Yes. It's going to be a long week for my two occupations. So we'll see if I don't end up looking like ground up coffee beans by the end of the week. Juggling's so hard, I've still not decided which occupation to put on the back burner so I'm spreading myself thinly and managing as best as I can (which by the way I'm not doing a good job of as of the moment <--- I can't even write a decent sentence). I'm not done writing the pros and cons lists.
So stressed.
I can't wait for the end of the week, I can't wait to alcohol up.
Monday, March 28, 2011
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Favorite Singaporean Words
1. BLUR - this is the Singaporen version of, "Ewan". More than a cloudy mirror, or window, blur is that look that people give each when they just don't know what's going on.
2. Queue - Stand in line, wait for your turn.
3. Cannot-laaaaah - Note the really prolonged ah. Yes, they take the time to emphasize the important words like can and cannot.
4. Tapao - When you want your order to go, you just say tapao. Faster to say than take-away, take-out, to-go.
2. Queue - Stand in line, wait for your turn.
3. Cannot-laaaaah - Note the really prolonged ah. Yes, they take the time to emphasize the important words like can and cannot.
4. Tapao - When you want your order to go, you just say tapao. Faster to say than take-away, take-out, to-go.
Monday, March 14, 2011
Channeling Erin Brockovich, "Suba" in Bataan
"So this is what Erin Brockovich felt"
Last weekend, I stayed holed up in my room to complete a job I committed for a friend. Nothing illicit nor illegal, it was just unusual. I was asked to channel Erin Brockovich by reading a bunch of laws and looking for patterns. Interestingly enough, I had fun. I mean surely, these laws are boring, vague and a tad bit outdated, but it was fun because somebody actually wrote these things. I was impressed by how these laws were written, each word was well thought out. I just wish that these laws were "REAL". By real I mean implemented, enforced and respected by the community. I know very little about the industry these laws were made for, but I know a friend who is in that industry and she attests that if these laws were actually in use, her business would be more robust.
Nonetheless, I felt like I did something important for this country. And that is always a good thing.
___________________________
"Suba"
Two weekends ago, I spent my Sunday on a farm. This is no farmville, no organic garden with a posh restaurant. No this is a for-real farm. Our hosts were using hardcore tagalog words like, "Gasak, giik, suba" in their conversation. They are a classic farming family and it inspired me to aspire having one. Seriously, I want one! The idea of picking fruit fresh from trees, being surrounded by miles of "palay", fresh air. Ahh. It was beautiful and fun! Time crept so slow that Sunday that I felt the true definition of being relaxed. Is it because if the world goes crumbles at that moment, we're surrounded by food and won't die as fast as those plagued by a lack of access to food? Is it because this is a place where life is cultivated, allowed to creep slowly in time and it was okay to just exist without being rushed to do everything all the time? This is heaven for a procrastinator like me.
But getting there was a long drive, and for once, I'm so happy that I didn't have to be the driver that day.
___________________________
Last weekend, I stayed holed up in my room to complete a job I committed for a friend. Nothing illicit nor illegal, it was just unusual. I was asked to channel Erin Brockovich by reading a bunch of laws and looking for patterns. Interestingly enough, I had fun. I mean surely, these laws are boring, vague and a tad bit outdated, but it was fun because somebody actually wrote these things. I was impressed by how these laws were written, each word was well thought out. I just wish that these laws were "REAL". By real I mean implemented, enforced and respected by the community. I know very little about the industry these laws were made for, but I know a friend who is in that industry and she attests that if these laws were actually in use, her business would be more robust.
Nonetheless, I felt like I did something important for this country. And that is always a good thing.
___________________________
"Suba"
Two weekends ago, I spent my Sunday on a farm. This is no farmville, no organic garden with a posh restaurant. No this is a for-real farm. Our hosts were using hardcore tagalog words like, "Gasak, giik, suba" in their conversation. They are a classic farming family and it inspired me to aspire having one. Seriously, I want one! The idea of picking fruit fresh from trees, being surrounded by miles of "palay", fresh air. Ahh. It was beautiful and fun! Time crept so slow that Sunday that I felt the true definition of being relaxed. Is it because if the world goes crumbles at that moment, we're surrounded by food and won't die as fast as those plagued by a lack of access to food? Is it because this is a place where life is cultivated, allowed to creep slowly in time and it was okay to just exist without being rushed to do everything all the time? This is heaven for a procrastinator like me.
But getting there was a long drive, and for once, I'm so happy that I didn't have to be the driver that day.
___________________________
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
*Try naman natin ang Tagalog, as inspired by a blog I've read quite recently.
Totoo pala ang Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. As in masakit ang espasyo sa pagitan ng hintuturo at hinlalaki ng kamay ko. Masakit magbukas ng bote at pumindot ng panlipat ng tsanel ng telebisyon. Nabuhay muli ang kaliwang kamay ko, meron pala akong reserbang kamay para sa panlipat ng tsanel ng telebisyon.
Natuklasan kong may ganito akong karamdaman dahil nahirapan akong magmaneho, masakit humawak ng manibela at ng kambiyo ng pangmatagalan. Sana mawala na ito bukas dahil marami pa akong excel file na kailangan usisain. Mahirap mapilay ang kamay sa paggamit ng daga.
Totoo pala ang Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. As in masakit ang espasyo sa pagitan ng hintuturo at hinlalaki ng kamay ko. Masakit magbukas ng bote at pumindot ng panlipat ng tsanel ng telebisyon. Nabuhay muli ang kaliwang kamay ko, meron pala akong reserbang kamay para sa panlipat ng tsanel ng telebisyon.
Natuklasan kong may ganito akong karamdaman dahil nahirapan akong magmaneho, masakit humawak ng manibela at ng kambiyo ng pangmatagalan. Sana mawala na ito bukas dahil marami pa akong excel file na kailangan usisain. Mahirap mapilay ang kamay sa paggamit ng daga.
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