Perpetuity clause

sign in or sign off..

it's always ur choice.. u just allow it to happen, over and over

need to do major decisions.

Private space part 3

I woke up this morning with my phone ringing..

"hello, Nina patulong naman anong room ba si ****"
"wait.. i'll get my notebook.. pag nakita ko yung bag ko" ( i don't know why but yesterday's alcohol was more potent than usual.. siguro natapat ako ng smiling horse?!!?)
"wala daw **** na nakabook dito"
"ay yung chinese name nila nakalagay kasi passport name ang kinukuha sa baba. Try ******** ** di ko din alam kung tama pronunciation ko."
"wala daw e."
"sige baba ako papatulong ako sa guard namin, weird naman di pala sila nagpapainquire ng guests sa hotel, labo!"

So i had to go down with my unkept look, like i've said, I was a bit drunk getting home this morning that i slept with my yesterday's clothes on .. goodluck na lang sa hitsura.

When i came down, I had 2 clients downstairs the whole world at the lobby then my boss came (he was the "missing person") with his parents and wife flown in for the weekend. I had to be introduced to his family this way!

WAAAAAAAHHH.. after the ruckus, i went back to my hole, on my way, the elevator had full length mirrors where i waited for my floor staring .. hangover, no combs, no hilamos!!, no whatever.

funny, I still look the same. :)

Private space part 2

I was going out of my unit and i saw that my adjacent door neighbor is doing a lipat bahay mode. Elevator opened and I went in and a rushing househelp. She smiled.

"ma'am san po ba yun Santi's"
"sa first floor tapos ikot ka sa kabilang entrance"
"thank you po."

Then my usi self kicked in..

"paalis ba kayo or palipat?"
"ay sa may ari po ako, umalis na kasi yung umuupa at may titingin inaayos lang namin."
"ah"

Then suddenly a panic attack!

"Uh, ano yung sumisilip? Taiwanese ba?!!!!!"
"Ay hindi po ako marunong tumingin kung ano ang pagkakaiba ng chinese sa taiwanese, pare-pareho po na (does the eye squint with matching pointer fingers pulling eyes apart).. chinese po"
OHHHHHH NOOOOOOOO!!!!



*****

BTW, isang PSA. My Taiwanese boss needs to find a furnished condo unit because he'll be staying longer here in PH and it's cooler for him to have a rental than arranging for hotels everytime he is here. He actually wants a unit in Astoria.

So let the quest for a Katipunan place begin!

Waaaahhh.. Private space!

Skype "knocked".. this is our office' cost cutting way for international calls. My Taiwanese boss is here, and he is billeted 12 floors upstairs. WHat?! Now I can't enjoy my wee hours going to the mini stop for my ice cream cravings, most of the time looking like a zombie.

Then he says he has something to give me, "you want me to go up?" no, i'll go down. his last message in skype.. "make sure you keep your man hidden, i won't walk in."



Funny is i didn't make an effort to impress, though i told him my house "is a mess," when he rang the doorbell, i was in my usual jeans and shirt costume, and just one slipper (ay nag-effort pala ako, i usually answer barefoot.)

He told me my house isn't a mess. I opened the door wider so he'll see my boxes (they call my house the official warehouse -- so the new office would really be a relief.) "Oh yeah!"

Nyahh! So there goes my private space.

The Eddie Gil Experiment

Tried on a wig.. the last time i cut my hair this short was in college. Edwina Gil. Whadjathink? Since I am in the business of change nowadays.. will transfer from Ortigas to QC again (or Laguna if THAT other change happens.).. New office - finally would leave the house for work!.. New office.. (not a typo.. ha ha) and sometime soon.. a sex change.. ha ha.

Telecommuting : Regional meeting

My marketing team just had our usual review. Teleconference, APAC regional Singapore, HQ worldwide Taiwan and "team" Philippines for the monthly KPI.

their world in coats and ties, high rise building, conference room, panel of my regional heads, coffee, projector, powerpoints..
this is how my voice looks like in costume..

(scarf mode ako pag nasa headquarters, my lurve affair with hermes.)

but actually..

shorts, barefoot, laptop on sofa, tea on a mickey mouse glass and a half eaten banana..

Sometimes i think i am just acting in a play.

****

And to think nagpakaladkad pa ako kakalatkalat sa ortigas kahapon hanggang alas onse yung una, meron pang humabol na makipagkwentuhan hanggang alas 2 yung pangalawa. Good thing my output speaks for itself.. my figures are great.

Don't think i am not taking my job seriously, i actually just don't sleep to finish stuff. I also believe in dressing up, especially if you don't have anything great to say, be pretty na lang.. ha ha (i am a practicing self chauvinist)

But i really miss having workmates in the same boxed room.

"Good Neighbors"

Busy day today.. I almost missed the chance to get my camera from the corner SONY service center because I had to detour to a meeting at shangri-la.. When I came back the sign at the door said "closed."

But the guard let me in anyway.. Just because he always see me when I catch a cab from my building (stalker!)

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From Sony, I went to a neighborhood fishball stand. I didn't know that the amount I gave was worth dalawang basong fishball. I actually just got 1 plastic cup and left the stand. But the lady pala remembered me (yes, the uninformed fishball addict) and asked the guards to give me my 2nd cup.. Sweet! So here I am eating my second fishball yumfest.

Fine dining! Ha ha ha!

11am pa lang quota na ako sa happiness :)

Conversation with a publisher :
V : Hi, please help me push your ad agency, we need to get the layouts today, naipit yung printing sched ko.
N : Ok will do, just make sure you'll pick it up as soon as I give a go, I plan to massacre them later. :P


Seen in online banking site :
Peso account -- sept 4 credit memo - Php XX,XXX!
Dollar account -- sept 4 credit memo USD X,XXX
(yihee!)


YM conversation :
N : may pumasok na pera sa bank ko.. kanino galing? may papa na ba talaga akong congressman?
J : Office?
N : Peso account e, hindi naman nila alam yun.
***
N : scary
J : malaki ba? isip mo lang sino may access sa number mo... or else call the bank to inquire kung kanino galing yung most recent deposit mo .... pwede ba yun?
N : malaki laki e
J : mukha bang buong country-wide development fund ng isang province e nasa iyo na?
N : hindi naman
J : baka naman isinama ka na ni dolphy sa testamento nya!
N : pero he he (amount) **k
J : maliit para manggaling kay dolphy…


Conversation with Bank
N : So what happened?
B : Baka nga ho may benefactor kayo, kung ayaw ninyo sa akin nyo na lang i-pakilala
N : Pero kailangan kong malaman kung kanino galing, paki check para punta na tayo sa Batasan, mag "thank you."


Conversation with a billboard supplier
M : You have a YM?
N : Yup acedandan
M : Nice nickname mo ACE.
N : No it stands for my telenovela name.. Ana Carina Espejo Dandan :)