Kaladkarin

Instead of heading home, I ended up walking to G4 to watch ICE AGE 2!!!

FUN FUN FUN!

We occuppied the whole front row of the movie house. I heart Ice Age 2! Bentang benta! I kept on laughing til my stomach ached a bit. In addition, I had to control my laughter and breathe. When I looked to my right all I saw were wide smiles.

It was a good way to end a stressful week.

Early Morning Hassle

Case 1:
The tank was almost empty so we had to go get gas. How irresponsible can the previous person who used the car get? He knew that the car will be used early the next day. Why did he not at least put some gas afterwards? Thus, we lined up along with the taxi and jeeps and wait for our turn at the station. To make matters worse, he did not check the tires of the vehicle! 17 is a far cry from 30! We had to put some air.

Case 2:
On Wednesdays three cars are technically available. But yesterday only one car was on hand since my oh so responsible brother’s car is still busted and he borrowed the other car the last minute for his beach outing. The car that was left was the one which has a color coding exemption from MMDA. Our trip was smooth until one of the four guys in yellow asked us to stop. I showed him the exemption that was displayed on top of the dashboard. It was weird since on our way we've passed a handful of policemen already and they did not stop us or whatever. He got the paper and went back to his colleagues to consult them. Then we he surfaced, he asked for the driver's license and he wanted to ticket us since Makati apparently doesn't not honor MMDA. Umm, hello, isn't the color coding scheme from MMDA?!? DUH!

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Well, at least I arrived the office safely and nothing bad happend to me. Just a lil high blood. Haha. Just kidding. But when I think back I get depressed cause I see how irresponsible people are. They also take their chances and see if ever they can take advantage of other people. Oh... that's life for others.

Monday Blues

I positively thought that my cellular phone slipped off my pocket when I stepped of the car. This suspicion entered my mind when I sat on my workstation and checked if I had my phone. I inspected my pockets but it was not there. I looked over my bag, desk and pedestal but it was nowhere to be found. Passively, I started to panic.

This hunch entered my mind because it actually slid my pocket on my work. This alarmed me since I made sure that I would not leave it when I saw it on the seat. How stupid of me to forget it after I quietly told myself that I should not!

When I was semi settled down, I plotted ways on how to make sure that I really left it inside the car. I would phone home at around 10:30 to verify that I was that dumb to leave it. Or maybe I would borrow on of my officemate’s phone and contact my phone.

Then suddenly I realized… I place my oh so wonderful phone inside my breast pocket when I was inside the elevator. All that terror was for nothing. Good thing that it did not vibrate or anything or else I bet I would look more of a loser than I already am.

Is it because it’s Monday?

March 16 - Food Trip Gallore

Thursday

My team had lunch here. I do not know who paid for our buffet meal but it was for free. I guess the money we used was part of the money we got for earning the top prize last Christmas. Or then again one of my co-teammates just felt like treating the whole team. Haha.

Anyway, for me the food was nothing that special. For my first serving I got from their Japanese selection. As usual I did not let the california maki, sushi, sashimi and tempura pass. I am not a food expert or anything in that line but their Japanese food was not that great. I had better sushi in other restaurants.


At the other side there was calmchowder soup, Caesar salad and coldcuts. I loved their salad. It was like Heaven. It was swimming with sauce and the vegatables were fresh. Yum.

Their Italian section was beside the Japanese food. They had pasta with your choice of sauce. I did not get from this section because I am fairly happy with the pasta we have at home and at the other house. Nah, in reality I was making space for their Filipino selection.

The hanged/displayed lechon looked so tempting. In fairness it was good even if I do not eat the balat. Then again, nothing beats Cebu's lechon. Beef and mushroom, spicy tahong, fish fillet and lumpia was served as well. I got beef and mushroom and lumpia only. Actaully it was more of beef and lil of mushroom since there were only bits of mushrooms. Their lumpia was kinda dry. I did not get the tahong since I cannot handle spicy stuff but my officemate said it was great.

For dessert they had halo-halo, mini doughnuts, some cake, ice cream and mixed fruits. I got mixed fruits and ice cream only since I did not have space anymore. I wanted to get more ice cream then again I was full already and something not nice might happen.

I know... I should work on my eating powers. Hehe.

For dinner, I opted for Saisaki buffet over the Dad's buffet because I was still full from my lunch. As usual I had my doze of sushi, sashimi, salmon and tempura. In my opinion, Saisaki is Saisaki. Period.

Had some nakaw steak, lechon, blueberry cheesecake and cream puff from my sibling. I guess it was pay back for dessert this time for me. Yum!

Oh, they also gave away cutie stuffed toys for every drink you buy. My older brother was so funny when he saw the monkey, tiger and zebra stuffed toys he went loco. He badly wanted to get his own. So he ordered a stuffed toy with a free drink. Haha.

Watcha Looking At?

This picture was taken at the office during the last week of December during the World Pyro Olympics.

Yep. We were trying to get a glimpse of the fireworks from our floor. We had a good view actually only if the building was not there which covered 1/3 of the fireworks display

First Week of Sunshine

I survived the first week of sunshine. It was another adjustment period for me. Technically I was supposed to start last March 1 however something came up. I got annoyed actually on what happened. Last February 28, I got this message:

Unforunately, THE *insert name of project* has been stopped abruptly. Only 4 peopl r reporting 4 nite shft 2nite. F u rcv dis txt, pls dont com n 2nite but u r requestd 2 report mar1 dayshft. Pls txt bak so i'l know u rcvd dis. Tnx.

I read this message when i woke up at around 3-4. I felt mixed emotions. I got depressed cause that meant no more night dif... and as a newbie like me, night dif was a big thing. But on the other hand, I looked forward to working the regular hours at least I would be able to go out during the night and maybe meet new people.

March 1 came. I felt stupid. I felt this different sensation like it was the first day of office. Haha. How shallow of me come to think of it. But then again, technically it was my first day at work... working during the morning that is. I was all dressed up and ready to go and suddenly my phone rang. It was my PM and he told me that I had to come it at night for the rest of the week. Huwow. How great. I had to adjust my sleeping habits all over again. I should have extended my vacation.

Anyway, all that was over. Last Monday I officially started working in the morning. It was stressful going to the office and back home this time. It took me 30 minutes or so just to go to work and at least 45 minutes to get home. I have to dress up this time unlike wearing whatever I got from my closet. The pollution was another negative aspect. The sun blinded me. People freaked me out. The elevator took ages before it arrived. Pantry was crowded. However, things were relatively the same. There wasn't anything to be done. I still hang out with basically the same set of people and am currently meeting new ones which was good. I even found someone cute. Haha. That is another story.

First week is over. How long will I last in this so called corporate world?

Hello Reggae

Working during the night deprived me from going out during week nights. I officially started working the regular hours this Monday. After almost 3 months of no night life, I invited some of my friends to go out. I tagged my sister along since I was not sure if the people I invited will show up since it was a Thursday. Good thing my sister came since only one person showed up. If my sister didn't come it would have looked like a date. We went to Mugen Bar in Metrowalk.This drink greeted us at the entrance. Isn't the test tube presenation look eye-catching? Imagine this violet/green liquid substance in it? Doesn't it look intriguing and astonishing? Haha. I got fooled by its presentation, plus the fact that it was free. Yuck! I promise myself that I would never ever drink this again. It tasted like some kind of medicine or like some herb that I cannot explain. Blech. Nothing embarrassing happened to me, the after taste lingered for a time which felt terrible, unlike my sister the past week.

Anyway, we went there since Brownman Revival was playing. Ayluvem! Their songs were nice to the ear. Dancable and soothing. Hello Reggae... for me. My longing to learn the saxophone came back. I should... better learn before my lifetime is over.

Good thing that the night turned out to be great despite the fact that only one of my friends showed up. I guess we did look like losers singing... drinking... dancing(?)... but the important thing was that we had fun.

'til the next night out. Haha.

Watch What You Say

Me: Kamusta ang pag-aaral?
Kid grins
Aunt: Hindi yan nag-aral kasi nakatulog sa takot.
Kid: Sabi ni mama na matulog ako... sabi 'ya na mag-aral daw ako kung hindi e 'di matulog ako.

Smart kid!

:)

Such a cutie

Me: Hi *insert name of niece*!
Niece runs up to me and gives me a hug.
Niece: I was looking for you.
Me: Really? Why were you looking for me?
Niece: Because I love you.

My niece is just the sweetest! <3

Lost

What do you want in your life? What do you want to accomplish and experience during your existence? What do you want to be remembered for?

These questions have been constantly running through my thoughts. Even if I try to escape and run away from them, they always end up cornering me. So what do I want in my life? I guess like what everyone desires, happiness. But what is happiness? How will I obtain this? Come to think of it, I have no reason to be depressed. I have a family who loves me, a job wherein I get some income and most of all, I am still breathing. But how come I feel so empty? Like there is something missing in my life. How come I feel like I just wanna curl up in one corner and let the world swallow me.

For whatever reason I am not happy when I wake up. I am plain lost. There is nothing to look forward to. Sadly, I feel sick of living. Maybe I am already dead and it is just that I didn’t notice that I was slowly dying.

This is just sad.

Baffled

When my co-worker and I arrived from our break another co-worker signaled us to hurry because there was an emergency meeting. We, being less powerful individuals, panicked since the guard did not notice us. Finally the guard woke up and opened the door.

We thought it was a whole project meeting but it turned out as a per team meeting. Then and there I sensed something unusual. Recently, I was sort of adopted by another team since they needed more resources. Those were the people in the room. I was kinda frightened since I didn’t feel that comfortable with the group yet. My stomach tightened when Project Manager announced that from 24 people only 13 will remain since 5 people from the on shore team retired from the project.

Whoa! Do I still deserve to be in this project? I didn’t expect my teammates to be released this soon. If ever March was the soonest. The expressions in everyone’s faces were priceless. Some lit up. On the other hand there were those who were shocked.

What will the future hold? Wouldn’t it be lonely without them? Will the night differential compensate outweigh the negativity?

Let’s find out then…