Saturday, August 30, 2003
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Just came home from our team building. All I can say is, our Fab Team rules!
I'm so tired! Ever since the morning, all my teammates and I were hyper. Di uubra yung consequence that if you're late, you have to dance. My teammates and I were going, okay, let's be late! We've been dancing since the day began. So I'm so pooped right now. The place where it was held is only about fifteen minutes from my house is so nice. They have pelicans, flamingos (really pink), black and white swans, ducks and peacocks wandering around. The ostriches were fenced in though (think "Jurassic Park"). It's really made for conferences and gatherings such as ours because of the space and facilities (set-up wise). There's a shuttle going around so you can get to see the aviary and other places there. Those of us who lived in the area were quite amazed that such a place existed near us! Let's see... the activities were okay, we got to learn different styles of who we are. Like I am a dolphin and when I read the description, it was me. To think, almost all my teammates are in the peacock group, which is really funny. I supposed you could characterize our group nga as such. The facilitators said our batch was more hyper, more energized as opposed to the previous week. Goodness, you could feel the energy. And it's not just our Fab Team, but the other teams with us had their own brand of hyperactivity, which added to the fun and somewhat bonding na rin. Syempre, the "walang malisya" kept coming out. A lot of the other teams could sense na our team was really bonded and I think that made us feel special. I suppose the management was not aware what sort of team would come out of the great reshuffle, but I think they did alright with us. I wore my brand-new, sparkling white sneakers with its candy red swoosh today (finally! Sneakers to end that issue!). By the end of the day, it was not-so-white already as my teammates all had to step on it (binyagan, so to speak). And in an activity, where the whole team was squished on tarp, yep, we had to step on each other's feet (no choice). Hehe. Well, my famous sneakers are officially part of the Fab Team lore again of how I am "growing up" and "getting out of it"!
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Friday, August 29, 2003
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Checked out TAR4's Jon and Al's site, which I got through PEx. Cute tagline: "Nine countries. 40,000 miles. Two rubber clown noses." Waah! I really think they should have won! Super nice people, never heard them backstabbing, always helped the other teams out, etc.
Also seen in the pics of that site: John Vito & Jill (aaww, another nice TAR couple and pretty Jill!) and Team Chachacha.
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Thursday, August 28, 2003
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Hag Moment # 4: Chris had to fix my hair today! Well, not really. He told me to use his leave-on conditioner because I was buhaghag and I was going to have tea later on. I was putting a small amount, but he saw it was ineffective, so he was the one who applied it on my hair, after making me remove my headset and barrette. Hehe, I'd definitely go to Chris' parlor, if he would ever push through with opening one. :)
It's almost 10 hours after Chris put the conditioner on my hair and my hair still looks and feels great. Interesting product. How nice, I received a notice that I was added to my course's alumni's e-groups, managed by the staff themselves. I got a bunch of job opportunities for the first few messages. It's supposed to be venue for updates on the graduates' professional and personal affairs. I find that really sweet of the staff of my course--like last Christmas, they sent us a Christmas card signed by our former teachers. Even if we don't come by or communicate with school as often as before, I'm quite happy they don't forget us.
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Wednesday, August 27, 2003
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I am such a hag lately and today reinforced the fact that I need maintenance work done already. I'm so vain lately, I can't help it. I'm just so annoyed at how I look.
First, there were cameras and stage lights set in the office and they were taking footage and pictures of the place, near my station today. So we were all curious about that, thinking what magazine or show or commercial was that for. My parents dashed all those commercial dreams by saying that it may have been for the annual report, as it's that time of the year to come up with things like that. Oh well. Then one of the managers was going around taking pics of some of my officemates for some board. I didn't really pay attention to that until she popped over my station and asked me to smile. I was like, "No, no! I'm sabog today!" (let's just say I realized I have dark undereye circles already and I hadn't really fixed my hair yet). She wouldn't hear of it, so I gave my (I hope) best smile and prayed my pic would come out well--which, I doubt, will. I mean, I was super feeling lousy today. I needed coffee and to eat just to keep me up and about until late today. It's a sign, I really have to un-hag (de-hag?) myself soon.
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Tuesday, August 26, 2003
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I need serious prettify-ing! Aargh!
I have not forgiven myself for being such a ditz and just being so... ugh today. I am in dire need of maintenance with all the difficulties and stress of the past few weeks (late late skeds, heavy workload). Guilty also--I've been staying up the past few days finishing a book so that adds to the reason why I got sick last week, I look awful and I need a rest, hehe. Will have to do something about it this week! And I am such a ditz talaga, it's another "red as a macopa" day and I don't know why these things happen to me. How is it that I never knew I blush so hard when I am on the spot? I only learned that from my friends in college. So, so embarrassing. :(
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Thursday, August 21, 2003
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 Shan Cai: feisty and independent. Which Meteor Garden character are you? brought to you by Quizilla Aw, I like Shan Cai, although I'm not so updated already with what's happening with MG2. My eyes are puffy, I just had a good cry to purge my system (beyond me why I need purging lately). Enough reason to stay at home tonight and just curl up. How sad, it's not a long weekend for me. :(
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Melancholy feelings are catching.
Dianie and I were sad today. It's one of those days, Kuya reminded me (I looked so lugi, I think). *boo hoo* Maybe tomorrow will be better. I suppose it can't get worse.
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Sunday, August 17, 2003
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Belated Friday Five
1. How much time do you spend online each day? Almost two hours a day. 2. What is your browser homepage set to? Hotmail 3. Do you use any instant messaging programs? If so, which one(s)? Yup, MSN Messenger. I may have downloaded Yahoo Messenger sometime ago, but... can't seem to find the file. Oops. 4. Where was your first webpage located? Geocities... wow, that was a long time ago. 5. How long have you had your current website? Had my blog since September last year. It's so nice to be home on a Sunday for a change! Even if working on a Saturday pala is quite stressful these days. I thought Saturday would be another pa-easy day... yech, the whole day was busy and we were so few pa. Goodness. I missed the Sunday bunch today. Oh well.
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Saturday, August 16, 2003
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I'm so corny and anti-social, I didn't go to my friends' birthday inuman thing tonight. Wala lang, it's not my thing and everyone knows that. And although most of the hosts are my friends, I'm not really sure who else would be there, aside from my team. I'm weird. Besides, they can't call me an indianera (how do you spell that anyway?) as I didn't commit to going tonight.
Can I just share early this morning (about 1a) the moon was gorgeous? I wish I took a picture of that. The sky was clear, the moon full and was that Mars nearby? And then there was a huge ring around the moon and Mars. Ang ganda! Goooodness, ang tagal ng Hotmail! Lots of junk mail pa! Another Twister Fries day tomorrow! Hee, I'm excited! I'm happy now lang kase I heard from a long lost friend again. Yipee! I'm still on August 15 mode. August 15 is one memorable day: it's my dad's birthday, Assumption Day (miss that), anniv of our Incorporation in college (six years already!), etc. :)
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Monday, August 11, 2003
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I'm so happy today because I was able to have Twister Fries at McDo today! I swear, nothing came between me and my Twister Fries today! Not the weather, my sked, the lines at McDo or whatever. I made sure I would have Twister Fries today! :) Happy happy joy joy! Yup, I am so shallow like that.
Can I just share how hard it is to find Jolina dolls? I don't think they carry Jolina dolls anymore. My dad was looking for a Jolina doll to give to the daughter of a balikbayan friend of his so he made me go to Toy Kingdom last Saturday. It took me a lot of nerve to ask the salesperson if there was any! Unfortunately there wasn't any so I wandered over to the Barbie section. They really are pushing the Cut and Style Barbie doll! I want! I bet it's fun to play with (read: cut or style the hair--more cut, I think) during stressful times. I mean, check out Anton's Zoe (Betty Spaghetti doll from Happy Meal) when I have her at work. She's all twisted up and her hair (all eight fuschia strands of it) is in all sorts of designs when I'm at work. I want the Cut and Style Barbie! :)
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Friday, August 08, 2003
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Friday Five!
1. What's the last place you traveled to, outside your own home state/country? Subic last weekend! 168 hours ago (tama ba?), we were just getting home from the beach and cooking dinner. Can't believe a week has passed na! Yeah, still high about it, especially with all the pictures coming in, but my cloud's going down slowly already. And it's not only me ha, everyone else is as well! Mai Mai is absolutely on a high 'til now (maybe because she's in love already--even if she's hurting. I think we are, too, for her). 2. What's the most bizarre/unusual thing that's ever happened to you while traveling? The scene-from-a-movie moment in the middle of some muddy road in Pampanga! There is nothing quite as scary (or funny) as that--being chased by 18-wheelers at dawn through mud. Last year, during our trip to Vigan for our feasibility study, I also thought it was weird getting off the bus at about 1 am in the middle of nowhere (I later found out it was La Union) for a stop. People in the bus would get down for a five-peso bowl of noodle soup or hotdogs or smoke. It was dark and I had no idea where we were. I was not quite used to waking up in a bus with strangers around me. 3. If you could take off to anywhere, money and time being no object, where would you go? A trip through Europe. 4. Do you prefer traveling by plane, train or car? My first and only long train ride was on a skanky train--to think we were in the "first class" by then. Maybe if the train was sort of nice, I'd like trains. There's something nice about watching the scenery dash by you. Planes are okay, I guess. Cars? As long as I have enough space to stretch my legs, good music, enough snacks and fun company. :) 5. What's the next place on your list to visit? My big, vague plan is Europe and US (to watch the USO, di ba Tessa?), but I think next month we may be going to Batangas or somewhere again. Phooey, I've been trying to download "You Don't Know Me" by Jann Arden but it's so hard to get it on Kazaa. Will seriously consider having my bro have someone burn me a CD of all these songs I've been overplaying everytime I put on the pc. 1. Dove by Moony (complete with dancing) 2. You First Believed by Hoku (awww!!!) 3. Kailangan Kita by Gary V 4. Ako'y Sa 'Yo by First Circle Still thinking of other songs!
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Wednesday, August 06, 2003
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For a moment tonight, I wished I was petite and cute. As in.
Stnading outside the building and talking, in the rain. At that moment. But only for a moment... I'm quite content with my height, I even wish I could be a bit taller. I never really wanted to be petite ever since. I couldn't even believe my friend Di (who's got a great height, pang-model) saying she wanted to be small and cute because petite girls usually can be sexy. Not that I really care. I just thought about it for a moment tonight because... wala lang... then I snapped out of it. Hello, that was pointless. Anyway, that moment passed, I'm just amazed lately I've been rethinking a lot of things, principles and ideas (both deep and shallow, like my height) which I used to hold on to. I am so weird lately. So sad--a new wave of friends may be leaving work again. I'm happy for them, but I can't help but feel sad as well. These people are those I got to know well and bond with. *sniff*
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Tuesday, August 05, 2003
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It's so funny--Mai Mai, Lizzie and I were so giddy today at Kodak where we were having some of the pics developed (nice pics!). I think the Kodak people would have found us weird, being so noisy and atat with having the pictures developed. :) Everyone is still so high and hyper about the trip.
Other than that, everything is back to normal at work. Still careful about what we try to talk about regarding that weekend. The unmentionables are just discussed about in quiet bunches among us. The aftermath is not so bad (I hope), especially for those who were caught in compromising situations. Hmm. I learned a lot just by being there. Anton's been teasing me that I'm so unfocused since the weekend because of whatever we did there daw. Hah.
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Saturday, August 02, 2003
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I had been looking forward to this weekend so much--I awfully didn't want to jinx it because it was the much much much awaited team outing of our Fabulous Team.
It's sooo hard to schedule a team outing, I swear. Days off are not all the same, it just so happened that we have a common off and we decided to switch, switch, switch. It wasn't easy, though. We were set to leave after log on Thursday and by Wednesday evening, we were all stressed in fixing our scheds. But thanks to some angels on the other teams we were finally able to work it out. I swear, Wednesday was extra stressful for Lizzie and Puals, but we were able to work out their sched at last, just a few sacrifices on their end. Thursday night, I think I was the most ineffective officer at work. :) I was just too hyper and ready to go! And we finally did at 1:30 am. I don't mind travelling at night to far off places, although I want to get to sleep even for a while. Hay naku, with my car-mates, sleep was not possible. We listened to Rex Navarrete and all sorts of danceable songs. At 2 am (I think) we were at Petron, having dinner of sorts. Ooh... and our car had a scene-straight-from-a-movie moment! At 3:30 am, we were stuck in this muddy road somewhere in Pampanga and the van wouldn't move. So someone had the idea that we ought to get off so Bo could maneuver the van. Goodness, when we got off, it was super muddy because huge trucks that went ahead of us had worn grooves into the road so the middle was quite high and muddy. Anyway, Rox, Ria, Jan, TJ and I were walking along, but I think we were walking too slowly in the middle of the road that the huge trucks behind us were quite impatient. They were honking and gaining on us, shining their headlights really bright and overtaking us on all sides. By then, Bo had already gotten the van out of the deep mud, so we were all going, "Takbo! Sakay, bilis!" Goodness, we were all muddy. Think "Joy Ride." Finally we got to Subic at about five am? After a few photo ops by the highway sign at Subic stating we were at the Freeport already. Let's see: 5:30am: Made it to the house we're staying in. It's okay, but I wonder how we are to fit and all that. Hay, we're so noisy settling in. 6:30am: Girl talk time! In the girls' room, we thought about sleeping, but we ended up telling stories about their love lives (can't relate, syempre). Interesting though. :) 6:45am: Girl talk sort of--we were joined by Mario and Carl and it was in a game mode. If I thought we were oversharing before, this is even more so. And we were asking our 1-2-3s at work. *grin* Now everyone knows. 7+am: The guys leave and we sleep until lunch. Lizzie just had a power nap then went off to the market with out super. I swear, siya yung kawawa at pagod this weekend because she's our Mommy. I just got stuck with dishwashing duty (so I'm a Home Ec reject). About 2pm: Lunch and then mah-jong, fortune-telling and card games. 4pm: Beach! We drove to this beach in Subic which was so-so (I've been to that beach ages ago). It was kind of late to tan, which most people wanted to do, but that was okay. The water was itchy... We were the only people there and we hogged the videoke machine! But my teammates are good singers. :) Especially Rox and Mai. 8pm: Back at the house in Beta Street. Waiting for dinner, which is inihaw na liempo. Heard about the coup rumors and that the expressways were blocked already. Hmm... interesting. What if we were stuck there? Hehehe. No one could log for us. I went down after my bath to join Lizzie, Glen and Rupert grilling in the backyard. It was a nice cool night and I was just chatting with them while waiting for the food. I was also texting Ais who was telling me that she was super envious that our team was able to go and bond. Aww. After dinner, about 10pm or so: This was when things started to get interesting. An outing isn't complete without the inuman and some, uh, games. Our team was on a "walang malisya" mode the whole weekend. Eek. Anyway, good thing Puals was the bartender because she mixed me a very mild drink since she knows I don't really drink. :) Had to be sort of brave (haha, know what Empy told me when he found out I was going? "Naks, di na siya manang!" Complete with high five! I didn't get it last week. Now I know). 1am: Weird things happening with a very distressed teammate and her bf back in Manila. It was a singing fest since we got bored with the games. Fun. :) About 2:30am: I went to the room by this time because, hello, I was sort of weirded out by that time. Puals was in bed already, Lizzie just started drinking (she slept after dinner) and we were still magulo in the room. I think I went to sleep by 4:30 to 5am--after much laughter and kwentuhan. It was super, super fun. I was not let down by the weekend. I had been really looking forward to it and I was glad our whole team, including our super (which is rare daw, the team being complete, that is) was there to bond and have fun. :) I am on a high right now about the trip! I am really babbling right now. I must've slept a grand total of five hours in the past two days and my body is really tired, but really, it was a high. In fact, I'm downloading from Kazaa all our "theme songs" for the past few days. Sigh. Shucks, one song down and I feel like dancing... but I'm too pooped. A lot of things unexpected came out of the trip as well. We all learned a lot about each other (a lot talaga), which we promised would be kept only within the team. I know we will. It was rather interesting. I got to bond with those I used to shy away from--not that they were bad or anything but because I was intimidated at first by them. Back to work tomorrow. Waah. :( Oh, and I walked away with the "Rookie of the Year" Award. *grin* Hands down.
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