How otherworldly is the place I work in? Sitting across me is a pregnant thirtysomething woman who seems like the typical Filipina housewife - mahinhin, soft-spoken, gentle. She sings along to Linkin Park and Slapshock MP3s one minute then Jessic Simpson the next.

This might be normal for some but for me this is fucking weird!

Woohoo! Today we're going out of town. First, it's up to Tagaytay then a little distance down to Calaruega for my high school classmate's wedding. After the ceremony and dinner reception it's off to Anilao where we will attempt to find Toots' house in the dark.

Kaye, et al, just left an hour ago and should be somewhere on the SLEX by now. Lionel and I will leave Marikina at 11AM, fetch Lala and head further south. We're starting the day with formal wear on our backs and ending it with thong sandals under our feet - or, better yet, barefoot!

I am sooo looking forward to this break. Will be nice to meet up with the Standards, then spend quality downtime with my family sans parents and the Lalacat.

Grabe ang tamad-tamad ko talaga mag-post ng entry sa blog.

Dateline April 1 2005:

I no longer work for Summit media. Weird things happened while I was there. I left mainly because my job, managing editor, did not agree with my personality nor my talents. Now I find myself working back in the IT industry where, potentially, there is much more money. My salary is a smidge higher, plus, I get commissions. The drawback is that I've immediately rediscovered why I left IT in the first place -- IT's fucking boring. Endless discussions on SharePoint Servers, Infopath, SyBase, Sales Force Automation make my eyes glaze over and my head loll heavily. There may be some pleasant moments with good clients like Globe and Nestle, but generally it's me adrift in the Sea of Doldrums, where the air is stagnant and my sails are limp. At least I find much joy in my many rackets, still mostly for Summit, and I do try to find even more. Perhaps with some deft maneuvering and clever finagling, I can ease myself out of this position and actually do what I love doing.

And that's watch TV.

(Just kidding!)