What to do when you’re bored at work

Blog! I thought of some other things too. My first option was of course to skip work. But considering my suspension and with June being just around the corner, ( which also means half of our sick leaves will be converted to cash ) I decided to ditch that thought. Besides, its always hard to enjoy when you constantly have to be alert or when you try hard not to bump into anyone from work, yes that happened to me once. Going back, I have no choice but to go to the office and hope that today would be as ‘petiks‘ as yesterday (because it was Memorial Day in the states therefore not much calls.) Is that too much to ask? I guess so. I’ve always thought that if we have a holiday at work, there’s always something in store for us the next day. Sure we enjoy all the food distributed and we enjoy lounging around in the pantry, while the rest of the Americans go to parades and stuff, but that almost always translates to having a very stressful work day after. Much like today, my shift started at 7pm and after 3 hours we already have reports of 2, not 1, but 2 outages! Both regions across America are experiencing downtimes, hooray! So much for a holiday. Right now I’m using my break in order to post an entry because I don’t want this blog to feel neglected. LOL. And Im hurrying up so I could ditch this shithole because I noticed that the calls are piling up and becoming more and more stressful. Im kidding, if any of my supervisors are reading this, I was able to finish everything I’m supposed to do and i’m willing to render overtime if you’d like?

Anyway, I post pictures of my weekend, uhm, two weeks ago? What a late I know. We went to Manaoag, Pangasinan and heard mass there. Seriously, cus we’re devoted like that. In case you didn’t know, that’s 6hours away from my hometown. Penny + weekend = (BOOZE) CHURCH???!! Yeah, yeah, shut up!

People sell a lot of religous items there like rosaries, prayer booklets and other holy figures. Those who buy have it blessed after the mass.

At the back of the church there’s an area where you can light a candle and pray for something to happen, like, i dunno, world peace? That’s water underneath, filled with melted candles.

Every time we go to church here, we always eat at this place not far from the church. I keep forgetting the name, but they serve bad ass sea weed salad! And Adobong Pusit, a famous dish here in the Philippines. Most people don’t like it. I love it! 

Photohunt: SHOES

THEY’RE MINE!! ALL MINE!!! 

YAY! Two photohunts in a row! That’s new, but I don’t have any entry in between, MEH. I was too lazy to post again. Plus I don’t get any opps/sponsored post assignments anymore, I wonder why. Anyway, this entry’s theme is SHOES! This photo was taken at VNC, December of 2006 (this blog wasn’t around yet) right after I got the (Christmas) bonus. My pals and I headed to the mall and burned holes in our wallets.

For more info on the mechanics of photohunt go here.

Photohunt: Candy

Skittles! And my slippers!

I miss eating Skittles. Gone are the days when vendo machines were everywhere back where I live and filled with Skittles (and other candies) and cost only .15 cents. Americanized Olongapo! But you can now get them at 7eleven stores for, I dunno, 30 pesos? Wow, I miss doing the photohunt too! Its been two months since my last entry. Haha

 For more info on the mechanics of photohunt go here.

MRT Obsessions

Before I got suspended, I have been late three times, which I got another memo for. Uh, yeah what an irresponsible. Well, I tried hard cleaning up my record by NOT being late after the suspension memo was served. Let’s see how that worked out, uhm, it didn’t. It was a total FAIL. Just like the MRT. Yeah, the fuckin MRT! I thought working at night would be good because that way I don’t get to experience the rush hour, but NO. I just had to be given the 8PM shift, which I thought was late enough to avoid the people who just got out of work and are on their way home, (again) but NO. Question! I thought you lived 5mins near your workplace? Why are you complaining about the rush hour? Well, I had to go to Shangri-la Plaza you see. In order to get there, I have to take the (fucking) MRT. On the way though, it was a rather pleasant ride. I was the only one who got in from the Cubao station, and I was even able to sit down. Time flew and what do you know, I needed to get back to the office. It was 7PM when I headed to the MRT. I was surprised to find there wasn’t a lot of people in line buying tickets. Even more surprised when I found them all waiting for a train downstairs, it seemed like a concert! Only, these were people from all walks of life. Not people who like a certain genre of music. The MASSES! The train (full of people!) had just arrived and as soon as the doors opened, everyone just jumped inside. Nevermind the people trying to get out of the train, as long as we get inside. Oh GOD, I said to myself, Satan’s minions decided to ride the train the same time I did. HELP ME.
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What the papers said

A few entries back, I said something about getting a memo for doing something stupet. Well last night, the superior went up to my station and said, "Penny do you have a minute?  I have papers for you to sign." Those words ate me and I thought OH SHIT THIS IS IT. So I took a deep breath, stood up and followed her. In my mind I kept saying OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! When we got to her station, she laid three sets of papers for me to sign, one copy goes to Human Resource, one for me and one for her. She was smiling, I guess that’s a good thing, I thought to myself. When I sat down and read the words on the paper, "To Ms. Monasterial"  followed by more words which I’ve read before when she issued me the memo, I was thinking, hmm… what could be different or added to this memo? She prolly noticed my eyes going back and forth from the starting paragraph down to the mid part and realized that I was stupid not to figure out the verdict was at the bottom. So she pointed it out with a pen, "It’s right here Penny, your punishment and this is where you sign." I replied with an "OH OK" and with an I-knew-that tone. (more…)

A Greeting!

I went home early today and just as I was falling asleep I got a text message from Globe that made me go WTF?! Why is Globe texting me, its not even October yet? The message?

Warmest wishes to you. You are most dearly remembered on your special day. Happy Birthday!

Then I remembered, my Globe line was under my mom’s name, so the greeting was for my mom! A year ago today, I was having dinner with the whole family. I had  a good time of course, eating, laughing, and sharing stories about my job and how i’m doing here in Manila. A few days after, three to be exact, we were having dinner again, this time after the mass at our parish. Two events, within four days, both celebrated for my mom, her birthday and mother’s day. This year, those days are/will be spent without her because she is not here (in the same country) anymore. I texted her and I will call her later on. Happy Birthday mother!

(don’t forget my ipod and laptop. LOL) 

TMB Presents: THE BANANA GANGBANG ROCK FESTIVAL

This just in, ok no, it’s acutally a late post and you all probably know about this event by now, so I’m just gonna remind you that its happening tonight!! THE BANANA GANGBANG ROCK FESTIVAL that is!! Now is your chance to meet the retarded editors of  The Man Blog and while you’re at it, expect to be awesomified by bands such as Tempestuous, Sanity Kit, Lose your beer belly, and Zoo. So free your calendars, if you’ve got something going on tonight, I’d say cancel it and proceed to Bela Bar, Greenhills instead. Entrance btw is only P100 pesosesoses and its consumable.