True to Character

May coup attempt sa Manila Pen.

Everybody outside of Makati seems to be in panic. At least, that's how those who are calling us at the office sound. Parang malapit na magkagulo.

Syempre, tuloy ang trabaho sa opisina. Walang nagmi miron sa labas. Walang sumisilip sa bintana.

May sumabog sa Glorietta, lumindol, kahit mag coup pa sila sa labas ng pinto ng 1503.

Tuloy ang trabaho sa Connor.

This is honestly the most dedicated bunch of employees I have ever known.

And I'm so proud to be part of it!

Lindol at the 15th floor

Lumindol. Nayanig ang buong 15th floor ng Security Bank building. At least yung mga nasa suite 1503. {Kami yun!}

Nayanig, tumigil ang trabaho {oo, para kaming government office, may nagtra trabaho kahit lunch break} pansamantala. Tumayo ang mga tao, nagtinginan, naghintay tumigil ang pag sayaw ng building.

Natapos ang lindol.

Balik sa mga upuan.

Trabaho na ulit.

Kitty-land

Japan trip went very well. Thank you for asking.



So many Hello Kitty stuff, so little money (arrgghhh!).


Tokyo is one clean place.

The air was cold.

The water soft.

The people ... well, daming Japanese!



To my disappointment, I didn't bump into any authentic japayuki or yakuzi.. i mean, yakuza.



But I did learn to use a push button toilet with warmed seat and automatic bidet and pi-pi shower {seriously}

Eiffel Tower

Wall Art by Pottery Barn.

{free hand sketch done by Pottery Barn designer}

My 7-year old daughter's version

Work Equations

• Coffee = State of Mind. Good coffee = Happy. Bad coffee = Grumpy.



Inbox volume is not equivalent to effectiveness. {Could it be that the 3000 emails is representative of the 3 million pending?}




Desk clutter - or unclutter for that matter - is not representative of output. {Perhaps clutter is a really a representation of work undone?}




Earphones in my ears means too much distracting noise around. {Spare me your conversations with other people please}

Bragging about what you do is not the same as being effective in what you do. {If you are good, it will be known - regardless of}

Digging Gold

http://howardlindzon.com/?p=2725

Made my day.

Semantics

It's all a play of words. You say something when you mean another. It's not like a dialect accent where etlog would mean the same as itlog... aw, you get what I am saying.

• There is no such thing as constructive crticism. A criticism is a criticism is a criticism. You may truly mean well, but still, you are pointing out something bad about a person. It IS a criticism. Don't hide behind that "constructive criticism" crap.
• "Nothing against you" is truly a bad way to start a sentence. You know that the whole litany following this will be all about being against you.
• "Puttting in my two cents worth" is a segue to a long marathon of self-righteousness and sometimes a desperate attempt to fish for compliments.
• "Here's some unsolicited advice". Now, this takes the cake. If nobody is asking, please do not give away your opinions about somebody else's life. The fact that it is unsolicited means it is not needed.
• And there's that thing that some do when they want to know something, but dont want to appear obvious that they want to know. Like trying to be nonchalant when the eyes are all goggly and the voice is so high pitched?

It's tiring and stressful tyring to keep up and reading between the lines. I would rather go head on with sarcasm than with goodie-two-shoes hiding a knife.

Big Brother is reading you!

They say the best writers are the ones who write from the heart. They must be awf'ly brave to do so - spilling innermost thoughts to people they do not know {Probably why pseudonyms were invented}

I cringe at the thought of people knowing me - as in, really knowing ME. It has never been my cup of tea {or brewed coffee, for that matter} --- letting people into my daily thoughts and emotions. {Not that they would enjoy hearing about the deepest, darkest, dirtiest things that float around my grey matter.}

While I would hope my blog is more "up close and personal" - I just can't. Well, I do gripe and vent sometimes {most of the times??} but those are just the tip of the iceberg that hit the Titanic.

So to all of you out there who has made blogging a real Big Brother experience for everybody else, my hats off to you! You satisfy our peeping tom fantasies!

Travel and a few other stuff..s

• My Japan visa arrived yesterday. I am off to Hello Kitty's Land of the Rising San {sic}!
• An old friend has an "opportunity" in mind. I am ticked pink with excitement.
• My cubicle is spotless clean that notions of me not doing anything worthwhile is not surprising. I joked about putting up a disclaimer - "Just because I keep my space clean, it does not mean I am not doing anything!". But a friend had a better line - "A clean space is a sign of a sick mind - so back off!"
• Shrek's plastic head sits on top of my desktop monitor. Reminds me not be an ogre.{Most of the time shrek is unsuccessful though}
• Moving on does not necessarily gives me the license to "come clean" and "let it all out" - but heck, I've endured pain longer than I would have expected me to, so I believe I earned the right to be brutally frank. And I was. I told my former boss that while I love working with my buyers, I never liked working with her. I hope that struck real deep.
• My LSS - Gabriella's Gotta Go My Own Way.
• Repetition is a good marketing tool. Disney Channel is way, way too much into this strategy.
• 13th month pay is out. The ATM machine is going to get real busy today.
• My average daily email has trimmed down from 500+ to a measly 50 since I moved to the Neiman Marcus family. Fun! Fun! Fun!
• Somebody asked where I bought my Lacoste shirts. I was seriously tempted to say "Giordano!"
• Is a starfish a "star" or a "fish"?

Halloween Break

I had a good holiday break. I am not so sure if it's p.c. to call it "holiday"-"holiday" since it was meant to be days of remembering dead people and deluding ourselves that these dead people were all sugar n' spice n' ev'rythin' nice when they were alive. { Isn't it baffling that when someone dies all we remember are the good stuff about them? Dying, apparently, brings out the best in us. }

So what was I up to during the long break?

1. Caught up on Stand Off and Grey's Anatomy. Emily and Matt are cute. Grey's is so feel good for me. I had Prison Break, but I decided against it since I almost always feel depressed after watching it.

2. Did some shopping.

3. Visited lola and tita - both crossed over years back, and I really do feel weird sitting on mowed grass while waiting for candles to melt.

4. Did not check my work e-mails. Well.. I checked on Thursday, but I steered clear from hitting the reply button.

5. Finished coloring the pages I started on Gail's coloring book.

6. Slept a lot.

7. Did the grocery - this time with a real grocery list that I managed to successfully ignore.

8. Watched a lot of Mr. Bean {Gail held me hostage!}

9. Brewed a lot of coffee. Ate a lot of tuna sandwiches and chocolate cakes.

10. Cleaned up a lot of my daughter's mess - stored toys, books, crafts, pens, erasers, paper according to categories.

It was a really good break. Something I wouldn't mind doing again real soon. (wink wink)