Diminiciency

I hereby declare I want a full body massage....NOW!

I'm expecting this week to be a ho-hum week: the order of things settles into the familiar routine once again, where work becomes work (not chaos), at least in the meantime. Funny how I reacted late to all the stress and pressure I've put myself into on the last days of 2005. I hoped that I will win that contest, when I know the odds of winning are way, way, muy, muy imposible. I inflicted stress on Tin, Rye, and Macris, simply because I believed we could win it. But hey, we got some money in exchange, and we had a bountiful Christmas with it, si? And of course there's work, which is both exciting and stressful--well sometimes more stressful (and because it's stressful, sometimes it's no longer exciting). December was chaotic because of clients hoping they can still accomplish that over-delayed research scheduled early in the year but delightfully set aside to accomplish other money-making pursuits. So we, moneyless researchers, gladly accepted your project, so that we could reach our quota for the year, never mind the sleepless nights and endless days.

And the first week of January was spent tidying things up, washing office clothes (so that I won't be washing clothes all year, as superstition goes), cleaning the unit, throwing away papers (oops, shredding pala), cleaning out my e-mail account, and giving my laptop its much needed reformatting and cleaning. I welcomed 2006 with a clean slate.

I have a good start this year. I now got a regular job and the promised salary increase (cheers!). Just last week, I learned a lot of research stuff I would've probably learned in school for two years. I stopped working on papers for now, just to give myself some time to rest (and because I also need to have my eyes checked, too).

My priorities are shifting. I am now looking forward to going to work everyday. Imagine me getting excited over projects. Exciting naman talaga e. On the works is a project that's so thesis deja vu--I'd be working on something related to ICTs!!! (OK, you're now entering a nerd zone).
Hay basta, it's so related to our thesis last year, kulang na lang sabihin ko sa client, "yan po yung thesis namin!"

I am actually thinking my future is in MR, you know?
(But of course, this is just me talking at the moment. Who knows what might happen these coming months?)
But for now, I'd like to document this point in my life when I am feeling very optimistic (ika nga ni Tin, 'I'm so optimistic, I just can't hide it.') :)

After all, this year's supposed to be my year (nga ba?). Ewan. Basta.
Bring it on, biatch.

(The title's supposed to mean "diminishing efficiency." But since I'm feeling lalalala today, it's now "diminishing DEficiency." O dava.)