Nothing much to speak of on this pre-Hash Monday morning. That won’t stop me though.
Played in the dart tourney at Lagoon Resort out on Baloy Beach yesterday. The good news I guess is I threw relatively decent darts. The bad news is I had maybe the worst partner ever. Listen, I get it that some people are less skilled than others, but if you miss the board entirely with two out of three darts, maybe you ain’t ready for tournament play. That was frustrating enough, but what really irritated me was giving her advice on what to aim at and then having that advice completely ignored. I can forgive a lot if you are striving to improve but to not even attempt to learn the game is bullshit. So, it made for a less enjoyable than it should have been experience. I honestly wanted to lose and be out early. But somehow we made it to the finals. I think the dart Gods were fucking with me because that required a LONG wait for the losers bracket to play out. And then we promptly lost our match to finish second on the day. Oh well.
The other day I ventured into a fish store on the Subic side of the bridge. Walked by it a hundred times and paid it no heed. To be more accurate, it is a store that sells Norwegian salmon and not much else. I’m not really a big fish eater, but the guy I was hiking with wanted to drop in and see what they had. He wound up getting some salmon steaks and I bought these:
Nikole, my masseuse, went on and on about an incident that occurred out in the Baloy beach area. Apparently, she has a client there and he falsely accused her of stealing his phone and 80,000 pesos (over $1500.). He even went to the police to report her as the thief. She was upset to the point of tears as she told the tale. Of course, without any evidence against her, the police took no action. She was concerned though that her reputation had been soiled and that she would lose customers as a result.
Those fears were confirmed as I waited for the dart tourney to start and witnessed two guys talking at the bar about the woman who had stolen from their friend. Damn, this is such a small town! Oh, and here’s the fucked up epilog to the tale. Nikole sent me a message today that the accuser had found both his phone and the money, apparently having hidden them so well he couldn’t find them earlier. What a loser. As Nikole noted, he has dropped the charges but her reputation isn’t as easily repaired.
Not that it is pertinent to the story, but my impression is that Nikole is not servicing these customers with massages. I think she might actually be a freelance prostitute. Still, being perceived as a dishonest hooker can’t be good for business either. Oh well, hope it all works out for her.
I’ll have the report from today’s Hash here for you tomorrow. The trail is starting in Alta Vista and finishing at Hunter Jo’s in Calapadayan. That’s a good long hike even as the crow flies. Should be interesting to see how the Hare’s get us there.
Until then, peace out!
Regarding the “French Benefits” tweet at the end: I recognize the sound of introversion. Heh.
Sorry about your lame darts partner. Always sucks when such people don’t take good advice. I remember watching “Top Shot,” Season 2, where one of the contestants was a golf instructor in his regular life, and when the other veteran shooters tried to give him advice on his shooting stance, he’d always reply that he knew what he was doing, thanks. Arrogant twat eventually got knocked out of the contest, but even in his exit interview, he wasn’t at all reflective or repentant: he simply talked about how proud he was to have bested more than half the shooters before being eliminated. Some people just don’t have the capacity to learn, and they think they’re doing A-OK. Dunning-Kruger.
Yeah, my partner has a reputation. When I drew her people gave me sympathetic looks. Easier to forgive a lack of capacity to learn than a defiant unwillingness to do so…
John, i’m liking how you are thinking outside the box. Salmon patties for breakfast is a great idea. i will sometimes eat a can of sardines for breakfast(King Oscar skinless & boneless). I must confess, when i saw the title of this posting I thought you had been Dining At The Y(DATY) if you get my drift. Nothing wrong with that. After salmon my favourite fish is TunaFish Tacos(wink, wink). Peace Out!
Yeah, my high school girlfriend calls it eating pumpkin pie. That’s how I think of it now. Hope I never encounter a fishy girl!