reference points

yesterday, i asked an officemate to give a document to someone at the third floor.  after some time, he hasn't come back yet.  i was wondering what's taking him so long considering that the destination is just a floor above ours.

and then i received a call from him.  he said the person to whom he was supposed to hand the document was not there.  i went, 'huh?!  someone just texted me that he is there.'

he repeats the person is not around.

i asked, 'how about so-and-so?'

he went, 'she's not here.'

'such-and-such?'

'not here.  only sir xyz is here.'

'huh?!  where are you???'

'at the third floor.'

'3rd floor, boardroom, our building?'

'no.  3rd floor, executive conference room, other building.'

ooops, wrong place  : }

my parents had a similar experience.  so they were talking about something and they were having a hard time getting understood by each other.

my mom went, 'near the calendar... behind you at the dining table.'

my dad goes, 'behind?!  but the calendar is in front of me when i'm at the dining table.'

they both laughed when they realized that they had different reference points.  my mom was talking about  the house in the province; my dad had in mind the house in the city.

he-he-he

the difference

we have an activity where my office's concern is supposed to be attended to sometime between midnight and dawn.  i told my officemate to make sure the one who is going to call me will keep on ringing until i wake up and acknowledge.

someone who overheard the instruction commented that i am easily awakened as when he texts me i go, 'you woke me up!'

ha-ha-ha... hello, he texts me when i am just about to fall asleep or i am nearing wake up time.  sure i'll be awakened then.  but this other call is supposed to come at around the time i am in deep slumber... good luck, caller... let's hope you are successful in your attempt  : }

what's wrong ; )

this made me chuckle:

Sometimes

we search so much for the rigth choices...

for the rigth paths to walk through...

for the rigth time...

for the rigth person...

and for the rigth reasons...

only to find out...

mali pala spelling ng right!

he-he-he

be not afraid

i was awakened by my phone's message tone this morning.  i didn't feel like getting up yet but i did because we have provincial activities today and i wanted to be sure the text did not come from our personnel at the sites.

well, what do you know,  the message was:

ashes to ashes
dust to dust...

we are dust
and to dust we shall return!...

magandang morning...

first thought that came to sleepy me was, 'yikes, so morbid.  is this a death threat???'  but then there was 'good morning' so it couldn't be that bad.  back to bed i went.

later my mom reminds me that it is ash wednesday.  ooops, ha-ha-ha... i forgot... that explains why...

no laughing matter

i was driving home last night when i received text messages, one of which entered my inbox twice in a span of 10 minutes. and then two hours later, a third copy of the same message again entered my inbox.

i therefore texted the sender telling him i received his message thrice. i also forwarded to him another message of his which obviously was sent earlier than his other messages but i received much later.

at about the same time i was forwarding to him his messages, i received another text from him saying my texts repeatedly entered his inbox, "3 each."

i replied:

Ganun?! Bka iluvu. JOKE!
Hmmm. Actualy ung sau dn 3x pumasok ung 1 e. Bat kya?
Nwy, cge laro kna. Gluck. Gnyt

the next message i received floored me: Bwal mag i luv u.

huh?! what the...???!!! it was a joke (all caps in my text!) made simply because three is associated with i love you. the statement doesn't mean i was proposing to him, hello!  so preposterous, excuse me.  i find it embarrassingly amusing / amusingly embarrassing.

i told myself next time i'll be careful what i kid about : }

this afternoon on speaker phone, my officemates were ribbing him, "Bawal mag i love you."  (yup, i told my officemates about the embarrassing / amusing exchange.)  to make up, he called out to me and said "je t'aime."  ha-ha-ha.  i was tempted to make repartee but did not.  i learn my lessons well.  i love yous are no joke.  only say it when you mean it.