[busy signaL]
[Saturday, December 27, 2003]
i just realized that it was christmas eve on the day itself. i somehow had the idea that i had a week to go. well there's no helping it now, seeing as it's passed and all. my theory is that christmas spirit is psychosomatic - you think it's there so you feel all giddy and whatever but once you realize that it isn't, it's gone. ditto for being excited on your birthday.
my job's going fine. great, in fact, mostly because of how i've bonded with my fellow teachers. an excellent sense of humor, all of them, and manyak to boot. they don't believe in too much information either. the pay's not bad either - i got a 500 peso christmas bonus on my first day [after nothing more than interviewing two prospective students] and teacher cleofe [it seems i've contracted that disease where out of habit you refer to your co-educators as "teacher so-and-so" even when there aren't any students around] tells me that mr jun banaga [who spearheaded the project] is very generous with the paychecks. well he hired me in the first place so that's a sign already.
i almost gambled away my money though, and to my own mother, no less. she challenged me and my sister to a game of korean cards [a lot of fun, if you're into games that require both logic and luck], winner take all. luckily i had the intuition to fold right before she won.
since i have nothing better to do, i'm repeating diablo ii this vacation. i told bj that i would be taking a breather, but i just couldn't resist. i'm halfway through act ii, which is fast considering that i started two days ago and that i've decided not to use any waypoints [my usual tactic is exploring one area at a time, saving in between].
i've thought up a number of interesting plots for stories in case i get bored and want to write [right, as if that's ever going to happen]:
a. right before boarding an elevator with two friends, you get a premonition that the cable's going to snap and you're all going to die so you convince them to take the stairs instead. after a lot of arguing the three of you take the stairs but after only a few steps they both trip, fall, break their necks, and die anyway. the elevator lands safely of course.
b. you and a few friends get drunk, two of whom are girlfriend and boyfriend. you still have a crush on the girl, while the guy is your best friend. the girl gets drunk and announces that she would've picked you instead if only you weren't so damn torpe then falls asleep. your best friend is, of course, suddenly sober.
c. you introduce your girlfriend [if any] to your friends and she falls for one of them. he's not interested in her at all but since she now has eyes for him only, she breaks up with you and well...
d. you're a closet queen and one day you gathered up the courage to call a gay dating service. your blind date turns out to be your friend [or teacher or whatever]. no, this is not and never will be a yaoi lemon. asa pa.
or i could just learn a few new pieces on chami's guitar instead. for once, i've got a lot of time, and absolutely nothing to do. this is obviously the calm before the storm.
sige ingat.ΓΌ
posted by stani at 5:55 AM
my job's going fine. great, in fact, mostly because of how i've bonded with my fellow teachers. an excellent sense of humor, all of them, and manyak to boot. they don't believe in too much information either. the pay's not bad either - i got a 500 peso christmas bonus on my first day [after nothing more than interviewing two prospective students] and teacher cleofe [it seems i've contracted that disease where out of habit you refer to your co-educators as "teacher so-and-so" even when there aren't any students around] tells me that mr jun banaga [who spearheaded the project] is very generous with the paychecks. well he hired me in the first place so that's a sign already.
i almost gambled away my money though, and to my own mother, no less. she challenged me and my sister to a game of korean cards [a lot of fun, if you're into games that require both logic and luck], winner take all. luckily i had the intuition to fold right before she won.
since i have nothing better to do, i'm repeating diablo ii this vacation. i told bj that i would be taking a breather, but i just couldn't resist. i'm halfway through act ii, which is fast considering that i started two days ago and that i've decided not to use any waypoints [my usual tactic is exploring one area at a time, saving in between].
i've thought up a number of interesting plots for stories in case i get bored and want to write [right, as if that's ever going to happen]:
a. right before boarding an elevator with two friends, you get a premonition that the cable's going to snap and you're all going to die so you convince them to take the stairs instead. after a lot of arguing the three of you take the stairs but after only a few steps they both trip, fall, break their necks, and die anyway. the elevator lands safely of course.
b. you and a few friends get drunk, two of whom are girlfriend and boyfriend. you still have a crush on the girl, while the guy is your best friend. the girl gets drunk and announces that she would've picked you instead if only you weren't so damn torpe then falls asleep. your best friend is, of course, suddenly sober.
c. you introduce your girlfriend [if any] to your friends and she falls for one of them. he's not interested in her at all but since she now has eyes for him only, she breaks up with you and well...
d. you're a closet queen and one day you gathered up the courage to call a gay dating service. your blind date turns out to be your friend [or teacher or whatever]. no, this is not and never will be a yaoi lemon. asa pa.
or i could just learn a few new pieces on chami's guitar instead. for once, i've got a lot of time, and absolutely nothing to do. this is obviously the calm before the storm.
sige ingat.ΓΌ
posted by stani at 5:55 AM