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Yep this goes out to all of yous back in Manila. My day started with some good sounds… 80’s! a lot of erasure, speedwagon, van halen, those kinds of 80’s songs where I can just imagine Miké giving me a smug smile all the way from the bar wearing his famous “80’s boy” shirt. (Actually the thought of Miké and his smug smile… egad! creepy)

I got sucked into this strange blackhole where I thought I was going back home as if I was gone forever when I’ve been only gone for what… 2 months?! Get a kitkat stop sulking. Get kitkat later (mental note)

Home isn’t the same without the famous manileño sweat and chaos and insane friends. I miss everyone back home (uh oh I think I’m loosing my grip! I’m falling into that freaking infamous ditch of reminiscing! Oh no… here goes...) I miss the everyday drinking schedule (I’m not an alcoholic – I shit you not! This is social drinking - after work and looking for an excuse to not hear the mother nagging) I miss sitting by the small balcony at ana’s room, gina’s bed and how I become one with it and the way gina pressures me to taste anything and everything – “pare pare try this” TING! (damn oil!) I miss diane and how she’d just pass out anywhere and at any time til we kick her and give her new killer eyebrows. (hehehe labbyooo) I miss hearing mel say “fight c’mon let’s go” then starts laughing uncontrollably. Can I ever ever forget miko’s reindeer/kingkong/micheal Jackson dance?! How can I forget how everyone started to say NAW and MAW KITTY and BOT BOT over and over again cause of Cb chaves who now has hair?! Or bob singing the wrong lyrics –"always I wanna be with you and make a kid with you”, carlos and his elvis moves, OHANA!!! Fitz and his forever secret girlfiend cuuuhcaaah, I miss the whole procedure of getting mike reyes out of his house while kitty is barking profusely. I miss mon’s furby eyes and his good vibes philosophy of life at all times. owens you still are my favorite aerobics instructor who only dances at dawn! Shhhhh… the strange combination of craziness and seriousness of jingjong will forever be questioned til the day I leave this place. like snap you’re so serious, snap again you’re so crazy! I miss those Antioch days when blanco would get everyone confused about the time (freako!! It’s 3 o’clock.. in Abu Dhabi! Who does that?! Blancooo) and Miké and his giggles and enlightening convos… I could most definitely go through my phone book and enumerate what i miss about each and everyone of you but gimme a break i'm at work and i'm trying to remember things randomly!
am I missing out?? good gracious I hope not. I'm having such a great time wish you guys were here to share it with me..
waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
I miss a lot of people, I miss home, I miss being around the people I grew up with.
I miss I miss I miss. Boo.

I think – why’d I have to go here and have to feel this, the feeling of missing the ones I love the most, all at the same time then I realize – I miss them I miss my bestest friends because my level of appreciation for them right now is even higher and way more magnificent. I may feel lost without them but I’m still living and making more friends... no cry hits cause I’m freeeeeeee, freeeee faaaaalllling.

Hit me. to the 80's and beyond!!!

Whaaaa?!

the words "you know" and "like"

No, I don't know what its like and I do not know.

When participating in focus group discussions.. please refrain from these words.. doesn't really put much sense to the study because again.. No I Do Not Know AND I Do Not Know What Its Like.

Thank you come again.

I have 20 minutes left in this godforsaken video. by the time I'm done I'll probably be on this carpeted ground with tears of sheer joy.

Thank you come again.

i'm about thisclose to trashing the t.v. that sits infront of me waiting to be transcibed to words that will not have an impact to my life. transcribing a video of a focus group discussion is terrible, tedious, and confusing, since most of the people in the video are talking and eating (thank you for making my life easier) at the same time. jeeez haven't they been told about not talking with their mouth full? manners people MANNERS?!!!
the volume is at full blast and still all i get is.. MUMDSFKOSHOARS. yes apparantly thats an opinion about a bank. wonderful.. i am thisclose to trashing the t.v.

great so the one day i decide to go to work EXTRA EARLY (an hour to be exact!)... it's half day at work. wonderful after battling with the snow... wonderfuuuuuuuullllllllllllllllll. i should have just stayed in bed.. garrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...

POLL TIME!

there's a story of a wiseman and a fool.

Who would you rather be? the wiseman who learns from the fool's mistake or
the fool who learns from his own mistake?

is there such a thing called wifoman? (combination of a wiseman and a fool)... thats meeee! ;)

say hello to mao kitty!!

one alarm goes off ... 7am on the dot. slam that one down. second one goes off ... 7:30am. slam that one down unconsciously. suddenly the feeling of the sun ... omfg its 9:01 and counting.. wonderful late for work maybe if i can get myself out of bed i can get on the 9:28 just maybe ...
naaah ain't gonna happen, blanket over the head. morning ritual has to change, before i knew it i was sprinting out of the apartment at 9:55 and counting ... @#$%^& even though i was totally clueless in the morning i saw the fattest maya bird trying to eat a chip or something that looked like one.. hilarious. he was too fat to fly & he reminded me of mao. that darn fat cat apparantly he's eating and biting everything back home. i was admiring the fat bird and then my life flashed before my eyes, some dude almost ran me over with his bike. wonderful my morning is getting better. i could have thrown something at that idiot cause he didn't even say sorry, but then again i believe in karma. so i just walked away... as continued on my journey to the bus stop i come across a very ugly dog, i mean i've seen ugly dogs but they weren't tangible. i don't mean to be judgemental but my goodness that was hideous and everyone else on the sidewalk was gawking at the dog, it looked like a very old man with lots of hair on the face and on a leash? sound familiar? hohoho.
aha i see the numbr 5 at the corner, good eye sniper... feel the breeze get on that piece of transportation and get to work. then the pain hit me, my feeeeeeeet! WTF?! rewind 8 hours before 9am. aaaah lets cause a scene - bruni's dancing fiesta at kk, williams' white socks, eric's declaration that he was tired of drinking, shannon's free beer, sarah's self-conflict about getting home, ali's reaccuring i.d., and my feet.
i know that you're not supposed to wear heels more than 8 hours and i was wearing heels for more than 12 hours - not cool, my feet were literally drunk. and i kept pushing them to walk so i can get myself to bed and pass out, feet can no longer feel. fast forward to 3 hours after 9am, i look absolutely hideous. i'm wearing sneakers and i'm in business attire then again i do know its better than white socks and leather shoes.
yessssssir.. glamorous.
happy birthday speed, yes he's passed out with a spoon full of peanut butter :)

what are the survival tips of a newbie? ... who's beside a goth girl to her left, a chain smoker/delirious/talks to herself girl to her right, and a kia (know it all) one seat away from the left?
yes welcome to the office. and they think i'm a slacker. mwahahaha i think i am but i know i get work done and thats that! and i got this blog to start working! whoooo hooooo haaaa.
its strange that i have two blogs now, one is at multiply. Its strange cause who in the world has two blogs?! my reason to my friends back home will look like this --> i feel like i don't talk too much hence my passion to type fast and blab all i want! fantastic i'm ccc-rrraaaay-zee.
All i know is mikee marquez told me that i need to go a little insane to be sane. i suggest you guys do the same. peace :)
Anyway when is winter gonna end? My nose is about to fall off cause its cold.

uhhhhh...... yeah so now i have 2 blogs? one for my friends back home and one for you aiesec people here in madison!
alright so what am i supposed to say.... hmmmmm.... i'll keep thinking.... hmmmmm...... lets drink! who's in?