I’ve been wanting to have a unit of my own since about 2 years ago. I’ve been meaning to inquire in Sea residences but I felt like I wasn’ t ready yet, financially. I don’t know, but I felt like living in a condominium made me feel some sort of independence. That I can do anything I wanted to, eat whatever and come home whenever I feel like it. And it actually happened for real when tabs and I lived in Richville for a year. It was a small unit, 20sqm suited for a student. It was actually for tabs, since he was the student. Initially I disliked the idea of going to and from work/house/condo. It was tiring, plus the traffic in Manila area was unbelievable. But after getting the hang of it, it was bearable.
When we left Richville a year later, I couldn’t explain the feeling, especially on the last day. I experienced an unexplained feeling of sadness, as in every kind of separation. I stared at our room memorizing every details. That small room brought a lot of memories for me. I still feel melancholic whenever I think about our room, and I know for sure when I pass by again I would feel mixed feelings, sad and happy at the same time.
Two months later, our new unit in Newport was finished. But of course it was not to our liking. Not our design, not our brands of appliances, not our stuff.. I don’t know how this is supposed to be mine and tabs’ pad. It was a 58sqm unit, big compared to our previous. But it got smaller when 2 rooms were made. Our room was unbelievably small. Just bed and closet. Even our storage room in pgv was larger than this. But I noticed how some of our stuff in Richville were brought here. The aircon, microwave, wall frames, even our free coke glasses. ^^
It does have a different feel. My first night was spent with 4 of us and without tabs. Somehow the feeling of freedom and independence were lost. This unit is suited for a family, not for a couple. Even tabs were dismayed that his parents feel that it was made for them more, not for him. He initially wanted it to be just a 1 bedroom, or 2 is okay as long as he can put his stuff in the other room. But turned out that he would not be able to even bring any of his stuff because there is no room for anything. It was too small and it was filled with space-unfriendly furnitures.
I’ve been dreaming to have a space of our own, the one we created and really belonged to us. I’ve been fascinated to have a room just like the Grand room of Marina Bay Sands. Ever since we stayed there I couldn’t get it off my mind. I wanted it to be just like a studio type so it would look spacious, with king sized bed, carpeted floor, hotel-like feel.
I was also surprised when a blessing was held and I guess some 20+ people were invited. We couldn’t all fit inside so some stayed and chatted outside, like tabs and his uncles. I wasn’t sure if it was really necessary to invite as many, to think this is a small condo, not a house.
I hope one day I would find myself choosing furnitures and appliances for a unit of our own, just like what I did in Richville. But hopefully not for temporary. It might not turn out to be the best, but at least its what we can call ours.
Dang I was such a klutz. I fell off a chair I was about to sit on in a packed eatery during lunch. I knew that the flooring was uneven, but when I was about to sit, the chair fell first and I couldn’t hold onto anything, so I fell in what I felt like a slow motion kind. My bum fell flat on a dusty floor. And the funny thing was, I couldn’t even stand! My staff, Irene held out her hand and another good lady held out hers. My right arse hurts it must’ve received the impact.
I currently have a heavy period just 2months after miscarriage so I guess thats why it hurts too. I think I fall down every once a year or so. Last year I slide after getting off Pajero and bum fell flat with me also having difficulty standing up. And it was about 2 or 3 years ago when I tripped on my sandals and fell off a sidewalk straight to the front of my car. It was hilarious. Oh well. Good thing I don’t worry too much about getting embarrassed. At least I’m still pretty after getting up. 😉
..after almost 2 years, I hit the gym. Can’t say I’m proud cuz I only joined BodyJam and immediately left after. But its a start, right? 🙂
As of this writing, I’ve been standing for the Metrodeal line for the past hour. You see, I bought a very good deal from them, 3,699 instead of 7,920 for a Lower Box seat for the NKOTBSB concert for today, June 3. I was just browsing thru sites yesterday when I spotted this deal. I knew that BSB was coming but I’ve no idea when. So I was a bit startled when I realized that the concert is scheduled for today. I mean, so much for having time to decide, right? The ticket is not cheap, even for half its price. But early this morning I’ve finally convinced Tabs to watch, since you’ve no idea how I was a huge sucker for this boyband back in highschool. I just couldn’t let this one pass me by, even though its not their solo concert. I wasn’t really an NKOTB fan, I was too young when they got really popular. But I have an idea of their music and have seen some of their perfomances together on youtube, and I can say, they blend well.
Going back to Metrodeal, I think they haven’t prepared for this well enough. Their guys here said they are unsure what time the tickets would come. Now what irritates me right this moment is how come they’re here, and not the tickets? They’ve propped up chairs and their laptop outside and we’ve been waiting for an hour and half already. They keep on apologizing but thats not what we need. We need the friggin tickets. I can see Tabs sitting on the side, looking very tired and restless, since he still came after duty. We even planned earlier to watch a movie first, since theres supposed to be a good 4 hours before the concert starts at 8. I feel like I’m a diehard fan still, what with coming here more than 4 hours before the concert, you know the idol stalker highschooler kind of type, only I’m not here to stalk or get in backstage, I’m just here to claim the tickets. I’m getting restless, too. Standing for a while can get really tiring, and I’m having back problems if I get really tired. Now until what time are we going to wait? I guess we just have to wait and see. Even Tabs predicted earlier that Metrodeal could end up having a problem, since they’ve had similar complaints with their deals recently. Maybe thats the price I have to pay for the discount I got. To top it off, it kinda looks like rain. I’m not sure if I would deal this way again. 😦
… plus my laziness, got the best of me.
Yeah, you guessed it right. I did not hit the gym. 😛
I was a Passport member of Fitness First from October 2008 until about April 2011. From these almost 3 years of membership, I could only count the number of times I went to work out. I was that LAZY. To think that I was not even the one paying for it. I wasn’t that serious. There were several months when I never even had a single visit. July last year when I’ve thought of visiting again, I’ve no idea that my membership has been cut off. So there I was on my gym attire and the receptionist told me I was not a member anymore. I was little embarrassed when she told me it was already cut off as early as April. Fast forward to today, I’ve been meaning to inquire again. I get really lazy when it comes to working out, but I think I just needed some kind of a boost. I’ve thought about dieting and getting fit after my miscarriage. Being overweight could really cause abnormalities in pregnancy. I think I need to prepare my body first before becoming pregnant again. I was too fat, I may even be diabetic. After several weeks of debating whether to walk into the far side of MOA (haha), I finally mustered up my strength of walking (haha) and inquired. Alright, I have no idea that I still have a balance of around 6k+. The agent told me I was not able to pay for 3 mos from my previous membership. Tita was the one paying thru credit card debit. She must’ve cut our membership without informing FF. But oddly enough, FF was not able to inform us or me, that we have balance to settle. I came around July and they could’ve told me that we were 3 mos overdue thats why our membership was cutoff. I mean, I could’ve paid that early, right? Well, I have decided to sign up yet again, and luckily, the manager told me I just have to pay one month of the remaining balance (2,678), monthly fee of 2,890, admin fee of 1500 and joining fee 500. The admin and joining fee were supposed to be waived, had I not incurred any balance. Now I just have to monitor their monthly debits, if I learn that they will debit the remaining 2 mos of my balance which is not on our agreement, then I have every right to complain. I already have an id and I’m good to go anytime! God I need strong will and motivation. Just thinking about it makes me feel so tired. Yes, I am that lazy. 😛
And I will be whole again.
I feel groggy and a bit out of myself. Maybe because I slept real late and felt it wasn’t enough. Yesterday was kind of a rush, what with our luch meeting ending late (around 2pm), and me doing our stupid payroll. I mean not the payroll itself is stupid. I love payroll. Everybody does. Its just that SBA has its own system and I was always having a hard time getting it right. The system is supposed to make the process easier for the maker. But what an irony. I have to input all the government contributions for every single almost 200 employees, when its job is supposed to autocompute.  If I use autocompute then employees end up not getting its exact amount. Either 20-50 pesos higher or lower. I’ve been asking myself, WHY oh why did we have to convert into SBA. I’ve been doing BDO for the past 3 yrs and I could finish it in an hour. Now I’m doing it for the WHOLE day. Before it was two days. I tried talking them into using  Metrobank, they have this Paycard which I just distribute to the staff with its corresponding amount. They don’t even have to enroll because it would be named under the company. It was that easy. Or BPI, since its our official partner bank already, and we are enrolled in Elink. I know its just as easy as BDO. SBA is not even a known bank. I searched for its branches and they have about one in every city? One in every friggin city! That means everytime an employee withdraws in a different ATM it will cost them 11 pesos and 1.50 for an inquiry. Some are already complaining, and I couldn’t help feeling sorry for them. It is a bit too much for a rank and file employee. Now even their application process is already annoying. One personnel kept on bugging me for several days now because we still haven’t submitted the received copy of the employees. Strict, eh? Even BDO did not let me do this shit. Worst part is, only I knew how to use it. I couldn’t even teach anyone because its too complicated. Now why did I have to put up with all these again? Oh right of course I knew the answer. But please, make the one year contract a lil bit faster! Off to finishing this within the day!
leerenah 
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