it happens

i'm going to be transferred to a different department next week.

it's an upgrade for me but i feel demoted in my opinion.

i was not even asked for my opinion if i wanted it or not.

i only found out when it was a done deal already.

from the feedback i've received, everyone seems happy for me except... me.

this sucks BIG TIME!

i'll elaborate more later.

what the hell, right?

gani asked me to check out his blog to see his latest entry. it's been over a week since i blogged anything so here it goes:

three names you go by:
1. chito
2. hunny
3. tsitonats

three screen names you have had:
1. kulokoy
2. tsitonats
3. - BaSiLiSk -

three physical things you like about yourself:
1. eyes
2. arms
3. hair (just the haircut actually)

three physical things you don't like about yourself:
1. love handles (i'm working on losing this one)
2. height (a couple inches taller won't hurt, right?)
3. hairline (ok guys, no wisecracks!)

three parts of your heritage:
1. sense of humor (ever talk to both my folks at the dinner table?)
2. body hair
3. hairline (i got #s 2 & 3 from my grandfather)

three things that scare you:
1. e-mails from my boss (which i get a lot of on a daily basis)
2. screwing up big time in anything i do
3. uncertainty of the future (wow! serious!)

three of your everyday essentials:
1. ethel!
2. cellphone
3. ethel!

three of your favorite musical artists:
1. m.y.m.p.
2. metallica
3. guns n' roses

three of your favorite songs:
1. same ground - kitchie nadal
2. spend my life - eric benet & tamia
3. paint it black - the rolling stones

three things you want in a relationship:
1. love
2. happiness
3. honesty

three lies and truths in no particular order:
lies:
1. i like by boss
2. i'm so excited to go to work tomorrow!
3. punks not dead!

truths:
1. many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view
2. do or do not, there is not try
3. it's not wise to upset a wookiee

three physical things about the opposite sex that appeals to you:
1. eyes
2. smile
3. personality

three of your favorite hobbies:
1. pool (aka. billiards)
2. sitting for hours infront of my pc at home
3. bumming around

three things you want to do really badly now:
1. sleep
2. stay home
3. go on vacation

three careers you're considering/you've considered:
1. guidance counselor (gave this one some serious thought, too)
2. football coach
3. corporate trainer

three places you want to go on vacation:
1. boracay
2. paris (the city, not the person ok?)
3. florence

three kid's names you like:
1. fabrizio
2. giuseppe
3. philip (para "philip p. ines" get it?)

three things you want to do before you die:
1. get married and have kids
2. be my own boss
3. drive my own ferrari (wouldn't we all?)

three ways that you are stereotypically a boy:
1. sports channels
2. messy room
3. the "what's up one-arm man hug" (just had to put this!)

three ways that you are stereotypically a girl:
1. umm, nope... not me
2.
3.

three celeb crushes:
1. natalie portman
2. stacy keibler
3. gabrielle anwar (ever see that tango scene in "scent of a woman"?)

three people that i would like to see take this quiz:
1. ethel
2. third
3. itin

where's yours? :)

we are the champions!

we had our annual billiards tournament yesterday and our team won! we dominated the women's division with 3 of our players reaching the semis and had 2 players in the finals of the men's division.
from our team's perspective, that's a good thing as we rack up majority of the points yesterday.

from an individual standpoint, it sucks... i played well enough to make it all the way to the finals undefeated only to lose it all on the final shot. you see, the score was 6-6 in a very tightly played final. 1 ball left and i was on the table, left with a shot i'd make all day and probably even in my sleep. problem is, when i shot the 9, i was expecting it to disappear into the upper left corner pocket and not to bobble at the pocket's jaws like it did. i lost 7-6 but our team still won so i'm happy just the same. that's 2 years in a row for us. oh well, i'll get 'em next year!

after all the dust settled, ethel and i went to greenhills to wind down after 8 grinding hours in the pool hall. she bought around 6 different shirts in the tiangge and i got a really, really good class A copy of last year's real madrid jersey. we had dinner in italianni's after and had a couple of servings of the complimentary foccacia bread, baked zitti (which was superb!), and a watermelon shake. dinner was good but it could have been better given the loss but it's ok hehehe.

hunny, thanks for staying there all day with me. i know it was hard for you especially during the later stages when most of our friends already left and you had less and less people to talk to. i really, really appreciate it. i love you!

at least you got to watch a few of my matches with richie hehehe :)

here's a picture of us over dinner with a glimpse of the greenhills savings branch:

have a nice day y'all!

it's friday!!!

friday's finally here! thank God!

i can't put into words how beat up, tired, and drained i've been for the past few weeks. and i'm losing weight (which is always a good thing). too many investigations, reports, deadlines to finish, so little time. to think that i'm even staying extra hours after work just to get things done. i guess that comes with the territory. we aren't the best security and fraud team in the country for doing nothing, right? but, i gotta work to pay the bills.

the weather isn't really helping either. we've had bed weather since last week or so that the only thing you'll feel really up to doing is lie in bed cuddling a pillow.

at least i have the weekend to look forward to. i have a pool tournament tomorrow and i really haven't had much practice (mainly cause i'd rather go home and rest). i'm going to try squeeze in a couple of hours of playing later just to get in a good groove and just hope for the best when game time comes.

i'm stumped. my mind just went blank.

more later if anything comes to mind...

tales from the office

tough day at work today.

the head office sent us an e-mail looking for certain stats from september '04 to april '05. my boss knew the answer as to why there were no stats so he was the one who replied on our team's behalf - the gay, err.. guy whom i took over the position from forgot to (actually, just plain didn't) mention anything to me last year about one of his old tasks which generated those stats.

it's standard procedure in our office to have at least a week wherein the old jobholder turns over the responsibilities to the next person. he "turned over" everything (or so it seemed) to me after a couple of weeks of teaching me nothing in a grand total of two hours! and that was over a span of three days, mind you.

WOW! how much can you really learn about a new job in two hours, given that it's not even two straight hours? i had to start from scratch and clean up all the mess that was left behind - the latest of which is this. my boss actually told me to just "swallow the bitter pill" and get over it... i have. and i am over it. a long time ago, too. i just get really pissed when things from the past come back to haunt us.

if you guys are wondering, yes, I AM BADMOUTHING HIM! i don't care, it's my blog anyway :) and gimme a break will you, i had a rough day :)

anyway...

on the lighter side of things, i talked my sister into donating to the China Bear Rescue on animalsasia.org. we saw one of the commercials on tv and i told her to watch it. i said for her to check out the website and just click around and read. about half an hour later, she IM'ed me asking how to donate. she gave them bear meals good for a week. and it REALLY felt good that she did.

it's almost 2am.

i'm going to bed now...

thoughts over lunch

happy birthday mama!!!

i saw this in gani's blog. check it out if you're up for a little laughter. just hope you're on broadband 'cause it's loaded with images.

it's only tuesday and i'm wishing it was friday already. i'm feeling so burned out 'cause of work. good thing my boss is here already so i don't have to answer all those e-mails from the head office myself. now if i can only find a way not to do all those daily .xls files i have.

ethel's leaving for singapore on friday. i'm not too thrilled about that. yes, i know she's coming back (you are coming back, right hon?) and that we only won't see each other on saturday, but i'm still not comfortable with the idea. this year i don't think we've ever had a day where we didn't see each other. though we agreed that we would have "days off" from each other, i still found ways or excuses to see her. i guess i just got so used to having her around. but at least it's just for one day 'casue i'll be bringing her to the airport and picking her up when she arrives. i'll live. i think.

lunch break's over. i'm outta here...