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Entries for May, 2004
Two Saturdays ago, my office moved out to Barangay South Cembo in Makati (very near to Nico's home). The officials asked us to go to work on that Saturday to help them move the computers and other office stuff. Well, I didn't (nyehehehe). The Monday after that, I learned that most of my officemates also didn't show their faces that Saturday. The office gave us caps bearing the name of Binay & Mercado (Mayor and vice mayor of Makati), with FPJ and Loren. I don't really like FPJ, but in fairness, I am comfortable wearing that cap. One time, I was so comfortable wearing that cap, while going home, that I forgot to hide it. I don't want people outside that office see me bearing that name (FPJ) on any of my clothes. WALA LANG. Yesterday, I am so IN DEMAND. I am supposed to meet Ron at the MRT Taft station at 5:30pm, but Kim sent me an SMS, asking me if I could come with her to San Juan de Dios Hospital (because her Gramps was staying their, waiting for the next day's operation). So I replied Yes, and cancelled my appointment with Ron. I was supposed to fix Ron's Uncle's PC (which I am using now to post this entry) somewhere in Pasay (Sorry Ron, priority first. LOL). So 7pm, I fetched Kim and his brother at their house in Makati and went to the hospital. In the hospital, Kim's sister, Adette, was waiting for us. As soon as we got their, Adette and their brother left. I stayed there with Kim and his Grampa until 10:30. I was really worried that time about going home because the truth is, I don't really know how can I go home from that place. Grabe naku-cute-an ako dun sa isang ka-officemate ko (*kilig*) at dun sa "Angels" (group of pretty dancers that was formed for Mayor Binay's campaign rallies). Ala eh... parang anghel nga! (~~ahhhaaay) Habang ginagawa ko tong entry na to, binubusog ako ni Ron sa Picha hat, at habang ginagawan ko ng paraan ayusin tong PC na to. It's nice to hear Truefaith's Hello . |
...habang nagtatype ako ng napakabang worksheet sa Excel, biglang nag-ring ang aking lumang Nokia 3310 na cel. Nagsalita ang taong tumawag, "Oi Benjo nasan ka?". Si Nico lang pala. At eto ang usapan namin... Benjo: Nasa office ako. Nico: Nasan na office nyo ngayon? Nabasa ko sa blog mo lumipat ka na malapit sa amin. Benjo: Nasa Barangay Cembo, sa tabi ng Fort Bonifacio Highshool. Nico: San yun? Benjo: Basta yun. Bakit nga pala? Nico: Punta ko jan, dala ko ng food. Benjo: Wag na. Puro pagkain nga kami dito e. Libre pa. Nico: Sige na punta ko. Benjo: Wag na manggugulo ka lang e. At pagkatapos ng ilang segundong pagtetelebabad ni Nico sa cellphone, napag-isip-isip na nyang ibaba ito. At di ko namalayang may isang babaeng ka-opisina ko ay nakikinig sa usapan namin. Bigla ba namang nyang sinabing... "~~uuuuyy.. Ang sweet naman. Dadalhan pa sya ng food ng girlfriend nya.." Syempre nasindak ako ng kaunti nun (chismosa talaga amp). Natawa na lang ako kasi kala nya chickboy ako (Ang chickboy na walang chick, boy lang. LOL). Tinext ko agad si Nico, sabi ko, "Nico,kala ng isang opism8 ko ang sweet daw ng gf ko,ddalhan ako ng fud.kala gf kita." Nagreply naman itong si Nico. At ang ganda ng sinabi nya... Nico: Ano kaya, mag-arkila kaya ako ng bading d2 tapos pagdalhin ko ng fud jan? Benjo: T*%^&*%^*&% mo sige pag ginawa mo yan papatayin kita. LOLz. Mula ng araw na yun, may chickboy image na ko sa opis. As what I have told earlier on my past entries, my work is election-related. So on Monday, I'll be VERY busy. So busy that I'll be working late until past 12am. It's all about quickcount. Eleksyon na. Sino iboboto mo? |
Monday, 6am. My mother woke me up to vote early that day. So I preped up and went to Maximo Estrella Elementary School (somewhere in Makati) to cast my vote. I went there with my brother with me. As soon as I have finished voting, I quickly went back home again to get my things and went straight to office. I arrived at 8am. I was too early. I didn't know that we are required to be there at 1pm. That was so careless of me. Each encoder was assigned to count votes from at least 2 Barangays. I was assigned for all of the villages in Makati, which is 6 small barangays. 1pm. The whole crew of encoders was waiting for the arrival of patial results from our watchers in every precincts from Makati. We waited, and waited so patiently. But it was too delayed, that the first partial results came at 5pm. And that result was for me. It was raining hard that moment. So the courier of that result decided to give me the results through phone. After that, all other results came one by one. We counted the whole day. The good thing is the food. We never hunger. But damn, it was very exhausting. My vision started bluring out, and my hands got shaking as the hours passed by. It was dawn, about 2am. Through SMS, I told Tere that I was still at the office. And then at 5am, and then at 6. I was hoping that my boss would let us go home by 6am. But I'm wrong. All of us went home by 3pm, exhausted. I went home, took a bath, and went to sleep until 10am the next day. Ok rin talaga ang may trabaho. Medyo matutuon sa ibang bagay ang attention mo na di mo na mamamalayan na makakalimutan mo na ang ilang personal na problema mo. Yun nga lang, medyo na-mi-miss ko yung mga usual na tao na nakakausap ko sa telepono, chat, at personal. At lingid sa kaalaman ng ibang tao, tinanggap ko tong trabahong to hindi dahil sa pera na makukuha ko, kundi sa ibang personal na rason. Masaya ako dahil matagumpay ako sa hangarin ko. |
Two nights ago, I received a letter from Dainty. That was really thoughtful of her. She's one of the nicest person I ever met. Medyo busy na nga lang sya, so wala na syang masyadong panahon for EBs. Too bad. Goodluck na lang sa studies nya. Yesterday noon, Tere gave me a call. It was a good thing to hear from her again. It has been a while, though. We both got busy and haven't got news about each other. I was teasing her about an ad on tv that I saw earlier, where the model looked like her. lol. Na-miss ko yung mga araw na lagi kaming magkausap tungkol sa mga personal na problema namin, mga sikreto, chismis, etc. Yesterday evening Jackie also made a call. Wala lang daw sya magawa. So I just told her to get online at Yahoo! Messenger, where I am currently online that time. Na-miss ko rin kulitan namin sa chat. Wow! People suddenly remembered me. And I wondered why. Ang saya-saya noh? Na-miss ko yung mga lakad namin ni Kim, yung pagtambay ko kina Adz, yung pakikipag-kulitan ko sa chatroom, yung mga usapan namin ni Bibay, yung panonood namin ng sine ng college friends kong sina Roy, Alvin, at Gibson, yung pagtambay ko sa bahay ng friend kong si Mark. Anyway, pwede pa rin namang gawin talaga ang mga yun e. Nasa sa akin na lang yun kung papaano ko gagawin ulit. Napapangiti na lang ako pag naaalala ko mga yun. By the way, It's my mom's birthday today. Would you suggest a good gift for her. Not expensive, but good. |
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Bakit Adobo day kamo? Wala lang. wala lang akong mailagay na title sa entry na to. Eto kasi ang ulam namin kanina... heheheh. Kaninang madaling araw, mag-a-alas-singko na ng umaga nun. Galing ako kina ate Recy. Habang naglalakad na kami ni Jjay papuntang Welcome rotonda, naalala ko bigla na naiwan ko ang susi ko sa bahay! Holy pwet! Kaya nag-alala ko nun, paano ko papasok ng bahay. Inaasahan ko na may natutulog sa baba ng bahay namin na pwede kong gisingin sa pagkatok sa pintuan. Pero sa kasamaang palad, na parang sinasadya ng pagkakataon, lahat ng tao sa bahay e natulog sa taas. Napakamalas ko naman. kaya napagdesisyunan ko na maglakad-lakad na lang at magpalipas ng oras hanggang umabot ng alas-6 ng umaga, kung saan posibleng may gising na sa bahay. Wala na kong pera nun kundi 6 pesos at may 5 text na lang ako sa king Cel phone. Tinext ko na lang ang nanay ko at kapatid ko na i-text na lang nila ko kung mabuksan nila ang pinto, at tinext ko si Tere na di ako makapasok ng bahay. So, naglakad-lakad na lang ako kung saan-saan na parang palaboy, bumili ng 6 na pirasong Macaroons sa bakery. Naisipan ko na lang na umatend ng 5am mass (na aabutin ng 1 oras), saktong 6am pwede na ko makauwi. Habang nasa misa, (nasa labas ako ng simbahan nun), nakatulog na pala ko ng di ko namamalayan. Antok na eh. Nagising na lang ako sa pag-idlip ng mga bandang 6:30am na at nakita ko yung tita ko sa labas ng simbahan na nagwawalis. Ayoko magpakita sa tita ko kaya patakas akong umalis ng simbahan at naglakad papunta ng bahay. Pero malas, tulog pa rin ang mga tao. Naghintay na lang ako sa labasan ng mga trenta minutos at nakita kong lumabas na ng bahay ang nanay ko.  It's nice to hear Maroon 5's This Love . |
...and I'm still sick while writing this entry. I am sick since Tuesday. Medyo uso sakit talaga ngayon. Umuulan, may bagyo pa nga. So I stayed at home for days, resting. Stopped going to Sugoi for a while. So I watched TV the whole day and started watching the Dragon Ball Z/GT cd's I borrowed from Bible's bro (grabe tagal ko na hiniram yun). In fairness, I enjoyed watching TV, for it's been a while since the last time I watched my favorite local tv shows. hehehe. Puro kasi Ragnarok... Anyway, I think I'll be well in a few days. I'll rest for a while. It's nice to hear Southborder's Rainbow . |
It was a good thing I'm almost well that afternoon. Cindy is going back home to Bacolod. I called her up at noon to ask her what time is she going to the airport. She told me that her flight was at 4:50pm, and she was currently preparing up for the flight that moment. Cindy asked me to follow her to the aiport before 4pm, so I did. When I got to the gate of the departure center of the airport, Cindy's been waiting for me outside. Of course, we're glad to see each other. I gave her a card, and gave me a sweet smile. Unlike the last time she said goodbye to me, it's not that dramatic. There was no crying, but I saw smiles. Maybe because we both know she'll be back or maybe because there was a lot of happy things happened when she was here. It will be another while before we can see each other again. Maybe a year or so. She'll be back for good on her OJT, or after she finishes her studies. Goodluck to you, Cindy. We will wait again. |
SOLITUDE Ella Wheeler Wilcox Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone; For the sad old earth must burrow its mirth, But has trouble enough of its own. Sing, and the hills will answer; Sigh, it is lost on the air; The echoes bound to a joyful sound, But shrink from voicing care. Rejoice, and men will seek you; Grieve, and they turn and go; They want full measure of all your pleasure, But they do not need your woe. Be glad, and your friends are many; Be sad, and you lose them all, There are none to decline your nectared wine, But alone you must drink life's gall. Feast, and your halls are crowded; Fast, and the world goes by. Succeed and give, and it helps you live, But no man can help you die. For there is room in the halls of pleasure For a large and lordly train, But one by one we must all file on Through the narrow aisles of pain. |
I have just arrived from Parañaque, from my friend Roy's house. We have been watching Full Metal Panic: FUMOFFU. But before that, earlier that noon, I met Jaycee at Festival Mall at Alabang to get my book he should have given to me a long time ago, from Tere (Thanks Tere!). That book was entitled "Bakit baliktad magbasa ang mga Pilipino?" by Bob Ong. A very funny book, full of sarcasm. Ah! I finaly watched the last episodes of Dragon Ball Z/GT. I love that Anime very much. I'll gonna miss Goku *sob* A few days ago, while walking at Taft Avenue (I was going home from Sugoi that morning), I nearly got bumped by a speeding truck. It was only an inch away from me. Good thing I'm ok. Sayang. Lolz. A few days ago, I went to Kuya Leo's house. I learned that Dawn needed to move to a new place somewhere in Q.C. Medyo nakakalungkot. So I gave my goodbye before I went back home. Speaking of goodbyes, I am saying goodbye (for now) to a lot of things. Ragnarok, dun sa malimit na pagpunta ko sa Sugoi, and... to many other things. Medyo nagkukulong lang ako sa bahay ngayon. Minsan lumalabas pag kailangan. Nagmumuni-muni muna ko. hehehe. Mamimiss ko yung magkakapatid. Medyo bihira na rin muna ako siguro pupunta ng EBs, and going Online. Bahala na. I have been reading Bakit baliktad magbasa ang mga Pilipino . |
