buzz around my head won't you?

If there's one thing I didnt expect to ask myself this year, its this question. The question that been running in my head over and over again. I didnt think I would reach this point...but never say never truly.

No, its NOT that part of my life. that's doing very very well :)

This is more, well, something thats been part of me for oh...a little over 5 years I think. And its a common theme believe me.

I'm starting with the questions....I suppose the answers cannot be far away...right?

Usher on Broadway!!!

Chicago starring Usher, originally uploaded by socs.

Jenny flew in for the weekend for some healthy dose of Broadway...we headed for TKTS to catch a matinee and lo and behold, there it was. Usher in a crisp suit, in all his Usher-dom for a Chicago ad!!! We both went..."Usher! Chicago! OH MY GOD!".

And that sort of decided it. We would head back to TKTS and find out if there were any Chicago tickets on sale.

There were five of us watching the matinee show for The Producers, but only us two were determined to see THE man himself. So we got in line early evening and got us two tickets, in separate seats at 25% off. Okay, so we cant gush together, but at least there wont be a pool of drool at our feet.

We got the worst seat in the house but we were seated anyway, while a whole bunch were standing (yes, they had SRO seats! er...tickets :p). It was a packed house, and no wonder since Usher only started Tuesday...

Long story short, we got to see him perform, heard him add his own flavor to the Billy Flynn songs and saw him make his moves onstage...I wouldve loved to wait for him outside the theatre, but dozens of others had the same thing in mind. So after the show, I got my programme and left singing Chicago songs in my head.

Overall, I loved it better than the Producers. Not only because of Usher, but because the songs were great, the performers were really very good, the choreography was powerful and the cast was simply awesome.

I can leave New York feeling very fulfilled. :)

moving the second time around

In keeping with the times, I've opted to write about what I remember most about the previous (now) two homes that the company have had since I joined....

1. Toilet breaks in Erechem meant grabbing the keys to the Ladies' by the side door OR
2. Using the Toilet and Bath off the pantry (yeah, we had a shower there, you could easily spend the night there...though I'm not sure I would've wanted to)
3. The conference room that served as pantry extension during lunch time
4. ...and the white board that lets you print a copy of whats written in it
5. Erechem elevators that stop functioning during off hours (and I think the staircase doors are closed at that time too)...to get out, you'd have to call security on the ground floor to activate the elevator
6. PACSPORTS golf store
7. The one thing I really could NOT understand about RCBC...the bronze statue depicting EDSA....it just doesnt go with the very modern, streamlined, glass-y and silver-y building.
8. the lobby drop off I have to admit, is one of my favorite spots...
9. along with the 3rd floor of the Podium part of the building (where the theatre is)
10. the pockets of "team" areas in the RCBC office...I dont think anyone ever utilized them though...
11. Breathtaking views of the Manila Bay sunset. I dont think Net 2 can top that.

NYC reunion

IMG_3604, originally uploaded by socs.

After more than a year, I finally see Grache again.

I was away for work when she moved to the US and this assignment has given us the opportunity to catch up....sort of.

Thing is, it was just as she said. When we saw each other, we picked up where we left off. Its like we just saw each other the other week. I guess because I still knows what was going on with her life, she knows whats going on with mine and we both know that we're heading off in a certain path...so we were never really disconnected I guess. Even though the email, phone call and chats are not as often as you would expect.

I suppose after 12 or 13 years of being friends, things just happen the way they're supposed to happen. And its easy to accept that when you have so much history.

It was great seein' ya grache....as for the other girls, I'm coming home soon :)

Oh and by the way, I should write about the whole weekend soon....when I can get around to it.

Is all that antagonism really called for?

Call me naïve, but from what I see, we all have the same goals here…so why does one have to make it so difficult for the other?

Day by day I am realizing that maybe I really am not cut out for this.
I thrive where people work together and a handful of hostility can be easily squashed with a little bitchy foot.

indulgences

every now and then we have to give ourselves permission to indulge...last saturday, I allowed myself to spend for brunch at one of New York's popular places...Tavern on the Green at Central Park. Yeah, it was the priciest brunch I've ever had...but how many people can actually say they've been there?!? Okay, a lot maybe...but still, I know a lot who probably wouldnt have spent for that. This photo is an authentic fremed souvenir.

tavern group, originally uploaded by socs.

after brunch, it was on to more cash out of the wallet. TKTS for Broadway. I was not in any mood that day to watch Broadway, but when I saw that they had tickets for Avenue Q available, I immediately lit up and recommended it to my companions. We got our tickets at 50% off and though they werent the best seats in the house, I was happy. I have been wanting to see this show since I saw the 2004 Tony Awards. my chance had come. and I have the programme to prove it too! (plus the memories of those scenes, songs and storylines....I will never look at a puppet the same way again!)

now that I've had my second Broadway experience...I'm craving for more....maybe next week? lets see....does it still count as an indulgence if it becomes a once a week thing?

typical morning:

i wake up to the sound of the cellphone alarm. its a sound i've grown to hate. and a sound i recognized from the countless people in the street who has the same phone model. and there are lots. In the office alone, one person a few desks from me uses the same tone as his ringtone. and everytime i hear it I feel like throwing stones at it. shut up alarm! i want to sleep some more! in fact, i want to sleep for, oh, i dont know...maybe 6 weeks and approximately 3 days more?

on better mornings a phone rings before the alarm goes off. that i dont mind. when it rings there are only two choices, either way, I wouldn’t mind hearing either voice. most of the time, its who I expect it to be…and for a few brief moments I am happy to be awake. its actually among the best time of the day for me. and like most best things, it ends too soon. And the alarm goes off the snooze mode and starts that irritating sound again.

more and more, I'm finding it hard to accept that second sound of the alarm and let me fully wake me up, to push myself out of bed and get going, to put down that phone and face facts that yeah, I have to face another day here in order find myself home. soon.

so i drag myself out of bed and end the day so that it can begin again the same way the following morning.

pause

I would like to take a moment in the middle of yet another crazy day to say....

Yeah... Its real. I have to ask myself over and over again sometimes just to make sure I'm not missing out on something that actually makes its all untrue.

But there's none.

And I'm thankful for that.

D and D

D and D, originally uploaded by socs.

it was a no brainer. such a simple thing. and so close to my heart even.

BUT I thought about it too late. and i was reminded of it too late. thank you though for reminding me still. i'm saving the idea for something that'll be just mine.

oh well. this belongs here anyway. a souvenir shot of my Dean and Deluca moment.

I think tomorrow I'll go get myself another one of those.