Tuesday, August 31, 2004
yesterday, while i, together with my bigger boss and some officemate were in my bigger boss' car on our way to dinner, i saw slaybelle crossing the street near buendia. helleur slaybelle!!! it was nice to see you! and yes, DV is worth a few more trips. we should go there some time. Ü
oh i saw your blog and you wrote that alicia keys is coming to manila? awww. i want to go. are you going? may time pa naman para makapag-ipon pero malamang hanggang 1583 lang ang kaya ko. certian kamahalan ha. baka yung 1500 na yan singliit na lang ng palito ng posporo si alicia keys. shet.
lemme see...i have something more to tell.
oh about sunday. well sundays are supposed to be days when you take things easy, yes? but no. for me, it was like, hell. i did something for bigger boss (and i don't think i'll get paid. i guess they thought that the dinner last night would suffice. cheapskates.) all day and up to 4 in the morning. tapos i had to get up early on monday kasi i had to print 5 copies of a 16-paged text by lunchtime.
boss told me to meet him after lunch in makati but guess what boss-wannabe asked me to do? she asked me to come with her earlier than i planned and bossed me around while we waited for the boss. ika nga ni chona, my new idol, betch. wannabe kasi didn't even show up sunday night for our meeting kaya she thinks she can make up for her absence by kissing up the boss. well hell.
obvious ba na i'm not having a good day?
Sunday, August 29, 2004
went shopping yesterday. hee. thought i could just drop that one very casually. well, not!
okay, i shall spill. i, together with redge and cha went to the bargain shopping capital of el filipinas. need i say which one? hee.
so we found the place where we could buy school supplies by the bulk. man, we got to buy ballpens for 1.40 pesos each! helleur?! where else can you buy that kind of stuff at that price? anyway, so we were feeling pretty smug having bought things at such a bargain and having cut the budget to what, half of what we expected to spend but then...
we realized that having to carry 30 intermediate pads, 30 notebooks, 36 boxes of crayons, 36 rulers, 60 ballpens, 36 pencils, 36 erasers and 31 sharpeners aren't going to help us hunt our way through DV heaven. arrgh. that stuff was effing heavy.
anyway, we managed. i got to buy three shirts, ones i can use in the office everyday for 80 pesos each. yay!!! ankle socks for 10 pesos/pair. lots and lots of beads. sayang nga lang late na kami dumating doon kaya we had to rush our butts off. add to that was the hassle of carrying bags full of school supplies. potah ang bigat! i thought my arms were gonna fall off at one point.
pero, worth it. is fun. lots. can't wait for the next payday so we can go back. with a vengeance. har.
Saturday, August 28, 2004
You are driving down the road in your car on a wild, stormy night, when you pass by a bus stop and you see three people waiting for the bus:
1. An old lady who looks as if she is about to die.
2. An old friend who once saved your life.
3. The perfect partner you have been dreaming about.
Which one would you choose to offer a ride to, knowing that there could only be one passenger in your car?
Think before you continue reading. This is a moral/ethical dilemma that was once actually used as part of a job application. You could pick up the old lady, because she is going to die, and thus you should save her first. Or you could take the old friend because he once saved your life, and this would be the perfect chance to pay him back. However, you may never be able to find your perfect mate again.
The candidate who was hired (out of 200 applicants)had no trouble coming up with his answer. He simply answered: "I would give the car keys to my old friend and let him take the lady to the hospital.. I would stay behind and wait for the bus with the partner of my dreams."
i got this from The Realm of the Vampire:
The dates are in! Harry Potter 3 on DVD comes out on November 23, 2004. The next Harry Potter movie, The Goblet of Fire, come out on November 18, 2005. The next book's release, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, has not been announced. Although, JKR is said to be half way done with it. (posted by gothic_death)
yay!
joks has a hidden talent.
see, since i've taken up bead accessory-making as a hobby, we get to spend less talk time with each other. well, that's until he decided to take up pliers and bead wire and make cute accessories himself.
ang cute cute mo! i could hug you, only, you're not around. i am truly gifted not only by your love but also by your own unique brand of brilliance.
Wednesday, August 25, 2004
happy birthday mommy!!! i love you!!!
and happy birthday flo! miss you!!!
Saturday, August 21, 2004
i am so tanned i can hardly recognize myself. i am brown as a bear. jesus.
anyway, after that harrowing trip on the boat this morning, we had an okay lunch then off to my other career. *teehee*
ako ang nag make-up sa tatlong hosts namin. dream ko yun e. nag-enjoy akong lagyan ng make-up si ms. pinky kasi ang bongga ng make-up niya. merong body shop (which i absolutely covet), merong shu uemura at mac. haaay. and i'm proud of what i did. pag lumabas na yung bagong show namin, do tell me what you think. Ü
we're at the cathedral. well, at least they are and i'm right above it.
okay, so before you get confused, i shall explain. the cathedral is another dive site her ein anilao, probably the most popular 'cause of the large number of fish it hosts.
it's called the cathedral because in 1983, pope john paul ii blessed a cross made of marble which former president fvr (when he was still not president) placed down there, around 60 feet down. fvr is an avid scuba diver. right now, the place is famous for the schools of fish which will flock to you if you're holding a piece of bread. i've been told that sometimes, they do nip, and not at the bread. *owch*
anyway, nahihilo na naman ako. ang laki ng alon and our boat (i didn't get the name, it was so awful) doesn't have a roof. kaya here i am baking in the sun. ang init!!! f*&%$##@!!!
ang dami ko pa namang kinain nung breakfast. sarap kasi ng food sa resort e. anyone out there who's planning on going to anilao, try outrigger resort. the rooms are okay, plus ang sarap ng buffet. 250 per head ata. i just don't know how much the rooms cost.
anyway, i see a diver's balloon. great, they're coming up. end this torture!!! *kah*
i am so sleepy i can barely raise my head, much less open my eyes.
but i shall write, because that's what i do.
have just spent the past three hours on a boat. remember, it is past midnight which means that i spent my evening on a boat. not just any boat, mind you, but a boat traversing the deep blue sea at the tail end of the rainy season. i felt every gigantic wave that went past and over us. i held on to the boat for dear life as i stared at the dark sky littered with hundreds of stars and asked, "why me lord?"
i mean, there i was, ready to pass out, bile starting to surface from my gut, and i am stuck in the darkness. while we were being bounced around by the waves, all i could think about was, now here i am without a life jacket, sitting on a boat being rocked violently by the waves. above me is the dark sky, below me is the water, and around me are seasoned scuba divers who presumably know their way around the deep open sea. waaaahhhh!!!
on our way, one dive master told me, "if you feel nauseous, look up." hmmm...i think that's a metaphor. and a beautiful one, too.
if you feel like you can't handle being pushed around by the unfairness of life anymore, look up to HIM and all would be well.
seriously, when you're there on the boat at sea, you cannot help but pray. and i did. and i'm still alive.
Friday, August 20, 2004
still here on the boat but not exactly adrift at sea. we're actually in a cove and there's a small rural town just around the corner. there's a dive site below us and it's called the daryl laut. the daryl laut is actually a wreck dive popular to divers kasi there isn't a lot of current kasi nga we're in a cove and therefore this part of the sea is sheltered from the humongous waves of this season.
i know it sounds weird so i will tell you the story of the daryl laut. according to people who've been around here for forever, the daryl laut was once a floating hotel. it's 140 feet long and 40 feet wide. its patrons were usually italians and japanese and it did great business staring december 1979 up to the middle of 1980 (the year i was born, gasp!)
the name daryl laut was derived from the malay words meaning "from the sea." according to a person who used to work there, the floating hotel was actually a barge sporting 14 well-appointed cabins complete with all the amenities, and even a bathtub.
in june of 1980, tragedy struck and the floating hotel sank to the bottom where it now lies. although all of the people on the hotel were saved, the actual cause of its sinking remains uncertain. the crew said that the daryl laut was struck by lightning and so sank 90 feet below.
on a happier note, the skeletal wreck is now home to hundreds of fish and other sea creatures. a sea turtle is occassionally seen roaming the area and large batfish ply the wreck in schools. *sigh*
i see bubbles far away. it means the divers are ready to board the boat. mr. boatman, fire away!
ohmigod this is so impossible. i am here in the boat, rocking along with the waves (what choice do i have?) after having endured a 45-minute ride from our resort to this island called sombrero island, a popular dive site among well, scuba divers, i am ready to pass out.
the ride shouldn't have been that long except that the waves were really trying to work against us and i inevitably got wet along the way. good thing i wore my swimsuit under my shirt and shorts. i tried looking through the water but having my head in the proximity of the rolling water makes me nauseous. i'll just eat. hmmm...let's see, i have nagaraya cracker nuts in barbecue flavor, sugar pretzels, and a big bottle of water.
meanwhile, joks and arnold are playing chess. on a boat, in the middle of the sea. good thing our boat (it's called the "starfish") has a roof, well part of it anyway.
don't get me wrong, i don't usually get seasick and i'm fine, really. it's just that writing this down on a boat adrift at sea is giving me a headache. and we're not really adrift, we're attatched to a buoy (tied, really) i haven't quite figured out how the boatman ties our boat to the buoy without actually getting wet. hmmm...maybe he has superhuman powers. ok, that's it. i'm gonna stop writing right now 'coz i feel like my stomach gonna turn any minute.
*ugh*
in a matter of hours, we will be on our way to anilao, batangas to shoot our new show. we'll be there for two days, today and saturday and i know that we'll be sooo tired this weekend, not to mention really sunburnt.
this week has really been exhausting for me -- what with the new show, the usual workload, and me wanting to squeeze in some time for myself.
anyway, got to sign off. hope to catch some shut eye before we leave at 3:30 am. *yawn*
(p.s. delayed ang posting ko nito kasi i haven't had time to go on the 'net. i just write stuff on my notebook so i won't forget.)
in the pool. congrats to charry and reg for making it! one-star diver na kayo!!! woohooo!
Monday, August 16, 2004
Actual stories provided by travel agents:
1. I had someone ask for an aisle seat so that their hair wouldn't get messed up by being near the window.
2. A client called in inquiring about a package to Hawaii. After going over all the cost information, she asked, "Would it be cheaper to fly to California and then take the train to Hawaii?"
3. I got a call from a woman who wanted to go to Capetown. I started to explain the length of the flight and the passport information when she interrupted me with "I'm not trying to make you look stupid, but Cape Town is in Massachusetts." Without trying to make her look like the stupid one, I calmly explained, "Cape Cod is in Massachusetts, Capetown is in Africa."
Her response was "click."
4. A man called, furious about a Florida package we did. I asked what was wrong with the vacation in Orlando. He said he was expecting an ocean-view room. I tried to explain that is not possible, since Orlando is in the middle of the state. He replied, "Don't lie to me. I looked on the map and Florida is a very thin state."
5. I got a call from a man who asked, "Is it possible to see England from Canada?" I said, "No." He said, "But they look so close on the map."
6. Another man called and asked if he could rent a car in Dallas. When I pulled up the reservation, I noticed he had a 1-hour lay over in Dallas. When I asked him why he wanted to rent a car, he said, "I heard Dallas was a big airport, and I need a car to drive between the gates to save time."
7. A nice lady just called. She needed to know how it was possible that her flight from Detroit left at 8:20am and got into Chicago at 8:33am. I tried to explain that Michigan was an hour ahead of Illinois, but she could not understand the concept of time zones. Finally I told her the plane went very fast, and she bought that!
1. Page yourself over the intercom. (Don't disguise your voice.)
2. Find out where your boss shops and buy exactly the same outfits.Always wear them one day after your boss does. (This is especially effective if your boss is a different gender than you are.)
3. While sitting at your desk, soak your fingers in "Palmolive."
4. Put up mosquito netting around your cubicle.
5. Every time someone asks you to do something, ask them if they want fries with that.
6. Put your garbage can on your desk. Label it "IN."
7. Determine how many cups of coffee are "too many."
8. Put decaf in the coffeemaker for 3 weeks. Once everyone has gotten over their caffeine addictions, switch to espresso.
9. In the memo field of all your checks, write "for sexual favors."
10. If you have a glass eye, tap on it occasionally with your pen while talking to others.
11. When driving colleagues around insist on keeping your car windshield wipers running in all weather conditions "to keep 'em tuned up."
12. Reply to everything someone says with "that's what YOU think?"
13. While making presentations, occasionally bob your head like a Parakeet.
14. Sit in the parking lot at lunchtime pointing a hair dryer at passing cars to see if they slow down.
15. Ask your co-workers mysterious questions and then scribble their answers in a notebook. Mutter something about "psychological profiles".
Thursday, August 12, 2004
and this, i made for my mother. it is also a bracelet with a carnelian as an accent piece. i like this very much too.
charry is wearing a chain that i also made yesterday with bead wire and some yellow/orange beads. i just attached her citrine crystal pendant to it and voila! i can make things! who knew?
i made this bracelet yesterday. i really don't like wearing necklaces kaya the only way for me to wear my clear quartz crystal is on a bracelet. i like it very much.
Sunday, August 08, 2004
lunch meeting at north park next door. (makati avenue, below tiananmen square)
salted garlic squid P149: yummy, best eaten while hot. the breaded squid is soft and melts in your mouth.
pork siomai P60 for 4 pieces: ordinary dimsum fare, but good, just the same.
australian broccoli flower in oyster sauce P90: the broccoli has an earthy flavor, and the sauce sweetens the deal just right.
manchurian calamares P160: okay, but i don't like my viands much too sweet. i stuck to the garlic squid.
taro puff P60 for 3 pieces: my all-time favorite. be sure to drink lots of water. this is best with hot, steamed rice.
i always enjoy eating at north park. aside from being very affordable, sarap pa and ang daming choices. joks and i once ate there and we gobbled up two servings of their yang chow fried rice (P115) *blush* kakahiya. anyway, one treat to try is their choko barako ice cream (P50), one bite and you'll want more. haven't tried other flavors and maybe i will, next time. i also like their fried bread with cream dip (P60) though you can obviously try it at home with several pieces of buns and condensed milk.
oh, wait. this morning i tried baking cookies. yup, the pillsbury one-step chocolate chip cookie mix (about P30, i think), the one where you only have to put water and you can use kahit oven toaster lang. ang sarap. super. chewy and hindi masyadong matamis. mm-hmm. i'd probably try the oatmeal flavored cookies next time. may raisin cookies pero since hindi ako kumakain ng raisins, kebs. i'll cook another batch later. hee. konti lang kasi nagagawa nun e. ang sabi sa pack 12 daw e 9 yung nagawa ko. i guess napalaki yung mga pieces ko. oh well. sarap.
by the way, shoutouts are in order: yayie, i know, warrick is hot! sizzling. debbie, welcome back! and advanced happy birthday! domi, (kahit alam kong hindi ka naman ata nagbabasa nito) sorry hindi ako nakapunta yesterday. too much work, too little time. happy birthday, anyway. cess, advanced happy birthday din! mmmwahhhhh!!!
Saturday, August 07, 2004
meet warrick, my TV boyfriend. *sigh* something about him, ray-bans, and a white sando that makes my jaw drop. yum. teehee.
okay, okay. i know. enough quizzes for now. i just thought that, you know, in lieu of any actual and meaningful post i would put in the results of the wacky quizzes i took today.
i do like that explosive warning label, though. apt.
now, if only i can have my mood indicator working. aurie, help!
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Jimmy Carter is president of the US President Carter announces punitive measures and embargos against the USSR in retaliation for the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan Mount St. Helens in Washington state erupts in a violent blast estimated to be 500 times as powerful as the Hiroshima atomic bomb Ronald Reagan is elected the 40th US president in a sweeping victory US Representative Michael O. Myers is expelled from the House for his role in the Abscam scandal Hewlett-Packard announces release of its first personal computer Microsoft announces their version of UNIX, Xenix Christina Ricci, Chelsea Clinton, Venus Williams, Jessica Simpson, Macaulay Culkin, and Jake Gyllenhaal are born Philadelphia Phllies win the World Series Pittsburgh Steelers win Superbowl XIV New York Islanders win the Stanley Cup The Empire Strikes Back is the top grossing film "Lady" by Kenny Rogers spends the most time at the top of the US charts U.S. viewers get caught up in the "Who Shot J.R.?" cliff hanger on the soap opera series, Dallas, which is solved on a November 21 episode, drawing a record numbers of viewers |
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-- gaya-gaya kay dolphin girl.
You are Dha-shi-zhi!
A female bodhisattva of Chinese Buddhism, whose
name means the Strongest. Through the power of
her love she managed to break the circle of
rebirth for everyone. In the heavenly paradise
the souls appear before her in the shape of
flowers.
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Which Chinese Mythological Being Are You?
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You are a Siren. More adventurous than all with a
voice like no other you sit on warm rocks and
sing to the moon and sea. Yet sometimes
shipwrecks find you and raving men want you.
You are a bottle of talent and power. What the
unknown is you seek to find, and a lover. You
have the moon and stars as freinds. There are a
very few of you, what a rare find.
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Category IV - The
Musketeer
You have a small, highly edited social group, and
you like it that way.
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Stumpy Grinder and his wife Martha were from Portland, Maine.
Every year they went to the Portland Fair and every year Stumpy said, "Ya know, Mahtha, I'd like ta get a ride in that theah aihplane."
And every year, Martha would say "I know, Stumpy, but that aihplane ride costs ten dollahs .. and ten dollahs is ten dollahs."
So one year Stumpy says, "By Jeebers, Mahtha, I'm 71 yeahs old, and if I don't go this time I may nevah go."
Martha replies, "Stumpy, that there aihplane ride is ten dollahs ... and ten dollahs is ten dollahs."
So the pilot overhears then and says, "Folks, I'll make you a deal. I'll take you both up for a ride. If you can stay quiet for the entire ride and not say ONE WORD, then I won't charge you. But just ONE WORD and it's ten dollars."
They agree and up they go... the pilot does all kinds of twists and turns, rolls and dives, but not a word is heard. He does it one more time, and there is still no word... so he lands. He turns to Stumpy as they come to a stop and says, "By golly, I did everything I could think of to get you to holler out, but you didn't."
And Stumpy replies "Well, I was gonna say something when Mahtha fell out ... but ten dollahs is ten dollahs."
hee.
Tuesday, August 03, 2004
i'm such a big failure. i'm this loser that nobody cares for. i feel as if i should be walking around with a big neon sign on my forehead saying "i'm a big loser."
we had our first scuba diving lessons today and i completely sucked. even the dive instructors gave up on me. loser, loser, loser.
*sob* if only i can be effortlessly unafraid of the deep but i can't seem to shake off my fear. i hate myself for being so weak. until now i cannot stop crying. i am so frustrated and embarrassed by my stupid stinking self.
i can't stand being me. i hate it, i hate myself. i feel so alone. so f***ing helpless. i hate myself. hate myself.
why do i feel this way?
joks is so many miles away and i miss him so bad. i need him.
i feel as if a can't face anyone anymore. dig a deep hole into the ground and stay there forever.
i want to learn so bad but i'm such a failure. failure. loser.
what's worse is out of the dozen of us who took lessons, i was the only one who couldn't go all the way down. i tried thrice, no go. shit.
i so hate myself. i ought to be shot.
Monday, August 02, 2004
geek store's closed, still waiting for cha and she. the movie will be done in a few minutes, i suppose.
am in megamall, sitting on one of the benches near candy corner and teazers.
love that drink. i remember there used to be a teazers stall in our college cafeteria and my favorite was kalamantea. yum. brain freeze.
i miss joks. *sigh* forgive me if my last few posts have had at least one sigh in it.
saw an officemate, with his girl. made me lonelier.
lights are being turned off, escalators are slowing down. my feet ache from walking around and my back's complaining from standing way too long.
time to go.