a whole new world

I hate getting e-mails like this:

——– Original Message ——–
Subject: Hey guys, are you satisfied with your size?
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2008 02:15:28 +0800
From: Claude Gibbons
To:

With that huge friend of yours you can change women like socks.

Found this meme while I was googling sites for Korean names. Try it for fun.
Mine’s Shin Hye-Kyo. Not really what I was looking for — I was thinking more like Dong Ae Cha or even Dae Ae Cha.

Surname — from the last number of your year of birth

0- Park
1- Kim
2- Shin
3- Choi
4- Song
5- Kang
6- Han
7- Lee
8- Sung
9- Jung

Middle name — month of your date of birth

1- Yong
2- Ji
3- Je
4- Hye
5- Dong
6- Sang
7- Ha
8- Hyo
9- Soo
10- Eun
11- Hyun
12- Rae

First Name — Date of Birth

1- Hwa
2- Woo
3- Joon
4- Hee
5- Kyo
6- Kyung
7- Wook
8- Jin
9- Jae
10- Hoon
11- Ra
12- Bin
13- Sun
14- Ri
15- Soo
16- Rim
17- Ah
18- Ae
19- Neul
20- Mun
21- In
22- Mi
23- Ki
24- Sang
25- Byung
26- Seok
27- Gun
28- Yoo
29- Sup
30- Won
31- Sub

Bajo (n.) : crazy woman

Here’s an example: Saturday night, she was drinking with her cousins when her friend Orange showed up. It so happened, Orange’s ex kept on calling her mobile phone, unable to accept that things are over between the two of them. To rescue her friend, Bajo started to answer Orange’s phone. Things started to get REALLY interesting…

Guy: Pakausap dun sa may-ari ng phone.
Bajo: Ako nga po yung may-ari ng phone. N70 po ito. 1 year na yung phone na nasa’kin. 5 years na po ‘tong number ko.

***

Guy: Ano ba ‘tong number na tinatawagan ko?
Bajo: 0917-***-**** (The thing is, she’s a Globe subscriber. Orange’s number was Smart. She would answer the calls on Orange’s phone but would respond via SMS using hers. Hilarious!)

***

Guy: Nagcheck na’ko sa Smart, gumagana pa din naman ‘tong number na ‘to.
Bajo: Aba malay ko, eh di i-check nyo sa Globe kung bakit ako ang nakaka-receive ng mga tawag nyo.

***

Guy: Mangkukulam ka ba?
Bajo: Aba hindi po… bakit, magpapakulam ba kayo? Sa Siquijor po madaming mangkukulam dun.
Guy: Meron ako kakilala dun, kala mo.
Bajo: Ganun po ba? Eh di ganito na lang po. Yung mga pinapantawag nyo sakin, ipunin nyo na lang para may pamasahe kayo sa Siquijor!

***

Bajo: Pwede po ba wag nyo na’ko tawagan? Nakakairita na kayo, low batt na’ko, meron pa po akong hinihintay na tawag.
Guy: Aba, ako nga dapat ang mairita noh! Sabihin mo dun sa may-ari ng phone, pupunta na’ko sa bahay nila.
Bajo: Ganun po ba? Alam nyo po ba address ko? Ingat po kayo.
Guy: Anong ibig mong sabihin?
Bajo: Eh sabi nyo pupunta po kayo dito… eh di ingat po!

Joye, Lorie, Lorie’s guy friend Sherwin, and me were all seated with 2 pairs facing each other at Soju Bang’s long high table. Some random freak who was drinking San Mig Lights outside earlier was seated on the other end of the table alone with 2 beers in front of him. It was kind of annoying, how he was conspicuously listening to our conversation.

Even more annoying than that was how he LOUDLY kept on making side comments on how much food I was ordering while I was still waiting for the others. Duh… not to be nasty or cruel… rude things like that are a major pet peeve.

We were so relieved once we had left after eating. Hence, this conversation while all four of us were inside Lorie’s car:

Me: Nakakainis yung mamang naka-yellow… kanina, nung dumating na yung order ko tapos wala pa kayo, nagko-comment sya ng “Wow, ang dami naman nyan.” Sabi ko nga, “Not talking to you.”
Lorie: Hello, ako din kaya noh, naiinis sa kanya. Bakit ba kasi sya naglalasing dun? May gusto ata sa’yo, Pam! (I make a gagging sound at this)
Sherwin: Kahit lasing ako, di ko papatulan yun noh.
Me: Ako kahit desperada na, hindi ko papatulan yun.
Lorie: Ako, kahit i-Ativan nya, manlalaban ako!

This had everyone doubling over with laughter.

I applied for another department but did not get the post.
Strangely though, I feel happy.
At least, no more waiting… until February!

PS: I know I somehow DON’T make sense.

pink shirt with green and gray stripes from HerBench.

Eun Soo: This thing called love… I have always thought that it was something great. But actually, it is nothing. So it makes me uncomfortable. Nor can it be trusted.
Ji Soo: What are you trying to say?
Eun Soo: Just one line: love is a lie… a lie.

Q: Como esta, señorita?
A: Asi asi.

I should be feeling sad today, as it’s only a few hours left before November 11th in Northern America wraps up, but surprisingly, I’m not.

I’m trying to act bravely, and yet I’m not about to cry.

It feels empty, though — but it’s the kind of emptiness where you actually saw it coming, you’re not that surprised, and you’re too exhausted to analyze yourself any further.

I guess things simply just have to end at 38.
No more, no less.