i can handle this

on the phone...

guy apologizes for being makulit (insistent / persistent)...

i go, "it's ok...  but as i've said, no matter what it is, it's not going anywhere."

guy:  "i don't mind...  i don't mind..."

then he adds, "do you?"

me:  "haha...  good question..."

uhm...  i'm kinda sad about it actually...  but i can handle it...  i've been through this so many times before...  <sigh>

intense

the guy was telling me that there was some other pretty girl (yeba!) at the place that day but i was the one who somehow piqued his curiosity.

i went, 'oh, just like what i like to say...  you meet so many handsome men, you meet so many pretty women, but not everyone causes your heart to skip a beat...  not everyone triggers a spark...'

guy:  'mine was combustion...  it was an explosion...'

awww...  :")

old or mean

someone was telling me that he was trying to call me at my globe number but he coudn't get through. oh... he really won't be able to -> i lost that number in july yet... when i was at a mall in tacloban...

this is not the first time someone has tried reaching me through my old numbers. well, none of those remain actually. i had my numbers changed months back.

if you're trying to call / text me and you can't get through / i don't reply, then either of two things:

1. you have my old numbers

2. i don't wanna talk to you

\m/

change in priorities

i returned my 4-day-old baby (canon EOS 600D EF-S 18-135mm IS) to the store yesterday.  the flash gets stuck and i intermittently get the message i have to turn the camera off and on to get it to work.  i called up twice and both times, different store personnel told me to bring it to the store for replacement (it is brand new.).

when i got there, however, the store owner gave me 3 options:

1.  bring the camera to canon to get an order of replacement
2.  leave the camera with them (for around a week) and they'll be the one to send it to canon
3.  get my money back

i chose the 3rd.  i'm taking it as a sign.  i actually found the camera rather heavy.  in fact, after using it at my dad's party, i started considering getting another powershot.  a cousin has actually warned me before that a heavy cam is not suitable for my shooting style  ->  hand held, arms raised, oh-so-frequent-click-click-click.  i did not listen.  my mind was set on a vari-angle DSLR...  : }

good thing i'm getting a second chance...

i'll be checking out other DSLRs.  canon still  (i've been a canon girl since the late '70s.  ugh!  ancient!!!).  with a heavy heart, i'm letting go of my vari-angle requirement  (all my powershots, even my sony and sanyo, have been vari-angle.).  weight is now a *major* consideration...  \m/

deutsch

on the phone: 'what do we put, ma'am?'

me: 'happy birthday, <fats>... V, A, T, S... <fats> pronunciation but spelling's vats... from Vater, german of father...'

and then we had to go through the spelling a couple more times...

me: '<fats>... V as in victory, alpha, tango, sierra... just like <folks vagen> (volkswagen)... spelling's V but pronunciation's F...'

<confusion>

me: 'hmmm... ok, let's have it this way... 'happy birthday, vats' ... V as in victory, alpha, tango, sierra'

understood! : D

whew!

lesson learned, when you're on the phone, pronounce it like you spell it... set aside your german language classes lest some other message appear on the cake... ; p