At The Bend
I miss a lot of people back in Manila and I was able to catch one of them recently for a chat online. It turned out to be quite a hilarious one too, here’s a snippet of the back braking conversation below:
Friend: I really like her!
Me: You mean more than the one you liked from overseas?
Friend: That one’s just a crush… And I liked this girl even before I went overseas, I was merely in denial.
Me: But why?
Friend: I really like her, she’s the only I can see a future with.
Me: What? Like with kids and all that?
Friend: Yes, I can even imagine what our kids would look like. White.
Don’t know if anyone else finds this funny. Okay, I left some details out. This friend’s a girl and she and her love of her life are both porcelain white that it looks unhealthy. But yeah, I think I just miss them.
On to more important things, I finally got my first paycheck yesterday. We must rejoice and throw on a party! But my first mature step was when I trooped immediately to the bank to open an account and to deposit my salary. I cannot believe I’m actually earning money! It’s quite surreal but nothing like what I imagined it to feel like. It feels like…nothing, actually. Haha. I thought shifting from student to employee would bring about this radical change of emotion and realization but apparently none of those things happened, to me at least.
Now I just have to sit back, relax (might be too early to claim this), and wait for the money to be cleared. I hope it’s soon because I’ve got a list that needs some stuff crossed out; promise I will be smart and think about my purchases for twenty nanoseconds.
I also received good news this morning that’s related to writing. I cannot divulge on this at the moment as matters are still being discussed but what I can say is that I might be able to fulfill my need to write. I’m happy about the company and their cause and I wished I found out about them first before being thrown into this job. But like everything else, I believe things happen for a reason. I’ve met nifty and cool people from this company that I’m thankful I’ve crossed paths with. My boss, however, is a different matter altogether.
It’s Friday and I can smell the weekend around the corner. There’s about two and a half hours left before we finally call it quits around here. Yes, everyone’s looking forward to leaving Friday behind.
I have plans this weekend but nothing as crazy as last weekend’s; just Bad Habits tomorrow afternoon, lunch at my uncle’s place on Sunday, and a little bit of brainstorming with one of the interns for another site collaboration in the afternoon.
Hello weekend, nice to meet you.
