Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Christmas Wish List!

I know this is a bit late. But just for the sake of writing one here it goes:

1. 25 Tropical Houses in the Philippines (book) -- should cost around P1,700 hehe
2. my very own treadmill! (or if you're very generous, one year membership to a good gym :P)
3. weights
4. blind date with a decent-looking ELIGIBLE guy (hahahaha)
5. Cecilia Ahern books
6. All seasons of 24 (pirated is fine haha)

That's it. I have a lot more radical wishes, but they're a bit too much, like a DVD recorder or an iPod Video, but that's pushing it right? ;)

2007... a new beginning

I've been taking things here at work one day at a time. I've come to realize that I have to change shift soon.

It's been very bleak. I ask myself once in a while what I am doing here, doing things that I do not enjoy, or ever thought I would do.

I feel like an impostor.

I feel like I'm in a loveless marriage.

Time to move on.

And I'm not saying these because I'm being lazy since I'll be flying home soon for the the holidays. I've felt this way since the beginning of the year.

So maybe I should look forward to 2007 since I will force myself to face new roads and challenges. And who knows, happiness may just come with it.

Thursday, December 07, 2006

gym tales

I've been going to our condominium gym for the past 4 months. Not that it has made significant impact on my form, but it made me feel less guilty during dinner parties and other binge sessions.

Aside from that, going to the gym has made me less of a snob in our condominium complex as there were opportunities to interact with co-residents who were also using the gym (passing of the keys, teaching how to use the treadmill, etc) and the security personnel since we had to get the gym keys from them.

I've even made "friends" with some residents (hi's and hello's) and the guards are now familiar with me. One of the past Indian guards even started calling me by my surname (instead of the usual "Ma'am"), and got scolded by his superior by being so casual with me.

A lot of us gym-users have been suffering over the past month since the air-conditioning units have been out of order. If I managed to stay in the gym previously for 40 minutes, for the past month I was only able to stand staying for 30 minutes, or as short as 20 minutes if I really wasn't into it. Last week one of the friendlier guards told me we would have to wait till January for the a/c units to be fixed.

Yesterday, after work, I walked towards the guard house. Outside was one of the newer Indian guards. I gave him my resident's card then signed in. Then the two more superior guards -- one Chinese guard and one Indian guard, both in their 50's, poked their heads out, one by the window, and one by the door.

"Do you want to use the air-con, ma'am?" the Chinese guard asked.

It took me a second for his words to sink in.

"Of course!" I muttered.

Then he passed me this gadget. "We have brand new air-con units, ma'am!" He said proudly, handing me a new a/c remote control.

I played along. "Wow! Am I the first to use it?" Since I was in the day before and the broken a/c units were still there.

The older Indian guard answered, "You're the third! You win silver prize! Not bad huh?"

I was laughing as I walked away from the guard house and walked towards the gym with newly-installed a/c units.

There are these moments in life that could just brighten up your day.