Snippets

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!!!!

I went back to the Ateneo earlier, just to get something from Ben. I didn’t expect to be quite early because I thought the end of their class was at 4. However, I was informed that it was supposed to be at 6. Anyway, what’s two hours of waiting, right?

Anyway, it seemed that they were let out early because Sheelah arrived at around 4:30 or 5. We had some chitchat, I was able to get what I was supposed to get from Ben, met some of my classmates, was grilled by Ace about the difference between Athlon and Intel. Personally, I don’t have a lot of knowledge regarding the difference but I guess, I needed research on that, and so is Ace. I did meet a lot of former blockmates and *someone* who I really wanted to meet. I guess, I just missed all of my blockmates that much.

However, it felt different. Sure, I was kind of happy when I met them but something changed. Probably I was holding on to the memories that I have of them, and wasn’t able to see the change that happened to them during the summer. So much has changed but still, they’re my former blockmates, who I think will remain dear to me for quite a very long time.

I was kind of disappointed when I didn’t see a certain classmate of mine that I *almost* wanted to see. However, I didn’t get to, just got a glance. But, I don’t mind that anymore. I guess he’s happy where he is right now and besides, the two of them look good together. I can’t say anymore lest I get pestered with a lot of questions.

In the end, it was a mix of emotions for me. Happy that I was able to see them but kind of sad because they seem to be a bit of different. Probably I am just holding on to a memory of who they used to be based on how I knew them. People change. I guess it’s high time for me to follow suit.

I never knew that this day would be quite an eventful day for me. I was just planning to learn something from our orientation today and spend the day with my sister, who celebrated her birthday yesterday. In addition, I was supposed to be buying this VCD by Billy Blanks. Billy Blanks is a famous international tae-bo instructor. I think he was the one who invented tae-bo or something like that. However, my day included discovering an overturned motorcycle with a dead man lying on the ground next to it and lots of police and bystanders. I wasn’t able to verify the incident because I spent too long in Landmark, looking for DVDs and VCDs.

So there. I began searching for Billie Blanks on the Internet because I was looking for some VCDs or DVDs of his. I had the VHS ones and I was already thinking of converting them to VCD or DVD. I wasn’t able to find something online so I guess I’ll have it converted. Then I got into this ebay account wherein the person was selling a lot of New Age stuff. I got curious so I looked. She sold a lot of meditation CDs with New Age background. I then started searching for Wiccan stuff as I wanted to expand my knowledge base on Wicca. During the course of my search, I discovered a Wiccan shop at Xavierville, near TAPE studios, I think. I’ll probably drop on it sometime.

A note to dial-up users: I know that dial-up is so FREAKINGLY SLOW! It’s a given fact. However, based on my experimentations, I found out that there are some dial-up cards that are a bit faster than the rest. I DO NOT recommend GO! It’s so FREAKINGLY SLOW!!!!! Two pages that would normally appear in two minutes would take ten minutes. Believe me, I have tried it. Surfmaxx, for me, is the BEST. It’s quite quick but it only offers limited hours of Internet connectivity. The Php 50 card offers 9 hours of Internet access but it is compensated by its free Internet access from 12mn to 6am, which I exploit to the max. However, this review is just my opinion. You may have another opinion besides mine and I respect you for that. This review is just a product of my observation. :)

I guess that’s it for today. I still have to make an outline for my demo teaching this Tuesday. Oh, and before I forget: HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY PHILIPPINES!!!!!

Life is so unfair! You get an inherited disease that diminishes most of the joys in life and when you finally find a way to control or delay the appearance of the disease by eating the right food, once you go out of the house, it seems that you cannot even eat a single bit of food offered in the restaurants. Why? It’s because most of the food sold in restaurants are foods that you need to avoid!! How unfair!!!

I guess it’s common knowledge that diabetes is a disease that can be passed on from one member of the family to another. I mean, it can be inherited. My father’s a diabetic so I have a big chance of inheriting the disease. As much as possible, I don’t want to have the disease. Just looking at my father would be enough for me to avoid it at all costs. My dad saw this book regarding delaying or controlling the disease by eating the right food for one’s blood type. When I saw the book, I realized that there’s still a way for me to delay the onsetting of the disease. I just need to avoid the foods that is harmful for my blood type and eat those that are beneficial. Simple, isn’t it? However, to my dismay, a lot of the foods that we eat here in the Philippines belong to the AVOID category: chicken, monggo, coconut, and a lot more. What’s more is that the super beneficial meats for me is lamb and mutton, which I dunno where to get here in the Philippines. Wah!!! Too bad!!! And also, the neutral food for me that’s quite beneficial is beef and it’s kind of expensive!! Another wah!!!! So, that leaves me no choice: be a beef eater. I am not allowed to eat chicken *sob* as it’s harmful for me. *sob*

That’s where the problem comes in. Most of the fast food chains here offer chicken dishes only. Japanese restaurants offer fish (probably I might go on a sushi diet) but rarely beef. I really don’t know how am I going to fill in those needed super beneficial foods for me to eat. How unfair!!!!

Then I realized that if given a chance to open a restaurant, I will be opening a diabetes-friendly restaurant. What do I mean? Well, I might be making a menu wherein all the food offered would help the diabetic and their relatives control or delay the onset of the disease. Diabetes is a disease that affects your entire system. So, if given a chance, I would help them as I understand how difficult it is for a diabetic to live a normal life. It is possible but one must exercise a lot of self control.

So what did I eat this lunch? Teriyaki Boy’s katsudon. Pork wasn’t even included in my list of beneficial or avoid foods anyway so I guess I can still eat pork. Anyway, I’ll just probably bring my own food so I’ll be able to comply with my diet.