Ping's Pigeons

         More than a month ago, i thought I had the momentum. You see my pigeon, out of nowhere, suddenly made an appearance sa overallan, 9th overall to be exact. Catbalogan na yung susunod. I remember being so excited. Ang sarap kaya magpauwi ng Catbalogan. Around this time namomroblema ako actually kasi isa lang ibon ko, live pa so wala ako magagawa kundi i load talaga. Pag di nakauwi wala ako masasali sa Mcarthur ng PHA. Nangyari na nga  yung kinakatakutan ko, di sya umuwi. I must admit I was hurt, really really hurt, didn't answer calls, texts, chats, total shut down ako. Wala kasi ako maisip na ginawa kong mali. Saka I was expecting too much kasi lahat ng kapatid nya nanalo, including De635, yes, De635 is her sister. I can't believe ngayon lang ako matatalo sa magkakapatid na to. Lahat ng hen na nilabas ng foudation bird ko ended as winners until this bird. Fast forward after more than one month, nakauwi yung kalapati ko. Then this morning me grou...

    What's going on? Habang papalayo ang laban ng south pagrabe ang smashan. GWRPA's Matnog lap was a disaster, walang nag clock kahit isa, kahit day bird walang nagpauwi. BFRC already announced they're going to release the birds on Monday together with PHA, sa Sorsogon. Aruy! Pano yan me pasok ako. I need a plan. The next morning BFRC released the birds at 6:35 a.m., what will I do ba? Then I thought of an idea, sinarado ko yung loft ko so that when my warrior comes home, makikita sya ng daddy ko whom I instructed to get the sticker and text the number to me, ako mag ka-clock. I told him to wait around 12 noon kasi mga ganung oras pwede magpauwi. Kaya lang baka nga pala me umuwing GWRPA warrior from Matnog malito sya, so I said pag puti ang ring ikulong lang, pag yellow I text sakin yung number. At the office while I was having an early lunch, around 11:30, my dad called and said my pigeon arrived. Are you sure? It's too early yata, dilaw daw yung ring. And he gave me...

     I was right, my BFRC young bird did not clock, although not quite because she made it home. Originally I thought she's a goner. I was planning to not load her on the 3rd lap pero kinabukasan I was surprised when I held her. Gumanda hipo nya. Tuloy ang laban, dapat manggugulang na ko sa Sariaya qualifying na sya dapat ilo load pero feeling ko this time kaya na nya. Natagalan lang sya mag recover. Sa GWRPA naman 3 out of 4 ako. Yung cock di na nakauwi ha ha. Bumalik ang sumpa. Legaspi lap was one of the scariest race for me. Sabado pa lang me mga nagsasabi na sakin mga taga Quezon province wala daw tigil ulan, the next morning ganun pa rin. Thank you sa mga taga Quezon ha, di nyo kaya ako pinatulog ha ha. Waiting time comes, got my calculator, compute for the speed,  1200  wala, 1100 wala, 1000 wala pa rin. Di ko matanggap mukang wala ah. Kakatingin ko sa Ipad ko di ko napansin nakadapo na pala yung isa, yes!!! me isa na ko, pag ka clock ko another one dives...

     Yung feeling na parang di sya uuwi sa Sunday? My lone BFRC warrior is making me crazy. Di ko alam kung umaarte lang syang cool o di pa sya recovered. Kumakain naman sya, nagliligid, pero pag tinitingnan ko sya parang "Are you ok? Bakit parang malungkot ka? Is it because wala ka partner?" Please tell me, ilo-load ba kita and waste your Naga clocking o wait till I think your ok na? Am I overthinking? Compared to my GWRPA warriors ikaw yung iba kumilos and it worries me. Its gonna be a miracle pag nag clock ka sa Legaspi. Good luck na lang.

        I think a curse has been broken, after eight years of flying emiels, wala pa kasing nakakarating ng derby na barako sa loft ko. It almost didn't happen when Ragay smash happened last week. I was training four cocks walang nag day bird. Luckily two made it the next day, yes! First time ko makakapag load ng barako na emiel. I raced four young birds sa GWRPA, three hens one cock. Yung tatlong hen 1,100 lahat speed I was even filming their arrival. Tapos wala na dumating, my cut off was 1:31 p.m. Mag aalas dose na wala pa yung cock. Fb fb lang dI ko namalayan nakadapo na sya sa landing board, YES!!! I'm devirginized ha ha.       Ay teka, I almost forgot, me dalawa pa ko young bird sa BFRC, the hen made it home with a speed of just 800 plus, ok na ko dun, the cock didn't make it. I kinda expected it kasi although nagsisiga sigaan sya sa loft parang ayaw nya mag loft fly. In addition me nisnis pakpak nya, reminiscent of my warriors l...

      Last year I admit, my south warriors were inferior. Pakpak pa lang alam ko na there's something wrong with them. True enough sa sobrang panget nila wala man lang nakarating sa qualifying ng PHA MacArthur race. Pero di ko matanggap na di ako mag lo-load ng Sariaya ha ha. So what I did was I asked one of my friends to toss a south warrior of mine na kinulong ko na for breeding purpose sana kaya lang no choice na, gusto ko talaga makapag load man lang kahit sa qualifying. For 3 days pinahagis ko sa Marikina yung kalapati ko na nakakauwi naman. Then came Sariaya loading ng PHA, sobra excited ako feeling ko totoo ha ha. Nag pa picture pa ko sa truck remembrance lang ha ha. Then kinabukasan inantay ko di nakauwi, pag tinatanong ako sabi ko nakauwi di ko na ilo load sa MacArthur mawawala lang kako, di ko maamin nawala na talaga ha ha.      Then last Sunday, last training na ng south race i loaded 9 warriors sa Ragay training. I think nobody expected ...

Back in early 2005 when I was introduced to pigeon racing, the first thing I did was to sell all my fancy pigeons and bought myself two squabs in Bocaue. Around July of that year my friend told me there will be a special pooling before GWRPA training starts. I don't remember where exactly but its somewhere in Pangasinan. I entered the two pigeons i bought in Bocaue. I remember feeling so nervous as they were explaining to me what I will do in case my pigeon comes home the next day. I will admit I think I didn't sleep well that night. Madilim pa bumangon na ko nag aabang sa labas as if dadating ng ganung oras yung kalapati ha ha. I was sitting in front of my loft when my dad saw me and asked  what I was doing. When I told him I was waiting for my birds to come home from Pangasinan, "makakauwi ba yun?", as if to answer his question, both of my pigeons suddenlly made an appearance. I swear I think my heart skipped  a beat. Call it beginner's luck but I won 1st and...