in more ways than one

awww...  one of my best friend's dogs is confined at a dog hospital...  :'(

we're praying it gets well soon...

confinement is P1,200 per day...  vet says minimum of 3 days...

what a dear pet...  ♥♥♥

uhm...  pun intended...  : }

shut up

awww...  katie holmes and tom cruise divorcing...  and it's CNN Breaking News, imagine...

Reuters, too, has reported that DSK and anne sinclair have separated  ->  after 20 years of marriage...  </3

whatever happened to forever, guys?  :'(

ooops...  look who's talking...  : }

do your share

me:  'now, we're trying to stop this, right? so...'

guy cuts me off with:  'you are trying to stop it...  i'm not even doing anything...'

ooops...  wahaha...  true...  : }

well, i need your cooperation, guy...  as in, i needed it yesterday!!!  \m/

let me

ooops...  after coordinating everyone's sched, now it's the venue that's not available...

hmmm...  they should have asked me to be the one to call...  i'm persistent...  uhm, persuasive...  i find ways (haha, BDO, is that you?  ; ))

most important, God has been showering me with preferential treatment lately i am just in awe...  and extremely grateful...

most recent examples:

last monday, i worked the phones and e-mail, and within 24 hours, an item was delivered for a friend when it should be within 3 to 7 working days.  what more, reservation was made just the day before, more than two weeks after the deadline!  to top it off, the customer who purchased and paid for the item was out of the country and the merchant for some reason (persistence, pleas, prayers) accommodated my requests on her behalf.

wednesday, there was some requirement that i forgot and yet my transaction was allowed...

today is friday, i am ripe for another blessing...  ; )

God willing, i can swing this, too...  : )))

ironies

what the....?!  i just told someone to banish thoughts of me and now i'm the one who wakes up, earlier than usual, with thoughts of him.  well, not really him per se but of this conversation we had on the phone yesterday:

me:  'i dunno...  i just feel that i'll always have food...  i'll always have shelter...  i'll always have clothes...'

guy:  'you don't need clothes...  you look better without them...'

ahahaha...  well...  ; )

disclaimer:  this guy hasn't seen me naked, ok...  just his imagination running wild...  ; p

i liked that

not sure it showed...  not sure it should...  not sure i should be...  but i was flattered...  :")

message to the universe

on the phone...  guy asks a question...

i reply:  '...  the last thing i would need is you because i'd be vulnerable and something might happen...'

guy goes:  'thanks for saying that...'

huh?!

ooops...  The Secret (rhonda byrne)...

me:  the last thing I would NEED is YOU because i'd be VULNERABLE and SOMETHING might HAPPEN

guy:  thanks for saying that...

aaarrrggghhhh!!!

i hereby order a TURN-AROUND!!!

memories

weird...  this memory fragment of someone on the piano singing 'i'll have to say i love you in a song' to me suddenly entered my mind...

♩ ♪  'cause every time i tried to tell you
the words just came out wrong
so i'll have to say i love you in a song  ♫ ♬

that happened (or so i believe) yearssss back...

and then soon after, i had doubts of whether he was playing the piano or the guitar that time...

and then after that i started wondering whether it really did happen or is just a false memory (it definitely wasn't a dream or a fantasy)...

hmmm...

'dear' not allowed ; p

guy:  have a nice day dear

me:  haha... have a good night, der... ; )
haha... i left out the 'a'... 'dear' won't cut it, lol!

guy:  yeah.. haha

me:  mistake or sign? whatever... toinks!!! ; p

yet to learn the hundreds ; p

me:  'how many?'

friend:  'around 20...'

me:  'ok...  i'll go there...'

guess what, actual number's 425...  uhm...  you're off by more than 400, friend...  : }

misdelivered

uh-oh...  i'm getting these Tracker mails from this certain call center...  as in, i'm receiving e-mails from their agents showing the following data on their  workday:

DATE    AGENT NAME    CONTACT TYPE    DISPOSITION #    SALE / NON SALE    DIVISION    LEVEL OF SERVICE    DISPO TOOL - SALES    SALES TRACKER

this is not the first time this happened...  years back i was being furnished mail exchanges discussing certain issues in this foreign company...

it could be some bug in the mailer...  the dot seems to cause confusion...  that dot in the e-mail address should spell the difference between a message going to person A and it going to person B...  for some reason, leaving out the dot causes delivery to my account ->  identical e-mail address except mine has a dot...

tech support / bug fix in order...

from the mouth of babes

on the road yesterday, 'take a bow' played in the van...  i couldn't recall right away so i asked, 'who's singing?'

my cousin answered, 'rihanna...'

my 4-year old nephew butted in, 'it's the radio!'

hehe...

stubborn

ahahaha...  this message made me chuckle:  'i know you're going to do it even if i tell you not to.'

uhm...  you know me well, guy...  i was just asking for your opinion, not your permission...  ; p

let me fall

text message asking how i am...

i reply i'm very good, adding in case i am persuaded to go out again, to please give me a call every 15 minutes...

guy says he'll just tag along...

huh?!  hahaha...

i tell him i don't need a third party...  i might even turn off my phone so he won't be able to call...

damsel not in distress...  ; p

early

i was out with former officemates last night...  around 11:30 p.m., i noticed a missed call from my mom's number and a text message from my sister asking where i was.

i call my sister to 'report' my whereabouts...  ; )

this morning i tell them my companions were chuckling that at my age my mom still checks on me.

my sister goes, 'in fairness, mom didn't ask me to text you...'

mom:  'i wasn't checking on you, huh!  i'm used to you coming home at unholy hours...'

me:  'hey...  that was when i was still at <former residence>, mom...  since i transferred here (just a few paces away from their place) i've been coming home early...'

early morning...  JOKE!!!  ; p

bluff

my apo (granddaughter), a couple of weeks shy of two, unexpectedly shows up at my balcony (with her nanny, of course)...

i invite her in, motioning to carry her...

she doesn't want to be held...

well, i tell her she's not entering my house unless in my arms...

she doesn't budge...

i tell her i have a watch taller than myself (i have a mega swatch)...

she gets interested...

i ask to carry her again...

she declines, walks away and says she's leaving...

i go, 'bye...'

she repeats, 'i'm leaving...'

i again say, 'bye...'

for the third time she says, 'i'm leaving...'

for the third time i say 'bye' and this time slowly close the door...

guess what, she turns around and walks toward me...

ahahaha...  two-year-old and you're bluffing me, huh!

i'm not gonna blink for you, baby...  ; p

mandatory, not optional

mom:  'would you like to go to <place>?'

me:  'ok...'

mom:  'it's on <day> at <time>...  we'll ride with <toot>...'

me:  'oh...  so i'm not driving?  i could just skip it then...'

mom:  'actually, 'twould be nice for you to be there, too...'

oh...  so that wasn't a question...  hehe...

ok, i'll join...

i remember my dad saying before, 'a suggestion is an order...'

; p

same taste

' saw meiji macadamia, one of my fave chocs, at the department store earlier...  ' wanted to buy but did not...  guess what, i open my mom's mini-ref and there's a box...  my sister was at the same department store and bought...  : D

thank God for sisters...  : )

maybe it's me ; p

i return missed calls...

me:  'why did you call?'

friend:  'i bought a web cam...'

me:  'oh...'

friend:  'i wanted to test it in skype...'

me:  'so you want me to log in in skype?'

friend:  'supposedly...  but then my connection's not working now...  because of the rains...'

wahehe...  maybe the network does not want to display my face...  ; p

a good boy for a bad girl

i have this confidant...  and i know he has my back...

he gives it to me from a guy's perspective...
no-holds-barred...
you-silly-girl-what-happened-to-your-brain jabs...
rein-in-your-heart-too-much-love-is-not-good comments (this one we've never agreed on)...

he is patient when i try to beat a topic to a pulp...
remarkably understanding of my quirks...
able to handle my wrath (uuuhhhh!!!)...
manages to get back to my good graces after a fight (well, he says i'm the only one who quarrels with him, hehe)

he has saved me a number of times...
came on a bit late in a couple...  : O

he suspects me of bad things when i'm being good (what the...?!  grrrr!!!  >: ( )
and sees the good in me when i'm being bad (awww!!!  :") )

he scoops me up from my falls...
comforts me through my tears...
elicits a smile...
laughs at me...
makes me laugh...
chides me and scolds me
and, for the first time today, threatened me, nyahaha!!!  (boy, did that knock some sense into my head!)

i am really thankful for having him around...  : )

i know i can't keep him forever...  but i know memories of everything he's done for me will help me weather other storms...

keep going

third morning in a row now that someone has been putting a smile in my heart...  they're supposed to come in three's, right?  would it be too much to ask that the streak not be broken?  i'd really be happy if this just goes on and on and on...  

energizer bunny, is that you?  ; )

moments

phone call...

<talk, talk, talk>

suddenly i couldn't hear the caller...  i know the connection's still alive though because the phone icon's still on call...

i kept going, 'hello, hello...'

i couldn't hear a thing...

i disconnected the line...

guy calls again...

i hear him loud and clear...  i don't come across as well...

he moves then gets a good signal...

i ask, 'malinaw na?'
->  'clear now?'

guy replies, 'malinaw...  sobrang linaw...'
->  'clear...  really clear...'
literally, however, 'too clear'

i chuckle...

he asks why...

i say when it's sobrang linaw parang malabo na...
->  too clear would seem unclear already...

he chuckles as well...

usapang malabo, hehe...  ; p
->  senseless conversation

win some, lose some

awww...  two unexpected smiles for my heart this morning...  ♥♥

down in one aspect, up in what really matters...

no complaints...  : )

i passed!

text message from a friend:  'where are you?  i'll call'

i ring the sender...

me:  'why?'

friend:  'none...'

me:  'none?'

friend:  'nothing...'

me:  'nothing???  why call then?'

friend:  'missent!'

oh...  i thought a check of whether i brought my phone...  ; )

what for?

friend:  'bring your phone...'

me:  'why?'

friend:  'you always leave your phone when you leave your car...'

me:  'so?'

friend:  'bring it...'

me:  'don't call me...'

friend:  'ok...'

hmmm...  why bring it when you don't really intend to use it?  better to leave it...  ; p

watch!

guy:  'let's go to the movies...'

me:  'ok...  good movie...'

guy:  'let's go to a movie that no one really wants to see...'

huh?!  ahahaha...  toinks!!!  ; )

no more i-love-you's

i learned something a little too late...

decades back this guy said he loved me...  i didn't know how to react...

i'd say my life would be different had some of his actions also been different...  certain things he said made me uncomfortable so i decided to pursue a different path...

years later we bumped into each other again...  i don't remember much about that chance encounter anymore...  i just know it was very brief, we didn't really get to talk and i have this memory of a sunlit parking lot with me lipreading from afar as the guy whispered 'i love you'...

i also remember he called me one-time at the house, in the time of land lines and no cell phones, and i froze as he said he loved me with my mom just a few feet away from the phone...

in the recent past we bumped into each other again...  the chance encounter amuses me up to now...  we were going in opposite directions at escalators at opposite sides of the mall when he saw me...  he excitedly called out to me and animatedly shouted for me to wait for him...  his escalator was going up, mine was going down...  he rushed to the top, unmindful of the other people he was bumping, all the while keeping his eyes on me as i was approaching the landing...  i was afraid he'd trip, hahaha...

we chatted a bit...  and then we both went to our respective cars...  my phone rang as i was already on the road while he was still just coming out of the parking lot...  it was him asking where i was...  he wanted to follow me...  i declined...

he went on to send me messages after that...  this time, i was already at ease with such attention...  older and wiser, i could now handle them with aplomb, hahaha...

then i changed my numbers...  i did not furnish him...  i dunno whether he continued to send me messages...  if he did, maybe he thought i was simply ignoring them...

now i learn that he has passed away...  too soon to loved ones maybe...  in God's perfect time for sure...

i'm not sure whether i regret not keeping in contact...  had i known his days were numbered i guess i would have been more accommodating...  i would have tried to make his remaining days happier without stepping any bounds...  i could have hugged him for the first and last time, at least...

well, there is such a thing as too late...

i just take consolation in the thought that my keeping distance made him a little purer somehow...

prayers for a loving man...

no touch

friend:  'your ex?'

me:  'haha...  he's the only one who thinks that...  as far as i'm concerned, no...'

friend:  'so as far as you're concerned you're still together?'

me:  'huh?!  no!  i meant as far as i'm concerned we're not exes...  he's the only one who says i was his girl...  i've never considered him my boyfriend...  he was never able to kiss me or anything, how could i be his girl?'

self-centered

sister:  'you want this pillow?'

me:  'i've no more space...'

sister:  'this is ok in the car...'

me:  'i don't want that in my car...'

sister:  'i meant my car...'

ooops...  ahahaha...  i thought the world revolved around me...  toinks!!!  ; p

truthful

me:  'i'd go with you there if you promise not to <do something>...  and you'll have to keep your promise...'

guy:  'what if i lie?'

huh?!  ahahaha...  at least honest...

i'm not going then...  ; p

God provides

my mom and i are scheduled to go someplace.  i'm supposed to be driving.

then this afternoon my mom tells me a cousin called saying we all could just ride in another cousin's van as there's still space.

hmmm...  goody-good...  i'm not really familiar with the route while my niece who will be driving is...

then guess what, nighttime my sister tells me my brother says my car won't start...  battery's dead...  ooops, i don't really keep track of my battery's supposed lifespan  ->  i go on to use them till end of life...  : }

anyway, everything pieced together quite well:  my battery's dead but we've earlier been invited to ride with my cousin...

God is watching over us...  we're well taken care of...  : )

errors

wahaha... pressed a key too soon and erroneously posted what was supposed to be a private facebook message in my own timeline... good thing there's delete... good thing it's just some bland food pic... ; )

something similar has actually happened before...  i was in facebook mobile logged in to my own account but on a friend's wall and then was interrupted...  i forgot about everything and went about doing stuff...  when i posted a status update later, was i horrified to see that my status was posted on my friend's wall and not mine!  delete!  delete!  : O

another time i was supposed to be doing a friend search also on mobile...  ' turns out i wasn't in search but on the status box...  my friend's name was posted as my status...  ooops...  delete!  : }

hmmm...  if only other things are just as easily erased...