Despedida Party Part 2

Yes it’s the time of the week again where you kick back and relax and wait till office hours are over so you can enjoy and have fun with friends. But sometimes, life can be so unfair. We have to sacrifice a little to gain more. And that is what exactly happened last night.

Yesterday was the day of our office transfer. All things are packed and boxed. Old files are thrown in the trash and picture frames, penholders, candy box, cardholder are kept in the pedestal drawers. And 5:00 pm came and computers are being shutdown one by one to be carried to our new office. (We are just moving 1 floor down). Everyone is excited to get it going for there is a despedida (going away) party part 2 tonight. Baet and Emmy are the ones who were assigned to oversee the transfer by our (uninvited) managers. The managers left before we even noticed that its already 7:30 pm. 1st batch of the group went ahead to Makati to have dinner and will just meet us (the 2nd batch) for drinks afterwards.

Baet, Emmy, Kim, Maya, Winnie and I had dinner at Jolibee and on our way to go to Makati when the bad news came. Baet and Emmy need to stay until all computers were set up. And that’s not all, the IT people will be able to finish it around 10:30 pm. Shit! This is not going well as planned. We phoned our officemates and told them about it and that we’ll go there as soon as everything is finished in the office. Silently, I was discussing to myself whether to go or not. But this would be the second time (in a row) that I’ll miss the despedida party. I’m sure they won’t allow me to leave, not this time. It’s 10:30 p.m. and we are all so tired, Emmy was even so tired to drive to Makati, so we just decided to have our drinks over at Oody’s bar and restaurant. I went along and told myself, I’ll just leave around 11:30.

We arrived at Oody’s Bar to see that there is only 1 table being occupied by 3 guys. Which is odd on a Friday night, since they are usually full and its not even midnight yet. And so we chose to be seated at the corner of the room, and ordered some drinks and nuts and shrimp crackers. I orderd a bottle of Vodka Ice (a first time for me) and so did Maya, Baet and Kim. While Emmy orderd a drink that I cant remember the name… all I know is it’s in a cocktail glass. And guess what? We had a Blast! We just laugh and laughed with tears. We toast for Emmy and Maya’s new careers and laughed at Baet’s funny antics. Emmy orderd one round of tequila shot for all of us. And since Maya is the youngest of the bunch (don’t worry, she’s old enough to drink), we have to convince her to take a shot at it. The first and last time she did it was on her birthday party last year (that was July). I’m already tipsy when Fritz arrived to join us. Good thing he had a camera phone and took a picture of this special event. And you might think the night is over but your wrong. Its 12 midnight and Emmy is still in the mood for dancing so they called up our officemates who are still in Makati and decided to go and meet with them at Temple Bar. I decided not to come along but when I saw my face in the washroom, all reddish and even have eye bugs. I obviously looked like a person who is tipsy and had some drinks. I was scared to go home alone in a bus. Then, I thought of just staying at my fiancé’s apartment for the night in Makati. So I went along with Maya, Kim and Emmy to Makati. Temple Bar was packed. So we just settled with some great conversations with our officemates who were already there, seated outside the bar and having drinks. I didn’t drink anymore, coz I know if I take in another amount (even a sip) of alcohol, I’ll surely puke. We stayed until 2 am and Rico was kind enough to drop me off at Adrian’s place. I sure did have a great sleep.

Looking forward to the Grand Despedida Party next Friday. It’s a “drop everything what you’re doing at 7:30pm” kinda party. So this means a whole lot of drinking and party all night till dawn.

Laughing trip ito! Obvious ba na lasing na si baet? She's laughing like Fran Drescher of "The Nanny".

L-R: Baet, Kim, me, Maya and Emmy. Di halata na namumula na ang mukha namin ni Maya. Who wants an Eyebugs??!!

Looking into the future

After almost a month of waiting (27 days to be exact). I received an invitation (again) for an interview from a well-known financial institution. But my intuition is so strong, it actually came true. My intuition says that He might cancel on me again. And true enough, I got an SMS message saying "...can we cancel interview later ...sorry for this.. Will get in touch with you again". I was disappointed for this is the second time that he cancelled my interview. Though I know that I don’t have the right to complain because I’m the one who needs him ...(to free me from my current employer), but its just so depressing that your looking forward to something and when its already with in hours reach, it just goes the other way. If this is a test of patience, oh I’m surely passed with flying colors. I just hope and pray that in the end of it all, everyone is happy.

I texted my fiancé and ask him to meet me after work because I’m depressed. And to release my depression, I roam around the mall (our office is inside a shopping mall. how convenient for a Shopaholic like me!). And I was excited when I saw this shirt on a mannequin at SPACE boutique. Is says: "I Can’t Work All Day, I Have A Lot of Shopping to Do". Haha! Its sooo for me! So I fitted the shirt in all its colors (except for white, they don’t allow fitting of white colored shits), fuchsia, black and orange. I bought the one in orange because it goes well with my khaki colored string pants. For a moment I felt okie.

After office, I went to Glorietta to meet Adrian. We ate at Subway because he’s collecting these stickers so he can get a free sandwich and gift. He already completed the gift card so he’s entitle to get the final gift, a book written by Subway’s Co-Founder Fred DeLuca entitled: START SMALL FINISH BIG, Fifteen Key Lessons to Start-and Run-Your Own Successful Business. Here is a review on the book from a reader:

"Since my business ran into problems, I found this book to be the inspirational "pick me up" that I needed. After reading it, I found the courage to restructure my business, continue and increase sales. The book reminds one how to simplify things and how to keep your eye on the ball. This book is a must read for all aspiring entrepreneurs!"

review written by: An inspired reader, March 16, 2002 for Amazon.com

Last year, Maya’s mom did a palm reading on me and Adrian. She said that I’m more inclined to get into my own business in the future. This might be the start of it. I’m so excited to read this book, can’t wait to finish up Shopaholic and Sister.

The perfect Job for me is...

Want to know the Perfect JOB for you? check this out!

Thanks Echa for sharing this one.

Wedding Count Down

exactly 7 months to go before I thee Wed. Looking forward to the bridal fair in Megamall on Feb 12...be sure to visit the True Wedding Story blog on Feb 13 to know the details :)

saving files can save you

Disaster took hold of me last night. I accidentally deleted my blog template. It happened so fast, I didn’t even realize what I have done until I previewed my blog. The only thing I saw was the heading and the html code (<$BloogerSomething$> and the rest are blank. No menu bar, no side links, no post, nothing. And what’s worst is that I don’t have a back up file of my precious masterpiece. Panic ran over me and instinct said to call my fiancé and ask him to download the template again (there’s something wrong with my winzip, I get an error message every time I open the file). I had a flicker of hope for a second and it all disappeared when he said that he’s playing (the never ending online game – Khan) and he needs a level up. Arrgh! I was so angry but couldn’t do anything since he’s thousands of kilometers away from my home. It was around 11pm and the clock is ticking, so I did everything in what I thought could possibly bring my blog back to life. I tried downloading the html codes of the template again for the nth time but still receiving the same errors over and over again. I then downloaded an updated version of winzip (thinking thatI might be using the lower version)but still the errors kept on coming. As my left and right brain worked hand in hand to solve my problem, I got an idea to view the source of a sample ad template which had the same layout as mine. Though in different color combination, it was the least of my problem. I then opened a standard blogger template and compared both side by side so I can get the exact placement of each html commands. And after 4 long ghastly hours of trial and error preview and clear edits and undos. I’ve finally got the right codes in place and my blog is back to normal.

[Sorry to Echa, who browsed through my blog last night and saw the error]Now, you guys know what happened last night. I know there’s no one to be blamed for what happened but me. But I’m only human, I commit mistakes you know and besides it was an unfortunate accident. I’m not an IT person, so saving online data on a local file is not a second nature to me. It doesn’t come naturally. So now, every time I’m editing my template, a notepad is always open for saving the new file.

So, SAVE your Files! It can save you from sleepless nights.