Tuesday, April 26, 2005
so. it's one of my co-workers' birthday today. happy birthday gel!
anyway, spaghetti and cake, yummy. my gift to her is a porcupine candle holder. v v cute, if i may say so. he he.
as usual, i am the night's bartender. boy! did i get a taste of my own medicine! the screwdriver ala lhasyus was good as usual but even more potent because the birthday girl requested it to be so.
we had to make the rounds swift and because of that, i got drunk. well drunk enough to be a bit crazy than usual. i never felt that way in a looong time and boy did it feel gooood!
nothing like getting drunk on a tuesday night when your boss is coming by to have a meeting with you in three hours. hah!
i brushed my teeth, splashed my face with water and answered the door. voila! a sober lhasyus!
and just to prove we are sober:
Imulat ang mata,
Langit nakatawa sa Batibot, sa Batibot
Tayo ng magpunta
Tuklasin sa Batibot ang tuwa, ang saya
Doon sa Batibot tayo na, tayo na
Mga bata sa Batibot maliksi, masigla
Doon sa Batibot tayo na, tayo na
Mga bata sa Batibot maliksi, masigla
yay. reconstructed from our childhood memory. the sexual implications, obvious as they may seem to a dirty mind like yours, escapes me right now. or is it just because i am still slightly intoxicated?
whatever. i'm sooo sleepy. and tomorrow, off to tayabas, quezon for reconnaissance and an audience with the mayor. wtf!
caught in the act of chomping down on chicken bbq! after this, my tummy went woozy. will post more on this soon but suffice it to say, i have marked my territory in the ilocos norte provincial capitol. yari si bongbong.
Monday, April 04, 2005
i mentioned in my previous post that we recently sent money over to the province for my mother-in-law's hospitalization. well we used the courier service which dubbed itself as king of courier.
we have been using that company so many times in the past. however, last month, the money arrived late and we shrugged it off. but then, we found out this morning that the money which was supposed to have arrived yesterday was still not available.
considering we paid a ton of money just to get that sent, it was really annoying when it doesn't get there on time. on other days, it would have been okay. but not today. nu-uh. my mom-in-law is due to get out of the hospital this morning and naturally they needed the money to pay the bills. we made several calls and they told us the money would probably be available by 4p.m. what??? aren't they under some obligation to deliver the money within the timeframe we paid for.
what if it were a life and death situation?
so. joks and i decided to use banks next time. ugh. i hate it when companies don't deliver what they promise. it's false advertising, that's what it is!
Sunday, April 03, 2005
been listening to launch cast in yahoo. well, given that my internet connection is only a dial-up, i didn't expect much by way of video. and i was right because all i got were jumpy, blurry images that didn't make much sense. however, the audio was good.
listened to tori amos' new song, sleeps with butterflies and i think it's more or less a continuation of her previous works. i've been wanting to get a copy of one of her previous albums, little earthquakes but i am, as usual cash-strapped and 500 pesos will definitely make a great gaping hole in my wallet.
joks and i just sent money over to the province for his mom's hospital expenses. and just like marky, i feel black and blue all over, as if i'd been victimized by bad fortune muggers. i mean, my mom having a stroke and completely becoming dependent on my income was bad enough. and then there was of course my own miscarriage. and then joks' mom gets to have a trip to the general hospital. whopee.
joks' mom's d&c (dicing & cuttelage) operation was more or less okay. (i think and i hope.) joks says she's been asking for me and saying she might possibly recover faster if we were there with her.
i'd love to come, though obviously i can't. i have a million and one responsibilities, financial and otherwise.
last night i slept over here at the office. there's too much stuff to do that i have to sleep over again tonight. and yet, i do not think i have enough time to do everything that needs to be done before we leave for cavite on wednesday and then for laoag on thursday. will be out of town until monday dawn, i think. serves me right. i asked for this, didn't i?
omnesiac called me a while ago and i was glad to hear from him. he says his blog is currently on life support and he does not expect it to make it through the harrowing hell months we seem to be both crawling through.
well, i seem to be rambling, and i am really tense about work so i guess i should just go ahead and do it. i haven't had dinner yet. the thought of another fast food meal makes me want to retch. ugh. where to eat at this late hour and in this godforsaken area?
i just realized, i haven't been to my regular mall-haunt in ages! seeing that i haven't a centavo or a moment to spare, it's no wonder. though i do go to malls, not to shop, window shop and all the other things regular people do. boss likes to go there for meetings, says he doesn't feel as if he's working at all. geez. howz about we do not work at all?
grr.