Money In, Money Out

After the back-aching laundry work in the morning yesterday, Jellypotpot and I went to SM Supermarket carrying with us the grocery list made by Daddy Demz. The price of rice is totally upsetting!

 

But before the grocery, we went straight up to the shops where we indulge our eyes with shoes, clothes and accessories. I told Jellypotpot to tell me what she really likes to have and I’ll buy it for her. She wasted no time and blurted to me ‘bathing suit’!!!!

 

We went to the teen’s section and I found this two-piece cutie little swim suit which she also liked the design. After paying at the counter, we went to Tom’s World and wasted some more money. Hahaha! The next stop was at Pizza Hut (Jellypotpot’s request)

 

I spent P4000.00 in this episode. I am still in angst until now about the price of rice and other grocery items. ‘Butas na ang bulsa kooooo’.

 

I got nothing so much about this entry aside from forgetting Jellypotpot’s swimsuit and pizza for Jaja at the baggage counter. Good thing, Cool Jo volunteered to go back to SM and get the items.

 

 

A Case Study: The Laundry

I did my own laundry yesterday. Waaaa! Ate Marissa came to our house early in the morning and saw me doing her job. I just told her to take a rest and come back after two weeks. I was really thinking about what Baby James told me last time that our dear ‘labandera’ is a bit overpaid. I used to pay P300.00 for a two-week labada of Daddy Demz and mine, so P600.00 per month.

 

He told me that they were paying P29.00 for every kilo of clothes and then I did the math! Susmaryosep! My P300.00 is equivalent to 10.34 kilos. How on earth can we consume such numbers clothes for only two weeks? You know, my Daddy Demz is a home buddy… he sometimes wear the same clothes two days in a row. (Sorry Tatay...)Waaahaha!

 

I realized that I was paying her in this rate for how many months now. (I bet why she’s been so loyal to me since week one. Hahaha!)

 

Right now, I still don’t know yet what to do. Am I going to continue paying her with my original rate? or tell her that I am paying a little bit over and I need a rate rollback :D? or should I just do my own laundry? Honestly, I would love to clean the house, wash the dishes, clean the bathroom… except for doing the laundry (but with the exception of using the suuuper automatic laundry like what they used to have in UK –the one that you just need to plug the water supply and that thing will do the rest up until the ironing job, of course with the uninterrupted supply of electricity). Friends, help me.

 

Lastly, if she doesn’t agree with my terms and then I decided to terminate her, do I need to give her a separation fee???? Waaaaaaa.

 

(This is really touch uh! A lot more tougher than my problems with Mr. V! Waaahahahaha!)

 

 

The Most Boring Day of the Year

Start:	May 13, '08
Location:	House

... turned out to be one of the best...

Love in the Time of Cholera

Rating:	★★★★
Category:	Books
Genre:	Romance
Author:	Gabriel Garcia -Marquez

Nice story.

Farewell Party

Ms. Rome is leaving for US tomorrow. She is assigned as On-Shore Project Manager at Nashville. So as despedida, we had dinner at North Park in Ayala.

 

The place is quite small (but bigger than Persia Grill in Valero) for the lots of people visiting the restaurant. We went there at around 7:00 pm and it was dinner time so we waited for 30 minutes before getting free tables.

 

The food is great. I love the beef with broccoli dish and the yang chao. I had two rounds of the yang chao.

 

But most of all, it was the presence of the whole team that made the night special. The stories, jokes and punch lines are so memorable. Thanks to my Sony Cybershot camera phone, these moments were saved. Truly, Ms. Rome will be missed. She will be working there for a year and hopefully the rest of the team will join her soon after Ha ha ha ha.

One year is fairly long. Many things can happen. Maybe by that time, the team is already assigned to other projects; maybe my hair is shorter; or maybe I have a new boyfriend or even married or maybe I am happy being single. No one knows but that is something that I look forward to…

 

A Series of Unfortunate Events

Maybe we cannot really go up against our fate. This afternoon, series of unfortunate events happened, prior to my first assignment in deployment, as if were planned and premeditated. Wawa and I were assigned yesterday by Sir Jeff to assist the MES Team in deploying our current project release to Quality Assurance. The schedule was 2:00 pm. I was very confident about the 2:00pm schedule because I was NEVER late for work since last month.

 

I woke up at the usual 10:00 am, watched tv, ate lunch, bathe, dress up, locked my room and said goodbye to Daddy Demz at around 12:30 pm. I was already outside at the street waiting for the tricycle to pass by, then I realized that I forgot to put my cell phone inside my bag. (Not again!!! I left my cell phone thrice last week inside my room.) So I ran back to our house, unlocked my room and pickup the cell phone. It took me 15 minutes to do that ‘non-value-added’ activity and to reach the hi-way. Continuing the unfortunate events, no bus was coming for 10 minutes.

 

When the bus came, people were already standing up to the driver area. I have no other choice but to squeeze myself in front of the bus. Along Toll Gate at coastal area, I was able to find an empty seat and relax. The wrong part was… I closed my eyes slowly and did not realize the fact that Buendia Avenue was also slowly approaching. When I opened my eyes, the bus was already moving towards the fly over!!! I was doomed. So after the bus dropped me, I walked back towards LRT Ayala area. My time was running out because the time was already 1:50pm.  I decided to get the cab but several drivers refused to take me to Makati. Unfortunately, I was on the other side of the hi-way. My only option is to cross the street so I could take the bus instead. <(I don’t know how to cross the street…… huhuhu)> But of course, the deployment was still my priority, so I took a deep breath and cross the street even if a lot of vehicles were on the street. I was able to take the bus and made it to the office by 2:09 pm. I was late, look haggard and sweaty! The deployment was already started when I came in.

 

Hay…pag minamalas nga naman!

 

 

Persian Dining

We had dinner this evening at Kazemi Persia Grill and Restaurant in Makati. The place is small but nice. By the way, this is owned by Kian, the big brother contestant for season 2. When we were there, we saw his family at the corner and checking out on customers.

 

Megs and I ordered Beef Kebab, mango & melon shake, Ms Rome ordered Chicken Kebab & strawberry shake, while Baby James and Sgt. Trillanes just requested Yoghurt Shake.  

To those who crave for something different, this place is a must visit. Megs recommending the GBX (ground beef express) ... Maybe on our next visit.

We will definitely go back here. The place is not too far from our building. I am thinking of spending my birthday blowout here.... hmmmm.

 

 

The Team

I am so surprised to realize how lucky I am to be able to start this new job in the city with less stress and hardships like what I was expecting from the start.

 

My schedule is quite disturbing for my family but I was able to convince them that I can handle the situation. People who knew me were also very surprised to know that I work during the night because they simply know me as antukin (sleepy cat) :D During vacation, I used to sleep around 8:00-9:00 pm and wake up at around 12:00 noon. Sarrraaaap……Ha ha ha.

 

The people in my new company are very to me nice, but of course except those who consider me as invisible new comer. My team was featured in March 2008 issue of the e-newsletter and this was the picture that we submitted for the article:

 

Starting from left:

 

Tall R. He is the tall white guy who is very soft spoken and sometimes looks very serious. He is fond of photography and makes good works too.

 

Baby James. He makes us laugh all the time, always makes fun of me and Megs. When he took a leave for a while, our work area was a little more serene and peaceful.

 

Kuya R. (He really looks like Sgt. Trillanes in his ID picture. Hehehe) He is already a father of three kids, with very fatherly image in the team, smart and very nice.

 

Meeyeow. The newest member of the team and might be axed soon. waaaa Huhuhu! and ... nevermind.

 

Trebor. He is one of the QA team; also a new joiner. 'Makulit' and funny.

 

Megs. She is my partner. We get along very much. She is a good singer and loves videoke.

 

Ffej. He is our Team Leader; very intimidating at first look. He is very hardworking and shows a good example to his subordinates but also a very teasing guy during ‘asaran’ time.

 

Ms. Rome. She is our cool Project Manager. She's 'one of the few' good PM in our company. She is also an ‘Ate’ to us. No one will get bored with her 'kwentos' and 'chikas'.

 

Rocky1. I haven’t spend time with her; I only see her during meetings and company gatherings. But I would like to get to know her better.

 

Big Mike. He is already a father of 3 kids like Kuya R, full of wisdom, very funny and always not too early for work. Ha ha ha.

 

Rocky2. She is from Baguio City and one of the team’s QA. She's always wearing her nice smile and always chatting with us (Megs).

 

Mr. Moody D.. He is the Technical Lead of the team. Like Ffej, he is also looks very intimidating. He is moody; but I always see his lighter side when he talks about his family :) We both appreciate the crafts of Rex Navarette.

 

Enzo. When I came to the team, he was celebrating his regularization. He was one of those who made me feel welcome in the team. Like Tall R, he also loves photography and going into different places.

 

WaWa. He is the entertainer of the group and Baby James’ partner-in-crime. He makes us laugh everyday and always dedicates sentimental songs from his music player for Megs and me. He can be the next Joe D' Mango with his serious love advices to us.

 

 

 

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This picture was taken at the 7th floor of our building...

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Looking Through The Eyes of Love

My mind is still up and awake but my back is already tired and feels like needing to lie flat on my bed…

 

I can’t sleep yet. I hope my eyes will be ready to shut around 2:00 am. But for now, I’ll just add something on my journal.

 

(Someone singing from a Videoke area in the background)…”looking through the eyes of love……and I…I do believe…”

 

Big Mike: “yan ang graduation song namin nung highschool.”

Meeyeow: (very puzzled and confused with what I heard) “huh?!”

Megs: “hindi ba Through The Years yon?”

Big Mike: “ay oo, yun pala!”

 

This conversation with Big Mike yesterday made me and Gems laugh from the top of our lungs for quite some time. ‘Looking Through The Eyes of Love’, graduation song? Ha Ha Ha. I couldn’t believe for a love song like that to be sung in a graduation program, I just can’t. He said he just misinterpreted the melody and the title. “Nalito lang kumbaga”. Nice one, Big Mike!

 

 

Monday, The Birthday

Today is Raed’s birthday. Happy birthday to you!

 

I hope she read my personal message for her. Bad thing I can’t access any mail service here in the office. I just texted her this morning and she said I was the first one to greet her electronically. :D You’re welcome.

 

They were planning to go to a resort to celebrate her birthday but I decided not to come. I want to be away for a while from the people that will make me remember some bad experience. He he he…because I am erasing sOmEtHiNg.

 

An old friend just called asking about Business Intelligence. Well, of course, I have nothing to say… probably if he asked about heartaches I can tell many things Ha ha ha. I miss that old friend.

 

It is almost 9:00pm; my Monday work is coming to an end. Soon it will be Friday and my week is over. This is life. We just have to live with it…… with a smile on our faces.

5th Blogging Monthsary

Start:

Apr 24, '08

it's turning 5 months.

The Heat

What a tiring day; I think it was the travel time: 2 hours for the bus trip from Makati to Batangas Port and another two hours for the boat trip from the port to the island. I am not recommending the boat trip for those who have a heart attack and fear of very BIG waves. I think I just shout continuously throughout the trip. Hahaha! But it was really exciting.

 

I was so surprise that Sir Angel, our VP for Asia Operations, was with us in our summer outing. And even much surprising that anyone could talk to him casually and sometimes he was the one initiating the conversation. Two pogi points for Sir Angel. :)

 

I have got this new favorite game: the foosball. It was so fun playing with Big Mike, Sir Randz and Gems. I am really thinking right now buying one for me ^_^. This game really made my arms and back exert some work I also brought my UNO cards and everybody got hooked playing for hours.

 

I bought pasalubongs for my family like buko pie, turones, sweet sampalok from batangas and shirts from Galera.

 

This is my first summer getaway for 2008 and a memorable one :) thanks to the WrapTrac Team and Sir Aram's Team :D

 

"Live your life to the fullest!"

Some Good Laughs...

...can really make you feel better.

I went to a Thursday night out with my teammates earlier. I just came home... ofcourse, a little bit dizzy. he he he. It's nice to feel that I can enjoy life again.

It is time to sleep. I still have to go to work tomorrow. :)

My New Work

I have to admit that I am really enjoying my stay at my new work. Though I can’t compare it with my stay in La Salle (I’ve got a lot of priceless memories there). Thanks to my cool boss, she makes me feel very comfortable working everyday.

 

Even though my time is very different from what I used to have, it doesn’t give me that much stress. I work from 2pm until 11pm. They call it mid-shift. My team is covering morning shift of US. I usually leave the house at around 12:30 noon and will arrive at around 1:45pm at the office. Even the security people are very nice to me, maybe because I look harmless to them, he he he.

Exhale your Sadness

I believe my darkest days have ended. I see sunshine little by little everyday, and there is a lot more to see. I worry no more about my future but I have a lot of plans for my life… wonderful plans.

 

I can say that I have moved on already. Moving on from a sad experience is very hard process. It takes a bunch of courage, acceptance and forgiveness… courage to accept that no matter how you strive to achieve happiness in your life, something along the way will tell you that you cannot get it; your happiness might not be the happiness of the other. But then again I have to chose different direction even how hard it is.

 

Many times from the past that I told myself that I was already fine, but equal number of times I failed to prove it. The pain is still in my heart but time will heal all the wounds.