Last night should have been a good night. I was my wearing sneakers and was all set for it. I wanted to walk all the way from our office building to Shaw Blvd-Edsa by myself. You know.. walk in the cold night.. maybe sing a song.. talk to Him.. assess life.. feel sad, happy.. those kinda stuff (hehe. I’m so boring, aren’t I?).

So I set off. Walked. Smiled at (kind-looking) strangers. Drank from my water bottle. And softly sang a song.

I haven’t been walking halfway yet when it started to rain. And considering how it is nowadays, it won’t be long until the rain gets a little hard. Then harder.

True enough, a few seconds later the entire dark sky fell down on me. I had to walk my fastest. (I didn’t wanna run as I’m still recovering from an embarrassing experience of slipping in front of many people). The nearest roofed establishment was not at all near! My shoes and my white t-shirt (yes, it was white) are semi-drenched. And it happened that night, of all nights, when I decided not to bring a sweater!

Waaaah.

So, I went home wet and shivering. So much for a nice night for walking.

Oh well. My disappointment was compensated for immediately after as I sat comfortably and ate in front of the TV at home while talking with someone on the phone. Then later read myself to sleep with a good book.

There’s always a next time. :)

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Ever tried juggling two jobs at one time? I have. And I tell you, it ain’t an easy thing to do, though, initially, the idea sounded a lot more exciting that it actually is.

I have submitted my resignation at my first job — and now, I’m starting a new one, facing another transition and taking on new sets of challenges, I am not yet officially resigned there, so I am trying to attend to both jobs everyday as I’m required to. Imagine the stress I’m in.

Irony #1: Last year, I had a potential job at a Call Center here in Ortigas. But after I mysteriously disappeared and repeatedly refused to pursue a career in that industry, I swore not to work in Ortigas again, but to concentrate on looking for jobs in Makati City instead. Why? Well, for one, Makati is more accessible, in my opinion, and since I’ve stayed there for a period of time, I know Makati a lot better than I know any other city in Metro Manila. So when I search for jobs in Jobstreet, JobsDB or even in the Manila Bulletin paper, I only apply for jobs located in Makati. Other than that, I consider all other job posting as a waste of good ‘net or newspaper space.

But look where I am now. I’m right where I started! It’s like I’m destined to work in this place from the beginning. I avoided it too much that I steered the wheel right back at it. I was only trying to push the Makati dream too hard and I just forced the issue with much exaggeration. But I now realize, it isn’t bad naman. Ortigas is even nearer from where I’m currently staying. Commuting was even made easier. Heehee.

Irony #2: Since the year I’ve first known Riz, we’ve been ranting about how we needed more time to talk and bond. And if you could just read our exchange of e-mails since 2003 (but which you could never do), you’ll learn about our foolishness and the things we have in common which we have lost count na, and how we feel we’re deprived of ways to share our thoughts other than the usual lengthy e-mails we send each other.

But now, to my big surprise, I see her everyday! And I’m seated right beside her pa! How cool is that? :)

Strangely though, we don’t seem to talk that much as we’re both soaked in the tasks we need to do individually. Surfing and chatting included. :)

So here I am, all tired from the 2 jobs I try to juggle. We’re talking about dark bags under the eyes, and a terribly aching back. I only sleep for 4.5hrs/day, max. I’m suffering the consequences of what I chose to do. And it won’t end soon, not for another 2 weeks. But I’ve also acknowledged every good thing that will come out of it. :)

I am definitely gonna miss my soon-to-be former work, workplace, and colleagues. For a first job, it wasn’t so bad. I was blessed far more than I expected. And even if I won’t be working there anymore, I will be holding on to the most prominent remnant of my first job, I’m holding on to something very special — literally.

This blogsite is really starting to rot, doesn’t it? My apologies to those few who’s actually reading the stuff I write.

So why haven’t I been able to update this site? I have been terribly preoccupied at work. Hmm. I don’t think I’ve mentioned here yet that I already have a job.. But I think most of you already know. So as FYI to those who don’t, I am a Transaction Premium Reconciliation Analyst at Accenture. The job title sounds complicated, doesn’t it? In a way, it is. But I’m sure in time I’ll find myself getting used to it. Hopefully.

For the past two months, I have been undergoing life’s most delicate transition. From a carefree, gallivanting-with-friends kinda life, to a more serious, be-careful-or-you’ll-be-dead one. From dealing with parents and siblings to actually dealing with bosses and officemates I’ve only known for a short time. From enjoyingly scribbling on my journal to annoyingly scribbling “Things To Do” on post-its. And from receiving a budgeted daily allowance to receiving a 2-weeks delayed allowance-slash-salary. And much more changes that I am learning to live with. I’ve been awfully busy I can’t even stay online longer than 30 minutes. I even only opt to post this entry and not let myself be tempted to open my Friendster, my email, or even just my YM, to avoid staying online longer than I should. Sigh.

Oh well. C’est la vie. :)

Galera Escapade
For a little over than a month, my officemates have been planning an overnight escapade in Puerta Galera. And although that plan almost backfired (we found out there were no available houses/cottages to rent this peak season), we decided to take the risk anyway and discarded Plan B (Batangas), Plan C (Laguna), Plan D (Subic) and Plan E (Pangasinan). But a few hours before our departure, the company we work for called for a last-minute mandatory OT. The system we were using was down for 3 days (which we later learned was a drastic mistake done by the IT Department of our US counterparts). We were required to stay in a hotel until the system gets fixed so we could be on-call anytime. We were all pretty bummed and told our Team Leader we’d rather stay in the office to wait (so we could all play Text Twist together. hehe!) than stay in a who knows what kind of hotel. Of course, we had no say in the management’s decision. So when we saw how beautiful the hotel was, we forgot why we ever complained.

As to the Galera plan, we decided to move it to Sunday. Not only did we enjoy our time in the fancy hotel, but the management also promised they’d pay for most of our expenses as apology for making us stay. And to top it off, we had the greatest time hanging out, swimming, snorkeling and staying up late in Galera, spending lesser than we should in ordinary circumstances. So aren’t those blessings in disguise?

I got awfully sick on the way back to Manila. Motion sickness from the boat and bus ride.. a terrible headache.. a dripping nose.. an excruciating swelling from what looks and feels like a jellyfish sting (though there were no signs of jellyfish there), a cut from stepping on a BBQ stick on the sand, another cut from scratching my knee on a coral when we went snorkeling (which I have to say, was my very own Discovery/National Geographic Channel! Voice-over not included). Those, plus, a 5 1/2 hours sleep in two days. God knows how badly I react to lack of sleep..

Yes, I was a wreck yesterday. But I’m all better now.

Anyway, I missed blogging. I’ll read your posts next time! I’m off to work! God bless you all. :)