Gay is busy screaming her tonsils out while she and Chu and Junjun are watching a horror movie on somebody’s laptop in the living room. And it doesn’t help that Chu is startling her as well. People, it’s almost 11. What will the neighbors say? Last night Chu and I watched a movie in Glorietta […]
Missing You Already
In the midst of the awarding ceremonies, Chu and I made our way over to Boss Ed, our favorite director and part of our “office barkada.” I was pointing to Chu, indicating that he should be congratulated for being so “showy” and garnering an award. Instead, he took my hand and shook it, congratulating me. […]
A Round of Applause
I just tendered my resignation from my current job awhile ago. One of the partners told the other one not to allow me, and tried to discourage me by saying that my new job will be boring and that it will only provide good compensation and benefits in the beginning. Whatever. P&G has always been […]
Climbing Mt Maculot, Batangas {Deetour}
I wrote this in my diary last March 7: I just got back home about an hour ago from Batangas. That was where Mt. Maculot, the mountain we climbed, was located. I met up with Jeannine and her husband Bob at the bus stop near the LRT Buendia station at lunchtime yesterday. Then we rode […]
Can This Be Love?
Our apartment “handyman” was installing a doorknob over the weekend (our old doorknob wouldn’t open from the outside anymore) and we girls were busy watching him when our other housemate suddenly broached an interesting topic: “How can you tell if you’re in love?” It’s a cliché, sure, but that particular question coming from that particular […]
Weight Woes
Most of my officemates give me THAT look whenever I unwrap a sandwich for lunch. They seem to have this idea ingrained into their heads that a meal is never complete without rice and that anyone (me, in this situation) who would do without rice would be better off sticking a knife into herself rather […]
Living In
One of the questions our landlady asked us when we checked out our place was, “Are you sure you guys can cohabit peacefully?” We responded with a strong “yes.” Perhaps she was afraid eight people living under the same roof would eventually turn on each other. Perhaps she believes in the saying, “Familiarity breeds contempt.” […]
Distinguished Guests
We girls were watching “Interview with the Vampire” on my laptop in our living room when Maya’s voice came from outside the window asking us to open the door. I opened it after her persistent knockings. But instead of her, who should come in but Johann, our college batchmate, the one we hadn’t seen since […]
How We Found Our Home Sweet Home in Makati
“There’s no place like home,” says Dorothy of Oz. How right she is. When Gay, Zenie and I first came to Makati, we stayed in the Dursleys’ boarding house. No, they weren’t really the Dursleys, that was just what we called them because living in their abode was very much like how Harry Potter must’ve […]
REFreshing
It’s midnight, and I’m wearing a spaghetti-strapped top and boxer shorts with the electric fan turned up high. But I’m tossing and turning in bed, unable to sleep, as the sweat trickles down my neck. Agh! It’s so WARM!! It’s summer indeed. There are signs everywhere – halo-halo being sold on every stoop, brightly-colored bikinis […]