Thursday, June 15, 2006

The EXcounter

From the time we decided not to bring the car anymore on ordinary days but commute instead, my husband suspects that sooner or later, he and his ex-girlfriend’s paths would cross again since we’re just some blocks away from their residence and she also happen to work around the area within the vicinity of our office. Indeed it happened very soon.

The first encounter was a Friday night when we ate dinner first before going home since it’s already late. The three of us rode the same shuttle on our way home. =) I didn’t see her (or it’s because I already forgot how she looked like), my hubby did. It was only during halfway our ride when my hubby disclosed her to me and that’s the time I knew the reason why he’s very agitated from the moment we stepped into the shuttle. Immediately after the ride, we can’t help but to ask each other our thoughts and feelings. We had the same thought – “What was she thinking?” =)

The second meeting was prevented beforehand by my husband because he chose not to ride that shuttle. He saw her again at the front seat, I didn’t (as usual). We went home early that time so we opt to wait at the shuttle terminal just a block away in front of our office building. We thought we’ll not meet her there since it’s a bit far from where she work. She might be thinking the same too. All of us were wrong.

And the recent encounter was this morning on our way to the office while we were on queue waiting for a ride. She passed by us after disembarking from a jeepney since we’re in front of the queue. But this time my husband forewarned me about her presence that’s why I become aware. We doubted her lining up on a different queue. Perhaps to avoid the three of us riding the same shuttle again.

I only see scenes of encountering with an Ex on TV commercials. Never thought it can happen to us. It’s indeed such a small world.

Monday, June 05, 2006

Revived Throne

I can barely remember how I grew fond of bowling. All I can recall was I used to cheer Mama whenever she played duckpin bowling during our school's PTA sportsfest when we were still in elementary. I always ask her to play for my Grade level and not with my siblings (parents of grades 1 to 6 students will have a team that will compete for the championship) because she's very good at bowling and I wanted our Grade level to win. I can also remember watching my grandmother's brother joining the city's bowling tournament and the countless recognition he got from it. Perhaps it's with my early exposure on that sport that led me to it.

I started playing with duckpin when I was in highschool. My mother doesn't like me to be involved on that sport because of my very frail physique but I never heeded her advice because I love what I'm doing. The first time I experienced playing with tenpin bowling was when I was already working. It became our Friday or weekend pastime with friends and officemates. My hubby who was my boyfriend then insisted on me to get serious on bowling since he saw in me the potential to excel on that sport but I just simply turn my back on his comments because it never crossed my mind to join bowling clubs and tournaments. I just play for the love of playing bowling. Not soon enough, I bought my first and only second-hand bowling ball. Followed by the accessories (shoes, bags, wrist support, etc.) that my hubby bought for me to show his support. That was when I won in our company bowling tournaments.

From then on I strive hard to always be the best female bowler in our company’s annual bowling tournament. I can only remember three incidents where I was never awarded that title. The first one was due to some loopholes on the rules. But I was still happy because my bestfriend-officemate got the award. The second one was so unlucky for me. I got the highest score during the elimination round but someone beat it during the finals. My team was eliminated so I never had the chance to increase my score. The third time was due to my pregnancy that I wasn’t able to attend the tournament. But in reality, I never expected to grab the award again after two years of not striking the pins. My hubby and I practiced just a day before the tournament. Bowling is a muscle memory sport. We never expect to win or get some awards from the tournament because not being able to play for a couple of years already.

Sweet comeback. I got the best female bowler award and my husband's team were in the third place. =)

My winning pose  =)