Post 0001: Greener Pastures

- Hey everyone. I assume that if you know this blog, it means one of two things:

1. You stumbled upon it by some random cirumstance and you're wondering why the hell are you reading a blog written in a mix of English and Tagalog, or

2. You've known this silly blog from its Friendster origin. Either way, welcome to my world. :)

If you wanna know about me, hm... Let me give you a quick rundown of the details. I'm Filipino-Spanish, 5'6, a Mass Communications graduate, a husband of a loving wife and a dad of a very handsome kid, 13-year Magic: The Gathering vet, been a fan of the game The King of Fighters since '94, a frustrated scriptwriter/novelist, film and music lover, an addict for Italian and Japanese food, an ESL instructor... for everything else, you can just view my profile at www.friendster.com/profiles/wrensrunpackmaster.

- So why make a Blogger account when I can just use Friendster, right? The IT staff here blocked access to it ergo I had to find an alternate place to write, and here I am - greener pastures... So anyway, medyo nabubulol na ako at hindi ako komportable sa purong Ingles na entry so simulan na natin ang ligaya!~

When we last left our hero...

Hassle yung kagabi. Nilagnat nga ako sa sobrang mental stress from that tragic revelation that our American supervisors Chris and Peggy were sacked by the administration (which, by the way, was a VERY WRONG DECISION in my opinion) for reasons I failed to catch from the pre-lunch meeting ceremonies kanina (will update you guys ASAP). Anyway, I wasn't really able to have a good night's sleep kagabi due to that. Mga alas-tres na ata nung nakatulog ako. Buti na lang at may natirang Biogesic sa cupboard and I think it helped me recuperate. I woke up at around 6am, and I realized that Rikki-chan was at the door so I opened it tapos nahiga sya sa tabi ko. I kinda missed that kasi with the conflicts with schedules and all, it's a rarity. I just hugged her as we slept sideways until 8am, then she decided to go sleep sa kabilang bahay. I said magpapaiwan muna ako for an hour or so kasi masarap na ang pwesto ko (hehe). So after an hour I prepared for work (I had to go early for the meeting with Chris and Peggy) and immediately rushed for... a detour - SM Megamall. Why? I bought Magic cards. ^_^;; I got a bargain consisting of a foil version of Brigid, Hero of Kinsbaile (100 lang sa *bleep!*, compared sa iba, yung non-foil 100 din), and a couple of elf cards (particularly Elvish Harbringer. 50 each, pero I know it'll go up) for 370 pesos in total. So enough geek talk and on with the story. Paglabas ko ng Gamol, anlakas ng ulan, which of course implied that I was going to be late. Nag-hesitate ako whether to take the taxi or public transport kasi sobrang unpredictable nung ulan kanina at takot akong magkasakit. I braved the overpass sa Megamall, reached Starmall, saw a cab, rode, then headed for our office. Andun sila, complete, nakatambay sa isang Korean convenience store sa kabilang building. I missed most of the juicy details na nun but not lunch. Hehe. Lampas ala-una na ata nung nakapag-lunch kami sa Shakey's. Enjoy naman. Chris was concerned about us being late for work (1345 dapat nasa cubicles na kami) but we said it won't be a problem considering we didn't have any calls today. Bad move.

When we reached the cubicles, you can only imagine how pissed Alan was at us. For a homosexual Korean, he showed manly anger kanina. Syempre parachute naman itong si John pero wa epek pa rin. I kinda figured out that based on experience, Koreans were really like that so sabi ko sa kanila palamigin muna ang ulo ni charla. Hey, at least we didn't get sacked for that (the final straw na nga lang LOL) pero I don't think we would do such actions if not for the flow of events for the past few days. Everyone else is just jealous about what we have so they're trying to bring us down. Amazons. May araw din sila. So after letting off some steam, life went as normal for the rest of the day. The OS we're using is back to Windows kasi the program for the student files is hard to use with Linux. And as we have all agreed upon kagabi, we're going to just let things go by and earn money that the rest of the accounts are jealous of. Kumbaga, since somehow e may assurance naman na di kami tatanggalin or ililipat sa ibang accounts, I guess we only have to hold on to that until it turns for the bad (which we hope won't happen). Anyway I'm already formulating backup plans in case everyone else decides to abandon ship, pero ayun nga, I'm hoping I won't have to resort to that plan... that is, until a better offer comes along. Haha.

- Lighter side of things naman. I think na malapit na kaming umalis sa flat namin kasi uwwi daw yung landlord and he's going to have it renovated, which means na kelangan na naming humanap ng lilipatan na malapit pa rin sa vicinity. Whew. Matinding buhatan ng gamit ito. Especially with the ref. Sana maganda yung makuha namin tsaka spacious. Tsaka sana may makasama kaming bagong housemate para tumulong magbayad ng bills. LOL

- I'll turn my attention to my YM conference now since I'm already at a loss for words to say and stories to tell so I'll catch you guys again tomorrow. Hope you guys will always drop by the blog and leave comments and sh*t. Anyway, class dismissed.~