it's hard to put into words how exciting it is to prepare for an out of town trip with my hunny! it's amazing how organized i can be when i am looking forward to something this exciting.. it's a sad thing that we couldn't join the puerto trip (i'm sure marc will have this properly documented, check: www.macalua.com) but to make up, jill and i organized a trip of our own. this is really an exciting time for us since this will technically be our first trip together.
organizing this trip has been everything to both of us the past few days.. we have gone to being happy-go-lucky (not very much), to obsessive, to compulsive and back to make sure everything goes well on this trip.. but for me.. other than the excitement for us as a couple, it's amazing how we get other people excited for our trip as well.. we have officemates who would toil with us in organizing our itinerary for the whole trip.. and everyone has been more than helpful in providing suggestions on where to stay and where to go and giving feedback on places they have been to previously. that's a good thing. it kinda makes me wish that Feb 19 is already here so we can leave for baguio at last!
but on a more organizing note..
here's how we did it (or are doing it): the organizing i mean...
first was the idea.. my boo wanted to go horseback riding.. so that gave me the idea that maybe she'd appreciate it if we went to baguio. and the circumstance was brought about by marc's invitation to galera which we are not able to attend due to work.. dammit! but hey! you know the saying.. "when a door closes.. damn! you're trapped inside!" so we panicked and we were at the ends of our wits! but then.. it all came back.. horseback.. trip.. beach.. then the only logical place to do was.. organize a trip to baguio! and after that was the tedious yet exciting activity of organizing, budgeting, coordinating, contemplating, and commemorating.
thus, we are now proud to announce that the "plan" has been set in place.. everything is in order.. and what lies ahead is the complicated matter of implementing a "plan" a three your old retard couldn't screw up. then ofcourse there's the audit after that.. but aside from that.. i can almost taste how much fun we'll be having! baguio.. here we come!!
Saturday, February 12, 2005
Wednesday, February 09, 2005
RE: All Sites MSN IM Service is down
it's funny how our callcenter world is crippled simply because IM messenger is down. Advisory: MSN has confirmed that the issue is with their part and not with local IT.. that's a relief.. atleast we know who's screwing things up.. i guess having been used to the convenience of an instant messenger to send messages to anyone in the room at the blink of an eye.. yep! even to the person right next to you. so now i feel so inefficient because i don't have the trusty IM to send my messages to everyone and anyone. now how do i give realtime instructions to my agent sitting next to me? *gawk*
remember the good old days when we had old school messenger named mang bhong or something. during the era when the mang bhong's thrive in the office environment.. you can trust mang bhong to send any message to anyone.. and even buy you turon on his way back. it's sad.. maybe they should work to have that added into the IM service soon.. File>Option>Buy turon on your way back.. wouldn't that be the coolest thing. whatever your messaging platform is.. be it YM or lotus notes or what have you.. it will almost but not quite beat the dependability of a mang bhong around the office.
"Mang bhong! pasabi naman kay ser na mail ko na yung mga papeles.."
"..tapos mang bhong pa mail naman nitong mga papeles pag balik mo.."
now i ask.. can any instant messenger service be as reliable and trustworthy as mang bhong?
remember the good old days when we had old school messenger named mang bhong or something. during the era when the mang bhong's thrive in the office environment.. you can trust mang bhong to send any message to anyone.. and even buy you turon on his way back. it's sad.. maybe they should work to have that added into the IM service soon.. File>Option>Buy turon on your way back.. wouldn't that be the coolest thing. whatever your messaging platform is.. be it YM or lotus notes or what have you.. it will almost but not quite beat the dependability of a mang bhong around the office.
"Mang bhong! pasabi naman kay ser na mail ko na yung mga papeles.."
"..tapos mang bhong pa mail naman nitong mga papeles pag balik mo.."
now i ask.. can any instant messenger service be as reliable and trustworthy as mang bhong?
Tuesday, February 08, 2005
jamming with milk 'n money and 6CM
after a wonderful party at beng's place, i came home to find that milk 'n money and ney (of 6CM) was hanging out at my pad. i found everyone in a trance watching incubus live at redrocks which i have to admit is a great dvd i bought at Music1.
we spent most of the night enjoying music the way it should be enjoyed by everyone.. drunk! it's hard to remember exactly the words to the songs we were playing. and it's almost difficult to differentiate if i was intoxicated by the alcohol or the saturation of talent in one room. it's sad though that ryan or chuck (6CM) hadn't gotten the chance to jam with us. running into the wee hours of the night (or was it day?), there was "the ever dependable" rey, "silently sipping on my beer" richard and "not so silently sipping on my beer" ney.. and myself jamming on the guitar like we were the music. it's so hard to put into words how much i enjoy being around people who are this good at their craft. normally i'd get star struck the way i normally do when i am around people who are famous but it's different with this bunch of people.. it's not that they're not in the same league as those other rockstars, it's just that there is an amazing reverse proportionality between their fame and ego. the more they become famous, the more they tend to plant their feet on to the ground. which is what makes them great. another reason i enjoy hanging out with them so much is because i learn to play their songs even before they release it as a single. and by the time their song plays on the radio.. i can say that i know that song by heart.. and i had these people teach me this song in the comfort of my own home. it's also pretty cool that they signed their names on the my sister's door. it's a sort of their hold to my pad that they are welcome there anytime they wish to crash over. sad though that i didn't get to last the whole session being drunk that i am, i took the wise advise of my better half to call it a night (again.. or was it day?).
itago mo ang ating ala-ala
nandito lang ako naghihintay
we spent most of the night enjoying music the way it should be enjoyed by everyone.. drunk! it's hard to remember exactly the words to the songs we were playing. and it's almost difficult to differentiate if i was intoxicated by the alcohol or the saturation of talent in one room. it's sad though that ryan or chuck (6CM) hadn't gotten the chance to jam with us. running into the wee hours of the night (or was it day?), there was "the ever dependable" rey, "silently sipping on my beer" richard and "not so silently sipping on my beer" ney.. and myself jamming on the guitar like we were the music. it's so hard to put into words how much i enjoy being around people who are this good at their craft. normally i'd get star struck the way i normally do when i am around people who are famous but it's different with this bunch of people.. it's not that they're not in the same league as those other rockstars, it's just that there is an amazing reverse proportionality between their fame and ego. the more they become famous, the more they tend to plant their feet on to the ground. which is what makes them great. another reason i enjoy hanging out with them so much is because i learn to play their songs even before they release it as a single. and by the time their song plays on the radio.. i can say that i know that song by heart.. and i had these people teach me this song in the comfort of my own home. it's also pretty cool that they signed their names on the my sister's door. it's a sort of their hold to my pad that they are welcome there anytime they wish to crash over. sad though that i didn't get to last the whole session being drunk that i am, i took the wise advise of my better half to call it a night (again.. or was it day?).
itago mo ang ating ala-ala
nandito lang ako naghihintay
running empty
it's funny how old friends run across each other. they would catch each other on the weirdest circumstance. here's my (our) side of the story. too bad the person concerned didn't email the pics as he promised.. it would have been fun to post marc's pictures pouring gas into his thirst drenched civic esi! those are moments that will never be forgotten.
as shallow as this instance seems to be.. it has a much deeper root. here goes.
as jill and i were driving along timog to find a nice place to eat at, her phone rings. and to our surprise, it's marc..
marc: dude! where are you? emergency.. would you have a way to contact glen?
jill: ah.. gusto mo makausap si glenn?
marc: yeah.. online ka pa ba? (YM)
jill: eto oh.. kausapin mo sha..
***
glen: sino to?
marc: t*&n@ pare emergency.. babalik ka pa ba ng office?
glen: umm.. baka hindi na dude. bakit?
marc: nandito ako sa harap ng office mo.. naubusan ako ng gas pare.. huge favor naman pare.. bili mo naman ako ng gas..
glen (to jill): hun wana eat at ortigas?
jill: sure..
glen: cge pare balik kami jan.. pero mejo traffic ah.. baka matagalan kami
marc: ok lang dude.. sobrang thanks..
glen: cge dude.. billi na rin ako ng gas on our way back
and the rest is history! hahaha...
after that was a treasured evening of making marc feel bad for owing us BIGTIME! hahaha... he keeps on apologizing for ruining our date ni jill.. well.. fact is, he didn't ruin it, he made it! and paid for it too! there is nothing more a couple like jill and myself would treasure than to save marc's a!@ from causing definite traffic along shaw corner san miguel ave. and i felt that i had the professional responsibility of making sure the traffic marc causes does not affect my teams utilization due to agents coming in late for that reason. hehehe..
it's amazing how someone as successful as marc would forget that gas is what makes the car move forward. dude.. this is number 3 right? looking forward to number 4 man! you know my number.. just drop me a line! hehehe..
it's amazing too that by scrapping up all the 20 and 100 bucks from his bag.. he was able to pay for dinner and coffee.. by the way.. gusto ko yung bag mo pare.. akin nalang!
after that was dinner at metrowalk and coffee at starbucks pearl. surprisingly.. all we did all night was reminisce our past adventures and misadventures. don't you think the level of enjoyment we have talking about the past over and over is an indicator of how old we have become. dang! nonetheless.. we enjoy talking of these moments.. funny how much we laugh at each other's blunders! especially that bed blunder which both of us will never forget. hahaha..
'nuff said!
as shallow as this instance seems to be.. it has a much deeper root. here goes.
as jill and i were driving along timog to find a nice place to eat at, her phone rings. and to our surprise, it's marc..
marc: dude! where are you? emergency.. would you have a way to contact glen?
jill: ah.. gusto mo makausap si glenn?
marc: yeah.. online ka pa ba? (YM)
jill: eto oh.. kausapin mo sha..
***
glen: sino to?
marc: t*&n@ pare emergency.. babalik ka pa ba ng office?
glen: umm.. baka hindi na dude. bakit?
marc: nandito ako sa harap ng office mo.. naubusan ako ng gas pare.. huge favor naman pare.. bili mo naman ako ng gas..
glen (to jill): hun wana eat at ortigas?
jill: sure..
glen: cge pare balik kami jan.. pero mejo traffic ah.. baka matagalan kami
marc: ok lang dude.. sobrang thanks..
glen: cge dude.. billi na rin ako ng gas on our way back
**text message from marc..
SNEAKY!!
and the rest is history! hahaha...
after that was a treasured evening of making marc feel bad for owing us BIGTIME! hahaha... he keeps on apologizing for ruining our date ni jill.. well.. fact is, he didn't ruin it, he made it! and paid for it too! there is nothing more a couple like jill and myself would treasure than to save marc's a!@ from causing definite traffic along shaw corner san miguel ave. and i felt that i had the professional responsibility of making sure the traffic marc causes does not affect my teams utilization due to agents coming in late for that reason. hehehe..
it's amazing how someone as successful as marc would forget that gas is what makes the car move forward. dude.. this is number 3 right? looking forward to number 4 man! you know my number.. just drop me a line! hehehe..
it's amazing too that by scrapping up all the 20 and 100 bucks from his bag.. he was able to pay for dinner and coffee.. by the way.. gusto ko yung bag mo pare.. akin nalang!
after that was dinner at metrowalk and coffee at starbucks pearl. surprisingly.. all we did all night was reminisce our past adventures and misadventures. don't you think the level of enjoyment we have talking about the past over and over is an indicator of how old we have become. dang! nonetheless.. we enjoy talking of these moments.. funny how much we laugh at each other's blunders! especially that bed blunder which both of us will never forget. hahaha..
'nuff said!
at last...
at last! i have my own blog site! this is such a fad that i've been hearing from mandark (techy guru) so much that i just had to run a google search real quick to find out what blog is all about. and it's funny cuz i've always wanted to have my own website and being the technical deficient person that i am, i guess this is the closest thing i'll have to a website. my very own blog! hahaha.. but i often wonder who will read my entries. i guess i just don't care who will or will not read it! it's for the love of having my own blog!
anyway! here i am at work, writing my blog. i hope my boss doesn't read this.. i'm in deep kebab if she does.. hehehe... but that is simply the coolest boss anyone could wish for. i gues it's how she deals with things. i guess we're kinda similar in our approach and all. which makes it great cuz i kinda have an idea how her next step would look like. at least i like to think that i do. but i have to admit that i haven't figured her out as much as i'd like to.
moving back to my blog page!
i often wonder why i'd post something like this on the iternet without expecting anyone to read it. well.. there's always jill who would check this out as soon as i tell her that i have a blog page.. and i bet you're reading this right now huh hunny!!? hi hunny! i love you so much! mwah! wait.. i don't want this turning into my message posting for my boo... love you again boo..
i just think this is the coolest thing to have my very own piece on the internet. when decades from now.. when maybe the internet is a remnant of our generation, as soon as bill gates (or whoever his successor is) thinks of the next best thing. i will be there to say, i have a piece of that there somehwere.. that in the vast intricacies of the internet.. my name is there somewhere. i wonder if this blog page will pop up if i search my name at google. hehehe.. wouldn't that be ultimately cool though. and yes i intend to post every mis-adventure i have on this blog site. this is so convenient from me because coming from the callcenter world where everything must be documented, this is the perfect palce for me to document all others which i don't find fit to generate a template for documentation. and i have so many thoughts i'd like to pour in here. at least i'm sure that i do.. i just don't know where they are..
i guess i'll end here for the meantime.. clients are paying for this time i am using for my blog.
till the next!
anyway! here i am at work, writing my blog. i hope my boss doesn't read this.. i'm in deep kebab if she does.. hehehe... but that is simply the coolest boss anyone could wish for. i gues it's how she deals with things. i guess we're kinda similar in our approach and all. which makes it great cuz i kinda have an idea how her next step would look like. at least i like to think that i do. but i have to admit that i haven't figured her out as much as i'd like to.
moving back to my blog page!
i often wonder why i'd post something like this on the iternet without expecting anyone to read it. well.. there's always jill who would check this out as soon as i tell her that i have a blog page.. and i bet you're reading this right now huh hunny!!? hi hunny! i love you so much! mwah! wait.. i don't want this turning into my message posting for my boo... love you again boo..
i just think this is the coolest thing to have my very own piece on the internet. when decades from now.. when maybe the internet is a remnant of our generation, as soon as bill gates (or whoever his successor is) thinks of the next best thing. i will be there to say, i have a piece of that there somehwere.. that in the vast intricacies of the internet.. my name is there somewhere. i wonder if this blog page will pop up if i search my name at google. hehehe.. wouldn't that be ultimately cool though. and yes i intend to post every mis-adventure i have on this blog site. this is so convenient from me because coming from the callcenter world where everything must be documented, this is the perfect palce for me to document all others which i don't find fit to generate a template for documentation. and i have so many thoughts i'd like to pour in here. at least i'm sure that i do.. i just don't know where they are..
i guess i'll end here for the meantime.. clients are paying for this time i am using for my blog.
till the next!
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