Monthly Archive for June, 2005
Dakota
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Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don’t turn up at all.
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I know why you went *poof*
I was just thinking that I had a pretty shitty day today.
One of our guys resigned suddenly. Just sent an email saying he had personal problems and could not work well because of them and so goodbye, please understand how he valued his work. I was really shocked to get this as he’s been a great employee (my favorite I have to admit), was doing a great job, we were actually planning to give him a raise next month and a bonus for work well done as well. Then bam. Resignation.
I am flipping between concern — what problems could he have? and can we help him? — and annoyance — did we not even deserve the courtesy of a proper resignation and turnover?? I still don’t know what to do. I will definitely email back and ask for a hardcopy resignation letter and a formal turnover. But aside from that I still cannot figure out if I am sad or pissed. Maybe both.
One thing that I have learned from working is that no one is indispensible. Yes, the company may hobble a bit when an important employee leaves, but after a while adjustments are made, and if the company foundation is good then things just go on from there. Lessons learned, adjustments made. Onward and outward heeh.
I would like to think that our company will still do well when I am gone. I will probably still do some work for the company but it will be very different not being in the center and feeling the pulse of things. I have to admit, I love the throb and buzz of work, and sometimes look for the tension of it all. Preparing a bid, winning a job, doing it well. What a high.
Losing is the shits though. And so is messing up a job so we have to go back and rectify. It’s quite unavoidable, booboos in the construction field — there are so many factors and parties involved in each project, but we try to catch things as early as possible and solve problems before they escalate.
We also spent some time at one of our projects where we had an inspection together with the Building Engineer. It turns out that our electrical and mechanical contractors did not do all the rectification work they were supposed to do. Argh. Checking this was the work of the resigned employee and I cannot help but feel that this inspection had something to do with his sudden resignation. I’ve decided to bite the bullet, give the contractors one more chance to fix the work. If the work isn’t done to the Building Engineers satisfaction I will arrange to takeover work with another set of contractors and backcharge the original contractors with the work. I’m not too happy about this but I want the job done, and done properly. Sorry sorry na lang lahat. I am sick of this nonperformance.
And this is the shittiest part of my day. Mom hit her head on a window 2 weeks ago and got a bump on her head. She got an XRay shortly after and they found some swelling — a hematoma. Compresses, some mild painkillers etc. Yesterday she said she could still feel the lump and she decided to get another XRay. This time the radiology team told her that they found some oval shaped shadows in her XRay and suggested she get a CTScan. She told me about that this morning.
I could barely keep that out of my mind all day. What if it was something bad? What would we do? So many “what ifs” went through my mind…I don’t even want to write them here. I got to see the XRay when I got back to the office this afternoon and read through the results. They said the XRay was generally normal except for some shadowing mostly oval shaped of what could be “pacchionian depressions” Tried to look this up on the net but mostly found info related to fossils / ancient skeletons. Apparently these are formed by calcified spinal fluid and this is more common in adults / older people. I hope that is all there is to it please please God.
The best Inihaw na Liempo I have ever tasted.
Countryside Restaurant Katipunan Ave (along BlueRidge). So it’s a bit of a dive. You won’t care once you start eating.
Berts and I were eating there in the middle of the night when a crazy guy walked into the roofed dining area and started babbling, making weird motions, and grabbing the tips left by other diners. Most people left and I was considering jumping over the low wood fence that separated the dining area from the sidewalk.
M: (speaking softly without opening mouth) Berts, bertsssss…the crazy guy is near OMG. Uhhhhhhhhhhh. Whaddoooweeeddoooo. Ahhhh he’s right next to us. I know…lets jump over the fence and run to the car.
B: What???! And leave our Inihaw????
We stayed. It’s that good.
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Ita first.
Things are getting resolved. Ita had a seizure last week and Dr. Nick has decided to place him on Phenobarbital. Ita’s a tiny guy and the doc wants to start him on the lowest possible dosage so it’s 1/8 of a tiny pill for him. Pheno comes in a really tiny tablet so I am glad the vet cut the pills for us.
He’s drowsy sometimes, but not as much as I expected. He still runs around and roughhouses with It, and nips at our ankles when we pass by.
From what I have read Pheno is a depressant that hopefully minimizes the number and intensity of seizures. It’s a longterm maintenance drug and not a cure. We all just have to learn to live and deal with Ita’s epilepsy. I’m just really glad we have a great vet in Dr. Nick.
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Tuesday. Had dinner at Good Earth Metrowalk with Milett, Maila and Erika. We were all in college together and worked together (first jobs where we earned about 14pesos per hour hahah). It was really nice seeing all of them again…another chatter and gobble session…plus rundowns of our weddings (Milett and I got married on the same day), Maila’s new accessories business, and work, work, work.
Grace, a W@Wie client of Maila’s, passed by to pick up some jewelry she ordered from Maila. Alvin, a very good friend (also a member of W@W, I call him the “crafty groom” hehe) arrived. Roberta made a late appearance as well, and we ended up moving to Chicken Bacolod for some Adobo Pandesal, Suman and Tsokolate, and Choco Flan.
Akk, I am just remembering what we ate and I am getting phantom pains from my nonexistent gallbladder. 
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Met up with some online friends (you know who you are) later in the week and had a fun time. Chili’s is a great place to go to when you’re hungry because of their bottomless chips and nachos…and I just discovered that they give you a free scoop of ice cream if you tell them it’s your birthday hahaha.
The friends said it was my birthday and I smiled and nodded thanks when the servers came to sing and give me my scoop of ice cream. So it wasn’t true…I was feeling so sorry while I snarfed the free food heeheh.
Sa uulitin ha 
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A few posts back I was moaning about how the local shops didn’t carry Melty Kiss. CSTiu was an angel and offered to take some home for me because she was coming back from HK.
I was so happy. Met Claire and her boyfriend at Powerbooks Megamall, and left with 3 boxes of Melty Kiss - chocolate, almond, and green tea. Ahhh heaven! Thank you thank you Claire for all the effort and taking the time to meet up — I am sure you had a hectic few days here 10,000 thanks! I liked the Green Tea chocolates the best…..mmmmmmmmmmMMMMellllllty Kissssss.
I hope we can have coffee or dinner the next time you come home. I’ll do research on where we can go
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I then met up with Wowie friends last Saturday. People you get along with, Pritchon, airconditioning, lots of chatter…what more could I ask for….well, Crispy Pata, and we had that too hahahah.
I had actually met Laine, Tin, and Abie previously and was sure I would enjoy myself again. I did — plus I got the bonus of meeting Len (who I had only previously known through reading her blog, and occasionally hearing her on the radio), and Clarice (who I would catch on the chat sometimes).
For a group of people who had hardly met there was no awkward silences at all. I could hear laughter when I walked into the restaurant (Finio at Morato) and I quickly joined in. It’s odd, the internet…you sometimes learn quicker about someone from reading about them than from actually being with them. No tippytoeing around, just a straight on launch into being good friends.
We went through so much topics during lunch I have trouble recalling everything — Clarice and Abies coordination business, weddings (siempre), getting lost on the road, dead toenails (!), etc etc etc.
I have to mention I kept getting distracted by Len’s hair. It was so straight and shiny! Pwede talaga pang commercial.
Ok, showbiz moment. Laine, thank you thank you for the bracelet and cd Abie thanks for the ZZZ…Burp!, and Len, thank you for the pressie (I got a bit mortified because I was asking Len why she was lugging an enormous plastic bag, and it turned out they were pressies for everyone…wow mid year holiday talaga!) Pebz, got the “package” Looking forward to seeing you soon.
Lets do this more often girls. Psst, kayo, sama na next time.
Pardon the mess.
I was getting a bit tired of my blog’s look 
I love white and the neatness of everything….but I think I need a change.
It looks like it is going to take a few days to place my blog add-ons back (although I think my haloscan comments are dead ….)
Better than getting a short short haircut again ha, J?
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Thank you J 
for the header, what a lucky wife I am (sipsip too hahaha)
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