Catching-up

Catching-up

Saturday night with friends Louri, Lyn, JD. This is the first time we've gone out since our Boracay trip last year and we felt like we needed a lot of catching up to do so we planned a get together.

We had dinner at Go Greek!, JD and Lyn enjoying the food while planning our next beach getaway - Potipot and Anawangin in Zambalaes. After a sumptuous Mediterranean treat and an hour of shopping, we're off to see a Martin Scorsese film. JD, the ever critical audience that he is has these words to say: "If you like dragging and predictable, and mortifying on your seat for more than 2 hours, then go watch the movie Shutter Island." The film bothered us a little because of the morbid scenes like a crazy mother drowning her three kids and a doctor planning to perform a lobotomy, so we decided to end the night by doing something light.

We had our nightcap at the Manila Peninsula, sharing funny stories over a really BIG bowl of ice cream.

I love these guys.
They always know how to end the day right.

All in a Day

All in a Day

A book, a camera, sunset, and me.

Spent the afternoon walking, reading, and watching people pass by.
Watched the sunset while having dinner at Harbour Square.

And like the sunset, I bid the day goodbye.
All in a day. All by myself.

Lost

Lost


Finding the right job is like commuting.

You walk and brave the morning sun.

You wait in line to get a cab and bear the traffic jam, or you take the train to beat the rush. You transfer from one station to another.

And just when you thought you've reached your destination,
you'll realize - you're lost, in the middle of nowhere.

And as much as you want to find the right direction,
going back is too much of a hassle.

Fun at work?

Fun at work?


A funny thing happened at work today.

I woke up late this morning and I didn't have time for breakfast,
so I just grabbed coffee on my way to the office.

Buzzer beater!

My shifts starts at 8:30.
I clocked in at 8:29.
Thank God its Saturday, traffic wasn't so bad.

During one of my interviews my tummy rumbled thrice as if a volcano just erupted!
My applicants (8 of them) laughed so hard! I was mortified!

I felt my face thickening of humiliation.

Anyway, I went on and finished the interview.

No one made it to the next step 'coz they didn't qualify.

So, who's laughing now?

Dad's Lessons

My father, the teacher

They say that there are lessons in life that we’ll never learn.
But then, there are the lucky ones who’ll learn the best lessons from the best teachers.

I am one of the lucky ones.
And here’s one lesson I would like to share:

Life is a never-ending battle.
Give your best and make it your greatest fight.

If you win, celebrate victory.
Be proud of your accomplishment, but keep your humility.

Winning the battle makes one a good soldier. But it’s the pain of losing that makes one, a true soldier. So if you lose, Embrace it. The greatest honor a man can give himself is accepting defeat.

Win or lose, be proud of yourself.

You may not be destined for great things, but remember, you are a great son.

And that’s all that matters.

One great lesson. One great teacher.
To the world’s greatest father, dear Sir Joey, Happy 59th Birthday!

Strangers

Strangers

One fine Sunday morning.

I’m walking.
You’re walking.

As we reach the lane where the two of us will meet, your shoulder bumped into mine.

I glanced. You glanced.
It was like a movie scene.

I smiled. You smiled.
It was the perfect timing.

But alas!
Nobody had the courage to say hi, or ask for the other person’s name.

And then we both walked away...

Strangers.
There are reasons why they will, or will not meet.

Freaking Single

Freaking Single

I spent yet another Sunday evening watching a movie with my constant date I call myself. We laughed so hard for an hour and a half.

Oh, have you heard about the Morgans?
They’re a wonderful couple.

After the movie I stopped by Starbucks - my favorite spot in Greenbelt, to get some coffee. While waiting for my Venti as my head danced to the Latin music coming from Café Havana, I overheard 2 people talking (actually more like ranting) about relationships:

"The good ones are taken and the single ones are definitely freaks! Wait a minute, I am single. That makes me a freak!"

What?

You’re not a freak because you’re single.
But freaking out because you are single makes you, well, a freak.

Singlehood.

Since when did it put pressure on people?
And since when did single people become freaks?

Wait, am I still living on the same planet or am I the only single human being who feels numb about it?

Hmmm... That’s something to contemplate on.

So I dragged my single ass home and enjoyed my nightcap, with my mint decaf.