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July 2008

Something is definitely wrong with blogspot. It's homepage is now mostly in Arabic and my posts are not updated at all...

2008 - New and better beginnings

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year!!

Its been awhile since I've written here. Lots of things have happened in 2007 since the last entry I had here. These are among them..

September
- I left my old company, found a new job, started with the new job

October
- Left my old flat, moved to a new flat (after 6 choices)

November
- Got a new cat named Cookie
- Sold my Mazda 3 Sports - my Silverine...

December
- I hosted Christmas Eve party at home
- Closed 3 credit cards! Yipee!

I am looking forward to 2008 with aims below:

- Close more credit cards
- Get a new car
- Save more money
- Travel to Europe
- Buy another house
- Apply for new citizenship (been thinking of it recently, coz of some disappointments)
- Meet more successful Filipinos
- Make my flat cleaner everyday
- Finish the book compilation

Well, I still have 360 days to look forward to as God allows me then maybe add and fulfill these aims.

Here's to good health, good life, good cheer!!

God bless us all.

Shopping Spree..... Wilder than Ever

Massimmo Dutti
-pants
AED180.00
-sack skirt
AED190.00
-sack shoes
AED190.00

XOXO
-skirt+pants+jacket
AED150.00

MEXX
-blue-flowered top
AED89.00

Paris Gallery
-Lolita Perfume
AED365.00
-Another Perfume
AED385.00
-Shiseido Perfume
AED176.00
-Shiseido Moisturizer
AED202.00
-Shiseido Blush
AED149.00
-Shiseido Foundation
AED188.00

Strandbags
-Red Croc Bag
AED149.00

Grand Stores
-Orange Bag
AED149.00

Mango
-White pants
AED80.00
-Brown Skirt
AED140.00
-Beige pants
AED69.00
-Pale Green/Gray Top
AED149.00
-Black Pants
AED69.00

Extyn
-Purple Minicoat
AED70.00
-Gray Suit
AED149.00 + 120.00

Promod
-Short Pants + belt
AED99.00
-Dress 1
AED79.00
-Dress 2
AED89.00
-Pants Gray
AED39.00

ShoeMart
-Silver Sandals
AED149.00

Lifestyle
-Palladio Lipstick
AED32.00
-Burjouies Silver Eyeshadow
AED49.00

Next
-House Sandals
AED55.00
-Chocolate House Sandals
AED65.00
-Red Bag
AED100.00
-Lingerie
AED15.00
AED25.00
AED30.00
AED20.00
AED15.00

La Reine
-New Hairstyle
AED150.00

A Night with the International Relations Students

This took place on the 9th of June 2007

I should have written about this a long time ago but I ran out of time. Too much pressure at work, in the flat, even out of the flat. Just too much pressure..

I was out with International Relations students at Havana Cafe near the breakwater, near the Marina Mall. These IR students come from various parts of the world and if not for the Swedish bloke Jonas, I would never meet one or know of them. They hail from different universities and they come to the different embassies of their countries in different parts of the world. This night, these students chose the UAE culture to be the focal point of their studies. They are taking masters already.

Okay, let me tell you a brief history, back in my college days, an IR student cannot collect his or her diploma if he/she does not serve like a whole lot of hours duty in the DFA(Department of Foreign Affairs) in Manila. Thus, all the graduating IR students had to shell out money, sell their cows or mortgage their houses in order to afford the cost of the so-called-practicum.

The practicum is where we, the IR students get to become slaves of the DFA staff in Roxas Boulevard, Manila. The students from Mindanao SU-Marawi, has to stay in some chosen quarters or hostel or apartments in Manila in order to serve this duty.

I was lucky enough during our practicum, my teachers actually have this love-hate relationship toward me that they decided to put me away from the rest of the batch because they always think I was up to mischief and that the students would normally just follow my lead whether it is for their own good or not. So, I was indeed separated. Their misjudgment towards me was actually a blessing in disguise, or so it seems to me. I was assigned in the Honorary Consuls and Service Attaches Department. There were only four of us in that department, one was the Head, who was a former ambassador, one was an aspiring attache and another one was a veteran in the DFA who has travelled all over the world in various embassies of the Phils for different assistant and secretarial positions. And I was the trainee.

The thing I learned there were plenty. There were things I was glad to know and there were some that I would rather forget. I remember one time I was in the lift, I was holding a document that says "TOP SECRET" on top of it. There were students from De Lasalle, Ateneo and other richyrich universities in Manila. I heard one complain, 'what kind of practicum is this, we are just asked to recopy documents and bring reams of papers from the stockroom. This was not what I imagined!' I felt lucky holding that top secret document, I saw some of them peering at what I was holding.

So, back to the present times, these IR students are by far more privileged in their chosen courses. Well, also because they came from far richer countries. One was from Sweden, two were from Italy.

They were all trying to learn Arabic and taking in the Arabic culture although, they pretty learn little considering they mostly hang out together so they just end up speaking either Italian or English. But, all of them speak at least three different languages including English, excluding their native language. Isn't that amazing? It makes me just want to smack myself for being too lazy in not trying to learn more languages. Yo hablo espanol on poco. Yeah yeah, I am just a loca nina. Who doesn't know how to speak Spanish in the Philippines? I then get so excited in thinking I will learn to speak Arabic tonight, after all, I have four tapes....

So, the night was filled with different stories of their escapades in various places of the world where they have been trying to immerse different culture and learning languages.

Isabella (name changed to protect identity) :-), the pretty Italian, she has been in France and stayed there for three months. She could not afford rent, (brace yourself, I have never heard of this before too) so she advertised that she was renting out half of her bed, so she could afford to stay in it. Luckily, or unluckily, there was someone who responded. That someone turned out to be a French guy. And since there was no one else who responded to the ad, she took him in. She said for three months that guy was trying so hard to get into her pants. That was of course not an unforeseen event right? We were all laughing at her story.

Maura (name also changed), has been in the UAE for quite sometime and she said she is studying German, so she was seeing a German dude who was trying to learn Italian. However, the German dude has not enriched her German knowledge, other than those in bed (I must have confused it, so what!) but he has in turn made his Italian better.

Isabella is currently learning Arabic, thus she is seeing an Arab guy. She is a perfectionist who would not speak Arabic unless she was fluent in it. Oh, I heard the guy she was seeing was good in bed. Is there anything better than this?

Anyways, Jonas is in Syria right now. He is trying to learn Arabic. He will be there for two months. He left three days ago. We miss him already.

Busy Bee

Been awhile since I got some new projects to work on and recently I have been flooded. I had to make do with my time squeezing in relentless and persistent lonely peopleinto my schedule. Some hassle junkie I have been involved with, I had to cheer him/her up because it seems the whole world is collapsing on him/her. I know, I do not have to be responsible for anybody. It is not my job to save the world or save the people from their own depression. But, yeah, I am probably just a pushover. So, I am reading the book again "I feel guilty when I say NO." A gift from an old friend a long time ago. I should just not care about anybody, this way I would finish all my tasks and not have to be pissed at all with myself.

I have finished three projects so far and there still are two with looming deadlines in a few weeks or days I think. I wish I have enough time.

I have been trying to lose weight and cutting out some food but I always, always end up eating too much at night. Although my weight stayed the same for like 6 months now, I really need to lose 10 kilos to fit in my old clothes because I have no plans on buying new clothes. I want to live with what I have till the next four years so I save enough money to make myself feel like I am worth something and not just some nut case who sqaunders what she earns and grows into a forty year old who has nothing to her name but her shoes. Oh, lamentation of a woman whose has gone past the calendar days.

I had to see my dermatologist for some skin infection and I have been scheduled to do some surgery and facial cleaning this week. He is a good doctor. I asked him if he knows any good dentist and he told me his wife is a dentist and that she is a better doctor than her. So I went to her, whose office was just next building. I waited and waited and fidgeted and read a few pages off the book I just mentioned above. When it was my time to see her, she told me, "oh Dr. Derma takes care of you too much. He has called twice to check if you came to see me," I just smiled. I always feel like maybe wives would think there is something fishy going on. And so, I sat on that dentist-patient chair and she asked me a few stuff. Then she told me she will put injection. Now, I was scared. I was like, shit, she must have thought that there is something going on with her husband and me. Is that why she is giving me that injection??? OMG!! well, she was just actually doing her job. She did an x-ray on my forsaken tooth that I really wanted to be extracted since years ago which most dentists refused to do so. Why do they have to save a tooth that has been refilled several times and the patient has been complaining about again and again? I always ge tthe same response everytime I go to a different dentist.

So, I have my appointment tomorrow with the dermatologist for some surgery and my dentist appointment on Wednesday, hopefully she will agree to remove my tooth.

I miss that look from someone that tells you you are so special. I wonder when I will get that look again?

Huh?? Where did that come from?

So, I was still on that dentist-patient's chair (there has to be a name for this?) when she told me to open my mouth. She looked at my upper palate and poked into it and then she told me "You have a unique palate, it is beautiful. Just beautiful." I was like, 'thank you' ? huh? What do you reply to that exactly??

So, I got a bag for my birthday. It was a gift from Sarah. I also got a pair of earrings with something orange hanging on it.

I miss going out for shisha. I miss swimming. I miss snorkeling. I miss shopping. Yeah, I miss a lot of things.

Just a Thought

I might go to Europe next year. Fall in love with a stranger. Go to bed crying in my sleep. And remember it for the rest of my life....

Questions Again...

You look at me like you look down on me
Like you question my existence in your life
Like I question your existence in my life

I live in fear
And try to run
But the distance is too near

How do I justify how I feel
Or understand what you feel?
There never seems to be time
For you and me

It has to be in a crowd because
The crowd keeps us safe
Like a reflection of your existence
And my existence

I wander
And wonder
And try to forget
But for how long?

Manners, Mister! Manners!

One guy who works at the bank came to the office today and said hello, hi, blah. I was just being polite in replying. He didn't know who he was supposed to see. He was using one syllable from another lady's name and another from another lady who both work in the office.

Probably he was trying to be polite with me. But I really don't have to be nice to him so I just waited till he realize who he was supposed to call in to see. In between, he was asking me stuff.

Man who needs manners: How are you?
Me: I'm Okay. (little smile)
Man who needs manners: Are you okay?
Me: Yeah I'm okay. (forcing myself to smile)
Man who needs manners: You don't look okay. You look sick.
Me: I'm fine really thank you.
Man who needs manners: Really, you look not okay. Not looking fresh.
Me: Yeah, like you look uglier than before too.

Hahaha. No, I didn't say that. I am not that rude really. But I wanted to.

There are so many things that are not good in my everyday life. Like if I had the choice, I would totally eliminate them to make the world a better place. Here are a few things:

Guys who stand around the parking area near my office. They take their smoke breaks and when I get off the car they just rudely stare like hungry coyotes. They are really rude.

Office girls who huddle and chitchat at the reception talking crap. They are so embarassing.

People who think they are the prettiest thing on earth. They keep talking about all the men who want to sleep with them but they end up drunk and not going out with anybody at all, or they end up with one night stands and being left stranded on the street because they guys don't even have the guts to be seen with them, lest take them home.

People who have nothing to do in the office but sit, walk around, smoke. They are waste of space, time, money and sore to the eyes.

People who lie and lie and lie and lie..

And people who ask you questions that you are forced to lie and lie and lie just so you won't hurt their feelings.

Carrefour Lunch and Fake LV, and oh, my birthday

Yeah, I admit. I just recently purchased a fake LV. It doesn't have many logos of LV (like those tacky ones) on it but its fake LV otherwise. It looked like burberry design though.

I just turned 28 (wink wink) again yesterday and the night before, I was invited for dinner by a very close friend of mine. I had margarita and some salad. I am on a diet. And it was like late in the evening. I had brief moments of melancholy, not because I turned older but because there were several things in my life that I wish to achieve and still they are nowhere in sight. And there are so many books that were not closed in my life, so maybe that's why I was back in memory lane. Pathetic, sad, something like that. I guess its part of growing up.

What with my exes suddenly calling out of nowhere.? Weird people.

I got my Angel Perfume, and some nice looking bottle as well. Its called Live Intense or something. I actually have a mission now to buy perfumes only if they come in nice, unique bottles. It really feels good to have different shapes in my perfume area.

I was invited/treated to a yacht trip on my birthday, but the monthly cycle got me down so I was sleeping the whole time at the boat. After 3 savannahs. It was a party full of young kids from who know's where. There was one girl who was wearing her two piece and she was dancing for everyone to see. I don't know if she was drunk or not, would she be remorseful the day after the party? Who knows. Some of my companions were mocking her, but she has friends sitting next to us who were giving us the dagger-looks. Like we were some kind of freaks in the boat. Yeah, I bet we were. We were the only ones there not dancing, just sitting and almost moping. But it was a good experience nevertheless.

I had a recent project as well I did for some student. She returned it to me and told me that I have to edit it. I asked her why, she said, my English was too difficult. She said her English is good, but not that good... So she thinks or she said, her teacher will flunk her because she would know that its not she who did the assignment. Well, at least they just marked the English words that I needed to change, which made it easier for me. I am looking forward to getting clients on teaching English conversationally as well. I have two prospective clients. I wish I will have the time though.

Oh I am also venturing on new areas. One is a can-do-all business (anything you need, or looking for, I will help you) and I went back into using my hands for arts and crafts. Its a bit difficult to find the materials I need here though but at least I got some few items to start with.

My friends greeted me on my birthday and I didn't really plan on having a party, so I didnt. Others were wondering why. I just didnt have the time and besides, I have a flatmate now so I cannot really invite people in.

Oh, and I have been keen on maximizing my Pax Hakadal closet from www.ikea.com, I have purchased the touser hanger, the rack with 10 hooks. And they were both soo cool in my drawer. I can hang all my shawls and scarves now. But I still needed to buy one more of those rack with ten hooks and another thing or things. But today, at lunch, I thought I could take the time to go to Carrefour/Ikea in Marina Mall but heck, I was wrong. Everybody was going there too. Its really difficult. I was turning around looking for parking, then got stuck in so much traffic, then my gas monitor went yellow. So I decided to skip Ikea and just go back to office. I went to ADNOC to get Silvering AED20.00 worth of gas. Time seems to be really speeding up.

Do you remember those times when we used to just lie on hammocks and let the day go by? Wow. We had plenty of time then. Now, everything is just a blur, time is always short, there are always things that we have to forego because we couldnt just make it in this day or in this lifetime even. Do you think that time is really speeding up? I was doing research on the net but I wasnt able to internalize what I have read because I was just skimming through the net and now, I can't seem to remember any of those I have read. Time must really be speeding up, or my memory is failing me. Talk about old age... :)

I think I am still sick because my sense of smell has gone, my ears are blocked and I feel this itchy tingling feeling in my throat. Ah, bad weather is coming. Its becoming too hot, too humid in Abu Dhabi, or in the Gulf for that matter.

I wish you all good times.

2 Pinay mountaineers reach Everest summit

05/16/2007 10:45 AM
(Updated 11:33 a.m.) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said two of the three Filipino women making a historic attempt to scale Mt. Everest reached Wednesday morning (RP time) the summit of the world's highest mountain.
Television reports said mountaineer Noelle Wenceslao was first to reach the top of the 29,035-foot Mt. Everest at 6:10 a.m. Nepal time, or 8:10 a.m. Philippine time. She was followed by Carina Dayondon, who summited the mountain 10 minutes later.
"Ang mensahe namin sa Sambayanang Pilipino, naabot na ng Pinay ang tuktok ng mundo (Our message to the Nation is that the Filipino woman has reached the top of the world)," Wenceslao was quoted by television reports as saying.
With the feat, the two have successfully duplicated the achievement of three male climbers Heracleo Oracion, Erwin Pastor Emata and Romi Garduce in May last year.
Radio station dzBB said PCG spokesman Lieutenant Armand Balilo also confirmed that Wenceslao and Dayondon have reached the top of Mt. Everest.
The last member of the three-woman Kaya ng Pinay team, Janet Belarmino, was reportedly 20 to 30 minutes behind her colleagues, television reports added.
Wenceslao, Dayondon and Belarmino have the rank of seawoman first class in the Coast Guard.
They left Manila for Bangkok on March 18 en route to the Nepalese capital of Katmandu.
Oracion became the first Filipino climber to scale Mt. Everest on May 17, followed by Emata on the 18th and Garduce on the 19th. Incidentally, Oracion and Emata are both also from the Philippine Coast Guard. - GMANews.TV

Good Months

Okay, I will mention the stuff I have done because I want to relish and reminisce the memory of the goodness of the previous weeks that passed by..

April

I might have gone to Umm Al Qwain for like 3 times...

I went to Fujairah to see Tetet

I have gone to Al Ain

April 20, I had brunch with a very important person at Sheraton Khalidia, soon to be friend.

April 27, I went on a Desert Safari

April 29, UAE - Japan Business Forum, Emirates Hotel

April 30, African Rainbow Party, Crowne Plaza

May

May 4, We went to Ajman, then Umm Al Qwain

May 10-11, Houseboat Party at Umm Al Qwain (Pre-Birthday party)

May 14, Sarah's Birthday bash at Pregos, Beach Rotana Hotel

Yeah, we are broke, but we are happy!! I hope it becomes better and better...

UAE Manners, Ethics, Etiquette and Customer Service

Yes, they all suck. Most of the time.

When I was new here, I actually think that it was polite when people say "Sorry?" when they want you to repeat what you are saying because either
a.) they didn't hear it
b.) they didn't understand it
c.) they are dumb enough not to know what you are talking about and they want to pretend they are actually smarter than you.

But the longer you stay here, people do not actually say "sorry?" when they want you to repeat what you just said, it is just a colloquial term that people have gotten used to. It is still best to hear "I am sorry" or "I beg your pardon" or "Please say that again". And it really sucks when people do not say "sorry" but they say "suri??" instead. Who??? The daughter of Tom Cruise???

Customer service. What customer service?? It doesn't exist in the UAE. With a bunch of insipids and clueless people being put in major establishments as front row service staff, the UAE probably ranks probably as the topnotcher for worst customer service in the world. Most of the staff, when you walk in the shop looks at you as if you cannot afford anything and they are better than you. Yet, here they are "supposedly" serving you. If you eat at a restaurant and you don't like your food, they will just nonchalantly tell you that it is the only one they have in stock or that they werent the one who made the food.

Yes, we are often lucky as ladies, there are always special queues for us but come to think of it, does anyone ever open the door for you? Or would men even let you in first? No, they will probably fight with you to go in first or get the cab first or get out of the lift first. And eeh that stench! They stink most of the time. You have got to stop breathing or else you will die anyhow.

And the worse is not yet said. You know, it is so common greeting.. Hello, How are you? But no one really listens how you are. Why bother asking in the first place?

Yeah its that time of the month. Happy birthday to Sarah, to me, to my Dad and to all those celebrating their birthday this month!!

A Tribute to Carina

She is climbing Mt. Everest now with two other Filipinas.... Hope they reach the summit safely.

Mabuhay ang Pinay!!

LB or LV??

I have just established a new brand for your bags... If you are interested, just bring your old bags to me and you will see the results, in an hour your bag will look totally different...

I will post pictures soon....

Houseboat Boathouse Party

We went on a houseboat party as a pre-birthday party because Thea is leaving for vacation on the 14th of May. Yes she was forced to take a leave by her boss. We rented a 2 bedroom houseboat/boathouse which is actually good for around 20 people. Okay, to sleep in, there were 2 bedrooms, the bed good for 2 - 3 people, the lounge was big with huge TV complete with sound system, 2 big couches which can sleep 2 persons, the kitchen was a mini-bar good for storage and a mini-bar, then we had the upperdeck which was really a huge open space, we coult put three tents on. We did barbecue there, drank, had fun, watched sunrise (they did, I was asleep coz I was sick a few days back remember?? And they were pissed at me for sleeping half the time (you call 3AM-8AM half the time??)

We played the Swedish card game which plot was to get everyone drunk but we were already half drunk when it was introduced by the Swedish guy so by the middle of the instruction, everyone has forgotten what each one was about and so we just gobbled up bottles of the stock we've got. We sang all kinds of crappy songs, mostly the Original Sigbin by Jr. Kilat because the swedish guy was really fascinated by it and he even plans to memorize it and almost got two Filipina girls convinced that he has seen a sigbin. In truth, he is the sigbin. King Jonas, skoal to you!

We could have brought karaoke (we will bring that next time!), we will bring more booze, organize it meticulously with proper delegation of assignments to responsible people, bring more people to ease the cost, block unwanted guests, go there early to catch the sunset (we got there like 6 0r 7pm because we had to work till 2:30pm and some other stuff... TRAFFIC.. damn....)

There were a few things that we forgot:
tongs for barbecue
charcoal
salt
someone left the red wine and the whiskey somewhere
there were few uninvited bad guests who came to the boat and did an embarassing proposition/s to one of the guys I was with
somebody puked in the toilet (yuck! and we were at sea remember?)
we ended up paying more for booze
we almost paid for extra blankets because the reception said we ordered (we didn't even use most of those given because we were mostly awake half the time and we brought extra blanket and pillows!)
we almost paid for stuff which the previous tenants took from the minimarket
I think my blue stradivarius jacket is there
I also forgot my Pantene conditioner
and
I was just asleep a lot I missed lots of fun (wink ;) :) ;) wink)

But, all in all, it was a lovely time. We are definitely going to do it again.... Now the crux is.. who are we taking???

Exam....

I took an online fun exam a few weeks ago... and here is the result....

Recap..

I am actually sick today, for two days now. But I refuse to stay in bed because I don't want to feel sorry for myself. So I would have to resolve to going to work each day till I get well. Its good to be in the office even if I am mostly disoriented due to light-headedness, slight deafness, sore bodyparts, cramps.. name it.. I have it.

It's been ages since I wrote here and I actually have randlomly listed the things I needed to write about so I wont lose track of them or would vaguely remember at least if I see one word related to what I was up to in the last few weeks... So here is the list anyhow.. and some captions... Its just for me...


So many things have happened, so many things I have done.

Remember my exhilarating dream? I had an exhilarating experience just recently. I went on a Desert Safari courtesy of Starchoice. I was with two friends, one old friend and one new-found friend.

Parking wait

Bus ride – I fell asleep

My contacts stayed in place

Bumpy ride

Arrival at the camp

Low tables and cushions on carpeted sand floor

Stage in the middle

Camel ride – brought tears in my eyes

Tug of war

Shisha

The 4X4 ride

The walk to the top of the sand dune

The coke

The sunset

The walk down

The food

The shisha

The evening breeze

The food

The stranger (or foe)

The belly dancer

The bus ride

Rock Bottom - yep, after the Safari Desert adventure we went to Rock Bottom on the same night, to sit, drink beer and watch Alien (Returns, or something) while the music was blasting on the background.
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Night swimming

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Lost wallet - my flatmate

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Laundry - dry clean or iron only?

Lewis

JC Lareoux

Sex and the City

Giggles till 2AM. Related to the laundry

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Crowne Plaza

Cheryl and Djahanne

Cheryl: (to a bisaya looking girl, on the buffet queue) Unsa ni?
Bisaya-Looking Girl: Ambot, ayaw ko pangutan.a, Tagalog manko

Tagalog Girl to Cheryl: Hello. Anong pangalan mo? Ang ganda mo.
Cheryl: Cheryl. (acting cutey cutey, after three glasses of white wine, one glass of red wine and 1 double shot of Amarula)
Tagalog Girl: Taga asa manka day( in a Tagalog tone). Di ba Bisaya ka?
Cheryl: Huh? Dili oy. Tagalog man ako.

Hehehehehe. Mga Bisaya lagi kay maulaw moangkon na Bisaya sila. Maypa ko muingon pako silingan namo ang Abu Sayaf.

Drunk.... 4AM

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A kin passed away in Ajman....

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Drive from Abu Dhabi to Ajman to Umm Al Qwain..

5 or 6am?? Return to Abu Dhabi

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Special off on Saturday....

Pondering on Ponderosa or Caravan?

Caravan....

Swimming in the Corniche.. Kittykat was lost at sea, the guys were furious, she came delirious.

RV --

So this leads me to today being sick...

I still think my officemate was born infested with cockroaches... She came to our office and she looked at me so I told her "yes I am sick today". Her scantily bitter reply was "mabuti nga sa iyo" or in English "good for you." What a bitch.

An Exhilirating Dream

I had the most exhilirating dream in a long time....It was something like me and my high school classmates were participating in an audition for an action movie and one of the things we need to do was jump from a highly elevated wooden structure into the sea... When we were brought there my classmates were all scared and I was like wow! And I told them I will go and do it. And I just jumped and felt such great exhiliration from the jump. It was almost the same feeling as that 'graduation rock' we used to jump off after a long rafting trip. But this one has got the cleanest water, clear bluegreen, deep, fresh and cold. It was a wonderful feeling.

When I got down, to where the people were waiting, they looked at me like they still think it was just a fluke I jumped and they asked me if I could swim, and I swam. Then I went back to where they are, and they asked me if I could float, I floated and proceeded to swim and hit my knee on a wooden barrier. Sounds like dead wood on the block.I woke up 5am. I should have ran to the Corniche. But I proceeded to sleep. Then woke up sneezing at 6am then slept again and woke up at 7:30.

It was a good dream but it seemed to have hidden meanings in it. Its like what I am going through right now at work. No need to elaborate but some things are just difficult. Still it was a good dream.

Wish things will be better. Wish I will surround myself with people who are intelligent, resourceful, active, proactive, energetic, kind and yes, pleasant.