Sitting Duck Attracting Good Vibes

One thing with the corporate world is that for most of the time you sit down. Well you sit when you eat (unless there are lots of people in the pantry), sit when you use the computer, sit when you take calls, sit when you're trying to change the Facebook or Y!M status of your teammate who forgot to lock his/her laptop, sit when you read a book or some training materials, sit when you pretend you're working (not me because I really work teeheehee), sit when you attend trainings and meetings, sit when you poop, sit when you eat AND poop (sweet baby Jesus, please don't do this at the same time), sit while chatting with your teammate who's not doing anything, and the list would still populate with "Stuff I Can Do While Sitting".

The heavens have conspired for me to stand up and start moving again. I'm a pretty active person. Pretty and active. Mwahaha. I used to run/jog, swim, do yoga, futsal, and tennis. Pretty active.

I've been putting off all possible opportunities to exercise because there are no sports centers in the vicinity and I can make really good excuses. However, I'm going to have access to the swimming pool from my mom, there's a tennis club in the company now, and I got a gym membership - all I have to do is sign up. -_-

Then my call for tomorrow got cancelled which means I can go watch Ateneo's game without feeling guilt, I also got into the list of volunteers for the build, and I'm getting discounted Malcolm Gladwell books.

Have I told you that it's Britney's episode on Glee today?

I'm really nervous with this. Maybe Ateneo will lose tomorrow's game. Noooooooo!!!


MORAL: When you're up, you're really up there. When you're down, climb the hell back up! Watch Britney Spears on Glee. NOW.

Docu-Mental

Dear Diary,

A while ago, I opened my eyes and realized I woke up! Hallelujah! I'm alive! I'm currently blinking right now. I checked my body, I still look great! I held my hair, it's still nice! How many exclamation marks have I typed? A lot! I know! I'm still continuing to type-in so many bangs! I wasn't able to see the sun because I heard staring directly at it can cause blindness. Not yet, I am not yet ready to go blind because I am not yet ready to love. You know, love is blind? Yeah, cliche. Where were we? Ah. Diary, I took a bath! I shampooed and lathered well. I have to rinse, too, duh. Have I told you I have been breathing since forever? Uh-huh! Inhale.... Ex....wait for it....hale. Also, I consumed 500 calories for breakfast! I chose peanut butter and jelly instead of that corned beef drowning itself in oil. I took a bite from my wheat sandwich, then chewed. Of course, I swallowed it. Drank a lot of coffee, iced tea, and orange juice, too. What a wonderful breakfast. Then brushed my teeth afterwards, 300 strokes up and down for each side. Up down. Up down. Left right. Left right. Feels good, you know. I'm off now! Later again. :)

Love,

Annoying Me

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Some people document their lives in full detail. I don't judge and mind like it's the reason I can't sleep at night. However, there's what we call Too Much Information (TMI) and just sharing too much. This is evident in photos and blogs. Taking 400 photos in just one hour is a regular feat now it's like we're setting a world record on the most number of photos taken in the shortest time possible. Check your friends' photos in Facebook and Flickr. You could make a gif of them blinking, the movement of their esophagus (if you have x-ray camera), or even check the way the wind blew their hair. Too much. Well, if you don't want to see it, you don't have to scroll through everything TMI-ers (such a trite term) post. Though every now and then you can find a treasure amongst the sea of information available.

You know what? Data mining should be a hobby now. And I can feel knowledge management is going to be a necessity real soon.

Like they say, "Kanya-kanyang trip lang yan. Walang basagan ng trip." :)

MORAL: Sometimes, take heed of "quality over quantity" and do your friends/contacts a grand favor. Do us a favor. Please.

She Ain't Dead Till She's Dead

This is a complete and total repost of Cracked's article on Michelle Rodriguez. Just so you know, I adore Michelle Rodriguez and she's the reason I got hooked on the Resident Evil movies. Haha. This is both funny and sad because it's true. She always get freaking killed! When I hear that she's going to be part of a new movie, first thing I would think of, "How long until she gets killed or written off?"

START: (click the photo for a complete and total Michelle Rodriguez experience)

Just The Facts

1. Michelle Rodriguez's closet is filled wall to wall with nothing but black tank tops.
2. Michelle Rodriguez is always a cop. Except when she's a Marine.
3. Michelle Rodriguez has a nasty habit of getting herself killed all the time.

What the Duck?!

I apologize about this in advance. I really just had to share it so I could get it off the back of my head although I know this cannot be undone.

Yes, you will never look at a duck the same way again. You would wish you didn't move your eyeballs downward and check the photo out.

MORAL: Things are not always what they seem to be.

Just another perfect mistake. This ain't goodbye, this is just where love goes when words aren't warm enough to keep away the cold.

Oh no, this ain't goodbye. It's not where our story ends but I know you can't be mine not the way you've always been.

Temporarily Suspended

I think it's because I have been using Seesmic Web in the office that my Facebook account got temporarily suspended due to "suspicious activities" which I don't know about. Haha. I had to take a test to prove my identity, online identity at least. I had to correctly choose the name of the person whose photo was flashed on the screen. There were a lot of choices and I may opt to skip the photo if I don't know the answer but may only do so twice or else I'll flunk the test.

Since I don't add people I don't know, nor accept them, I can feel that it would be easy-breezy. I just have to answer 5 out of 7 items correctly.

In the order they were tagged/shown, Zel, Lance, PPM, Merryl, and Igop were the chosen ones. Haha.

Just like that, I'm back with my Facebook account! Woohoo! Time to party with this song.




MORAL: I guess I should stop typing status messages, changing their birthdates, etc. when my friends forget to lock their laptops or when they're not looking. -_-

Transitioning from Sept 11 to 12

As the title suggests, all of these transpired from 11pm-1:00am. So it covered me saying goodbye to September 11 and welcoming September 12.

I'm supposed to write an entry about something important in my life like eating me-friendly siomai again after how many years. Ingredients include shrimps, turnips, oatmeal, onions, mushrooms, and cardboard. Yum yum. I was just supposed to taste-test it but then went on to devouring 6pcs. Life is good.

However, I saw two YouTube links and smiled. And when anyone mentions "smile" what I think of is..

When I see your face, there’s not a thing that I would change. Cause you’re amazing just the way you are. And when you smile, the whole world stops and stares for a while. Cause girl you’re amazing, just the way you are.

- Bruno Mars

So the first YouTube link is...



Roger Federer being his usual elegant majestic self. A cool commercial for fans of Roger and Swiss chocolates. Yum at both. Wahaha.

And what my sister told me to search for:



Which made me want to say something but I won't instead. :)

I also learned that there's a Cine Europa 13 at Shang from Sept. 10-19, a Manila International Book Fair at SMX on Sept. 15-19, and an Adidas End of Season Sale on Sept. 15-17. Also talked to a friend that when your eyes are tired and you're too lazy to wash your face and remove your eyeliner, use the damp method. She called me a genius. What's new? Hahaha. We even shared how we group our music and naming conventions as well. And how downloading and fixing our virtual music library can take up a whole chunk of our time. That's...how I transitioned from Sept. 11 to Sept. 12. Very interesting and action-packed, I know. You don't have to rub it in that I missed watching Resident Evil Afterlife in 3D and my college didn't win the last round of eliminations in collegiate basketball. Second placer into the semis.

And oh, oh, I learned new terms as well!


layogenic = attractive from a distance

likogenic (likod-genic) = looks good seen from the rear

giligenic (gilid-genic) or tabigenic = looks good on profile

pangagenic (panga is jaw) = looks good just because of the jaw



MORAL: A lot of things can happen and can be learned in a short period of time. Really, there are a lot of things we can learn from reading, watching, or even just breathing.

Whatever Makes You Sleep At Night

Do you believe in "everything happens for a reason" or that "when it's really for you, the whole world conspires for you to have it"?

I hope it's true. And that it also works the other way. If it's really not for me, maybe the whole world will conspire for me not to get it. I might be a little vague in this. I apologize for nothing.

1. I became committed. You called me after Holy Week. I was really thinking of ditching them for you. They all pouted at me. That did the trick. Stuck with them. Bye, you.

2. We really just can't get a working schedule together, no? Seriously, we were cheating each other for the whole summer.

3. Considering number two, I went on. Got settled. Then you called me. I said STFU, no, I just asked why only now.

4. You came to me again. I responded. We talked. Not a match even though I really want you.

So what is it? We never got to come up with a common ground.

When will you know if it's just challenge or when it's really not meant to be?

Maybe not today. Not in this lifetime. I'll wait. We'll see.


MORAL: We feed ourselves with hopeful statements just whatever we want, that can make us sleep at night. We force ourselves these are truths. Just, whatever that make us sleep at night.

You know I've got to go. Lord, I wish it wasn't so.

Save Tonight

We know I'm going away
How I wish....wish it weren't so
Take this wine & drink with me
Let's delay our misery

Save tonight
And fight the break of dawn
Come tomorrow
Tomorrow I'll be gone