multi-masking

When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it. (Paolo Coelho, “The Alchemist”) The last time my friend Justin and I hung out, he said something similar. That somehow, things always end up working to his advantage. When people close him don’t tell him things he should be aware of, [...]

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Mom and I both woke up late — and to set the record straight, I was even the one who woke her up. With Tuesday as coding day, there was no way we’d make it in time for the carpool so I had no choice but to commute. Everyone close to me at work knows [...]

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I wanted to tell her the sacrifice is worth it — too bad she’s one of those people who somehow found me through a mutual Kpop friend or two and just added me up even if we haven’t interacted much/yet. I would’ve told her “Yes honey, it’s hard but it will pay off. Because that’s [...]

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Daniel came over to my station yesterday after seeing me burst into tears and asked me what happened. I remained silent and started wiping my face with my hand. “O ito,” he said, handing me crumpled pieces of paper towels. I was about to accept them when I suddenly remembered him asking me to wipe [...]

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I’d love to let you in on a favorite little anecdote. December last year, I was out with my girlfriends in search for outfits for our office Christmas party. I can’t really remember how we all agreed on our meeting time and place at Trinoma, but somehow, one got stuck in traffic somewhere and couldn’t [...]

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Around 5AM today, I drowsily boarded a jeepney on the way home from work. I was dozing off when I thought I heard something familiar. Initially I thought it was my phone ringing, and I was thinking if it was safe enough to answer the call. Seconds passed and my eyes widened. I heard words [...]

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My officemate Daniel and I went out a little after 6PM today to buy dinner. I only needed rice since I had leftover chicken from lunch, and Lasapin Foodcourt seemed a long walk from the office just for one cup of rice, I was trying to get him to buy food (and my rice) without [...]

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Usually, they say “last call for alcohol”, but yesterday was different. I didn’t expect to get a last call for alcohol at 6:30AM, because, dude, I had work at 9, but since Shari and Dee were game, I thought I’d unwind before my shift officially started. I had a lot on my mind these days, [...]

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A few days ago (I’m guessing this fell on the day the Azkals were playing against Sri Lanka), my officemate Gail** started asking who Phil Younghusband was. “Sino ba sya? Bakit ba ilang beses na syang nababanggit today?” I was about to answer her question when our friend Daniel, looking red-faced and puffy from waking [...]

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