Thursday, January 31, 2008
strangely unfamiliar
i'd like to think i'm done being sick. it's been weird these past few days, not in a creepy moody way, but just the fact that everything feels strangely unfamiliar to me is odd. for starters, my eating habits so not me anymore. work's been dishing out some bad news and yet i am unaffected. i don't even feel guilty for being lazy by my standards. in general i don't even care that much about other people anymore to think i could have very well strangled a few for being utterly i don't know just for being themselves but i managed without ANY drama. i figured i can't do do anything about them so why bother. and there are a lot of other petty things that don't seem to matter if you have chills everytime you get home.not to worry though because i am working back towards the familiar. i'm back to actually spending late nights writing down stuff and planning upcoming days. i even sneaked in a last full show movie and this entry.
i've struggled with making good choices but i know i'm doing okay, so far.
(1:36 AM) ♥ tal
Thursday, January 17, 2008
i just wanna make good choices
so says samantha and just like my new fave tv character i hope to do the same this year. cecelia ahern rocks, can't wait for p.s. i love you ;) anyone who knows me well can attest that i'm a big fan!(12:36 AM) ♥ tal
Thursday, January 10, 2008
communication
the constancy of it saves a lot of relationships. as for me simple text messages keep me sane. i don't like playing games on my phone so when i'm really bored i re-read text messages in my inbox. there has to be a reason why certain messages are still sitting there. here's the top 3 that i've kept for sometime now. i'll skip the senti ones and move on to the really funny or out of the blue ones.sender: lor
message: Tal! Lets go out of the country =)
what i say now: lora, kailan na ito?! ikakasal ka na! haha
sender: D
message: Tal, m n figaro. Me nagmmtg dito i think sum foreigner wants 2 buy a network. Want me to sell ____ ? Ang ingay nila eh para matapos na mtg nila.
what i say now: stress lang yan ng bar but come to think of it baka binili nga nila?! hmmmm
sender: cile
message: ayyy. i'm coming fr ortigas kc. was gonna drop by your ofc for lunch. next time then. don't cry ha. i know you miss me sooo much na =)
what i say now: wala ho akong problema ng mga araw na iyon. normal lang yan na hirit so if you catch me saying the same thing you know kung kanino ako nahahawa. kasi naman if i cry everytime i miss this girl, baha na!
i know i said three but the next one's just really hilarious!
sender: D
message: CRYSTAL! Binuntis ni patrick si jenelyn chenelyn! At wiling ipakasal! Ru shattered and shocked?!
what i say now: showbiz is our best friends bond and now you know i'm not lying when i say i liked patrick garcia.
obviously it's a self proclaimed downtime now. i can't seem to bring myself to think even if last night i already stayed up late to do the outline for my deadline. imagine i cooked chicken at midnight because i was craving for rice and finished two bars of chocolate to keep me awake. and while i'm at the impression that good food is essential for me to think right, i just had lunch at travel cafe philippines. as i told D i ate pasta AND i liked it, odd. ex-officemates ajet and niña joined me for some dessert and lots of chika. i've to really start writing soon so that all the eating will be worth it, hehe ;)
(3:02 AM) ♥ tal
Monday, January 07, 2008
f1, starbucks...
work... dilbert they say sardonically skewers the dostoyevskian sense of despair and anxiety that corporate life breeds and nowhere is this sense more alive than in the desolation of the cubicle or the office in general. dilbert has been a very good ally this past year. it's not so bad because if it were i would have walked away a long time ago. i spend most of my time in the office therefore it is safe to say that i've learned a lot about myself by going through the sometimes crazy but surprisingly frequently clichéd work life. most of the time i find myself staring into space or asking why i'm still at it. it seems that it is right to say that the funny thing about work itself is that it is bearable. sure it beats us down but never did it make me feel so bad i wanted to commit a really bad crime. even the dreariest task that work offers us is perfectly bearable. "it presented challenges to overcome, the distinction provided a sense of urgency, and the satisfaction of task's completion - on any given day, these things made work utterly, even harmoniously bearable."we also have families (or an undeniably big appetite) to support and weekends to distract us. the distractions are by far what spiced up the year that was. honey's wedding and my finally meeting gyn's mike was the highlight of my january. bumping into ex-colleagues at adobo's first anniversary party in february was a lot of fun. march was when i won another karting race and that felt really good. it was simply amazing spending time with friends in boracay during the month of april. the may trip to davao rocked my world in ways i never imagined it would. my first weekend abroad in singapore with erika will forever be remembered a long with BF's (miss you!) gift to me. friends in manila made sure that my 25th will be one for the books so july 24 was a whole day of celebration of friends who have been like family to me (even den, chawi and gyn sent in greetings!). iltj was born in august and i'm more than happy to have teppy and ineng on board. i made it through my nanay's operation and D's, rich and dych's as well, bar month in september. sandalias festival in october followed by another brief davao visit in november were more than enough to fuel me in making sure that my holiday season will be one filled with love, laughter and surprises (i.e. tanya's and lor's good news and frakar making waves when he came to our lives).
and relationships. that was my life in 2007. a pretty good life, thanks to Him and to you. ;) cheers to 2008!
(4:37 PM) ♥ tal
