Monthly Archives: April 2008

A place to call home?

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An overdue kwento, as requested by Ate…

When I accepted the offer for my new job, I had one major problem. Where will I stay? It was a concern because, I was leaving for Dubai a day after I received the offer, and coming back just before the new work starts. So the looking for a new place was going to be difficult because of time constraints. While in Dubai, I searched online for possible places so that when I get back, I would just go straight. But it didn’t happen the way I wanted it to. I was searching and negotiating and emailing prospect landlords and roommates, but none of them seemed to fit my bill – decent price, close to work, available by mid April. I had to ask my friend who hosted me before if I could bum at her place for a few days, which thankfully she did. Heaven sent!

When I got back, I went to the office the very next day. Our HR said that I still needed to do my medical to get my work pass. I asked if I could just start the week after, so that I could look for a place as well, while waiting for the medical report. It was a go, so my next agenda was to look for a place. Continue reading →

Day 6, although feels like a month already

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My head’s bursting. What with 2 nights wee morning hours of overtime, in a row, I badly need sleep. I think, for some reason, the world is telling me, “okay, you’ve had your fun for almost 3 months, now it’s time to work”.

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I had something to share about work earlier. But I FORGOT about it already. MEMORY GAP, waahh!

Anyhow… I’ll just go home and continue my blog later…

I miss you guys. (Pinas, Dubai, Canada and plus plus) Write me something………………………………….

all work and no play

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It’s officially my first week on the job. I haven’t really given time to tell you about it. Only because, even if it’s my first week… it’s overtime galore already! My gash! Day 2 caught me staying till midnight… and apparently that was normal. That was midnight, and giving up. My colleague stayed on and went home at 4am. Huwhat?!

Oh and here’s another thing – I don’t have access to YM, skype, meebo or whatnots. I don’t have access to any of the blogs. I don’t have access to anything! If I need access to any website, I’d need IT’s help. And I’m not about to tell IT that I need to update my blog or write an entry. Also I don’t want to send personal emails from my office email, as I’ve heard, that this gets screened as well. Huwhat, again?!

Anyway, I’ll get up to speed by the weekend.

a shot of B52

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When I was in Dubai, I had only one night of gimmick. I did say that I was at home most of the time, but there was one night when I stayed over at my friend, Loida‘s place, because we were going to a shoot the next day. I had dinner already, she hasn’t, so she took me to a bar/restaurant place in Aviation Club, where she could have dinner, and I could have some drinks. Loida ordered for me a bullfrog that she said was made up of 6 or 7 concoctions including vodka, tequila, gin and rum (correct me if I’m wrong). After that, she ordered two shots of B52s (which was basically Baileys with another liquor), for each of us.

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A part of my geeky side

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I don’t think I’m a geek. I told Ate once that I used to be a Student Assistant in school, and she said that SAs were geeks. Mind you, we weren’t geeks. We were so cool that we had, not just one, but several tambayans (hangout places) all over campus – i.e. the computer labs. We were so cool that on our free time, we get paid to stay in our tambayan. Find UK Solicitors

Okay, so maybe that’s not a great example of how not a geek I am. In all fairness, SA-days were my most memorable moments in college. However geeky it may sound. But most of my geek moments are when I play. I like playing with numbers and word games, like scrabble, sudoku, text twist, etc. I don’t enjoy the so called cool games like RPGs and what nots. I like games that makes me think. I’m also a master tetris player! Hahaha! Oldie but goodie!

My most recent game addiction however is a crazy riddle adventure game called Weffriddles. And it’s driving me crazy because I’m currently stuck at Level 13. I need help. I googled weffriddles and saw a site that gave away the answers. I didn’t open it because it was such a spoiler and I need to be the one to figure it out. At the very first level, I got so stuck but a friend helped me out of it.

If you do decide to take the game, please do not spoil it for me. Like in their forums, you may give hints, but if you give actual answers, it’ll steal the fun away. But I need help… so nice hints are okay. Find UK Solicitors

Level 1: If you’re ready to start, then go ahead. Don’t get frustrated… Sometimes the answers are just waiting in the dark.

there’s something with me and booboos

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I mean I make them all the time. One of my latest ones is leaving all my SG/KL pictures in Dubai. Find UK Solicitors That means, I don’t have pictures to upload. Sigh. I’ve been meaning to share with you pictures of the entire adventure. But since I left my “evidence”, I’m going to have to wait for them first. Hopefully get them soon, but in the meantime, I was able to create some slideshows through Smilebox. I have some KL pics there and old Feb travels (that I haven’t really shared with you yet). Do check them out here. :) I like smilebox. They’re fun and quite easy to use.

make new friends?

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I don’t really get some most of the posts of my friend Mark. It’s way too technical and it’s really rare that I’d understand what they mean. Thank goodness for pictures. Find UK Solicitors I understood this one for a change. Anyway, as he says, just copy and paste this.

I have randomly selected 5 of you below to be tagged and I hope that you will similarly publish this post in your blog. You have to tag 5 other bloggers and just keep adding on to the list. (Do not replace, just keep on adding! Yes let’s hope a long list!) It’s real easy! Tag others and see your Technorati Authority increase exponentially!

The benefits of Viral Linking:

1. One of the fastest ways to see your Technorati Authority explode!
2. Increase your Google PageRank fast
3. Attract large volume of new traffic to your site
4. Build your community
5. Make new friends!

And these are the people who already took part on this tag:

Blognation, Pinoytek, Reyna, Bluep, Kotsengkuba, Buraot, Iris, Banco De Reyna, Manilenya, Mitch, Melai, Malen, Beng, Sasha, Foolsville, Lloyd Lopez, Vance, JP Loh,Mark Q., Yevka.

Who to tag? Who still hasn’t done this ba?

Mahryska (once you get ur blog up and running again, that is)
Maeyo
Chie

I don’t have a 4th and 5th blogger anymore…