Faith to Last a Lifetime - Part 2

Ladies and gentlemen... Funky Kingston by Toots and the Maytals...

Hey hey hey hey hey
I want you to believe every word I say
I want you to believe every thing I do
I said music is what I've got baby
And I've got to find some way to make it
Music is what I've got baby
I want you to come on and shake it
Shake it, shake it baby
Oh yeah
La la la... La la la...

Yeah baby. Miami Ink's theme song.

"Guess who's back in town?" - I think I sent this message to Yel and Loren. Hmmm... I'm not surprised they knew who right away.

Yeah baby, yeah. The Master's back!

After 2 months and 2 days to be exact, I'm ready for my next tattoo session. Butch, the great artist that he is, got back from a guest artist stint in Cotabato a week ago.

It's payback time! Hehehe...

We were scheduled for a 6pm appointment but got started rather late. But it's fine with me. It's just 3 hours of delay. No, I'm not blaming him. It's ok. Ako pa. =P Just check out the pic below, the reason why it took him time to start my tat.

Aheem. Unlike my first session, this one was way too different. In tagalog, nasa kondisyon ata 'to. I slept a lot. Drank lots of liquids. I was relaxed the whole time.

Can you believe it took us 3 hours and I'm still raring to go? And he's the one who asked me if we can stop. Hehehe. Sorry bro, I just followed your advice. =)

I really love the pain from the tattoo gun. I can't explain. The sensation it brings. Whew. Not to forget, my very symbolic tat is getting better and better, just like my faith.

Can't wait, AGAIN, for my next session!

The printouts for the guide - all original still...

A view from the top...

I've been waiting for this pare... As in...

Wow oh, St. Jude's got a new robe... =P

After 3 hours... 2nd session done!

BONUS PICS OF THE DAY

Yoji - Checkin' out his artwork...

If you think it's a computer printout, think again.

Man + Color Pencils = Artwork

The reason behind the delay - a very detailed tatoo...

P.S.
And about the song on the first part? Butch's own "Yoji" aka Rebo is doing tattoos already! Para talaga sila sina Ami and Yoji, the master beats the hell out of his apprentice. =)

No Reservations

"Sorry sir pero hindi po kami pwede magpaakyat sa taas hangga't hindi kumpleto..."

"Sorry sir pero baka hindi na po natin madugtungan yung mga tables mamaya kung wala pa mga yung mga kasama n'yo..."

"Luiness!!! Tarayan mo na nga 'tong mga 'to!!!"

WTF man... It's kinda irritating but what can we do? The place has been set as our venue and we can't move to another one as others might not be able to follow.

Yeah... our first anniversary as a class, a batch and as friends... Batch 5 Luzon...

Wow, from a high of 21 peeps committing that they'll attend... we were down to like 12-15 who went, drank a few bottles of beer, pigged out and laughed out loud the whole time...

It was so fun as even those who are not in Dell anymore attended the gathering too, as well as those peeps who dropped by and went to the office for their shift. =)

After a few hours, not to mention a truck-full of "kodakan" led by Loren, we decided to bounce and try another place. Hmmm... Why not Cafe Saguijo? I've been wanting to go there for some time now. Only 5 of us boys went there as some went on their own "2nd gimmick". The place was nice, not so many people but it's one heck of a rockin' night.

It's a common practice to get something hot, food I mean, after chugging down a lot of alcohol. We found ourselves eating mami and pares at the intersection of Dela Rosa and P. Tamo. Pwede na rin kesa wala.

I have a lot more things to say but nevermind, alam nyo naman kung ano nangyari pagkatapos. Ano pa? Eh di uwian na.

Check out our pics at http://s76.photobucket.com/albums/j31/denmark21/Batch%205%20Luzon/Reunion%20Pics/

30 Seconds...

30 seconds!!!

Last 30 seconds!!!

The sound of that is music to my ears. 30 more friggin' seconds and this round is over. When you think that doing a 3-minute drill is short, it feels like eternity when your doing it.

It's been like months since I last worked-out at my local boxing gym. Yeah. Work, tight sched, "bookings", meeting up with friends and the not so pleasant people, and also my tattoo made me skip gym for a long time.

But after feeling some lack of self confidence, feeling not healthy and with my bulging tummy getting in my way, I decided to go and give it a shot once again.

I was kinda hesitant, coz I know how it feels to workout after a long layoff. It's like your lungs are being pulled out from your body, you can't breathe well, you can't move anymore as it's gonna be punishing pain on almost all parts of your body. But, how would it go away and let your body adapt again if you won't do it? Right?

I was with Alvin. He said he wanted to try it. Why not? I think I had more time laughing at him than concentrating on my workout. Haa haa. I know how it feels and how bad I looked when I started boxing 2 years ago. Way to go dawg!

Here are the pics, go check it out...

Doin' the punch mitts...

From another angle...

Jab si Kuya, Counter ako...

Hittin' the heavy bag...

Speed ball: If you think it's easy, think again...

Gusto daw nya sumama, eh di sige!

Please Cooperate

Weather forecast was chances of rain and can be stormy. The skies were gloomy all day. I wasn't even able to wear my sunglasses the whole day. Rainclouds were building up, you can see them travelling towards the northeast. Finally, after whole day of praying and hoping, the rain went down.

Oh crap.

Why oh why? Why now? Please Mr. Weather, cooperate!

We've been planning this team building activity for a couple of weeks already and then you decided to rain today and possibly ruin our plans? Oh come on!

Yeah, that's the obsessive-compulsive side of me reacting. You can't blame me, I want things to go smoothly. My only worry was my teammates to be like maarte and won't play anymore if it's raining. Haa haa haa. I was so wrong. You know what? The rain stopped when we started the game.

So after our 7am to 4pm shift, we all headed to Pasay's Global Gutz Paintball Field. Divided into 2 groups by way of picking lots, Team Laulau and Team Go Go Go Sago were formed.

After having early KFC dinner along the way (2 cars, our Starex and Erika's Getz - Hyundai models =P) and some extra Gonuts Donuts for snacks, we all changed into our battle gear after a briefing session from Mang Jojo.

We played 2 games of Last Man Standing and 1 Speedball Match. Unfortunately, after so much hype that our Team Go Go Go Sago having the "All Stars" would sweep the "Wannabe All Stars" Team Laulau, we succumbed to defeat by the score of 2-1. The catch there is, 1 on 1 between me and James during the last game to determine the winner... You guys know what happened next. =)

The paintball bullets hurt when it hits you. Duh. Just imagine a round bullet the size of 25cents in diameter travelling 290 feet per second. I have 2 5pesos-sized bruises on my left thigh. Some scratches on my body and a few itchy marks too. But it was a heck of an experience.

Check out the pics people...

Team Partoriza - Don't mess with us...

For the first time in almost 2 years, we're not teammates...

After 3 Games: Team Laulau = 2, Team Go Go Go Sago = 1

For your Paintball Games, contact Global Gutz:

Mr. Sonny Torres

09189129177

P.S.

Did I just advertise a lot of establishments/companies on this blog?

20 Pesos = 2 Oras

Tagalog naman ako ngayon...

"Boss, gaano kayo katagal?"

"Mga isa or dalawang oras lang siguro. Bakit? Ano mangyayari kung lampas?"

"Dagdag bayad lang sir."

"Walang problema, yun lang pala eh."

Ganyan ako noon, ganito pa din pala ngayon. Parking space yan sa harap ng McDonald's sa tabi ng institusyong pinag-aralan ako. Hindi, hindi yan sa Don Bosco. Napadpad muli ako sa Intramuros. Nasa tapat ako ng Mapua. Oo, hindi kasi ako naging masaya sa pagaaral ko dun kaya hindi ko siya kinikilalang naging kolehiyo ko.

Pagkatapos kong kumain sa McDo, naalala ko, may mga bilihan nga pala ng yosi sa gilid ng pader. Nandun pa kaya sila? Aba, oo naman.

"Brod, Quarterm pa din ba dito?"

"Oo."

"Dito kasi ako dati, pero nabwiset ako kaya nagtrabaho na lang ako."

"Ano ba course mo dati?"

"Nag-take ako ng ME. Ikaw ba?"

"CoE."

Lakad siya pakanan. Lakad ako pakaliwa.

Mapua, magaling na kolehiyo para sa iba. Sa akin? Ok lang. Pero hindi talaga ako naging masaya. Quarterm. Ang bilis pare. Ang 18 mil ng nanay ko nauubos ng isa't kalahating buwan para walang matutunan. Magtrabaho na lang ako, kikitain ko pa yun. Hindi ko nadama ang parang bahay, masaya at barkadahan ng Don Bosco sa Mapua. Wala, hindi man lang nakalapit.

Hindi ako nag-enjoy sa pagbabalik ko sa lugar na yun. Kung di lang dahil may sinamahan ako sa Intramuros eh hindi ko mararating uli ang lugar na yun.

Kasalungat ng Channel 7 na "This is where you belong..." Ako hindi.