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.
As she typed her new password she asked me "One R?".
My little brain of comedic wonders signaled me to say "One R? You can have as many Rs as you please." I've spoken the first sentence and she cut in "Yes, wait for one R right?".
The meaning finally dawned on me. "yes, 1 hour", I replied back.
As she walked away, I silently thanked my angel. If I've said everything I wanted to say, I might as well mark this day as my biggest blunder of the week.... make that the year.
Yes Ernie, you can have as many Rs as you can get your little dirty hands on.
A week ago hindi ako naka sama kina Yayen to eat at Emerald Ave. I was a bit sleepy during my shift and decided to sleep na lang during my lunch hour. So pinagplanuhan na namin nila Yayen at Bunbun un Satuday morning bfast (on my case lunch) sa Banchetto. Hindi ako kumain sa shift ko, konting chips lang at Nesvita, my shift starts at 9PM and will end at 6AM. So dumating si Yayen ng 3:15AM and at that time gutom na ako! We finally went to Emerald Ave. ng 4AM, just imagine how famished I was!
When we got near Emerald Ave. I couldn't help myself shriek with joy! FOOD!! Si Bunbun and Yayen was laughing at me but I don't care! I was really hungry. Ang daming tao, ang daming pagkain at may tiangge.
So tingin tingin.. pagkain syempre. Nagcomment sila Bunbun na may gwapo... ang linis daw tignan. Hay nako wala akong pakialam if artista pa un. Mas gwapo ung BBQ! At ang macho nung California Maki.
Siguro 4th stall pa lang gusto ko na mag order ng makakain (Hahahahaha!) pero sabi nila Yayen tingin kami hanggang dulo. My gosh! BBQ, siomai, pasta, Takoyaki, Maki, burgers, salad, pasta, kare-kare, binagoongan, OMG!! Pramis hindi ko maisip ano kakainin ko! Nakakaiyak mag decide.
Then umabot kmi sa isang pasta stall and I decided on a Chicken Cordon Bleu at Lasagna. Sabi ko sa sarili ko "ito na pramis.. ito na talaga.. mahal ko na ung Lasagna". The amount of food I got would have been enough for 2 meals on a normal day. Wla akong paki.
We were fortunate enough to find a relatively clean table. Yun! Kain na! Walang kibo kibo! Galit galit lang! Hays ang sarap kumain. Sigh! Nung medyo ok na, si Yayen bumili ng toy sa kabilang stall, habang wala sya dumekwat na ako sa pagkain nya!! Seafood Carbonara naman sa kanya. Oks lang kaya lang magatas. Mas like ko talaga tomato sauce. Nagulat ata si Bunbun sa dami ng nakain ko. Gutom eh! Normally mabagal ako kumain. Pero pag ganun ka-gutom, eh iba nang usapan un!
Ok busog na ang anaconda ko, pede na kmi bumili ng takeout for Marie2 and Matt. OMG may half-pound burger! At kahit hindi na ako makahinga sa busog, parang gusto ko tikman un Takoyaki. So malamang alam nyo na kung anong order ko sa susunod na Banchetto lunch ko? Yes... half-pounder burger at Takoyaki. Dadalhin ko camera ko pramis.
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!
