From August 23 to 27, 2007, Racks’ held it’s 2nd pool tournament with total prize money of PHP 120,000 (about $2570 USD). (Racks previous billiards tournament was from April 17 to 23, 2007 with total prize money of PHP 100,000, about $2140 USD). The PHP 120,000 was allocated with PHP 60,000 going to the [...]
It took seven firing competitions on seven consecutive weekends to get a trophy, but now I have one and it’s not 1st or 2nd Runner-Up, but Champion Regular Shooter Single Stack Standard Division.
Most of the PNP (Philippine National Police), soldiers, and ROs (Range Officers) that regularly attend these events know me by now. So [...]
I am definitely getting better at my shooting, but my times are not improving. At the latest Firing Competition, the City Director’s Cup, put on my Colonel Aurilllo “Doi” Trampe, I had the highest points score of any shooter, but I ranked at about the 35% percentile of all shooters.
This is because total point [...]
Living in The Philippines and being somewhat aware of the trial of former Philippine President Joseph Estrada’s trial for plundering the coffers of the government of The Phillipines, and what seems likely to be his imminent conviction, I recall my civic studies from high school in America.
The framers of the Constitution of the United [...]
I have run over four dogs now in The Philippines while driving my 1998 Isuzu Vehicross. Thank god I haven’t hit one on my 2007 Honda Wave 125.
The first one I hit, I was driving down J.R. Borja Extension, which is a 4-lane road with a curbed but grassy median. Actually, while [...]
I may be a bit slow, but my aim is true. I’ve been in five shooting competitions in the past five weeks and while I haven’t won any trophies yet, I will soon.
Click the above image for a 2MB video of just one point off a perfect score. This was at the Iligan [...]
This is my favorite KTV club and the only one I am allowed to go to regularly by my wife. Michael Smith, the owner, recently remodelled the place and put the Stage where the bar used to be. The stage was too small before and the bar too big. Now the place [...]
I went to Adventure 69 KTV club on Cruz Taal Street on August 14, 2007. This place is basically a strip joint and it opened only one week prior. Since my office is only located one block away from this place, I pass it on occasion, and I had seen the new artistic [...]