Window shopping

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Pardon the quality of the photo. This was taken with my phone camera, with a very unsteady hand. 

For the first time in a long time, I hung out with my friend Vanette at work this morning, before I went home. She had mentioned that the bazaar space was now being occupied by an appliance store so we went to check it out. We admired these 20 inch Sony LCD/HD TV’s that can also be used with a PC.

These would actually look perfect in my room! 

They are pricey, just as all LCD TVs are. There was this flat screen TV whose front looks like it’s a Plasma TV but it isn’t. Hehe. I’m going to drag Alfred over there tomorrow morning to show him. He’s been telling me that we should get a TV in the room for the longest time. Ours is the only room in the house that doesn’t have a TV. 

Vanette and I are in the same account again , but she does the schedules for those in the Clark site. So though we’re in the same family, we won’t really be dealing with each other professionally. She told me something today though, something that doesn’t make me particularly happy. I’m not at the liberty to share what it was about, but I will say that at this point, things are getting bleaker and bleaker. 🙁

Boots

The other day I was watching How do I look? which is a makeover show where they would throw away the old “hideous” clothes of the target, and then three  accomplices would each shop for three different sets of outfits that the target would then choose from. There were these ankle boots that looked so beautiful off the woman, and looked even more surprisingly great on her. 

I’ve never worn boots in all my life. Not even wellingtons, haha. Sometimes when we’re out shopping, I admire beautiful boots but the boyfriend always steers me away from them. Yeah, they’re not exactly like me, not for my lifestyle and personality. But that shouldn’t stop me from trying one on should it?

In a ‘bind’

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I was so disappointed at the bookstore on Saturday, because I couldn’t find a 6×6 binder that I could use for Stories in Hand. I didn’t want to make myself one because I knew that would take me more time to accomplish, and it would just be pushing the project too far back as it is.

So I was so happy to have found this at the Duty Free Shop:

It looks bigger in the picture than it really is, it’s more the size of a regular notebook. It is bigger than what s specified for the project, but I bet that this is the closest that I would get. I’m starting to think that I probably should have bought more – this could be used for so many other purposes. Anyhow, only God knows when I would actually work on the cover and then the rest of the activities for the class but at least I’m a step closer now, right? 😉

So I survived my first night on the floor. I still have mixed emotions about this – still can’t say it’s a happy place, but I know I’m not miserable. There was this one girl who turned to me for help and I regret not having given her the answer my gut was telling me to – because it turned out to be correct. I hate being at this stage of any transition – the uncertainty and self-doubt. 

Good news is I’ve met about half of my team already and they seemed okay. No one looked as if they were measuring me up and I am looking forward to getting to know them more. I also had to iron out one guy’s schedule because he’s been coming in for the wrong shift for the past two days. It’s fixed now though, with not too much effort. I wish everything else that I would have to deal with would be as easy. 

Tomorrow (or tonight, depending on how you look at it) I’ll already have a Duty Manager (DM) schedule. The DM is responsible for what happens during his hours – this mostly applies for keeping service levels afloat, and taking note of possible spikes in volume. I already told my buddy that he’d basically have to cover that whole time that I’m on DM. He understands because I don’t have all the tools yet to make sure that I can handle it all on my own. 

I didn’t actually do much at work but I also did not feel sleepy. I guess something was pumping me up and keeping me awake…

I’ve actually got more to say, but now I really am sleepy. I am falling asleep on my keyboard!

Saturday Shopping Marathon

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Wow – Saturday shopping marathon. My feet hurt! 😀

With only a few hours’ sleep, I went out with Alfred to spend some of his money. He’s been wanting to get a new pair of Adidas since last month but things got in the way. Yesterday, we were finally successful. 🙂 And I actually like the pair he got this time. It’s black, with a shell toe. I wish I knew what model it is (Superstar 2, is it?) but I don’t. I’d have dug up a photo on the Net just to show you. Maybe I could convince to take a photo of him wearing it. Hehe.

I got to buy a couple of polo shirts for myself. Two more colors that I don’t have yet. I totally see myself wearing more jeans and shirts again at work. I was actually looking for a yellow shirt to wear to work on Thursday because we have a color coding theme week going on for this busy busy week that’s coming for us. I never wear yellow so I knew I gotta look for a shirt. Good thing Alfred remembered that my new sweater is actually yellow gold. That should do perfectly. 😉

Alfred was supposed to treat me out to lunch or dinner because he’s ranked number for the last pay period (Yay Baby! So proud of you! :)), but we were so hungry when we woke up, we ended up eating before leaving home. And because we only had a few hours’ sleep, our energies were so low, we got tired easily. We decided to cut short our shopping spree and just head back home. 

Now since Ma had just come back from Bangkok, she and dad had plans to shop at the Duty Free Mall and I told them I wanted to come too. When Alfred and I got home, Dad was already dressed while Mom was prepping to go. I got to steal a few minutes of sleep before we left. Alfred got at least a full hour of sleep by staying home – he had to go to work at 8PM. I was so uncomfortable in the car – weird. It didn’t stop me from dozing off though, almost all the way to Duty Free.

There were so many people there shopping because they’ve got a big sale ongoing and the shops were open until midnight. We didn’t buy too much, but I did pick up a bottle of Bailey’s in mint chocolate and two packs of mini Reese cups! These seem to be my favorite items to stock on whenever we go there. Haha. As usual, we picked up some perfume too and this time we got cute freebie cosmetic bags – and I like the one from Esprit!

We didn’t go to the grocery section anymore because Dad was already hungry, and my feet already hurt. Besides, we were sure the lines at the register would be long again, what with the number of people shopping there. It was almost ten o’clock when we got to sit down for dinner. I was so full it got me even more sleepy. I was out the whole drive home. I had thought I’d be up looking at the city lights and Christmas decor along Roxas Blvd, but no, I bet I was snoring my way through them all! 🙂

So there went my Saturday. The sun is up now and another day has dawned. In a few hours I will feel my nerves frazzled again after a long time of having been very relaxed. I am dreading my first day on my new floor (at work). Bless me!

Bazaar?!

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Mom is home from her Bangkok trip. She’s been there since Sunday for a conference. 

I haven’t downloaded their pictures from the camera yet, I’m hoping there are nice photos of the river cruise. I went on one the last time I was there in 2000. It was a lovely time. Mom says that Dad complained about not knowing about the night river cruises, haha.

She brought me home a beautiful sarong of black Thai silk. I love Thai silk but I’ve always just found them really expensive. I did buy myself this nice big sling bag made of one, in maroon. Alfred has had it hostage for a long time now, but seeing the sarong reminds me to take it back. Now I don’t know if I’ll wear the sarong as is or have it adjusted to be shorter. I used to wear sarongs a lot when I was still studying. Actually, some of the ones I used weren’t even really designed to be sarongs. They were actually shawls that I’d just fold a certain way, then wrap around me. I’d fasten them with pins and wear shorts under, just in case they unravelled while I was out. Haha!

It’s payday weekend and we got half of our 13th month pay. People are usually very happy, but not today. They are saying that they can’t appreciate the bonus very much because it’s been divided in two. Others argue that the income tax deductions have made the sum really disappointing. 

I wasn’t very happy with my net pay either, but it is what it is. I am just hoping that I’d get a decent sum for the tax refund by the end of the year when they finally recompute using the new tax exemptions for tax witheld since July of this year. If not,  well then, I’ll just be happy I earn enough to be taxed that much!

Now there’s a bazaar at work every pay day. Vendors come to sell food, clothes, shoes, and anything and everything you can imagine. I used to participate there to sell brownies that I made, plus other stuff that my cousin and I could scrounge up. There was a time that we sold shawls, clothes, bags, makeup, accessories including those magnetic bracelets that we found at a very affordable price. When we bought those bracelets, we already thought about marketing them as healing bracelets – we actually sold a piece or two before the actual bazaar.

As Christmas is approaching, more and more of those who still remember those days are asking me about baking/selling again – they ask a lot for the truffles too. I really want to get back to it but thinking of my oven is enough to make me forget about everything. 

I bought a chocolate cupcake with marshmallow icing and a choco mudslide cake this afternoon. The cupcake base tastes a lot like the ones I make but I’d have to say I prefer mine. I’m not a big fan of having that much icing on it (beehive like) but perhaps people may prefer it over the type of icing I used – or not. The cake and its fudge was – uhm, okay. The caramel seemed to have been mixed in with the fudge itself and that doesn’t particularly appeal to me. I remember the fudge that my aunt used to make and I think that’s a lot better. 

So I know I can totally compete with the baked goods that are currently sold at the bazaar, I really just have to commit the time and energy into it. I don’t know if I want to spend on the space, and the person who would man the booth too. 

My days off are changing again starting next week. I’ll have a very short one-day weekend because I’ll be reporting back to work on Sunday night. That means Fridays off moving forward. Perfect for getting ready to sell in time for payday bazaar. Maybe that’s the universe way of nudging me towards where I should be going? Nyaha! 😉

Stories in Hand

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Back in the 3rd week of October, I excitedly signed up for a class at JessicaSprague.com called Stories in Hand. It’s a brand new class that teaches Jessica’s own system of making sure there is a way to tell the stories that one would love to tell – in one way or another. Oh, and it’s a free class too.

It started on Monday, but I haven’t done a single thing – save from readig the daily email, and the instructions for each of the four days that have passed.

But I really love what I’m seeing of the class so far, and I really really want to do it. So tomorrow OR Saturday, I will make sure that I pass by the bookstore and pick up some supplies that I will be needing for the class. I should have done that weeks ago (not that saying so will change anything).

Though free, it is a copyrighted class and I don’t think it’s appropriate to share too much about it right here – specially the principles. But I would sure love to show off my binder when I’ve made it 🙂

 

Food Fight

Alfred and I almost broke out fighting this morning – over food. 

Nope, he wasn’t telling to stop eating. Nor was I telling him how much he’s been eating. We woke up at lunch (or rather I did, he was already awake) just in time for my brother to yell up the stairs to let me know that he and his girlfriend were going to the grocery. He didn’t mention lunch so I assumed it was each to his own for the day. So Alfred and I decided that he’d fry luncheon meat for our lunch – and cook rice too. 

Before he did all that, he asked me to ask my brother (through SMS) if they were lunching at home – I told him they probably weren’t and to just cook enough rice for the two of us. Just before sitting down to eat, I finally called my brother to ask him to pick up some dog food but they were already heading home. And he said that he was cooking pasta and we shouldn’t have cooked lunch. I said that was okay. But Alfred was listening – and then started complaining about how I should have called earlier and we wouldn’t have had to cook yadda yadda yadda. 

We exchanged words and stares and yet we still, eventually, sat down to eat together. Crisis averted.

In the end it was still the right move to have fixed our lunch – otherwise, we would have dined an hour later. If I was in a hurry to get to work, I wouldn’t have been able to eat.

I’m sure boyfriend was thinking about how it should have been me worrying about what to cook or what we’ll eat. He’s definitely said that many times before. But there’s just not a lot that I can cook. I can fry without any assistance – and that’s pretty much it. There are perhaps one or two easy green bean recipes that I can cook (including one that he actually loves), but the ingredients aren’t always available in the house. 

But surely, in his eyes, it all boils down to how lazy I am when it comes to things like this. The truth? I am lazy. Haha!

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