iced tea na walang ice atbp…

may bigla lang akong naisip…teka!

kanina bumaba ako para bumili ng kape sa canteen…nakasabay ko ang isang babae na bumibili ng iced tea, pero may isa syang request: yung walang ice.

baket nga naman ang isang tao ay minsan walang katuturan kausap? baket? ewan. kasi ako minsan (hindi madalas pala) wala ring katuturan…

isa yan sa misteryo ng araw-araw na pamumuhay ng isang Pinoy: ang magrequest ng isang bagay na, minsan, sadya namang nakakawala ng ulirat! tumpak!

mahilig kasi tayo sa misteryo…kaya kadalasan misteryo rin ang ating nababanggit. gaya na lang ng paghiling sa isang ng sales lady ng high heels na hindi mataas ang takong! tama ba naman yun? O kaya ng sleeveless na may konting manggas…siguro sadyang palabiro lang tayo o sadyang hindi natin naiintindihan ang pinagsasabi natin.

pero kung sisipatin nating maigi, iisa lang ang hinihiling nila: konting pang-unawa (ano luisa? paano naman napunta ang usapan ng pang-unawa dito?!?). unawain natin sila na baka masakit lang ang hinlalaki ng paa nila kaya sila ganun. o kaya may lagnat ang aso nila. kanya kanyang dahilan para sa kanya kanyang diskarte ng pananalita at pakikipag-usap.

at bago pa mauwi sa Africa ang usapang ito, tagay muna dyan!

Katapusan na…

katapusan na!

at least the hectic week was over.

that one was highlighted by the coming home of Scout to our home in India Street…and for that, I wasn't able to come to office (much to my delight) for 2 days. but reality has to step in and told me I need to get back to work or else I'd be like our new-found puppy who scavenges food from the guard house. Amp! I, and I was forced, took back the baby to my parents (much to the delight of my father) yesterday. And so the week was over…I have a month-ender entry…and my back aches like hell! That last one was courtesy of my daughter who doesn't want to be put down and who doesn't want to go to any other person in the India house other than me. hay!

Scout knows a few words already, some of which are Mama (that's either me or her granma), Baba, Tata (her tatay), Yoko, and Bak (which refers to my bag). He he…

what else?

oh the anniversary! we were 1 year married last Saturday! yup! and so, 1 year it was! happy! but we never really celebrated that day. we were more into the Nov. 22 thing. Last Saturday was just the civil wedding day. nothing more. the Day was November 22! Tama!

And so I am here at the office…I was asking Athan if I could take a leave today. he said NO. so i am here. darn!

anyways, so much for this!

Katapusan na!!!

Birthday month ko na starting bukas…maybe i should be on a leave or something….la la la la la la…

i better blow my nose harder…

I heard Buses and Trains on the radio this morning, and I can't help but reminisce about that time when i felt so hopelessly in love with someone from my college past. if i get to thinking of the silliest of silly things i've done during those days, i also can't help but think "was i really that stupid before?" hmmm…maybe. maybe not. it depends.

i used to always long for that fairy tale-like love story to happen to me. i have always been a no boyfriend-since-birth (NBSB) girl, until i crossed path with Athan. i have always enjoyed the company that i keep with myself. always been just ME. and being an NBSB person, i have always wanted to experience the LOVE thing too, despite finding contentment in being single!

i have had my share of those "heartaches" that people of my type go through. and that song i mentioned earlier is reminiscent of what i've always gone through. boys could still be the sweetest fun…

i never committed to anyone. i never saw myself before getting involved with anyone…maybe that was the reason i never had a boyfriend in my entire life as a pre-Conti. sad huh? not really. like i have said, i enjoyed singlehood. i went on a couple of dates before but just that. and that was because of that someone from my college past. he knows himself. i got to confess right after college. and he took it nicely and even continued being friends with me. cool huh? that cool i managed to get over the whole thing kinda easily. be brave again to venture into a real relationship. no longer made up. no longer longed for.

did i ever regret those 2 years i spent hoping he'd love me back? and shrugging off the thought of entertaining other guys who may have made a difference or two in my life as an NBSB? i did not. certainly. because that experience has taught me a lesson, that you can't always get what you want. it's never both. just either or. i had his friendship; therefore, i couldn't have his heart. that was how i interpreted it.

and that was a long time ago. i have moved on…i am happy with what i have. i did get both of Athan's friendship and heart, though. maybe that was an exception. one proof that this thing that we have going for more than 2 years now is for real and for good. i am happy. everything else falls back into their proper places eventually. good to know that right? right!

i am the carpet-licking chameleon, make your wish!

he sits there…alone in his grandeur! not really that alone for around him are the "garbages" of his master…papers…still he is there! a carpet-licking chameleon, or better known as CLC! he promises to grant your wishes for a peso…hmmm…(he is DTI certified by the way, so all transactions are legal)

now, would you or would you not risk your peso for a single wish you so ever wanted? some did, and one has fervently testified that CLC does make her "wishes" come true…little wishes for everyday living, that is. minor hopes raised just because you asked CLC for it. t2rad and i had our share of their wishes too…a cup or two of coffee from the funds that CLC has collected! this is the life!

ain't it funny how people rely on things like CLC to make their lives a bit spicy?! he he he…a little superstition won't hurt, so they say. and if your wishes were made at the right time, with all the planets aligned perfectly, and the moon is blue, and the otter sings a lovely tune, then poof! your wishes will be granted! i just wish that the world does run in that manner…that it wouldn't be luxury to dream big because your dream is but a wish away. hay! but then again, reality sucks the best. it is there to nag on you to stop it you're hurting me!!! that the world is not made for dreamers, and dreamers ought to shut up and quit whatever it is their dreaming of…sheesh! isn't that cruel? yes…cruelty is the reason the world is not in chaos…yet. at least for now. at least for some people who still find that this is a beautiful and peaceful world fit to raise a newborn chameleon. hah!

but will CLC be enough to grant everybody's wishes? can he endure the neverending what ifs of people? maybe…as long as they fill his tiny home with coins…the bigger the amount, the bigger the chances of getting your wish! so come on now…try your luck. who knows? maybe the planets are aligned perfectly, and the moon is blue, and yadah yadah yadah…

i’m yer Papi!

With El Papi Terible de Kulay!!!

I am so happy!!! More Energy mas Happy!!!

araw-araw ito!

ganito ang dinadatnan ko sa araw-araw (minsan hindi araw-araw) na pagpasok ko sa opisina…hmmm…magulo sya. pero yung kaguluhan ng lamesa na to ang nagbibigay karakter sa pwesto ko. alam mo na agad sa isang tingin pa lang na si Little Luisa ang nakaupo dito…

ito naman ang araw-araw dinadatnan ni Ben, aming alagang bubwit sa opisina…oo! tama ka sa nabasa mo! me isang bubwit na pagala-gala sa aming floor…hindi namin maisip kung paanon sya napadpad dito…basta sya ay paminsan minsang nanggugulantang ng isang kawawang copyed sa kanyang biglang pagsulpot sa kung saan saan…

at ito ang aking pinagmamalaki! ang aking Best Worst Gift Giver award (arinola crown and pambomba sa kubeta scepter) noong pasko ng taong 2005! ha ha ha! hindi ko kasi napaghandaan ng masyado ang pang-araw-araw na exchange gift namin na halagang Php10…hindi ko masyadong nakuhang maging creative! pero nakahanap naman ako ng final gift na halagang Php62.50! he he he…

si Jane at ako kasama ang aming DTI representative cum Smart E-load (60 Php) winner sa taong 2006 na si Ma'am Mean!!! Whooh! Naka-isang taon din ang Pork Chop Duo (Get Get Out! Awww!) Corp. sa pagbibigay kasiyahan sa aming mga kaopisina sa pamamagitan ng pagbebenta ng load!!! Isa uling taon!!!

yan ang buhay CED…makulit na mundo para sa isang makulit na nilalang…hay!

a-s-i-u-l (baliktad)

Minsan dumarating sa buhay natin ang pagkalungkot…

dala marahil ng hangin mula sa malayong ibayo na nalalanghap natin. tapos yung hangin na yun unti unting tinatanggal ang mga bagay na kayang makapagpasaya sa isang tao. naiiwan lang ang kalungkutan. isang mabigat na pakiramdam. kung ano pa man, ito ang araw na iyon para sa akin. at hindi ako masaya. daig nito ang dysmenorrhea na dati ay problema kong malaki. hindi ko gusto ang mga araw na ito. madalang sila dumating; pero pag anjan na, siguradong apektado ang marami.

isusulat ko na lang…baka sakaling mabawasan bago ako umuwi mamyang alas 5 ng hapon. hindi maganda na datnan ko ang bahay na ganito.

ano nga ba? bakit nga ba dapat mangyari? ano ang ginawa ko para mangyari to sa akin. walang makakasagot dahil kung ako mismo hindi ko maintindihan, ang iba pa kaya? hay!

mabuti na ang walang saysay…at least sa mga araw na ito.

bukas na lang uli…o kaya sa ibang araw na lang…

ang lungkot…

walang kwenta.

baliktad na naman ang mundo ko.

…

 Hindi nalalayo ang batang ito sa kanyang pinag-mulan…he he he…wala pa nga syang isang buwan nang kunan yan ng Tatay nya. Lahat dito sa opisina sinasabing mukhang kagaya rin sya ng kanyang Ina. Tama naman. Dapat lang.

Yan ang aking anak! Maliksi, masigla! Parang batang Batibot! ha ha ha!

Pwede na rin syang magkaroon ng fall-back career na pagiging Komedyante kung sakali mang hindi nya magustuhan ang landas na itinakda sa kanya…hmmm…matagal pa yun. Nagsisimula pa nga lang sya kumain ng Cerelac e…

Weno? Eto na muna…nakita ko lang ito sa bulletin board ko kaya naisipan ko i-post.

ika nga nya sa picture na to, "Nye Nye!!!"

Every Month has a Friday…

just like every ending leads to a new beginning…

…and every down fall has an up rise (do i make sense? i do hope so).

i haven't written here for days…just as I haven't been around the office that much this week either (much to the dismay of our supervisor). but what can i do? i, a lover of life more than work, can't find myself staring (and yes working on) at the same old s*^#*t, walking the same carpet that some people that i don't like also walk on, drinking more than 4 cups of cafe mocha, and trying to figure out what the hell is happening with the world outside this four-walled building?!? am i so so here? maybe. maybe not. i don't know for sure. sometimes, too much caffeine could dissolve even your gray matter…he he he. not that i have many of those. but nonetheless, i believe that this is so.

anyways, after that long nonsense, i am glad to tell you that i have that reply in my email i've been waiting for for weeks now from another desk editor from another publishing company that i would like to work for as a freelance copyeditor. and he said "generally" my copyediting is GOOD. ha ha! yeah right, generally. and i get paid $0.5 per page for every test file that i submit. not bad, considering the rate that i used to have when i was still a free-as-a-bird CED of SPi (gone are the days). they don't differ much. now, i do hope that my editor will soon find my copyediting "generally" BETTER than my previous test files…he he he.

on to the next roll please…

i am still fat after giving birth to an 8.12-lbs baby 6 months ago! now now now! fat means i am so far from my old 105-lbs self! yes, at a height of 5'5", i used to weigh that much. now i just weigh too much! AMP! AMP! and since i gave birth via CS, this is just the time when gym sheds some light on my dark hallway. at last! a chance to get back to my normal self. i am just too fed up with people telling me "Luisa, ang taba mo ngayon." can't they get clues when i smirk after that comment? i mean, how can they say the same thing (with very minor changes) all over again every time they end up facing me? it's so darn frustrating!!! and instead of getting the usual bati, i get that! how can they be so cruel??? i am trying so hard to slim down. i can't buy clothes that have size S on the label. i want to buy a new pair of pants, which i just can't stand to do because i feel sad whenever i say "size 30" please. ha ha! laugh all they want. i am slimming down…even if takes eating one rice meal a day! sheesh! with my sister's wedding on June, i must, i must, i must develop a discipline for eating and exercising! ha ha ha! no need to develop the bust, i have them just fine!

enough! enough!

i've written a bunchful today…will contemplate less later…will work more OT hours today because i have to make a brief appearance at the office of Villa Anna for my free 2 days, 3 nights stay there with my hubby…ahhh…that is saved for my birthday next month! yeah…have to have lots of "protection" he he he…

Inihaw ng Siakol

Ang utol ko me koleksyon ng Siakol albums…ang nanay ko paborito ang Siakol…sa lahat ng napakinggan kong kanta nila, eto ang pinakagusto ko:

Nakatikim ka na ba ng lupit na humahagupit?

Nakatikim ka na ba ng lupit na humahagupit?

Nabulabog ka na ba ng kulog?

Tinamaan ka na ba ng kidlat?

Nakatikim ka na ba ng lupit na humahagupit?

Nasapol ka na ba ng bato ng tirador sa ulo?

Nasapol ka na ba ng bato ng tirador sa ulo?

Nasabugan ka na ba ng bomba?

Naibala ka na ba sa kanyon?

Nasapol ka na ba ng bato ng tirador sa ulo?

he he he…ewan ko pero nakakapagpagaan sya ng damdamin (Echos!). Ganun din naman yung ibang kanta nila. Maganda siguro kung "may i pay tribute" din ang mga bagong banda sa kanila noh?

basta…hindi man sila mga kagaya ng mga banda na merong mga gwapitong miyembro, magaling na kompistor pa rin si Noel Palomo.

Lakas tama ng mga kanta nila! Asteeg!

achoo choo choo!

balik opisina na naman…

nakakatamad talaga pumasok lalo na galing ka sa mahabang bakasyon! Ganyan ngayon ang nararamdaman ng buong sistema ko. Hay! Baket kasi kelangan maubos kaagad ang mga maliligayang araw ng hindi pagpasok?

Eto ako, 2 araw na liban at umaasa pa rin na sana hindi ako naririto sa harap ng computer at nagbabasa uli ng tungkol sa cancer. parang pwede di ba? ang katawan ko lang ang nasa opisina. ang kaluluwa ko at diwa, nasa bahay pa. dapat tulog pa ako e…o kaya ay nakikipaglaro na kay Scout. hmmm…

pero ganyan talaga…ayoko man magtrabaho, marami ng nakanbinbin dito. baka sabunutan na ako ni Ateh…ha ha ha! at saka sweldo naman bukas…at least may pang palubag loob (said na kasi ang kaban ng bayan).

Amp!

inaantok na talaga ako…nakailang kape na ba ako? wala pa ring epekto…naluluha na ang mga mata ko kakapilit na wag ito kusang pumikit. hirap!

di na muna ako mag-OT ngayon. tutal kakabalik ko pa lang ng trabaho. saka bukas din kasi baka matuloy ang lakad ko kasama ang mga tao sa aking past life nung kolehiyo…at saka ngayong weekend!!! he he he…

sabi nga ng post it ni T2rad sa harap ng monitor ko "TAMAD KA PA RIN!!!" he he he…e sa ganun e. full-time person, part-time copyed. ganun talaga!

wala na namang saysay to…ganun din ang araw na ito.

suminghot kaya ako ng acetone para mabuhayan ako ng loob? Nyak! ubos na pala acetone namin ni T2rad…nasinghot na nya lahat!

weno?

weno!