the black team...

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Black Team, our team in bowling, survived the elimination round last week. Luckily, Black team was included in top five teams that will vie today for the championship slot. We've changed venue from SM Megamall to E-Lane located in San Juan. Seems that everyone has difficulty adjusting in the new lane. The floor was synthetic and slippery. The foul line was also activated that makes everyone so anxious.

From the five teams, four teams were selected based on the number of pinfalls. Sadly, we didn’t make it on the final four. Red Team won the championship round; Fuschia on second place and Yellow team was on third place.

Though we didn’t win the major award, the team bagged the most number of special awards that include the High Team Series, High Game Female, High Average Female, 210 Club Member-Male, 190 Club Member-Female and 3rd Place Trio in the fun game.

Mack and Me! Mack is from the Red Team. He was awarded the "High game & average - Male".

me with Katz!

Congratulations Black Team!

have you got a cab receipt?

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I flagged down a cab this morning going to office. The name of the cab is Shiro which according to the cab driver was named after the owner who is a Japanese. Anyway, I was surprised because in my entire existence as an urban dweller, it’s my first time ever to ride a cab that issues a ticket or a receipt, I usually see rate meter. I know that it’s not something new for I have seen one on print ads and TV but to have actually seen the bill printed on a receipt, that’s amazing! And the fare was just right, no rip off, same as the amount that I usually pay. I showed the ticket to my officemates,"my first cab ticket",i said in amusement..."Wow hi-tech!"

A collection head overheard my story and asked if she can get the telephone number of the cab’s company. She muses that this should be the type of cab that collection officers flag down when visiting collection agency. Transportation costs will be aptly reimbursed! Yeah, she’s right! I wonder if taxi companies in the Metro are willing to put in such apparatus, it wound mean extra cost on cab operators. Of course on the part of commuters like me, it’s beneficial! It will prevent taxi driver from ripping off fares and I would say it’s safer ‘coz you have the address and plate number printed on the receipt... Hey, I wouldn’t mind giving extra tip if the driver is courteous! :)

201...beat that score!

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Beleive it or not, I scored 201 in the second set of our bowling game last Saturday. First time ever to hit such number of pinfalls in one game. In the 3rd set my score chopped down to 151 not bad, isn't it? I just can't believe I did that! Must be the food (salmon sashimi, gyoza, california maki!) I ate at lunch, just before the game. Hopefully, the team will get back in the finals and with a bit of luck will qualify in Masters event. Goodluck to our team in the elimination game next week...