happy ending

i attended my nephew's commencement last friday and among the things that struck me was that two of the graduating students who delivered a speech both reminisced about their early days in the school they were now about to leave.  they even had identical lines:  "i still remember the first time i entered the gates of <the school>..."

the first time i heard it, i was just, 'awww...'

then when i heard it again from the second speaker, i was like, 'whoa!  the same?!'

i am sure they did not copy from each other.  and i was just thinking, when you reach milestones you do tend to look back at the journey that you have taken.

you recall the initial steps, the challenges and difficulties, the times you almost gave up, the tears, oh, yeah, the laughter and smiles, the people, the things, the Almighty that pulled you through.  every single one has made the culmination such a sweet victory to savor.  the pains fade into the background far outshone by the joys of having emerged triumphant.

: )

all

received e-mail from my bank saying:

"GET 20% OFF ON ALL ITEMS* WHEN YOU USE YOUR BPI EXPRESS CREDIT AND PREPAID CARDS TO SHOP!"

then fine print has:

"*Discount does not apply to sale items.  Category and brand exclusions apply."

hmmm...  i understand sale items.  but category and brand exclusions?  that's not at all "ALL," is it?

i think they should just remove the phrase "on all items" in that mailer...  retain the fine print, of course...

memory gap

friend tells me she hasn't been to eastwood...

me:  'huh?!  we were there together...'

friend:  'i haven't been there...'

me:  'you have!  the zorb, the bungee, the live statues...'

friend:  'i don't remember...'

me:  'the gourmet market?  the walk of fame?'

friend looks at me funny:  'i really don't remember...'

well, i sent her *her own* facebook album from almost two years ago with 68 photos at eastwood...

me:  'you said you haven't been to eastwood...  who's this?  your twin?  ; )'

nonsense

i choked...

me:  'number!'

sister:  '10!  wait, not 10...  let's try something different...'

me:  'huh?!  can you change that?'

me:  'i always give you 10...  let's make it 10,000...'

whaaattt???!!!

anyway, 10 is easily J.  10,000, i checked later, is 16  ->  P.

i don't think the first number you blurt out can be changed in the first place (hahaha...  serious, eh?!).  second, i can't think of any P right now but J's, there's more than one.  i guess i'm sticking with J....  ; )

less

about to leave parking, i asked the guard how much i have to pay.

he said P25.

i handed him P50.  he wrote me a receipt, handed it to me with my change and, before i can even say anything, biked away.

aw...  i had planned to give him a tip for accompanying me to the parking slot.  oh, well...

when i was putting the change in my wallet, however, i saw that he gave me only P21.  a twenty peso bill and a one-peso coin.  hmmm...  dunno whether that was intentional.  the one-peso and five-peso coins are of different colors.  i was planning to give him the P5 if he hadn't left so quickly.  now he ended up with only P4.

not to accuse or anything but i was just thinking, when you impose kindness, you get less than what you would have been voluntarily given.