yours and mine

friend and i walk into a hotel.  hotel personnel greet us cheerfully.

friend:  'you must come here really often.  they already know you.'

me:  'no.  they don't.'
[the hotel has been open close to one-and-a-half years.  i've been there maybe five times.]

friend:  'she said hello to you.'

me:  'that's just part of their customer service.  they welcome their guests warmly.'

friend:  'she just smiled at me.'

me:  'haha...  you were behind me!  the hello's for both of us already.'

friends and strangers

there's this usual seat that i occupy at the mass i regularly attend.  today, however, it was already taken when i arrived so i sat at the back.

i noticed someone who kept on looking around.  it was my friend!  she was looking for me, haha.

she doesn't normally hear mass at our church but when she does she informs me beforehand and we sit together.  this time she wasn't able to text me.

she was in my line of vision and her presence kinda distracted me.  i actually like to sit in the front pews so i don't see a lot of people.  mere strangers distract me, what more someone i know.

it's interesting how in a crowd your eyes are drawn to a particular person.

"In a sea of people, my eyes will always search for you."

there are the rest and there are those above the rest...  : )

chill

at a supermarket, staff offered me a free taste of these fruit drinks...  i chose pomelo...

me:  'it's good...  where is this made?'

staff:  'taiwan...'

me:  'oh...'

staff:  'the apples are from the U.S., ma'am...'

me:  'ooops...  even farther...'

i show him my intended purchase...

me:  'you know why i chose this?  one, container's glass not plastic.  two, it was produced here.  if it's imported i'm thinking it crossed the seas, maybe in adverse conditions.  at least this one didn't travel too far.  the food's more relaxed.'

nyahaha...  the things that cross my mind...  ;"p

overload

received a text message:
'Call me bff'

i go:  'bff'

joke!

i call...

friend needed some sort of tech support...  i give her step-by-step instructions...

friend:  'it's hard for me to talk on the phone...'

me:  'then why did you ask me to call you?'

friend:  'there's something wrong with my cellphone...  my ear aches when i stay too long...'

me:  'really?  then why did you ask me to call?  we shouldn't be talking on the phone...'

friend:  'i prefer landline...'

me:  'aw!  i don't have landline...'

friend:  'let's just talk some other time...  i'm getting a headache...'

me:  'aw...  rest...  bye...'

i wonder whether my instructions triggered the headache...  :"}

essential

i was wearing a green shirt this morning.

i passed two garbage collectors and both were also wearing green.

i passed a construction site and one of the two workers i saw was wearing green.

i chuckled to myself, 'we're late for st. patrick's...'

and then while i was walking to a fastfood, i noticed several people also wearing green.

eh?

do i just have a heightened awareness of the color today?
(green mind, hehe)

was i attracting it?
(the secret)

or

could it be there's a significance to green for today?

there was one time i noticed an unusual number of people wearing black.  i found out later it was in solidarity for something.  uhhh!!!  i missed the memo!  had i known i also would have worn black.

anyway, i remember this maricel soriano movie line,
"wala sa damit, wala sa kulay...  nasa puso, nasa utak..."
->  it's not in the clothes, it's not in the color...  it's in the heart, it's in the mind...