The circus is in town

Susan Roces-Poe on GMA's "courage" in her Sorry Speech:

"Hindi 'yan courage... tapang ng apog 'yan!"

Your CROIness

L-R: Jeg "midnight snack", Jenica "jenicker", Chin "yema adik", Rye "miss rye", Juzi "gym instructress", J-anne "phone cam whore", Gwyn "J-O-E-Y"

Last Saturday, kami ay nagbunyi dahil sa wakas, lalayas na si Jeg papuntang US! ("jeg, size 6 ha?") (jeg, mura libro sa US ah") ("jeg....WAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!)

Kahit di kumpleto ang mga sangka-CROI-han, kwela pa rin at di kami nakalimot na mag-kodakan. Kahit ilang ulit na naming sinumpa na di na kami babalik sa Starbucks sa sobrang hiya at picture kami ng picture, lumarga pa rin kami (kita naman ebidensiya). Shemps pinag-usapan ang mga "in" pag-usapan ngayon: job and job haunting stories. Bigayan ng job hunting tips, reaction sa mga job rejections, the sort of thing people discuss when they're still unemployed (with the exception of Rye & Jenica).

Nga pala, nais rin i-welcome ng CROI ang honorary member nitong si J-O-E-Y In My Heart. (Hehe).

"Can we just forgive and forget?"

That is how I interpreted GMA's 7 o'clock breaking news tonight. I rarely talk about and contemplate the shallow goings-on of Philippine politics, but I just can't help but be disappointed at her--firstly, for being unbelievably vague about the "Hello Garci" tapes issue(confessing yet not revealing anything) and secondly, for fooling people that a special news announcement on primetime TV would alleviate the issue. If she accomplished anything at all tonight, it was that she proved how callous she is on issues that directly concern us Filipinos. She showed indifference not only on the Gloriagate issue, but also on her (and her family's) alleged involvement in the jueteng scandal.

Though I consider GMA a poor leader, we don't have any recourse but to bear the next five years under her leadership. Tin was right, we're better off with GMA, than oust her and have Kabayan Noli as president. We're currently in a lose-lose situation: GMA's retention would mean years of continued inflation, increasing unemployment, and diaspora of talented and productive Filipinos, while GMA's oust would make Philippines more unstable, politically and economically, under the leadership of an incompetent TV personality.

But I'm keeping my hopes up. Despite my father's urging, I wanted to stay here in the Philippines, just to prove that, hell, we can still live and not merely survive. I just hope that my and every Filipino's hope will not be crushed by the "ugly family" pigging themselves out in Malacanang.

120, 165 and 190 all over again....

...am currently working on a presentation for tomorrow's interview. I hope everything goes well. All these numbers scare me...dunno where to start. Yet I can feel an adrenaline rush going through me as I manipulate (or mutilate?) and organize the data. I must really love quanti... (What?!?)

Funny, we celebrated Father's Day LAST WEEK

This is embarrassing. We (I, actually) thought Father's Day is celebrated every 2nd Sunday of June, similar to Mother's Day, held every second Sunday of May. I even argued with my brother Jay, insisting that FD's on the12th rather than the 19th (which he insisted). Ayon, Papa treated us last week with fried chicken and pansit. Tawa kami nang tawa when I told them I saw an SM ad saying, "it's Father's Day on the 19th"!!! So much for Papa's treat, eh? Kaya eto, bati uli kami ng "Happy Father's Day!" sans the handa, of course.

Job hunting update

I've been busy job hunting with Tin these past two weeks. Though we've spent so many hours traveling in Ortigas and Makati and passing our resumes for application, I won't (as of now) go into the details of our hunt. You see, I've been praying real hard for a job I applied for last week, and ayoko maudlot 'pag nagkuwento ako. Ganon daw talaga, sabi ni kuya: 'pag gusto mo 'yung trabaho, sobrang kinakabahan ka and you really, really pray na mapupunta sa'yo 'yun. Kaya quiet muna ako. The exam I took last Thursday was f*****g difficult, the "mother of all job exams" (holding the exam papers a la Sam Ong). I really need and want that job. Basta, saka na lang yung kuwento. I don't really believe in superstitions, but I'll shut up for now so that I won't mess up my chances of getting a job this time.

Abangan.

Where's the rain? Give me the rain!

It's now mid-June, but the afternoon rains I've loved these past weeks were replaced by the angry rays of the sun. I woke up this morning realizing that we now only have one instead of two electric fans in our sala, the last one hurriedly 'delivered' to my sister's dorm. My head ached badly, which worsened when I wore my glasses and looked at the PC monitor. Perhaps I should start commencing the rain dance Imago-style.

I forgot to tell you that I have a new job! I am now the 'temp' errand girl in our house (hehe). I spent the afternoon looking for my sisters' college books, pushing against the human traffic not uncommon in National Bookstore nowadays. The sun greedily sucked everything wet, humid, and liquid; my head throbbed, my mouth breathed fire, silently cursing the heat and the people. Worse, there's a singing contest nearby, and I had to contend with the amateur, unpracticed, and screeching voices of children singing blasted through a very loud and basag sound system. Arrgghh...all these sacrifices and troubles... I may have to resign soon.