post hibernation thoughts

i'm done hibernating.

i've spent the last two months or so reviewing for two LOMA exams that i took last week. thank god it's all over. i won't touch another LOMA book for another 4 months. YEY!

also, i've been "busy" working with Jack in what i still call a hush-hush project. we're keeping it under wraps for the time being, though when it's ready to be brought out in the open, i'll be done with the program and most probably be in makati already. i hope.

Jack's probably the best boss anyone can have. i mean, this guy, for all that he's accomplished and for all the glory that goes with being high up in the corporate ladder, is the most considerate person in the world. he asks me for a personal deadline and i try to impress him by giving him an early date (sometimes too early that i want to smack my own head against the wall) and he gives me allowance just in case i need more time! he probably thinks i'm an overachiever. haha. well, i'm just following orders from mr. sotelo, who told us to impress the expat.

when Jack sets a meeting with me, he tells me what time he's going to get back in the office, and tells me he would call to see if that time works for me! can you imagine? too bad i can only work with him till the end of the month.

i can't believe that the program is almost over. i can still remember the very first day we walked into the office and chose cubicles and got to match names with faces. i am so going to miss the training girls--the extended breakfasts and lunches, chikas about our men, chats about our AI bets, texts about anything under the sun, after-office get togethers, and everything else that goes with finding 5 fabulous girlfriends. the year-long training would not have been fun if not for them.

friends are always great to have. and great friends are the best finds ever. last night, i had a 3 1/2-hour dinner with my college girlfriends. gaile's in the US and jeli was in cavite (though we did do a live phone patch with her) so it was just me, dwen, maan, and lovebird addie (hihi...i just had to get that in). we were at cozy TOSH near pearl drive and i must say, i feel very blessed to have these girls for friends! it's been 6 years now since we first made our own introductions at ORSEM and after all the sleepless nights we had doing papers and projects, long sessions of heartbreak talk, debuts, after-midterm-dinners, i can only look forward to more years of friendship.

sometime during my hiatus, i also went to Bataan with my beau and his friends. it feels nice to belong to his own set of friends, and i know that if it doesn't work out between the two of us (yes, i'm pragmatic now, thanks to ms. agnes) i am going to miss his friends, too.

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it's a lazy saturday afternoon and i'm all alone in the house. michael buble is keeping me company and the gloomy weather makes me sentimental. about what? well, i don't know exactly. i think i'm out of sorts. good luck.

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i've recently started to cook. not for anything else, but for my own good, i guess. it's about time perhaps, to be a little more domesticated. hihi.

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i guess that's all for now. life's pretty steady.