Saturday, October 23, 2004
Friday Night
After Tagaytay, I went out with Mitch and Cathy as promised. Nur followed. Mitch had 5 bottles of Strong Ice to drown her sorrows over that teacher who gave her a low grade on her exams. Now she has to take removals. I taught Cathy a bit about makeup. Nur announced that he got married and showed us his ring. Mitch was shocked... kept saying 'ewwww' and felt depressed. hehehe.. I didn't have the same reaction, which shocked Nur coz he was expecting me to fall off the chair. Well, who will get shocked if you know he and Jenny are so in love with each other and knowing he'll support Jenny. He'll be a good lawyer.. he'll get a good job with a good pay. What more does he need? Why prolong getting married if you're sure you'll end up with each other anyways?Well, I felt that time that he should have told us ahead of time but he had a valid reason for not doing so. He invited us to the church wedding, though.
Maybe the reaction's dependent on the situation you're in. Mitch is still in school and is still available... I have work and Evan. No, I'm not thinking of getting married anytime soon. But the thought of doing so is somewhere there.
Too bad Nur's legally taken now, though. I know some girls who will cry once they hear the news. hehehehehehe...
Mitch ended the night by barfing her 5 bottles of beer outside my car. Never again??! YEAH RIGHT!!!
Team Building
Went to Tagaytay overnight with my new team. It still feels awkward... like being in retail's not sinking in yet. I'm glad we had this thing, though. Good way of getting to know more about the people in my new team. I also learned that I have true friends there. I'll really treasure 1cho and Jenny coz they will be the people who'll stick with me until the end. Same for Joan, Jackie and Gerald. It's really easy to make friends... but to know who your real friends are can be tricky.Sunday, October 17, 2004
My Medicine
Called in sick but felt better around 2pm. I don't think my boss will appreciate me going back to work. :-p What should I do then? Being home can get so boring especially for a 3-day weekend. I downloaded a pic of a local artist and emailed it to an officemate (and the rest of my office friends) hoping he'll be embarassed to his skin that he looks like the person in the pic. It didn't work. He liked the pic in fact. UGH!!!I opened a new bank account to make my life easier. Well, at least that's something productive today. hehehe.. but I still feel the headache. Something inside me's telling me have to do something else!!
hehe.. mom's cure? go to the mall. We ate at Bizu.. still felt sickly.. went to the book shop... didn't find anything interesting (except for the new Sidney Sheldon book but I don't like the way it's published). We went to Rustan's again and browsed here and there.. Ohhh.. I bought the makeup I've been eyeing since last week!! It came with a free liquid eyeliner and an eyebrow pencil (thought it's too light for me.. probably for blondes)! :-D Now I'm happy! Do I still feel sick? A little... Am I ok enough to go to work tomorrow? YES!
I love shopping...
More of my new makeup soon! hehehe...
Saturday, October 16, 2004
Respect
Yesterday was one long day. The AFH team started the tracking meeting at around 9:30am and ended around 10:30 in the evening. We skipped the dinner to celebrate my leaving so I went straight to Worm's place to celebrate Val's departure instead. Gah, I was so hungry I ate half of JR's bowl of cheese sticks. It was fun hanging around with my friends. Although I slept (in front of them) most of the time, I still participated in the discussions (issues with boyfriends, etc.)Everyone's right. My friend (let's not name them) shouldn't tolerate her ex's drama about being sick just so she'd go back to him. It won't help a bit. And I honestly feel bad that my other friend is not being treated well by her beau and she swallows her pride for him! Man, he doesn't have any redeeming factor at all! Sorry to thrash him like this but goodness, I really can't see why she calls him "nice" at all! I wouldn't really hate him if he was an idiot! Everyone has his or her own idiot moments. But to be a moronic asshole is another case! A girl, no matter how slutty she is, deserves some respect. I believe that's the same for boys. So if a person (especially a boyfriend) does not treat a friend of mine with any ounce of respect, then he's not worth any of mine.Monday, October 11, 2004
Credit Cards
Went out with Treena today (for reasons I can't disclose here -- Clue: it has something to do with bikinis) and while we were going around the mall I thought about credit cards and how I used to look down on people who are so dependent on them. Perceptions change, just like how I see credit cards now. This essay is about the evolution of Eunice with a credit card.I only applied for one this year. I just thought I'd get one so I can purchase some stuff on e-bay. I swore to myself that I won't use it for anything else but online shopping. So there... the search began. I was surprised to know that there are soooooooooo many credit cards to choose from! I thought there were just like 10 credit cards, but whoa!!! And they all come in different shapes and sizes! I can't believe they even made cards you can use as a pendant!! Wow, and they all shout discounts, points and other privileges. After collecting brochures and printing stuff online, I finally saw a credit card that might also benefit the traveler in me.
Yes, I used it to buy a keychain and a watch online. I was so scared to try it, what with all the stories of people getting bankrupt and their identities stolen because of credit card fraud. I was also uneasy about the payment thing. Never in my life have I owed anyone anything and here I bought 2 things online and I have to pay for it 1 month after the purchase! The watch was just perfect but the keychain never arrived. I think I got traumatized by that so I don't shop online anymore.
So now what? What will I do with this credit card in my wallet that I won't ever use online anymore? Hmmm.. ok, I'll just use them to pay for bills. At least I'll still get points (sayang ang miles *wink wink*). --But online banking is much much more convenient!!!
*sigh* ok, I'll just use it when I treat my distributors for lunch. --It only happened thrice. And I felt weird and uneasy using the card in front of my distributors. I was embarassed for they might think I am not compensated enough to treat them with cash! Eurgh!!!
Fine, I'll just use them for dining with my friends. --Bah! When the bill comes, it's a race on the fastest person to extract the plastic money from her wallet! (sayang ang miles!!) Either that or we don't use it at all because the restaurant gives bigger discounts when you pay cash!
I'm running out of reasons to use my card now! I need the points, I need the miles!! There were 3 months this year where I got zero dues!!! So now I'm left with the reason why everyone has a card: SHOPPING!
I bought clothes, shoes, makeup, books and everything else I need to live the life of a yuppie! Wowee!!! So that's what makes the plastic money business boom! It's such a thrill to purchase an item you've been dying to get with your benjamins (in our case, the ninoys) still in your wallet!
Now I can't wait to get my bill for this month! Ack, hopefully it's still within budget. I'm sure I'll get a lot of flight miles from all the shopping I did, though. Can't wait to go abroad next using the miles that i earned and using my card for shopping again!! Maybe I'll get another card too. I heard there's another card offering flight miles points for another airline! :) Kewl!!!!
Saturday, October 09, 2004
EARTHQUAKE!!!
Date: October 8, 2004Time: Approx 10:45pm (around a minute long)
Location: Cable Car ATC with Cathy and Marga
Comments: Kewl!!! I thought the mudslide took effect on me!! I got more dizzy with the earthquake than with the half a pitcher of mudslide!!!
Bilge
I can't understand why I'm still so into Neopets!! bah! Currently, I'm frustrated with Bilge Dice because I had to rise from the bed just to finish it and it's not making me win easily!! Talked with Evan after taking a shower. He's sleepy.. hehe.. called me a sicko! :-p *picks Evan's nose* My cute, cute Evan. I love it when my phone rings to the tune of Milky's Just The Way You are and hear Evan's voice when I pick it up. I love it when he calls me during the day just to tell me he loves me. Ack!! I'm so in love!I ruined 1cho's day by inviting him to have a liposuction with me!!! Hahahaha.. what's wrong with that? Even the thinnest of all celebrities had a liposuction. Every girl thinks she's fat! Should I feel better because I just don't think it? I know it, in fact! :-p Too bad 1cho's a guy. I'll have loads of things to tell him if only he has a vagina.
Gonna sleep now. I won't be able to if I want to win this blasted Bilge Dice.
Friday, October 08, 2004
Sunless Sea
Tonight's really not the best time to start on this. I'm too pissed off to make a good impression.OK, I'll just revise the poem I wrote 6 years ago to express what I feel. Here goes:
Swimming a sunless sea
Violence envelope
Freedom ineffable
Forever unsatisfied
Every fish I follow
Swerve, curve and sway so fast
Shame, sorrow and despair
Of my vigilant friends
As I swim the soft surf
I feel the vicious zone
Of strokes on fresh asphalt
Simmering unfinished
Victimized by the sharks
Anguished, disillusioned
Faced with first and final
And the victory unshelves
Vanquishing surfaces
Brave but suffocated
'Tis the evolution
Of a salesman surviving ©
