Yan ang itchura ng kalye namin for a week. Grabe di ba? Ang hirap maglakad kasi sa mga bato, tapilukin pa naman ako!
Habang naglalakad ako, nagdadasal ako na wag matapilok. Baka ma twist ko ankle ko tapos, ma-hospital ako, tapos magkaka-cast ako, tapos magsasaklay ako to go to work, tapos mahirap mag commute nun!!! Halat yan naiisip ko tuwing naglalakad ako sa bwisit na kalye na yan. At mahaba ang street na yan in fairness!
Pitumput pitong puting mura nasasabi ko bago makaabot sa dulo ng pesteng kalyeng yan. Ay isa pa palang dalangin ko "Dear God sana wag umulan, super mega putik ito pramis. Kawawa Chucks ko"
At heto na sya ngayon! Hindi pa tapos ung sidewalk pero masaya na ako. No more bwisit na batong tatapilok sa akin.
Wala nang maaaliw sa paglakad ko!
Hindi na ako kakabahan for my Chucks!
Pwede nang umulan!!!
YIPI!
I am absolutely addicted to this game! You start out with the barest of things to sell and with the shabbiest state a store can possibly be in. You work your way into "upgrading" your wares. See in this picture how you can buy a new coffee machine or repair your store's floor tiles from the list that is provided in the left panel? Oh yes you need money to buy those new things and that money you'd earn in the game. You basically just give what the customer asks for, ice cream or soda or a cup of coffee to earn more cash for the upgrades.
You will eventually run out of things to buy for your store (See how much Cash I was able to earn?? Addicted I tell you!) but that's just fine, you'd get to see how fabulous your store gets with all the new appliances and new counter tops and new floor tiles. Aren't they fabulous? The waitress and the chef gets to have certificates too!!! Cutie!!You just have to hear how the coffee machine refills the mugs! It sounds so real that I crave for a hot cup of coffee, really! And don't let me start on how real the popcorn popping in the machine sounded.
This is me serving the lady her drink. See how many merchandises I was able to have my store carry? I have 3 Turbo ovens!! The cola have a nicer serving glass with a pretty umbrella decor. Sweet!!!Oh yeah, your customers will leave you if you don't give them their food fast enough. =))
In this day and age I know that it is odd to say I had my very first foot spa with pedicure just last week. I have a long time issue with my feet. I don't want them touched by a stranger more so if that stranger is holding a sharp pair of nippers! I'd hate to have a wound on my feet because walking will be painful! If the lady accidentally cuts me... oh I just shudder at that thought. And I like my feet. Yeah I have feet issues.
Last week Yayen and I treated ourselves to a very nice (yeah it was great!) foot spa and pedicure. Loot at my feet! Aren't my toes cute?!
I have *sniff* sold my *sniff sniff* Creative Vision W to Dave. I'd have to admit the Vision W is a bit big for my mp3 playing needs. I end up not bringing it with me at all. It's size did not make me love it less though. *sniff* I'm going to miss that thing.
I plan to buy a Nintendo DS! Weeee!! Sad feeling gone! The DS' size is nearly the same as the Vision W but I can play games with it and also listen to MP3 files. We'll see how this crazy plan will go in a couple of days... until I buy the DS unit to be exact.
Hello stranger, it's nice to talk to you again.
I marvel at how me got to this point.
It was a nonstop chain of events, can you still remember them?
I asked Him for a sign.
Did I read those signs right? This I have to ask come judgment day.
Hi stranger, how are you?
You are the opposite of all things familiar.
I'm pleased you are here.
Sometimes I fear for things to come.
If things get sticky will you be here?
Hello friend, I miss you.
Grab my hand, lets take a walk.
I guess you're not a stranger after all.
Sa tagal kong di naka pag sulat I can't believe that I can't find the words to type. Maybe I have too many things to and say I can't find the right train of thought? Maybe I have too many emotions I can't find where to start. It all has to start somewhere and it all started on the night of December 12.
I handed my resignation that night and this led to a significant amount of chaos in my life.
Do I really have to list every detail?
I now have a new job, a new position, and am now single. Maybe I'd be able to eventually write what happened between Ged and I. Not now. I'm just tired of thinking about it.
Mga 2 hours pa lang within my shift sinabihan ako ni SOM Elnha na magpa-drug test kasi kasamay ako dun sa list (random ito noh walang kokontra!). So un nag CR muna ako bago ako bumaba sa 25th floor to take the test. While I was going down the stairs isip ko "fota dugo nanaman... kukunan nanaman ako ng dugo.. tuturukan nanaman ako" then nakita ko ung maliliit na white bottles. Natigil ako sa hagdan. AMFOTA!!! Urine?! Hindi dugo!!? Patay naiwan ko na sa taas na CR ung urine ko at na flush ko na!!! Whhuuuaaaaaa!
I filled up the given form and in I went into one of the testing CRs, may sumama sa aking girl. Patay!! Hindi ko mapuno ung bottle, kalahati lang!!! Sabi ng babae "naku kailangan mo yang punuin" gusto kong hiritan ng "Can we see it as half full.. rather than half empty? Apparently not.
Hindi daw ako pwede lumayo, tambay lang near their table. May water station dun at mga plastic cups. So naka 3 cups ako agad (maliit lang naman ung cups eh) then upo ako sa chair. As I watched the other testers step out of the CR holding their full little white bottle, I silently cheered for my bladder. *Sigh*
So feeling ko ok na baka kaya na namin ni bladder. I walked up to the administrator and asked for my bottle, she said "sure ka? kakainom mo lang". I paused.. thought about it a little, naku baka mapahiya na naman si bladder.. fine.. balik ako sa upuan. Inom ulet ng 3 cups. FINE FINE FINE!!! AMF KANG BLADDER KA WAG MO AKONG IPAHIYA!!
Ok moment of truth, with confidence I walked up again to the table and asked for my bottle. The other male administrator even cheered me on "Kaya mo yan miss, asa likod mo lang kmi". Naku na pressure ako! Mala boxing match ba ito ni Pacquiao?
Hays napuno ko rin yung pesteng little white bottle. Bati na kmi ng bladder ko. Sabi nung same guy "Ayan!! Asan na ung prize ni miss?"
OO nga!?! Asan prize ko?
Paul (Poblador) and I were talking yesterday about things in the office. Career plans and office issues. We were talking so seriously because the matter at hand were significant topics. And in English, it was challenging enough that the discussion had a serious tone to it without having to speak in English (If you knew Paul, you'd know what I mean).
Halfway through the conversation, Alex (sitting next to Paul's workstation) called me, dangled a big pack of Jellyace and asked if I wanted some. Sure enough, I stopped in mid sentence, hurried over saying "yes I do, I do, can I have 3?". Alex suddenly commented, "now I can ask Paul something".
I paused as I was peeling the lid off of my pink little Jellyace, "WHAT!?". I looked back at what happened. It seemed that Alex not knowing where to butt into the our conversation (to ask Paul something unimportant I bet!! Just kidding) baited me with Jellyace to stop me from talking. And it worked?!?! Wow that ploy was brilliant!
Why do I feel like the fish who bit the hook?
Pauwi na ako nun in a ng cab nang napasin ko tingin ng tingin yung driver sa rear-view mirror. Ako naman, carry lang.. syempre need nya tumingin if may sasakyan sa likod namin na malapit etc. Nasa Main Ave. na kami nang nag comment si kuya while looking at me sa rear-view mirror. "Miss may kahawig ka."
Wow. Hindi na talaga unique mukha ko.
"Kahawig mo ung taga sa amin"
"Pwede kayong pagkamalang magkapatid"
"Kahawig mo talaga sya"
"May kapatid ka bang babae?"
"Kahawig mo talaga si Mabel" (actually di ko maalal un name pero parang Mabel ata)
"Anong pangalan mo?"
Isip ko.. duda ba ito? Baka akala nya ako ung long lost Mabel nya! Hello! Kambal ba kmi para maging ganun ko sya kahawig?
"Aahhh... Antoinette po". Well wala na akong maisip. Ina-asses ko na ung situation ko if safe pa ba or not. Malapit na rin sa house so... cool lang. Binaba naman ako ng maayos sa bahay pero I felt his eyes on me maka abot ako ng gate namin. Bwisit na un.
"Marie, daan ako ng Starbucks. May papabili ka?", texted Yayen. An Iced White Chocolate Mocha image popped into my mind as I told Yayen which beverage I wanted. The image crumbled when Yayen told me that the Starbucks branch was already closed for the day. Ok but I now badly needed the iced coffee. So much that even GJs was an option. It's been a while since I bought anything from GJs, usually preferring 711 French Vanilla.
"Iced, iced.. anything Iced. A safe iced drink", while I looked over their menu. I settled on an Iced Mocha, so did Yayen. It sounded safe. How can you ruin a mocha drink, right? Chocolate syrup + coffee = mocha. Plain, simple.. safe. Whipped cream? Sure, still within the realm of safe.
The drink was a bit bitter for comfort. Yayen had to empty 2 packets of sugar (or was it 3 or 4) into her cup before she can drink it. I braved it, no sugar! So on went our daily chats.
I was nearly done with my coffee when i felt my head start to drum. It must be the caffeine rush. Later on my stomach started to painfully grumble. Oh no, was there too much whipped cream? The pain in my tummy is familiar to what I get from drinking milk. I threw my nearly empty Iced Mocha cup in the trash with a resolution never to buy that particular blend again. Never, ever ever.. grumble ouch!!!
I rushed home, suffered a mini-lbm and went straight to bed. I woke up 4 hours later to a sensitive tummy. I went thru another mini-lbm before I turned my PC on. Before I knew it lunch was being laid on the dinning table. Lechon Paksiw awww man how can I not eat that. I was thinking if my stomach is up for it. "Oh well girl", I told my stomach, "ready or not you are eating lunch!".
So lunch was a bad idea. I went to another CR trip.
I hate this day. I hate GJs.
Yan ang itchura ng kalye namin for a week. Grabe di ba? Ang hirap maglakad kasi sa mga bato, tapilukin pa naman ako!
At heto na sya ngayon! Hindi pa tapos ung sidewalk pero masaya na ako. No more bwisit na batong tatapilok sa akin. 
