Poker and Tong-Its - The Aftermath

I didn't know what time it was when we finish playing poker. I thought it was still early cause I am not yet sleepy that time nor are the other players. Maybe I was just hyped by my win streaks (Hahaha!) that is why I have no sense of time.

Suddenly while playing Tong-Its I felt a rumbling in my stomach. Man, I was hungry. And so I asked them if they want to eat. If they want to go out to eat. All of them answered "gabi na pare". Ha? I wondered? What time is it, I asked. One answered, its already past 2:00am. Wah!!! I couldn't believe it. I felt as if it was only 10:00PM. In disbelief, I grab my phone and look for the time myself. Wah!!! Its true. I think it was about 2:15am that time. Ronie suggested that we just finish the game and eat at Andok's. The game won't be finished until 1 player wins consecutively. No one wants to give it just like that and so the game stiffened up. The winner changes everytime. And the winner doesn't even have the chance of winning consecutively because there are times when the winner's hand is unplayable, no chance of winning or just simply the other player's hands is just so good. It took us 40 minutes to finish the game and maybe about 5 or 6 more rounds. We finish some monutes before 3:00am.

And so we go to Andoks to eat our favorite. Sizzling Sisig - you should try it, it's really good. I am not sure If Andok's in manila serves the same sisig but here in Bora. its the best.

We ordered two sisig, courtesy of the mega winners - me and Ronie. Both of us contributed 150pesos. And the excess was payed by mac and lennart. Henry did not join us. He stayed home to sleep or do something else - I do not know.

Sisig takes about 10 to minutes to cook but I think that we've waited longer. Mac is so hungry that he started eating his rice without the sisig. Then our order came!!! We are very eager to start eating when we noticed that the waiter only served one order of sisig. We asked the lady cashier where is the other order and so she asked their cook. To her surprise and our demise, their cook only prepared one order. And so we waited for several minutes more. Wah!!! We're so Bitin.

We finished eating at around 3:30am and arrived home 10 minutes before 4:00am. It was a Monday and we have work in less than 3 hrs. All of us went to sleep trying to have as much as 2hrs of sleep.

We have to wake up at 6:00am (latest) so we could attend the daily toolbox meeting. I woke up at around that time, but my head aches - side effects of lack of sleep. I look at the others and they are still sleeping. Only henry was awake and even he was late. I got up at around 6:30am - the time our toolbox meeting starts. When I went outside the room, I saw Henry. He was still there already prepared to go to site. I am not. I just took my toothbrush and brushed my teeth. Wash my face. Went back to my room. And wore my pants and uniform. Yes, that day I did not took a bath (the whole day I didn't because I was so busy at work that it was already 8:00pm i finished working - no more time to take a bath).

All of us (young engineers) was not able to attend the toolbox meeting and so our PIC was disappointed that it became the topic of the Staff Meeting the afternoon of that same day. We are really ashamed of what happened. Hahaha!!! But does not regret any of it.

I think that I still have the side effects of that forgetable night. I am very sleepy as of the moment while I am writing this blog. Hahaha!!! I hope that we finish early in our concrete pouring so I can go home early and rest.

By the way, I still am not able to attend toolbox meeting since that day. Hahaha!!!

Poker and Tong-Its Part Two (minus the Illusions)

When we woke up the day after, It was a sunday. We are kind of, Aahhh, let's sleep again. Wah!!! We dont feel like getting up and so we just stayed in our room, sleeping until almost lunchtime. All of us except for macmac (he had to go to site) stayed home and didn't even go out. Actually, Lennart with our Katulong came out to buy some ingredients for our lunch.

After lunchtime, we did nothing. Aah!!! We watched "One More Chance" pala. Hehehe!!! Read my blog about it!! Hahaha!!

Again, we're bored of doing nothing. Some of us sleep again. I did not. I just played with my Pokemon using my N70. Hahaha!!! But all of us suddenly became hungry and I suggested that we should just order some Yellow Cab Pizza, and so we did. 18 inches Hawaiian Pizza with Baked Potato Halves courtesy of Henry.

After eating and filling our stomachs, all of us come up with one great idea, let's all play Poker!!!

Poker and Tong-Its Part Two...

Mac is already back from site when we ordered the pizza so all of us is present for our second poker session in less than 24hrs. Hahaha!!!

At first I thought that the luck I had yesterday is gone because I have streaks of losing. Maybe around 6 to ten rounds before I win and when I win it's only once or the pot is too small. Too long the streak has been ( I think that its more or less than 20 rounds) that the box where I use to place all of my coins (money) that I used for betting was emptied and I need to take some money (paper bills) out of my wallet. Still the losing streak does not end and the money I still have is running out fast. I think that I was bunkrupt and that I just use credits to bet. Yes, its either I borrow coins from others or just asks whoever wins the round that I'll just pay him later and he just have to list all of my credits. Hahaha!!! I was almost depressed that I no longer want to continue playing.

Until in a change of luck I finally won. It started a streak of winning. The first was a large pot. Then another. And the 3 times. I told them that if I won again I would be just like the Utah Jazz (in their desperate attempt to survive the lakers in Game 6 of NBA West Conf Semis burried four consecutive three point shots), and I really did. I won that round, that was the fourth. Again, good hands. Good cards. Since winning consecutively will give you more money for betting and maybe erase your credits and pay your debts, I am no longer afraid to lose. So in the fifth round I just bet again as if nothing matters. I joked that 4 consecutive 3s is possible, a fifth one is incredible and so does winning in Poker. But when all the cards was layed down, you're right. I won!!! Whooh!!! I thought to myself I'm better than the Jazz...anyways I am a pistons fan and they're in the Conf Finals unlike the Jazz who were eliminated in that game. Hahaha!!!

The streak, of winning continues, and I am no loner losing many rounds. I no longer bet desperately and I just trust my instincts when betting resulting to a win.

Ronie and I are the only ones winning and the other threes have already exhausted their limits (allowable money to gamble). But still they want to play and so they just asks for credits or borrow money and they extended their limits. The first one to opt out of the game was macmac because he needs to call his girlfriend who is I think already mad at that time. Mac has also lost a lot of money at the time so its just good to give up and try again when your luck is up.

At that point the money in front of me is more than 500. Subtracting the amount I had when we first play, I think that my winnings is more than 300 pesos maybe even more than 400. Since it was only four of us left and the other two also running low in budget, we decided to change game. From Poket to Tong-Its. four way Tong-Its. Hahaha!!!