the wrath of milenyo
We received an advisory Wednesday, 27 September on the upcoming typhoon expected to have a direct hit on Manila. I took it as one of those usual advisories we have whenever weather disturbances occur in the Metro. Wednesday's night news already said of the damage it left in the Bicol region. The government has already suspended classes in ALL levels for Thursday (Hmp! di ba ginawang wednesday, wala ako class ng thursday tlga!) Consequently, some work was also suspended based on the discretion of private companies.
It was not the usual typhoon the Manilenos experience. I think the usual expectation whenever there is a typhoon, is the amount of rainfall it brings. But this time, though there were rains, the wind made the more damage.
For some reason, i was out during the direct hit of Milenyo... i had a prime seat during his passage and it made its presence felt. The peak of its hit was felt between 11:00 to around 2:00PM. after the pounding, there was an eerie silence and what was left were the remnants of Milenyo's wrath.
The first photo was that of a flooded street of the Metro which literally looked like a river. (pardon the blurred picture, i just took it with my celfone camera inside a vehicle.) The second photo was that of a big tree uprooted and was lying/blocking the middle of a street. Now, i can just imagine the beating this tree received from Milenyo to cause it to be uprooted, and i tell you the tree was huge!
Milenyo is one of the swiftest typhoon to hit Manila, and though it was swift, it was one of the most destructive leaving 61 people dead (and still counting), ripping and flying off roofs, toppling down posts and power lines and a major black out in Luzon area.
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned... hmmm... this time, hell hath no fury like a Milenyo....
they call it a massacre
it was the second dual meet i have joined after being a member of the ADB badminton club. Dual meets are supposed to be "friendly" games between two companies as there are no prices at stake, except for points earned, and i guess bragging rights. But the matches are as fierce as those played at the world IBF championship (ok fine, i am just exaggerating! ;0)
the first one was the ADB-IBM dual meet held sometime last year at the the Olympics Badminton. coming in as a new member of the club, i was nervous, primarily because this the closest thing i ever got to a "tournament", and second, of course, i ought to prove something to the members of the club that i was "worthy" to join the meet.
i played at the ladies doubles twice and won 3 out of possible 4 sets in two matches. this is the first time i broke my string (at naputol sya, di pa ako naglalaro, warm up pa lang... ganda). no, no, no, it's not because i smashed too hard... luma na tlga yung string ng raketa ko ;0)
anyhow, the IBM was really short of players. their men's doubles played against our mixed doubles ( mga amasona tlga mga babae ng ADB! parang lalaki na rin) because they don't have female players to field anymore.
after 3 hours of play, ADB surfaced as the winner. here were the scores (hope my memory still serves me right)
MEN'S DOUBLES
ADB-28
IBM - 8
LADIES DOUBLES
ADB- 24
IBM-6
MIXED DOUBLES
ADB - 26
IBM- 10
I have a friend who works at IBM who commented that we were "merciless" . To use his words, "Nilampaso niyo naman kami." and that was my first meet.
Last Saturday, it was the Shell-ADB Meet at the Zone in Makati. I arrived their at around 2:00PM. Siyempre ako lang ang hindi naka ADB Badminton shirt (ang galing ko tlga!) Some of the games started already and my partners were nervous coz they thought that i won't be able to make it. my co-members said that we were leading. the games were played using the rally point system (if a pair commits an error, the other pair gets the score, regardless who served) race to 21.
and after all the games were played, ADB emerged as the winner. it was fun as the players gave it their best, not to mention the fact that ADB people were really roudy and loud in cheering. (kasama na ang walang kamatayang asaran!)
the final scores were ADB - 72 SHELL - 19. and this time, hindi lang lampaso. The Shell team called it a massacre. ;0)
Congrats ADB Team!
and i am back with a new look! ;0)
after almost two months of not opening my blog, that i think it grew cobwebs in here already, i am back! ;0) and in line with the renewed spirit to go back to blogging... i decided to give it a new look ;0)
why did i decide to go back? last night, i was with friends, Didi and his Panget (hope you won't mind didi), Holden and Jen. In the middle of dinner, the topic of blogging came up. Didi was actually surprised that i had a blog pala (actually, sometimes i think my blog is technically non-existing na because i rarely write. )We three girls chatted about bloggings, about writers or should i say bloggers, and the various topics in blogs and we marvel on how amazing people write. Kaaliw, we exchanged notes on the blogs we read. And ask what the boys were doin? Di lang naman sila makirelate, hehehe! In short, na OP sila sa mga bloggers, hehehe ulit!
but i MUST thank didi, and jen too, for motivating me to go back to blogging. Sana lang hindi short-lived ang motivation na to ;0) hopefully i can write about lighter moments in life... kasi naman my previous blogs eh medyo seryoso/minsan parang violent pa and "analytical"
Thanks too to my sorority sister Mia who inspite of being many miles away from me, patiently addressed my panic and my questions about formatting my blogs... thanks Mama Mia! ;0)
Well... here's to more entries!
