For quite sometime, I’ve been tagging along my partner watching him shoot.  When he got his new Glock 22 (40 calibre), we immediately ran up to the closest range for a test shoot.  Back at that time, I was only watching.  I took shots and videos of his first handling of his Glock 22.  I enjoyed it, my first time in a range.

He’s been pushing for me to try out his gun.  I never gotten around with scheduling it, until I came across this voucher from Ensogo with a free membership and gun rental at MSR Shooting Range in Macapagal Blvd.  :)  I was excited, but not as excited as yesterday.

So, here’s the funny story.  I march in a small room with only chairs and tables plus the receptionist.  Infront me was a contained area separated by a transparent mirror.  From inside, you’d still hear a lot of the gun shot noises.  I walk up to the receptionist and hand over my voucher.  Proud that I won’t be paying anything more that what it cost me to print the voucher.  Of course, I was a bit nervous.. edgy.  I had my drill, I knew the basics, but then again, it would be nice to get some coaching from a pro.

The receptionist asks me to fill up some form, then a girl takes a photo of me.  Funny, the photo of me looked good, having been taken from a good quality camera, except that my face was really shiny  (I’d share the photo here once I get my ID next week–yay! my first shooting range ID)

Seems the place was fully booked, since it was a Saturday.  Some couple marched in and the receptionist said they were third to come in, and we were next after them.  The girl, from my opinion, hired this guy she was with to teach her how to fire (which, my intuition failed me, and I found out a bit later on).  We were sitting in their table sets, when this girl from the range kept knocking and pointing at my darling.  She was excitedly calling her inside.  I thought we were up next.  When we asked the receptionist, she said we weren’t up yet.

I was immediately curious.  So, I asked my darling why she was asking her to come in.  He said he had no idea.  I got this weird feeling about it.  There were now only 2 bays occupied.  She went out, and specifically addressed my darling that she’ll be back in two minutes.  She disappeared from the room, running upstairs (which at that point, I didn’t know what was upstairs).

After a few more minutes, she came back.  She asked my darling again “Puputok ka sir?” My darling was all smiles.  He said, “papaturuan ko sana siya sayo”.  I didn’t really know if I would label it an awkward moment, or an angry moment for me.  She dashed her look from my darling to me with an almost sharp, yet sad look on her eyes.  She then tries to focus her attention on the weird couple that came in.  The girl was asked to sign a waiver, which, when we came in, I also had to sign.

The room between the range and the receiving area was small.  There was a rack with the ear muffs and eye covers.  There weren’t much, so I was left to pick a big shaped one which was kind of uncomfortable to wear.  I swear I was ready to backout from this entire feat when I saw the lady coach’s disappointed look on her face.  I couldn’t tell if I was angry at her or at my darling.  You see, boys can’t be trusted, but you wouldn’t want to trust women more

So, we walked up to the next open bay.  She started telling me some basics about the grip and how to use the sight.  She wasn’t very enthusiastic.  She didn’t tell me about the basics of gun safety, she didn’t tell me how I should breathe while shooting.. she didn’t tell me a lot of other things I was expecting.  I was actually just pretending I didn’t know how to hold a gun and that I wouldn’t know what to do.  I was only being courteous.  All the while, I think she was really annoyed at having to teach the girlfriend of the guy she had a crush on.  Really now.

That is why I had the drive to focus and really just shoot.  Knowing the perfectionist that I am, I used that anger to shoot well. My inspirations were my darling, my cat and Jessie Abbate.

Overall, I really enjoyed the experience.  My darling said that the grouping of my shots were good for a beginner.  I’m even happier because I knew I was shooting with a blurry vision while that even merit me positive results. On top of it all, I really found it sweet that my darling was with me documenting my whole experience.

The only roadblock that I encountered was that the gun was really kind of becoming heavier as you shoot and that my hands became sweaty at some point.  My lady coach was kind enough to hand me a tissue and a powder to help me with my grip.

After my shoot, I realize that the weird couple I saw earlier, was apparently a ‘real’ couple. The girl was evidently bored watching her guy repeatedly fire shots consecutively without a break. True it could’ve been awesome, but while I was shooting, it was breaking my concentration. So, when it was my darling’s turn, I was taking shots too and my attention went to my lady coach once again.

I can definitely read from her body language that she was disappointed. She was a totally different person talking to my darling, and talking to me. In the end, I even added a bit of the tension when I asked for a photo of both of us to be taken by my darling. I just wouldn’t be able to tell who amongst us three had the most tension in there. Definitely not me.

She used the last bay and she was shooting with a 45 calibre. She was definitely hitting low. She would then catch my gaze and I would smile. I don’t really have much of a reason to be looking mad at her, now do I? She doesn’t smile back. Meanwhile, the girl on the couch was really bored and very unappreciative of her show-off boyfriend.

After the firing, I head off to the cr which was upstairs. So, the powder room was in there

I know Jesus has died for us.  Every year during Good Friday, the people love to reminisce his death.  There are several movies inspired by Jesus’ death.  I’ve been a fan of those myself, especially the movie The Passion of the Christ.  These movies, they revolve around the emotions, experiences of those people who were close to Christ, aside from Jesus himself. Read more »

There are some things in life I never thought I’d get to try, but still I manage to cross the bridge and challenge myself.

Last March 17, together with my officemates and a friend, we trekked Mt. Makiling.  It was the most tiring yet fulfilling day of my year so far.  :)

Team Siopao

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I learned that Iglesia was to celebrate their annual evangelical mission today yesterday. I knew that spelled traffic for most people who had to go home southbound.

After waiting on completing all items at the office, we head on out for dinner bonding with officemates. We shared a sumptuous ramen dinner at Rai rai ken at Galleria.

Come closing time, we separately headed out to commute home. I took the MRT. It was past 9:30pm and the train was still packed! Getting off at Buendia, I didn’t have a different kind of trouble getting a jeep.

The real trouble started near RCBC Plaza. From there on, the traffic grew heavier every movement forward. From Mayapis, the traffic grew more hopless. I fell asleep for around 50minutes and woke up at a couple of steps away from where I last dozed.

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I just watched Bi-centennial man, and was moved again as always whenever I watch it.  I wonder still what it is about being human that makes life ultimately interesting.  Is it the individuality? even if it brings chaos?  is it love?  even if it causes pain just as much as happiness?

What if you’re human but never had the human-like traits of Andrew Martin?  Would your life end as successfully and fulfilled as his did?

Stress is rampant.  Life is fast paced.  Where does peace and contemplation come in?  Tara, let’s have coffee.  :)

Coffee time.  Its an escape goat of every yuppie from the minute to minute, hour to hour requirement at the office.  Too much work too do.  Too quickly stress can pile up too.

How do we really handle our work?  Our working attitude?  Those are two different things, really.  Let me describe them further.

Your work is usually what your logical brain can facilitate to produce through your outputs everyday.  In technical speak, its all brain impulses.  Everything is strictly in black or white.  Its a Yes or No.  Its a Failure or Success.  This is what makes work seem to be more difficult everyday.  The fear of not delivering the right outputs everyday.  The fear of not being able to work.

Work, as I keep refering to, is everything not about emotion.  You come to work, you should always be prepared mentally and physically.  Sleepy?  Have coffee.  Erratic?  Go home and rest.  Why?  If you are erratic, then you produce more imbalanced emotions that might affect work. Read more »

A pre valentine's day gift

I came home to find this wonderful surprise for me! I actually love it!  This inspires me to cook more good foods!

I wanted to talk about Love. Only because its almost Valentine’s day.

I want to begin with good vibes and say good things about Love, but I just can’t. So, I won’t.

Love is overrated. I think many people put it to the pedestal when talking about happiness, success and even hope. Its connected to many things. Just like its connected to the negative energies like sadness, hurt, pain, guilt, and fear.

In actuality, I would be more comfortable to call it a fact of life. Love is one fact of life. It exists because its based on emotions. And man was given emotions. The heart, as its more often connected to emotions, is automatically connected to Love. But, its not the sole source of Love.. not even the sole source of emotion! The entire physical body can rouse sensation which in turn pulls on emotions.

When you get into a relationship, you need to equip yourself with these golden learnings: Read more »

Its a busy day today that I found this Gayatri Mantra.  It was initially shared by a person I’m following on Facebook (whom I also met earlier when I bought an orgone from her).  I played the music and I was instantly inspired.  Drinking good tea and listening to the mantra is soothing for my soul.  Its like band aid to my pains.  So, I researched more about it and here is what I learned.  (Trust me this wouldn’t be as boring as copy paste from my sources).

In summary:

Origin: Hindu Sanskrit

What it is: a highly revered mantra originally recited only by males to invoke wisdom and intelligence from the Gods

The mantra in Sanskrit:

Sanskrit Gayatri Mantra

The mantra in Roman:

Aum
Bhuh Bhuvah Svah
Tat Savitur Varenyam
Bhargo Devasya Dheemahi
Dhiyo Yo nah Prachodayat

The video:

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Everything is Energy. There is vibration in everything.

Healing energy (light) is God’s universal loving energy is one of the most ancient healing techniques. It is extremely subtle and gentle energy. Energy healing is not done on the physical body, instead is intended to the spirit. When used with purest intention, results are magic.

Blessings,
Lilly
www.natures-blessings.org

Earth Day Kiirtan from Liilamaya Kiirtan on Vimeo.

I’m a cat lover, and an animal lover in general.  I’ve loved a sole black cat for 11 years.  As a responsible pet owner, I had her spayed when she was two years old and we have continuous visits to the vet every 3 months.  Needless to say, her weight is in check, her vaccines are in check and so is her diet.  She only eats Science Diet dry cat food.  She particularly likes the Light Adult flavor of Science Diet, but she’s also allowed to eat the Optimal Care flavor.

I never had any other cat than her, my lovely Nyey.  She’s always jealous of other cats and I never wanted her to feel uneasy about it.  I just want her to be relaxed and always comfortable.  She sleeps with me in my room and we’ve really had good bonding and understanding.  We have routines that we never break and I really love the fact that she allows me to perform grooming on her myself.  Since I know that it would be more stressful for her to visit the vet everytime just for nail trims and baths.  So, I do it myself, and we never had problems.

She’s very understanding and she has a sense of keeping safe the things that are important to me.  She doesn’t go running around the things I have that are very expensive (like gadgets.. my phones, laptops, etc).  She loves to sleep on the laptop keyboard though.  Overall, we live harmoniously with each other. Read more »