insomiac

i'm slacking off today, although i know today is a blackout day and i have tons of work to do. today is supposed to be my 1st day of work, but i still didn't have any sleep since i woke up at 3 pm yesterday. i don' know why... but i'll be absent simply because if i go to work today, it means i need to be awake for another 12 hours or so. i don't want to fall asleep during my shift or i'll get a CA... so better choose the lesser evil (which will only make me incur 2 attendance points... bye bye complimentary leave!) i know i still have 9 days to live, but why risk it... right?

Post It!

I was not able to post as regularly as before here in my Blogger account a.k.a. Multiply blog (since I cross post hehehe). Some things were keeping me busy lately. First, I've been searching for the goddamn "Romantic Princess" opening theme song (Chun and Ella singing together... weee!!!). My search ended up in a 1 minute and 33 second demo version of the song. Aside from that, I stupidly recorded the opening theme from the TV directly to my phone. Hehehe. Yes, I'm an obsessed fan. I already know that.

Second, I've made two new blogs. one is As Told by Keisi which pretty much contains some of my entries here. The second one is An Angels Realm where I post my stories and poems. Anyway, I'm also working on a series of short story that I will post on Winglin's 9,999 roses which aims to collect 9,999 short love stories before Valentines day of 2009. The idea is really good so I decided to join just for fun.

Third, I've been busy finding a someone's pic... whoever that is... well... he's the guy... uhh... hmmm... well... you know how I really really like Fahrenheit and S.H.E. right?

so basically that's the things that's been keeping and bugging me lately

As I surf channels, and eventually changing channels from CTV to watch "Corner with Love", and Jack TV to watch "MadTV", I cam across a teaser for an upcoming Taiwanese Series. At first, I thought it's a different series, but then I saw Wu Chun's face at the end of the teaser. Whopee! Romantic Princess's gonna be shown soon!

But...

If I'm going to watch this, it means I might not be able to watch "Ying Ye 3 Jia 1" or even "Why Why Love", which, by the way, I haven't watched that much because of "18 Jin Bu Jin". Arrgghhh... it's really hard to chose between cute guys and nice series...

And another but...

From what I have noticed, Wu Chun does not sing in some of the Fahrenheit's songs, especially that one that's included in the Hana Kimi OST. It breaks my heart because he's part of that group, and he's supposed to sing a lot of parts, just like Jiro Wang. I just hope that if the OST for Romantic Princess would come out, Chun would have his solo song. Just for the heck of it.

Goodbye, Wakefield Twins... Goodbye Childhood Memories... Goodbye, Past...

Since Grade School, I have always been a fan of Sweet Valley. I remember eating my lunch as I could so that I could go to the library and read the misadventures of Jessica and Elizabeth. I would save money to get the latest copy of their book, or badger my mom to buy 3 books for me. Whenever I read their stories, I felt like I'm part of it. Sometimes, I wish that I could be one of the twins, either Jessica or Elizabeth. I grew up with them. I share their experience. I learned more about teenage life because of the twins and their friends.

When the publishers of Sweet Valley High came up with the secret diaries or Jessica and Elizabeth, I remember buying all the three parts of Jessica and Elizabeth's secret diaries. It's because not all of the copies of Sweet Valley High could be found on the Grade School Library, and there was no copy at all at the Day High School Library. I assume that the College Library and the Graduate Studies Library have a copy of it. I also enjoyed reading the Saga series, which tells the story of Sweet Valley and the families who lived there. Too bad, I was only able to read the Patman Saga and the Wakefield Saga. I was not able to buy the Fowler Saga since I didn't have money that time, and I was not able to find a copy of the other Wakefield Saga. I tried to complete the Sweet Valley University series and the Sweet Valley Senior High series, but I wasn't able to do so. I proudly display my Sweet Valley collection on our bookshelf. I have always thought that my collection was priceless.

I use to read the books while waiting for the school bus to leave the school premises, when I'm bored, when I'm waiting for my lil sis, when I needed to do a book report or book review in our English class. I used to share opinions about a certain copy of Sweet Valley to my fellow classmates, who are as addicted as I am. I borrow books from my classmates whenever they got a new copy of SVH. I even watched the TV Series, but it didn't impress me much since the story line is different from what I have read in SVH.

What I didn't liked about SVH, is that the timeline and the plots are quite... uhmmm.... impossible and unrealistic. Who, tell me, who in their right mind would stay in Junior High for more than 10 years? How can all the stories happen when there are only 12 months a years, and 10 months in a school year? It's a little bit weird that I was reading about Jessica and Elizabeth, who are in their junior year, when I was in Grade 5, and yet, I'm still reading about Jessica and Elizabeth who are still in their junior year when I'm already about to start my senior year! Weird! I can't believe a lot of things happen to them during their junior year, and yet, only a few interesting and exciting things happened to me when I was in third year high. I was glad that after the traumatic earthquake that hit Sweet Valley, Jessica, Elizabeth and the gang were able to move to another level. I only got to read the first series of SVH Senior High, since I felt that reading these books is a bit to childish. Right after I graduated from High School, and before I start college, I decided to clear my bookshelf and keep the Sweet Valley books in our "bodega".

Last Wednesday, I found out that most of my Sweet Valley books, together with the other novels and books that I have bought way back in high school, were eaten by termites. The only thing left are small pages and cover, and somewhat unreadable pages. My precious Sweet Valley series collection is gone. For a while, I wanted to cry. I was saving those books for my little Chloe Reese, or for my cousin. Too bad... together with Sweet Valley, a bigger part of me was also eaten by termites - my childhood memories, my past, and my dreams. It was because of Sweet Valley that I desired to be a novelist. I remember before, I tried to write a series of stories just like Sweet Valley, but I was to lazy to finish it. But I guess, it's better that way. I stashed SVH before, hoping that I could finally move on and grow up, but then those books are the only links I have with my past...

That reminds me... I remember I put a love letter between the pages of one of my books... I hope that letter's got eaten by the termites too!

what a life...

gaya ng inaasahan ko, walang nangyari sa kin sa apat na araw na wala akong pasok. walang lakad, walang gimik, walang pera (kasi tinitipid ko yung pera ko). kaya ang ginawa ko na lang eh nanood ng tv. nanood ng tv. naNood ng Tv. NaNoOd Ng tV.

di rin naman ako makalabas kasi biglang umuulan ng hapon. kaya wala talaga akong choice kundi manood ng tv. o di ba?

isa pang magandang nangyari sa buhay ko, nasira na naman yung computer ko. balak ko na sanang tapusin yung chapter 30 ng novel ko at ibackup yung mga mp3 na dinownload ko. kaso, natuluyan na yung computer ko. boot na lang siya ng boot. ayaw na niyang pumunta sa post. kahit buksan ko siya n alas-singko ng madaling araw at buksan ng alas-singko ng hapon, hindi na siya bumubukas. buti na lang pala, nabackup ko yung mga importanteng files ko gaya ng mp3, resume, quotes, lyrics, pictures, sad quotes... di ko lang naisalba yung research papers ko at yung mga documentations ko para sa mga prototype namin. bad trip

pero ok lang din, kasi nung sabado may 2 akong nadiskubreng taiwanese series - yung "smiling pasta" starring cyndi wang, tsaka yung "ying ye 3 jia 1" starring joe chen and ming dao.

oo nga pala, before pala ng off ko, nanalo ako ng gift check sa starbucks. 100 pesos lang, at di ko pa nagagamit... well... balak ko namang gamitin nung sabado kaso nga di ako umalis di ba?? at gulat naman ako, pinicturan pa ako para dun... para ata may katibayang binigay na yung gift check ko di ba? hehehe

ang VL kong walang kwenta

nakaleave ako bukas. *bored tone* yipee. may dahilan kung bakit nagleave ako bukas. dapat pupunta kami ng EK ng mga amoretto, kaso ang galing galing nila yung iba mga di nagsipagleave. dapat rin bukas magkikita kami nina pie, kaso si gaga may pasok. dapat manonood kami ng sine ni maan, kaso di pa sya nagtetext. malamang eh wala sa mga lakad na yun ang matutuloy. haaayyy... inaasam asam ko pa naman yung araw na yun

Barkada Moments Part 4 - Death

Saturday.

It was supposed to be an ordinary day. For the past days, I haven't seen Coco online. All the while, I thought she was just busy preparing her papers for Affinity. Just then, around 5 in the afternoon, she signed in to her IM.

The first thing that she told me, is that her 97-year old grandma dies in her sleep last week monday. (Correct me please...) she was the lola who lovingly greets us when we hang out at Coco's house when they still lived in Sikatuna Village. She was like a lola to all of us.

I was surprised with what happened. I immediately texted Pie, informing her that about what happened, and to my surprise, she ALREADY knew about Coco's grandma's death. I was the last one to know. Nobody EVER informed me about that.

Her lola was cremated last Saturday. She died last Monday. If I have known, I could've come to her lola's wake last Tuesday, but as I mentioned above, I was the last one to know! I felt really guilty with that. Coco was there when my grandma died 7 years ago. I wanted to console her, but since it was too late, I just gave my condolences through IM.

I felt a little furious... why didn't my friends told me about it? I confronted Pie about it (although I really have no plan of talking to her) last Sunday, and asked her why she didn't tell me about it. She explained that she heard about it from Chris (our "so-called" tropa), she got a text message from her, thinking it was sent to all because of the word "Guys" on her message. Fine... Chris knows my number, but why didn't she even bothered to send me that message? I was mad because I wasn't there for Coco, and I was mad because I found out too late? Nobody bothered to tell me that! Sheesh!

Mga dapat isama sa budget (bi-weekly)

1. earphones - kasi madalas masira ang earphones ng mp3 ko. meron palang P105 na earphones sa anson... dun na lang ako bibili
2. load ng celphone - kahit di ako tumatawag at nagtetext, kailangan ko ng load pandownload ng games
3. gamot - kailangan ko yung maintenance sa hypertension, gamot para sa kidney at fatty liver ko
4. gatas- yung non fat
5. chocolate
6. donut
7. food allowance sa bahay
8. allowance ng nanay ko
9. panghulog sa bangko

mukhang kailangan ko ng trabahong mas malaki ang sweldo ah....

Happy Anniversary!

Ngayong araw na ito, one year na akong nagtatrabaho sa RMH. Mahigit isang taon na rin pala mula nung huli akong nag-apply sa ibang kumpanya. So far, eto na yung pinakamatagal kong stay sa call center. 8 months lang kasi ako dati sa Sitel eh.

Pero ngayon anniversary ko dito, parang dinapuan ako ng mala. Yung QOS ko at tumataginting na 0%. Yung calls ko, nagkalat pa ako. Wala akong makitang kabatch na sisigawan ng "Happy Anniversary!".

Pero masaya na rin kasi yung pinakaaasam asam kong jacket ay mapapasakin na. Minsan iniisip ko, ano na ba next step ko? Magreresign na ba ako at maghahanap ng trabaho, o mananatili muna ako dito? May napatunayan na ba ako o wala pa rin? Kaya ko na bang lumipat ng ibang kumpanya o dito muna ako? Susunod na ba ako sa yapak nung mga kabatch kong umalis o susundan ko yung yapak ng mga taong nanatili dito? Mag-aaply ba ako ng non-agent position o hindi? Teka... nag-apply na pala ako... ano na kaya nangyari dun? hmmm....

Siguro kung hindi ako nalipat ng chat support, hindi ako magtatagal dito. Anyway, 8 months na rin naman akong hindi nagtetelepono. Ngayon na lang ulit at paminsan minsan lang.

Kung lilipat ako, san kaya magandang lumipat?

Ah Ewan! Happy Anniversary na lang sa kin.... sana hindi magbago ang isip ko at manatili pa sana ako dito ng mahanbang panahon (unless tawagan ako ng isang malupit na IT Company o Software Company at iconsider nila ako kahit hindi ako graduate di ba?)

Pakibukas nga yung ilaw!!! Grrrr

Umuwi ako ng bahay kagabi mula sa 11 hours na shift plus 34 minutes na OT to find na naputulan na kami ng ilaw. Taena, nakikikabit na lang nga sa kapitbahay, di pa mabayaran yung ilaw. Kung sana yung pinanggimik nung taong responsable sa pagbabayad ng ilaw eh pinambayad niya agad ng ilaw, di sana kami magkakaproblema ng ganito.

Sanay naman ako sa bahay pag walang ilaw. Dumating din kasi yung time na hals 3 buwan kaming walang ilaw kasi hindi nabayaran. Hindi siya nabayaran kasi pinanggastos nung magaling kong tito yung perang pambayad ng ilaw sa beerhouse. Gusto nya nung time na yun na magdusa kami ng nanay ko. Ewan ko kung ano ang motibo nya ngayon kung bakit di niya binayaran yung kuryente. Siguro gusto niya ako magbayad nun.

Hello!!!! Ako na nga sa pagkain, ako pa magbabayad ng ilaw? Kami na nga nag-aalaga sa maldita nyang anak, kami pa sasagot nun? Ang lakas kumain nung asawa niya kaya minsan pag niluluto na yung ulam para hanggang sa gabi, hindi siya umaabot ng gabi dahil nilalamon ng asawa niya!

Bad trip talaga... pakibukas ng yung ilaw!!! #$%#@#$$T%

Extension

OO... nagextend ako sa trabaho... apat na oras na akong nakatanga dito, nagsuslat ng entry, nakasulat na ng tula, nakapanood ng first episode ng corner with love, kim sam soon, KO, part 1 ng a millionaire's first love, episode 4 ng weiss kreuz, 5 music video ng S.H.E. Hanggang ngayon, wala pa si giong bakla... hindi ko alam kung nag e-day sya, kung absent, kung chumecherky ever... pero ok lang. Salamat kay eugene at kahit papano makakapag OT kahit papano, pambawi sa E-day at aux 9 ko.

haaay... nasan na kaya si gio?

Calls!

Nagcalls ulit ako kanina mga 11:00 AM. Medyo ngarag na naman ako pero infairness to me, OK naman ako magcalls. Naingayan lang ata sa kin yung ibang chat agents hehehe...

Nakakalito lang pero buti na lang puro transfers yung mga calls na nakukuha ko. Ang nakakainis lang naman sa telepono eh pag may bad connection. Parang may bad connection ata tong headset ko, kaya minsan di ko mainitindihan yung mga customers ko. Yung headset ko ba yung may problema o yung tenga ko?

Buti na lang pumasa na sa SL ang L1 Phones... balik na naman ako sa petiks mode!

Bata, bata, paano ginawa ang bola?

Shocking ang nangyari sa akin last Saturday...

Binalita ng nanay ko na naarbor nya sa tita ko yung isang bagay na pinakaaasam asam ko. Akla ko pa naman, yung laptop na yung naiuwi nya, yun pala yung bolang bilog (ala LJ) yung inuwi niya. Medyo dismayado ako pero ok na yun kasi inaasam asam ko rin yun (kasabay ng pagasam ko dun sa laptop).

In fairness sa bola, ang hirap niyang gawing bola at lagyan ng hangin sa loob. Bago ko siya nalagyan ng hangin, nakaburn na ako ng estimated 10000 calories. Solve naman sa pagbomba ng hangin kasi para ka na ring nagexercise, kaso parang sumakit yung carpal tunnel ko sa kakabomba.

Kinaumagahan, pinilit kong gumising at tumayo mula sa pinakamamahal kong kama at sinubukan kong magexercise gamit yung bolang yon. Masaya namanmagexercise kama ang bolang iyon, kaso kakapagod kaya naisipan kong matulog ulit matapos magexercise. The next day, ganun din ang ginawa ko pati nung Tuesday. Di ko na ginamit yung bolsa nung Wednesday dahil masakit ang tyan ko...

Anyway, nung Sunday naman, may unexpected visitors naman sa bahay - yung asawa ng nakakabatang kapatid ng lola ko at tsaka yung apo niyang si Dennis. OK lang naman yun para at least eh may kalaro yung maldita at sutil kong pinsan. Pero parang feeling ko, masstress ako ng sobra dahil dalawa na ang bata sa bahay. Isama mo pa yung lolo ko na makulit...

Una, di ako masyadong makapanood ng TV dahil si Dennis ay nanonood ng cartoons. Kaya kahit gusto kong manood ng Arirang o ng CTS o ng Discovery channel, mukhang di ako makakalusot sa batang ito.

Pangalawa, pag magakasama si Jena at si Dennis, ang gulo ng mundo ko. Ang gulo nila at ang likot, kahit sawayin ko sila na wag pupunta sa kwarto ko, pupunta pa rin sila dun at maglalaro. Wala na akong privacy. Sumasakit na yung ulo ko sa kanila.

Pangatlo, palaging nag-aaway tong dalawang batang ito. Ang nakakainis pa eh masyadong pasaway yng dalawa. Palagi kong pinaaalalahanan si Dennis na magtsinelas kasi maalikabok yung floor sa taas. Pwede na ngang magtanim ng kamote sa kapal ng dumi sa paa nun eh. Tapos, ang baaaggggggggaaaaaaaaallllllll niyang kumain. Si Jena naman, napaka bratty naman. Pagnakuha nya yung isang bagay sa kwarto ko, kanya na yun. Wala nang balikan. Kaya ayokong pinaakyat ng room ko yung spoiled brat na yun eh. Kailangan pang daanin sa dahas yung batang yun.

Sabi nila, patience is a virtue, pero nauubos na ang patience ko sa mga batang ito.

sa wakas ulit (may p.s. to di ba?)

wala akong paki kung poser yung account na yun, let's just pretend na siya yun! Oh Joy! Oh Happiness! Oh my god!!!!

sa wakas... (part two na ba ito? ah ewan...)

sa wakas...

NASA FRIENDSTER KO NA SI CHUN!
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What a happy life! What a happy dream! Somebody pinch me please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Third attempt

It is third, lame attempt to add Chun sa friendster. Di ko alam kung yun talaga yung account nya, or poser sya. Pero who knows naman di ba? Baka sakali lang...

Barkada Moments Part 3 - Kape

After ng shift ko nung sabado, nagkita kami ni Coco Jam para magkape. Actually, dapat manonood kami ng "Transformers" kaso dahil walang sinuweldo si coco at wala rin akong pera kahit kasusuweldo ko lang, napagdesisyunan na lang namin na magkape sa pinakamalapit na kapihan. Dapat isasama namin si Pie-tots, kaso, kahit sweldo din nya nung byernes at nakuha na nya ang backpay nya sa Owwwwsss, la pa rin sya pera dahil di pa nya napaencash yung tseke, at kailangan nyang magbigay ng pera kay Tita Shirley for her MRI.

Umaga pa lang, pinaguusapan na namin kung san kami magkikita ni Coco. sa McDo Quezon Ave kami nagkita. Tapos nung hapon, tumawag si Pie-tots sa kin kasi nga hindi sya makakasama.

Dahil alam kong late si coco, nagstay muna ako sa office ng hanggang quarter to 9. Pagdating ng 9 PM, pumunta na ako sa Mcdo. In fairness, di sya late ngayon ha? Dapat sa Timog kami magkakape, kaso niyaya ko na lang siya sa Starbucks dito sa Loop para malapit. Nagkuwentuhan ng konti, uminom ng kape, tumambay ng 2 oras, nagkuwentuhan tungkol sa buhay buhay (at oo, tinanong ko SIYA), at pinilit ko syang lumipat ng trabaho at tanggapin na yung offer sa Affinity para naman makagimik na kami. 11na kami nakauwi, at in fairness na naman, sabay kami umuwi. Nagjeep lang kami at nadaanan namin yun entrance sa Sikatuna Village. duna dati nakatira sina Coco at Claire, at dun kami madalas tumambay ng tropa sa bahay nila. Naalala ko nun, da best tumambay sa kanila, lalo na dun sa office nila dati. Kami kami lang.

Sabay hirit si Coco ng "Simula nung magcollege tayo, di na tayo masyadong nagkakasama..." syempre naman. Busy busyhan na lahat ng tao eh. Guamagawa ng report, nag-aaral para sa exam, buti nga kahit papano, intact parin kami. Nakakamiss yung dati pero ganun talaga. Naghiwalay kami sa Aurora. Sabay sa pagbuhos ng ulan, nagpaalam na kami sa isat isa at tumakbo para sumilong.

new look

http://thetopsyturvyworldofkeisi.blogspot.com


una sa lahat, naasar ako. bakit sa mozilla, ang ganda ng design ng blog ko dito sa blogspot? as in maayos sya? bakit sa IE, hindi? bakit? bakit? BAKIT!!!!

napilitan tuloy akong magbago ng template... huhuhuhu... goodbye trebuchet na font, goodbye sa links ko ng story, goodbye sa link ko ng favorite entries, goodbye sa navy blue background, at goodbye sa avatar ko sa weeworld. gosh... kainis na naman!!!

speaking of new look, nagpagupit ako last sunday. in fairness, nung araw na yun ay kahit papano, naging kamukha ko si ella chen. ganito yung look ko:

ganda ko di ba? nyahahahahahaha!

Telepono

Alam kong darating ang panahong kailangan kong bumalik sa pinanggalingan ko. At alam ko ring darating ang panahon kung kailan kailangan kong magtelepono muli. At nangyari na nga iyon kanina...

Dahil kaninang 10:30, pinagcalls ako ng RTA. HUWAAATTT??? Oo. Kaya pala may urge akong dalhin ang foam ng headset ko, kaya pala nag-aral ako ng web tree ng phones. AH, kaya pala!

Sobrang ngarag yung unang call ko. Feeling A-bay baga. Nalito pa ako dun sa path ng sign-in kasi puro Auto Care. Auto Care. auto care. AuTo CaRe. Which makes me wonder, pano kung di talaga makasign in yung customer at di makaconnect sa internet? Kailangan i mano-mano yun di ba?

Medyo irate yung customer ko kanina nung inassist ko, eh kasi ilang araw o buwan na siyang di makasign in eh. Nagtroubleshoot ako ng konti tapos inescalate ko na. Tapos, tapos na. Ngarag. Yun lang. Ayoko nang ulitin kaso asa pa ako. For sure bukas ay tatawagan nila ako para magcalls ulit. Ang masaklap nun, tatatlo lang kami ngayon, queuing rin kami kasi nagmultisession ako. 12 PM pa dapat ako magchachat, sa awa ng Dyos, nagqueuing sina Ailene at Suzie. Yey, chat time uli!

Naway bukas hindi ako mag calls...

a very long weekend

• my weekend started last saturday. nag e-day ako para tumulong magprepare for tagaytay the next day. (unfortunately, na NCNS ako... haaayyy...) feeling ko, nagkamuscle ako sa pagtatadtad ng baboy for the sisig. akala namin ni ate jenny, mga 9 pm na kami natapos. sa awa ng Dyos, mga 6 pm tapos na yung sisig
• di na ako natulog nung saturday night. cable marathon ito! if i'm not mistaken, nanood ako nung atlantis sa disney channel tsaka the party planner sa discovery travel and leisure, tapos maurry tsaka jerry springer (na di ko natapos)
• sunday morning, umalis na kami. first stop, sa bahay ng tita ko sa lemery (manila). tapos, nagkape (ng marami) at inantay sina mommy.
  
• tumuloy na kami sa tagaytay... at may natutunan akong bagong word - pinyahan rice terraces
• lumamon at naglibot sa tagaytay
• natulog sa van
• nagaway yung tito ko at si ate jenny, natulog sa van
• umuwi
• bumili ng kung anek anek
• natulog ulit sa van
• umuwi ng bahay
• matutulog sana kaso... ganda nung chinese series sa cts at ctv tapos may concert pa ang SHE weeee!!!!
• natulog ng late
• natulog
• natulog
• natulog...