Snippets

My God! I am so much in love with Twilight right now. Especially Edward Cullen. I really don’t care as to who portrays Edward in the movie version but I am so in love with him right now.

I am finished with both Twilight and New Moon right now. I am just awaiting for my next salary in order to get the third and fourth installment of the Twilight saga, and I can’t wait for the movie to show. It’s around November 21st, if I am not mistaken. However, I am not so sure if that’s the same date that it will air here in the Philippines. I am willing to wait, though, to see the movie. At least, it will give Lenlen plenty of time to finish Twilight, and probably the rest of the series. As for me, I would definitely be finished by that time.

I’ve been wanting to read the book ever since I saw the promotional poster. However, my initial search at Fully Booked was futile. However, when Lenlen, a fellow I met at the gym, told me that there was already a copy, I decided to drop by at Fully Booked at The Block and there it was. They even had an entire table full of the entire series. Thank God for Fully Booked. Got my Twilight and New Moon copies there and the receipts even added up to my collection. So all I have to do is to buy the rest of the series, grab their receipts, grab Lenlen’s receipts and I’m done.

So there. I’ll rave about Edward Cullen some other time, though I wish I was Bella.

I had one of the best nights ever! We planned to hold a despedida party for Kuya Raffy, the husband of Ate Irene, my personal trainer at the gym and at the same time, the instructor for the Beginner’s Aero class at Slimmers’ World, where I attend. My gym buddies and I, including Ate Irene, Kuya Raffy, Ate Meanne and her significant other *forgot his name already* were supposed to go to Music21 to have KTV and then go to Eastwood afterwards. However, due to the very busy schedule of Music21, we decided to forgo it and opted to go to Klownz instead.

Klownz wasn’t so bad. The special guests were Julia Clarete and Allan K, so it was kind of fun. Four gay people (sorry, forgot their names) entertained us while waiting for Julia C. and Allan K and we had fun. It was open mic night and people from each table were invited to sing in front of everyone. Though their jokes and comments were, um, gay, we had fun and Ate Irene got to sing. They weren’t joking when they said Ate Irene had a nice voice. She really did! And the four gay people entertained requests. I was supposed to request First Love by Utada Hikaru but sadly, it wasn’t granted. It was one of the few Japanese songs that they had but, I didn’t hear them sing it.

Julia Clarete was fun. She’s a good entertainer and she’s, um, kalog. Someone at the audience had a birthday and she gave her a sort of dating game wherein she gets to choose a lucky guy from among four guys. One was a tambay, another was a banker, the third was a teacher and the last was the project engineer. The banker won, with a whole lot of laughter along with it. All in all, her performance was really funny.

Last was Allan K. He had a band along and, though he was a talented comedian on the camera, I guess he didn’t click for me. Maybe it was because I was already sleepy and tired that I didn’t enjoy his antics very much, though he was so funny at the opening part.

We left at Allan K’s part. It was kind of late and most of our group was planning to attend Ate Meann’s boyfriend’s “ip-op” class today. I am hoping to attend too but that is after I finish cleaning my room. So, I have to go now in order to wake up early in order to clean my room and to be able to attend the “ip-op” class later. Ja, mata ne.

I kind of hate/like a certain scent right now. I don’t know its brand nor its name but I kinda hate and like it. Like it because it reminds me of my office crush. Hate because for the same reason as well.

Well, people in our office tend to don a lot of overwhelming perfume, or cologne, for some of us. Me, I don’t put on perfume or cologne but, after “acquiring” the scent of a certain officemate of mine, I decided to join the bandwagon instead.

So, it’s because of that certain scent that I am reminded of my office crush. Like, one time I was walking along EDSA near SM Megamall and there was this person wearing the same scent and it instantly reminded me of him. Also, last Sunday, I rode the jeep and there was a guy who wore the same scent and his name kept popping out of my head. And earlier this evening, the same thing happened again. GRR!!!!

It’s kinda weird because I see, hear or smell some things and then memories (usually associated ones) come flooding in my head. Like that certain scent. Another thing was when I was in the gym, watching the Slimmers World Bodies 2007 (I don’t exactly remember the name of the show) wherein the motif was ancient Egyptian. Pop goes another person associated with that memory. I kept suppressing it but it still pops in my mind. And that song “I kissed a girl I liked it” one, it reminds me of a friend of my father who’s my co-worker now. And also, that song “Smak Dat” (correct me if my spelling is wrong) reminds me of Slimmers World because it seems that every time I go to the gym, I hear that song played always. And of course, that memorable scent.

Ack!!! Memories! I just wish that someday, whenever I hear a certain song or see a certain thing or smell a certain scent, I won’t remember anyone or any event anymore. I guess it’s time to stop associating things with other things, ne? But that’s hard. I find it difficult to not to associate things with others. So, good luck na lang sa memories ko. Photographs and memories? Nah. Add scents and sounds to that line. Photographs, Scents, Sounds and Memories. Now that’s more like it.

We sort of went into a road trip this evening. We were supposed to send Marie down to CCP to watch Cinderella, but we weren’t able to because she took a cab from the dorm to CCP. O.o. Pretty far. Since I came from Slimmers’ World and my phone’s literally dead, I had to call home and ask them where we’re supposed to meet. The original plan was to bring Marie to CCP and the three of us was to go frolicking around SM Mall of Asia because that’s the mall closest to CCP. However, since she took a cab already, we had a change of plans. We went to TriNoma instead (my precious 9 bucks was wasted.. huhuhu).

Anyway, it was my dad’s first time to go to TriNoma. We were supposed to watch either The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor or Big Stan, if The Mummy ain’t showing already. Since The Mummy wasn’t showing, we opted to watch Big Stan. However, TriNoma cinemas operate on a reserve basis, not just a come-in-anytime-leave-anytime basis, we had to contend ourselves with the last full show of the movie. But no, the play that Marie watched (Cinderella, featuring Lea Salonga) was going to end at 10. We didn’t watch a movie but opted to roam around TriNoma instead.

The fun part was when we were supposed to fetch my sister. We went from North Avenue all the way to Roxas Boulevard. It was kind of fun as we had to know exactly where we’re supposed to go. Luckily, I remember my BarOps days because CCP was kind of near Sofitel. Thank God for BarOps. Another trip down the memory lane.

So there. Haha. Just another post. Oh, and by the way, I miss our Branch accountant already! Wah!!! He’s coming back to the office by Thursday this week! No!!!! /sob

I just arrived from the gym. Attended the hiphop class, took a break, then went straight to bellydancing class. The hiphop class was wonderful, though I am still adjusting to the pacing of their steps. Well, what do you expect? It’s hiphop so it should be fast. Though when I see the movements of our instructor, I am seriously doubting if he is straight or he is gay. He really can dance those sways and the like, plus he can do the “gay” movements well. That is why, I am doubting if he is straight or he is gay.

After doing the hiphop class, I saw the trainer that was always assigned to me. He was kind of surprised to see me quite early because I usually come to the gym around 7 PM. I can’t help it if I come at that time because work at my workplace is very hectic. I don’t eat lunch on time because I have to do a lot of things. Additionally, the boss(es) tell me to do a lot of things, which I can’t handle at the same time. Heck!! Anyway, I reminded him it’s a Saturday and we don’t have work every Saturday.

Belly dancing is very hard!!! The instructor did an amalgamation of belly dancing plus the ballroom dances and even hiphop. The result? A very tiring work-out. My feet had to turn to this and turn to that, until my head began to spin because I couldn’t follow the steps anymore. But I managed to finish it. Haha, the best was that “Sexy song” because it was sort of an affirmation to those people who wanted to become sexy. Unfortunately, I don’t know the title of the song. All I know are some lyrics. Anyway, that’s why there’s Google, right?

Exercise is a great way (for me) to relieve myself of stress, especially work-related ones. No nagging bosses, no never-ending chores to do, and I get to release the stress. Thank God for exercise… :)

I hate this day! It’s kinda weird since I usually blog every evening but I guess this is an exception. My laptop’s going to be taken away!!! NO!!!! My poor sweet laptop is going to be given to my sister, who needs it for her studies. Her need is greater than mine, I know but I’m kind of selfish right now and I don’t want to. I cried, honestly, because this is the only link that I have to the outside world that I once knew. Anyway, since I can’t do anything about it, might as well lend it to her. Since my parents can’t afford to buy her one, I guess I’ll do the buying myself. Saving up a thousand bucks every payday, it’ll probably take me quite a while before I could buy her a decent laptop. I’ll get my laptop back, or probably, just use the laptop that I plan to buy for her. Anyway, it’s just my plan. Not yet definite. I dunno how much I can earn by saving 1k every payday but I’ll save. Hrm.

Today, my friend Ben is celebrating his birthday. I am just not sure as to his age. Probably around 23-24 or probably a year higher. Anyway, that’s not my actual concern anymore. It’s just that I just want to do a shout-out to Mr. Villalon, who’s celebrating his birthday today.

Anyway, since it’s his birthday today, I remember I had a dream last night about him. It was kind of short, anyway but he was in my dream. I clearly remember him, and Nes, and Kuykuy, and Tammy (to a certain extent). It was some sort of a classroom scene, though there are certain parts that I would leave out. Anyway, this isn’t the first time that I dreamt about a former classmate of mine. It just feels so weird.

Work was kind of tiring today. I had to familiarize myself with working with Manager’s Checks (or MCs, for short). I’m the one in charge of preparing them and giving them out to the recipients, and the remnants of the MC vouchers, I give to the Accounting staff. It may sound like hard work but it sure is fun. Especially the lipstick part. I dunno, for some reason, whenever that dream that I mentioned earlier comes into my mind, I can’t help but smile. Just don’t give some meaning into it, although I myself am puzzled. Help.

Something terrible happened at work today. I am not going to tell because probably, I do have someone in my network who knows the person who caused the riot at work. Anyway, that’s not my concern, though if that happens to me, all hell will break loose and only the company will fire me, not me resigning from work.

:)

p.s. To the guys who’s asking me for blow-out (paging Ben and Kuykuy): can it wait until I get permanent? My first salary will be small and will be dedicated to buying a new phone. Hope you understand.

I remember I received a text message yesterday by a good friend of mine, asking permission and explaining her side on some issue that I guess I shouldn’t elaborate on. I won’t elaborate because I don’t even know what to elaborate. Anyway, the funny thing was, she was asking permission about something. I couldn’t reply back (it was sent on my cellphone) because I had no airtime load. Besides, no one has even said anything to me regarding the matter.

As I pondered on the message, I realized that there was no need to ask permission. One is that I don’t even have any intimate relationship with the person concerned. Second, it’s not that I own the person anyway. After realizing all that, I laughed. It was kind of funny. No offense meant. So, basically, there was no need to ask permission.

I thought it was over until earlier, my good friend sent another sms asking my opinion and to say something. I guess she didn’t know that I don’t have any airtime load so I can’t reply to her message. She probably thought that I took it to heart. :)

Which brings us to the idea: do I own anyone in this world? If I am going to answer this one, I’d say yes. I own myself. I am a person after all, so I count. If the question pertains to other people, well, I can say I don’t own anyone. People are not property to be owned. So, I don’t own anyone.

Anyway, that text message really made me laugh. Anyway, thanks for the laugh. :) I just hope you read this post and be satisfied with the answer. Anyway, you know who you are… :P

I know it’s crazy posting about how to cook those instant powdered soup but I guess, it’s more of a reminder for myself rather than a lesson on how-to for others. I just want to remind myself that I have to put a lot of water so that the final product won’t be as salty as what I do have now. I finally perfected the art of (instant) soupmaking. I just have to mix it first in cold water then slowly heat it while stirring. What I forgot was that I mixed in a lot of soup powder but there’s little water. Result? Slightly salty soup. Next time, I’ll try to balance water and soup mixture so I’ll get the perfect soup output.

Anyway, today’s my first day of training for work. I am not yet officially an employee of DBP so, in order to pass time and to learn the ropes as well, I began my training at DBP. I wasn’t expecting to attend a bridal shower that day because I was supposed to go home at 4:30. However, I had to stay late because I still haven’t finished my work and Ma’am Malou asked me to give her gift to the bride-to-be. Anyway, I had fun during the bridal shower which was also attended by the male employees of the branch. It was fun even if it lasted for a while only.

I received a text message from ECI, asking me to report to work tomorrow. I declined because I already have a job now, even if I am still contractual. I am going to work my way to become permanent at DBP because I am after the security of tenure thing for government employees.

I arrived from the province yesterday. I came back after a week of training from the province. You see, we had this rare chance of attending a seed grower seminar in the province. Since my parents and my sisters can’t come, I was dispatched to attend the seminar. It was informative. I learned a lot from planting rice: from land preparation to post-harvest techniques. The catch? I had to rely mostly on the powerpoint presentations because the language used was Ilocano!!! For crying out loud, I can only understand so much, but I am not well-versed in Ilocano. The powerpoint presentations were informative and thank God, my aunt lent me a book about farming.

When my mom arrived at the province, we began chatting about what happened during the seminar. Then, my aunt, who was already a seed grower, arrived and then we began discussing about farming. Her only comment was that I seemed to have absorbed everything and that I was probably better than her at farming right now. I just said that it was because of all the powerpoints but she said that when it was her time, she wasn’t as knowledgeable unlike me.

Anyway, I’m back and I just got accepted at my dream job. Yep, I got accepted at DBP but I have to start as contractual at first. I know, it’s kinda sad but I won’t give up. I’ve already landed this job and I am going to make sure that I get permanent in this job.

Even a next-of-kin relative doesn’t exempt you from undergoing the usual employment steps. First, there’s this medical thing and the orientation this coming Friday. So, I won’t be able to start at my work officially until next week. However, I might drop by this Wednesday of Thursday to undergo informal training. Then by next week, my job, I think, will officially commence.

I still have a lot of things to say but unfortunately, this post ain’t getting shorter so I won’t elaborate much. However, there’s just one thing that I want to say: I MISSED TECHNOLOGY FOR AN ENTIRE WEEK!!!! No laptop!!! No internet!!! Thank God, I am back in Manila!!! SWEET TECHNOLOGY!!!! I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!!