Monday, March 15, 2010

WAITING FOR SUNRISE

Sunday. March 14, 2010. FB status: Waiting for sunrise @ Puerto Galera (11F/SMPC)

I haven't tried spending more 18 than hours in the office until yesterday. The last time I did this was only 15 hours when I was out of the country for a project.

Now here's the catch, I went home Saturday around 5 in the morning and then decided to continue my work later that afternoon. I am a deadline beater kaya pinanghahawakan ko yun, by hook or by crook. After a barely 5 hours of sleep, I forced myself to wake up. Tang'na lang di ba? sabog sabog na lang!

Around 12, I started to prepare for office. I sent a text message to my paknerthat I'm leaving our house already and I'll just have my breakfast in the office. Parang tanga lang, 1pm breakfast?!

pakner at the war room

Hayun, once I arrived in the office, I searched for a war room, I opened my laptop, grabbed a cup of coffee sa pantry and started my work until my pakner arrived. I was expecting that I'll be done around 10-ish ng gabi. Pero yung akala ko eh isang malaking pagkakamali.

We had my lunch around midnight then nung magutom ng mga 3am, naghanap kami ulit ng makakainan. Unang puntirya namin ay yung McDonald's sa El Pueblo. Putragis sarado na pala so we opted to walk further until we reached another McDonald's somewhere in the Emerald. Sakto, medyo madaming tao kaya di kami masyadong mabored. Napag-isip ko, madami na palang call centers sa may part na yun ng Ortigas kaya hindi parang Dawn of the Dead ang lugar na walang katao-tao.

pakner tapped-out around 4-ish

Then we went back to the office. I was so exhausted already that I hardly process the things I should be doing. Parang computer lang ako na sobrang daming fragments na kailangan ng i-defrag. Kahit anong gawin kong CTRL+ALT+DEL eh naghahang pa din ako ng paulit-ulit. I went downstairs to breathe the polluted air. But before that, pinagbalingan ko pa ng inis ko dun sa elevator kasi sobrang tagal dumating. I puffed two sticks ng Marlboro Black at hayun, medyo high na ako at bumalik na ako sa room.

4am… blaring silence…

5am… may dumaan na eroplano at nagsisimula na ang araw ng mga tao.

the ball of fire started to shine on this Sunday morning

6am… nagmumura na ako kasi nakikita ko na ang liwanag.

7am… I started to formulate my email telling my client how cruel they are. Haha! I kid! I kid!

8am… brain freeze after so many times of rebooting with 3 cups of Americano.

I went to the CR to wash my fucking oily face na pwedeng pagprituhan ng itlog at porkchop. Parang nakakita din ako ng lalaking naka-drugs with matching red eyes. Shit shit shit! Natakot ako kaya pumunta ako agad sa room, closed my laptop, placed it on my bag, grabbed all the chords and packed up.

Sigh! Kung di ko lang mahal ang work ko eh di ko ito matatagalan. Pero yun eh, parang ikinasal na ako sa kanya and I'm getting more in love with her everyday. Tsaka sinasanay ko na din sarili ko kasi ganito daw talaga ang magiging schedule ko pagpasok ko sa showbiz! hahaha! :)


16 comments:

  1. showbiz ba 'ika mo? oo bagay ka dun... stunt man at double ni.....


    empoy nyahahahahaa!!! peace bro!

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  2. Ayos ah! Mukhang napaka exciting naman pala ng trabaho mo!haha!Paran gumagawa lang ng thesis!

    Mukhang sosyal na sosyal ang trabaho mo dyan!

    Okay lang yan parekoy........malaki naman ang sweldo eh!LOL

    Ingat

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  3. @Chingoy: kung ako si empoy, ikaw sa bentong! nyahahaha!

    @Drake: saang banda ang exciting pards? ang mag-abang ng pagsikat ng araw? sosyal? saan? akala mo lang meron, pero wala! wala! wala! haha!

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  4. oh no you just reminded me of my hectic sched. i so can relate. we call our war room bad romance. and whenever tatawag ang boss kakanta sila ng intro na ra-ra-ra-ra-ra. sakto yung "mistake" mo -- yung wrong move na magli-lead pala to longer hours. dapat ninja ka to decide on calculated haunch. should know coz it happened to me lots of times. and, yes, the oily face scene is part of that haha! unsolicited advice: magbaon ng brip -- moreducation.weebly.com

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  5. @Random: kelangan ko pa ba talagang magbaon kung pwede naman ang side b? hahaha!

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  6. Yikes!!!!!
    wow.. you must really LOVE YOUR JOB.

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  7. Ahahahahahhahahaha ganyan nga! prepareation sa sshowbiz... nyahahahahhahaha... grabe the last time ginawa ko yan was for school works... i was awake almost 48 hours kasama na rin ang gimik dun...jijijijijiji

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  8. @Dhon: sinasabi ko nga habang pumasok sa pinto:
    I LOVE MY JOB. I LOVE MY JOB. I LOVE MY JOB. I LOVE MY JOB. I LOVE MY JOB. I LOVE MY JOB. I LOVE MY JOB. I LOVE MY JOB. I LOVE MY JOB. nyahaha!

    @I am Xprosaic: ay naku, legendary talaga ang college life dahil sa thesis. nasubukan ko na din yung walang tulugan talaga ng dalawang araw at nagpromise ako sa sarili ko na di ko na uulitin yun. hehehe.

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  9. I just hope bayad lahat ng OT. Dahildyan libre mo ko ng shake :-D

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  10. @Jepoy: syempre bilis kong mag-reply sa comment di ba? halatang walang ginagawa. lols! OTTY sa amin :(

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  11. Shit rubbing shoulders pala kami sa isang artista! Hahahaha.

    Kung ganyan ang schedule ng artista ayoko na! Kontento na akong maging goodlooking. Bwahahaha

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  12. oy poy anong business daw yang pinagkakaabalahan nyo? zagu ba yan?

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  13. hahaha!

    nagkaron na din ako ng moment na napapamura na ko dahil nakikita ko na sumisikat ang araw at di makapaniwalang inabot ako ng ganun katagal sa opisina.

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  14. @glentot: see? ikaw kasi masyado kang na-starstruck kay Chingoy nung nagkita-kita tayo kaya di mo napansin na artista pala ang kaharap mo. hahaha!

    @random: hindi zagu ang business kundi ang magbenta ng bato...bato ni Darna! hehe! mga pushers sila!

    @humanbullshit: naks workaholic talaga tayo. pero ikaw siguro sobrang yaman na?! :D

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  15. Hays nakarelate na nman ako, na experience ko na mag stay sa office ng 23hours di ko pa tinodo at ginawang buong araw' dahil din sa hinahabol na deadline' namis ko ata yun! Nyahahaha Anyways Tambay din ako dyan sa MCDo Emerald para mag break at kumain : )

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  16. @ahmer: sige tambay tayo minsan sa mcdo sa may emerald o sa el pueblo. dun kasi ako tumatambay para magbreak

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tuff it out and leave a footprint :)