolls in between. Hopefully he'll get a few spare time to practice.


This will be his first bowling tournament with (or perhaps against) other IT companies. Last year's company sponsored bowling tournament was a mishap for him, exchanging a Harry Potter advance screening for the semi-finals, they lost and ended up third overall. He's still waiting for retribution.

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IMBECILLESQUE

Its all rainy and gloomy out there and so Frij decided to go with the theme.


IMBECILLESQUE
Obviously its a derivative of imbecile though its not in the English dictionary so he's going for Urban slang falling under the category of adverb; SYN: Stupidly.


"The act of doing something uberly stupid"


This post is perhaps inspired by Alfie which Frij saw again a few days ago. Who's the guy who wouldn't love that movie.


The best quote in the movie:
"There are two things I've learned in life: find someone to love and live everyday as if it were your last."


Followed by:
"Whenever you meet a beautiful woman, just remember somewhere there's a man who's sick of shagging her."


Ironically, quote #2 applies to both situations in quote #1.
Once you've found that "someone", you'd be oblivious to the rest of the feline herd knowing that they're getting their fair share of shagging. They're just there as eye candy. Although, if you were to live everyday as if it were your last, you might want to get a taste of those candies.


Thats what make Alfie a wonderful movie, because you're either this or that. No gray matter in between.


IMBECILLESQUE
by Rivermaya

A F#m
Good morning baby,
Bm E
Are you still mad at me?
A F#m
I guess I couldn't blame you
Bm E
I instigated this big mess
A C# D-Dm A
I acted imbecillesque I know
E
Ohh ohh....

A F#m
That I could have heard you
Bm E
Had I've been listening, but
A F#m
Instead my arrogance
Bm E A C# D-Dm
Divided us and now I'm messed up big time like my guitar
A E
Coz I love you, but I hurt you

Bm E
And though I wish that I could make you smile
Bm E
There is nothin' that I can do
Bm E
Except send a little song across the miles

A F#m Bm
I'm terribly sorry
E A F#m Bm
And I hope you forgive me
E A F#m Bm
I am terribly sorry
E
Baby.....


Bm E
I acted totally inept
A C# D-Dm
Self-centered imbecillesque

A E
'Coz I love you, but I hurt you
Bm E
And though I wish that I could make you smile
Bm E
There is nothin' that I can do
Bm E
Except send a little song across the miles

A F#m Bm
I'm terribly sorry
E A F#m Bm
And I hope you forgive me
E A F#m Bm
I am terribly sorry
E
Baby.....

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Mango Avenue

Frij recently got back from Cebu (again), it was a 3 day visit all in the name of work, work and more work.....with a few fun on the side.

August 2 (Wednesday)
Got on a 10:00Am flight bound to Cebu. There were only a few passengers so Frij had the option of seeking a vacant three seater and lying flat on his back. In flight game got him guessing a musical tune and eventually winning a nifty cellphone holder. This was the first flight in which Frij NEVER felt the plane touch the runaway upon landing! Awesome!

Check in at The Paladium "Service Sucks" Suites:

• Door card doesn't work, he had to ask the front desk for someone to accompany him to open the door, EVERYTIME!
• No HOT water!!! Could you imagine drenching yourself in freezing water just to get that daily shower? Well Frij couldn't, he had to take the shower near noon.

On the honest side though:

• They had 6 coat hangers (a real surprise for a pitiful hotel).
  
• The suite was next to Mango Square, one huge dining and booze mall (lots of Koreans, I guess its one of those seasons) so dining and having fun wasn't a problem.
• One huge internet cafe (probably 200 seaters) was right on the corner. Frij got a taste of what Cebu DotA players were like, and they were tasty, kill after kill after kill. Not much of a surprise there.

So what we basically have is a retarded crib on top of a beautiful hill. One could live with it.

Onsite, he was greeted by Gorgeous J, Miss Janice. A few briefing on the office setup then it was all work from there. How gorgeous one may ask? Hmm....


Need one say more?

August 3 (Thursday)
Lunch at Persian Palate at the Ayala Center with Miss J and Jeff, a couple of kebab and rice then drowned with avocado shake before another work aggravation. Frij finally completed the office setup, site was online before shift ended.

Cabling contractor then treated him out to dinner at City Grill, a cook-me-a-seafood restaurant. You get to pick the seafood of your choice and how you want it prepared, all fresh (supposedly) until the allergy attack came in late that night. Frij, was red all over and itching. He had to call home and ask the doc how to handle the situation. Good thing he thought of flushing the f***er with H2O, so after a few hours of observation, he fell asleep naked.

August 4 (Friday)
Nothing much on this day since work was completed a day in advance. Frij waited for J to finish off her morning work and needed to check if everything was smoothly running. They had lunch at a chinese restaurant inside SM Cebu (his first time in SM).

And there he gets to know more about the 20 some some gorgeous lady who's parents drops her off to work and has a strict curfew rule. Whoa! Talk about Conservative Cebu. At this point you would realize that Frij will cease to elaborate as the succeeding FAQs tend to be comically inspired.

His flight back to Manila was delayed for 3 hours due to weather conditions. Planes are so afraid of the rain nowadays that it has been decades since his last rainy flight.

He got home at 12:00AM and was preparing for the CISCO training coming in 8 hours.....Life.