it's wednesday 10:19am and i don't want to be where i am right now.
possible alternate dimensions:
1. the movie theatre - i wonder what's on...
2. the mall - shopping always lifts my spirits up
3. the dentist - it's never-ending
4. the beach - my abs are in need of vitamin D
5. the pool - see number 4
6. the province - hello? manila is almost empty, save for drones like me
Tuesday, March 22, 2005
Friday, March 18, 2005
the blue bikini
so i was supposed to go to galera tomorrow with my buds but it just was not meant to be.
(1) the dentist
i went to the dentist last night to, what else, have my teeth checked and the dentist says i have to go back tomorrow (which means today) or on saturday and that it just cant wait.
(2) the job
going to the beach on the weekend meant that i had to unload all the backlog that i have accumulated plus the 2 newsletters that i sent out weekly plus the documents i have to fill in and check plus the daily grind i have to contend with. well you get the idea.
(3) extra moolah
nothing material in life is free, well most of the time, so if i wanna get mo money, some work has to be done. there's this paper that i could write w/c will give me a third of what i get for one whole month. not bad for 3-5 days work.
just had to squeeze it in.
since i'm gonna miss galera this saturday, might as well do the sideline thingie.
as for now, it's booze night friday.
no galera tomorrow, so maybe i'll just take a dip in the pool on sunday.
in case you're wondering why it's named blue bikini, well, i bought myself another one today at lunch time. hehehe
still hoping to hit the beach :-) summer has just started.
(1) the dentist
i went to the dentist last night to, what else, have my teeth checked and the dentist says i have to go back tomorrow (which means today) or on saturday and that it just cant wait.
(2) the job
going to the beach on the weekend meant that i had to unload all the backlog that i have accumulated plus the 2 newsletters that i sent out weekly plus the documents i have to fill in and check plus the daily grind i have to contend with. well you get the idea.
(3) extra moolah
nothing material in life is free, well most of the time, so if i wanna get mo money, some work has to be done. there's this paper that i could write w/c will give me a third of what i get for one whole month. not bad for 3-5 days work.
just had to squeeze it in.
since i'm gonna miss galera this saturday, might as well do the sideline thingie.
as for now, it's booze night friday.
no galera tomorrow, so maybe i'll just take a dip in the pool on sunday.
in case you're wondering why it's named blue bikini, well, i bought myself another one today at lunch time. hehehe
still hoping to hit the beach :-) summer has just started.
Thursday, February 3, 2005
guilt trip
thursday morning. being my usual self, i had to haul myself out of bed and go to work. i boarded this Tamaraw FX and handed the driver a crisp P20 bill. "Bayad po." (Here's my fare." I said to no one in particular. About 20m after, my seatmate, a woman in long-sleeves striped shirt that is the EXACT print as my short-sleeved one that THANKFULLY i didn't wear today, handed her P20 bill as well, and then it happened.
the driver goes "P5 pa po. Yung nagbayad kanina ng P20, kulang din ng P5." (P5 more. To the one who paid earlier, you also owe me P5.)
the fun begins.
the passenger in the midsection goes "meron kasing tumatanggap ng P20 lang" (there are some who are content with getting only P20).
to which my lady seatmate follows up with "di kasi pare-pareho ang singil ninyo. dapat maglagay kayo ng notice." (you charge different fares [for the same distance or trip]. you should put up a notice.)
and to add fuel to the fire, i go "bawal nga yan pagtaas nyo ng presyo e" (increasing the fare [of an fx service] is against the law.)
then silence.
needless to say. we still gave him his crappy five pesos, but not without a mouthful.
hehehe.
sometimes, being stuck in traffic is not all that bad...
the driver goes "P5 pa po. Yung nagbayad kanina ng P20, kulang din ng P5." (P5 more. To the one who paid earlier, you also owe me P5.)
the fun begins.
the passenger in the midsection goes "meron kasing tumatanggap ng P20 lang" (there are some who are content with getting only P20).
to which my lady seatmate follows up with "di kasi pare-pareho ang singil ninyo. dapat maglagay kayo ng notice." (you charge different fares [for the same distance or trip]. you should put up a notice.)
and to add fuel to the fire, i go "bawal nga yan pagtaas nyo ng presyo e" (increasing the fare [of an fx service] is against the law.)
then silence.
needless to say. we still gave him his crappy five pesos, but not without a mouthful.
hehehe.
sometimes, being stuck in traffic is not all that bad...
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