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Sunday, July 8, 2012

Two First Times

It was June 30. My team planned to have the Strat Session while we have someone rendering OT for the Saturday shift.

Started with a game called Guestures. Team was divided into two: Lawits and Butas. Haha. I believe you guys can figure that out. Fortunately the Lawits won by a huge margin. After the ice breaker game we proceeded in the session proper.

Once it finished, I was really excited for our next activity. We were going to shoot live guns! I have already fired a gun before back in college (M16) and after graduation (a 45). So why am I still excited? Because I was about to try a shotgun! haha. My teammates have never fired a gun before so they chose the less caliber weapons naturally. We underwent a brief safety training course at the Commander Shooting Range before the actual shooting.

Photo op before the actual shooting

The girls took the first few shots as they were graciously assisted by the safety personnel. They were a bit nervous since they have no idea as to how strong the recoil is going to be. One of them actually took breaks after firing several rounds as she got tired lol.

Then came my turn. I was really excited and a bt nervous as well. I checked with the safety personnel if my posture was correct as well as how I was holding the gun. I was corrected a bit and I am glad I asked. Below are the pictures before and after the shooting.

This is not the correct posture. The butt of the shotgun should actually be touching your cheeks.

May not have been all on the X but if this was a human body, you'd still be dead

After firing real guns, the team decided to play laser tag. So from Cubao, we went to Centris walk in Quezon City. This was my Second first time for the day. We opted to go for the 15 minute package at Lazer Maxx since one teammate who has already tried it said that it was enough. Luckily for us, there was another group there waiting to play as well. So it was our team vs theirs. The place was not as big as I expected or even hoped but it was ok. 

After the 15 minutes, we saw the scores that we had for the game. Guess what, I was the top scorer! I shot the hell out of those macho guys! Kidding, most of the members on the other team were kids lol. Eventhough, I was still happy that I ranked number one.

We then decided to eat at Yabu. Most of my teammates haven't eaten there yet so they had no idea what to order yet. Luckily for me, I have eaten there quite a number of times already so I knew exactly what I will order. We were all mostly hungry from the day's activities so it was nice that most of the meals there had unlimited Japanese rice and cabbage for coleslaw. It was mostly me and my manager who took advantage of it though. We ended the afternoon with lots of laughs and fond memories.

So there you have it, my two first times. Care to share your first time? *wink*