9 WINS............... AND LOSSES
I just got home from Baguio earlier this evening. It took us four hours to drive from Baguio to Bambang via the dusty Ambuklao Road. I wished I had a cam to snap some pics of the ongoing work up there. They are really doing a nice job except for the talks I've heard that the road construction should have been finished by now. I have heard that there were three construction companies who were contracted to build equal length of the road from Aritao to Baguio so it would be completed relatively at the same time, but it seems that the only contractor who kept his word was the one who was assigned to do the Aritao-Kayapa Central end of the road. In the past, a ride from Bambang to Kayapa Central would take two hours, give or take a few minutes; but yesterday, it took us less than an hour because they really did a good job at paving the road. I dream for the day when I can just swing by Baguio early in the morning, spend 5 hours of shopping in the Baguio Public Market (that's right! I didn't say SM) and back to Vizcaya in no time. CAVDEAL and SATRAP, please hurry up! :)
Oops, I was suppose to talk about my Scrabble Tournament experience but I had to get that road-thing out of my mind first. Anyway, I had a fun time at the tourney although I did not win any prize. My goal was to at least win 50% of my game and that's exactly what I got. I did not do so bad actually. I even defeated the second-seeded player in the whole country although he ended up winning the 3rd or 4th prize. (It was an accident really! He probably had bad tiles and was a bit too confident cuz he was playing a newcomer.) The champion who took home a 15K-peso prize was a lady from down South. We played 18 games in two days--10 last Saturday and 8 last Sunday. Boyy, was my mind fried and toasted in there!
That's it... we weren't able to see any of the Panagbenga Festivities cuz we were huddled in this Wolfson Hall in the Baguio Country Club for two days trying to outwit our opponents. What a game! But I did enjoy walking up and down Session road yesterday with the open market. Oh, those little booths with pretty pretty flowers!!! We bought nice hats for my mom (which she did not appreciate...grrrrrr), my sis and for myself. I wished we had more time to just stroll around and enjoy the trafficless Session road.
(Gosh, those hideous, gigantic cement posts they built in the BGH area!!! Goodness! What were they thinking!?!! I know it's for this flyover thing but really, it looks UGLYY!)
Oops, I was suppose to talk about my Scrabble Tournament experience but I had to get that road-thing out of my mind first. Anyway, I had a fun time at the tourney although I did not win any prize. My goal was to at least win 50% of my game and that's exactly what I got. I did not do so bad actually. I even defeated the second-seeded player in the whole country although he ended up winning the 3rd or 4th prize. (It was an accident really! He probably had bad tiles and was a bit too confident cuz he was playing a newcomer.) The champion who took home a 15K-peso prize was a lady from down South. We played 18 games in two days--10 last Saturday and 8 last Sunday. Boyy, was my mind fried and toasted in there!
That's it... we weren't able to see any of the Panagbenga Festivities cuz we were huddled in this Wolfson Hall in the Baguio Country Club for two days trying to outwit our opponents. What a game! But I did enjoy walking up and down Session road yesterday with the open market. Oh, those little booths with pretty pretty flowers!!! We bought nice hats for my mom (which she did not appreciate...grrrrrr), my sis and for myself. I wished we had more time to just stroll around and enjoy the trafficless Session road.
(Gosh, those hideous, gigantic cement posts they built in the BGH area!!! Goodness! What were they thinking!?!! I know it's for this flyover thing but really, it looks UGLYY!)
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labfek
shane100281
akala ko people aren't supposed to look a gift horse in the mouth (i.e. gifts should be appreciated by the receiver no matter what the gift is).
I've never heard of a Scrabble tournament. There's probably an entrance fee, I assume.
Regarding the BGH flyover, gusto talaga nilang sirahin ang beauty ng Baguio. Sayang!
Oy buti ka pa you can eventually go to Baguio and return home in one day. Malabo yatang mangyari iyan sa mga taga-Sagada.
Congrats on beating that number two seed. Mukhang serious itong scrabble na ito ah meron pa kayong seed seed :-)
magblogspot din kase kayo para hindi kayo anonymous.
Thanks, I had a great time talaga.
Yes ading Jean, you may come to Oliweg anytime you like now...
Hi Kayni,
Bilis! uwi na d2 at sunugin natin yung istatwa dun sa Barrio Fiesta na ipinagpuputok ng butse ng mga kapatid na Igorots d2 (e.g. Bill) Of course, pagkatapos mo akong ilibre dun sa loob! Hehehe
Hi Wil,
oo nga, but you don't know my mother! she is not the appreciative kind... grabee 'no? LOL
There is a so called baguio benguet club for scrabble (bbcs) and they sponsor big tournies twice a year. Do you play scrabble too?
Hi Bill,
Seryoso talaga! I went there to have a break nga eh pero it felt like I worked also kase napagod din ang isip ko. Pero ok, kase enjoy naman.. :)
Yes! Kaya dapat bilisan nila ang paggawa nung kalsada!
I still would like to go see Sagada someday soon. At nang mailibre ako ng isa riyan... hehehe
sige, dapat sali ka next time...
layadgal
kulang ang prayers mo noh! kay di me nanalo! Dapat nagfasting ka! ang hirap kaya manalo dun! ang nananalo dun, kinakarir na nila ang scrabble! I don't like to be known as a walking lexicon anoh! heheheh!
layadgal