The Spinner in Me

What a surprise when i found out that i was one of the best spinners at The Mills Bowling Lane. For the benefit of my non-bowler reader, there are different ways of delivering a bowling ball and spinning is one of the style. This technique is very popular here in Asia where a spinner rotates his/her wrist around the bowling ball during the release, causing the bowling ball to spin down the lane. The axis will be tilted high into the air and there are lots of 'horizontal' revs on the ball. The ball will travel down the lane in a straight line, regardless of the pattern. The approach of a spinner doesn't really differ much from that of a stroker. The player just lets the bowling ball swing, where the timing is perhaps a little bit 'late' but the most important part in which this style really differ from the others, is the release. This release is called the 'helicopter' or 'UFO' release and a spinner performs this release with relatively light weight bowling balls (10-12 lbs). Hopefully there will be no more record breaker but in the game or whatever sport, we always never know.

A Busy Monday

After a week of arriving here in the Philippines and all the celebrations done, we're back to our normal mode. We started the first day of the week driving to Makati to get our visa at the Chinese Embassy. We then browsed around Greenbelt, lunch at Fish and Chips, say a prayer of thanks at the church and shop at Landmark. We then proceeded to Wilcon in Alabang to buy some household tools then to Festival Mall for Dirk's slimming session. We also visited my mother's grave at Everlasting Peace Memorial Park then off to Banahaw Spa for one hour massage. We then shopped for our foods at South Supermaket near Paseo before calling it a day.

My Birthday Adventure

For a change, we decided to celebrate my birthday with my family on the road. The trip to Kamay ni Hesus and Isdaan Floating restaurant was a combined spiritual journey and leisure for the kids.

Isdaan Floating Restaurant and Fun Park, Calauan, Laguna

Kamay ni Hesus, Lucban, Quezon

Underground Cemetery, Nagcarlan, Laguna

My Southforbes Friends

We're barely a week here and i'm very glad that some of our Southforbes neighbor friends visited us already. I missed them very much during our two month stay in Germany. We have lots of fun and they even tried some of the Zumba steps. Hopefully next week i will be able to join again our aerobics session.

Home Sweet Home

We're very happy to be back home after our two week trip to Cairo and the Nile River Cruise from Luxor to Aswan. The feeling is great to see my children and grandkids once again. We're still adjusting to the 6 hour difference and hopefully our body clock will return to normal soon.

By the way, Dirk was able to capture using our new camera the supermoon with its nice shape and image which seldom happen

Zumba Fitness

I missed my aerobics session back home so Dirk bought a complete Zumba fitness DVD set with sticks at Amazon. It became my latest fitness love affair and it involves dance and aerobic elements. The exercises include music with fast and slow rhythms, as well as resistance training. The music comes from the following dance styles: cumbia, salsa, merengue, mambo, flamenco, chachacha, reggaeton, soca, samba, belly dancing, bhangra, hip hop music, axé music and tango. Its a nice way to lose weight and a stress reliever too. I can't wait to try this with my friends when we return to Philippines next month.

The Rain Flower

Our parking place are lined with trees and every morning the scenario are the pictures below. Aside from removing the ice on my car windshield i also have to remove the fallen small flowers on my Panggay.