Top 10 things/people/situations that make me wanna light a stick
10. Coffee. Brewed coffee.
9. Free Mild Seven from Josh during planning sessions. Josh, stay away from me! Please keep those packs away.
8. Drinking sessions in general. It's hard not to smoke while drinking.
7. Get-together with AS friends. Sila ang may sala kung bakit natuto pa kong manigarilyo at tumambay ng 4-5 oras sa AS lobby.
6. Birthday parties with high school friends. Mga alcoholic, yosihero at yosihera.
5. Thinking of the uncertainties in life.
4. Getting stressed out in school.
3. Getting stressed out at work.
2. The Bestfriend. Waxing philosophical with him, planning our Asian trip, getting pissed off and angsty about our jobs, our partners, life in general.
1. The Buddy. When we are on the phone for 6-8 hours. When we bicker and argue and bicker at each other. When he is being himself - proud, arrogant and chauvinist.
Looking at top reasons 1 and 2, I realized: Sabi na nga ba papatayin ako ng mga lalake sa buhay ko eh.
But then again...
The only reason why I quit smoking
The Boyfriend.
It's not my health. Not the stench of my hair and clothes.
Mushy-gooey but hey - I want to spend a much longer time with him. Plus I was given an ultimatum. Hahaha!
Friday, August 08, 2003
Of managers and leaders
It's true. Some people are not meant to be managers. I don't know why length of service alone could justify a promotion. If you are a good web designer and have been in the company for more than 2 years or so, it is not a good enough reason to be promoted to a supervisory or managerial position. Not everyone was meant to oversee people.
Yosi kadiri
7 days. Nope - not the Craig David song. After my drinking stint last Thursday at ABSCBN for Dan's birthday celeb, I just decided that the Marlboro lights fliptop pack that I consumed that night would be the last one. I haven't had a fix for 7 days. And damn! Am I proud of myself!
It helps that none (READ: NONE!) of my officemates now are smoking. Not even the guy webbies. My boss, coming from the stressful world of advertising, quit a few years back when the wife got pregnant.
Did I mention that I have to wait for 3 minutes on the average to ride the elevator going up or down our office? That's another factor.
Underrated
No. I am not seeing The Buddy.
And by seeing, I mean dating.
It's funny how some people who barely even know me can judge what I can or cannot do. So they're now blessed with clairvoyance to actually predict what I am going to do next?
Sorry for the disappointment but we are definitely friends. I have very close affinity and attachment to him but it will not go beyond that. If I am still in denial? No. I actually acknowledged how I felt.
What we have is something more valuable than a one-time good-time deal.
So whoever told who that I'm seeing him secretly, it's no secret. It's out in the open.
Mamatay ka sa inggit.
It's true. Some people are not meant to be managers. I don't know why length of service alone could justify a promotion. If you are a good web designer and have been in the company for more than 2 years or so, it is not a good enough reason to be promoted to a supervisory or managerial position. Not everyone was meant to oversee people.
Yosi kadiri
7 days. Nope - not the Craig David song. After my drinking stint last Thursday at ABSCBN for Dan's birthday celeb, I just decided that the Marlboro lights fliptop pack that I consumed that night would be the last one. I haven't had a fix for 7 days. And damn! Am I proud of myself!
It helps that none (READ: NONE!) of my officemates now are smoking. Not even the guy webbies. My boss, coming from the stressful world of advertising, quit a few years back when the wife got pregnant.
Did I mention that I have to wait for 3 minutes on the average to ride the elevator going up or down our office? That's another factor.
Underrated
No. I am not seeing The Buddy.
And by seeing, I mean dating.
It's funny how some people who barely even know me can judge what I can or cannot do. So they're now blessed with clairvoyance to actually predict what I am going to do next?
Sorry for the disappointment but we are definitely friends. I have very close affinity and attachment to him but it will not go beyond that. If I am still in denial? No. I actually acknowledged how I felt.
What we have is something more valuable than a one-time good-time deal.
So whoever told who that I'm seeing him secretly, it's no secret. It's out in the open.
Mamatay ka sa inggit.
Tuesday, August 05, 2003
Catwalking in the rat race
Yesterday marked the first day in my new job. I am now gainfully (?) employed by a start-up company (not again!?!?!).
The office is located right smack in Makati's CBD. For two days now, I have been lunching with The Boyfriend at the LKG Tower along with other yuppies.
Sadly, I think I have been swallowed by the system already. I look like them, dress like them. Armed with my mobile phone, PDA and file folders, I attend power lunches with clients. Though I can't discern where's the power in that - depriving myself of that strictly-1-hour quality time where I shouldn't be thinking about work.
Makati is just congested with a lot of rodents who start swarming in at 8 in the morning. It's sickening.
Oh well. Welcome to their wonderful world.
Making it big
Six years of work. Six different companies including my consultancies. 3 years as the maximum gestation period in an organization.
I would like to think there is more to work. More to this.
Whether I am going to stay for the long haul with my current company remains to be seen. It's a startup with potential - but so with the other ones.
My moves right now are bordering on pragmatism. My jobs pay my rent. It would help me buy the Fujitsu Lifebook I've been eyeing for more than 2 weeks now. They would take me to Bangkok and Singapore in September.
That's all there is to it.
At this point, I am still short-sighted with employment opportunities. What with the worsening economy of the country and the Magdalo rebellion of 2 weeks ago, all I can see is a bleak future.
How can I be fucking bullish about anything?
If my idealism is dead? Let's just say I agree with Yoj. So much for college daydreaming.
Yesterday marked the first day in my new job. I am now gainfully (?) employed by a start-up company (not again!?!?!).
The office is located right smack in Makati's CBD. For two days now, I have been lunching with The Boyfriend at the LKG Tower along with other yuppies.
Sadly, I think I have been swallowed by the system already. I look like them, dress like them. Armed with my mobile phone, PDA and file folders, I attend power lunches with clients. Though I can't discern where's the power in that - depriving myself of that strictly-1-hour quality time where I shouldn't be thinking about work.
Makati is just congested with a lot of rodents who start swarming in at 8 in the morning. It's sickening.
Oh well. Welcome to their wonderful world.
Making it big
Six years of work. Six different companies including my consultancies. 3 years as the maximum gestation period in an organization.
I would like to think there is more to work. More to this.
Whether I am going to stay for the long haul with my current company remains to be seen. It's a startup with potential - but so with the other ones.
My moves right now are bordering on pragmatism. My jobs pay my rent. It would help me buy the Fujitsu Lifebook I've been eyeing for more than 2 weeks now. They would take me to Bangkok and Singapore in September.
That's all there is to it.
At this point, I am still short-sighted with employment opportunities. What with the worsening economy of the country and the Magdalo rebellion of 2 weeks ago, all I can see is a bleak future.
How can I be fucking bullish about anything?
If my idealism is dead? Let's just say I agree with Yoj. So much for college daydreaming.
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