Yoshinoya Eating Contest

Sadly, no pictures of the event. We're guys. We don't take pics. Lol. Anyway, so after the weekly discipleship(?) group I lead in Messiah, me, bart, Luigi, Gio, and Harry go to Yoshinoya in Robinsons. We were going out for Ivan's birthday. It was planned since last week pa. But he didn't show up. So we decided to push through na lang and enjoy a nice eating contest.
So we get there and pay the P180 entrance fee. We find out that you have to be 18 minimum to enter. So that means Bart and Gio automatically are disqualified, but they can still do the event. they just can't go on to the finals if they win. So its merely a qualifying round. Because we came at lunch, there was a long line. So we sat down and waited. they brought us each a bowl of Gyudon Beef. Super size. We had to consume as many as we could in 20 minutes. The winner would get their name put up for most bowls eaten so far this week, I think. Last weeks' top person downed 7 bowls. The all time winner from last year ate 9 bowls. Darn. that's a lot of beef. Anyway, we have to wait aout 20 minutes for the timer to come. Then the girl comes with the timer and a second bowl for each of us. With a quick prayer thanking God for the food, we begin eating. THe cock is set. Here we go. In a matter of 2 minutes, Luigi, Bart, and I eat two bowls. No problem. the third bowl comes. IT IS HOT. As in steam is rising from teh bowl. this naturally slows us down. We begin slowing down. Bart begins making jokes. We all begin laughing. it is hard eating. at ten minutes, gio is easily eating 4 bowls. he's been going at a slow and steady pace. Bart is kind of stuck at 3 and a half bowls. Luigi is at 4 bowls. I'm at 4.
finally, I decide to eat my fifth bowl slowly. I can feel it and the timer girl said that the average person eats 4 bowls. i eat slowly and actually make conversation with the girl cause, come on, the bowl was still steaming.
Finally I finish my fifth bowl. That's it for me. I think. Tap out. Harry also has pretty much stopped. He's at 2 bowls with a half to go. Bart is at 5 bowls and grabs the remaining bowl and puts a spoonful in his mouth so it counts. Luigi is at 4 and a half bowls for a sad reason. Ask him na lang. We know he could have easily done 6.
So there you go. It was fun. We actually all had a good time and ate ice cream afterwards. The only issue is every time I burp, I taste gyudon beef. Lol.

okay, I actually got past my writer's block for my story. It all came from Ben and P. Mau giving an announcement. hard to believe where ti comes from. and Tim, Abbey, and Karen pretty much gave me the challenge/inspiration to push hard and make this happen. And i thought of a fun little gimmick thanks to my friends back in NYC. Lol. It's going to be awesome when it is done. can I get it done in 2 weeks?