Saturday, June 28, 2003
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Of all things!
So the ladies' room on our floor is being renovated and it is honest-to-goodness hard to get around to other floors because the elevators take forever and I have no idea if we could use the service stairs, what's a girl to do when she has to go? Use the guy's restroom. It's been done before and my friend Ais told me she already used it without the aid of a guy. But me? Nah, I'm maarte. Someone told me she had one of my guy officemates stay outside while she used it. Hmm. Good thing when I had to go and contemplating what to do, Chris was done and had to go toothbrush, so I went, "Wait for me!" Ais also went along. :) Funny thing when getting to the guy's bathroom: Chris went in first to check if there was anyone in it (we followed in anyway) and then shooed us out for tissue because "kakahiya naman yung banyo ng lalake!" Uh-oh, does not sound good. Chris took it upon himself to make the restroom as clean as could be before we could use it. Well. At least now I know how the guy's washroom looks like. Definitely not as spacious as the ladies' room. :) Still... it feels weird to be sharing a restroom with guys (Ally McBeal's office comes to mind--wonder how they survived?). No lingering in the mirror because there's no place to put the kikay kit and the sink area's wet, can't stay long and chat there, can't fix up outfits there lest the guys would have to be banging on the door telling us we're there for too long, etc. etc. But anyway, it was still an experience for the girls. Weirdly so.
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Saturday, June 21, 2003
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Happy happy joy joy! My dad got us a copy of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. According to him, it was the second to the last copy in National Bookstore and everyone in line at the cashier held a copy of Harry Potter.
In all honesty, I completely forgot that HP5 was coming out this year, much less this month. I sort of lost some excitement over the release of the fifth installment of the series because my impatience got the better of me, as well as everything that has happened in between. I'm not as excited as before and I'm pretty vocal that I want to read Book Seven, just to see how it will all end. But yeah, the excitement of the journey is the getting there, not so much the destination. Still, a part of me is quite excited and looking forward to reading it. I mean, when I pulled the book out of the plastic bag, I couldn't help but exclaim, "Oh my, Harry's 15 already!" I think I said that with as much affection as anyone would have for "the boy who lived." 
Finally, the fifth book, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix edited 11:51 p.m.: I just saw this and this online. Curiouser and curiouser.
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Friday, June 20, 2003
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Oh... so now I know what I would do if I just stayed at home during my day off. I sleep, eat, watch TV and some VCDs and wait for Amazing Race. I also surf the net and look for the episode guide of Friends.
This is my real first day off alone and at home in three months and it feels weird. But other than that, it's okay. I got to sleep in, something I hardly get to do, read, watch TV and just bum around the house. It was a semi-unproductive day (on a parallel plane, I would have gone out to my derma, had a haircut, did stuff to 'prettify' myself), but I honestly think I need the break. It's going to be another long week ahead, so maybe, just for today, I'll procrastinate everything else and worry about them next time. Really. Maybe just this once. La lang, Friday Five. 1. Is your hair naturally curly, wavy, or straight? Long or short? My hair looks straight, but it actually has a wave in it. It's sort of long and layered right now, so the wave isn't obvious. 2. How has your hair changed over your lifetime? Just the length, long or short. Other than that, it's always been fine (I don't want to use "thin" to describe my hair *ouch*). 3. How do your normally wear your hair? Down, with a small barrette. But since it's quite messy lately (yes, I do need a haircut), it's in a chukchak as well. 4. If you could change your hair this minute, what would it look like? Oh... I just want it longer, straight, thick and lustrous. And should fall like it's just been hot oiled. 5. Ever had a hair disaster? What happened? No major disaster that I couldn't fix. When I don't like the shape of a cut so much, I just cut it myself. Other than that, none. I'm quite conservative about my hair.
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Thursday, June 19, 2003
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There are some days when, truly, I enjoy being part of the "team." There are so-so days with awful instances and great days like today with the hotdog and popcorn stand in the pantry (I missed the ice cream and milkshake day :( Me! The dessert addict!) and ordinary days wherein we just feel hyper and silly just to spice things up (and keep awake). I also realized I have great teammates. I used to be so afraid of the reshuffle of teams, but I realized my new teammates are also nice people and they can get pretty kooky at times (especially late at night).
It's my day off tomorrow. What a nice thought. It's my Friday today, I've been dreaming of my weekend since the weekend ended--how awful is that? Unfortunately we have a whole-day seminar on Saturday. A lot of us don't want to attend, but it's required. I doubt if that's considered a work day. I hope there's food. :)  Oh... can I just share I got to watch Casablanca last weekend. I was half-expecting to be crying, well, over Ilsa and Rick's doomed romance. Okay, I have to credit that idea to "More than a Friend" by Elizabeth Winfrey, one of my favorite Love Story books way back in high school. Di ba Delia and Cain were fans of Casablanca (Cain said in the end, "We'll always have forever"--instead of "Paris". Medyo corny na siya no?)? Anyway, the movie sounded interesting (considering it's a classic classic), if not a bit dramatic and heavy, but when I saw it, I could tell Ilsa and Rick's love was really doomed and no amount of melodrama could undo it. I mean, really. I suppose I was expecting so much. But it was a good movie, albeit melodramatic. And I couldn't stop thinking, so that's how Humphrey Bogart looks like. I think he didn't smile at all in the whole film.
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Wednesday, June 11, 2003
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How is that possible that I actually cannot find my college's yearbook? After a year, it's buried somewhere in my room. Oops.
Gwennie's leaving tomorrow for Guam. :( Wasn't really able to say goodbye properly because I thought we would see each other before she left. How sad. She'll be back in September yet. Shucks, I am in between laughing and crying right now. Tessa sent us another chat transcript between her and Ate Ins and it was just so funny reading it--I felt like I was back in Prom B, seated between the two as they chatted away. I could just imagine how they sounded and their expressions. *sigh* Those were the days. And then after the blossoming love story of my "big sister" (I wonder what our Mommy Pam would have to say), they started reminscing about our college days and the Batangas roadtrip and Westlife! Oh my, I definitely got sentimental. I was laughing and getting teary-eyed. It has been one year since that road trip and ages since we had all that fun in school. *sigh*
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Tuesday, June 10, 2003
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How sad is my life. June 13 turns out to be the official holiday (Friday the 13th at that), instead of June 12 and Friday happens to be my day off. So no chance for a three-day weekend for me. Oh well, it could have been a lot worse--I could've have been picked to work on a holiday, if I didn't volunteer. To think I was quite the lucky one in getting away with not working on holidays (ie, last Holy Week). Better the day off.
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Friday, June 06, 2003
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There's a rumor going around the office that I am going to resign. Imagine my surprise today when Chris and Peter approached me with ultra-concerned looks on their faces and asking me, "Is it true you're going to resign?"
Eek. If I were to do so, I would tell my friends first. I got a bit rattled and was like, "What are you talking about?!" It seems that Peter heard it from another teammate of his and I have no idea where that came from. I went on panic mode--I mean, where do these things come from? And I try to be as unobtrusive as I can be in the office (I sit in this hidden corner, try to move about as inconspicuously as possible). So how did I become topic of such rumors? At least Chris said he would defend me from whatever. And he would try to find out where all those rumors came from. I mean, it's mostly the veterans in the office who speak of resigning. So we were surprised to find out I was included in the list of those who were about to/planning to resign. We-ell, leaving has always been playing in the back of my mind, but for now, I think I'm settling there--for now. I've been feeling pretty fine about my work so far, even if there are days that I just hate it and do not want to go to work. I suppose I'm just making the most out of this job and then, we'll see na lang (is it obvious that I am at a loss as to knowing what I want to do? I've been feeling that way for quite a while now). I found it amusing and surprising at the same time to hear out about the rumors. Although a part of me has started worrying about things. Wonder how that came about?
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Thursday, June 05, 2003
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Random Thoughts
I'd like to think my friend Anch and I survived a "true test of friendship." How about being stuck in a 12 hour traffic jam last weekend? All because of that tanker accident along SLEX. We didn't end up pulling each other's hair. (Although I doubt I'll ride her car for a while.) When I think about it, what was scary during the detour through Laguna (which seemed so near, as per description of the traffic person), was that we didn't know where we were headed. We were just following all those vehicles who turned with us from the toll gate. I suppose we were just parallel to the expressway, but... it was dark. And rainy. How were we to know where we were exactly? So we're grateful to the cow truck (the cows which we considered our pets already), the Ford Lynx ahead of us, as well as the red Civic and this container truck. They led us through. But it was not fun. An adventure, but not fun. Everything seems to be on pending lately. Pending e-mails, pending pending in the office, pending whatever. Seems like I may never be able to finish the pending. It's still "u cnt dfeat me" on my phone's profile. Hah. For more than a year already. I really need that. And I can't even credit whoever said it. All I recall is Tessa telling me, during the last stretch of college (which was my worst), that someone said that on "Fear Factor." Wise words. And for the first time, I saw this online: 
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