"Blogspot Project" Chapter 3  

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"Let's all wear white sa last day ha!?!"
- Stephen Camacho



Chapter 3: Birth of a Company


With "the Agency" gone and an opportunity to make new friends;
I was able to come across Stephen Camacho, a guitar player, comedian and a gamer type of muhn. We actually became friends after a while and I would hang out with him and ACE before classes start (since classes then would start at 8:30) and during breaktime.



At the same time, I was already friends with the Hiruko Twins (Trisha and Denise) and Seadd.
During our last week of the school year, Stephen had an idea. He wanted to go out with Me, Ace and Trisha at the same time. I wasn't able to take the opportunity when he told me the same thing during our Christmas Party. Thankfully, I was finally allowed to go out of school alone by the last day.
Trisha invited Kai to come along and I invited Seadd to join us.



So it was the last day of exams (hurrah!!!). Everyone finished their Math Tests and we were all set to leave. I asked Stephen during snack time if he was gonna wear white later; but then he said:


"ay onga pala!!! hehehe sorry, d ako makakasama ngayon. may papanoorin ksi kami sa cellphone ng bus conductor namin."



I was like WTF!!! in my mind. He planned the gimmik, invited us and he blews us by the last minute. That was just really rude........ I mean c'mon!!! everyone in the group was expecting him to come. Well what could be done? It was already planned and we were ready to go....... with or without him.



I got my first "enchiolata" of freedom right after that class. Trisha was the only person who wore white. We all wore something different.
So we ate lunch, watch a movie, get a group picture and play at Timezone.
I left early........ ACE left early....... Seadd left early....... at 5. I don't know what time did the Hiruko Twins left? any ideas?



So what's this gotta do with "the Company" or "the muhns"?
I didn't mention it in the whole post.
Well. This chapter is indeed called the "birth of a Company" because this is where it all started. The gimmik.......... that would soon become "the COMPANY OUTING" and would expand to new agendas, new places and new people to come with.
The founding muhns: (Me, Trisha, ACE and Kai) were all here and sadly its the first and only outing that we went out alltogether.
The "muhns" I went out during that day would turn out to be my best buds........... the muhns who were with me during my ups and downs in my high school life.
There were only 2 pictures taken during that gimmik. Trisha deleted them in her Friendster a long time ago.......... so I can't post them.






-That Ends Chapter 3-
Next chapter............. Next chapter I'll.............. Next chapter I'll discuss............
I don't know yet. But keep tuning in readers.......... It won't stop here! (:D)

"Blogspot Project" Chapter 2  

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"I'm not just Seadd; call me SEADD SQUID"
- Seadd Bondoc


Chapter 2: The Agency



Before the Company or the muhns was formed. I (Jolo), Seadd, Charles and Kai (Denise) had a small group that was simply dedicated to annoy people and manage to get away with it.


This group called "The Agency" probably lasted for about a month when we were in our first high school year here in OB.
For today, I will talk about how this organization came to be and how it sadly ended. (:-()




So if I can remember this properly. It was Seadd's idea to create a small group that would get in the minds of different people and irritate them.
Seadd was the first to show this in our class:
So it was snack time. Kim just returned to the classroom drinking Coke. Seadd, as usual, was busy getting chased by me (XD), maybe I got annoyed by one of his antics again.
She suddenly crashes in front of Kim and spills the Coke in her vest.
It made her chase Seadd all around the 4th floor. From the HS faculty lounge to Cafe Lycee and back to our classroom. It wasn't long till Kim got the best of him and strangled him.
The whole class was laughing nuts about this.
Soon though, Seadd was already annoying half of the class. From me, to Christell, to K.L. (you know who she is) herself.


It wasn't long till I started to join in his antics and annoy 4th year band members during our practice.
Charles followed soon after and we had a group to make of ourselves in.
It wasn't long till Charles started to make his own rules in our group. He had this idea of making a list of the people we annoyed most. This list kept track of our records.
Another one of his ideas was a name for our group. I remember Charles thinking of something during band practice. Then screaming this to me:


"Jolo, maaaay name na tayo sa group natin!! Shhhh.... wag kang maingay. Tawag natin sa group na toh "KIDS NEXT DOOR......... TO ANNOY PEOPLE". Ano ok ba?"


The name , in my opinion, wasn't that good since it was long. Though he kept using it when he calls my attention.
So, with an annoying group of 3 boys; how does Kai enter in this organization?
Believe it or not........ Charles actually hired her to make the list for the "most annoyed people"
Kai would enter our group as "the scribe" according to Charles. It was this time that we would assign our individual codenames: Shrimp, CryBaby, Mental and Jolo (YES!!! PLAIN JOLO......... what a codename!!! wait its not a codename?)



A few months passed by and the group started to have a lot of problems. First is Charles, he was taking control over the group in a serious manner. I have started to get annoyed to Seadd (not anymore today) and I've taken my mind off the group for 2 reasons. Love (uyyyy!!!) and Grades.
Kai wasn't interested with the group anymore. She did not have the time to keep track of the list anymore.
It was these things that made the passion of being an "agency member" fade as time passes.
And by December, the agency was considered obsolete. The meetings were gone. Annoying people became tiring and boring. Members of the group have moved on to bigger and more promising things. And the List was "lost and gone forever" according to Charles.


"The Agency" never opened up to the entire batch. No one hardly knew it and it became a boring gimmik. But the legacy it left behind led me to form "the Company". A much more better group than its predecessor and actually startled alot of people I know.




-That Ends Chapter 2-
Keep viewing my series fellow readers as I'll continue with the birth of the Company in the next post




P.S. No pics for this post. Sorry. \/ (:-)) (smiley making peace sign)

"Blogspot Project" Chapter 1  

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"Who are the muhns? Are they your friends or just your followers?"
- Kevin Te asking Jolo Balares

CHAPTER 1: the muhns, the company, whatever you wanna call them

Formerly known as the Company, the muhns are a rag tag group of gamers that formed during my 2nd HS year accdg. to MEIJI.


Founded by "the Founding muhns" accdg. to MEIJI

the muhns are now spanned in the entire 4th year batch


But alot of people have been asking what does the word "muhn" mean?
Is it found in the dictionary?
No, my fellow readers, its not found in the dictionary nor is it a real word

(though I hope it gets in the urbandictionary.com someday)

Muhn simply means "friend" or its a term you can call to someone you're talking.



So enough with that. In this post I shall be introducing the muhns. Not too detailed as I will explain them in detailed form in the future posts.



"the muhns" excluding me, karl and mark



There we go. But where's Karl and Mark?


Ok. So I don't have any pics with Karl and Mark but I'll bet that you know both of them.

The first set of muhns I'll mention are the "founding muhns" the original group of friends who founded "the muhns" and have expanded it with other people



Angelo "ACE" Mejia. founding muhn. Codenamed A----. A fellow gamer if I must say myself.
I befriended him when we were grade 5 during the Intramurals auditions for the participants of the games. I've known this muhn since CASA.(Kindergarten - Prep. in OB)


Trisha "Meiji" Gallardo. founding muhn. 1/2 of the Hiruko Twins. Codenamed D----. A Non-Commissioned Officer. Got Interested in games when we were in our 3rd high school year. I befriended her when we were grade 6 during the 3rd quarter Exams. Like ACE i've known her since CASA.


Denise "Kai" Dela Cruz. founding muhn. 1/2 of the Hiruko Twins. Codenamed F------. Got interested in videoganes the same time as I did. I befriended her during our 1st high school year.
A member of "the agency" (I'll elaborate this in the following chapters). I've known her since Grade 5.


the following members are the ones who had codenames when we formed the group.



Lorenzo "UcZeta" Escobar. Codenamed N---. A hardcore gamer and a gundam collector. Another Non-Commissioned Officer. ACE introduced me to Lorenzo when we were 1st year.


Alban Batacan. Codenamed Z---. Another hardcore gamer. Met him during our 1st year intramurals in a funny and weird way (I'll elaborate about this in the following chapters). It was only when ACE introduced him to me when we became friends. I've known him since 1st year.


Seadd "EstoPerez" Bondoc. Codenamed E---. A fellow gamer and band member. Became
friends with him along with Charles during our 1st high school year. A nosy little kid whos main purpose in life is "to annoy people". (don't believe me? ask him yourself XD)



the following are members of the group but don't have codenames anymore. Maybe cuz we got lazy of commissioning them one?


Karl "Bruno" Robosa. A muhn who has great interest in playing videogames but hardly does not have time to play one. Met him during our 1st high school year when Seadd introduced him to me. A member of the High School Glee Club. He's a kind of muhn who has the same problems as I had/have.


Kevin "Bobby D" Te. Fellow Gamer. Trisha's onee-chan (brother if i'm not mistaken). A transferee student from Sta. Ana branch. Befriended him last year.


Mark Evangelista. A hardcore gamer. A class clown and a person who's patiently waiting for "Papa JC" (Jesus Christ) to get him. I don't know what the hell that means. Befriended him during our 2nd high school year when ACE introduced him to me.


Charles Patricio. Fellow Gamer and Band Member. Met him during Grade 3 when Andre introduced him to me. Became friends with him when I moved to their section in B.
So those are the group of friends that I have till this day. I don't know if there will be people who'll add up to this group but its fine by me.




That ends CHAPTER ONE of the "Blogspot Project". I'll start with the real story in the next post. Till then, I'll leave you readers with what I told him.
"Nope. The muhns is just a name I refer to my group of friends."
- Jolo Balares answering Kevin Te's question

The "Blogspot Project" Introduction  

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Is this keyboard working.............. ok good.

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Starting Today I'll be creating blog posts dedicated to a rag tag of muhns who have been with me during my entire high school life. For 15 Years (16 this Tuesday :-D) i've been living in this world. With the help of my friends, family and most importantly OUR LORD ALMIGHTY GOD; i was able to survive them all

The "Blogspot Project" as named should contain info from my 1st year days and 4th year days right now. I'll start and end every post with a quote that I or any of my friends mentioned during that time.

I don't know how many posts I would come out with by the end of this series so bear with me if the series should take as long as 10 posts or more XD.


so without further ado. I shall start the Blogspot Project in my next post. :-D

NEW BLOGSPOT LAYOUT!!!!  

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Edited My Blogspots look

Does the old one look better or this one?

Re: 2009 Death Toll  

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hmmmm................

So I was reading one of Nico's latest blogs on her blogger
Then I noticed something at the end of it.
She said that a lot of popular people have been dying this year.
Not that I'm shocked...... just want to reflect :))

Well she's right though
alot of famous people have been dying this year
I mean look at it...........

Farah Fawcett (correct me if the spelling is wrong)
Michael Jackson
Arturo Gatti
Corazon Aquino
Sen. Ted Kennedy


who's next people!?!?!
I'm wondering who..............

well just expect the unexpected people, cuz anything can happen.

Ahead ACET Refresher Course 2009  

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DATE: August 23, 2009
TIME: 10:40 AM - 6:00 PM
PLACE: SM Megatrade Conference Room B, 5th Floor


I didn't take the time and effort to post the UPCAT Refresher course, but what the hell its a long time go and I'm too lazy to post it.

Alot of people didn't attend the refresher course though. But it was still fun.
Unfortunately, she was one of those who didn't came :(

Well me and Katrina arrived at SM Megamall at around 10:00
we saw Seadd and Gio outside waiting for the doors to open. I told them that you can go in since we need to be in the hall by 10:40. We got in, and saw Chelsea behind us. We went to the Hall and registered for our seats, our free lunch and snacks.

The program started late though. Since alot of seats were still empty.

BTW. Today was also the day that SM would hold an Otaku convention in the Megatrade Hall next to the conference room. We would expect alot of people cosplaying by the time we were dissmissed.

So back to the refresher course, the program started with the singing of the National Anthem and the opening remarks by the founder of Ahead. We started our discussion with the Language Proficiency part. As usual Gio, would go out to the restroom at the start of every subject disucussion. It was slightly boring and EDWARD ,some guy who acted like Angelo Conferido, started getting attention from the room when he was called to answer a question.

Lunch followed afterwards. Shakeys sponsored our food. It was a basic Chicken and Rice combo. We were upset that there was no mojos served unlike last time. But platters of chicken and rice are served at the sides of the room in case we wanted more.

After lunch, we had a game. The game is a trivia quiz of Ateneo, one person would represent his or her class in the review center (if Hannah Omengan was our representative, then we could have won the game). The winner would get an extra box of pizza for his class later at snack time.
Unfortunately, our class didn't win.

Math was next, Sir Wacks POGI was going to teach us the different techniques that we can use for the ACET. We had a game at the end of the disucussion and our team lost again.
We had snacks, a single slice of hawaiian pizza, for 30 mins.

After snacks, we had another game. This game was funnier cause it composed 3 "best" categories, BEST COMEDIAN, BEST PERSON WITH A SOFT BODY and BEST PERSON WITH THE HARDEST GRUNT. The "BEST PERSON WITH A SOFT BODY" was the funniest category since the contestants needed to dance around to the tune of "Careless Whisper".

After the game, we had our final discussion which was Logical Reasoning and Abstract Reasoning. This was the time when our brains started to hurt because of too much information.
Couldn't describe more though.

We were supposed to be dismissed after the last discussion but EDWARD's wallet was lost and accdg. to the teachers, someone stole it. After a little while we were told to leave the room as the teachers and EDWARD had to discuss about the stealing of his wallet.

When we went out, we saw everyone wearing anime costumes and waiting outside the convention. Probably the convention was full or they were done for the day. I wasn't done though. Me and my cousins went to G4 to watch GI JOE which is AWESOME.

Dissidia Final Fantasy REVIEW  

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I didn't post any new posts since I had to prepare for the exams and the UPCAT
and one very big PROBLEM............ which is finally FIXED :D
so here's my first post for a very long time





A QUICK REVIEW OF:


DISSIDIA: FINAL FANTASY for the Playstation Portable System


Everyone knows final fantasy. It was one of the first RPG's that was ever released and it is now one of the top gaming series in the gaming industry. Spanning over 14 original games and a lot of spinoffs, remakes and sequels, the final fantasy series has been a force to be reckoned with over the past 2 decades.

Dissidia Final Fantasy is the latest installment in the Final Fantasy Franchise. Its a fighting game with little RPG elements thrown in like equiping items and managing your move sets in a match. Its combat like gameplay is similar to that of the Kingdom Hearts series and Crisis Core FFVII. The gameplay may look simple. You fight one-on-one in an area and you beat the living hell out of your opponent. But if you look closely you'll see that it sometimes takes strategy to play the game.

In a battle you have these what you call "Bravery Points". These Points are used to damage an opponent. You gain bravery points by attacking an opponent with the O button. You can compile Bravery Points and use these to perform a damaging attack with the _(square) button, when you do this you spend your Bravery Points and it goes back to 0. You do this repeatedly till you win. This is basically a main point of how a battle is progressed but there are things like summons and Limit Breaks that make it more complicated.

The graphics look good and the characters look very much alike to their game counterparts in their indie games. The DUBBED voice is cool but some people say that JAP voices sound better. I don't really know, but I'll take the DUBBED version to understand the story.

Speaking of the story, its basically the conclusion of the battle between chaos and cosmos which lasted for eons. The Villians of the Final Fantasy series comprise the side of Chaos, while the Heroes of the series comprise the side of Cosmos. In story mode you take part in a chess-like board in which you move towards the goal at the same time beating enemy pieces in the board.

Longevity:

The Story Mode is not long and short. There is Ad-Hoc, to keep you playing the game after the story. There are a ton of things to unlock and you can level your characters up to lvl100 and customize them in any way you choose. They could've included other characters like Auron, Zack and Vincent. Ther is also no online mode though, which is the biggest downside of the game.

But Overall, its still a good game. There's alot of things to unlock. The combat system has minor flaws but its still great. The story and the setting is also great. If you're a final fantasy fan then this is a must-buy for you. If not, still, get it.

FINAL VERDICT:

4.5 /5


I gots a FLU!!!!  

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I woke up his morning feeling weird....
I was feeling dizzy

my parents though that i feel dizzy cuz I use the PC too much....
till they found out my other symptoms.
-I was feeling warm by the time I went to church.
-My back hurts when I bend.
-And I was starting to cough every now and then

Once my parents discovered my symptoms they told me that I have a flu.
I probably got it from my sister....... she had the flu since yesterday

If I start to get colds or start to frequently sneeze
(xcept when the aircon is on and MEXICAN MUSIC is played)
I might get SWINE FLU!, A(H1N1), Influenza, Piggy Virus.....
WHATEVER YOU CALL IT..........

I hope I don't get it

Remembering Michael Jackson  

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He was still young and ready for a comeback.


Michael Jackson...... a muhn who we all know as one of the greatest entertainers in the music industry has just died of Cardiac Arrest this morning. He was 50.

This morning...... Kevin Te told me and Karl that he heard one of the radio stations say that Michael Jackson's dead. We didn't believe him. We laughed, we even joked that KT was gullible to the radio station. We couldn't believe that he was gonna die. It was just damn impossible hearing the words MJ and dead in one sentence. Xcept when not is in the middle.

Well....... We were wrong. KT was right.

We didn't believe him till snacks came and someone from class (Jessica was it?) said that he was dead. I was just shocked to hear it.

People knew him as the muhn who created Thriller, one of the greatest music videos in the music world today. He created the dance moves like the "ever-popular" Moonwalk. And from his child molesting crimes involving kids.


But lets all forget about the child molester part of MJ. Fans will remember him for being a great contributor to Kids and Adults alike........ I mean go see Thriller if you haven't seen it


Speaking of Thriller, I watched it a few years ago at TV as the shorter version. I was just awed when he was dancing with the zombies...... it was just AWESOME!!!!

I watched the longer version months ago from my dad's DVD, the DVD includes MJ's music videos throughout his career . The longer version included long dialogues at the beginning and end of the video. It looked like a 10-minute flick for me rather than a music video.


But anyways........... back to him.


He was about to make a comeback. He announced months ago that he'll be performing a set of concerts at London. There was even rumors going around that he'll be retiring afterwards.


Well my parents are home.......... they've heard the news. My dad was sad that he passed away.

"Sayang nga" said my dad.


Well aside from Music. He had a movie called "Michael Jackson's Moonwalker" i didn't knew this too much till its videogame counterpart came out.


Speaking of Videogames...........

It was the only videogame I know that starred him

Michael Jackson's MoonWalker on the Sega Megadrive

I heard bout this game when the Angry VideoGame Nerd reviewed it on Gametrailers.com.


Well thats all I know........

Michael Jackson will always be remembered as one of the greatest entertainers of all time

R.I.P. muhn........ we'll miss you

Michael Jackson 1958-2009

Microwarehouse Convention  

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The Microwarehouse Convention was held at Silver City today
The Convention was full of muhns who were suppliers from different companies like Apple, Cisco and Belkin.

I woke up at 5:45 am to go to church and attend to my duties afterwards.
I went back home at around 9:00 to eat Breakfast. My Parents and I left the house at around 10:00. My mom was dropped off at SM Hypermart to do some grocery shopping.
My Dad invited me yesterday to come with him to the convention, cuz he was gonna get my sister's new "Ipod Nano 4G".

When we arrived at the convention. A lot of booths were still closed. My dad had this special pass to get in the convention. He told me that the items in the convention had discount prices. Which is a good opportunity to buy good gadgets. He also told me that he got my DS (which had a 70% discount) from Microwarehouse's suppliers who was one of his clients. So when we got inside he just told me to look around and see if you find something good.

What I saw inside were people selling Cameras, Ipods, Ipod Accesories, Laptops, Sound Systems, Cellphones, Laptop Bags and Apple Softwares in Discs. I saw a Macbook Pro that had
"Before: Php 100,000 and Now: 55,000"......... they nearly took 50% OFF THE ORIGINAL PRICE!!!

So after a few minutes looking to nearly all of the booths. I asked my dad if he got my sister's Ipod already. He said that his "supplier" left it at his office, and he might just sell it to him tommorow. Then he asks if there was anything good that we can get from the convention.
I told him bout the lady that showed me a Charger that "Charges Your Ipod when connected to a socket (a.k.a. saksakan)". I saw one and it costed Php 1,800........... its expensive for that item so i told him that we'll just look outside the convention.
Then he shows me this giant sound system for the Ipod that costs over Php 15,000...... thats TOO MUCH for a sound system......... So I show him a small sound system that looks like a "boom box" thats Php 1,300. The original price was Php 6,900. Its either powered from an electric socket or 4 AA batteries, which runs out after a few hours.

So we buy 2 (one from me and my sister) then I saw one of the features that said
"Charges Your Ipod When Connected".......... w8 a second.......... the charger i mentioned earlier does that and it costs more than the sound system.
"a charger with one feature for 1,800 ; a sound system with more features that can also charge an Ipod for 1,300"
" Less for More; More for Less"
I almost got RIPPED OFF by that lady who showed me that charger....... so I was glad i didn't buy it. Anyhow, I didn't see the whole convention since a lot of booths were still closed.
After buying the sound systems, we picked up Mom from Hypermart and went home.


"Maraming Mangloloko sa buhay ngaun" - Ronald Balares
something that I just learned today.

INC "Siglaro" 2009  

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Credits to TAM for helping me with my POOR GRAMMAR

Anyways..........
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Today, people consider June 12 as INDEPENDENCE DAY in the Philippines
well, INC members consider the same

Today, was also the 3rd anniversary of the day the district of Metro Manila South was created in the Iglesia Ni Cristo dominion.
To celebrate it, several locales in the district of Metro Manila South created the "Siglaro 2009"
which is basically a term for "sportsfest".
It was held at the PhilSports Complex or Ultra.

We woke up at 5 am to get to Ultra early because the assembly time was scheduled at 5:30 am. When we got to Ultra the parade of locales started. Ads (Adrian) and his family were up the stage since his parents were part of the commitee who organized the sportsfest.
Several locales including:
Bel-Air - Ads lokal
Ilugin - My lokal
De Castro - Christell's lokal
and many more were around the track field in Ultra

After the parade was an opening prayer, followed by the passing of torch (the flame in the torch was very small and hard to see from afar). The Oath of Sportsmanship followed.
After the oath........ Ka. Homer (Tagapangasiwa ng Distrito) opened the sportsfest with a speech.
The games were played on different locations. The Games that were played included Basketball, Volleyball, Badminton, Table Tennis, Board Games, "Fun" Games and the 100,200 and 400m dash in the track field.

My family and I headed straight to the basketball court to watch teams compete. What we didn't know was that they were just all Exhibition Games and no awards in Basketball were to be presented. The commentary during the basketball games was entertaining since he kept on having violent reactions when a foul or a shot is commited.

After the 2nd basketball game. My family left the ringside seats to watch the other games in the track field. I left the basketball area around 12:30 pm since I needed to buy lunch. I went back the to basketball area but found out that some family took our seats. I went to ADS family at the stage to eat my lunch.

After eating my lunch, I accompanied Pat and ADS' sister to the basketball area to watch another game. When we went to check our old seating, the family was gone. So we just took the seats and watched 3 more basketball games b4 my Dad's team were to compete against Kadiwa (members 18 and above who are'nt married yet) members.

After the 3rd last game, several INC members from lokal of De Castro gave us a short dance number. We did'nt expect that the dance was a form of street dancing. But they were impressive. The crowd gave them a huge standing ovation after the performance.

the last 2 games b4 our Dad's team was to compete looked like a re-enactment of the UAAP Finals between ADMU and DLSU since team 1 and team 2 wore green and blue jerseys.
The first game was a tie and "DLSU" won game 2.

Finally, after 3 straight games, my dad's team was ready to compete against the Kadiwa team
in what looked like another re-enactment, this time between the Orlando Magic and the LA Lakers. My dad's team won with a score of 41-46.

Everyone left the basketball arena and ADS wanted to challenge us to a 200 m dash at the track meet. So we went straight to the track and raced. I easily defeated ADS, Pat and Audrey in the dash. After which, my parents told us that were ready to leave. So after a few "goodbye's" and "see ya's" we all left Ultra.

Lost, Abandoned Blogspot site  

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here is my older blogspot:


www.bravothecompany.blogspot.com


I forgot my username and password in that account
so I can't use it anymore.