I'm Running for my life

Best of both worlds!

2012-01-29T19:27:00.003+08:00

(01.28.12)

Sea + Chocolates

Best way to start the New year!

Separation Anxiety is...

2011-12-28T19:11:00.008+08:00

(12.28.11)

According to Merriam Webster Online:

a form of anxiety experienced by a young child and caused by separation from a significant nurturant figure and typically a parent or from familiar surroundings.

Kahati, this is also what I feel now I'm gonna have to leave you for 4 days in the hotel.

Kahati the nurturant, Me as the child

Mom, Dad, sisters, 3 cats, 3 turtles, 3 chickens and Alab will welcome you with great excitement as soon as we clear up some kalat in the house and come up with an appropriate resting place for you!

My New Running Companion!

2011-12-27T16:18:00.002+08:00

(07.28.11)

Last Sunday (Christmas Day)A very special buddy joined me in my intro to running, guess who he is!

He's a great running buddy, but his biggest concern is his nails...

Tis the season to be Jolly!

2011-12-23T11:26:00.003+08:00

(12.22.11)

You must agree they're the cutest cupcakes you've ever seen!

MERRY CHRISTMAS ALL!!!

He is a SHE!!!

2011-12-16T14:07:00.004+08:00

(12.10.11)

After almost 2 years of friendship,

Ogie... laid an egg.

A brief background... Ogie is one of the 2 birds given to me back in May 2010. I immediately gave him eerrr* HER a guy's name since I though he looked masculine side by side with the female bird I called REGINE...

Now I'm having my doubts on Regine's gender too... Hehe!

Bare Foot?

2011-12-10T19:24:00.003+08:00

(12.06.11)

Let's see how this pair works for me... Been wanting to buy a pair and I finally did last monday. Will this mean I'm reuniting with the streets again? We'll see...

1st ink

2011-12-02T11:16:00.009+08:00

I honored my family by having my family name on my neck the day I turned 27.

Tat, cutesy of Zoe, pictures by Cheezy Soncuya! (12.01.12)

(Chiz, Brad, Zoe)

Introducing, Kahati...

2011-11-22T11:44:00.004+08:00

Meet Kahati (Shareholder in English) my 2nd canine companion and a promising athlete. I called him Kahati since he now shares my love, time and attention with Alab

Kahati was rescued from an environment no living thing would want to be in. An environment so bad he broke his right hind leg. He's fully recovered now and loves doing agility as you can see in the pic

Thanks to my friends who rescued him and allowing me to be his guardian. I am also celebrating his 1st birthday this November :)

Watch out for more on Kahati and the rest of my animal companions here ;)

Photos by Tina Isorena 10.10.11

Salcedo Market!

2011-04-30T13:48:00.004+08:00

Here are some finds in the Salcedo Market early this morning! (04.30.11)

Salcedo park here in Makati City, Philippines, is packed with sellers who offer different kinds of stuff every Saturdays (and maybe Sundays too) from fresh fruits and vegetables to cakes and pastries! And plants as well!

Time well spent with Jen, Dan and Sam!

After 8 months of rest...

2011-04-26T10:19:00.002+08:00

(04.13.11)

After 8 months of rest to gain weight, I can't help but to just stand up and start being active on dry land again!

Hope to do this again more frequently!

Some face pic...

2011-04-19T10:53:00.002+08:00

(04.19.11)

Just a few minutes ago... Liking my new uniform!

Green mangoes anyone?

2011-04-13T12:47:00.006+08:00

(04.11.11)

It's that time of the year when it seems like people are throwing stones at our house that make loud scandalous noise on our roof when it's mangoes lang pala falling from our tree! Geesh!

We "harvest" (naks) about 3 sak-full of green mangoes every other day!

Makes our neighbors love us a lot!

WHAT'S YOUR MANGO STORY?

Back to my 1st love...

2011-04-02T14:43:00.004+08:00

(02.01.11)

I stopped running since August last year so I can concentrate on school stuff and above all, gain some much needed weight.

Last week of February this year I decided to reunite with my 1st love... Swimming!

Just last night I decided to do a 3 kilometer swim and it felt really good right after... The stopwatch witnessed the whole 1 hour, four minute something of it.

Alab's 2nd "Barkday"

2011-03-31T14:31:00.005+08:00

Can't believe you're 2 years old!

(03.27.11)

Thanks for coming all!

Cancer Conquered! My 1st Full Marathon Run!

2010-12-21T15:11:00.010+08:00

(Photo by: Owee Salva 08.16.10)

On August 16, 2010, I finished my 1st ever 42.2k run. It's not an official organized event for anyone who wanted to join. There was only one runner, and that's me.

The aim of this activity was to earn enough funds to help my friend's dad who is battling cancer one day at a time.

So many people supported this personal event of mine and I thank you all... And yes it's safe to say that at least for now, my friend's dad conquered cancer.

You can read the blog entry by Owee Salva about my run by clicking the link below...

http://joeversuscancer.wordpress.com/2010/08/22/brads-42k-run/

And here's the record from my watch...

For more about sports, running, and fighting the big C... Please visit my blog I'm running for my life, that'shttp://imrunningformylife.blogspot.com/ or simply click THIS!

Race Conquered! Milo Marathon '10!

2010-12-17T12:42:00.015+08:00

(12.17.10)

I have been out for a long time and this might be my last official race. At least, not for a very long time. Anyway, I did so well in this race I broke my PR for 21k.

I'll still be running and updating this blog but I just can't fit race events in my schedule. This blog isn't just about joining running events anyway :)

Here's my record of this run last July 4, 2010 (if I'm not mistaken)

For more about sports, running, and PRs... Please visit my blog I'm running for my life, that'shttp://imrunningformylife.blogspot.com/ or simply click THIS!

Race Conquered! Epic Relay!

2010-08-23T22:07:00.014+08:00

(07.08.10)

This is not just about the Epic Relay but getting through rough times, facing challenges in life and finishing strong.

A few weeks before this event, I went through hard times, it was just too difficult for me to even attend practices. I decided it would be better if I practiced alone. It was better till running itself became difficult. I begged before God to allow me to find a replacement for myself in the race then I got the news that I/we were already registered and replacing a runner will not be easy.

I still decided to continue and join the race only because I gave my word. I was spiritually broken but I’m physically fit so “I guess I can still at least, finish the race” that’s what I said to myself.

MY 1ST LEG

Now about my performance, my team was included in the second heat. (2nd set of teams to be released at 6am), I decided to just run the leg. And after a few hundred meters I asked myself “how can you just run your first leg when you can do better?” then I decided to win. From that moment on, I lead… I never looked back, I just kept on going. The police escort in front of me made me feel so good! It felt like I was the most important person at that moment it time! Thing is… I was! I felt so tired but I kept on running, I kept on telling myself “This is what I prepared for” “This is what I’ve been dragging myself to just to practice” “Fuck it! “Fuck it!

Van 2 went pass me, cheering me on, witnessing my lead and the game face I was wearing.

A few kilometers before the exchange point of runners, tears fell from my eyes as I saw views of yacht resting on blue waters that reflected the sky. Mixed emotions were running through my whole body. I felt so proud and limitless while being angry and fueled with angst and it’s all happening while I’m being surrounded by beauty. How can one handle that?

At around 150 meters away, the police man said your almost there! Voices of my group (Van 1) cheering for me validated what the policeman said. It made me more determined to run even faster! I swore I was going to seal any chances other runners might have to get near me.

Here are photos of me sealing the deal! Thanks to Aldwin Aspillera for these, He’s a great photographer, even greater when he’s taking my pics… How can he go wrong?

Finally, I got to where the exchange is, I passed the baton to the runner 2 (Carlo) and he quickly gave his best to run his 1st leg that later on we realized was uphill!

That’s how my 1st leg went, 2 more legs to go!

MY 2nd LEG

No here’s when I died… :) At 3:30pm on Saturday, I met my teammate Narod at the peak of Mt. Samat in Bataan, He was the best runner of our team and the last runner to finish the 1st set of runs. He finished really strong considering he got the hardest track to run, it was uphill and I doubt I could finish that 10k uphill had I been the one to do it. Now, he was there, baton was passed on to me and I’m about to start the 2nd leg of our run. My first run was a success; this leg should not fall short compared to my first, that’s what I said,

So on to the race! You think uphill was insane? Try running 10k downhill! The road was so steep, even a wooden block will roll down that wicked road! I couldn’t decide weather to let gravity pull me or not, coz if I did, then I’ll end up tripping over face first and God knows what my face would look after! So I settled keeping my steps small, making sure I had good traction and wont trip head first! Remember, it had just rained when I started running.

So I went on running then I went pass a runner whose teammate finished ahead of Narod, then ran a bit more till a runner from behind me overtook and gave me a salute! That point I just gave in to the idea that he was simply faster than me… till a few kilometers later, he started looking back at me, stopped then drank while back pedaling! I didn’t know what he was up to but I felt challenged! His teammates gave him water after a few kilometers and right after a turn my team also did the same thing, but I didn’t stop to drink! I said “May hahabulin ako” Then I began increasing my speed and my strides though I was already running flat-footed due to exhaustion! Just imagine how the sound of my every stride alarmed this runner that I was getting closer and closer and closer!? It was threatening! Haha!

To cut the long story short, I was able to catch up! Then I invited him to pace me, then he said “ok lang mauna ka na” hehe! Now, there were some uphills too, and I used that to increase the distance between us, I ran even faster uphill knowing most of the runners will decrease their speed when going up. Now I began looking back to check where he was, then later on when I checked again, he was gone… :D I now hear my teammates cheering for me and again, I ran even faster to get to them! When I saw them eating halo-halo, I went passed the officials and went straight to anyone who had halo-halo! Then a race official had to go to me and asked for my race number and took the baton and passed on to the next runner! Next thing I knew, no one gave me halo-halo, I was sitting on the front seat, dead tired. Maybe seconds after that… I was in coma!

Here’s a pic of me taken by a great photographer Estan Cabigas who was my classmate and now is also into running! This picture was taken 2 kilometers after my start point. I must admit, I look so HOT in this pic! Thanks Estan!

3rd and LAST LEG (Challenge not over YET!)

12 midnight, I knew Narod was on his way to the place where he should meet me, apparently, the station was transferred to a new venue and he had a hard time looking for it, he arrived a little over 1am and organizers decided they should start the last leg of the race at 3am so every runner in every team can start all at the same time…

I had to ask Aldwin to ride his bike with me while I run, he was a big help especially at times when I wanted to give up…

Now, I’m heading to Zambalez…

I declared to Aldwin that my aim was not to walk even for a minute even if I was so tired and my feet were cramping… The whole Zambalez could hear my strides! No exaggeration, I as literally marching my way to the exchange point! I just had to finish this leg the best way I can. And so I did. I just heard my mates in the exchange point cheering me on and there! I did it! Now its time for me to cheer them on too!

I never really had the chance to thank them one by one but here’s my chance to do it! And in writing! In alphabetical order!

Aldwin
I never thought you’ll be my at all! 1st time I saw you, I thought you were cocky… I still think you are, but I discovered you’re more than that! You’re a big guy (pun intended) with a big heart to help out gay guys in distress! Like me! Biking with me while I ran my last leg was something I will forever be thankful for, I was already in autopilot mode and I wouldn’t have finished my last leg without your help, keeping me up and steadfast. Thanks so much! I’m looking forward to trying out biking with you soon!

Ben
I’m so glad I had a little chat with you about Fil-Ams in Olongapo, the conversation was the typical kind of talk, but what made it special is that it gave me a glimpse of who you are and how you think. I like what I saw Ben, it’s very inspiring.

Carl
Thanks so much for taking the chance in doing some practice runs with me, I know, that you know, that we have huge differences but you didn’t allow that to prevent you from adding me up as one of your friend! NAX! I admire you for being someone who’s not judgmental, someone who does not discriminate and willing to take chances! You are a free spirit! You just have to realize it! You are who you’ve always wanted to be! You’ve always been :)

Charles (Koyang/RBC)
I will never forget how you took care of me each and every time I finish a leg, I’m so sorry I wasn’t able to give back the favor. You did not just attend to my needs after my runs; you made sure I was alive! Thanks so much for running the “extra” mile, I see you finish your runs with confidence and conviction. Like what you told me. “We’ve come a long way” indeed we have Koyang. I’m proud and honored to be your RB! And most of all, your bespren!

Faye
We never really had the time to get to know each other especially in this race, but I feel so comfortable in your presence. I feel like I’ve known you for years. I guess it is our mutual love for music that keeps u connected, I hope I can be your friend and vice versa… I’m excited to get to know you more 

Martin
Since I learned that you’re from Marikina too, I was ecstatic! I finnaly, I know someone from the city I grew up in! I’m so glad I met you when I attended some ultimate Frisbee beginner’s nights, I’m also looking forward to playing with you in the future! Nagagalingan ako sayo grabe! You deserve to catch my beautiful throws! At tuturuan mo pa ako mag basketball! Don’t forget!

Mitch
You’re the one who showed the greatest improvement, it wasn’t too long ago when you could hardly finish a 3 Kilometer run. And in the relay, I witnessed you ran that 11 kilometer road with full confidence and style! Not to mention “under the unforgiving sun!” Mitch, you were my hero in this event, I will always look back to this race and be inspired by you. Keep it up!

Narod
You are one of the most sensitive straight guys I have ever known, not to mention helpful when it comes to sports or just about anything at all! I never felt uncomfortable whenever I tell you stories about my personal life. You serve as one of my inspirations in life, yu stay strong no matter what comes to your life; I feel that you are ready to face anything that life presents to you. Stay the same will you?

Owee
I love you and you know why… I almost quit but you kept me holding on, I’m almost done running away and when I’m through with it, let’s party ok? I hope I inspired you on how I performed in this particular event, not just about the running, but in being strong and driven. I love you so much.

Richard
Chard!!! I only had around 30 minutes of bonding time with you, remember when we were talking about photography and bikes when we were about to leave our inn? I leaned so much about you; I hope get to know you more, you are an interesting person and hope we could be good friends!

So there you go! I know it’s not enough to read about it, you readers of my blog should try it out to know how it feels. I’d like to invite you to next year’s relay. And I also would like to invite you to run with us “RodRunners!!!” Photo taken by Richard!

Here are random pics taken by my teammates! And watch the videos at the end!

Here are the videos!

For more about sports, running, Epic Relay and long posts (not to mention long overdue), Please visit my blog I'm running for my life, that'shttp://imrunningformylife.blogspot.com/ or simply click THIS!

42K laban sa cancer! (fighting cancer through running)

2010-07-22T12:03:00.002+08:00

Dear Friends,

I'ts me Brad, I'm inviting everyone to participate in this activity to help raise funds for my friend's father who is now in a war against cancer. My crusade against cancer started in November 2008 when it took Cha-Cha away from me and my family. Shortly after that, my mom had multiple cyst in her breast, and with both luck and blessing, the doctors found out through series of test that they were benign.

Now I have another chance of getting even with it for taking away my pet and for threatening my family of taking my mom away too, I'm doing a full 42 kilometer run and to generate funds, I'm inviting everyone to pledge 100 Pesos per kilometer that I'll run or if possible, you may pledge the full amount of 4,200 Pesos. And what I'm committed to is to finish the 42 kilometer distance. This will be my 1st 42 kilometer run by the way and I promised to make the 1st one very special.

Help me, my friend and his father fight cancer again by pledging or simply take part just by spreading the word about this.

Contact details to know more on how to pledge are written on the ad above!

Thank you so much,

-Brad

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One year with Alab!

2010-07-11T13:17:00.005+08:00

Today (07.11.10), my family and I are celebrating one year of having him in our lives! And to honor that, I'm posting a slideshow of pictures taken when we celebrated Alab's 1st birthday! Thanks to all those who attended! Hope to see you all next year!

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Race Conquered! Takbo Paa!

2010-07-09T10:41:00.004+08:00

(07.09.10)

Here's when I finished 10k in less than an hour! The watch says it all! Thanks to my coach Narod! For helping me achieve this!

For more about sports, running, and strong finishes! Please visit my blog I'm running for my life, that'shttp://imrunningformylife.blogspot.com/ or simply click THIS!

Race Conquered! Globe Run for Home!

2010-07-08T11:10:00.004+08:00

(07.08.10)

Yes this was way back March 21 '10! Here's the race where I almost died... Zero sleep then went to take on a 21 kilometer run! Thanks to RBC's thousands of pics from Japan that he just had to show me in the wee hours of the morning! Btw, I think I finished the run in 2:45 min!?

For more about sports, running, and sleepless night before a 21k run! Please visit my blog I'm running for my life, that'shttp://imrunningformylife.blogspot.com/ or simply click THIS!

On my way, to 42K!!!

2010-05-10T16:12:00.008+08:00

(04.15.10)

I'm preparing for my 1st full marathon hopefully on December of this year... I still don't have a proper program to follow and even if I had one, I don't think I'll be able to go through it anyways.

For now, I will (try) to write write just about anything that will help me reach my final goal and that is to (at least) finish my 1st evahhhh full Marathon!

I also plan to make this run just a little bit more special, so I'm stirin' up a little somethin' somethin' on the side...

also stay tuned for that.

But that's all for now, I have to start doing something to help me get me physically and mentally prepared for this!

For more about sports, running, and my 1st EVAH FULL MARATHON, Please visit my blog I'm running for my life, that'shttp://imrunningformylife.blogspot.com/ or simply clickTHIS!

Race Conquered! BDO Race for Life!

2010-04-27T20:59:00.005+08:00

(03.20.10)

Seems like the video was made for Owee Salva... I met new friends from this race! Tara! Let's ~~party~~ run some more! BTW, that's RBC above! Hope you like the layout hehe!

Anyway, enjoy you guys! Here's the slideshow...

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Photojournalism "A year and a Day ago"

2010-04-26T13:11:00.010+08:00

A year and a day ago (April 25, 2009) I presented & defended my work in front of 3 people who have (supposedly) mastered the art of photojournalism. This was the last requirement for me to pass my course.

I owe a lot to this course, I made some really good friends along the way. Through doing the documentaries, I realized how important my life is, how special I am and how I really want to work with animals.

To my professors and mentors, I know you were expecting me to be a PJ after graduation but I chose to do something else, I would like to let you know that all your efforts in teaching me did not and will never go to waist for it had served a different purpose and that is to make me realize what I really want in life. You all helped me / made me realize that. Ü

To celebrate all these, I made the this video that showcases the works that I defended A Year and a Day Ago.

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Coffee and hidden butterfly

2010-04-19T10:02:00.002+08:00

(04.04.10)

I love coffee, I guess everyone who knows me also knows can survive months without checking my email but never a day without a cup of coffee Ü And here's a freshly brewed cup of the black potion I so love!

Btw, there's a hidden butterfly somewhere in the picture, can you tell me where I can find it? :)

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New MRT postpaid card!

2010-04-14T20:58:00.003+08:00

(04.06.10)

I use the MRT (Metro Rail Transit) a lot and I usually buy the prepaid cards or the "Stored Value" so I don't keep on wrestling my way just to get those single journey tickets!

I'm so glad to see that they came up with a stored value card with a new look! One that does not have the face of a government official!

2 words... LOVE IT!

For more about sports, running, and MRT cards with a new look! Please visit my blog I'm running for my life, that's http://imrunningformylife.blogspot.com/ or simply clickTHIS!

Len... My pretty girl :)

2010-04-13T13:21:00.004+08:00

(04.01.10)

Here's Len, looking so pretty doing what she does best... Find a way out! She's looking so serene and pretty even as she plans to escape :) Seriously, She's so pretty isn't she?

Len, will you please teach Tine to be a little bit more feminine?

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Tine... when Alab's not around!

2010-04-05T14:31:00.005+08:00

(03.15.10)

Yep! she's on Alab's kuranda bed! Look Tine, if Alab finds out you're using his bed, I'd bet he'll... lick you on the face! :)

But seriously Tine, I know you're the cutest among the 3 but please grow up? Even just a little bit?

Please?

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Love Yourself

2010-04-02T08:11:00.005+08:00

(04.01.10)

Height: 5'9" Weight: 143 lbs. Waistline: 32 in Chest: 34 in. Glute: 36 in. With very thin legs. Very unfit. A former lactose intolerant and insomniac. A frustrated runner, a former ultimate frisbee athlete that still has a lot to improve on. Can't speak english well, has 3 cats when he want 6, wants a sporting canine when he has a soft and sweet pet dog. Took up 2 courses in college and still wants more. Yep! That's me!

BUT...

I Love Myself.

I have learned to accept who I am, what I'm not and what I have and don't have and that is what I think is the secret to truly loving yourself. I still wish for something else or better, but I let go of that and just believe that I'll get them at the right time. Or maybe I won't get them at all... And that's fine with me I guess... :)

Since I started being contended, I had less frustrations, I mean, sure I still want to study some more, I still want an agility dog, I still want to run faster and I still want big tight glutes! But guess what!? Doesn't mean I can't run my dog even if he's not athletic? Doesn't mean I can't take up another course in the future, it doesn't mean I can't practice running whenever I can? And it doesn't mean I cant improve my physique when I get the chance right?

So go on! Accept who you are, how you look, who you're not, WHAT your not and live a life that's worth living! It is in that way you can only, truly love yourself Ü

Tell me your self acceptance story by hitting the comment box! I wanna know about it!

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Meet Alab!!!

2010-03-27T20:52:00.008+08:00

Today is ALAB's birthday! and as promised in the previous blog that I wrote announcing his existence which you can read by clicking THIS, here you will find the entry about his full story!

You have read about my cats and now it's time to post about my new (youngest) child, his name is ALAB (Blaze in English.) Formerly known as Caesar, I decided to give him a Filipino name, after all he is an Aspin (Asong Pinoy / native dog of the Philippines)

Contrary to his name that suggests power and strength, Alab remains sweet and gentle, a perfect companion dog for my senior folks. But wait till he sees her sister Sheba ay nako! that's when he bursts into flames with excitement! He'd play with her sister all day long! So cute to see them both!

Me and my friends/mentors, started training Alab when he was just around 2 weeks old, it took me forever before I finally decided to adopt him. He was the only one left in the shelter, all his brothers and sisters were already adopted, then a fellow volunteer of mine said someone was already interested on taking him, I said "that's it! I'm taking him home!"

Here's my attempt to tell the story through photos. Here it goes...

*Here is the first picture I took of him at home, it's his first 24 hours in the Feliciano household. More importantly, it's his first 24 hours of having a permanent home.
*One of my cats (Val) was trying to intimidate him; trying to show who the boss is!

*Maybe a week after that, I brought him back to the shelter wearing his new collar! From the pictures you can already tell that he was a shy dog. look how small he is! Such a tiny little thing :)

*Here's another one... cute!!!

*Months later I decided to have him neutered since he's starting to mark and I hate it! I bring him in the office and it was embarrassing how he was painting the corners yellow with his spray! Special thanks to Dr. Wilford Almoro and kuya Khevin for doing the procedure!

*Here's a closer look!
*And Here's Alab one day before he turns 9 months!

*Here's him standing gracefully a week and 2 days ago!

*Here's another one at the door waiting for me to go in!

Today March 28 is his birthday and he is one year old! I know I've said this a thousand times before but I'll say it again... I have yet to write about what I do for a living and Alab is a big part of it! He actually is my co-worker or office mate but from a different department! So watch out for that!

Also, wait for his birthday party pictures soon!

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Race Congquered! The Amazing Kidney Race!

2010-03-15T14:05:00.004+08:00

(03.13.10)

Last week (03.07.10) I my 1st 15k for the Amazing Kidney Race. Though I was so disappointed the race started very late, (6:30am as supposed to 5:45am) I'm just glad I made it to the cut-off time for me to earn a finisher medal. Cut-off time was 1:45 and I finished at 1:44+

I never got the chance to even wear my medal coz I was so in a hurry for work! It's my second for this year and I love having them!

I just have to mention that the race were flocked by runners who have bubble butts and are wearing tights! I see runners in tights all the time (both men and woman) but they don't always have nice tight butts! Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying don't wear tights if you don't have the buns for it. All I'm saying is that I appreciate those extra lumps.

WHO CARES ABOUT MY OPINION ANYWAY? you can say :)

Butt, I mean BUT yeah, this event had full of 'em protruding butts!

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Alab in Click the City!

2010-03-12T08:36:00.016+08:00

Here's the video taken by the girls of Click the City (clickthecity.com) featuring Betterdog canine behavior and training center, my Alab and yours truly are also shown in the video doing obedience exercises!

Check it out!

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ALAB! soon....

2010-03-01T11:31:00.007+08:00

(07.11.09)

Watch out for my blog entry about my love ALAB on March 28 at 12 noon! That's also his 1st birthday! So many things to write about him! Abangan nyo nalang!

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Dear Jerry

2010-02-22T12:59:00.009+08:00

(02.22.10)

Dear Jerry,

Remember the last time we were together? I think that was way back April 2002! That day was so much fun! It was our graduation day! That day we finished high school! Though we continued to be friends, exchanging messages and all, I never really got the chance to see you again until last Wednesday. You were wearing formal attire, more formal than what we were wearing in our graduation, you had some make-up on, you were so quiet, you were so still, you were, in a coffin.

Jerry, I really don't know what to say, I closed my eyes and tried to pray. Instead, flashbacks of very happy memories flooded my head and left me with no words to utter. This very moment, I'm still not sure on how to continue writing this letter, the more I try to think of what to write, the more my head goes blank. Maybe I just have to give in to what my mind wants to do and reminisce on our happy times... Here it goes...

I was always looking forward to the end of the class coz we usually hang out in your place and do our home work! We even made our mock-up graduation cap there! We spent some good times in your house with the gang, Edna, Clarla, Donna, Paul, Rainer, Abu, Nap, and Christopher. It was pure fun, except the part when Nap and I got held up right after saying goodbye to you at the gate! That was scary! haha! Ok here's a good one, It was you who taught me the song "Cry" by Mandy Moore! I was arguing that her song "Crush" was her best song yet, you said"No! Not till you hear that song, I Know you'll like it when you hear it!" I said "When and where did you hear it?" you said "in the 2002 MTV Asia music awards, Mandy Moore even sang it with Regine Velasquez!" Haha you know me so well you even had to stress the name Regine Velasquez as if It meant that if Regine sang it then it must be a really good song! Few days later you learned the tittle of the song, bought a copy of her album and played it when were (yet again) in your house. I didn't fall in love with the song instantly but eventually I did.

Some good times there huh Jer? I was hoping it never ended but it did. Or maybe I just have to think that our good times were put to a pause since you have to rest and will resume again when we get to where you are now. Come to think of it Jerry, you seem to be so far now but it is just breath that separates us. Soon we will meet again and will continue having good times as planed. But this time it will be forever.

I love you so much Jerry, my hats off to you for being who you are, kind, loving, you are a positive energy that fills every inch of space that you walk into. Back when we were in senior high I was having a very hard time finishing school and working at the same time to afford it, but with you everything was just simply easier, there was always hope when you are around.

Till the very day I see you again Jerry, remember that I love you so so much. I will miss you for a couple of years. I will see you again. God I don't even want t end this letter. So till we meet again.

-Bradford/Bapot/Diosa

Gears: Spyder Anti Virus

2010-02-15T15:32:00.027+08:00

I got this last January and I loved it since then! It's lightweight, stylish, and most of all, cheap. Makes you wanna run faster first time you use it! haha!

But seriously, this eye wear I really recommend for all, unless of course if your brand conscious. Check out the Spyder website at http://www.teamspyder.com/index.php/home or click THIS

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On Border Collie Puppies!

2010-02-12T16:40:00.015+08:00

I have yet to write about what I do for a living, but here's a little something as a teaser! These are Border Collie pups by the way, their the offsprings of 2 of the best dogs IN THE WORLD Prince and Flirt, in fact, you can see Flirt's (the mom) rear end in the 3rd pic!

This is the first born! Biggest of all!

This is BELT, my favorite! The reason I called her belt is because she has a white stripe across her hips... she's the pinaka makulit of all!

(02.10.10)

Photo credits: 1st 5 photos, Tina Isorena (that's her in the pic above)

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Race Conquered! Condura run for the Dolphins '10

2010-02-08T15:04:00.013+08:00

(02.07.10)

Yesterday was my second try to run a half mary... the medal I'm wearing may not mean I won the race, but I won against myself. I finished the race maybe 12 minutes earlier that my 1st record and I did it while trying to suppress the urge to relieve myself (natatae ako for short!). The medal also is a validation of my hard work and perseverance. Even before I started running I already felt good about this day, I knew it was going to be a really good one for me.

Congratulations also to RBC for finishing strong! He too worked hard for this and all the efforts paid off. He finished the race in just 2:49:22 and my non official time is 2:48 something.

And to our avatar's (Anizo & Lem) fans! here they are relaxing after a long race! again, they finished the race gracefully as expected!

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Movie Time! Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

2010-02-01T02:30:00.008+08:00

(01.31.10)

Here's what made my day a bit fun aside from working with dogs... Early yesterday morning I got a little mmm... inis? so before the day ended I just had to watch a movie...

This is my second 3d movie and I enjoyed it much better than he 1st one, this was in Gateway mall, I think it helped that I got a seat right at the middle.

Btw, (as per suggested by RBC) here's my new exit note format...

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Tama ba RBC?

Gears: Sport Pulse Ring

2010-01-25T14:02:00.004+08:00

Just got it last December, used it for my 1st 21k and it tells more than just time! it's also a heart rate monitor! Pretty useful thing that you can wear around your FINGER! Amazing noh!?

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Race Conquered! NOT... PSE 2010 BullRun

2010-01-18T12:18:00.003+08:00

Bad

Was not able to run this race...
LBM
Forgot to bring Lem
The picture above was taken so badly, I wanted to kill the waitress.

Good

Saw my good friends
Ate breakfast with them
Had a great time hanging with them
Oh and I met the author of the blog The Bull Runner, I was so star struck I had stop her from her practice run!

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My 1st Half Marathon! CONQUERED!

2010-01-06T20:41:00.007+08:00

Finished 4 minutes short of 3 hours, I conquered my 1st half marathon last December 20, 2009! it was only this afternoon that RBC was able to send me the pics! So funny that it was such a momentous event for us but we were just too tired to smile and have our pics taken! So we just let our "Avatars" Anizo and Lem do the posing for us and yeah, they did really well!

here are the rest of the pics!

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Meet LEM!

2010-01-04T11:49:00.004+08:00

(11.30.09)

Short for Lego man, he was a gift given to me on my 6th birthday (and I turned 26 last month), sad truth is I kinda forgot about him when I was growing up, luckily he reappeared again after the Ondoy turned our house upside-down! Now that were together again, I promise to bring him along in the running events that I join! Now Anizo will have a running buddy!

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Finally watched a movie ALONE!!! + Christmas trees and Christmas village!

2010-01-01T11:49:00.013+08:00

Yesterday, the last day of 2009 I decided to watch a movie alone, it was a long time coming, now there will be no reason for me to miss the movies worth watching on big screen! The movie I watched was Avatar in IMAX SM north Edsa, story was very well written but I think I should have watched the movie in a non-3d cinema. The 3d effect was just too much for my eyes, they were too tired from adjusting on different depth of fields. Will try it one more time to know if I was just sitting in the wrong side of the theater.

I also took pics of the Christmas trees on display in SM the block, I think there was a Christmas tree making contest that should be made out of recycled materials and here are my favorites...

Here are the pics of the Christmas village naman!

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Race Conquered!!! Urbanathlon '09 (Anizo's a star!)

2009-11-22T20:49:00.014+08:00

It's my second Urbanathlon and I got really tired! Great run though! Funny coz I was in a hurry to eat the free breakfast!

And ANIZO? it's his second race! And he finished in style! Never seemed like he got tired at all! Here are the pics! Nagpa-picture pa kay Coach Rio! Makiki "Coach Rio" na rin ako ha?hehe! :)

Anizo! you should have your own blog by now! your becoming a star!!!

naks! easing easy lang!

with me, coach Rio and RBC... and ciempre si Anizo!

it's my honor Anizo! (to have a pic with you)

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My Teaching Life...

2009-11-19T12:56:00.037+08:00

Some of the pics here are from my early days of teaching in Ingenium School Marikina, this post may have a lot of pics since I'd like to summarize the details through visuals. So here you go!

Now that I have to go, one really important thing I have learned is to pray... I thought I was already praying, saying thank you every night for what I have in life, asking was something I don't do a lot. Believe me, I pray most of the time, to express my gratitude. Recent events in my life got me asking for help. One of my co-teachers advised me to try asking for it through prayers, she said I just might get my answer. And I did. Loud and clear.

The following are the people I made friends with during my stay... (in no particular order)

Mina Agbayani
Ces
Dada Ulili
Vina
Mayen Maray
Cheesy
Jayson
Eon
Dolly
Vero

(Prep classroom I decorated just before the school year '09 started using old stuff 06.05.09)

teacher Dolly busy-busy-han! haha!

(the large artwork I made)

(my paper blinds!)

(the proud teacher)

(di makababa ang bakla! haha)

(naka raos din! success!!!)

(Grade 4 Art activity 07.01.09)

(my favorite grade/students grade 4)

(Ms.Chiz and Ms. Ces... amishu! 07.01.09)

(Grade 6 Art Activity 07.03.09)

(Music activity / Mius and Miguel 07.10.09)

(Kibler and John Paul 10.20.09)

(Kibler as? John Paulas Spiderman)

(My last day 11.11.09)

PREP! with me and Teacher Dolly! thanks Miss Vero for taking the picture!

GRADE 6 with Miss Ethel! haha!nakisama sa kalokohan!

GRADE 1 with Miss Jheng! amishu grade 1 and Miss Jheng!

GRADE 2 with Sir Argee ang kukulit!!! haha!

GRADE 3 lagot kayo sakin sa facebook!

GRADE 5 now Sheel here :(
saya nyo wala si Sheel ah! lagot kayo!

GRADE 4 with Miss V
naks formal kunwari!

Kulit!

More pics and videos later on, other files are in my CPU, so watch out for that... till we meet again friends and students!!! amishu!

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I Survived the Maturity Test!

2009-11-17T00:50:00.006+08:00

I crossed path with 2 people I wasn't ready to see just last night... Knowing Brad (that's me!) my initial reaction would be to get really mad and just go somewhere quiet. BUT I DIDN'T! yes! I stayed and did not get mad and went through the night gracefully! I'm so proud of myself!

Going through it wasn't easy it was painful to see them again, I just want to clarify, I'm not mad, just hurt. but I think I know the reason why I surprisingly acted differently... more mature in a sense...

#1. The 2 people involved in this story (aside from me) were good friends of mine. I'm hurt really really bad but I'm way passed being mad... yes I was mad but I can't stay mad at them forever cause I still care for them, I'm everything but a hypocrite so believe me you two, I still love you both.

I miss telling stories with the girl sitting at the passenger seat of my team captain's car whenever we hitch a ride with him, that was fun! totally miss that.

And the guy? he's just the person I dear the most. That should explain it right?

#2. Second reason and maybe the biggest reason would be the death of my Cha-Cha... she (for 10 long years) was my world, she was by best friend, my first born child, she'd listen to my boring stories when no one else would. She comforts me like no other blanket could. That's why I love you so... There can never be any experience in my life that could be more painful than your passing. You have been gone for a year now and your still helping me out. You made me stronger now I have improved as a person, and that's all because of you love.

What I'd give to see you in my dreams every night love, your always, ALWAYS in my heart.

Sorry guys, no pics on this, just some mini achievements and drama...

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My kind of Halloween!

2009-11-03T06:53:00.013+08:00

Went to my sisters place and spent Halloween with the whole family!, went to Serendra and had dinner with family with my youngest son Alab, and my closest friends with their pets!!!

Thanks Ate for taking the video for Alab's proof of CGC training! (that will soon premier here in my blog) take photography seriously na!

Thanks for my family for spending quality time with me, and to the following people who made the night even more special!

Pam Chua! thanks too for shooting the rest of the pics/video yesterday!

here are the pics! (will also post some of my triplets Valentine's photos!)

Went to my sisters place and spent Halloween with the whole family!, went to Serendra and had dinner with family with my youngest son Alab, and my closest friends with their pets!!!

Thanks Ate for taking the video for Alab's proof of CGC training! (that will soon premier here in my blog) take photography seriously na!

Thanks for my family for spending quality time with me, and to the following people who made the night even more special!

Pam Chua! thanks too for shooting the rest of the pics/video early this morning!

here are the pics! (will also post some of my triplets Valentine's photos!)

(Val 11.01.09)

(Len 11.01.09)

(Tine 11.01.09)

(Dinner in Serendra with fam and friends!!! 11.01.09)

(11.01.09)

(11.02.09)

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Race Conquered!!! Adidas KOTR

2009-10-26T21:56:00.010+08:00

Unlike last year, I tried not to be conscious of the time.
Unlike last year, RBC was not there to run with me and take my pic.

Unlike last year, I have a short hair.
Unlike last year, there were not too many cute runners!!!

(10-25.09)

"UNLIKE LAST YEAR, I MET A SPECIAL SOMEONE"

-RBC introduced us.

-He was so confident!
-Always keeps a smile on his face!
-A real track star!
-His name is... ANIZO!!!
-Know more about him. SOON!

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My Ondoy Experience...

2009-10-17T20:01:00.008+08:00

I know its been exactly 3 weeks today, but I still wanna share my adventure :) so here it goes...

I never thought I'd be experiencing mother nature's wrath this bad ever in my life... 10 long years ago was when my family first experienced flooding inside our house because of typhoon "Olga" in August 1, 1999. It is the same typhoon that made the Cherry Hill Subdivision fall. Flood from the street went in and and I was soaked in flood that reached my crotch from 7pm to 11am the next day... still it was not a match to what typhoon Ondoy brought to us, this time flood inside the house was up to my chest and I was soaked from 8am to 4pm the next day.

I'm just very glad my family is alive as well as my pets. My sisters in Makati took us to their place and gave us decent shelter for our whole family. The house was just a studio type condominium, and took all of us in... me, my parents 3 cats and a dog. We were cramped up but we were dry and comfortable.

here are just random details of what happened that night. I might not be able to remember all of it so I'm just going to leave you with pictures (I took almost at the peak of the flooding) after the acknowledgments.

Pets are in the 2nd level of our double deck safe and sound.
Mom and Nanay Thelma were at the back of our house where it was elevated.
Dad sat on our aquarium stand and slept the night away.
I was all over the place making sure everyone is safe.
I took some pictures using my first digital camera and it too was destroyed by the flood.
All my watercolor paintings were destroyed.
Took pictures again using my prosumer and put it in a higher place right after.
The next day,my boss went to pass by our house to check us out and brought food and clean clothes.
A friend from the Philippine Animal Welfare Society also visited and gave us some food.
Sisters came, brought us food and forced us to evacuate in their house.

FACT...

"3 days before the typhoon, I was going to write a letter to my parents and sisters, asking them to clean the house for my birthday... throw or give away the piles of old clothes taking over the WHOLE HOUSE!!! now, there is SPACE!!! nothing left after the flood! It was just the right reason to give them away! and we gave away a whole lot TODAY! Indeed, be careful what you wish for, because I got my wish 2 months before my birthday!!!"

Special thanks to the following:

Best friends a.k.a Family: Jem and Tonki, Aissa and Migs, Triska and Toto
Ingenium Family: Dr. Sal and Father Ed, Ces,Jeng, Dada, Mina, Dolly, Ate Lyn
PAWS Family: Elsie, Jojo, Joe, Eva
PJ family: Pam, Faye,and Charles

My very own Family: Mom, Dad, Nanay Thelma, Valentine and Alab

Those I forgot to include in the list, my apologies, but God has the complete list of those who were able help me and my family,he will bless you forever.

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The cats that rescued my family (Anniversary Post)

2009-09-20T23:19:00.008+08:00

On February 2, 2009, I heard crying kittens very near the are where my computer is which is also near the windows, hoping their mom gave birth outside our house, I called our girl to check where exactly where the mom and the kittens are so we can give food and water. It was after 30 minutes of looking till we figured out the mom delivered in our ceiling.

On February 14, 2009 at 7 am, I was on my way to manila for a shoot and noticed a small cute cry outside our kitchen, I went out and I immediately saw a cute kitten that I instantly named "Una" (first) there was no question that me and my family will adopt her so given that, the name "Una" really fits since she's will be our first official cat... we've had stray cats before that my parents feed. but because of our previous dog companion, they just choose not to stay... by the way, I took a picture of what I saw and here it is!

Thought that was a surprise? wait till you hear this... after a long day of tiring but fun shoot with Ateng Faye... I arrived here at home at 4:30pm, only to find out that there's 3 of them! yes 3 kittens! first I didn't notice since they all blended in the stuff that was about to be thrown away! but yeah! my count was correct! there's 3 of them! to show you how they exactly look like when I saw hem, again I took a picture!

Here's a closer view!

From then on I immediately called them "Val Len, & Tina" (L-R btw, the cat on the right was formerly "Una") since I saw them on valentines day... It was so hard because first, I knew I was going to be the one in charge of taking care of them even though I had no experience on feline parenting hehe! (I was up for the cahllenge though!)

The very first weekend they spent with us as an official part of the family, one of my siters excitedly drove her way just to see the latest members of our household! (or new owners!?!!? hehe!)

my sister suggested to revice the name a littlebit and drop a syllable, change "Tina" to "Tine" since she was the only one who had a 2 syllable name... ok then I said. and here are the pics of that fun fun day playing with them! consider it our first family day!

Playing, playing, playing!

this is "VAL"

"Len"

("TINE" had the first solo pic above so its just right to give this space for the 2 others! hehe!)

I forgot to say that Val was the most fierce of the 3, she never let me carry her without her hissing me into fright. Till now she still is the most ferocious... she tries to drive away other cats beiliving the space now her own... it wasn't too long though before we earned her trust and win her out of hissing towards us when we go near her or try to carry / feed her...

Again, to others, Val was the most masungit! even to other people! even to the vet that performed their operation! yes I had them operated (spay) just last June, preventing them to heat and finally leave our house in search for a mate and produce dozens of babies.

Here are some of the pictures I took when I had them spayed...

(Len getting fixed 06.05.09)

They are now full time indoor cats since May 21, 2009, bought them a litter box, baskets and a whole lot of rags to sleep on and play with! or should I say murder! haha!

Going back to my family, I never thought we'd have pets again since Cha-cha died... My family decided not to have pets again beacuse it was just hard to face the fact that they will cross the rainbow bridge in the future no matter how much love you give. death is just simply unavoidable.

3 long months of mourning had past and here came along 3 kittens that literally fell from above and saved me and my family from further depression and utmost sadness.

to date, Val, Len and Tine are the love of our lives... they taught us not to be afraid to adopt new pets and love again.

(Tine 07.10.9)

(Val 07.23.09)

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My Anniversary post! SOON...

2009-09-18T12:50:00.004+08:00

On September 20, my blog will turn a year old! so watch out for my anniversary post... I have also decided to turn this blog away from just talking about running (the sport). The reason is simply because I'm also eager to share / write about the things I encounter while I'm busy "running" my life!

That includes my stories about:

Dog training
Being a visual artist
Being an animal advocate
being an art and music teacher etc...

Hope you still continue to support my blog now that I'm throwing in different kinds of topics BESIDES running...

Thanks so much!
FYI: if I get lucky (it wont rain) RBC and I might run some km's tonight!

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Race Congquered! The Hataw Pilipinas Fun Run!

2009-08-12T19:46:00.007+08:00

Last Sunday (Aug 9, 2009) my sister and I joined a race held in UP and that is the The "Hataw Pilipinas Fun Run!" it's my first run since June 14 and yes you heard it right! I ran with my sister! actually, she's the one who invited me to join the race!

Was so funny coz my sis was so giddy since its her first race... yes she finished the run and I'm so proud of her we both joined the 5k category.

here's a pic of her in the finish line!

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Race Conquered! PTAA Charity Run Event!

2009-06-21T14:28:00.004+08:00

Just last week, (June 14 '09) I went to UP for an event and here are the details!

No plans of running, just got invited again by RBC duh!
Had to go to the host and had RBC paged like a lost boy, and found out he was not at the venue yet and when he arrived he also had to...
Approach the host and had me paged as well!
Race was fun!
Was my 1st 10k for this year
Looking forward to GIG Run!

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Race conquered! The Mizuno Infinity Run!

2009-06-07T20:47:00.007+08:00

Ok, so now, RBC and I finally reached the 4Th and final installment of our run! I was not able to run for 2 consecutive times but owel...

This race, I decided to just enjoy and run the 5kilometer distance without pressuring myself of beating my record and shit like that! I was running with RBC the whole time! swabe lang talaga! ang sarap bumalik sa chilax na run ulit! RBC din chilax lang tumakbo no pressure! naks!

It was so much fun! now race certificates and bibs are piling up and I feel the need to organize them! OCD again I know!no plans of running for the next 2 weeks so just stay tune!

BTW, I saw Drew Arellano again for the nth time he also joins races and from what I notice, he's taking it seriously... I'm kinda having a high school crush on him now hehe...

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Skipping a run, Dine with paws and school opening!

2009-06-03T20:49:00.004+08:00

There are no pictures here and I'm so pressed for time that I'll just do the bullet points technique so here it goes...

I skipped last Sundays run (May 31 The Microsoft IE8—Internet Explorer 8—Run) it was supposed to be the 3rd of 4 runs RBC and I planned to join, he was able to go though but I begged off because I came from an even the night before and on our way home, a cab accidentally crashed into us pa...
The Event I went to last Saturday was the Dine with Paws, a fund raising even we hold every other year where you can dine in formal attire with of course, your very own dog beside you! and yes, its buffet for both you and your pet!
Lastly, I'm making a huge adjustment since I am now a noble teacher! yes readers! I'm now teaching 2 of the best subjects I love teaching and practicing! that's Music and you guessed it right! Visual arts! (that includes photography!)

so there! hope I can make you guys keep up with my life as a runner, a teacher and as an animal advocate!

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Missing 2nd of 4 runs and dog training!

2009-05-23T22:13:00.006+08:00

Wont be able to attend tomorrow's run (May 24) The 3rd Auto REVIEW Run for Road Safety & Courtesy my 2nd of 4 installments since RBC and I will have our own important stuff to do tom!

I got invited to join a birthday party of my professor's son and also, classmates turned good friends Faye and Pam invited me to shoot some pictures in the afternoon! to top it all off, I'll be training dogs tomorrow morning! what a way to start your day right! I spent practically the whole afternoon with my partner dog (Rich)

Rich

A brief history, Rich is the 2nd most ferocious dog in the shelter and I was the only one who dared give him a chance to walk around on leash... at my own expense of course... I was helped by Kevin by getting his attention and I took over after that. I bathed him last week (May 16) and today (May 23) with medicated soap that he so love, and after that we spent 4 hours walking around the shelter! Tomorrow will be another fun day for us both!

That's Rich and me bonding!

This has nothing to do about running but it is another thing I LOVE doing... on second thought, I'm slowly introducing jogging to him hhhmmm...

for more about sports and running AND EVEN ANIMAL WELFARE, RESCUE AND TRAINING! please visit my blog I'm running for my life, that's http://imrunningformylife.blogspot.com/ or simply click THIS!

Cheap finds: Budget running shoes!

2009-05-18T23:58:00.014+08:00

I was in SM megamall and about to buy a pricey pair of running shoes by Nike, I was willing to part ways with my hard earned 5k for a pair of Nike free when I decided to walk around one more time before I say goodbye to my cash and welcome my new rubber bling...

Just when I made the turn going back to the Nike store, I saw a makeshift sports store on sale! I snooped around and I saw this gray Dunlop running shoes! Dunlop? running shoes? I know what your gonna say... never heard right? but I remember my sister telling me her badminton shoes were Dunlop and she said not only was it durable, it was also comfortable! and guess what? it's super CHEAP!

This pair in particular only costs 1.2k and believe me I KNOW SHOES... I even worked for a big shoe company not too long ago.

So here's my final take...

SURE it can't promise you comfort the way leading brands can but believe me, for 1.2k, this pair offers support good enough for even those who have ankle and feet injuries like me! I already used my pair last Sunday May 17 in the Market! Market Power Mile Run Year 2 Race, and yeah it exceeded my expectations.

I'm not a hypocrite, I still want those Nike frees! but maybe when I get a raise, that's when I'll attempt to buy that again, and let me clarify7, I'm not mocking Nike nor saying not to buy them but all that I'm trying to say is that running is for everyone and not a privilege for the wealthy.

the "makeshift" store will only operate till today, May 19... but these shoes will be available in selected Toby's and Chris sports shop around the metro.

Now, there's no reason for you not to get into running, it's the cheapest, most effective way of staying in shape and living a healthy life!

Tara! let's run of our lives!

for more about sports and running AND GREAT FINDS! please visit my blog I'm running for my life, that's http://imrunningformylife.blogspot.com/ or simply click THIS!

Market! Market Power Mile Run Year 2 Race Conquered! (1 of 4)

2009-05-18T21:34:00.012+08:00

Funny, funny day of May 17, 2009! first, I got the worst mosquito bites since RBC was late and you know that time of day when mosquitoes bunch up and attack one last time right before the sunrise, right?

So everything else were chain reactions of RBC's being late, when we arrived at the parking lot of Market Market where we met his new recruit (Patrick), we heard an announcement that the 2 mile run will start in 30 seconds! we wondered why the 2 milers were released before the 5 milers were since RBC thought we still made it on time, so we were taking are time strolling looking for Patrick, I asked someone if the runners for the 5 miller were released, and he said "not yet" (later on we realized that he too was late and thought the runners have not been released yet, ...err duh!? my bad I asked!)

So clock was ticking and I decided to ask the organizers and was told that the 5 mile runners were released 5 minutes before the 2 milers were and that as we speak, 30 minutes had elapsed...

We then just went ahead and jogged around till we saw a sign that said "5miles this way"... that's the time we agreed to just follow the route and finish the race! Sayang that RBA was not able to join us since he's still adjusting to his new job yeah yeah... may printed name and time results paman din sa certificate na binigay haha!

it was our first time to join a race that is categorized in miles and 5 miles would be equivalent to 8 kilometers... we finished 8k in 1 hour and 30+ minutes! haha!

our official time will follow soon so be sure to stay tuned for more about sports and running, please visit my blog I'm running for my life, that's http://imrunningformylife.blogspot.com/ or simply click THIS!

BTW, this is the 1st of 4 installments (running event) that RBC planned for us to join! as for our new mate, nice to have you on board Patrick!

next race: 3rd Auto REVIEW Run for Road Safety & Courtesy! c u there!

4 Races, 4 Sundays to run!

2009-05-12T09:30:00.013+08:00

RBC dropped a bomb on me last night (May 11, 2009) they they were planning to run 4 consecutive times every week starting this Sunday (May 17, 2009), I thought I was mature enough not to succumb to peer pressure, but what the hell! running is good! and I guess just karma for getting 2 of my friends addicted to running!

Below are the list of races that we WILL conquer! (shit, I don't even know what distance I'm going to run for every event!)

BTW, I already ran for 2 consecutive Sundays, May 3 and May 10 + 4 more Sundays!

May 17
Market! Market! Power Mile Run Year 2.
Call Maila Salas 671-0907. Email e_squared@pldtdsl.net or
Market! Market! Concierge at 886-7519.

May 24
3rd Auto REVIEW Run for Road Safety & Courtesy
2K/5K/10K
McKinley Hill, Taguig City

May 31
The Microsoft IE8—Internet Explorer 8—Run
2m (3.2k)/ 4m (6.4k)/ 8m (12.8k) Bonifacio Global City. Reg fees: P300 adults/ P200 kids. Registration areas: Fitness First Greenhills, Eastwood, North Edsa, Alabang, The Fort, Megamall. For special pick up/delivery of registration forms for groups of 20+, call Shiela at 385-7822. Microsoft will be raffling off a laptop, a Windows Mobile Phone, a Zune player and other items from Mizuno and Fitness First. Best Aid Station Challenge: running groups are invited to dress up the standards of the usual aid station via the Aid/Water station contest. Winning group gets P10k. Organized by Pocket Rocket Inc.

June 7
Mizuno Infinity Run
5k/ 10k/ 15k, Bonifacio Global City.
Call May 757.3160 loc 515 or KC loc 520.

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Botak’s Paa-Tibayan Race Congquered!

2009-05-10T22:25:00.007+08:00

This Morning (May 10 '09) I ran 5k with RBC and RBA, it was fun! but I realized I was slower than last week at the (Marikina Advocacy Run) 5k seems to be just the right distance for me, just when I'm starting to tire, here comes the finish line!

My unofficial time is 28min according to RBC, but I'm looking forward to know my record time. Still no pics of RBA, nakalimutan ko eh! nako! RBA e-titiming ko talaga na pagod na pagod ka! haha!

in the meantime, here's the poster for the event! BTW, the singlet here is so cool!

for more about sports and running, please visit my blog I'm running for my life, that's http://imrunningformylife.blogspot.com/ or simply click THIS!

Update today, May 18, 2009: Official time records came out and I really think I finished 2 minutes faster than this, my name was not on the list and RBC's name was misspelled ... oh well still had fun anyways!

439 Feliciano, Bradford G. M 0:30:26
438 Custodio, Charles T. M 0:30:29
437 Custodio, Andrew T. M 0:32:07

Marikina Advocacy Run Conquered!

2009-05-06T22:32:00.008+08:00

It was not my intention not to invite you guys to this event, I was too busy working on my final school requirements and thank God its oh so done! So I was just looking for something to refresh my mind... I went to Marikina Sports Park for my regular 4k run and I saw this running group who organized their own event called "Marikina Advocacy Run"(May 3, 2009) I approached them and asked for the details, immediately called running buddy Charles (RBC) and we registered for it!

Eto pa! RBC's bro (Andrew) wanted to join our running addiction too! So what better way to welcome a new running mate than to make him run 5k straight on his first trial! Baptism of fire, it definitely is!

We all agreed to run a 5k distance since non of us were in top shape and good thing that we chose a short distance to run since I was having a really bad case of LBM this day and also it was good that its within the city where I live! Also the reason why I was not able to take some pics! damn LBM!

I so promise to take pics on my next run! this Sunday in Fort Makati! will blog about it soon! maybe tomorrow hehe! BEWARE Andrew! I will take pics of you in your most awkward moment! that's when you've finished the race and looking like your gonna have a heartattack!

Meanwhile, I'll just show you the poster and the jersey design of the event! I'm still looking forward to knowing our time for this, i never had a record of any of my two official 5k runs, damn!

for more about sports and running, please visit my blog I'm running for my life, that's http://imrunningformylife.blogspot.com/ or simply click THIS!

2 runs I forgot to blog about!

2009-05-03T21:52:00.006+08:00

Before i completely forget to log... last April 14, 2009 I ran 4km and walked at the 7nth round! I know it's embarrassing and totaly stupid of me to start the first 4 rounds too fast! i finished it in 30 min... I KNOW!

Another one of my training runs which I (again) keep on forgetting to blog about was last April 29, 2009 again 4km and finished in 24 min! I'm a little bit happy about it.

My reason for not blogging? I had to concentrate on my thesis! and thank got it's already done! till my next blog entry!

(I know in my last entry I said I was going to post with a photo but sorry, I don't want to hold a camera for the next few weeks! haha!)

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I did a follow-up!

2009-03-24T14:26:00.004+08:00

well at least I'm happy to announce that after a week, I made a follow up run yesterday (march 23 09) and did not take me another 2 months to do so. hehe! no pictures here muna kc I think I posted to many pics on my last entry! I ran 4km and finished in 22 min! I even read the time wrong.

Buti nalang naalala ko the time i exactly started otherwise I would have had a record of 32 min for running 4km ang haba nun! so till nextime! may pics na yun next blog for sure!

Back on track 2

2009-03-16T22:00:00.016+08:00

From my last blog entry i said i was back on track and that was 2 moths ago! That was my first run for the this year, now AFTER 2 MONTHS, I finally got the chance to go back to the sports park and run some laps! God! here are some pictures of how i looked right after the run!

I ran 4km and finished in 25 min :(

PARA AKONG NA TATAE!!!
eto ang saya!

My Ankor BEER Shirt from Koya Char-lez!

I really hope I can run regularly this coming April, and when i say regularly, I don't mean once in 2 months! My 2nd degree should be done (and hopefully I pass) this April and I should be free to go back to swimming, running etc...

indeed, doing sports is the next best therapy to forget emotional stress, when I was running this evening, I forgot how hurt I feel for whats going in my life lately.

The BEST thing is Animal Therapy! hug your pet! play with them! they will love you back! if you don't have a pet, go to a friend who has one or go to the nearest animal shelter near you!

for more about sports and running, please visit my blog I'm running for my life, that's http://imrunningformylife.blogspot.com/ or simply click THIS!

back on track!

2009-01-17T01:16:00.015+08:00

Finally! I'm back running in my beloved Marikina Sports Park! yesterday, (January 16 '09) its been exactly 2 months since the last time I ran a decent 4k, it was so nice to see the place that quietly stood to witness me being molded as an athlete...

on my way I was even a bit scared since I'm not sure if I can even do 10 rounds of the oval but this little fellow was so cute I forgot all about running, I'm not even sure what he is, he's like elmo but crustacean or something if you look closely he has little extra legs like that of a lobster hehe!

when I got there, the sun was high but the wind was so cold, good thing I remembered to put on some lip balm, now I finished 10 rounds (which is 4 kilometers) for 27 minutes as supposed to 15, I was dead tired.

I stayed a little bit till the sun set, the place was so beautiful, people are so busy, happy doing what they do.

then it was time to go... but i promise to be here regularly.

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Cha-Cha update 4 (The whole story)

2009-01-10T00:15:00.000+08:00

Now, I’m half ready to tell the whole story about her passing away, no photos on this, their very sad.

Cha-Cha was given as a present to my sister by a friend in June 1998 she was so cute like any other puppy, energetic and fat! She doesn’t have a name yet at that time, but since we were obsessed with the Japanese cartoon named Akazukin Chacha, it fits her so much; she even has the kulet attitude of the character!

4 weeks later her sunny personality became gloomy not to mention the loss of her big appetite… our poor baby was not eating, slowly her kulet was fading. There was blood in her poop and that was the time the vet knew what made her sick… it was “Canine Parvovirus” you may click this to learn more about it.

Cha-Cha was taught to potty in the garage, though week, she still tried to get up and drag her body to the garage only to poop. Ever since, she really showed exceptional intelligence.

Canine parvovirus was hard to cure it is very fatal and only 10% of puppies infected survive. And Cha-Cha survived it! She showed signs of wanting to live and she did! She fought the virus and won! (And her BIG appetite was back!) Ang takaw nya eversince grabe! Ü

After that, many happy years came but only occasional colds and fever each time she plays under the rain!

2008 was sort of a revolutionary year for her! Jan 5 of 2008, I decided to rehabilitate her by introducing her to a basic dog-owner bonding (to us it was a brother-sister) the “Walk” hehe. I think I even made an entry here in my multiply blog about that, it was her first experience to go outside of our gate just to look around and see what’s happening, sniffs here and there was all she was doing, but when we reached the end of our next-door neighbor’s lot, she wouldn’t go beyond it, no amount of pulling will make her follow you, she wasn’t ready yet… but about the whole experience…? SHE LOVED IT!

The next day, people weren’t even over the new-year spirit and still had to use their left over fire crackers and Cha-Cha hated it, she’s scared of fire crackers! But I said what if I bring Cha-Cha out for a walk while fire crackers were going off? She was hiding under the kitchen table but when I showed her the red harness and leash that she loved, to my surprise, she went out from under the table and wanted me to walk her! Just when people are using their fire crackers like crazy! Haha! She loved walking and it didn’t stop there! March 14 of 2008 I decided I’d bring her to (where else!?) the UP sunken garden! I called my sister to join us and have a “Feliciano siblings” bonding for that afternoon which never happened before and we even called up some friends of ours to play Frisbee there and spend the day with our makulet bunso! It was Cha-Cha’s first car ride, first journey very far from home, I remember she only goes out of our house because she had to go to the vet for monthly shots and check-ups but boy oh boy my little sister’s gone a long way!

Now the sad part, late last year she became sick and no longer makulet, it was exactly November 11 2008 when we recognized her loss of appetite and we knew there was something wrong, of course she was brought to the vet right away, we (and the vets) thought it was just fever, she as given the necessary shots and we went home, after having the shots and medications she would normally be back to her kulet state and her love for food will be back too, but this time it was different, she still didn’t want to eat and tries so hard to wag her tail to acknowledge our presence, I said shit, this might be something serious, and it was, our vet took blood samples and after the laboratory test it showed she has heartworm a parasite that lives inside the heart and may be a cause for cardiac arrest, like canine parvovirus, it too is very fatal. My vet said there is still hope, we should just wait until she’s strong enough to take the medications for the heartworm and a little prayer, we can defeat heartworm, and she said we had to wait for a month till Cha-Cha is healthy enough because at her age (10 years old) the treatment may also be fatal for her.

The plan was to feed her anything she likes even the ones she loves but is allergic to, but there’s something wrong, she wouldn’t eat, and showing signs that she was in pain, what could it be this time? I can’t imagine what could go wrong this time? Few days earlier I noticed some discharge from her female opening, it was pus, (now for the 5th time in 7 days) we went back to the vet and told her what happened and what we saw, she had to be admitted and it the pus from her vagina that she was suffering from Pyometra an infection in the uterus that a female dog will get through mating or even un used reproductive system. Cha-Cha was a virgin.

8 days running and she’s slowly giving up, we go to the vet to visit her everyday and she’s just generally fading, my mom went to the vet on her own to say her goodbye and thanked her for keeping her company for 10 long years every single afternoon, she was her afternoon telenovela buddy everyday, my mom knew she as going to leave us, because I told her… yes I did, many years working with dogs I know how a dog would look when their tired and want to give up, it was so hard for my part coz I knew, I KNEW.

9nth day (November 20th) my dad called me up in the office and said if she’s going to leave us, its better she leaves us in our house, in her room, in her bed, I said ok. Little by little I tried to introduce the option, an option that will remove all the pain and suffering Cha-Cha was having, it as euthanasia, I never thought I’d be suggesting it to be done to my sister. Till now, I’m still feeling guilty.

She’s home and lying on her bed, my father was going nuts, my father was her alpha, because my father was the one in charge of taking care of her when were out and that’s 20 hours in a day. That evening friends came to visit her, friends close to our family and even closer to her, she gathered her little strength to wag her tail just to acknowledge them up to the last hours of her life, she wanted to please us. 3:30 AM she was crying we thought she might be in pain because of her IV we had to call the vet and had the vet assistant to come and fix it, he said the IV was properly in place, it was a gamble for him to leave the clinic because he wasn’t allowed to leave it at that certain time. 4:00 AM she was still crying and very much in pain, my dad was asking her if she wanted to go… my dad said if she’s in pain and would like to leave us then first thing in the morning we will let her go… instantly as if she got the permission she wanted, so softened her cry, and tried to hide her weep, I knew she was in serious pain because after all she was still weeping, I couldn’t stop crying too, I kept on saying she will be fine in a few hours, her pain will go and in return she will grow wings, the hardest part was to watch the clock tick, time was running very fast for us because it was torturing to know she will leave us forever in a few a hours, her schedule was 9am that day (November 21st) and it was 7am.

Its now time to head to the clinic, and give her the rest she wanted so bad to end her suffering. Everyone couldn’t stop crying, my eldest sister said goodbye before she left us in the clinic for work, my dad and I were the ones left, my dad was stalling time to proceed to the procedure. The vet said Cha-Cha only has about 2 hours more, I said I cant give her that kind of death, with pain and suffering, we promised her a death with dignity and we must oblige.

My dad made all the excuses to leave the clinic and left me alone to painfully see everything, the doctor allowed me to be beside her till she was asleep, I couldn’t stop talking to her telling her not to forget us and how much we love her and how much we are thankful for her existence, while she still hears me, I was crying the shit out of myself. Now she’s asleep, time to put her in the deepest sleep. I was sent out of the room but could still see from the door.

A few minuets, she’s gone, I couldn’t touch her, I couldn’t look at her, I felt so guilty for having her put to sleep, but what can I do? I couldn’t stand her being in pain, nobody in our family can.

My dad was back and cried a lot now that his bunso already left us, it was Cha-Cha’s body’s last journey… I went to get what’s left of my savings and had her cremated, we went home from the clinic so my mom would see her the very last time, and off to the crematorium. The next day (November 22) I went back to where we had her cremated and brought her back home, finally, she will be home forever, before that we visited my sister in I brought along an industrial size mayonnaise container as her urn inside it together with her ashes are her favorite stuff! I was carrying her in that container in Megamall! It was her first time in a mall, and then we went to our sister’s place until finally we went home.

Now my family passed the stage of being in denial, were now in the phase of acceptance, a few tears every now and then is common, 10 years is no joke. I even cut my hair for her, wouldn’t bring her back but to me it was my own way of grieving Every night we pass her urn around to the person she will be sharing the bed with, the same order she was doing when she was still with us.
Cha-Cha, Cha-ching, Baby, budgie, budging… the names we call her are endless but she knows it when we wanted her attention. Or call her for dinner when she’s busy hunting stray cats or rats in our yard. Haha memories, memories, we sure miss her and this spot in my blog is for you babe, we will never forget you, but slowly we will accept that your in a better place now than all of us, always remember though to wash your mouth after eating and chocolates are bad for you!

Special thanks to the following fiends:

Migs and Aissa for simply being there thank you so much.

K3 team especially Cynts, Jov, Triska Mack boy and Jody, salamat sa suporta.

Monster family: F and Hersh, Chris and Papot, Dan salamat ng marami.

Toda team, special mention to Pia who was so excited know about Cha-Cha's activities and Connie and Doie, kahit may sakit pa si doie talagang grabe and support nyo salamat!

Ateneo / Philippine daily inquirer: Sir Ernie Sarmiento thanks for allowing me to mourn, Ma’am Luz maraming salamat po, Kara Santos salamat sa suporta at kay Faye Ferrer din na kasama ko sa saya at lunkot ng pagka wala ni Cha-Cha maraming salamat sa inyo.

Geronimo Photographico: Jen, Jo, Mark and Jeff, salamat sa suporta.

Adver Uno: Tonki, Jem, Issa words will never explain my gratitude sa suportang binigay ninyo.

Ate Reema, salamat dahil kahit umagang umaga ginugulo kita para iyakan at hingan ng tulong tunkol kay Cha-Cha. Maraming salamat!

Sa lahat ng di ko na alala, maraming salamat, mahalin nyong mabuti ang alaga ninyo, be a responsible friend to your pets at susuklian nila kayo ng unconditional love.

Trying to live without my non-human sister (my new haircut is for you Cha!)

2008-11-25T22:38:00.004+08:00

If cutting my hair will bring Cha-Cha back to me and my family with pink wet nose and a healthy body, then I'll shave it all off and will never grow it back. But it can't

I'll stop blogging till I don't know when but the next time I do,
I'm telling the whole story about what happened to her, heart worm, cancer (yes cancer) imagine? she had it all along.

too many words to say but my plan is to morn till I'm ready to do other stuff again, now I forcing myself to study and finish my second degree but shitt, nothing's inside my head but her.

till then...

Get well soon Cha-Cha love!!!

2008-11-18T08:38:00.003+08:00

Cha-Ching burinjing-jingjong will be confined today, she's been sick for a week now and the first time we brought her to the vet they said its just fever and gave her medicines and vitamins but its been a week now and she still isn't back to her normal kulet state...

Even though she's weak she still makes it a point to welcome every member of our family each time we're home from the office or just from the nearby sari-sari store.

I love u bebeh ko! get well soon!

SHORT NOTICE! (Urbanathlon)

2008-11-15T21:51:00.007+08:00

Again! tomorrow I'll be joining this event, not really sure if I can finish 10k race with obstacles... whewwww! will keep you posted right after!

Men’s Health Urbanathlon 2007, Fort Bonifacio Global City

In November 16, 2008, the second annual Men’s Health Urbanathlon will hit the streets of UP Diliman.

Men’s Health Urbanathlon and Festival is a city-based, multi-disciplinary race that will have men and women running and scrambling through urban obstacles. By incorporating urban landmarks, this one-of-a-kind event will bring out the (urban) warrior from each competitor!

After the dust has settled unwind and relax at the Urbanathlon Festival and celebrate the Men’s Health lifestyle! It’s all about good food, good music, good company and tons of useful stuff to demo, sample and take home.

Registration

You may register as an individual or a team of four individuals and complete the entire race course. All team members are required to run the whole course. The team with the shortest combined time will be declared the winners. Teams can be single sex or co-ed.

Entry Fees
Solo: P300
Team: P300 x 4

For race details, visit www.menshealth.com.ph/urbanathlon

Registration outlets:
Summit Media
7/F Robinsons Cybergate 3
Pioneer St. mandaluyong City

All-terra Bike Shop
Club 650 Libis, Quezon City

R.O.X.
Bonifacio High Street, Taguig City

ROC
UP Bahay ng Alumni, UP Diliman

VSO Bahaginan’s Kabahagi Ako FUNdraising RUN For the beefit of VSO’s PEACE Project in Mindanao

2008-11-10T16:23:00.001+08:00

OK, so normally I would blog about an upcoming event that I wanna join in, but this particular running event is done before I can even invite people to join. So the event is called "VSO Bahaginan’s Kabahagi Ako FUNdraising RUN" For the benefit of VSO’s PEACE Project in Mindanao, so who's my partner in crime? Koya Char-lez of course! Imagine he ran 10 kilometers! yeah! Go KOYA! and his official time? 1:07:33 baybeh!!! I had a hard time running since my left knee is aching from last saturday's run... (my regular 4k run) and now it's even worse. and no its not an excuse that i was not able to break my previews record (which was 1:05:20) now I'm .39 of a second slower... darn! (my offical time for thisa event? 1:05:59)

on the brighter side... Koya and I had the best photo op AT THE PARKING LOT!!! Ü

Korean #1

Korean #2!!! (Korean na namumula! haha!)

here's the poster of the event!

special thanks to http://runrio.com/ for the details and organizing the event... it was well organized I must say!!! (still find that Isuzu Halloween run crappy!)

Halloween 5k run result! (took me ages to blog about this)

2008-11-05T21:14:00.006+08:00

So it's been almost a week since the the Halloween run and I'm not excited (it was supposed to be my first 5k run) to post about it since i was kinda disappointed on how it was organized 1st, there was no official place where we can leave our bags, thanks to manong guard of ROX for taking the responsibility of looking after it. 2nd, I'm not so sure if they made it clear that those who'd finish the last lap should pass through those guys asking for the runner's number for them to reacord your time (disclaimer: I might be wrong since I din't hear the whole briefing to begin with) 3rd the guys who gives out those plastic straws are terrible! I even had to just pick up those that are on the ground.

AND to top it all of, I had blisters just before I finished my 2nd lap! darn! BUT, I still would like to thank Isuzu for coming up with something like that, it was really nice to run on a Halloween night! and also the people (runners themselves) who made the event worth going to, you guys rock! running 5 kilometers in costume!? GALENG!

lastly, congratulations to my friend, Charles Custodio for finishing his very first 5k run! yehey!!! he is now officially DEVIRGINIZED!!! from now on we'll be running buddies!

(photo taken last Nov. 1 in Montalban Rizal cemetery.)

Halloween run!?!?!? WHY NOT!?

2008-10-24T22:12:00.007+08:00

Its time we run at night! God! I've been wondering why some people would prefer running in the morning when the sun simply makes it so hard! Well here's the 1st night run I would LOVE to join hope my classmates would join this 5k run! and yeah! it's also my first 5k official run!

after all, Photojournalists should know how to run!

get reg form here!

thanks to http://digitaldash.wordpress.com/ and to http://takbo.ph/ for the info.

Disc on a Holloween night? (Monster hat '08)

2008-10-24T21:33:00.004+08:00

From the team that brought you the fist ever "night league" here in Manila
also brings you this...

all details you need to know are in the poster! click away and see you there!

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Running for a cause! (Unicef's "Walk on the child's side 2008)

2008-10-19T21:14:00.005+08:00

Honestly, the last time I ran was (50%) because I wanted to, (assorted reasons like to challenge myself, burn more calories etc...) and the other 50% was because of the singlet (Adidas King of the road) but now, I'm running for this, I said KOTR was my last race for this year but when I saw this poster on one of the race blogs that I follow. (The Bull Runner) I was attracted to it right away because of the fancy graphics but when I finally read the whole thing, I got attracted to it even more!

For only 250 pesos, you'll be able to help raise funds for UNICEF and have a great time running with your friends, family or even with just your Ipod! kahit nga wala eh! So what are you waiting for? lets register!

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I am Kueen of the road! (result of Adidas King of the Road '08)

2008-10-14T22:43:00.009+08:00

Yes you read it right! I'm no Queen, I'm no King, therefore I'm "Kueen" and I conquered the Adidas King of the Road last Saturday October 11nth! I finished the 10K run with the time of 1:05:20! thats 2 minutes faster than my last run! yey! and I was the 631st runner to cross the finish line out of 1468 runners who finished the 10k race. but I think alsmost 2000 registered for 10K.

Here's what I got from the race, (aside from burning a million calories)

Here's how I looked. HOLY COW!!!

results for 10K and 21K may be viewed here.

no results yet for 5K, will keep you posted when I have it.
please continue reading my blog, hope to see you all again in next year's Adidas King of the Road!

Special thanks to http://thebullrunner.com/ and http://runningdatcom.wordpress.com/

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Keeping track...

2008-10-05T14:45:00.001+08:00

Have you ever wondered how many miles or Kilometers you've runn in a week, month or year? well, I discovered a site that you can actually record all your running anytime anywhere! and that's at traininglog.runnersworld.com!

in this website you can keep track of almost everything about your running... and more! there's free personalized workouts at smart coach, click home and you will see this...

signing up is free! just use an existing email address and viola! now you can record your run, get free personalized workouts and even get inspired by stories about running and even building and strengthening abs!

Skincare for runners! (Men and Women)

2008-09-30T18:12:00.001+08:00

How many blogs have I checked and so far no blog has ever said anything about skincare… but I can always be wrong, who knows, there might be a lot of sports blog out there that already talked about skincare oh well, here’s my share of information about skincare.

Running under the sun is a no-no! No matter how early it is in the morning the terrible situation of our ozone layer can no longer protect us from the harmful effects of the sun, it’s what gives athletes doing outdoor sports pre-mature wrinkles and discoloration that will eventually make us look like a hag when we reach the age of 30 or even sooner. hehe!

I’m no fan of sun blocks, the stickiness and the way it stings our eyes when mixed with perspiration is just enough reason to stop me from applying some on my skin. BUT WE NEED IT!!!

However, if you insist on not putting on some sun, make sure you put on some night cream, BRANDS ONLY MATTERS WHEN YOUR ALLERGIC TO IT!!! And it doesn’t mean it has to be EXPENSIVE!!! Anyway my favorite night cream (for 2 and a half years now) is this… “The Body Shop” rich night cream with vitamin e”

I know this is P700 and expensive for most of us, but this was only supplied to me by my aunt who lives in Australia, nevertheless, not being able to afford any of these creams doesn’t mean we should stop doing something about it right? Why not try something as cheap as baby oil? Or a small amount of petroleum jelly? The whole point is to moisturize.

But before putting on some cream at night we have to clean our faces first! I only used ordinary soap and water, then I use this… “Eskinol facial cleansing for men (anti acne with dremaclear c)” to remove dirt that water and soap cannot get rid of, so after thoroughly cleaning your face then you put just a small amount of night cream or whatever moisturizer you have… BTW, the “Eskinol facial cleansing for men” only costs P34 and I bought mine almost 2 months ago, you just have to use it once a day (preferably at night) not bad right?

And lastly for the whole body (hands, arms, legs, feet) I use “BCBGirls by Max Azaria, but I prefer “Johnson and Johnson” line of hand and body lotion” really! It just so happened that my mom had a bottle of BCBGirls and that’s what I used! See I’m really cheap! I use whatever is available haha!

King? or Queen of the road?

2008-09-23T21:41:00.001+08:00

Yes! I will join the adidas king of the road marathon run! and this time I'm gonna make sure I'm registered! haha! Here's my registration form by the way and I will make sure I'll take this to any Adidas stores who gathers the registration!

who cares about having the tittle? it's "King of the road" I'm no king!? Imma' QUEEN!

and besides, the tittle I deserve is not even "queen" but rather, "PERFECT" haha! no kidding!

the official entry form that you may also want to download is now available just click this link!

so what are you waiting for!? register now!

here are the particulars of the event!

Adidas King of the Road Marathon
October 11, 2008m, 5:30am
Gawad Kalinga Expo 2008
The Fort, Taguig City, Philippines

Start and Finish Line:
28th Street (in front of Honda)
21K - 5:30 am
5k/10k - 6:00 am

Registration Fee:
P300.00 (inclusive of race singlet, race number, certificate, entrance fee to GK Expo)

Registration Venues:
Adidas Shops in Podium, Trinoma, Megamall, Rockwell
Ground floor of Vazquez-Madrigal Bldg., Annapolis St. Greenhills, San Juan (recommended for bulk registrations of corporations, schools and organizations)

Registration deadline
Adidas Stores - October 5, 2008
R.A.C.E. Office - October 9, 2008

special thanks to takbo.ph for the information about this event!

Marathon Conquerd!!!

2008-09-22T21:14:00.002+08:00

This is what welcomes you at the end of the race! my official time? 1:07.22 baby!

Yes, I finished the "PMI...Proudly 60!...Run"10K marathon that I ran last Sunday...I was 20 minutes late for the on-site registration so I was not an official runner of the event, but the organizing staff were so nice that they allowed me to run together with the registered runners!

Of course there were cute runners who joind! my crush was a tall fit guy wearing tights! and apparently he was a celebrity and (according to my friend) he was also a basketball player and his name was BJ Manalo! even my colleagues knows about him! owell... hehe!

Now there were also water station of course and I just happened to know ALL OF THEM!!! they see me everywhere but its in a marathon that they'd least expect me to appear!

super thanks to them the run seemed to be easier! funny that they were cheering for me and calling my name, it wasnt that embarrassing for when they cheered for me calling my name Brad! Brad! Brad! nobody knew my name anyway till one of them (Xtian) said, "Ang ganda naman nung naka black!" then everyone looked at me and malicious smile! hahaha!

Aissa, my Aissa, the fistime i passed their station I dint see her, when i was a few meters away she yeled "GO BRAD I LOVE U SIS!!!" ang saya! its always super nice to hear people cheer for you its so different back when I was still swimming because you don't see the people cheering for you while swimming and you only hear them each time you get some air...

OK so I'll try to recall their names, in no particular order! Aissa, Migs, Peng, Calro, Carla, Jenny, Bullet, Cherry, Xtian, Jamel, Peds, Daniel, Chlods! (and to those who's not included, my apologies...)

This is what I looked like right after the run...

Here's the only memorabilia I had of the event, the straws are the one given every 5k of the race to tell weather 1st or final K, and the tape that has my name on it is my bag tag. it was supposed to be a set of number (race number) but since I wasn't registered they just wrote my name in the bag deposit area.

SUPER FUN GUYS! I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MY NEXT RACE!!! SALI TAYONG LAHAT!!!

I'll be a runner!

2008-09-20T22:21:00.003+08:00

Last September 7, I went to our sport complex just to photo shoot for my journalism assignment then I said why not run a few rounds around the oval like 5 rounds? ridiculous rite? well I'm not that much of a runner and my legs aren't meant for running, but its one of the cheapest way to stay fit and permits me to continue heating fatty food! I said maybe I'll try running a 10k marathon again, the fist time i ran a marathon was way back in '06 it was too much for me, physically I was ready but mentally I wasn't. I said I'll be preparing myself for my next marathon but then I got excited!

I saw from my friends blog that there was an upcoming marathon tomorrow. 3 and 5k was just for special people so I'm down with the dreadful 10k Sunday last week i tried running 10 laps of a standard size oval (400 meters) so lets do the math, 10 laps is only 4k, I finished in less than 30 min. (yes I even looked for my old watch and had it putt on new batteries and kept track of my time) when i finished the 10 laps, i was staring at the pro runners who just strides like a gazelle, so stable, so swift, and their even trying to speed up yet, this afternoon I tried to run 10 laps again this time I tried running like the ones I saw last week, the technique did me well, preventing myself from doing extra movements gave me focus on my speed and less drag too! tomorrow is my debut, I'll run a 10k marathon again and hope I wont get burnt out... will definitely write about it asap... Ready? Get Set... GO!