nothing's more driven than a worn-and-beaten woman out to do some shopping.
and nothing's more satisfying than when you find the single thing you've been looking for! i hauled away a blouse i've been eyeing for half the price, and the jacket that i've scoured so many malls for. in less than 3 hours! my shopping batting average has improved, i must say. just fab.
and i have great books to go home to! i dropped by the quaint used-book store at UP and got myself a thriller, an Anne Rice, and a Pear awardee. sweet.
i correct myself. nothing's more satisfying when you find yourself slapped in the face with a great day when you least expect it.
Monday, October 22, 2007
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
eeek.
Today on my Daily Quote Widget:
"Take rest; a field that has rested gives a beautiful crop." - Ovid
Fudge. My crop must be hideous then. More like crap.
"Take rest; a field that has rested gives a beautiful crop." - Ovid
Fudge. My crop must be hideous then. More like crap.
Friday, October 12, 2007
ppr woes
it took me 5 hours straight to draft my performance plan rating report for the year. 5 hours to document everything you've done for the past 12 months. every obstacle you leaped over. every person you had to deal with. 5 hours. eeek.
and i'm so glad it's almost over. oktoberfest na!
and i'm so glad it's almost over. oktoberfest na!
Thursday, October 11, 2007
astounding.
Most times, I take it for granted, but I just realized that I really am surrounded by AMAZING people.
For example, to my sister Ate Ting -- you're amazing. You have the biggest vault of patience out of everyone I've ever known, and you're not stingy with it. You never asked to look after a little sister like me, and I know for a fact that I can be quite a handful. You know when to just be agreeable, and even more, you know when to give me a good smack in the head. You turned not only me, but also Ikay, into Photoshop nuts (and I haven't even gone around to teaching you the guitar or HTML yet, after all these years. You're simply amazing.
To my teammates, Mike & Jan -- you're amazing. As I've already told Jan, you two are among -- if not the biggest -- the factors why I probably am still sticking around. I never really saw myself in something so corporate, but you guys make it seem homey -- no, actually, it's more like a playground. You guys are amazing.
To my partners in goofiness and all other crimes, Rhea & Liz -- you're amazing. There's never been a time when you guys failed to crack me up. Yet, even when I'm in the lowest of lows, you guys are also the same ones I turn to. I consider myself soooo lucky to find buddies with the same wavelength. You're amazing.
To Bugsy -- need I say it? You're amazing. We all are so into our own things, yet we never let each other forget that we still have kindred spirits out there, egging us on. We have something time nor distance can't break. You're amazing.
To my parents, you're amazing. Putting up with a know-it-all brat like me is a feat. You accept with without question -- even in my ugliest moods, even if I shut you out, even after I lose my phone for the nth time. You're amazing.
And what's better is I know there are lots more amazing people not yet mentioned in this post. Hay. I should have posts like these more often.
For example, to my sister Ate Ting -- you're amazing. You have the biggest vault of patience out of everyone I've ever known, and you're not stingy with it. You never asked to look after a little sister like me, and I know for a fact that I can be quite a handful. You know when to just be agreeable, and even more, you know when to give me a good smack in the head. You turned not only me, but also Ikay, into Photoshop nuts (and I haven't even gone around to teaching you the guitar or HTML yet, after all these years. You're simply amazing.
To my teammates, Mike & Jan -- you're amazing. As I've already told Jan, you two are among -- if not the biggest -- the factors why I probably am still sticking around. I never really saw myself in something so corporate, but you guys make it seem homey -- no, actually, it's more like a playground. You guys are amazing.
To my partners in goofiness and all other crimes, Rhea & Liz -- you're amazing. There's never been a time when you guys failed to crack me up. Yet, even when I'm in the lowest of lows, you guys are also the same ones I turn to. I consider myself soooo lucky to find buddies with the same wavelength. You're amazing.
To Bugsy -- need I say it? You're amazing. We all are so into our own things, yet we never let each other forget that we still have kindred spirits out there, egging us on. We have something time nor distance can't break. You're amazing.
To my parents, you're amazing. Putting up with a know-it-all brat like me is a feat. You accept with without question -- even in my ugliest moods, even if I shut you out, even after I lose my phone for the nth time. You're amazing.
And what's better is I know there are lots more amazing people not yet mentioned in this post. Hay. I should have posts like these more often.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
surprisingly, sometimes, things do look up
the past few weeks have drained so much even beyond my usual tolerance of stress, that i've finally imposed an albeit escapist non-work thing on myself tonight. both Neil Gaiman fans, rhea and i caught Stardust at the cinema. LOVED IT. i loved it so much that i didn't mind seeing claire danes almost for the entire movie. i was so ready with my criticisms that i was caught off guard. it was just what i needed, thank God. (thanks also to one of my best destressing buddies, rhea. we have so much to catch up on pa! haha.)
i keep on telling myself that the hullabaloo will all be over once October passes, but i know that it's a longshot. but now, oh well, on a time when i can hardly catch my breath, i'm taking a breather, lounging out on the lazy boy (a VERY rare luxury), flipping through the channels. sometimes, it defies logic, but you find that it's just all good.
i keep on telling myself that the hullabaloo will all be over once October passes, but i know that it's a longshot. but now, oh well, on a time when i can hardly catch my breath, i'm taking a breather, lounging out on the lazy boy (a VERY rare luxury), flipping through the channels. sometimes, it defies logic, but you find that it's just all good.
Sunday, October 07, 2007
theory of relativity, and then some
one guys chose cryptography for our MS reporting, and he defined gibberish as 'of unintelligible meaning'. i couldn't have put it better.
it's funny how relative everything else. how something 'unintelligible' to one holds a whole lot of meaning to another. how something trivial to some is the the whole world to somebody, that he obsesses over immortalizing words and unleashing them for everyone to see, when he had no intention of sharing it anyway.
it's funny how relative everything else. how something 'unintelligible' to one holds a whole lot of meaning to another. how something trivial to some is the the whole world to somebody, that he obsesses over immortalizing words and unleashing them for everyone to see, when he had no intention of sharing it anyway.
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