i crawled into bed past 1 am of sunday. this after spending overnight overtime work at the office friday through saturday and attending two parties saturday evening to midnight. i was so pooped looking forward to a loooong, restful sleep but 8:20 am i was awakened by a text message. it was someone with a 'good morning' and 'have a nice day' greeting. the good intention was lost in my disrupted sleep, i dialed the texter right away intending to berate him. (ugh! so unappreciative of me.) he was not picking up. i therefore just went downstairs to soak my laundry and put out the trash. then i went back to bed.
11 am before entering the shower, i checked my phones. it turns out the time i was downstairs he sent another message asking why i called. my interrupted sleep again came to mind and i again dialed him intending to pick a quarrel, hahaha. (i have so many times told him not to text me early on weekends!) again, he was not picking up. i took my shower, heard mass then went through my day forgetting about the interrupted sleep.
then this morning he calls my office then texts me asking whether i wasn't coming in as i was not yet at the office. i told him i was at the other building. hmmm... i wasn't mad anymore... actually even amused at the supposed cranky reaction i wasn't able to express yesterday.
i remember another time i was looking forward to precious sleep. that time i again tumbled into bed past 1 am and guess what, he texts me at 2 am! grrrr... i dialed his number in war-freak mode. he wasn't picking up. then morning he again texts me asking why i called. i told him i was supposed to pick a fight with him because he woke me up at 2 am. my anger has died down by then so i could already joke about my frustrated violent reaction.
well... looks like he's been getting lucky -> chancing upon the formula for our peaceful co-existence, hahaha. it is simple, actually. make yourself scarce when you think you've awakened me. just disappear awhile until things simmer down and the following day your deed will already be seen as it really is, i.e., not really an offense but something to smile, not be angry, about... : )
ref inventory
i've done an inventory of the items inside my bags. now here's one on the contents of my ref:
good:
a small open bottle full of mineral stones
arm & hammer fridge-n-freezer odor absorber
kraft cheddar cheese
2 1 liter boxes selecta fortified choco (chocolate milk drink)
1 box hawaiian host chocolate covered macadamias
1 box meiji macadamia chocolate
5 bottles del monte fit 'n right drinks: pineapple, apple (2 bottles), four seasons and pine orange -> i don't usually have this... the only reason i bought it was because i liked marian rivera's bikini-clad photo on the carton packaging of the limited edition summer pine orange trial pack
too old/expired:
ice
cottee's caramel flavoured topping
cincalok shrimp paste
kraft roasted garlic vinaigrette
pickled kamias
kewpie mayonnaise
beurre gourmet unsalted butter
2 yupi gummy fangs (gums shaped like a complete set of vampire teeth)
antonio pueo excellent chocolate
sanwa wasabi powder
sejong korean ginseng extract
water in a biker's drink container (' don't really know how you call it. my brother and his cycling buddies have that in their bikes)
dried fish, 3 different types
eeewww! almost all the items inside my ref are overdue for disposal. they're all going to be in the trash bag tomorrow when the garbage truck comes...
good:
a small open bottle full of mineral stones
arm & hammer fridge-n-freezer odor absorber
kraft cheddar cheese
2 1 liter boxes selecta fortified choco (chocolate milk drink)
1 box hawaiian host chocolate covered macadamias
1 box meiji macadamia chocolate
5 bottles del monte fit 'n right drinks: pineapple, apple (2 bottles), four seasons and pine orange -> i don't usually have this... the only reason i bought it was because i liked marian rivera's bikini-clad photo on the carton packaging of the limited edition summer pine orange trial pack
too old/expired:
ice
cottee's caramel flavoured topping
cincalok shrimp paste
kraft roasted garlic vinaigrette
pickled kamias
kewpie mayonnaise
beurre gourmet unsalted butter
2 yupi gummy fangs (gums shaped like a complete set of vampire teeth)
antonio pueo excellent chocolate
sanwa wasabi powder
sejong korean ginseng extract
water in a biker's drink container (' don't really know how you call it. my brother and his cycling buddies have that in their bikes)
dried fish, 3 different types
eeewww! almost all the items inside my ref are overdue for disposal. they're all going to be in the trash bag tomorrow when the garbage truck comes...
show and tell
we have a midnight to early morning activity at the office. over dinner earlier, my officemate was relating how he got so sleepy at another such activity last week he actually fell asleep in a chair then was awakened by a thud. suddenly he realized that he had fallen off, his head landing on the thigh of one other officemate dozing off on the floor. we had a good laugh at his story.
then now we had a chance to witness it ourselves. we all were doing our respective things when suddenly we heard a loud thud. guess what. it's the same officemate again falling off a chair. laughter all around.
hmmm... he better master sleeping on chairs. we don't want anyone suffering brain damage from all these off-hour work : }
then now we had a chance to witness it ourselves. we all were doing our respective things when suddenly we heard a loud thud. guess what. it's the same officemate again falling off a chair. laughter all around.
hmmm... he better master sleeping on chairs. we don't want anyone suffering brain damage from all these off-hour work : }
what leave?
i am supposed to be on leave from the office today. my mama in, the one who took care of us siblings from the time i was a baby, is retiring and going back to the province. i filed a leave so i can see her off at the airport.
guess what. yesterday, someone was setting a meeting with me for today. i said i'd be on leave so please set it some other time. he replies the singaporean who's supposed to be meeting with me was flying out friday. huh?! why such short notice?! grrrr... ok, i said i'd be at the office 4 pm.
then this morning, my officemate texts me that someone we've been trying to set a meeting with for two months now is suddenly available at 11 am. huh?! i can't be there 11. how about 2 pm? i said i'd be at the office 4 yet but then that will be for some other meeting. ooops... we might have to wait another long time before the other party could squeeze us into her schedule again. hmmm... set the meeting for 2 pm and i'd just have my assistant attend in my place. ok. i ended up sort of 'joining' their meeting a bit through phone.
i remember another time i was on leave, i had to take a long call while in the shower. yikes! ' dunno whether cell phones could electrocute : }
sometimes fate just likes to play tricks on you. you go on leave and that's the time something urgent and/or explosive comes up. ugh!
guess what. yesterday, someone was setting a meeting with me for today. i said i'd be on leave so please set it some other time. he replies the singaporean who's supposed to be meeting with me was flying out friday. huh?! why such short notice?! grrrr... ok, i said i'd be at the office 4 pm.
then this morning, my officemate texts me that someone we've been trying to set a meeting with for two months now is suddenly available at 11 am. huh?! i can't be there 11. how about 2 pm? i said i'd be at the office 4 yet but then that will be for some other meeting. ooops... we might have to wait another long time before the other party could squeeze us into her schedule again. hmmm... set the meeting for 2 pm and i'd just have my assistant attend in my place. ok. i ended up sort of 'joining' their meeting a bit through phone.
i remember another time i was on leave, i had to take a long call while in the shower. yikes! ' dunno whether cell phones could electrocute : }
sometimes fate just likes to play tricks on you. you go on leave and that's the time something urgent and/or explosive comes up. ugh!
take care always
i was inside the car last night fixing my stuff while gassing up when i suddenly heard a thud / felt a jolt. it was a very spacious gasoline station. there were only 3 cars around and yet my parked car got hit by one of the two other cars. ' dunno whether the fact that it was close to midnight had something to do with it. the hit was very minor so i just let the culprit go just cautioning him to stay awake.
i am no stranger to this situation. nope, i haven't been bumping cars. but the second major collision i've had in my entire life was suffered by my car in a spacious, spacious parking lot where i was the only one parked. it was nighttime, i was parked beside a pole. i saw it, boarded the car, fixed my stuff, then backed up oh so quickly. boom! i hit the pole. my door was dented big-time : }
(my first collision, btw, was in college ages ago. i was hit in an intersection by a speeding jeepney. nope, i was not the one at fault.)
my car has dents and scratches here and there and i got them in what you could call 'safe' places. i am very careful on the road and in tight spots. but i have a tendency to loosen up when i know i'm in a safe place. i'm trying to rein that in. when it comes to vehicles, it's good to be always on guard.
i am no stranger to this situation. nope, i haven't been bumping cars. but the second major collision i've had in my entire life was suffered by my car in a spacious, spacious parking lot where i was the only one parked. it was nighttime, i was parked beside a pole. i saw it, boarded the car, fixed my stuff, then backed up oh so quickly. boom! i hit the pole. my door was dented big-time : }
(my first collision, btw, was in college ages ago. i was hit in an intersection by a speeding jeepney. nope, i was not the one at fault.)
my car has dents and scratches here and there and i got them in what you could call 'safe' places. i am very careful on the road and in tight spots. but i have a tendency to loosen up when i know i'm in a safe place. i'm trying to rein that in. when it comes to vehicles, it's good to be always on guard.
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