If I Had the Resources, I'd...

...treat everyone to yellow cab's hot wings! yum!
...spend a day at enchanted kingdom. miss this, been too long since my last visit.
...go to tagaytay to have a picnic.
...have tons of pictures taken, since i only get 3 good shots out of a hundred.
...treat my bf's and my family to a spa for rest & relaxation.
...spend a week at an island somewhere with no network signal! anawangin? :)
...travel. travel. travel. shop. shop. shop.
...
simple joys

now, if i had a few million, i'd invest in a house. inside a village. 2 floors with a garage, a garden, and a laundry area. 4 rooms, 3t&b.

Geeky

as repeatedly confessed, it has been a while since i've done anything besides work. so for the longest time, i haven't had the chance to do any surfing... both channel and net. thank God for the final straw (davao trip), i'm learning to say no and deviate from the company's (or probably just my boss') overworked-underpaid-theme, which is so close to slavery.

i've come upon the following items browsing through http://www.thinkgeek.com/ and as usual, the geek in me delighted in the following:
item1: these are actually application magnets. picture them on your office wall/whiteboard or on your home ref. adorable ^_^


item 2: glowing keyboard stickers. it's the cutest thing!! i wonder if they have this in neon orange...


item 3: last but not least, the ex knife holder. hahaha, i swear that's what it's called. i have nothing against my exes, pero bumenta talaga sakin ito! haha.

that's it for now.
here's to having (and enjoying) a life outside work. cheers!

Davao Trip

last week, tuesday, short notice was received that i was to fly to davao for an overnight stay (wed x thurs) to do a stand alone test on equipment i have absolutely no familiarity with and supervise a cut-over i haven't been previously informed about. i was to leave my work to someone else, not really important who and get my ass shipped to davao.

now here come the rants:
1. WTH? i can't even begin to explain how messed up this move was. there was no one even remotely competent to take over my work for me (no offense meant to colleagues. i just mean no one in the office has ever comprehensively handled my work before) since this is just a one time thing and i don't get to handle msc/mgw in the near future, i have declared it to be a waste of time and resources. for one, i'd have to still do the work i'm leaving behind and in addition, would have to consume additional time in constructing grade 1 instructions for whoever takes over in my absence.
2. so, ok, i haul myself to davao, and ask for a hotel recommendation. i then ask for someplace near the site. boholand inn... of all god-forgotten places, i think this one takes the prize. since i don't have much of a choice and was at the time really really pissed off, in no mood to go search for anything else, i checked in. the creepy place was complete with mosquitoes (even though air-conditioned), dripping faucets, leaking pipes, chipped and anay-infested walls. it had the feel of a cheap motel with hidden cameras to record scandals and whatnot. but since i'm just staying there for a few hours, and would spend majority of my time on site, i tried to ignore it. BUT hell i wasn't taking anything off in that place. i'd just have to suffer 24 hours without a shower. (yeah, i know, eeew. that's how creepy the place was) the worst thing bout it was that it was far enough from supermarkets that i would have to take a jeep to get to one. needless to say, i was on starvation diet for about 24 hours. still not sure how i survived. i was so darn thirsty.
3. the stand alone test was fairly ok, and we got through it in less than 3 hours. unfortunately, the cut-over failed. if i heard correctly, similar problem was already encountered before. i guess they just didn't expect it to happen again or something. anyhoo, i was almost required to extend my stay. (--> no way short of holding me at gunpoint would i have agreed to this)
4. dragged my sorry butt back to the airport and ate. i was literally thinking "food, oh glorious food!" the meal wasn't tasty now that i try and look back, but hey, if you're hungry, everything's delicious. went back home and got this killer headache that i swear i get every time i come from davao. must be the durian stink overload.

being to misery's edge and back, i finally had my silver lining. had a nice movie marathon weekend with my wonderful bf. ^_^
all's well that ends well.

Pictures

i miss taking pictures. not really professional ones, not even those that look real good like they've been photoshopped or something. i just miss taking them. collecting, saving memories. just point-and-clicking. i'm not really gifted in this particular area. i do not have the talent nor the patience for perfect finish photos. i just really like keeping snapshots.

should've remembered to bring the digicam on last fontana trip. wishing for a trip to anawangin... 'round october. ^_^ haven't been there. sure would be nice to spend a few days far from work without cellular signal.