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Sunday Morning
This Sunday morning was a short but cool one. Drove out of the building and saw a pretty lady who's also a trainee in our office riding a cab. No, I didn't wish for her to ride with me. It was just a pretty sight for me to see on an early Sunday morning.
Opened the radio, tuned in to Crossover 105.1 and blasted out an old Stevie Wonder song, I Wish (the same music used by Will Smith on Wild Wild West back in '99) then another old favorite of mine followed, The Brand New Heavies' version of Midnight at the Oasis. There are 2 versions of this, and the one played on the radio was my favorite (It doesn't have the background vocals when they sing the chorus. i just want the other version. period). Listening to Midnight while driving around the CCP complex on a Sunday morning was surreal. The retro-sound of the Brand New Heavies set that mood and images of the old CCP complex in the 70s appeared like I'm being time warped.
I used to listen to Crossover on a Sunday morning while driving around Roxas Boulevard while I was still in college and it never failed to put a smile on my face. Good retro jazz to listen to while driving around Manila = Super!
Feels good to smile again this morning!
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1.5.05 17:18
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Nothing to write about
Chinx and I are here at Seattle's Best Coffee in Greenbelt 3. We were lucky to get the sofa with 2 outlets for Chinx's laptop and mine. Nothing much to write about. I am supposed to finish my seatwork for training but it's not that important.
I know it's already expected but I can't help but notice that the laptop I'm using is the oldest and thickest, compared to the white and silver powerbooks or 12-inch notebooks brought in by techies. Even Chinx's laptop issued by her office looks brand new. Well, as long as the equipment I'm using helps me get the job done, there's nothing to be ashamed of.
I hope to get a notebook soon, even if it's 2nd hand...
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2.5.05 07:20
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Back In Black
I wore all black again but I don't really feel gothic. I just feel I wanna intimidate people. Not gonna smile, at least not that much. Not gonna be that sociable, my co-trainees are not that much sociable to me anyway.
Maybe I am gothic in some ways...
Blah, blah, blah... I'm blabbering again...
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3.5.05 14:35
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You Don't Know Jack!
I found out that Jack TV is only shown during the evenings and not for the whole day. So those who still love to watch those action series reruns on Solar USA can do so during the day. I don't have much time to watch in the evening though because of my training schedule.
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3.5.05 17:06
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More Job Offers
Last Friday, my friend Chill sent me an SMS that someone's looking for an in-house Graphic Artist. I wish I can, but my graphic artist skills are already too rusty. I need to take a crash course again on using Photoshop. And early this evening while I was still asleep, another friend of mine Matt woke me up with an SMS, asking me if I want to join Tech & Tuner as a full-time writer. Hmmm.... why not? I had couple of my works already published with them anyway. It wouldn't hurt for me to try. I'll send an email of my works later.
Here at work, our seating arrangements were re-arranged for the first time. Bad news for me 'coz I kinda like my seating arrangement but that's okay. One of the main reasons why we're re-arranged is for us to be more acquainted with each other. I think that reason would only benefit me because I feel I'm the only one alienated in this batch. I hope it works.
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3.5.05 17:16
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Am I Addicted, or Just Bored?
My gosh! I've already entered 3 entries for today and I'm going to enter one more! Today marks the most no. of entries entered in a day. If ever someone does read my blogs, he or she might think that I'm addicted in blogging. Maybe, but I don't really think so. I think the reason why is because of my boredom. Like what I've mentioned, I feel alienated in this training class. It's my first time in my 5 year working experience not to talk much with my officemates or co-trainees. I'm already tired of browsing websites. So where do I turn to?
Blogging is one way to express my thoughts. The risk is, somebody whom you don't want to read your blog might eventually read it, which in my case are my co-trainees. Even though I didn't mention anything bad here, they might just have a wrong impression about me. (I may be paranoid, but I think that they already do!)
But what am I supposed to be afraid of? This is me and people should accept me for what I am. But the way I show people about me these days are different compared to my previous companies. I don't know... maybe I am paranoid.
Back to work now...
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3.5.05 17:32
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Is the Beach Calling?
Looks like I might be going to the outing my co-trainees are planning for next week. I received an email from Arlyn of Smart and she said that they have already reached the no. of volunteers they need for Gen. Nakar. Maybe I should go next week, it might be my last visit to the beach before leaving the country.
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4.5.05 14:58
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