Sleepless Days of a Vampire

It's hard enough that I live a vampire's life, fully awake from 6pm-9am and slumbering while the sun is up and scorching some backs, the harder it gets when your sweet neighbors decide to do karaoke 12 noon 'til their vocal chords are strained to the edge.

That means I've gone to the office and they still wouldnt give up on their William Hung idolatry.

Well, yeah it's not their fault I have this weird office sched but you dont do karaoke seven days a week almost 24 hours a day like you owe the whole barangay your awesome singing voice that much. And it seems with all intent to drive me nuts, they have this big speaker installed at their gates with it's @!#!! feedback and echoes!

The next day, you think you can steal some sleep from these microphone kooks when suddenly Meralco decides to check on electrical connections and bust some jumpers they cut the connections the whole afternoon!

Brownout!!!!

No Sinatra's and Engelbert lullabies but definitely a sweaty and hot afternoon snooze. That is, if you can sleep at all. Argh!!

Stuck in a Moment (that's how I feel...)

I'm not afraid of anything in this world
There's nothing you can throw at me that I haven't already heard
I'm just trying to find a decent melody
A song that I can sing in my own company

You've got to get yourself together
You've got stuck in a moment and now you can't get out of it
Don't say that later will be better now you're stuck in a moment
And you can't get out of it

I will not forsake, the colours that you bring
But the nights you filled with fireworks
They left you with nothing
I am still enchanted by the light you brought to me
I still listen through your ears, and through your eyes I can see
And you are such a fool
To worry like you do
I know it's tough, and you can never get enough
Of what you don't really need now... my oh my

You've got to get yourself together
You've got stuck in a moment and now you can't get out of it
Oh love look at you now
You've got yourself stuck in a moment and now you can't get out of it

I was unconscious, half asleep
The water is warm till you discover how deep...
I wasn't jumping...
for me it was a fall
It's a long way down to nothing at all

You've got to get yourself together
You've got stuck in a moment and now you can't get out of it
Don't say that later will be better now
You're stuck in a moment and you can't get out of it

And if the night runs over
And if the day won't last
And if our way should falter
Along the stony pass
And if the night runs over
And if the day won't last
And if your way should falter

Along the stony pass
It's just a moment
This time will pass

***Perhaps like anything... this too shall pass...

Episodes...(Ang Babae sa Dark Water atbp.)

Episode I:

Saturday: I wanted to sing
"... Sad Movies always make me cryyy.. Cryyy(Deep Voice)Said he had to work so I went to the show alone. They turned down the lights and turned the projector on. And just as the news of the world started to begin. I saw my darling and my best friend walk in. So I was sitting where they didn't see. And so they sat right down infront of me. And when he kissed her lips I almost died and in the middle of the color cartoon I started to cry OOO.......Sad movies always make my cry OOO.......Sad movies always make me cry. And so i got up and slowly walked on home. My momma saw the tears and asked what's wrong. And so to keep from telling her a lie I just said sad movie always make me cryOOO.......Sad movies always make me cryOOO....... Sad movies always make me cry ryy......ryy.....!

Episode II: Ang Babae sa Dark Water

Not a single good movie to see, we ended up watching Dark Water. We thought it's going to be quite a horror flick. To our disappointment it is not scary at all. It's a drag except for the last part where it made us just a little teary-eyed. Just a little...

Jennifer C. though reminded me of my friend Robin w/ her words echoing, "You can do better than that."

And one of my friends just kept on saying all throughout the film, "Ito ba iyong babae sa dark water?"

Episode III: Perfect Catch

Sunday: Hopes high for afterall a good weekend!

Another movie gig we tried Perfect Catch, again not too many films to choose from and certainly not good choices.

Funny and mushy.

It won, so far in my list, the mushiest scene category.

What could be mushier than Drew Barrymore runninng across the baseball field barefooted amidst a Yankee vs Red sox game to get to the other side where Jimmy Fallon is sitting, with thousands of people watching and live on sports channel, just to kiss Jimmy Fallon and say "...I'm being arrested..."

And Jimmy Fallon says, "I don't care..."

The police says, "Let go..." and to this Jimmy utters, "I'm not letting go, not anymore..."

Then kisses Drew, and the crowd claps in uproar.

I dont know if the script is right, never good at remembering lines but something to that effect.


Episode IV: The Basketball game

Gist: Our team lost by 9 points, overtime game. Grrrr...

SMOKERS & NO SMOKING SIGNS

Those of you who are living incinerators and breathing chimneys beware!

Beware of those small posts on walls, by small I mean some 7"x 5" glossy orange paper with Binay's face on it. Look closer, then and only then you'd see the sign that could determine your fate--- 3 days in jail or Php 1000 right off your pocket on first offense.

Beware of the mortiferous NO SMOKING SIGN!!!!!

So acutely written, that my friend failed to invision a 3-day full accommodation package in Makati jail or the feel of like being robbed in the midst of the metropolis.
My officemate requested anonymity, so I decided to call him Ritchie, not his real name of course.
Allow me to tell you how I felt somehow responsible for my friend violating the law, and how we were able to evade fines and jail.

Craving for a KFC fried chicken, my officemates and I decided to have breakfast at KFC's branch, Ayala MRT. I figured Ritchie would want to eat first before going home so I asked him to come with us. He said he would as soon as he's finished with some bank matters he needed to attend to.

The whole troop went to KFC, and Ritchie went to the bank. He arrived after we're done with our finger-lickin' fried chickens. I asked if he'd want to eat and he declined. So after some small talk we headed home, on our way to the train station we did a short stop-over at one of the stalls to buy some chandelier earrings. Ritchie and Joy would have to ride a bus to Laguna while the rest of us would have to take the train, so Ritchie thought of smoking one stick of cigarette while waiting for us.

He went to the waiting area below the MRT station while we stayed at the stall to check out some accessories.
Hale Elizabeth and her curious nature!

In her most unaffecting tone she said, "Tingnan n'yo o si Ritchie kausap ng mga pulis."

She was pointing at Ritchie, who was below the station talking to a bunch of Makati policemen garbed in white shirts, navy blue (2 inches above the knee) shorts, and psychedelic rubber shoes.

One of our officemates, Jeffrey, just said, "Baka nakikipag-kwentuhan lang."

"E bakit tinitingnan yung I.D. nya?" Elizabeth jibed. And we all looked down wondering what his business with the police was. It seemed he was in trouble with them that when one of us said "tara baba tayo puntahin natin" we hurriedly went to help him out.

He was indeed in big trouble. He was caught smoking in a public place, and that smoking area was just a couple of meters away from where he was standing. They confiscated his I.D. and he would have to claim it for Php1000. Jeff and Jr, stayed behind while the girls tried to negotiate the case with the police.

I felt responsible because I had asked him to come with us so I thought I should do the talking. And if we didn’t go to the stalls he would not have thought of smoking to while away time.

"Manong ano po bang nangyari?" I asked the policemen. There were four of them, two of whom seemed nice, one so busy with Lotto tickets and the other one with a permanent scowl on his face.

"E miss bawal magsigarilyo dito e," the nice police guy said. "Di ny'o ba nakita yung mga post dun?" He pointed at the walls, and all we saw were some small papers pasted on the walls. We looked closer and there we saw the NO SMOKING sign he was referring to with a big face belonging to the mayor.

"Ay ang liit naman n'yan, Manong di naman kita e," I told the police.

At this point the other police was questioning the ashen faced Ritchie, where he lived, our office and its location. When he gingerly told them we're working for PLDT the scowling policeman unabashingly informed us we could afford to pay the fine since we are being paid (as to his assumptions) big salaries. He even suggested that we could chip in to lessen our friend's burden.

So we went on with the negotiation, using all charms we could to bail Ritchie out of that sticky situation. The scowling policeman offered to bring us to the police precinct.

"Ay bakit po sa presinto?" I implored to the nice policeman, shocked as I was that things were becoming more complicated by the second.

"Kasi pag di ka nagbayad three days ka sa presinto," he said in a very causal tone.

"Ho???" was all that I was able to say. My officemates began talking to the rest of the policemen, pleading our friend's case. When after almost an hour of relentless pleading, charms all exhausted, the two "very nice" policemen relented. They said our friend could go and he could get his I.D. from the "scowling" policeman.

"Huwag ho kayong mag-alala ipagkakalat ho namin sa buong PLDT na bawal pala manigarilyo dito at tsaka sana naman po mas malaki pa dyan yung paskil para kita. Salamat manong. "I uttered the last sentence as demure as I possibly could.

But the "scowling" policeman did not want to give Ritchie's I.D. back. "Manong ayaw po e," I pleaded more.
"Ako'ng bahala," said the "nice" policeman. After a while the "scowling" policeman gave our friend's I.D. back.

I urged Ritchie to go, but he seemed stuck in his place, tense and so pale. When finally he came out of that catatonic state we went home with so much relief.

But the story does not end with that.

Elizabeth could not just keep it to herself.

"Buti na lang tsismosa ako ha! ha! ha!"

Hate Mail

I like to share this.

At first it hit me hard.

Made me think about this person's real identity and what I did wrong. Somehow it made me ask myself what kind of a person I am and have become. It prompted me to seek my friends opinion, my co-workers and those I know with all honesty will provide a feedback.

And I was compelled to reply, I had to give in to that urge to get back.

Then I realized there are nutheads in this world, and they need people to understand them and their quirks. And the incident became just one of the biggest jokes in my life, a private one among my co-workers and could probably be just the thing that could make this person jobless. Soon...

But I'd like to thank whoever this person is, for making me more aware of myself, more sensitive to the people around me, and more secure with the kind of friends I have and people I keep in company.

This thread was sent via internal company email address. The message in blue was the message the person sent to me, and the message in black was my one time reply. Enjoy reading.

-----Original Message-----From: ako to [mailto:ako_nga_sabi@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 1:38 AMTo:

Subject: RE: magandang araw fow!

bwahahahahahahahahahahahaha........................................

Reply:

Hey Good Day!

By the way thanks for the sweet message I really appreciate you taking the time to make/use an anonymously registered e-mail account just to send me this adorable feedback. Don't worry I'd give it some thought. It really makes me wonder who this person is who'd vent out such anger in a very stupendous thing in also a very cowardly manner.

Makes me guess... lalaki kaba? kasi kung oo naku you have a very big problem---identity crisis.
Bakla ka ba? Dahil kung oo, kahihiyan ka sa federasyon dahil isa kang malaking duwag na di kayang harapin ang kaaway ny'a.
Kung babae ka naman aba'y baka mas pangit ka pa sa akin at nagtatago ka.

You must be a kid trapped in an adult's body coz what you did shows a maturity level comparable to that of a grade school.

Anyways, I know this is a waste of time but just to reciprocate your efforts sayang naman paghihirap mo di ba. To save you from being disappointed I know kasi you'd be expecting this reply.
Godbless your frigid mind, may He grant it lucidity and intellect to deal with your anger. God bless your wicked heart, that it might not stop from beating just because of that anger. Godbless your soul, that He may grant it courage to face your foes.

Ciao!

-----Original Message-----From: ako to [mailto:ako_nga_sabi@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 6:46 PMTo:
Subject: magandang araw fow!

kumusta na ang finaka fanget na nakilala kong fokfok???!!! ang fokfok mo talaga! feeling mo maganda ka???!!! ang kapal!!!! grabe!!!! kahit saang salamin mo tingnan sarili mo, mukha ka talagang fokfokin!!!!! hahahahaha! kung ako syo, huwag ka masyado umasa kasi wala ng fafanget pa sa fanloob at fanlabas mo noh!!!!


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