excerpts of my life... or something to that effect

i'm posting at: the office
i'm listening to: a cd compilation of The Corrs [not pirated! it actually came from the record company...]
i'm feeling: questionable

ugh! so much for not being late for work today... [by 7 minutes, no biggie though]

it seems that the trend nowadays among young urban professionals that i know of is to resign from their current work. since last month, i've had some close friends and remote acquaintances relate to me the woes they've experienced, the humiliations they went through, and other sorts of horrendous stories that led them to their decision to leave their employers, even if they still don't have a next job to go to. most of them would then ask me this question: "aren't you gonna resign yet?" i've already posted here that i was supposed to resign a few months ago, but because of certain circumstances, i've decided against it. [check the archives for further details.] i still have a few friends who are also planning to resign from their respective companies, but couldn't seem to get out yet, like me. i'm just taking it a day at a time, gauging if i can still tolerate it and survive, at least 'til the year ends... *crosses fingers, toes, and whatever else that can be crossed*

my gut feeling is telling me something, that something major is gonna happen in the coming days... dunno if it will have a positive or negative effect in my life, so we'll just have to wait for it. it's kinda making me giddy...

i'm posting at: home
i'm listening to: my radio [tuned in to Wave 89.1]
i'm feeling: bleh

just came back from the airport. my youngest brother is now on his way to Kuwait. i wish him well on his new work over there, and i hope he can survive without us... anyway, now that he's gone, i'm starting to feel a strange emptiness around here. no more bugging me for the phone line to call his girlfriend, no more scenes of his antics with my mom & dad... damn! i guess in a weird way, i'll miss him too...

on other matters, my ex-girlfriend texted me, so i called her up and we got to talk for a bit. from the looks of things, i think we're starting to be okay again. it was only a few weeks ago that i got into a teensy-weensy misunderstanding with a friend 'coz of my ex. i was still a little uncomfortable talking about her with any person, not unless i bring up the subject matter myself. anyway, it's all good now... and with this latest development, i guess it's going to be much better.

yesterday at work, while chatting with a friend, i made myself realize how much i've been delinquent and lax with my work, that i actually have a year and a half's worth of data backlog. a year and a half of procrastinating and half-assed complaints was the culprit, and i've got no one but myself to blame. [bo0! ] i've got to get my work-groove back... soon!

eep! it's already 12mn! gotta hit the sack... perfect last song before i go to bed: as i lay me down by sophie b. hawkins

i haven't been late for work since monday, gotta keep the streak going. wish me luck!

oyasuminasai!

i'm posting at: the office
i'm listening to: my Walkman [tuned in to Jam 88.3]
i'm feeling: energized

the reformatted station, formerly known as Citylite 88.3 is much better, since they are now a semi-light pop station. at least i get to listen to another pop station that plays more music and less talk. although i'll miss the jazzy tunes...

anyway, last saturday was fun. i was still a bit sore from playing badminton, so i just did my work, ate an early lunch, and then slept here in the office. i woke up at around 5pm, and then David and I went to Robinson's Galleria to watch Bangkok Haunted. it was a kinda-suspense movie [i say kinda since there were instances that we were laughing at some of the scenes] with a lot of inconsistencies and required a lot of logical thinking to fully understand the stories. stories? well, the entire movie was split into three stories, much like the local Shake, Rattle & Roll movies of the past. [as my other officemate would put it] you'd only figure it out by the end of the first story, since the movie would immediately start out with the first story. [kinda redundant, ne?] before the second story began, i immediately assumed that the whole movie was just about 3 friends telling each other horror stories just to see who could tell the scariest one. by the time the third story ended, [this was the one i liked, because of the "whodunit" plot twists and logical thinking] i was surprised and freaked out! while the last few frames of the final scene unfolded, my brain worked overtime as David and I discussed the merits of movie and what it really wanted to tell the viewers. i rarely watch these kind of films, and this one i really enjoyed.

after the movie, we went back to the station, 'coz most of us were going somewhere that night. a few minutes of waiting, then we were on our way to Ebisu in Makati for Boom's birthday bash! lots of free-flowing booze = lotsa drunken peeps! oooh yeah!!! but i wasn't one of 'em... since most of us haven't had dinner yet, we trekked over @ Bacolod Chicken Inasal to have a late dinner. after that, more beer!!! wo0t!!! got home at about past 2am, just plopped onto my bed and immediately caught some ZzZzZz's...

i slept away most of my sunday, and when i woke up i saw my parents glued on the t.v. watching the fluke of a coup attempt by some disgruntled members of the armed forces. i also watched some parts of it, but then i lost my interest when the first deadline went and passed by with no bullets flying and no bombs exploding... korni nila! [morbid ko talaga no?] hahaha!

and now, a new work week unfolds...

i'm posting at: the office
i'm listening to: usual assortment of sounds
i'm feeling: exhausted

woah! the badminton bug bit me again... hard! after work, i went to Pioneer Badminton with a few officemates and some of their clients. actually sabit lang ako dun, kasi it's a twice-a-week affair between the Sales/Department Heads here in the office & their respective clients. but since most of the bosses who usually play are out of the country at the moment, sumama ako. heheheh! libre yun eh!

when we got there, andun na yung clients nung isa kong officemate, so naglaro na kami. we started at 7pm, but ended at 8pm, kasi may nagreserve na nung court for 8pm onwards. so pahinga kami for an hour, then pagdating ng 9pm, laro ulet. past 10pm na nung nagsabi yung clients na they had enough. eh pag-alis nung mga clients, dumating pa yung isa naming officemate, so laro pa den kami. we finished playing 12 midnight! at kami na lang yung natirang naglalaro! hahahah! most of my officemates found it hard to believe na this is my only 2nd time to play "real" badminton. galing ko daw kasi mag-drop shot. they also pointed out my weakness, and one of the clients saw it as well and exploited it. i guess i gotta improve on that... David bought a new racket, so now i'm using his old racket, w/c was the racket i used during my first badminton session last weekend. after the game, kain kami sa Tapa King. pare-pareho kasi kaming hindi pa nagdi-dinner... and besides, nakakagutom talaga maglaro. past 1am na ako nakauwi, pero sumabay naman ako dun sa isa kong officemate na taga-south din, so okay lang. pagdating ko sa bahay, bihis lang ako, tas bagsak na sa kama! bumangon ako 8am na, w/c simply means late na naman ako for today... oh well... *shrugs*

i'm posting at: the office
i'm listening to: my radio monitor [tuned in to RX, of course!]
i'm feeling: giddy

thank goodness the storm already left the country... it hadn't rained since last night, so me, David & Jojo [my officemates/friends] went to Makati for a spur-of-the-moment gimik. David was supposed to buy something there, pero pagdating namin dun, sarado na ung shops. so kumain na lang kami ng dinner sa Mangan. i had the chicken longganisa meal, David had the Im-Bento meal [he chose liempo and a veggie dish that i forgot the name of] while Jojo had Sisig ni Mely. [wala akong pera remember? so David paid for my dinner!] after dinner, we were supposed to watch Bangkok Haunted [passes courtesy of David] but the movie had already started by the time we finished dinner, and the LMF would be @ 10:45. [the movie was 2+ hours!] since we didn't want to stay up that late, punta na lang kami sa Greenbelt & had coffee @ The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf. i had a large Ultimate Vanilla Ice Blended Coffee w/whipped cream, David just had brewed coffee & Jojo had a tall Café Latté. there was this female barista that had caught our eye, and Jojo was really into her. heheheheh... but David got to get her name. while having our coffees, we just sat there, exchanged stories, & caught up with each other's personal stuff. been a while since we did that... a few minutes after 10pm, uwian na kami.

when i got home, naabutan ko parents ko na nag-uusap sa dining room. i learned that my youngest brother will be working in the Middle East, and he's already leaving next week. so pagdating ng August, i'll technically become the "only" child in our household. uh-oh...

i'm posting at: the office
i'm listening to: some mp3s
i'm feeling: disappointed

i was [un]fortunate enough to have been able to watch last night's premiere of Lara Croft, Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life. my short review of it? the whole story was lame, and the ending sucked! the only redeeming factor [at least for me] was Angelina Jolie. [yummy as ever! ]

i hope it won't rain as much as it did yesterday. in case most of you didn't know, there's a nasty storm that's unleashing its fury here in the Philippines, and it is aptly named Harurot . i got to taste a bit of that storm last night when i went home after the premiere. strong winds + torrents of rain = soaked me. but not as much as the last time i was "victimized" by a storm. i had my umbrella this time...

what else am i disappointed about? hmm... ah! my good-for-nothing cellphone was being silly last night. everytime i tried to make a phonecall, it would turn itself off! but the weird thing is, the battery indicator sez that it's still half-full... also, when i tried to check my prepaid balance, it wouldn't let me!

another thing that sux is that i don't have any more extra money to spend for gimiks! waaaaah!!! i wanna go out...

i'm posting at: the office
i'm listening to: assorted sounds
i'm feeling: funny

my random musing of the moment

there had been many things written about how one would know when he/she is already in love with someone. you know what i'm talking about: the obvious tell-tale signs, like you can't stop thinking about him/her; he/she is the last thing on your mind when you sleep at night and the first thing when you awake the following day; you find yourself thinking about the person at the oddest times of the day, [or night] blah², yada², so on and so on... you know the rest.

but what if the person you think you're in love with, does not feel the same way about you? ahh... therein lies the problem. this has been, and i think will always be, the dilemma of every male & female in this world. we've all experienced this once or twice [in my case, a shit-load of times!] in our lifetime. what did we do about it? some of us just gave up. others persevered, but still crashed and burned. then there were the lucky ones who won over the person in the end. [maybe a large sum of money was involved, or a death threat of some sort.]

many of us say that love comes when we least expect it; that we must be patient and wait for it. while others say that it's not gonna just drop out of the sky like manna from heaven; that we must work hard for it. so which group should we listen to? i've given my fair share of love advices to friends and acquaintances, and i also received some from them as well. one thing i've learned is that there is no one sure-fire way to win someone's heart, 'coz even though we might have the same problems, it doesn't necessarily mean that whatever works for the other person might work for your benefit as well... so my answer to the question would be: listen to everyone and no one. what do i mean? basically, you get advices from whoever you want to pour your heart to, weigh every single one of them, then decide on your course of action based on the advices you got. after all, its up to you. never, EVER, stick to one advice you got from a friend. a common mistake that everyone makes is that a person follows the "only" advice given out by a friend, and when the end result is unsatisfactory, he/she goes ballistic on the friend, saying that it was his/her fault. you'll not only end up losing the "love of your life", but you'll lose a friend as well...

no one wants to be "alone" in this world... those who say they do are complete liars.

i'm posting at: the office
i'm listening to: acoustic mp3s
i'm feeling: okay, i guess

been more than a week since i last posted, 'coz i didn't feel like writing about anything... [translate: i was lazy! ]

i was finally bitten by the badminton bug. i played my first "real" game with friends last saturday afternoon. i borrowed a racket from an officemate, since most of the peeps here play regularly. i think i did okay during the game. i knew the basics, but i vaguely knew about the rules, so i just let my friends instruct me. i was so anxious to play that i didn't rest while we were playing. it was when i woke up the day after that i felt the aching muscles all over. [my legs, wrist, etc.] it wasn't really painful, just that feeling like after swimming when all your body muscles that you rarely use everyday had been exerted. you could say that it was a "good" ache. hmm... maybe i can ask the peeps here if i can tag along with them if they're gonna play.

lesee... what else happened last week? oh, we had another prod meeting here at the office. it was more for the DJs/Newsies than it was for me, but i still get the chills everytime we have one, 'coz one will never know what things they will say about you this time, although some of us already have a vague idea...

i've got nothing else to write about for the moment, so i'll just go back to work then...

i'm posting at: home
i'm listening to: the funny noise that i make whenever i blow my nose
i'm feeling: refreshed, since i just took a shower

i just hate it when people think i'm feigning sickness... i mean what's the use of telling someone that you're sick, and then they make fun of you saying that you're just faking it? mou... anyway, thanks for the well-wishers...

i've been susceptible to being sick due to "simple" coughs and colds since i was a child. i guess you could say that my resistance is not that strong compared to other peeps, and i resented that fact, 'coz i didn't get to do much sports like basketball and other athletic stuff. another sad part is that my i had been too much dependent on medicinal drugs... drug stores are still in business 'coz of sickly people like me...

anyway, as i've been on leave for the past 2 days, [tues/wed] and since i was feeling a bit better, i decided to go to work last thursday, since my work was already piled up. bad decision, 'coz when i got to work, i had another slight fever, i felt that my whole body was weighed down, and our airconditioned office wasn't helping with lowering down my fever. so i did most of the work that i had to do, then filed for a half-day sick leave, and also filed leaves for the next few days [half-day friday, & whole day saturday] so i can just stay home and rest and recuperate from this friggin' flu. [w/c btw, is no fun at all...]

...and, with nothing else to do here at home, i continue on with my animéfest! wo0t!

i watched To Heart, w/c was a series about school, friendships, crushes, your typical highschool stuff... the characters from this series were inspired from an H-game w/c is also titled To Heart, [methinks Kanon was based from an H-game as well] but i haven't played it yet. anyone care to give me a copy? shabz?

i also saw Alien 9, w/c made no sense to me at all... altho i found the artwork to be, uhh... cute? from the title, i knew it was going to be about aliens, but having gradeschool kids fighting them??? yare yare... 'nuff said...

before blogging, i finished Kokoro Toshokan, [Kokoro Library] w/c was a really heart-warming and light animé about three sisters and the library that they work in. i just can't imagine how the creators thought of this series and make a library as the central theme. i really enjoyed watching it.

after this, i think i'm gonna hit the sack and catch some ZzZzZzZ's... after all, i am supposed to be resting, and my head's feeling funny, sort of like a headache that doesn't hurt? wha??? i guess that's the effect of taking too much medicines... *shrugs*

i'm posting at: home
i'm listening to: the radio [boom n' fran's boardwork on monster's riot @ rx93.1]
i'm feeling: a lil' bit better...

achoo!!! *blows nose* 'scuse meeh!

ugh! this is just great! i've been stuck at home since yesterday with this dripping nose of mine, had a slight fever along the way with threats of evolving into a full-blown fever. good thing the medicine's starting to do its work... the plus side of being sick is i don't get to go to work and see those friggin' power-hungry bosses whose best trait is to belittle their employees! [sick leaves are a gift to humanity! hurrah! ]

...and, i get to watch plenty of animés! wo0t!

i finally got to watch the series Boogiepop Phantom. [shabz! thanks for the reco...] it was along the lines of Serial Experiments Lain, but the difference with it was that i got to understand BP's plot better than SEL. [i was totally lost with SEL! ^^v] although the reviews i've read about it on Noated says otherwise, i liked it. those who posted that didn't like it must've been spoiled 15-18 year olds who only think of animés like DBZ & Pokemon! hahahah! it's a refreshing change from the mecha-types & sweet,syrupy animés that most of us get to watch. or i guess i'm just weird like that....

another one i saw was Wind of Amnesia, a movie, which is another one of those serious-types. the gist of the story was that one day, a strong wind blew across the whole of earth, and this wind caused every single human being on the planet to lose their memory. in short, everyone had amnesia. the "hero" in this story, named Wataru was able to gain some parts of his memory, with the help of another person, as revealed in the movie.

the last series i've watched before going to bed was Tales of Eternia. i'm pretty sure this was a fantasy RPG game in one of those consoles [Playstation, Dreamcast, etc] 'coz it had that feel of playing the game as you were watching the fight scenes. i'm not much of a fan of fantasy RPG games, but i do get to play them once in a while. just don't ask me about the Final Fantasy series, 'coz all you'll get from me is the sound of crickets during the nighttime!

...and since i've got nothing else to do after blogging, i'll watch some more animés!!! total wo0tness!!!

i'm posting at: home
i'm listening to: the rolling thunder outside
i'm feeling: that someone up there is looking after me tonight!

huwaw! i'm already home! on a friday night! heheheh... since i already went out with officemates/friends during the past few days, i just decided to go home [besides, i don't have any more "gimik funds" ] although i was supposed to go to makati to meet some HS friends for talks about our planned reunion next year, but since no one texted me that it will push through tonight... *shrugs*

i got home without any troubles: traffic was fairly messed up on certain spots [guadalupe, ayala, mantrade, etc], but the bus i was on took extra measures to get on the road and be on our way. and having e-pass, we didn't have to stay in that friggin' hellspot that was bicutan, or else i'd be writing with this mood on: the rain was just about to start falling as i entered our house, but the thunder and lightning never slowed a bit.

speaking of thunder and lightning, when i was a kid, whenever there was thunder, i used to think that someone up there is playing bowling.... also, when lightning strikes, someone up there is taking snap shots of everyone below... hahahah! pretty silly of me, neh? although i'm sure i wasn't the only kid that time who thought of such things...

mmmmm.... *sniff²* the smell of home-cooked dinner.... it's whetting my appetite! i better help out with the preparations so that we can eat soon... i'm famished!!!

i'm posting at: the office
i'm listening to: the radio
i'm feeling: full *burp* ['scuse meeh!]

yummy lunch! [sinigang & a plateful of rice]

new month, new template! i had to get a new one 'coz my old template is creating problems with the new version of blogger, and since j3n9 suggested it. i've actually started tweaking my bloggie since this early morning. [got home past 12mn, i'll fill you in later as to why] i had restored most of the things that my old template contained, and when i looked at the time, it was already near 3 am! i hadn't stayed awake doing something like that for quite some time now, and it kinda made me smile. but the consequence was, i overslept again! hahah! no need to tell ya what comes next... and so i got here at work, and asked j3n9 to help me iron out some minor kinks with the new template. she's my savior when it comes to this kind of stuff... [yes²... javanilla from seattle's best...]

now, for the reason why i got home late: my officemates/friends and i got to attend a premiere for Down with Love starring Reneé Zellweger & Ewan McGregor. a funny movie with quite a twist. although the reviews said otherwise, i liked the film. after the movie, we played a few games of bowling, 'coz my other officemate has been hounding me since monday.

back to the salt mines i go!

i'm posting at: home
i'm listening to: Harry Potter & the Sorceror's Stone OST
i'm feeling: like the whole world is resting on my shoulders...

i was supposed to blog when i got to the office this morning, but something was wrong [again] with the login page for blogger... i think this "new-and-improved" blogger has still some few bugs and still need some minor tinkering...

anyway, as i didn't have a particularly "good" start with my work week, i guess it'll drag on for the rest of the week. good thing there won't be any work tomorrow, [pasig day] so maybe i can freshen up and motivate myself and boost my self-esteem.

we had another meeting, and luckily, i wasn't mentioned as much as i feared. [/me breathes a sigh of relief] but the worst isn't over yet, as my other boss reminded me of the "other job" that i was supposed to do a loooong time ago... [w/c i completely ignored and had never given any thought to... bad for me!] i've got to get my act together starting thursday, because on my way home, i've just thought of a couple of reasons why i can't leave that stinkin' job yet... i was planning on resigning later this year, because 2 out of 3 conditions that i've imposed for myself have already been met. but as i stated earlier, some circumstances have overriden that decision. so now i've pushed back those plans for another year. and besides, i don't want to leave any unfinished work in there, knowing how these people think...

oh, and is it sooooo hard to say "excuse me"? i was on the bus going to work this morning. it was already full, so i was among the passengers standing. there's this guy in his late 30s who's behind me, and we were both jockeying for good standing positions inside the bus, so as not to fall down in case of sudden stops. first he was at my back, then he moved to my side, all the while bumping me and the other passengers. i was already in a good standing position when he got to my side and he wanted to extend his footing. so he kept on "moving" my feet so his feet could get a better position. when my foot refused to move from the spot that he wanted to take, he stepped on it! of course i reacted and told him that he was already stepping on my foot. in a loud and annoyed voice he told me: "ayaw mo kasing gumalaw eh!" to which i calmly replied: "eh pwede naman kayong mag-excuse me, mahirap bang sabihin yun? tanda² 'nyo na hindi pa kayo marunong mag-excuse me..." sensing that he was on the losing end of the argument he starts mouthing off that i was arrogant, and some other related stuff, and starts talking to the other standing passengers to gain sympathy. i just ignored him and let him say whatever he wants, i think most of the people there knew who was right and who was wrong. *sigh* nakaka-awa siya...