Thursday, January 30, 2003
Elevator Game Number 2
With the sudden influx of people going to the hallowed halls of Fitness First in the fifth floor, the latest craze is now Meron o Wala -- meron o walang taong papasok o lalabas sa fifth floor. Get all your officemates and bet all your lunch money in this new wacky game. Winner take all, of course.
Seriously speaking, this Fitness First people is getting sickeningly annoying. Instead of going straight up to your office, more often than not you have to make a stop over. It's like putting a speed bump at EDSA. It's like the tollgate at the Skyway. It's like having an MMDA officer at every intersection. I think you get the picture.
And having only three working elevators out of the twelve doesn't help the situation at all. I know we're probably cost-cutting (don't we always?) but why purchase twelve when you only want three to work? C'mon! I think there must be a better solution than this.
3:20 PM
Monday, January 27, 2003
Tadhana
Pihadong masakit ang katawan niya ngayon. Kung ako ngang bata pa'y bugbog na ang katawan sa pagkakabagsak na iyon, ano pa kaya siyang uugud-ugod na? Ipinagdarasal ko na lang na walang buto ang nabali sa kanyang katawan o hindi tumama sa estero ang kanyang ulo. Kahit dalawampung kilometro kada oras lang ang aking takbo, humampas pa rin ako sa kanya - mismong siya ang tinumbok.
Tumilapon ako sa manibela ng bisikleta at sabay kaming bumagsak sa semento at sumadsad hanggang sa gabukan sa tabi ng kalye. Naiwan ang kanyang tsinelas sa daan katabi ng aking bisikleta. Hindi siya makapagsalita nung una. Nabigla pihado sa pangyayari, nanginginig ang kanyang mga kamay. Maayos na daw siya, iyong ang sinabi niya nung tinulungan ko siyang tumayo. Ayaw niyang magpadala sa ospital.
"Mag-iingat kayo sa pamimisikleta," ang kanyang huling sinabi sa akin.
8:39 AM
Friday, January 24, 2003
Hot Chick
Ang galing ni Rob Schneider in his latest movie, Hot Chick! We watched it last night at the Powerplant Mall in Rockwell. Panoorin niyo rin! :)
11:21 AM
Thursday, January 23, 2003
Me, the gardener
Of the three plants in our area, only Dan is alive and well. We all agree that Jessie's dead and Charo is struggling to survive. We water them everyday all the time. Actually, we water them whenever we're thinking of something or stressed out. They're great outlets, and I fear we might have unloaded too much.
That explains for her death. Still, her remains are there - haunting us of our inability to take care of another life.
We still water her, though not as much as before.
3:58 PM
Tuesday, January 21, 2003
I was supposed to just drop off the panucha, but I ended up hanging out in her house till 11:40 in the evening. We watched TV and she showed me her college yearbook.
3:42 PM
Saturday, January 18, 2003
Rumelism
Nag-e-enjoy akong magmake-up
Rumelo Pedigan's latest quotable quote
Cloud 9, Antipolo
18 January 2003
10:19 AM
Thursday, January 16, 2003
And you think your job sucks
6:54 PM
Wednesday, January 15, 2003
Comfort Room Game No. 1
Entertain yourself everytime you go to the office restroom by playing the company's growing game sensation -- Meron o Walang Sabon. Similar to Eat Bulaga's popular Meron o Wala, players will guess which soap dispenser actually has soap. Winners go home with clean hands.
1:13 PM
Tuesday, January 14, 2003
Memorable lines from the Welcome back, Joseph - See you next Christmas, Jojo party
Thanks again to Olive
May naghahanap ng Pepsi Blue.
Hirit ni Jojo: Meron na ba silang Coke Blue?
Rumel: Wala. Royal Blue lang.
Habang nanonood ng Transformers DVD na uwi ni Joseph
Jojo: Decepticons pala! I thought all the while ang tawag sa kanila ay The Cepticons!
Habang nanonood ng Caligula DVD na uwi ni Joseph
Jojo: Ba't nag-attack sila na nakahubad?!
Rumel: Camouflage.
Tungkol sa kusina ni Joyce
Morny to Joyce: Ano'ng sabi ng mommy mo sa ashtray?
Jojo: Hello.
Rumel's best
Habang nagmamahjong
Rumel sa mahjong tiles niya: Kakatapos ko lang sa iyo, ha!
Hawak ang rainmaker
Rumel: Ano'ng batterya ang gamit dito?
Usapang tequila
Jovan offers Joyce a shot of tequila. Tumanggi si Joyce.
Joyce: Huwag. May mafe-feel ako mamaya.
Morny: Ako, may mafe-feel mamaya.
Olive: Eh, di ba umebs ka na?!
Random hirit
Morny: Alala nyo nabasag ang itlog natin?
Olive: Ayoko na magyosi; sasakit lang ang likod ko.
Joseph: Hindi likod ko ang sasakit--baga ko!
4:10 PM
Saturday, January 11, 2003
This is wedding number two for the barong. No, hindi ako ang ikakasal. Bisita lang po ako. Ayaw kong magsalita ng tapos, pero I don't have any plans to tie the knot till I'm 30. At saka kanino naman ako ikakasal?!
Para kay EJ at Carlo, enjoy the ride!
9:44 AM
Thursday, January 09, 2003
The Cats are back!
Good news to the fans of 80's cartoons! The Thundercats are back on air in Cartoon Network's Power Zone. I caught the show last night at 12:30 am!
1:19 PM
Wednesday, January 08, 2003
Forwarded Email
Thanks to Trixie
25 Phrases of Wisdom
1. If you're too open minded, your brains will fall out.
2. Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.
3. Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you a mechanic.
4. Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.
5. If you must choose between two evils, pick the one you've never tried before.
6. My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.
7. Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious.
8. It is easier to get forgiveness than permission.
9. For every action, there is an equal and opposite government program.
10. If you look like your passport picture, you probably need the trip.
11. Bills travel through the mail at twice the speed of checks.
12. A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good.
13. Eat well, stay fit, die anyway.
14. Men are from earth. Women are from earth. Deal with it.
15. No husband has ever been shot while doing the dishes.
16. A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand.
17. Middle age is when broadness of the mind and narrowness of the waist change places.
18. Opportunities always look bigger going than coming.
19. Junk is something you've kept for years and throw away three weeks before you need it.
20. There is always one more imbecile than you counted on.
21. Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
22. By the time you can make ends meet, they move the ends.
23. Thou shalt not weigh more than thy refrigerator.
24. Someone who thinks logically provides a nice contrast to the real world.
25. Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they shall never cease to be amused.
9:52 PM
Quotable Quote
He has changed a lot, 'no? He seems nicer. And he wears socks na now!
An officemate commenting on my boss
10:26 AM
Sunday, January 05, 2003
It didn't seem like two weeks. I have to admit it was fun while it lasted. Now I have to prepare myself to go back to work tomorrow. I have to teach myself to sleep early and wake up early. That means no more drinking sessions nor any gimmicks tonight, and that is fair enough.
I spent the whole day yesterday in the house. After going home at 4:00 in the morning the night before from the Cloud 9 and P. Guevarra drinking sessions with Jenny, Vanessa, Chuck, Maydel and Tina, bumming at home doing virtually nothing but playing with the PC and watching TV is definitely a welcome break.
I'm planning to do my last minute chores today. I'm having Chai washed. I'm also paying my Citibank credit card bills in full. I might drop by to Megamall and get myself a cheap pair of rubber sandals. The Birkenstocks threw in the towel after six years of supporting this 200+ pounds of body weight. Finally I'm getting Christmas gifts for the nice office people.
10:44 AM
Friday, January 03, 2003
Surprisingly the drive last night up to Tagaytay was OK. The traffic was light and there were relatively less vehicles on the road. Coming down from C5 to the South Superhighway, I was expecting the usual gridlock. But this time everything's a go. Maybe there is something magical about Thursdays or maybe it was because she was there with me.
The gimmick was a spur of the moment kind of thing. We didn't plan it. We were thinking about Tagaytay the other night, but we never knew that it was going to be last night. We just came from SM Megamall after joining Vanessa and Jenny for some shopping and videoke. We were supposed to have dinner at Dannylicious, but it was just 8:30 in the evening and we didn't have any plans anyway.
Diner's, my favorite bulalo place, was already closed for the night, so we opted to stay at Leslie's instead of Dencio's. I had three rounds of San Mig Light and she had two over steaming bulalo and grilled tuna belly. The tuna wasn't that fresh anymore and the bulalo wasn't exactly excellent, but that all got drowned in our conversation.
Over the cheesy music of Basia and Julia Fordham, I drove her home to Marikina.
There was something there. I'm sure she felt it, too. But I know where we should stand and I know that we both have to hold back ourselves for both our sakes..
11:34 AM
Thursday, January 02, 2003
Wow! The first entry for the year. Now I feel the pressure. Like a buena mano of sorts, it must be something really good or I'm doomed to mediocrity forever. Not.
The yearender went out pretty well, although I wished there were more people who attended. After Outback, we continued at Vina's place in Xavierville. I haven't been there for years. The house was still the same. Ate Ping was still there. But a lot of things have changed since we broke off many years ago. No, this is not going to be cheesy.
It was beer and kwento. We're all content with that. The discussion went from the bar exams to marriage to their present boyfriends not joining them in their own gimmicks. The party ended at five o' clock and I drove Rumel to his house in Cainta.
Some realizations at the start of the year:
1. We are now on our own for a good part of our trip. This means that we have to start depending on ourselves. This is what I told my brother and sister at the last dinner of 2002. They had an eye opener when my father texted them that he won't be joining the dinner because of a new year's eve party. So for the first time it was only Kristine, Ricky, Gian, Zagu and I.
2. She loves him. And even though he doesn't treat her as much as she deserves, they're still ok. It's going to be really hard for her to let go. Five years is a long time to just flush down the toilet.
3. People are catching up with what we're doing, and so as the late Father Cruz would say, it's time to put on your afterburners.
May pangakong taglay ang 2003 para sa akin. Hindi ko pa alam kung ano ito, pero hindi na ako makapaghintay para alamin.
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