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My weekends
usually…OK! OK!…always revolves around
golf and this past weekend shouldn't have been
any different. Shouldn't Have! That's right. By
last Friday, I knew this was going to be a
weekend to remember.
Well, everyone went smoothly last Friday night. I
left my office in Binondo at around 8pm and it
was a smooth 20-minute trip home that normally
takes almost an hour.
Arriving home fresh, I was greeted at the door by
my wife. What follows afterwards, let us not get
into…for now. After a restful sleep, I was
on my way to the slaying ground (also known as
Riviera Golf Club) at 10am.
As I reached Southwoods (also known as the site
where El Tigre and the Tiger-slayer shot an
identical 83 on different days, the only
difference was El Tigre did it at the Legends
course while the Tiger-slayer had his at the
Masters course.) there were dark clouds hovering
the vicinity of Riviera. O-oh! L
By the time I past Southwoods, it was
pouring….really hard. I quickly phoned my
victims (Louie, Tom, Luther & Bobby) that it
was sunny here in Riviera to ensure their
presence.
After a hefty lunch at LZM, the slaying began at
1:15pm under a cloudy afternoon.
Hmmm…perfect as I was about to begin
slaying. An hour and a half later, we were back
at the Clubhouse as the 'sunny weather' turned
for the worse. Everyone was drenched and headed
towards the Jacuzzi except for Bobby. Maybe the
sight of 5 nude men was not appealing to him.
Louie, Tom, EDF and I decided to stay behind to
play pusoy-dos while Bobby went back to Highlands
and Luther left for Makati. The time was 5pm.
Ninety minutes later, I was down P1T while Tom
almost P2T and decided to put a time limit till
7pm to end the game.
As 7pm approaches, we were told that SLEX traffic
was back up all the way to Sta. Rosa. We decided
to call Luther and were surprise to find out that
after two hours on the road, he was at Imus.
After much contemplation, we decided to stay at
Highlands and in the meantime, play some more and
kill more time. By 8pm, we were kicked out of
Riviera as they had to close. By that time,
Luther just got to Bacoor. We decided then to
head for Highland. I was down P2,500.
Upon settling down at Highlands, we head out to
the Steakhouse and smoke stogies and naturally
play some more. It was 9pm and Luther was still
in Bacoor. Two hours later, I got a page from
Luther that he has arrived home safely, although
he was bitchy. Meanwhile, EDF is bitching at not
going to Alay Lakad the following morning as he
has nothing to wear. I swear, EDF is just like a
girl as he has to be prim and proper. He was
worried at how he would look as I was worried at
how much I'm down. I was down P4,000 and hungry.
After consuming two bottles of wine and a cigar
each, we decided to have dinner. It was almost
midnight and Louie mentioned I was down P4,600 as
he was up more than P3,000. It's Tuition time to
Papa.
After a sumptuous dinner, EDF got a call from
Dennis informing us that Alay Lakad was
cancelled. EDF was relieved. I was relieved too
as I had a wager with him on to how many RCMAers
would be physically present. There was only one
way to celebrate the good news that Dennis
brought. Play some more and play some more we
did. By 3am, we decided to call the game. How
much was I down?
P820.00 What a relief! We were asleep by 4am and
awake by 5am to finish my slaying at Riviera. By
6am, we were at Hole #1. Hole #3, the rain came
and lasted up till Hole #15. Hole #17, the sun
suddenly appeared from behind the clouds. Life is
not fair. After 18 holes, I was down P5,000.
What a weekend. |
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