random thoughts

I am supposed to be cramming for my paper right now … (well, I will be … in another 15minutes … just have to write this blog … :). It’s my second lease on my paper … I gave up on it few days ago thinking that I missed the deadline already (hehe! I am a model student … I didn’t even know the deadline of a very important paper I am supposed to pass! … well, I’m really busy at work … really, really busy! … and I think my hyper-threading mode is turned off recently … I used to be really good at multi-tasking my life but recently, I’m really lazy and just want to do the most urgent thing there is … all others take the backseat and second priority … yup, including MBA!)

Anywho … where was i? … my second lease on my paper … … I talked to my friend earlier today telling her that I already failed the class since I didn’t make it to the deadline, etc … and then lo and behold! … she told me that the paper is not due until tomorrow!!! yey! … was really ecstatic that I didn’t fail the class after all! (and the reason why I didn’t know? The teacher gave an extension via a mailing list which I am not a part of … it’s another long story why I am not in that list … but suffice it to say … it wasn’t my fault that I wasn’t in that dist list … I did email the teacher prior the deadline confirming the deadline but he didn’t respond … see, I am a model student after all! :)). Anyhoots, paper … I have to do it overnight else I get a FAIL mark … and with that second chance, failing is not an option! I have to at least try to submit something and not give up like I did last week!

Anyways, my compelling reason not to cram for my paper just yet to write this blog? … I got 199 in bowling today! My career high! (I have a bowling career?!!! :)). I recently took up bowling seriously (hmmm … I don’t laugh during the games … corny!!!!). Hmmm … I guess I have to explain how I got into bowling … back in 2006, I joined a bowling tournament for DLSU MBA students. I wasn’t good or anything (er … just like everything else in my life … I am no expert on things … jack of all trades, master of none! … except maybe on … ah … ah … see? Not an expert on anything! :)) … I am an average player … and by average that means … I manage not to have gutter ball throughout the 10 frames! hehe … but I do love the game and I love to play! That 2006 bowling tourney put me in a DLSU MBA bowling dist list … Last January, one of the guys from the team called me up looking for players … there’s a tourney coming up against 5 other MBA schools and they’re in need of players … (I guess being in that dist list gave the impression that I was actually good … not to mislead him, I told him that I just love to play but I am not very good … at least not good enough to join a team and compete!) anyways, I think they’re really desperate for players … so they took me in! That started my career … er … that started my Sunday trips to Ortigas just to play bowling for 4 hours!

So going back to my 199 score! … throughout the last three months, I managed to get 160s and 170s once in a while … but then at the same time … on bad days (you know, when the oiling on the lane is not so good … or the ball is not so nice … or the shoes … excuses!) … I do get 90s and low 100s. My point? I am not a consistent player … at all! … but it feels good to actually get 199! (I should feel bad actually … like any true serious bowler … since it’s just one point away from 200 … which I guess is a bowling milestone … but I don’t care! … :)) I think it will take time and more of those Sunday (and Wednesday! – we play on Wednesdays in Cavite with Intel bowling addict friends!-) games for me to get that score consistently! Yeah … I need more practice … (and I will need to buy my own shoes and my own ball!) … but for now, I will bask in the glory of getting that high score! … I will enjoy the moment knowing I did it … which means I can probably do it again … I will savor the experience of actually being good at something so long as I put my mind and heart into it … Hmmm … I will probably not be an expert … and maybe that 199 will be my career high for a very long time (hopefully not … the tourney is this coming Sunday and 199 will come in handy to ensure a win for the team … I was trying to remember how I did it … been doing commonality study on what I did for that 199 score and it beats me! … God, I need to be consistent!!!) … I guess I will just try my best and if it happens, it happens! hehe talk about fatalistic … er … abandon?! (hmmm … i have one regret though … i didn’t take a picture of the score screen … now i don’t have a proof! … well, you just have to take my word for it then! hehe)

Oh well … there! my bowling blog! for now … got to start cramming and finish that paper! and oh yeah … got to finish those focal write-ups too!