The world almost stopped when a music icon passed on a couple of weeks ago. All of a sudden, everyone only had kind words to say, much unlike when he was alive. I guess in a way, those who ridiculed and mocked him felt guilty about his passing. For it seemed his tragic life had ultimately led him to an untimely death. People saw him self-destruct and yet no one who knew him did enough to save him. Where was all the love when he needed it the most?

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I was in my sister's house last weekend when she first told me about Influenza A. She is a doctor who doesn't believe in medicine, so her prognosis was really bad. While I didn't totally dismiss her, I told myself not to panic. I remember during the SARS outbreak, the news made it seem like the world was going to end. I was in the U.S. at that time for a work assignment, and since it was worse in Asia, I didn't really feel the panic nor the fear. Now, with this new viral strain, it seems that medicines and surgical masks are selling like pancakes (or Manny Pacquiao's tickets??:)), and people are just really scared. The really really of this matter is that we have to be healthy by eating right, exercising and all that. Medicines do not guarantee cure.

With that said, I might just be screwed. With my schedule, I sometimes only eat 1 decent meal a day, and the rest I power myself with coffee, chocolate, or junk food. Working in a call center has really taken its toll on me and my body. So that leaves exercise. And for me choosing between sleep and exercise is a no-brainer. So like I said, I'm screwed.

And what about global warming? The constant change in weather is not only making summer a "blah" instead of "blast", but it's giving me more migraine than normal. Sigh. My 6 yo nephew, who is super smart, was matter-of-factly telling me that global warming will make the world end someday and it means people will die, but a new world will be created. And the thing is, he was right on the money. Not only does it seem like earth is close to its expiration date, we are accelerating the journey.

Gah. This is too serious for a 3AM blog. But then again, what am I talking about? I work at nights. It's been 2 years now. I'm supposed to be in my serious mode at this hour.

2 years. It seems so short but life in Call centers is really similar to dog life. 14 years. YEah, definitely feel like it's been that long. Don't get me wrong, I love my work. And I love that opportunities just keep coming along. Plus I heard something that my old manager was cooking up something for me, and I feel good about it, because if anything else, it was a vote of confidence. But the life -- it's just not normal. My body is reacting to it in more negative ways than I can ever count. And sometimes, my humanity kicks in. I get tired. And want to go away.

Can't wait for August. HK is in the works. And then September it's touring Palawan (Coron, Puerto Princesa).

Labels: global warming, influenza a, life

Woke up sweating and thought there was a power outage. Then I hear my aircon purring softly. "Pakshet, my aircon got busted", was my first thought. "Oh no, not now, demit, it's freakin' summer", was the second. "Why now, when I finally got to sleep earlier than usual, only to be disrupted by the intense summer heat?!", was the third. "Am I being punished? Is sleeplessness the punishment?", the fourth and fifth.

Haha. Ok, corny na. But really. I was miffed. Wtf. All I want is to get some sleep. Why oh, why. So I got up, turned off the aircon completely, and turned on the fan. There's that soft purring again. MERALCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Demit. Called the office, and it's confeermed. Pakshet agen. No aircon + No fan = huffin' and puffin' XY. Gawd, I certainly hope this - whatever this is - is not breaking my appliances. Specially not my aircon. Demit.

Haaaay! Please Lord, I promise to be more tolerant of the pasaway folks at the new blue. Just please let me sleep again.

Postscript: Hmmm.. Facebook is acting up. Nooooooooooooooooooooo. Haha. Talk about Murphy's law.

Labels: init, meralco, summer

Stayed late at work earlier. I was about to pack up and leave when crushie asked me something. I answered and he thanked me. And then our goodbyes :)

Crushie: Happy easter egg!
Me: Happy easter bunny!

Hahaha. Ang corny sobra. Pero aliw. What can I say? Haaay skul! lolz

Anyways, speaking of high school, I was FB'ing the other day, looking at the photo albums of a friend, when I suddenly saw a photo tag of an old high school crush of mine. For years and years, (and back when Friendster was still hip), I was trying to find him online. To no avail. Up till now, anyways. (Hallelujah, Facebook!)

Now this old crush and I were never friends. But we were crushing on each other. But that's a long story. Bottomline, in all my excitement, I didn't think twice about adding him as friend. His profile was open so I checked. Relationship status - blank. Wow, promising. Hehe. A couple of days later, he confirmed me as friend. Then I checked again. And this time, relationship status - married. Awwwwwww. There goes first love # 10000039020. Hehe. Seriously though, I did get affected. A little :)

Meanwhile, I remember a conversation I had with my two married girlfriends last Christmas. They were asking me if I still haven't changed my view about marriage, and I said no. And I jokingly said, "Kase we can't have crushes na if we're married". And both of them replied in unison "Who said so?" Haha. Yun naman pala. Pwede.

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None of us were prepared for the news. What we thought was a simple announcement turned out to be the shocker of our lifetime. Totally blindsided. OMG is totally an understatement.

Labels: new blue, news

Not sure if I'm just too smart, or they are all simply stupid :p

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*picture "borrowed" from Chuvaness... they were just too cute, I couldn't resist :)

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