bury me in this dress

The last balikbayan box has arrived. Yay! I’m reunited with my makeup and my cellphone charger. Most of the stuff in the box are mine. Old and new clothes, shoes, the makeup, charger, books, etc. Also in the box is the nice Espressivo lamp I bought from Ikea. Maybe it’s stupidity but I plugged the lamp in a 220 volt outlet. I was perfectly aware that electronics and appliances in the US use 110 volt mostly. I read the literature included in the package and no mention of 110 or 220 there. Nothing in the box either. So I took a chance and plugged the damn thing, hoping that it will work and not bust the bulb. Well the bulb is busted now and I need a replacement 20v Halogen bulb for it. Damnit! I should have bought spare bulbs in Ikea. Or better yet, Ikea should open a store in this third world country!

Maybe there’s a kind and generous reader out there who is willing to get some bulbs for me? I still have paypal but there’s no money in my bank account. In fact, I owe Bank of America a little more than $100. I’m trying to get my aunt to deposit $200 in my account since she lives in the US. I’m digressing already. So anyway, please I want to get the lamp working. I hope somebody will help me with this nuisance. I would be so grateful!!!

Source: The Smoking Gun

Lindsay Lohan’s heavy partying ways has caught up with her and it comes with a heavy price. She was sent this letter from James Robinson, the CEO of Morgan Creek Productions. Morgan Creek is currently producing “Georgia Rule” which stars Lindsay Lohan, Felicity Huffman, and Jane Fonda. Check out the letter. It’s priceless!

Virgilio Garcillano is running for congress. Goddess help this country!!!

Good Goddess! Work is eating up a lot of my energy. I’m so frigging tired. I just got back from a seminar which stunk. The speaker is an American and his examples and scenarios are American and not apt for work scenarios in the Philippines. Good thing the seminar fee is cheap. There’s a part two tomorrow but I won’t attend anymore. It’s just a big waste of time.

I have a 6-day work week. Compared to what I was doing before I started working for the family company (absolutely nothing), this is a big step. A very tiring, mile-long step. So no wonder I’m exhausted most of the time. Good thing I’m enjoying what I’m doing now. I just hope I wouldn’t have a depression spell again.

Polar bear fur is not white. It’s see-through but the light shines through the hairs to makes them look white against the bear’s black skin.

Of the 147 million Americans on the Internet, 12 million have blogs.

China Grill in South Beach, Miami, is hosting “Dogs Gone Wild” parties at weekends, where diners and their dogs get dinner and drinks.

Got this from a forwarded email and I just want to share this with my Filipino blog pals.

Istorya ng crew sa jolibee
Dami ko na po kasing experience about working in fastfood and sa kasamaang palad puro jollibee….nway kitchen me dun…kaya bigyan ko kau ng tips……

1. wag kakain ng jollibee pagpaclose nah: 4 example 10pm close ng jollibee wag na kau kumain between 9:30-10pm…. bkit? kc po di na kau cgurado kung malinis pa kinakain nyo.. base on experience po… kami kcng mga kitchen eh nagpepreclose nah 1hr before the closing para hindi kami pumalo o gumulong what i min is mahirapan ng husto sa closing kc pagnatagalan kami sa pagkoclose ung oras na sobra sa sked nmin is (charity!) walang bayad! kaya 1hr before nagbabawas na kami ng product na lulutuin.. kya lang pag may umorder na customer eh bad3p lhat ng kitchen ang gagawin gaganti.. halimbawang nasa basurahan na ang spaghetty sauce.. e may umorder ng sapag ciempre kung magluluto ulit.. mata2galan na kmi dag2 hugasan pa.. kaya 4 shortcut sa maniwala kau’t sa hindi kukunin ulit nmin ung sauce na nsa basurahan nah… di lang sa spag ginagawa ng mga crew yun in any of the products na ubos nah tpos may oorder pa.. dami ko na naexpirience na ganyan sa iba’t-ibang store pa ng JB…
alam ng mga kaespiya yan na nagwork narin sa jollibee.

2. Sa umaga kumain lang ng mga regular meal at hindi breakfast.. or breakfast but rice is regular rice not Fried or cinangag riceim refering 2 jollibee: Kasi po ung kanin nun: Why? kc po ung ginagawang garlic rice is left over ng closing.. (tira-tira po ng mga nakaduty nung gabi)… iniinit lang… hehehe

3. I suggest na lilo muna kau sa mga burgers: Why? kasi po ginagawa ang burger with crew’s bare hands! Oo nagsasanitice kami ng kamay every 30mins… but can u imagine sa 30mins na un ilang pawis na ang lumabas sa kamay namin.. ilang germs na ang kumalat.. tapos hahawak sa burger para iwrap.. ni wala man lang gloves.. pansinin nyo sa kitchen un pagbumili kau..heheeh to c is 2 believe!

4. Pag-alam nyong maliit ang chicken isoli agad at papalitan: Why? Kasi reject na yun! Walang bayad… libre! kaya pag un ang binigay sa inyo saying lang bayad nyo… di lang po sa manok.. sa shanghai din kelangan hindi dark brown.. sa fries dpat hindi lapse o lantutay kelangan nakatayo parin.. sa pries kelangan sobrang init dahil kung hindi reject din po un… at sa iba pa…

5. Sa softdrinks pagnakitang sobra ang ice lugi ka: Why? Kasi softdrink ang binayaran mo hindi YELO!

6. Ang mga crew pag ayaw ka pansinin report mo agad: Why? Kasi sa JB always customer first!….

7. Pag nakita mo na parang alinlangan ang crew sa pagbigay ng product isoli agad: Why? Kc may kababalaghang ginwa dun! promise… Hindi nman po sa sinisiraan ko ang jollibee… im just sharing my experience for you to be aware of what you are eating outside your house… subok na po ito! Lhat ng crew ng JB alam to… may tinatawag kc kming standard… un ung tamang paggawa ng product.. the problem is pag standard ka maiinis sau ang mga kacrewmate mo dahil doing standard processes makes your work so slow.. angbagal as in! that’a a fact… kaya laht ng bangis (batikang crew) eh nagshoshortcut.. un ung tinatawag na substandard… di masyadong tamang paggawa pero mabilis! Eto lang po share ko… thanx rOCK oN!

I’ve been really busy lately that’s why I haven’t been blogging. Anyway, I was able to get some rest today because I worked from home. I’m redesigning the company stationery and calling card. So far so good but I still have a lot to do. Then tomorrow there’s a seminar at work so I have to be there. I have to QC Hana Yori Dango for Jtv-drama. Yes, that’s a dorama. I don’t know when I’ll be able to squeeze that in. So many things to do for next week as well. Surprisingly, I like working for our company. It’s very challenging.

A pleasant surprise I had today, hence this entry will end up in my “extraordinary” category. JB Magnus yahoo-ed (hey, nice word!) me out of the blue and invited me to become a skirmisher. I had no idea what he meant at first but I said “yes” hehe. After agreeing to it, I asked him what a skirmisher is and I learned that it’s a collaborative blog he made which he named after his first blog, The Skirmish of Dark and Light. I gather that it’s an “anything goes” blog with a preference for dark humor. Nice.

Right now I’m trying to come up with a short bio which will be used for my profile there. I was hoping that Sherwin can make it for me but he isn’t online. Bugger. I fucking hate making write-ups which is weird because I was a part of the yearbook committee (cos I’m a geek!) back in high school and writing those fuckers was part of the job.

DoCoMo, a Japanese cellphone manufacturing firm, will be releasing a cellphone designed with girls in mind. The NTT P702iF comes with a built-in vibrator which can immediately turn the phone into a sex toy.

I couldn’t see the vibrator based on the picture so I’m wondering if it’s just a regular phone with a different marketing slant since most phones has a “vibrate” option. They should have built a phone with a built-in dildo instead.