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I’ve been in my job for over half a year already.. it’s amazing how fast time flies.. seems like only yesterday when my J&J friends threw me a surprise birthday-slash-despedida-slash-reality-show sorta party.. I’ll never ever forget that, you guys! it’s one of the sweetest things anyone ever did for me… *reminiscing* I’m such in a senti mood lately, for a million reasons.. here are some thoughts swirling around my mind..

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Top Ten Things I’ve Learned In My New Job:

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1. IT’S OK TO EAT LUNCH ALONE — I’ve done this a lot of times in the past six months, and believe it or not, I actually enjoy it. Before, I had this notion that people who ate lunch alone are dorks who can’t find anyone to spend lunch hour with.. that was before I got thrown into a farm full of old geezers and got stuck with two no-brainer choices: Either I join the “dark side” (may the force be with me) or wander aimlessly in alone-land (in my case, more popularly known as SM Megamall).. I chose the latter.  I kinda figured that I could never get the hang of hanging out with lola&lolo-ish berks (can you just imagine the punchlines?) besides, eating alone gives you a certain level of freedom.. no “pilit” conversations, no awkward silences, you come and go as you please, you can eat wherever you want to eat (as opposed to eating forever in the cafeteria) and you can think about things, or think about nothing at all! (defense *drum beat* defense)

Next time I’ll give watching a movie alone a try.. (yeah, believe it or not, in my twenty-two years of existence, I haven’t tried that yet..)

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2. PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYERS ARE TALL, REALLY TALL! And Piolo is so much more feminine than I am..

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3. IT IS POSSIBLE TO SIT AROUND AND GET PAID… YOU JUST HAVE TO GROW OLD.. VERY OLD.. or be gutsy enough to just not work (ooops.. won’t name names, there’s still a one in a gazillion chance that one of the oldies might have a friendster account, and look me up, and see their names here, and eventually sue my ass *paranoia 101*)

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4. MONEY IS HARD EARNED FOR NON-OLDIES LIKE ME. (refer to No. 3)

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5.  YOU’D APPRECIATE SOMETHING MORE WHEN IT’S TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU.. (I really, really, really miss my jnj pc, my cubicle, my non-j&j email, the pantry, the fuji printer, the fuji guy, the eleven degrees below zero aircon, the free-flowing office supplies, the 4:30 uwian. The peeps: my friends, 15 champys all in all, my boss, the nice “others”.. everyone who called me Ma’am/Ms. Agnes.. hehehe)

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6. YOU CAN’T HAVE IT ALL (it’s either a spankin’ good career without an office social life, or a bitchin’ so-called career full of social animals..)

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7.  I’VE UNCONSCIOUSLY DEVELOPED AN EXAGGERATED SENSE OF BRAND LOYALTY, ya know, choosing coke over pepsi, magnolia over selecta, our quickmelt over kraft’s, and san mig strong ice above everything else! (and sometimes, nandadamay pako ahehehe…)

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8. RIDING A BUS IS HARDCORE COMMUTING. It’s the ultimate challenge to an MRT-slash-FX girl.. how far i’d go, just to get on the first Ortigas flyover bus during rush hour, is beneath my comprehension (and sanity).. now, add rain, strong winds and transport strikes to the equation, and what do you get? Go figure..

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9. KATUSUHAN IS STILL A VIRTUE. ‘nuff said.

AND….

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10. DESPITE ALL THE NOT-SO-GOOD STUFF, I’M STILL ONE VERY LUCKY BITCH TO BE HERE! =)

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more thoughts to come… =)

MIss y’all!

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June 3, 2005
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– Amazing Grace

Heehee.. met with one of my bestest jnj buddies, Gracy! Hahaha, nonstop kwentuhan, ever.. nakaka miss! Grabe, dude, I miss our 7:30am – 4:00pm kwentuhan moments.. all the juicy chikahan we shared..  remember our “secrets” ha, whatever (or whoever) we talked about at Sbarro, stays in Sbarro… Ahahahaha!!!

– Torpedo

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!!!!! How torpe can I get? AMP! =\ Ako na ata pinaka torpeng taong nakilala ko! =p May nabibili bang Anti-torpehistamine? Potah bibili ako kahit magkano, io-OD ko pa.. syet… pag tinatamaan pa naman ako ng katorpehan, I act in this stupid blonde-duh kinda way… potek na yan… =p

– Weird, punny dream

Guess who I dreamt of last night? Blame it on my addiction to AI, kaya kahit sa panaginip sila  ang kinakabaliwan ko..

Here’s the plot, ka-berks ko yung 12 finalists (but I don’t remember seeing Scott or Mikalah in my dream) pero magkaaway daw kami ni Carrie.. ahahaha.. tapos si Constantine daw taga-Cubao lang, one street away lang ang house nya from me.. tapos Anthony kissed me pa sa cheek (or was it the other way around?).. anlabo nung scenes, umuulan at bumabagyo pa nga eh, but get this,  everything is tagalized! Oh yezzz… nagtatagalog silang lahat pero hindi sabay sa galaw ng lips nila.. like, they’ve been Marimar-ized.. =D Sobrang patawa talaga…!

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June 2, 2005
which “Housewife” are you?
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Finally! “Desperate Housewives” is on  TV! Got to watch the pilot ep last week and man, I got hooked! I’ve got five new Thursday night buds – Bree (Marcia Cross),  Gabrielle (Eva Longoria), Lynette (Felicity Huffman), Edie (Nicollette Sheridan) and Susan (Teri Hatcher).. plus a dead narrator, Mary Alice (Brenda Strong) pa pala… the plot is so juicy and funny and everyone’s totally gorgeous and you can definitely identify with the characters.. you’re just not  normal if you can’t! Take Bree for example, I mean, exxagg sa ka-OC-han.. sobrang Stepford Wife-ish.. last night it’s like she’s gonna die if she doesn’t fix her shrink’s coat button.. as in.. nakakatawa sya… Then there’s Susan..  she shows the klutziness of women especially when making papansin to someone they’ve got the hots for.. Edie, the neighborhood vamp (hmmm… I think every barkada has one).. Lynette, the harried mom…poor thing, ngarang ever.. makes you think twice of having 4 kids.. Gabrielle, my idol — she married a super duper rich sucker.. then sucked on the gardener.. hahaha =p then there’s the ghost of who narrates all their escapades, and who’s basically the root of all evil..

Jologs lang kasi we’re one whole season behind na sa US, but then again better late than never…

Stay tuned for more juicy housewives’ tales… =p

Take the housewives’ test! (imagine nalang the situations…)

http://abc.go.com/primetime/desperate/quiz/index.html

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June 1, 2005
Heartbreak hotel
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I never thought it would be possible to actually feel your heart breaking, like it’s literally being torn into pieces.. like you’ve been shot in the chest with an arrow… like there’s a big boulder  on top of you, making it hard even to inhale and exhale.. like everywhere you turn, a wave of sorrow hits you and you feel the pain, over and over and over again…=(