phone call from a friend of my mom's...
mom's friend: 'thanks for coming...'
me: 'my pleasure... thanks for inviting...'
mom's friend: 'you were so pretty...
<i grin...>
you had no makeup...
<i smile>
you had no bra...'
whaaaatttt???!!!!!
me: 'i was wearing a bra!'
mom's friend: 'were you?'
me: 'yes!!! but then my nipples are so perky sometimes it seems like i am not... i need a thicker pad...'
mom's friend: 'the dress that you were wearing, it was ok not to wear a bra...'
me: 'maybe... but i did...'
actually, i'm not a fan of bras... i forgo them at the house and when i'm going someplace where no one knows me... but a gathering with friends of my mom's? i definitely would wear one!
as they say,
you eat for yourself;
you dress for others.
\m/
response
for the first time since i blogged last october 7 about my not so pleasant experiences at the Philippine National Bank branch at the corner of Lauan St. and Aurora Blvd. in Proj. 3, Quezon City, i went back to the bank again to make another interbranch deposit on behalf of my mom.
so i entered the bank and went to the counter to fill out a deposit slip. whoa! the branch manager walked over and made small talk with me as i was filling out the slip. (she had actually called me last october 11 profusely apologizing for what transpired.)
then when i sat down to wait for my queue number to be flashed onscreen, one of the tellers, who i suppose was on break as she invited me to eat, approached me and was getting my slip for processing.
i said it's ok, i'll go through the regular process and just wait for my turn. (actually, initially i was the only customer at the bank but another one showed up while i was filling out the slip so i became second.)
both the manager and the teller were very friendly, solicitous and apologetic. they were telling me not to be angry anymore.
oh! i told them i wasn't angry. i said i simply blogged about my experience and it was basically just a factual narration.
anyway, i am not asking for special treatment. that was not my objective at all. what i want is for the process to improve not just for me but for every other customer as well. from the looks of it, they seem to have started taking action.
thank you and i wish you success.
so i entered the bank and went to the counter to fill out a deposit slip. whoa! the branch manager walked over and made small talk with me as i was filling out the slip. (she had actually called me last october 11 profusely apologizing for what transpired.)
then when i sat down to wait for my queue number to be flashed onscreen, one of the tellers, who i suppose was on break as she invited me to eat, approached me and was getting my slip for processing.
i said it's ok, i'll go through the regular process and just wait for my turn. (actually, initially i was the only customer at the bank but another one showed up while i was filling out the slip so i became second.)
both the manager and the teller were very friendly, solicitous and apologetic. they were telling me not to be angry anymore.
oh! i told them i wasn't angry. i said i simply blogged about my experience and it was basically just a factual narration.
anyway, i am not asking for special treatment. that was not my objective at all. what i want is for the process to improve not just for me but for every other customer as well. from the looks of it, they seem to have started taking action.
thank you and i wish you success.
shooting and sharing
caller: 'friend! you're uploading decades-old pics!'
me: 'that was thursday... throwback!'
caller: 'the non-throwback? when are you going to upload our pictures?'
me: 'i've uploaded the one at the house... i posted it on your birthday...'
caller: 'how about the ones after that? our pictures in <place>?'
me: 'haha... i'm still in august 2015...'
caller: 'so you'll post the 2016 pics in 2017 yet?'
me: 'maybe... or if it's your birthday again then i'll post one of ours ahead again...'
i have a LOT of pictures and i want them posted chronologically as much as possible... exceptions are when there's a time element or someone might want to see it right away...
i also prefer to post just one place per day...
plus i don't want to bleed the feed...
the consequence therefore is that my uploads are super-late... it's already october 2016 and i'm just now uploading august 2015 pics in my facebook account... #ThrowbackEveryday... ;"}
i actually cringe everytime i see 'late upload / late post' captions in facebook... seems to me like it's an obligation to post pics right away... i take pics to capture moments and things that i like... the posting is just something like an afterthought... it's optional... actually, the most special pics i don't even post... they're just for certain eyes... and in my heart... <3 <3
pics of others i do post (in other accounts) soon enough... it's just me-stuff that i've been uploading really late... it's my timeline anyway... i can take my time... i don't see any urgency in having to show people my pics... for all you know they're not even interested... wahaha... toinks!!! ;"p
me: 'that was thursday... throwback!'
caller: 'the non-throwback? when are you going to upload our pictures?'
me: 'i've uploaded the one at the house... i posted it on your birthday...'
caller: 'how about the ones after that? our pictures in <place>?'
me: 'haha... i'm still in august 2015...'
caller: 'so you'll post the 2016 pics in 2017 yet?'
me: 'maybe... or if it's your birthday again then i'll post one of ours ahead again...'
i have a LOT of pictures and i want them posted chronologically as much as possible... exceptions are when there's a time element or someone might want to see it right away...
i also prefer to post just one place per day...
plus i don't want to bleed the feed...
the consequence therefore is that my uploads are super-late... it's already october 2016 and i'm just now uploading august 2015 pics in my facebook account... #ThrowbackEveryday... ;"}
i actually cringe everytime i see 'late upload / late post' captions in facebook... seems to me like it's an obligation to post pics right away... i take pics to capture moments and things that i like... the posting is just something like an afterthought... it's optional... actually, the most special pics i don't even post... they're just for certain eyes... and in my heart... <3 <3
pics of others i do post (in other accounts) soon enough... it's just me-stuff that i've been uploading really late... it's my timeline anyway... i can take my time... i don't see any urgency in having to show people my pics... for all you know they're not even interested... wahaha... toinks!!! ;"p
this is not about logic
today i took apart my broken washing machine (yup, i like doing traditionally manly things around the house)... nope, not to repair it... i wanted to keep the inner stainless steel and plastic tubs before disposing of the rest...
guess what, i think my hands thickened and hardened the equivalent of ten years given all the screws i had to remove! i never thought that thing had so many nuts and bolts!
after what seemed like forever turning this, this, this and separating that, that, that, i thought i could finally pull up the tubs... well? i could have torn a muscle trying to raise that cylinder! it was so heavy!
i flipped the thing upside down and unscrewed the bottom... ta-daaannn!!! there i saw attached to the tubs what i think is the motor plus this very heavy steel thing that could have anchored a ship! (okay, okay, exag!) what more, there were several screws, the types that did not have grooves! waaahhh!!! how do i unfasten those things? pliers? wrench? ugh!
when i think of all the effort i will have to put in again, i'm inclined to do away with the tubs... but when i think of all the effort i've already put in, all the more that i'd like to get them...
bottom line, is it worth it? depends on how much i want it... how happy will i be having it? how sad will i be without it? hmmm... hmmm... hmmm... i'll have to rest and think awhile -> then listen to my heart... ;")
guess what, i think my hands thickened and hardened the equivalent of ten years given all the screws i had to remove! i never thought that thing had so many nuts and bolts!
after what seemed like forever turning this, this, this and separating that, that, that, i thought i could finally pull up the tubs... well? i could have torn a muscle trying to raise that cylinder! it was so heavy!
i flipped the thing upside down and unscrewed the bottom... ta-daaannn!!! there i saw attached to the tubs what i think is the motor plus this very heavy steel thing that could have anchored a ship! (okay, okay, exag!) what more, there were several screws, the types that did not have grooves! waaahhh!!! how do i unfasten those things? pliers? wrench? ugh!
when i think of all the effort i will have to put in again, i'm inclined to do away with the tubs... but when i think of all the effort i've already put in, all the more that i'd like to get them...
bottom line, is it worth it? depends on how much i want it... how happy will i be having it? how sad will i be without it? hmmm... hmmm... hmmm... i'll have to rest and think awhile -> then listen to my heart... ;")
keep distance
guy inviting me to lunch, dinner, whatever...
i decline...
he's persistent...
i'm adamant...
guy: 'ok... so what i'll do is i'll just inform you where i'll be... i'll be having breakfast at <place> or i'll be having lunch at <place>... in case you want to join me, just show up...'
me: 'haha... you do that you're erasing all probability that we'll bump into each other... i'll make sure i stay away from the area where you are...'
guy chuckles: 'that's precisely why i'm telling you... so you can avoid...'
hahaha... deal... ; p
i decline...
he's persistent...
i'm adamant...
guy: 'ok... so what i'll do is i'll just inform you where i'll be... i'll be having breakfast at <place> or i'll be having lunch at <place>... in case you want to join me, just show up...'
me: 'haha... you do that you're erasing all probability that we'll bump into each other... i'll make sure i stay away from the area where you are...'
guy chuckles: 'that's precisely why i'm telling you... so you can avoid...'
hahaha... deal... ; p
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