random thoughts

what happens to the song "Wake Me Up When September Ends" on October 1? will it still be in the hitcharts? will it still be played in radio stations and music channels? hahaha. rotflmao. i.am.weird. rotflmao.

that random thought was a product of being stuck in traffic along EDSA inside a cab during the evening rush hour.

bow.

newbies in the office read this

the messenger of UR approached an officemate and asked where Not The Photographer is seated. she didn't know. what-the-fuck. so the messenger approached me and asked the same question. i pointed him the desk of Not The Photographer and he left there a box of mooncakes.

just so you know newbie, Not The Photographer is the head of the company where you are employed. he signed your employment papers. he signs your paycheck. he provides you with an office computer. your fate is in his hands.

how can the superior of this newbie not introduce Not The Photographer? i told newbie's teammate that at the very least, the newbies should know who Not The Photographer is. nevermind all the other Gods. just not Not The Photographer.

i shake (and still shaking) my head in disbelief.

bum

i'm currently the office bum and computer squatter. my computer went kaput again. well, what's new. if someone's absent, i use his/her computer. if the owner arrives, i leave and loiter around the office until i find another vacant computer. fun eh?

maganda ka pa naman ineng

i saw on my officemate's computer screen an Excel sheet with 4 columns. the first column is text and the last 3 columns are numbers. multiplying the second and the third columns will give the contents of the fourth column.

.......................... but she was holding a calculator where she kept on punching numbers and then she will key in the result shown in the calculator in the Excel sheet.

being an Excel lover, i couldn't help myself but ask her what she was doing.

bratty: day day day (yeah, im in my Bisaya mode) anong ginagawa mo?
ineng: nag co compute.
bratty: eh excel na nga yang gamit mo eh. yan silbi niyan.
ineng: eh ms bratty ang hirap kasi sa excel eh. kelangan pa gumamit ng mouse para mag compute.

i was so aghasted with what she said so i showed her how to move to cells while creating a formula without using the mouse.

ineng: o tignan mo ang hirap ng ginagawa mo.

maybe i don't have the "credibility" or maybe i just look so stupid to her that i asked the help of the Yoda to convince her that using Excel in computations will make her life easier.

yoda: pareho lang ba yung formula para sa column na to?
ineng: opo.

*yoda creates the formula and then copies it in the remaining cells*

yoda: o ayan, tapos na ang computation mo.
ineng: ay ang galing!

p o t a ! kaya pala maganda ka, seksi, matangkad kasi kulang ka sa gray matter!!!!!

and to think her boss is the Excel guru in the office. she's in luck, her boss is in the States. or her boss would be so ashamed of her.

the chicken that tasted funny

the people in the office love to eat. we have handaan every now and then. almost every other week. there was handaan last friday, sponsored by a particular group to celebrate the current number of subscribers that they have.

i didn't get to eat because i joined the SCQ2 star from Bicol in her recording. little did i know, that saved me from food poisoning. about 90% of those who ate last handaan had fever, diarrhea and chills over the weekend. i super thank God that he kept me "locked" in the recording room or else i'm one of the 'em. my officemates have been drinking gatorade or hydralite to keep them hydrated. two of them even went to the hospital. my gally! *disbelief*

the culprit are the chicken lollipops with mushroom gravy served during the handaan. next time that group will have handaan, for sure, people will think twice before joining the pantry event. and another thing's for sure, this incident will be included in the christmas party script.

assorted

1.) rain, rain and more rain. it makes me wanna sing Eurythmics' Here Comes The Rain Again :)

Here comes the rain again
Falling on my head like a memory
Falling on my head like a new emotion

2.) my strap of my Havaianas High went kaput. so to remove my depression over it, i bought 2 Havaianas Trekkers. weeee :) alaveet. ah, guilty pleasures.

havaianas addict?
*i raise my right arm*

3.) a few months back, i was so tempted to buy the blue Mahanuala shoes. but i couldn't bring myself to the counter and pay for it. mahal. gotta be a scrooge nowadays. so when i saw that it was on sale, at P800, i didn't think twice on buying it. what a bargain! the original price was four times what i paid for.

yeah, shopping spree the past few days. hek hek :)

4.) happy weekend! not for me though since i volunteered in the eyeball party for tomorrow.

help

snippet from Tom Hanks' commencement address at Vassar:

Life outside of college is just like life in it: one nutty thing after another, some of them horrible, but all interspersed with enough beauty and goodness to keep you going. That’s your job, to keep going. Your duty is to help – without ceasing. The art you create can glorify it. The science you pursue can prove its value. The law you practice can pass on its benefits. The faith you embrace will make it the earthly manifestation of your God.

for the full commencement address, click here.

poseur

got this text message from one of the gazillion celebrities existing nowadays:

Ati, san ako mkkabili ng band ng f0undati0n? Ung may "one", tulad ng syo. May ibng colors b?

eh? what the fuck?!? what a poseur!

the One band, and all other bands supporting a cause, are not like the Nike baller bands. they only have one color. One is white. Livestrong is yellow. Share the promise is pink. Teenage Cancer Trust is purple. hay. 'nuff said.

a rush of happiness

1.) catching up with old friends.

office reunion. old friends keeping in touch. watching college buddies perform in Wazzup. so much to tell, so little time. sigh.

2.) The Newlyweds giving me the One band.

yay! super thanks!

3.) finding my "lost" Baby-G under my bed.

on the other hand, i thought i now had a legit reason to buy the new Baby-G, the square face. damn. haha :)

4.) new fone!

nevermind the contacts & files i never got to transfer, hehe :)