Head Shot

People tend to exaggerate things if they want to slant the situation their way.  Even if it’s really not a bad situation, slanting the story, so to speak, can make it appear worse than it actually is.

Dito sa pabrika ng posporo, may ganitong nangyayari.  Ginagawan ng malalang kuwento ang isang tao para lumabas na isa siyang “halimaw”.  Pinipilit pag tahi-tahiin ang mga kwento ng ibat-ibang nagsasabing “biktima” ng  pangigipit ng ating “halimaw”.

You don’t go accusing people of things that you can’t fucking prove.  If I was the counsel of “halimaw”, I would sue his accusers sorry asses for libel, defamation or slander. Am sure I would find one that would neatly fit the bill.

Nakakaduda ang tiempo ng mga sinasabing nagrerekalamo. Meron nga ba talagang nag-rereklamo? O ito ay pinpilit lang na ilang mga tao para maka-gawa ng ikakasira ng iba?  Eh bakit? Ano motibo? Dahil kaya sumisikat na ang bituin ng sinsabi nilang “halimaw” at hindi nila ito matanggap? Dahil dati ay itinapon nila sa basurahan ang pobreng taong ito at nang nalinis na niya ang basurahan eh hahanapan nila ng butas? 

By simply asking around the alleged harassment victims, I have gathered enough data to come to my own conclusion.  The “harassment” events, while they may be morally incorrect in hind-sight, appears to have been triggered by the alleged “victims” themselves.  In some of the cases, it only appear to be a string of “striking-out” from prospective date attempts.  At best, this is a case of a horny-bastard who wants to dip his hand in many honey-jars.  At worst, he has very poor pick-up lines that makes him appear to be a loser at getting a date.

Ikaw na ang mag-mina ng ginto sa basura. Di ka kaya ka-inggitan ng mga nag-patapon sa iyo dun? Ano ba naman ang maka pag-pagawa ka ng mga ulo posporo na may kabuuong halaga ng tatlong bilyong piso!  Ingat ka, baka ma head-shot ka ng mga naiingit sa iyo.

Stay low. Stay quiet. Getting shot in the head like a Zombie is not worth all the effort you put in your job.  If it’s any consolation, not everybody can be fooled all the time. 

“Let the one among you without fault of their own cast the first stone against this man standing steadfast behind this wall”…..  

Quiel

The 4^th  Roman “Jun” Gonzaga Fun Shoot was held last Sunday, October 02, 2011 at the Front Sight Shooting Range, Pasig City.

Ten shooters braved the winds and drizzle of typhoon “Quiel” and battled for the prestige of placing first.  Coming in “first” meant having the prestige of buying the next round of breakfast for all the shooters!  Hey, that’s why they call it Fun-Shoots. You play to enjoy your game, have same laughs,  improve your skills along the way, and enjoy the free-food; courtesy of the top-shooter from the previous month!

The Fun-Shoot is where you “apply” the shooting skills you have been honing at the firing range.  During a Fun-Shoot, you get to fire your weapon on the move which is really neat! You also get to fire from various positions that you normally can’t do during a regular target practice.  We fired from the kneeling position behind  a concealed barrier to simulate  real-world gun-fighting .  We were asked to shoot at moving targets! Those rope-activated “swingers” simulate bad-guys who are trying to cover from shots you fire. Then there’s “handicapped”shooting or using just one hand to fire your weapon. This is to simulate what happens in the event that one of your arms get hit during a fire-fight and you need to continue shooting your weapon to end the conflict.  But the most anticipated targets of the fun-shoot are the “6×6” plates that simulate head-shots!  It’s like your in the apocalypse and you have to shoot zombies in the head so you don’t get bit and be part of the walking dead crew!

While the Fun-Shoot is more of building camaraderie among shooters, there is also the undertone of real competition among the shooters.  I don’t think of it as competing with my fellow shooters. My mind set is to constantly improve myself by competing  against  my “best time” and “dope” ( accuracy on previous engagement). To my mind, shooting is a practical sport.  Therefore, the application is more for practical results – kill them all and don’t get killed while you’re at it.  To me, it doesn’t really matter what my ranking is after the end of Fun-Shoot. What matters is that I have improved my reaction time in target acquisition and improved my accuracy in sending rounds down range to the intended targets.

I believe in the fighter’s dictum – “Train Hard, Fight Easy”.  It’s wise to get your skills honed to muscle memory, so panic doesn’t eat you alive in that sticky situation when you have to deploy your zombie-killer.

Stage One was a 24 target course where we shot from various standing and kneeling positions while simulating a wounded arm.  I was 24 for 24 with 19 rounds hitting the alpha zone.

Stage Two was composed of two running courses with a total of 15 targets. The stage was  made tougher by  including 2 “swinging targets”.  I fucking missed a pair of rounds at the last two swingers  which were mandatory 2 hit-targets. Fuck!

Stage Three was a shoot-out which put the single-stack magazine shooters at a disadvantage.  The stage was a 29 minimum-hit course. My four single-stack magazines can hold 32 bullets which meant I  only had a three-round spare for misses or dud-rounds(improperly reloaded bullets that don’t go bang).  I ran the course and hit 24 of the 29 mandatory hits.  I encountered five dud rounds.  Oh well, breaks of the game really fucks big-time.  It was an eye-opener! In a real gun-fight, the bad guys don’t wait for you to reload - they will kill you.  I guess I have to source one more magazine clip.

I go home after a satisfying day at the range. I’ll have to clean the zombie-killer this afternoon and get ready for my regular practice this coming Tuesday.