Not en vogue

Apparently, complaining about lousy service is not en vogue here in the metro. People seem to consider one week a speedy period to have your phone installed, or whatever utility service you might want to have. Two to three weeks' the norm, while more than that's tolerable. Customers will just say, "we understand. Ganyan talaga kabagal service nila. Let's just wait."

I say: "why fucking wait for the fuckingly slow, fuckingly lousy service???"

And people will give me a look of disdain, then reprimand me, "'wag mo kasi silang awayin, lalo nilang babagalan pag-install ng phone."

What?!?

(Help me out here, I'm hyperventilating!)

(And oh. I was just informed that they cannot install a phone line because some cooperative wiring in the unit shortcircuited. The heavens favor you, PLDT installer.)

(Reflecting on my misfortunes, I realized these misfortunes are actually blessings in disguise. Without internet connection (at least for this week), I'll have more time to relax, watch TV, and finally finish one or two books waiting patiently to be read in my bookshelf.)

(The heavens favor us, PLDT installer.)

Good morning?

7:35 am

Phone rings. Still sleeping me answers the phone.

'Hello?'

'Gising ka na? Pa'no mo nga pala babayaran 'yung credit card bill mo? Bale Php xx,000 kelangan mo bayaran. Sana mabayaran mo na, para mabawasan ang interest.'

'Wala pa'kong pera, baka sa susunod na buwan na lang...'

'Sana bayaran mo kahit Php x,000 lang.'

'Sige bahala na. Try ko.'


Salungat sa sinabi ni Notorious B.I.G.: NO money, MORE problems.

Aru!

Ang sakit ng likod ko.
Hmmm....ang sarap magpamasahe, lalo na kapag mala-Adonis na papa ang taga-masahe...

Hay daydream, daydream...

Kelangan ko ng Bactidol. (Haha got that? Backtidol. Haha.)

Me, Sucker

PROLOGUE:
A sucker was born yesterday.

THE STORY:
She went to Megamall to buy an ironing board for her ironing chore that night.

But ooohhh, the ironing boards are heavy!

expensive! (especially the light ones!)

Images of her ironing clothes didn't help her decide whether to buy the cheap, heavy ironing board or the light, expensive one.

She went outside Ace Hardware. Walked around in a trance, when....

"Sir, Ma'am, maganda po itong produkto na 'to, kahit anong klase ng damit, napa-plantsa....!"

Then, DING! a light bulb short-circuited in Sucker's brain. Now she's a bona fide sucker.

Sucker approached the booth, marveled at the "magic" of the product called Steam Brush.

"Ito po'ng Steam Brush, Sir, Ma'am, e madaling gamitin. Konting tubig lang, hintayin lang po natin uminit ang tubig, pwede na pong gamitin. Ito po ang mga plantsa para sa mga nagmamadali..."

Sucker nods her head in agreement.

"...di na po kailangan ng ironing board, nakasabit lang po ang damit, pwede nang magplantsa..."

Sucker has just broken the record for most number of head nods in a second.

After asking too many questions (baka naman masira ang tela nyan?) (saan ba gawa yung plantsa at di natutunaw yung buttons kahit daanan?) and threatening the demo person (naku miss sigurado ka diyan sa sinasabi mo ha), Sucker bought the Steam Brush (iron), for a steamy price of Php 999.

Sucker. sucker. sucker.

Sucker went home and tried her newly-bought steam brush.
The steamy thing worked.
Her blouse looked well-ironed (and definitely better ironed than Sucker's previous attempts at ironing).

EPILOGUE: The morning after

A sucker was born yesterday.
Now, she realizes, being a sucker (sometimes) isn't that bad after all.

(The Steam Brush is now placed in a special spot in Sucker's bookshelf.)

And Sucker, Steam Brush and Stubborn-Crumpled-Clothes lived happily ever after.


THE END

Why randomness is better & easier

1. It's wala lang. Easier to read, faster to type (write). You don't have to write coherently.
2. Which requires time
7. And since you don't have much time, you write whatever comes to mind within the
4. nanosecond your fingers touch the keys of your (key)board.
5. Randomness makes task-switching in computers easier. For example,
23.I can work on my tables (Excel) when the boss passes by;
7. but I can switch back to my blogging (Blogger c/o Internet Explorer)
4. when the boss's gone.
9. I can also chat (Yahoo Messenger) with whoever's online,
10.browse eBay for auctioned bag items,
12.check who's got new photos at Friendster,
12.then go back to Excel.
13.Randomness is just like channel-surfing/switching
14.you can switch to HBO or Channel 2 or Channel 7
15.when there's a commercial on AXN.
16.Randomness is a glimpse of what that veined, throbbing,
37. greenish glob part of your body
18.has got
8. But randomness can also be
33.shallow,
33.incoherent,
33.incoherent,
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