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Hoo yeah!

2006-06-09T03:06:00.000-12:00

My very first CSI:NY fanfic, First Visit, is finally up at ffnet. I hope some people check it out. =3
Nothing really beats that feeling of accomplishment after finishing something. Now I scamper off to make like I'm working.
(x-posted at my LiveJournal)

Celebrating the CSI franchise =P

2006-05-25T11:44:00.000-12:00

... well, actually just taking the advantage of pulling a prank on someone sleeping in the office. *snark snark snark snark snark*

Dude, read my lips: Q-U-I-E-T L-O-U-N-G-E (office's sleeping quarters, if you really wanna lie down)

But you know I still love ya, brother. ;)

I'm betting the guy's plotting for my 'demise'. =P

We work fast, so we already have one of our guys process the scene.

CSI (to the dog): So you saw the koala bear bite him on the ass, making him hit his head on teh desk...?

Mr. Koala: That ain't true mate! The headless bear here did it!

Oh, shweet. XD
(x-posted over at my LiveJournal)

Luau ♥?

2006-05-11T02:24:00.000-12:00

Despite the screw-up with the company shuttle service during the company luau, we had a really great time there. I mean, for one, we're getting paid to go there since it was considered a work day.
Most of the folks in my department managed to get there to see the men's, erm, Bikini Open *rolls eyes* and rooted for their favorite. The eight of us who got left behind and took the cab got to see the females. Heh. Brainless babe (our receptionist) won it hands down, I think. I dunno if it was the audience's vote, or the judges' vote that got counted. And they said majority of the points would be from audience impact. Sheesh...
I didn't pay attention to the rest of the events and concentrated on the 'rations' (spaghetti, pork and chicken portions for food? Hell yeah, they're rations) when we arrived. I was more fixated on dipping in the pool than anything else, thinking there won't be much time for it. But then, it turned out that we can stay there overnight, and use the cottage for free. =) Good thing that we brought extra food. The other guys did mention planning an overnight stay, or go someplace else after the luau.
So we had fun in the pool, stayed there till about 3 am, then left around 7. So now, I'm sore all over from all that swimming. But it was great. Good thing someone thought this up since we had an inkling our dear manager won't be allowing any department outing anytime soon.
Oh, I'll see if I can upload some pictures once my coworkers have them up.
(cross-posted up at my Livejournal)

Uh, update!

2006-04-21T18:38:00.000-12:00

It's been really crazy, what with the training and my imminent "floating status" since my manager could not let me go cross over to the geekier side, which is the Content Dev thing I lobbied for.
Anyway, rundown of what's gone down the last three days:
Tuesday --
Last leg of the training. I had a blast in the last three days I participated. Last day was role-playing and actually taking in calls. Well, I didn't have to take a call, of course. My colleague and myself thought that we would just observe how they did their mock calls. Aaand it ended up with us being the last to do the mock call. Truth be told, I was hoping I participated, so I can nail them wih the scenario I was cooking up in my head. Nothing very technical, just posed as a whiny, hard-to-manage 15-year-old. Good thing my colleague didn't think of killing me. She was easy on me when I posed as agent, though. But our department's dignity was still intact, thank goodness. =P
Wednesday --
Had to clock in ~~half my day!!!~~ a few hours to meet the new team I'm gonna be in. Had two of our clients fly in from Cali some days before, and they joined us for lunch. It was fun. It was weird that David, the other guy, only ate rice and a Coke for his lunch. Just. One. Cup of rice! Eating only rice was almost sacrilege even to us natives! We just have to have SOMETHING with rice, even coffee poured over boiled rice! We weren't insulted, just feeling sorry that he could have tried the native dishes.
His companion, Howard, was something else, though. He was game enough, and tried to strike up conversations. They were both really nice. It was Howard's second time here. I think David's been here several times; I haven't really noticed, but I know I've seen him before. It was really a pleasant lunch. Nothing work-related whatsoever. Well, there's this recounting of one encounter of one of our old visitors with a cross-dresser in a bar. If he hadn't asked for one of the tech trainor's car keys, he wouldn't have been told he's picking up a he. XD
After lunch, I went straight away to proofreading the charts that QA was supposed to look over. Gawd, I felt I was slammed. It was so confusing to follow the flow. Could be the initial shock, I suppose. Plus the fact I'm still playing the villain, poking holes at their work (I've done a whole lot of that in QA, thankyverymuch! =P). So I talked to the project lead, since he hasn't really talked to my boss about what I can do, and how my work's gonna be divided between them.
Thursday --
Decided to go out and buy small tokens for our foreign clients. I got worked up on getting them something before they leave after Howard mentioned that he wanted to ride a jeepney as one of his goals (the other being eating at a turo-turo--something I doubt I'll help him achieve. Taking him to eat out in a greasy spoon is NOT a good idea to impress clients. At all.) He said that he really wanted to experience something native. Our project manager had second thoughts, but did give some pointers on what to do once he does, like not wearing jewelry or watches, things like that. He didn't mention dress like the working class, too. But then again, I doubt Mr. Project Lead takes the commercial commute just like the rest of us working class do.
So I went to the nearby mall with my little niece. It was great that my sister approved, thinking the little one needed to get out more. More so that she didn't have to come with us, which was a little scary. Little one never went out without her mother, and I was kind of apprehensive of losing the kid while we went out. I was actually thinking of slipping a card in her pocket that had her name and our home address in case I DO lose her in the mall.
But the little one behaved herself. She was never one to drag you off and manipulate you into buying her something (we steered clear of the rides and the candy bars, heheh). She wasn't even difficult when we were at the toys section, either! But I bought her a toy umbrella, anyway, since she always wanted to play with our umbrellas. She liked it so much, she didn't even want me to buy her a little doll in place of it. She didn't even let me hold it, let alone leave it in the package counter. *shakes head*
It took me some time to pick out our client's souvenirs, though. I was thinking of a jeepney theme, taking off from Howard's goal of riding one. The one that looked like a toy car cost roughly $1, then the slightly bigger one made of die-cast metal cost $3.87. There were others, one made of resin ($3.27) and from actual volcanic ash ($5.32), but both looked plain and colorless, both of which doesn't really depict a jeep's colorful designs.
But I finally settled on a small crystal block (some $2.50) that somehow depicted a jeepney design in it. I have no idea how to describe it, if someone blew tiiiiiny air bubbles into the soft glass, whatever! It looked so cool, with the jeep depicted in 3D with the words "Philippines" right under it. It looked really cool and classy, something someone would not be ashamed to put on a desk. And it was at a price within the budget I was willing to spend for.
Then after shopping, we went to McDonald's so my niece would have her usual fare of french fries. I don't know if I should consider myself lucky because she was a very picky eater and would only eat that. The kid doesn't even like most burgers. She didn't even like the vanilla ice cream topping our drink. She so is missing out on a lot.
And that umbrella I bought her? Didn't let go of it even when she had her nap.
Today, Friday --
Seems like Project Lead did not talk to my manager on what I was to do today, so I went back to listening to calls. Which I didn't mind; I think I was more iffy about proofreading charts that I think I actually missed call monitoring. Well, almost, anyway. Took me almost 2 hours each on the first two I listened to. They weren't really long. But ,oh well. It's back to the grind for me.
I gave my little souvenirs away this morning. I only saw Howard this morning, and was really happy about getting it (he didn't open it, though). And in turn, he gave me two neat little items: a folding set of screwdrivers (which dad and middle sis would salivate after) and desk clock that doubles as a flashlight. That's sitting on my station right now, reminding me the time. =P
Then David came by in our department a couple of hours ago to thank me for that little souvenir. It was really nice of him. Made me feel fuzzy inside. =3

And there. Three-and-a-half day's report on what's been up with my life lately. Now I gotta get back to the grind to work myself to the ground again. Heh. Masochistic little twat, me...

Pluggage!

2006-03-11T06:11:00.000-12:00

Was finally able to load some drawings on deviantArt. Three of those are old drawings, and one a Hatori sketch I did lately. I just had to do it. I needed some semblance of escape from the work stress, or some way to escape the insanity. It gives me some sort of fulfillment to be able to show some of my work around ~~even if they're not that good~~. It might even get me drawing again. I've been feeling that, after all this time, I don't know how to draw. So I wanna re-discover how to draw again, and re-develop my traditional drawing style. The anime-style of drawing has totally corrupted me. =P
But, on my rest days, I would have to concentrate on resting. The antibiotics has screwed up my system, I think, cause I got runny nose like hell yesterday, and used up most of a roll of tissue. Hell, my nose still smarts from the tissue burns! Today, it's not as bad. Probably because I missed taking it this afternoon. I was waiting for it to get worse, since started coughing when I got home this morning. Good thing this is my last work night. But damn, I gotta listen to FIFTEEN calls! That's almost double the day's target. T__T If I didn't feel so great yesterday, I might have made the day's quota (which is eight; I did TWO. Wheee.).
Good luck to me. I'll need it.
[cross post from my Livejournal.]

Oi!

2006-02-17T08:25:00.000-12:00

Well, hello again, blog. Thinking I've ditched you? Well, I've only finally mustered the mood to write in here. Reason being is that hardly anyone checks this one. And knowing that, perhaps, gives me some false sense of security of expressing myself a bit more freely.
I've been turning turtle the past few weeks for reasons I don't know myself. Heh. Guess I've driven myself into some deep funk that I'm hesitant to pull myself out of. Why, you ask, I really don't know.
If you're asking what's keeping me busy. Of course, it's that unpleasant four-letter word: WORK. I can't seem to rally the energy to do something creative, even when I'm on my rest days. One thing I hate is when I overstay at work when my off days are up. I've been inadvertently set myself up for this at every end of my work week, thinking I can make up for it before going off. Which I do, at the cost of precious free time. *sigh*
What to do about it, I wonder? Well, of course, I kind of know the answer to that. It's the execution that's always the problem. Or the right motivation. And if it was, I haven't found it yet. But music helps a bit, specially in keeping me awake on my way to work. And I have something running in the background while listening to a call. And I noticed that listening to the background music on loop makes me more conscious of the time I'm spending on the work I'm doing. I tried working without music in the background, and I've noticed I dawdled a lot longer. Sheesh.
***
I'm taking calls now. Wonder if I can get through this without royally screwing up. Didn't get at least six hours' sleep. Dernit. And life is good.

Something to say, but...

2006-01-09T06:45:00.000-12:00

I'm bored. Bored, bored, bored, bored, bored, bored, bored, bored, bored, bored, BORED.
Am really starting to wonder if it was really worth having two journal/blogs online, when I hardly update THIS one.
Anyways, some folks can check out my LiveJournal one, if you dare.
Blech. BORED.
But I got money. Woo-freakin'-hoo. I hardly had any leaves, as far as I can recall, no absences, and only occasional tardiness. Wishing I can either buy a second-hand Smartphone or a monitor. But here's wishing. Heh.

LJ mirror post

2005-11-04T03:48:00.000-12:00

Plug, plug.

Got images up on DA. They aren't much, but at least, I have them up.

My idea of an AU Toshi. (Toshizo Hijikata from Peacemaker Kurogane)

Toshi, again. Made it in a small piece of newsprint while in a meeting. So, SO bad, me. *cackle*

Chibi version of my favorite Slam Dunk boys Rukawa, Hanagata, and Kogure. =3

Plus a preliminary outline of Kyuuzo. Too lazy to look for the image, heheh.

My site is up! Yay!!

2005-10-28T05:16:00.000-12:00

I've FINALLY gotten Lair DraejonSoul uploaded to its new home. I've already got pictures from our recently-concluded Halloween contest in the office up there. Do drop by there. ^^

Hollering

2005-09-25T03:21:00.000-12:00

Man, it's been a really long while. I'm starting to think if it's really worth keeping two journals. T_T

Had about four hours' sleep today. Had to pull in extra hours this morning to complete the days's "quota", and it didn't help that the other folks are making gossip. So who couldn't resist in listening? *sigh*

So now I'm on the verge of temporary psychosis, debating on whether I should finish a sketch I made this morning. Hm.

Some drawings of mine.

2005-09-09T06:58:00.000-12:00

Stuff I drew over a span of two months:

These I drew on MS Paint, would you believe?

This I did when I was very, VERY bored:

Not that you'd care.

2005-08-11T20:19:00.000-12:00

Take a test, yeah.

2005-07-23T13:49:00.000-12:00

Here's something I nicked off of a LiveJournal buddy.

the Prankster

(34% dark, 39% spontaneous, 22% vulgar)

your humor style:
CLEAN | COMPLEX | LIGHT

Your humor has a slightly more intellectual or even conceptual slant to it. You're not pretentious at all, but you aren't into what some would call 'low humor'. This isn't to say you wouldn't laugh at a good dirty joke, but you'd definitely prefer something clever to something moist. You probably like well-thought-out pranks and/or spoofs and it's highly likely you've tried one of these things yourself. In a lot of ways, yours is the most entertaining type of humor.

PEOPLE LIKE YOU: Conan O'Brian - Ashton Kutcher

My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:

You scored higher than 5% on dark

You scored higher than 51% on spontaneous

You scored higher than 21% on vulgar
Link: The 3 Variable Funny Test written by jason_bateman on Ok Cupid

DA Drawings

2005-07-18T18:40:00.000-12:00

Got them all loaded in my scraps section on DevArt.

Chibi Kenbu ......... Chibi Aoshi ......... Rokuji ......... Chibi Hakkai (Saiyuki)......... Chibi Souji (PMK)

Memememememememe....

2005-07-16T11:31:00.000-12:00

So I can't help it because I stayed up late since it's my sisters' fault for watching Peacemaker Kurogane. Evil little witches. =P Now I'm not in the mood to work, and would rather sulk and slack off... prolly entertain thoughts of skydiving without a parachute.

Anyway...
RULES:
1. Put your birth month in an entry.
2. Strike out anything that doesn't apply to you.
3. Bold all that apply most to you. -- I colored them red. Snarky remarks or other are mine. ^_^
4. Put all twelve months under a journal cut (for Livejournal users).

So here's mine:
FEBRUARY:
Abstract thoughts. Loves reality and abstract. Intelligent and clever.(at least, I think so...) Changing personality. (::rolls eyes::) ~~Attractive. Sexy.~~ Temperamental. Quiet, shy and humble (uh...). Honest and loyal. Determined to reach goals. Loves freedom. Rebellious when restricted. Loves aggressiveness. ~~Too~~ sensitive and easily hurt. (I have some moments. T_T) Gets angry really easily but does not show it. (some episodes of this attack, too) Dislike unnecessary things.(riiiiiiiight.) Loves making friends but rarely shows it. Daring and stubborn. Ambitious. ~~Realizing dreams and hopes. Sharp.~~ (as sharp as dodo birds can get. Ha.) Loves entertainment and leisure. Romantic on the inside not outside. ~~Superstitious and~~ ludicrous. (BWAA!!) Spendthrift. Tries to learn to show emotions.

Get yours from here:

JANUARY:

Stubborn and hard-hearted. Ambitious and serious. Loves to teach and be taught. Always looking at people's flaws and weaknesses. Likes to criticize. Hardworking and productive. Smart, neat and organized. Sensitive and has deep thoughts. Knows how to make others happy. Quiet unless excited or tensed. Rather reserved. Highly attentive. Resistant to illnesses but prone to colds. Romantic but has difficulties expressing love. Loves children. Loyal. Has great social abilities yet easily jealous. Very stubborn and money cautious.

FEBRUARY:
Abstract thoughts. Loves reality and abstract. Intelligent and clever. Changing personality. Attractive. Sexy. Temperamental. Quiet, shy and humble. Honest and loyal. Determined to reach goals. Loves freedom. Rebellious when restricted. Loves aggressiveness. Too sensitive and easily hurt. Gets angry really easily but does not show it. Dislike unnecessary things. Loves making friends but rarely shows it. Daring and stubborn. Ambitious. Realizing dreams and hopes. Sharp. Loves entertainment and leisure. Romantic on the inside not outside. Superstitious and ludicrous. Spendthrift. Tries to learn to show emotions.

MARCH:
Attractive personality. Sexy. Affectionate. Shy and reserved. Secretive. Naturally honest, generous and sympathetic. Loves peace and serenity. Sensitive to others. Loves to serve others. Easily angered. Trustworthy. Appreciative and returns kindness. Observant and assesses others. Revengeful. Loves to dream and fantasize. Loves traveling. Loves attention. Hasty decisions in choosing partners. Loves home decors. Musically talented. Loves special things. Moody.

APRIL:
Active and dynamic. Decisive and hasty but tends to regret. Attractive and affectionate to oneself. Strong mentality. Loves attention. Diplomatic. Consoling, friendly and solves people's problems. Brave and fearless. Adventurous. Loving and caring. Suave and generous. Emotional. Aggressive. Hasty. Good memory. Moving Motivates oneself and others. Sickness usually of the head and chest. Sexy in a way that only their lover can see.

MAY:
Stubborn and hard-hearted. Strong-willed and highly motivated. Sharp thoughts. Easily angered. Attracts others and loves attention. Deep feelings. Beautiful physically and mentally. Firm Standpoint. Needs no motivation. Easily consoled. Systematic (left brain). Loves to dream. Strong clairvoyance. Understanding. Sickness usually in the ear and neck. Good imagination. Good physical. Weak breathing. Loves literature and the arts. Loves traveling. Dislike being at home. Restless. Not having many children. Hardworking. High spirited. Spendthrift.

JUNE:
Thinks far with vision. Easily influenced by kindness. Polite and soft-spoken. Having lots of ideas. Sensitive. Active mind. Hesitating, tends to delay. Choosy and always wants the best. Temperamental. Funny and humorous. Loves to joke. Good debating skills. Talkative. Daydreamer. Friendly. Knows how to make friends. Abiding. Able to show character. Easily hurt. Prone to getting colds. Loves to dress up. Easily bored. Fussy. Seldom shows emotions. Takes time to recover when hurt. Brand conscious. Executive. Stubborn.

JULY:
Fun to be with. Secretive. Difficult to fathom and to be understood. Quiet unless excited or tensed. Takes pride in oneself. Has reputation. Easily consoled. Honest. Concerned about people's feelings. Tactful. Friendly. Approachable. Emotional temperamental and unpredictable. Moody and easily hurt. Witty and sparkly. Not revengeful. Forgiving but never forgets. Dislikes nonsensical and unnecessary things. Guides others physically and mentally. Sensitive and forms impressions carefully. Caring and loving. Treats others equally. Strong sense of sympathy. Wary and sharp. Judges people through observations. Hardworking. No difficulties in studying. Loves to be alone. Always broods about the past and the old friends. Likes to be quiet. Homely person. Waits for friends. Never looks for friends. Not aggressive unless provoked. Prone to having stomach and dieting problems. Loves to be loved. Easily hurt but takes long to recover.

AUGUST:
Loves to joke. Attractive. Suave and caring. Brave and fearless. Firm and has leadership qualities. Knows how to console others. Too generous and egoistic. Takes high pride of oneself. Thirsty for praises. Extraordinary spirit. Easily angered. Angry when provoked. Easily jealous. Observant. Careful and cautious. Thinks quickly. Independent thoughts. Loves to lead and to be led. Loves to dream. Talented in the arts, music and defense. Sensitive but not petty. Poor resistance against illnesses. Learns to relax. Hasty and trusty. Romantic. Loving and caring. Loves to make friends.

SEPTEMBER:
Suave and compromising. Careful, cautious and organized. Likes to point out people's mistakes. Likes to criticize. Stubborn. Quiet but able to talk well. Calm and cool. Kind and sympathetic. Concerned and detailed. Loyal but not always honest. Does work well. Very confident. Sensitive.Thinking generous. Good memory. Clever and knowledgeable. Loves to look for information. Must control oneself when criticizing. Able to motivate oneself. Understanding. Fun to be around. Secretive. Loves sports, leisure and traveling. Hardly shows emotions. Tends to bottle up feelings. Very choosy, especially in relationships. Systematic.

OCTOBER:
Loves to chat. Loves those who loves them. Loves to takes things at the center. Inner and physical beauty. Lies but doesn't pretend. Gets angry often. Treats friends importantly. Always making friends. Easily hurt but recovers easily. Daydreamer. Opinionated. Does not care of what others think. Emotional. Decisive. Strong clairvoyance. Loves to travel, the arts and literature. Touchy and easily jealous. Concerned. Loves outdoors. Just and fair. Spendthrift. Easily influenced. Easily loses confidence. Loves children.

NOVEMBER:
Has a lot of ideas. Difficult to fathom. Thinks forward. Unique and brilliant. Extraordinary ideas. Sharp thinking. Fine and strong clairvoyance. Can become good doctors. Dynamic in personality. Secretive. Inquisitive. Knows how to dig secrets. Always thinking. Less talkative but amiable. Brave and generous. Patient. Stubborn and hard-hearted. If there is a will, there is a way. Determined. Never give up. Hardly becomes angry unless provoked. Loves to be alone. Thinks differently from others. Sharp-minded. Motivates oneself. Does not appreciate praises. High-spirited. Well-built and tough. Deep love and emotions. Romantic. Uncertain in relationships. Homely. Hardworking. High abilities. Trustworthy. Honest and keeps secrets. Not able to control emotions. Unpredictable.

DECEMBER:
Loyal and generous. Sexy. Patriotic. Active in games and interactions. Impatient and hasty. Ambitious. Influential in organizations. Fun to be with. Loves to socialize. Loves praises. Loves attention. Loves to be loved. Honest and trustworthy. Not pretending. Short tempered. Changing personality. Not egoistic. Take high pride in oneself. Hates restrictions. Loves to joke. Good sense of humor. Logical.

Showing off.

2005-07-16T09:49:00.000-12:00

Just wanted to shout out to the whole wild world of the Web the wonderful color work s-girl (aka onigiri_chan aka Guu-chan...) has done on my drawing. From this:

Beautiful Mind at Work -- original version

to THIS:

Beautiful Mind at Work -- colored version

My hats off to you, S! m(_ _)m

Hieroglyphic Blah.

2005-07-14T12:02:00.000-12:00

Nabbed from Peach:

My name using Egyptian Hieroglyphs!

Try your name

Script by

Damn. That just reminded me of this one regret: I shoulda had a custom-made necklace with my hieroglyphic name on it before leaving the Mid-East for good. *bawls*

Meme

2005-07-11T12:24:00.000-12:00

Putting them up because it's crowding my LJ... and I hardly update this thing lately. Not like anyone would notice, huh?

You are a Black Coffee

At your best, you are: low maintenance, friendly, and adaptable

At your worst, you are: cheap and angsty

You drink coffee when: you can get your hands on it

Your caffeine addiction level: high

What Kind of Coffee Are You?

Cheap and angsty???... !!!... fine. So it's half-true.

Your Love Style is Storge

For you, love and friendship are almost the same thing

And your love tends to be the enduring, long lasting kind

(You've been known to still have connections with exes)

But sometimes your love is not the most passionate

Leap before you look, and you'll find that fire you crave

What's Your Love Style?

You've been known to still have connections with exes

Nooooo--oh, hell no, I don't. REALLY!

Coming through!

2005-06-25T01:50:00.000-12:00

This poor blog of mine's been neglected. Not that I'm that dreadfully busy; I got more involved into my livejournal logs because that's where most of my buddies hang out. Oh well. I'm keeping this for now, for the few people out there who are used to this one.

Fanart request from a special fan. =P

2005-06-17T03:20:00.000-12:00

Seems like "interesting" is the word for my day this Thursday. My afternoon started with my three-year-old niece asking me to draw Saiyuki for her. Wanting her to learn to make her own choices--and 'cause I wasn't in the mood to draw nor draw something I'd wanna keep for myself--I asked her if she wanted me to draw Gojyo or Hakkai. She wanted Gojyo (her favorite for some odd reason. Could be the hair; the kid's got a fixation for that, too). So I made a quick sketch without an eraser beside me. Not an easy thing for me to do. Then she made a follow-up request with Goku. Then Sanzo. And Hakkai. So it didn't end up working my way. Since it was her request, and she's expecting to keep it, I took snapshots of them before it got completely trashed. And because I was using a camera phone, I had to ink them to be seen. -_-

Lesson so be learned here: Never think you'd always get your way with a three-year-old.

(I didn't bother editing them; they're just roughs, but I'll be saving them properly once PiB is revived.)

Pardon my French.

2005-06-07T03:44:00.000-12:00

Shit. I can't think straight. I've already taken an hour's nap on my break, and I still can't wrap up one monitor. Damn.

My brain process is painfully slllllllllllllllllllllow for some reason. Igh. I have no idea what's going on with me. I think my brain's busted in attempting deep, analytical thinking. Hah. My foot.

Why am I doing this? Like hell if you cared.

Art shtuff

2005-06-06T04:00:00.000-12:00

Sherl made me a piccie!

And this is what happens when I am terminally bored.

Am not having a great start tonight, either. I'm starting to wonder if I'd have tried taking up music, that life won't be so damn complicated. Sheesh.

2005-06-04T03:42:00.000-12:00

I'm maintaining three journals, it's crazy. Well, technically, one's for an RPG, so it's detached from my personal thoughts. You can say I added another personality inside my head. *evil cackle*

I think I did explain the need for LJs around here. And I'm beginning to like some of its features. Like the current mood and music and such. If I have the time, I can do the override commands to make it look really neat. ^_^ Plus the fact that my fellow fangirls practically live in their LJs. *coughOnigirichancough*

Owww... got stomach cramps. Damn. Had to happen on a rainy day. No complaints about the rain. It's just that I got drenched on my way here. So it aggravated the already uncomfortable feeling. I almost missed my Job Proficiency exam because of the bad weather and floods on my way here.

Yes, I'm babbling. Give a girl a break. =P

Bored, bored, bored.

2005-06-03T04:28:00.000-12:00

... actually. I don't feel like anything. Nor feel like doing anything. I'm actually afraid for the techs I'll be monitoring.

... or maybe not. I've already flunked two of the four I monitored. *evil cackle*

I'm getting into that cycle where things are getting routinary. Again. Maybe my disinterest is a sign of restlessness for some reason. Or because I don't get to do the things I enjoy. That could be it. I've been discontent for some time now. Not in the financial sense. Though I would like to have a little extra for my own future.

Gr. The age of discontent.

Mindless drabbles

2005-05-28T01:38:00.000-12:00

Aside from perpetual work, here's a rundown of the things that had been going on:

I started on the Himuragumi RPG. It's not much, but it's a start. Oh, and I play Okina, the perverted onmitsu (ninja to you. Peasant. =P). Don't ask why I'm playiing a lecherous old coot.
Bo Bice lost on AI. Sad. The upside is he can exercise creative freedom in making his songs. And who sez he won't be offered a record deal? With HIS talent? =P I was never big on female vocals, anyway. Specially the wailing banshee ones.
Drew another Aoshi pic. Haven't gone around to do some finishing touches on it, though. Again, coloring will have to wait. =(
I only got HALF my pay because my database was being updated. Boo them. It was rather a traumatic experience heightened by being awake for 26 hours. It was not a pleasant feeling. Thankfully, it was taken care of. All I'm waiting for now is word from the Accounting Dept.
I got in touch with someone from the Pinoy Fanfic ML and got her into designing the layout. Can't wait to have an official page up for our group! ^_^

All for now. Gotta scurry off and make like I'm working.

Argh.

2005-05-20T01:59:00.000-12:00

I am bored. Completely, utterly. I can't believe I was sitting here in the office for an hour-and-a-half doing nothing. Well, not really nothing. I was tweaking one of the grade forms we use. But it won't really count in my productivity. *sigh*

Add to that, the digitized recordings are all cut off. Hm. What's up with that? I'd have to go the old way--that is, pick up a recorder, then wait for a tech to get a call. Well, I suppose it's not too bad...

To catch a wandering brain

2005-05-16T01:34:00.000-12:00

I feel bored. And my mind doesn't feel like working. Damn brain...

There are a lot of things I could do, but I don't feel like doing them at the moment.

Brain needs a MAJOR pick-me-upper. Something fun to do, I think.

Aw, no!

2005-05-15T04:48:00.000-12:00

I never thought that the Weekend Syndrome is gonna be catching up with me even on the night shift. Sheesh.

Well, I got three done so far. Hope my streak lasts.

New look again

2005-05-10T08:06:00.000-12:00

This look was spawned out of having a shitty day yesterday. I felt so bad that I had to get away somehow. And I realized this while chatting with a friend: when under such stress, I tend to want to escape and do something creative. ... well, okay. This concept isn't really mine. I like this look (specially the color). I don't even mind the body beautiful posing at the right. I like her costume. That's it. Her figure is so not me.

Live and learn, Grasshopper.

2005-05-09T00:20:00.000-12:00

This will teach me that I can never learn enough.

It happned when I was on my way home from work this morning (I work nights now, don't forget). I dropped by a store to buy some stuff. Lookie what they have on display.

V*gin* soaps. On sale.

In a glass display for virtually anyone to see. And I bet it's available to anyone who can read the word 'v*gin*'.

My eyes. My poor eyes...

The lady behind the display goes on to tell me there's even this 'Big Boy' that's popular with the men. And this stuff really works.

There goes my ears, too...

I forgot to ask if those claims were based on first-hand--er, experience.

Brain is not getting out of the gutter anytime soon, seems like it.

Battle of Evil v. Good :-P

2005-05-08T09:27:00.000-12:00

Work: 2, Daiji: 0.
Arg. Well, Work's got a handicap. I hardly had sleep yesterday because it was so damn hot at home. I might wanna stick myself in the freezer for a comfy sleep. Sheesh.

Not well

2005-05-07T08:43:00.000-12:00

I was sneezing close to high heavens last Wednesday, caught a slight fever on Thursday, then slept it off till Friday. So I didn't come to work. So, from skipping work, now, Saturday, I gotta make up productivity. The score so far?
Work: 1, Daiji: 0.
And I don't see myself gaining anytime soon.

ArtPad... Baaaad artpad! =P

2005-05-03T09:48:00.000-12:00

Lookie what this thing made me do! Too nastily fun for my own damn good.

Major problem, dude.

2005-05-02T02:43:00.000-12:00

I got a bit of a dilemma here. By 5 pm after I've bathed, the local network shows One Piece. Then Animax shows Captain Tsubasa then AXN has Gensomaden Saiyuki at the same timeslot! T_T It doesn't stop there. Aside from the fact that Saiyuki runs for an hour, Hajime no Ippo (aka Knockout in local TV) and Hungry Heart (on Animax) are up. Then by six, it's a toss-up between a new series on the local channel, Sorcerer Orphen, then Saiyuki Reload on Animax. Then by 6:30 pm, Animax shows Samurai 7, which I've wanted to see since it was said to be based on Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai.
*sigh* What's an otaku* to do, then, huh? The downside to my shift, though, is that I can't watch Witch Hunter Robin at the usual times I do when I worked mornings. I might catch the 1st rerun in a couple of hours. If I remember to get off my chair and head over to a TV to watch. ^_^

(*otaku: not really sure about the actual meaning, but when is connected to the word anime, usually describes an anime addict. So there.)

Still here!

2005-05-01T01:36:00.000-12:00

I'm back on the graveyard shift again (woohoo!). I've been so busy for the past few weeks, I haven't updated any of my journals. Yep. You read right. Journals. Just about a couple of days ago--Friday, to be exact--I made two journals on LiveJournal for an RPG I'm joining then another one for an Aoshi-Megumi community. Whew. Hope I can cope with them all now that I work nights again. But I'm all excited because I'll be able to write stuff from home without using a notebook 'coz I installed a kind of WordPad on my phone last night (double Woohoo! Thanks Augur Mante!), so I should be able to do some writing. Can't wait to see what comes up! ^_^

Resurfacing

2005-04-16T19:30:00.000-12:00

Gonna try to make this quick considering I should've headed out an hour ago, but I'm still not finished here at work.
Dropped by Augur Mante's place to try getting a memory card to work with my Oh-Not-So-Smartphone, and ended up staying out late than I anticipated. I almost was talked into taking a dip in the pool with him and his cousin. The sucker in me was talked into sticking around till 11 pm till they finished watching the video of their latest hike. Right. Like I'm not green with envy already. And did I mention that my friends and their friends were in attendance, complete with food and the liquor for the hour? (-_-) =3 *sigh*
So what I got are: one shot of gin, a video CD of my niece, an MP3 compilation with anime themes thrown in (both courtesy of Augur M), a utility installed on my phone (fyi: damn memory card doesn't wanna get formatted, damn it...).
And what came out of it? Three hours' sleep, and I gotta run over to the store where I got the card and hope it gets replaced, then some other errands. Sheesh. I would like to kick myself on the ass for not clocking out early....
Okay. I tried. And failed getting out early. Argh.

Evading the Weekend Syndrome!

2005-04-08T18:38:00.000-12:00

For the anime über-fangirl. Cheers.

Spay your Catgirl!

I'll be long gone before you come after me.

Managed to stay afloat in terms of productivity. I had to make digital recordings for our pending meeting with HQ. So yeah, I did manage to look busy.

SO I was able to do some other stuff, like moving the 'Lair to another home. Then I encountered a hopefully minor snag there, so I leave that to tackle for another day.

Damn. Late in going home again. I gotta keep away from this site...

Monkey Business Day. Phooey.

2005-04-04T08:14:00.000-12:00

It's the first Monday of the month, which is what I hate. This is where we have to be in our business attire... just because. Fine. So we have to show to whoever that we're... I don't know what the hell we're trying to show.

I'm just not in the mood today. I kind of slept late to check out the dubbed version of Saiyuki Reload on Animax. Ugh. I hate their voices. Not to mention they warped some of the translations for purposes I have no idea of. But the result was crappy. Now the interaction seems kinda stilted because of it. Goku chasing tail ("I can smell Yaone's perfume!") ? So, he's taking Gojyo's job now? The original version had Goku saying he can smell buns of some sort. I simply hate that. Some of these dialogue changes can really affect your perception of the characters. Just like Misao and Aoshi's supposed romantic relationship. I don't wanna get into that, either...

Looks kinda cloudy outside, and it's already 8:10 AM. There was a light drizzle when I was on my way here to work. Well, at least it's cooler, but it's not helping my mood much.

Oh, hang it. It's my rest day tomorrow. I'll just wing it.

Cannot-think-of-a-nifty-title-So-there.

2005-04-01T17:20:00.000-12:00

I am a Japanese School Teacher

This site is a major hoot. It's hard to stifle laughter when it'll threaten to burst out of your nose. Don't say I didn't warn you. =P

Good thing I made a lot of monitors today. Otherwise, I would have really, really regretted it.

It's the Weekend Syndrome, boys and girls!

(Blogger's back now. woohoo... I had to manually enter my prior entry in HTML since the blog tags weren't working. And life is bliss.)

Wily random thought...

2005-03-26T10:49:00.000-12:00

It came to me when I was on my way to work, with an hour or so staring dumbly at asphalt. I noticed how the asphalt was smoother in the two inner lanes compared to the outer ones. Like, how the lanes are inversely proportional to the taxpayers.

Let me explain. In the outer lanes, the ones closer to the sidewalk, is mostly used by commercial transport like buses and jeepneys. And these transports are used by the middle-to-lower class people. And that us folks who cannot afford their own rides take up most of the overall population. And same population is being screwed by the government of their taxes by skimming off roadwork projects and such. Incidentally, the effin' filthy-rich businessmen get off scot-free

Crawling outta my cave to explore

2005-03-25T14:52:00.000-12:00

Man, I've neglected my blog. Here's what happened to my life in a nutshell. From the latest:

Just got off of a 3-day rest day. Work gave everybody (except the ones in admin) one holiday off from the Holy Week holiday. Most government establishments have 10, other companies have 5, and work like ours have one, at the company's discretion. Pooh. And I didn't spend it all too wisely in terms of doing fanstuff. I did one measly drawing, but that's it. T_T
There was a fire here at work about two weeks ago. I think there were reported injuries, but I don't have the details. Luckily, I wasn't here when it happened. The backup generator fried, I think, when they tried turning it on. Commercial power came back as soon as they fired up the backup. So there was a little suspense for everybody here. Downside was we were sent back to the Dark Ages. Literally. No PCs, no power, nada. It took about a week before we were weaned off of a backup generator.
In between events #1 and #2, my sister bought me a pink blouse (a color am not too fond of) and, a couple of days later, a medium-sized reand-blue backpack that looks more like a schoolbag more than anything. But it has numerous pockets for my little stuff, so I'm only half-complaining.
... I must really lead a very exciting life for me to tell you I got a new blouse and bag... yeesh. Life was a lot more fun when I was writing and drawing more often... *sigh*

Lamentation

2005-03-05T11:42:00.000-12:00

Damn these ideas that come to me unawares. Specially when I can't do anything about it for now. Like right now. I'm doing my regular monitors because I'm bored. Again. What's up with weekends lately?... So I thought of checking out Evanescence's site, then--Boom!--an inspiration hit me. Now I'm doodling to make my own font style for Poetry in Blue. T_T I think self needs to remember self has no eff-ing working monitor! Gr.

Self needs to scrape of brain from the floo-oor...

Complicating a rather uncomplicated day

2005-03-04T17:01:00.000-12:00

Now don't go thinking I slack off when the manager's not here. It's Saturday, so it's another slow day. Add to that there was a nice drizzle outside, giving this day a generally laid back feel. That urge of dropping work and crawling into bed. You know moods like that.

I am utterly, terminally bored out of my mind! I don't know why. It's the same deal last week. Could it be that I am playing hooky? Oh, damn. It also doesn't help there's this really interesting Saiyuki AU* fanfic I'm reading today. But I got to do a lot, considering. But then I. Am. Bored. To Death! When brain matter starts to leak out of your ears, you really have to worry.

*AU - Alternate Universe. Used by fanfic writers to classify their work as something out of series canon.

Mending Review Responses

2005-02-28T04:55:00.000-12:00

As I've mentioned before, here are my replies to those who graciously reviewed Mending: A Prelude:

Thief Rikku: I'm simply giddy from your comments. Thanks a lot! ^_^ Like I've said, I love doing the A/Meg scenes. I build the story around it. Fact is, I wrote a draft scene a couple of days ago. It's only a matter of building a scene around it and actually getting around to write it. As it is, I'm having trouble with Chapter 4. I got a feeling I need to do a major overhaul on that. Oh, and thanks for the ricecake and tea! *burp*

Mirune Keishiko: Thanks so much for the compliment, and for reading despite the loooong update. m(_ _)m I'm touched to think people are still coming back to check this fic out. And, yes, I'm not letting go of this fic, even if it kills me. Or the muse. =P

mij: Thanks for saying so! ^_^ I do try to make is as realistic as possible, which is one of the reasons why I'm having difficulty with it, cause I can only get a hold of some resources to back this story up with. If you know of anything that can help, I'd appreciate it.

Heartsea: I love to do the Aoshi/Megumi interaction, because that's where I build the chapter around. I'll do my best to keep the consistency. ^_^

animeinsomniac: Frankly, I kinda lost the direction of this story, being swamped with work this year. I'm glad you're still reading this despite letting AGES pass before I updated. Hope you will still come back for the next chapter, which, I'm trying hard to post the next chapter sooner.

Nekotsuki: Thanks for the advice. ^_^ Yeah, that is my problem: focus. Even with fanfic writing, my mind tends to wander off. T_T That and I have this quirkiness for getting things right before posting, which I'm simply touched by your patience and willingness to wait. I can't make promises, but I'll work on the new chapter a bit faster this time.

I had fun recreating Aoshi and Megumi's 'reunion', 'cause this is the foundation of this fic, then build up another story thread from it, which is why I titled it as a prelude.

Larissa Hyuga: Thanks for the comment. And I also like to 'torture' Aoshi for the reviews. :: insert evil laugh ::

CWolf2: Thanks. Nice to know it's one of your favorites. Helps a bit in my drive to finish this fic no matter what.

misaoshiru: Thanks for the heads up. Though, I'm not so sure about the 'megitsune' part, since I've heard it used in another anime series, namely, Samurai Deeper Kyo. Yeah, I've been called out for the verb confusion several times, my bad. I just don't have time to make the edits at the moment.

New phone. Yay. And updates. Boo.

2005-02-25T02:13:00.000-12:00

Nothing much to report, except we finally got another cellphone. We've been debating over getting a new, but low-end colored 'phone over an old model. But there were hardly any old models being sold that ain't been tinkered with.
So after a lot of debate--and a little arm-twisting--we got the Moto C651. It isn't much in terms of saving space. My SPV Tanager is a lot better, I think. We've got no problems in terms of navigation. Hey, we like the challenge, unlike the uber-user friendly Nokia units virtually 99% of the country has. =D
So now we have a new phone. Whee. Only I don't get to use it unless I get the SPV fixed. Dern signal problem. I can actually predict where it loses the signal when I'm on the road. It's weird.
ANywho. So now we have a little new toy. And this is in line with my sister's work termination. The job didn't fire her; it's the company that's quitting. Though, quite frankly, I get paid more, her contributions are a big help in the daily expenses (and our current guilty pleasure by the evil name of Saiyuki ^o^). But she's got to complete her requirements. Like graduating. We'll see how things go, like if the Whine-O-Meter goes up a notch or five.

It's my day, dernit!

2005-02-14T07:03:00.000-12:00

Ah. Don't you ever notice that when it's your day, everything seems to be so right? I guess it's the cosmos aligning itself to channel all the positive powers to that special day. Why? Don't ask me.
I treated my coworker to two sets of ice cream and miki noodles. And I get to do paperwork and no tedious monitorings! Woohoo. Then when I get home, I intend to eat more ice cream and burn my Gensomaden Saiyuki CDs!!
The downer though? I'm freakin' twenty-nine. Ah heck. Who's counting?

Life's cyclic redundancy

2005-02-11T02:27:00.000-12:00

I'm beginning to wonder if I should be posting what's been happening since the same carp happens. Not much sleep, can't write, work, bitch, bitch bitch! So what else is new?
Well, this is another whining session. And it's the saaame old song. T_T
Just a quick mention of my virtually non-existent rest day. I spent my whole Tuesday awake to go with my dad to a PhotoWorld exhibit held in a local mall here. Well, it's mostly a showcase of the latest camera models and a few photographers peddling their trade. We were everywhere, checking out every booth, collecting brochures of ridiculously priced digital cameras on display. We hung around mostly on the Nikon models up on display. That's his brand; his old camera's an FE model, I think. We came and went and checked out the cameras for about three times before he was satisfied that he can't buy any digicams with the cash he had then. The shame. But I picked up a real interesting brochure on Cokin filters. If only his Nikon's working right now, it would've been really fun to tinker with it.
Oh, and one tip: Make sure you take your dad out at least once a month. We checked out all three floors of Houseware, Appliances, and Hardware on the same day. So if you're prepared to go out on an all-day window shopping and can stand not checking out shoes, a possible new wardrobe, or books, go for it. =P As for me, I was dead on my feet by the time we were on the Appliances section. I was entertaining the thoughts of pitching a fit like a little brat so that we'd go home. And the other things that were going through my sleep-deprived brain...! But let's not go there. ^_^

Nilayasan ako ng utak ko (Brain left me)

2005-02-05T02:01:00.000-12:00

I am TIRED out of my mind! Two weeks getting off of work real late is definitely NOT fun. I feel like I'm turning into a debilitated moron. Even creative side of my brain isn't working right now. T_T This new position's not as fun as it was cut out to be. Am definitely not a happy camper right now, with all the shitload of work we have to do!
I wrapped up an agonizing QA monitor about an hour ago. The temptation of throttling the tech was so great I had to physically restrain myself and retain my my department's dignity. Ugh. Just when my idiocy tolerance ain't that high lately. It's water under the bridge, just some aggravation in a lazy work night I didn't need. >.<+

Daiji's Days of the Week

2005-01-28T02:44:00.000-12:00

Argh. Got a lot more drafts than actual posts done!

Anyway, I just wanted to drop a line with a brief rundown on what happened to my very (un)interesting existence.

I got the Saiyuki Reload CDs Monday afternoon, and burned through nine volumes of them during my rest days! I couldn't believe it. Though entertaining and very amusing, there were hardly any eps that actually had something to do with their mission.

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Do not read further if a Saiyuki fan!!

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It was around volume 7 or 8 did they have an encounter with Kougaiji again. Kougaiji and the gang helping out Goku doesn't really count since it's one of the Sanzo-ikkou's numerous side trips in the series.

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back to your regular reading pleasure.
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So thus how I spent my rest days.

Anyways. I almost came to work late today because it's a Freaky Friday today. Friday's freaky for me for various reasons, and it depends on seasons: if rainy, expect heavy traffic, and a lot more people waiting for a ride; if a payday, heavier traffic in bars, restaurants cause the people are all out spending their cash; if the Christmas season, expect HELLISH traffic and people all had it in their minds to go holiday shopping during rush hour. T_T

Then there's Whacked-out Wednesday. This usually applies to anyone going by the Baclaran route, where the religious converge at the Redemptorist Church and throws my ETA completely out of whack. Which is why I love Wednesday off. I'm spared of that midweek agony. Plus there are good shows on TV, too. But, even if I don't take that route, traffic's so unpredictable on a Wednesday.

Well, at least, Moody Monday isn't that bad. Yeah, it's the beginning of the work week. But not for me! This is actually the end of my work week, so I'm actually looking forward to my weekend while everybody else is just getting their gears back for the week's crunch. Whee.

And if you think Saturdays and Sundays are a breeze, well, think again. These twins throws a huge monkey wrench in my flight route. When it's a weekend, you'd think that everybody who toiled for a week would take their time off at home, probably laze around, right? Wrong. They're out in the malls, eating out, going clubbing. You get the picture. So there's still the congested, but not so, thoroughfares. Not to mention commutes take their damn sweet time leaving just so they'd take more passengers. So some of you would tell me I shouldn't let this little test of patience get to me. Well, try changing rides five times (six in my case, since I'm lazy and I take an extra one) while contending with traffic at each end, then get back to me. =P

Hmm. Maybe I should make a little story about how traffic kills useful brain activity, producing episodes of spasmodic psychosis.

Throw me something to do, quick quick!

2005-01-23T05:11:00.000-12:00

I am not believing this. Not much calls are coming in! Oh well, let the kiddies have their off day.
I so am tempted to play a little hooky. Lessee... update website/s? Draw?...
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>_< ! No, no no no no! Can't give in to the temptation! I gotta work here! Eeeeeaaaaaargh...!
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Brain for sale

2005-01-22T02:45:00.000-12:00

What the hell's happening to me? I can't think right. Literally. I mean I can tell my thought process is SO slow today. I don't know how I'll actually function.
Just now, I was having a hard time exchanging rebuttals with a tech I evaluated. *groan* And while he was talking, I was having a hard time grasping what he was saying. I just couldn't make an excuse since these guys don't really take kindly to QA people. Go figure. =P
Well, come to think of it, I haven't had much sleep these past two days. I slept about, oh, four hours on Friday, then about six today. But I was so frazzled this morning before I headed home. Guess I haven't made up for the lost sleep. Agh. Can't wait to hit the hay for 10+ hours. (Riiiiiight.-me)
I'm sure my boss won't like the me not meeting productivity. Well, I still have four more hours in my shift. Hope I get more done. Maybe if I wish really, really hard. Ugh. >_<+

A little unwell AGAIN

2005-01-06T09:51:00.000-12:00

I hate being a female sometimes, specially when it's about that time of the month. You're susceptible to the elements, to anything hardly resembling annoying, and everything in between. T_T
It's the end of my shift, and my cold's returning, my head hurts, my back hurts, my eyes hurt. Argh. And I don't care if it's my rest day! I wanna enjoy it as much as possible, dernit.
*sigh* When will you ever learn, Daiji?? You can't have it all... =P
Gah.

Viewing world through half-open lids

2005-01-04T23:59:00.000-12:00

Had to come to work today since a colleague asked to swap a rest day with me. Incidentally, I visited my aunt and cousins yesterday and stayed over. Suffice to say, I hardly had sleep at noon since I came home at about 2 (I usually wake up 3:30 pm).

So what did I do there? Well, nothing much, except played Tekken Tag and Soul Calibur 2 with my cousin. As always, I played my favorite character, Yoshimitsu, on both games. But I found out Yoshi boy isn't a good character to use in SC2 since most of the other characters have long weapons, so have longer reach. And the commands are a lot different from Tekken. So I found a good character to use: the badass Nightmare and his equally badass weapon, Soul Edge. He has a long reach, and his energy doesn't easily decrease when he uses Soul Edge. And it doesn't hurt that he looks tasteful, too. ^o^

I had no intentions of staying overnight. But I had no choice since I hadn't had sleep then for the last 27 hours or so. Second eldest cousin said that I fell asleep holding on to the TV remote. T_T

So now I'm on duty, only on my second monitor, and on the threat of my brain falling asleep. Yay.

Thoughts in the eve of the year to come

2004-12-31T23:10:00.000-12:00

Bleak, pessimistic thoughts should be the LAST thing I need right now, not when we're ushering the new year approximately 49 minutes from now. But I can't help it. I feel miserable because I'm stuck in the office, and it's my schedule to work. Well, there is a bright side to this somewhere: worse case scenario, I would've been working by myself if my superiors didn't take a second look at the Dec. 31 schedule. But I didn't want any company in my miserable schedule, either.

Twenty-seven minutes to go. Man, am I bored. Witness how I avoid trying to type out litanies of misery so I won't jinx myself to the new year...

Fifty minutes into the year 2005. Okay. I got distracted by the nice fireworks outside.

Have a good year, everyone.

yaaaaaaaaaaaaawn

2004-12-26T04:17:00.000-12:00

Am. I. Bored. I've been yawning for a couple of hours now. My productivity is hardly moving along (like it so alarms me at the moment) though things are pretty slow since it's the holidays.
I'm perennially bored. And I don't even care about how I spelled "perennial" right now! If I start thinking about the new layout, I'll be so caught up with it, I'd forget I was actually working at the moment. T_T I need focus. Probably caffeine, but I don't take the stuff six hours before I go to sleep, which is what the time is now.
...
Twelve minutes before my shift ends. Overall, I made a whopping SIX monitored calls. T_T
Okay. Quitting time.

post-holiday updates

2004-12-25T01:42:00.000-12:00

It wasn't that bad. Well, it started out as a near disaster when we were to go to Augur Mante's place to visit. I was held up at the office since our supervisor had a talk with our counterparts in the 'States. So that took up some hour or so. Then a coworker of mine proposed to have breakfast at KFC. I was gonna beg off, but since I was the one who talked one of our colleagues to join us, I was reeled in to stay. So we had a nice breakfast and a chat which went on till about 9.
Then hell, in the form of the Baclaran flea market, came slamming reality back to my face.
Man, it was awful. There were people EVERYWHERE. It got so crowded on the streets, even people can't pass by properly. I had to go make a long detour around small shops just to get a ride. And, thankfully, that was cooperative.
When I got home, my middle sis was surprised to see me, telling me that my youngest sis and niece were already waiting for me. For an hour. T_T After downing a glass of water, I headed off to meet them. I was frustrated at the whole thing. I was rationalizing to myself that I've been working my ass off, even on holidays, and hardly get permission to go out with friends. So some time with coworkers was the only time I have for myself.
Then I saw them. Man, my sister looked like a total mess, and gave me a withering stare. My niece was asleep on her shoulder. Then guilt set in. I felt so evil that time. It's pretty obvious I have a problem setting my priorities. And I picked a damned time to be selfish, too. It was an awful feeling letting someone down. On the twisted side, the scenario was like good writing material for the stuff I wanna do. T_T
But, at least, all the frustration paid off. Though the Augur had a simple lunch laid out for us, we were all quite entertained by my little niece's antics and glimpses of intelligence. Augur was really impressed by her, and even took videos of her.^_^ Can't wait to get copies. My dad would be just as anxious, too.
Now on to the festivities later in the night. There's not much to tell, except the poor munchkin's cough got worse, and she threw up a couple of times. So my middle sis was the only one who went to our relatives' house for a visit. Tradition would have it that kids visit their godparents and relatives for their presents. Now this, kiddies, is where little imps can commit daylight robbery without question. ^_^
And what did I get out of all this madness? About 34 hours of no sleep and 4 glass Rukawa keychains from my middle sis. It was amazing I wasn't asleep on my feet, and I even got to carry my niece around. I suppose when you're on high spirits, you can shrug off all the exhaustion.
But, yeah, I had fun.

A little unwell

2004-12-23T05:02:00.000-12:00

Not a nice way to spend your rest day, that's for sure. I've been sneezing Monday night, and my cold got worse. But since it was four days to the holidays, I had to make some semblance of a Christmas shopping, I went to the mall in our neighboorhood to get some presents for my sisters and little niece. By the time I got home, I felt like my head was larger than life, and I was sneezing like crazy! NOT the greatest of feelings.
I spent my rest days resting (hah. Like there's any difference how I spend my off days. =P). That meant no writing, no major brain activity. Which was kinda sad. I really wanted to do something then. But I wanted to make to work, so I paced myself.
So here I am at work, working on barely half a wit. =P But, hey, I got through it! And I wasn't hocking and spitting; just a-hacking here and there. But I'm still alive! =)
Will be my rest day today. So I'm heading off to Augur Mante's place again so that my niece can visit his godfather for the first time in three years. Should be interesting...

The party aftermath

2004-12-20T03:47:00.000-12:00

I requested for split rest days just to make it to this party, and it was well worth it. It was the usual -- eating, drinking, singing, drinking, cracking jokes, drinking... you get the picture. ^_^
There were about ten of us who came; there would have been more, but I guess the others had some alibi or another. But the core people who always made an appearance were there: Bacchus, Jing, John, Kadz, Jun, 2lits, and of course, our host Augur Mante.
Right after dinner, they brought out the liquor. (They can't wait. T_T) And I was the only girl who joined the rounds of brandy being passed. Who am I to complain? I obliged, anyway! ^_^
So in between food and drinks, we sang karaoke, chatted, and caught up on old times. Then Augur popped in a video of their October hike. It was real neat! He made it from Window's XP's movie maker. When I took it home and had my dad watch it (who's an amateur photographer himself) , he thought it was very amateur. *sigh* What does he expect? But for an amateur, it still had artistic taste.
We also had exchanging of gifts. I was already told to bring a gift, but, knowing my mates, they wouldn't take that seriously, so I didn't prepare for it. So when I got there, I was surprised they had their share! Good thing my sisters thought of giving the Augur Mante a little present--or presents.
So when the time of swapping presents came, we picked out numbers, then, say something about the person who gave the gift. It was sweet, knowing each one's thought of another. Then my gift came. So, okay, Jing had some nice words about me. I was laughing so hard when I found out he's the recipient of my present--a cheesy porn movie. Yes, your eyes deceived you not! A P-O-R-N movie. ^_^ Well, it wasn't my fault that's what I gave away! I didn't pick the gifts, anyway. And besides. In between a man's perfume and a porn CD, which would be better to give away, not knowing WHO will get your gift? Okay. So there's a 10:3 posibility a girl will get it. Ah well. The guys had an eyeful...

Collective ramblings

2004-12-17T11:09:00.000-12:00

Going off to a get-together with my friends. Well, finally! I haven't said yes to a friend's invitation for almost two years! Which goes to say I'm excited, since I haven't seen my friends for a long while. Hm. I gotta plan, like bring a camera along. I need to make a note to REMEMBER that! =D
One thought that makes me sad, though, is that I gotta work on the friggin New Year's EVE! AURGH! In the two years I've been working here, I always spend it with my family. To us, Christmas is no big deal for us--not that the spirit of it is lost on us, but with the saturated commercialism all around... you ask yourself if you still know what you're joyful for. I dunno. It's just that this season isn't my most favorite. I think I recall a log last year about me being sad because I won't be getting what I wished for, or would never get a gift at all. Aw, hell. I can always buy a gift for myself. I'll think about that. But when I know that my sisters, my dad, and my munchkin-niece won't be getting gifts, then I'll just pour my energies on buying them one.
Whatever works...

sounds of banging on the wall

2004-12-11T08:26:00.000-12:00

Argh. I hate being wrong when your job doesn't allow any margin for error. And to show any sign of 'weakness' or lapse of judgment. Gr. I just screwing up when I know it affects us as a team. Well, it could be no big deal, I just feel like I just royally screwed something at the moment.

Ah, well. Hope this passes.

Vaya con Dios, señor!

2004-12-10T02:00:00.000-12:00

I am sad. It's our supervisor's last day today. In fact, he's still here finishing up on things like packing. And someone from MIS called him away to do some voice recordings for our VDN.

I'm really gonna miss him. I wish I was able to work with him longer, but I guess he needs to move on and all. The company's certainly going to lose a very important person in him.

When I first got here, I got the impression that he was the strict, uncompromising type. But I was dead wrong. He's strict when it comes to getting the results, but he still leaves some time for us to do things our way. And I never felt this kind of freedom than when I was still doing Product Support. This is a good working environment for me.

What I didn't expect from him was a quirky type of humor. Outside the bounds of work, you can talk to him about a lot of things, including mundane topics (--well, as long as there is something intelligible you can dredge out of it, or take a witty jab at. =P).

What also surprised me was how he is musically inclined, and how much he lets it affects his life. It wasn't very obvious, but you'll hear it from catches of conversation, plus the fact that he lends his CDs to some of the staff, AND he owns a turntable and some 45s. But then, he had been a DJ, I think.

There was a farewell dinner-cum-exchange of gifts held last night (Thursday) with all the QA staff and our outgoing and incoming supervisors. It was great. Everybody was laidback and cracking jokes went all around. We had to wait for the sups since they got held up on some meeting or another. So we had a tepid dinner. Wasn't so bad. It was the company we had that we counted, at least as far as I was concerned. Our dinner had run cold waiting for them, after all...

Some of us had a few words to the departing supervisor, some good, some not so, but delivered in a good way, and some really amusing. He took everything in stride and in good humor, which is what I find admirable about him. Not all sups can take candor and criticism. He actually welcomes it.

*sigh*. I really regret that he's leaving. I suppose a part of me wants to show him he made the right decision to bring me in the department. But there are far more sensible reasons why I wish he'd stay. When I first got to the QA department, I began to appreciate its place in the company. Really. No need to get into the tedious details. Let's put it this way: he was the right man for the job. And now, some other company will benefit our loss.

See ya around, sir! And best wishes! ^_^

Slow day and pre-party high

2004-12-05T04:33:00.000-12:00

Just finished blog-hopping. Things seem pretty slow today. It's a Sunday morning, so not much calls are coming in.

There's tangible excitement in the office. Tomorrow's our Christmas party, so everyone's preparing for that, fretting about what to wear. =P I had no plans of going at first, but when I learned that the only people excused being not present in the raffle are the midshift people...! T_T Thinking about it, I'd have to wake up around noon to get to the office so a shuttle will take us to the venue, which is NOT accessible other than by cab or if you have your own car. >_< Plus there's this little fact of me whether to have my schedule changed for that day. But from the looks of it, I don't have to, since there is a shuttle service before my duty starts. Besides, I was only after the raffle, anyway. Last year, I won a toaster. So here's wishing I'd win something better. ^_^

Got what I wanted, BU-uuuut...

2004-12-04T02:07:00.000-12:00

Note to self: Be careful what you wish for. I did wish that I could write a lot more. I forgot how inconsiderate the muses can be.

Like this morning. My sisters woke me up at ten a.m. so I can check out the locally-dubbed version of Fruit Basket... well, I wanted to check out if Hatori's seiyuu* did him justice. (He didn't. =P) Anyway, I went back to bed after watching it. THEN that's where the muses attacked. Yep. There were two of them. And they weren't there to help me out on Mending nor on Second Wind. They wanted me to write their dialogue for a fic I haven't even started. Dern them. I couldn't sleep till 2 p.m., and that's when one of them was merciful enough to let me sleep the remaining three hours. Ugh. I REALLY need to remind myself what spoiled little muses I've got. >_<+

Well, I'm on duty now. So far, I haven't fallen asleep, nor do I feel so sleepy. Guess the combination of vitamins, coffee, a concoction of coconut juice and coconut oil worked wonders for me. Because around 11 to 12 midnight is when I get really drowsy. My stomach didn't like it too much after I took them, though. =P

*seiyuu - that's voice actor to you non-anime aficionados. Shame on you. (*_~)

Not in the jolliest of mood.

2004-12-01T05:30:00.000-12:00

I really dunno. Ironically enough, December is not my favorite month. I have no idea why. Maybe it's because I don't have much of a holiday vacation. Maybe it's because I won't be going to the office party. Maybe I won't be getting the present I wanted.

Aw, hell. Maybe I just didn't get enough sleep today. I've just gotten off from my rest days, so I'm making adjustments again.

So what would make me a happy camper? For one, I wish my co-worker would stop playing Christmas songs and sentimental mush. It isn't helping my mood any. Maybe either a laptop, a PDA, or a new monitor might make my days really happy. =P

Materialistic caprices aside, I'd really like to get going with my writing again (no joke =P), I wanna update my sites, and I wanna take a week-long vacation. All that and be able to have money to afford stuff we need.

...

I'm bored. Spent my rest days watching my Slam Dunk volumes. Fishing for inspiration, I guess. It didn't help since I hardly wrote a page. T_T What more with Mending? I think I need a social life to get my muses jealous. Hmph, damn them.

I feel wierd looking at my own site. This is mine???

2004-11-27T09:17:00.000-12:00

Just tweaked some codes a bit so you don't have to scroll down for more things.

I'm still tring to work on my DraejonSoul layout. And I won't be making my own graphics, wretched me. If only, ONLY the monitor works, or ::cough::IgetanewoneIwon'tspendfor::cough::. =D That works big time. For now, I'm checking out the right font for my new site header. Can't find the right one yet...

Updates on writing:

Second Wind - some; I do it before sleeping. It's the only time I can since it's quiet. That and I devote myself to my anime fix when I wake up. (Am in the graveyard shift yet again.)

Mending chapter 4 - struggling on a dialogue between two Oniwabanshu (can't tell you who now, can I? ^_^)

New look. Woohoo

2004-11-20T10:02:00.000-12:00

I was holding off on this till I got it right. But I accidentally hit the 'publish' button, so... might as well live with this. It has the elements I like: the colors, the theme. Heh. Just me. ^_^

Another Ice berg, right ahead!

2004-11-12T13:46:00.000-12:00

Starting to get hooked on Witch Hunter Robin being shown in a local network. Been reading a fanfic, too. Oh, gawd. This would be another teenage-enamoured-to-a-moody-guy thing that would have HORDES of fans for pairings like this. Sigh. Poor Aoshi and Amon...

Vampire, the Resurrection

2004-11-06T03:06:00.000-12:00

My subject header would've made a really catchy name for a movie, don't you think?

It's been a while. I'm now back on the graveyard shift, and it's my third 'day' today. I'm slowly getting the hang of staying awake, I think. I haven't fallen asleep on a call. Yet.

Will get back on further updates. I got some, I just have little time to post here. T_T

Tempus fugit, indeedy!

2004-10-25T13:58:00.000-12:00

Time flies when you're having fun. Sort of. Little do I know it, I'm already on my first month in my tenure as a QA staff. How do I find it? Not as stressful as it was when I was in the Special Apps team. But with QA, there are a lot of reports.

...

I spoke too soon. One hour before my shift ends, boss asks us to check out a report, which we'll be doing and turning in weekly. Ach.

Back to the paperwork!

2004-10-08T18:21:00.000-12:00

I've been yawning for 17 minutes now.

***

Ah... done with some of my work. It's the end of my shift now, and it's a Saturday. Too bad I don't have money to buy that fourth Slam Dunk manga. And my sister wants me to buy another video. Heh.

Am done. Just checking out ole' Oriland, and made a butterfly card model. I plan to use this as a card for my father's present on Monday... argh!... Got distracted by that fern model. It's deceptively easy, but just too much work. Taking these home with me to practice.

And what else have I done with my life?...

Next question, please!

Heigh ho, heigh ho!

2004-10-06T19:14:00.000-12:00

I got my team assignments. Unfortunately, I can't seem to take off properly and monitor a lot of agents. For one, we have some trainings and what-not in between. Plus the fact that there aren't much calls after lunch in my time. T_T I really gotta be sharper.

And nope, I haven't finished my drawing, and I haven't posted Mending 3, either.

Whoa! What planet did I land on??!

2004-09-30T21:56:00.000-12:00

The QA job's really getting down now, specially with our quest for the ISO certification. I felt overwhelmed about the requirements entailed with bagging that coveted seal of approval. Ah, well. There's pursuit for excellence for you.

Got my team assignments today. Whew. Hope I can catch up. Really, really need to catch up. We're hustling because of that ISO thing, and lucky old me got herself into the thick of it. Whee. The difference in workload with my old team and my new department's the PAPERWORK. There's a lot of them now. But I don't wanna say more to jinx things.

A day in the life of. Day Four.

2004-09-23T19:47:00.000-12:00

Have done some monitorings now. Haven't done any intervening yet.

Nothing much to report today. Am checking out layouts for this page. Much too much people have the same blog layout, hint hint. =P

The best part of the job---WAITING.

2004-09-22T17:27:00.000-12:00

Ho-hum. It's 1:30 pm, haven't had lunch, and am waiting for my agent's call. Acted desk monkey a couple of times to answer some other calls. =P Ah well.

Two thirty-five. Done with the call. Good thing it was a pretty easy one. Since it's a tech call, I'd rather have it checked over before sending out a report.

Well, so far, so good. Though I just monitored two calls so far. No biggie. I got a feeling the real fun starts tomorrow.

See brain drip from left ear! See drool drip!

2004-09-19T18:32:00.000-12:00

It's hard to look busy when you're not. Specially when you came off from a really busy team. So I'm making my Mending edits. Too bad I can't add the other dialogue. Gr. Ah well. That was worth half a Word page.

No heavy duty yet. And it's my off tomorrow and Wednesday. WOOHOO! I get TWO friggin rest days! Yeah!!

I love this place already.

QA TraiNEE. Day One.

2004-09-18T20:28:00.000-12:00

Well, so far, so good. Didn't do much, but got oriented on some forms and stuff. They're all really cordial. It's REALLY, really different when you're looking at these people from the outside. But then, they (or should I say we) have a reputation to uphold.

I found out my shift's a nine-hour one, with an hour-and-a-half's worth of break in between. Not too bad, I guess. We used to have those hours on tech support, and it's a hell of a lot more stressful than that. But there's more than meets the eye...

I'll be reporting for work again tomorrow, my supposed rest day. Hope I have a nice rest day scheds (hoping for Sun/Mon, but that remains to be seen).

It's quite a nice environment inside the, erm, aquarium. =P it's about a 10 ft x 20 ft or so, with a wide clear window and and windowed door (if you can call it that), with eight workstations, four on each side. So people work pretty close to each other, in a closed environment. I haven't met all of them, I think. The graveyard shift were still around when I got here, so I got a glimpse of the kooky side of the 'stuffy' QA staff.

Well, this is my first day. Tomorrow would be very interesting since I will be meeting with my new supervisor.

End of whining?

2004-09-17T22:03:00.000-12:00

Stayed after hours in the office again finishing up. Hope this will be the last. I really, really, hope it is.

But I got this eerie feeling it won't be. Starting tomorrow, I'll be starting as a QA trainee. Read this: T-R-A-I-N-E-E. I just can't get into the thick of it without knowing the job! When my colleagues learned about it, they were happy for me -- with a side request of "taking care of their QA grade". Heheh.

What have I gotten myself into???, now I ask. I've been warned by the QA sup that I'd be stepping on a LOT of toes. That would equate the people who are taking in calls, not to mention their respective team leads.

Oh, boy. What the hell have I really gotten myself into? =P

But I'm being premature. I'll see how this goes. And if the workload will be easier than the one I'm leaving behind. Sigh. I miss this team already. I've just been here 2 months. Is it progress? If you consider the span of 6 months, maybe. But I've been on level 1 for almost 2 years. Ah well.

Wish me luck.

Break me, take me

2004-09-15T20:25:00.000-12:00

I promised not to whine, didn't I?

I can't help it. This workload is sloooowly breaking me. I really don't know if I can still go on.

It's just so damn frustrating that you can't take it out on someone, because they're going through the same misery. And it really doesn't do ME any good if I bitch a lot.

Argh. Now a headache's coming on...

What I hate is monotony in my work. I get restless I just need to get away. And if I take a break, I'd be set back more.

What I hate is the freedom I lost. I can't do any recreational activity without suffering some consequence or another. I THRIVE on creativity. I wither without it.

I'd like to kick and scream at this big bad world for putting me through this, but dammit, there are people who are in more dire situations than I am. I'd like to be thankful, but I just feel like screaming my lungs out.

Write! Write! I wanna write, dawgernit!

2004-09-11T19:29:00.000-12:00

It's obvious with my obsession with pens, pencils and papers. It's evident with the scrawlings on the back of my notebooks. The scattered notes for my several fanfics. There is always this burning need for me to sit down and either write or draw. I. Just. Can't. NOT. Write!

It's quite a liberating experience, really. A nice escape from the sometimes oppressive world. To be able to express inner thoughts, sudden flashes of ideas concentrated in lines and shades of ink and lead.

Write, write, write, write write. I really gotta do some writing tonight. I've made some edits with Mending chapter 3. Looks good, so far. But I still haven't done the recommended edits by my beta.

Nothing good on ffnet. Sigh. Hven't had much time to really browse for titles. Mind's too sapped at the end of the day, and I've only got---

Oooookay. Whining mode off. It's hard enough trying to be optimistic. =P

Where are my muses when I need them? Oh yeah. They're in my office's Cyber Lounge, either playing NBA Live or Soul Calibur or something.

Er, forget I even mentioned that.

;_; Things that make you cry

2004-09-08T11:23:00.000-12:00

Killer day. I'm doing emails today. FIFTY emails. Too bad I only have ONE wrist brace. It's an hour and a half before the end of my shift, and I still have 23 mails to go. NOT fun.

Gr.

End of another workweek!

2004-09-04T21:44:00.000-12:00

At last. I get two rest days again since my little munchkin of a niece is having her 3rd birthday. Yay. Sisters get to take her out to the zoo, while I stay at home and play house. Fine. At least I get to do some things around the house. I hope.

Oh, and you can click >>> here<<< . Something for you image-hungry people can chew on.

And I'm off. Whee!

2004-09-04T14:18:00.000-12:00

As per Lolajing's request, I've updloaded some pics from my outing with my new team. I have it up in the 'Lair, called it the Day Job Gallery. Lame.

I'm sure some people from a certain team I don't wanna name would clamor for their pics. Well, they DO have their pics up somewheres. Yeah, I'll work on that next.

Ruminating what you call Life.

2004-09-02T15:12:00.000-12:00

Spoke to a co-worker (who also happened to be a former co-worker in my last job AND a schoolmate. Small, small world...) in the ladies' room on my break this morning. She was telling me how one of our schoolmates was on his way to Australia for work. Then one of her buddies had just come from a European tour.

Boy, that suddenly got me thinking: Am I making the right decisions? Like, me staying on this company, doing work that doesn't really make me happy, personally and financially? I'm content, yeah. But not wholly satisfied that I'm stable enough to settle down, if you know what I mean.

It kinda makes me feel that I'm being selfish wishing that, but everybody should live their own lives, right? But circumstances call for you to decide for the good of many than the one. You can't ignore that.

(Sheesh, that sounds SO self-righteous... me so cynical...)

I guess I just have the green-eyed monster syndrome. Most likely. Though I have no inclinations of leaving the country for a job. I've been there. I was the one left here while my parents worked abroad. So I know what it's like.

Though that's not final. I'm just going to sit here and wait for the next curve ball.

Kids' day out. Whee.

2004-08-28T14:44:00.000-12:00

My body hurts in various places, but it was worth it. My new team went out to a theme park, then ate out by Manila Bay. Of course, yours truly rode as much thrilling rides as yours truly can stomach. I missed one dizzying ride they call Round Up because stomach contents hasn't settled after the last ride.

It was fun going out with my new team. I got to see the other people's kooky side (well, that doesn't stop them from fooling around a bit at work either!), and I got to loosen up with some new faces. I mean I felt really beat the next day, but I didn't feel so stressful like I'd expect.

Here I am again talking about stress. Small wonder nobody visits this place...

Okay. Will find some light themes next time. =P

Dogs have better lives than this... =P

2004-08-25T19:29:00.000-12:00

I. Am. Bushed. Twelve emails, 20 chats, and 14 calls later, I think I wanna go home and bury myself somewheres where nobody can find me. Ack! And it's midweek and work's just being... work. My wrists are hurting from all that typing. Too bad I only have one wrist guard.

Am not stressed yet! Oooh no. Not like last week. Ugh. I'm still able to take it.

Two. Rest. Days. Pure. Bliss.

2004-08-20T19:55:00.000-12:00

Whew! Just finished deleting those multiple entries yesterday. I was shutting down my PC, so I clicked on the "Post" button one too many. Heheh.

Anyway, I feel a little better than yesterday. Not much pressure because I'm taking my two rest days (and the rest can all fry). I'm tired, mentally and physically. So I need my break.

***

Damn. Gotta call in later just to say I won't be reporting for work. Ah well. At least I get. Two. Days. Off! Yes...

Gotta go see what I can buy for my godson. Hmm. On a tight budget at the moment, plus the fact I dropped my coin purse somewhere in the road (which-I-remind-myself-not-to-sweat-over-it-and-I-won't-I-really-really-won't!-Really!).

Hmm... I'm itching to draw Hanagata. Hope the inspiration lingers on until I get my hands on my sketchbook.

Am so excited about my two bleeding rest days! Didn't I say I was excited?

(Told you I can be chipper!)

One.. more... wheeze day...

2004-08-19T18:42:00.014-12:00

I'm dog tired, mostly mentally frazzled. I've never been this so occupied since they let me handle our customer service team. I mean, really! You're doing 2-3 things at the same time. What's worse, because of this Back to School season, I've clocked in 6 days for two weeks now. I desperately need a break. Seriously.

We got invited to my godson's birthday party. Oh, boy. I dunno if I can shop for presents. Ack! Which reminds me. I gotta do that tomorrow...

...

...

Brain wants to fall asleep. Dern it.

Me not liking my life right now...

2004-08-17T20:04:00.000-12:00

This is starting to be one screwy morning. It started by leaving home 15 minutes from my prescribed departure time. Then the first commute had to make a pit stop for gas. Then when I got to the train station, I couldn't find my card that I had to buy one. Another waste of time. (I just ransacked my bag; it's gone. T_T And I had two more trips left on the dern card!)

When I finally got to my second destination point, the dern commute also stopped for gas! And I only had half an hour before work. Thank goodness I arrived right on the dot or I would have really freaked out.

Hey, don't get me wrong! I am capable of being a happy camper. Just not lately, though. It's just that I'm on the verge of a burnout and I wanna take my TWO days off and get my bearings back.

One bit of nice news is that I've written a bit for Aoshi for Hire. At least I'm still trying to write. Hope to have the new chapter for Mending fixed up and ready to post soon. In the meantime, I gotta hustle. Got stuff to finish before I'm outta here.

Wake me when it's the weekend. Pleeeease?

2004-08-15T15:39:00.000-12:00

Mondays. I never really liked Mondays. And most people would agree with me.

It's supposed to be my off day, but they have us working off one of our rest days to compensate for the influx of calls this season. And this will go on till December. Sucks.

I hope I'll be back in the graveyard shift by then. I would hate, HATE to be stuck in the middle of holiday traffic. The one I go through everyday is agony enough! =P I gotta admit, the old graveyard shift offers much more than this so-called normal shift: higher pay, faster commute, a seemingliy faster shift. Downside is I have NO life, I don't get to see much daylight, I get really crabbier, and no matter how many hours I sleep, I still feel drowsy even if I down coffee.

My day is not starting right. *sigh* A lot of things are just setting me off that I want to scream. Doesn't help that I feel sleepy, too. Ah, well...

ARGH! JUST when I'm working instead of taking a day off when things just go so wrong??? I suppose I'm just not all in today. And I had no intentions of reporting in to work on my rest day, anyway (like I haven't stressed that enough...).

Anyway. My sister and I finished Fruits Basket last night. It leaves you hanging, but leaves you with a feeling that things will be okay for our favorite characters. But then, I just found out that there's more that hasn't been translated into the series from the manga--like the 12th Juunishi character Rin. What's more, although we get to meet the Juunishi, there's just too much information let in per episde, and that Toru Honda seemed to have some effect on them. Which I find a bit annoying. I mean, to me, (read: in my unwanted, unsolicited OPINION) she is like the only person in the FB-verse that seemed to put the people into the right path (I mean, a high school kid with SUCH insight? She must be from another planet... =P) . She kinda reminds me of Kenshin Himura in that light. She isn't bad... it's just that... man, you'll be hard put finding an overly cheerful person in this big, bad world of ours.

Oh yeah. And these comments coming from me on a Monday. I forgot that.

Girl's night out.

2004-08-12T13:31:00.000-12:00

Got dragged into coming with my old team for their little team building thing. (Nice, Daiji. "Dragged" is the operative word...) I was torn between not going because I can't pitch in the expenses--of course, I will ask later--and being able to hang out with my old teammates. No regrets, though. I really had fun. I only got some six hours' sleep, but it was worth it. ^_^ It felt good connecting with people and just relax after a days' work. I mean was fried at the end of my shift, and I just hung around by their workstation, and voila! I got to dine with them kooky kids.

Can't deny that I wanted to go. It's been stressful lately so I needed to get out of the routine. Good ol' Petchie was at her best that night. *shakes head* I dunno where she gets all that energy...

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Tinkering our Pinoy Fanfiction website now. I'll tell you guys when it's up. We've been trying to work on this for AGES and we couldn't find the time to sit still and finish this. T_T

Am now on my break from training and still tinkering the Pinoy Fanfics site. You'll never realize how much stuff we've accumulated over time! I can't believe there are several fics sent in already! Well, I hope we can really develop this place.

Gonna scurry my butt back to training in a bit...

We're baaaaa-aaack!

2004-08-11T18:20:00.000-12:00

Aaah! Break! Sort of.

Just gone from training (or should I say refresher course?) a few minutes ago. They've pooled the old team for the customer service department to act as backup since the calls have peaked lately. And since they aren't fast enough to pull in new blood, and since old blood can do better, so why not use and abuse? =P

At one point, this is a pleasant break, rather a 2-hour pleasant break. No infuriating calls (--er well, this is customer service, so anything goes) for those precious two hours. Oh, well. Beggars can't be choosers.

Okay. Stayed an hour too long. Gotta get outta here now.

End of my shi--shift!

2004-08-10T20:57:00.000-12:00

Well, it ended an hour and a half ago. Had a meeting. Needed to finish emails. Save files.

Can't tyupe fast.

Can't type right.

Brain dead.

Fingers hurt.

Wish to stay dead for a day.

thunk thunk

2004-08-09T16:57:00.000-12:00

New layout. Woohoo. I can't make my own graphics. Don't even know if I can come up with a decent one! Ah well. This is quite a cool layout, and to think it only used about 2 or 3 shades.

Oh, and I have a couple of new drawings.

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And in the aftermath...

2004-08-05T11:59:00.000-12:00

I felt like I botched the presentation yesterday. There I was, standing like a blubbering twit, talking like a moron. T_T I still can't get over it because I could have thought of a lot of ways to promptly answer my panel.

Daiji, get over it...

Well, there's nothing much to lose about not making the cut. There's always next time. So meanwhile, I'll be stuck answering the phone day in and day out...

I really need to get a cheerier personality, huh? And probably a new layout. Can't contemplate on that now, when I haven't done anything on PiB's layout. *sigh*

We'll see what turns out.

The day has come!

2004-08-04T11:17:00.000-12:00

My poor blog's been neglected these past days! T_T It's been quite hectic lately that I don't have much time for anything else.

Well, today's the day I finally do my presentation for my application on another department. I haven't finished my presentation yet, since I've been holding off thinking it won't go through. What's funny is I'm applying for a slot in our QA Department. Though I know I've had good QA grades, I was cited for--well--surfing. =P They might hold that against me. But I think I can hold off on my own... I hope.

Getting butterflies in my stomach. The presentation's a few hours away now. And I can't get time off to finish up my presentation.

Crossing fingers for me...

Way! It's Saturday!!!

2004-07-30T20:03:00.000-12:00

Spoke to a really pleasant caller. He gave me his site. He's quite impressive, professionally and as an individual. He's got cancer, but talking to him doesn't give me that impression. He sounds so full of life. You should check out his site and learn more about the man. You'll be inspired, too. I've added him to one of my links.

2:49 pm. Grrr. I feel like thrashing the PC in front of me. Just when you're trying to set the dern wireless gadgets right to a different profile--which is a must--then everything goes screwy. >.<+ I hate technology half the time...

Ah well. Am 16 minutes away from logging out, and I'm just sending out my reports. Whew! Next week, I'll only have one rest day per week. It WON'T be a pleasant season for the people here. I'm still considering if I should report on duty on ALL my Sunday rest day.

Okay. I'm still waiting for my Fruit Basket vol. 1 CD. We've watched volume 5 so far. I really like it, the story, the characters (except the main girl, who I found just to... sunny) so far. I don't wanna watch further until I watch the first two eps. And it's really funny without being to campy. I like Hatori Sohma. He reminds me a lot about Aoshi's aloof character, but Hatori shows more emotion, of course.

Two rest days today. I don't wanna plan on what to do again because I got a feeling I won't accomplish anything. Bad me! If only I can find time away from babysitting then I might be able to do some of my own things. Bad, bad me! =P

Oh, yeah. I have the scanned images. But I'm gonna hold off posting until it's all ready. I hope.

Well, see you Tuesday! \(^_^)o

Getting away...

2004-07-29T13:38:00.000-12:00

4447336Argh. Been really loaded this week since I got off my single rest day. Didn't help that the PCs I used were realllllllllly slow.

I finally got the scans for my new drawings, but I haven't uploaded them yet. When, oh when will I get my butt off the chair and work on my new PiB layout??? Miss my PC. Miss my drawings. Miss typing fanfic. Miss tinkering with some files in my PC. Miss my MP3s. Whiiiiiiiiiiiine!

Another work week done.

2004-07-24T18:00:00.000-12:00

But I get just one restday. Boohoo.

I'm considering whether to have the current drawings scanned and be done with it.

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End of my shift now, and I'm sticking around, browsing for David Wenham stuff. I discovered him after watching him in Van Helsing, then after being 'forced' to watch LoTR. He reminds me of an old obsession, Peter Wingfield. Might be a nose thing. Ha ha.

Okay, need to go. Or I'll be stuck in Sunday traffic. (Yes, boys and girls, there IS Sunday traffic where I'm from.)

Saturday and then some

2004-07-23T20:00:00.001-12:00

Am typing like crazy today. Got chat duties, and I'll be wearing out my hands today, looks like it.

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Twenty-eight minutes before the end of my shift. And one wrist brace isn't enough for me! T_T Good thing it's cooler than usual so my wrists don't hurt. As long as I don't move my thumbs much. A physio said I have deQuervain's syndrome, so some wrist movement really hurts. Luckily, I haven't felt pain like I had before. And I hope I hold my luck.

Saturday afternoon. What to do later...? That is, IF I have free time...

Maybe I should just use my watercolor pencils and color my dern drawings to be done with. I don't know when oh when my I can use my PC again.

Maybe I can watch my anime CDs. Now which one...?

2004-07-23T20:00:00.000-12:00