Not that it's full of cash (that's a rare moment), it's full of my cards.
Name it, I think I've got it. Bank cards, debit cards, loyalty/privilege cards... And I forgot the reason why I have that much loyalty cards. Let's see... I have the Wise Card, Suki Card, Laking National, Powercard, Pizzanatic Card, TK Amazing Card, McDo Card, Bench Lifestyle Card, Gonuts Card... And I'm planning to get about a couple more cards.
I'm not going to explain each card's perks but when I got them, they all seemed sensible to me. (Now I'm thinking I'm too much of a shopaholic to be buying all those plastics.) And tonight, I think they all really made sense. I got to shop cashless! Wooot! (And I didn't use the debit card!)
I can still hear the Bench saleslady's question, "Mam, would you like to add more to your purchase? You have xxx left in your card." Music to my ears. ;-)
Anyway, when I got home mom ranted about Facebook. It only occured to me tonight that my account was updated. Literally. Overhauled. Made-over.
Pfft. Oh please Facebook don't copy Multiply's interface. I hated that one. (But I still love my Multiply account more.) Anyhoo. Speaking of cashless spending, I'm thinking of upgrading my Multiply from free to premium. And charging it on the debit card, of course. ;-)
And this is the daily dose of random Monday morning rush buzz. Yep, there will be random rants after this sentence, this will be a quick post and it's up to you if you care or not.
So it's Monday. I woke up late. But I got in the office on time. Buzzer beater, pare. ;-) I am sooooo happy to finally arrive on time, on a Monday at that. At this point, I want to blame my past tardiness to Stresstabs and the irritating urban traffic, and weird Pinoy human traffic. I blame Stresstabs because it has a weird side effect on me. I am more sleepy now than before. Therefore I've been oversleeping, I think.
Anyway, human traffic is when pedestrians just can't get over the average 5.3kph rate of walking. You know what I mean. Oh how I miss walking in the streets of Hong Kong. Surprisingly, Chinese people walk fairly fast (pretty much like the Westerners) and they don't bump into each other. Now that's the kind of human traffic I need in Alabang. Not that I'm against strolling or taking your time with walking, but I hope these people do mind not obstructing the whole sidewalk. They can do that in malls or parks. (Just not always at the mall.)
*Now I'm really missing Hong Kong. Better start saving up again.*
Speaking of saving up, I managed to lower my monthly spending by 25% and I am thanking the little game Niq and I have. They say it takes 21 days to break a habit. Every time I'm at the 15th, 16th or maybe 20th day, I revert and succumb to my old ways. Pfft. And last week I have to admit I did just that, and it's really because I couldn't resist it! I think this site should help in breaking the habit. :-)
You see I was psyched last year when a former co-worker of mine has this huge bottle of hand sanitizer that you can spray sitting on his desk. I was so hung up on the item that I kept bugging him to tell me where he got it, and he told me that it was bought at a department store. And I tried looking for it for a month in different branches of that department store, but unfortunately failed. And just last week, I finally found what I've been looking for. (Is that a line from a song?) Of all places, I found my new spray hand sanitizer at Bench! :-) I forgot to take a picture but it comes in three scents, lavender, mandarin burst and the regular scent. I got the mandarin burst.
*Will upload picture some time later. And probably a separate review. :-)*
I think there's still space for one more rant. ;-) And I just have to let this out because yesterday, I was working. (Pfft, I know. Haha! My fault anyway.) The laptop I was using yesterday was not installed with plug-ins for me to listen to Magic's Sunday countdown, so I resorted to tuning in to MTV. This is what I hate about mainstream. Whatever song you hear on the radio, is probably the same ones playing on TV, and everyone else's Ipod. And hearing songs over and over again, and literally everywhere, just makes me want to gag. (I support Indie and new artists more than mainstream artists. Hooray for originality and new blood!)
So after about ten minutes of Adam Lambert, Kris Allen, Lady Gaga and Beyonce, something new to my ears played. Which I definitely had to share with Monique. (And that's a different story.) You see, there's just this something in bad boys that really make my head turn and go after them.
As far as I know, Alexandra Burke won some reality show in UK a couple of years back. And this song just rocks my socks. ;-)
*Do the bad boys always get the good girls? ;-)*
And oh. On some random internet search, I found this:
31 days into the year and my blog is gathering up dust and cobwebs.
Not that I'm complaining, 2010 is a great year for me, in fairness. I think I've met a lot of new and interesting people, as well as cutting off some who no longer deserve me in their life. So far, my project at work has finally picked up. I hope all goes well. ;-) But, I still need HR numbers. Haha!
So basically, my job is taking up most of my time, and I'm loving it. But I am still craving for more. And surprisingly I am doing a lot more than I have expected. But for the past week, I am just so tired. My time card at work is witness to that as I was five straight days late for work. I don't think I have the same stamina I had when I was in college anymore. :-( I'm missing the days that I would just go on and on working and studying without even sleeping. Now I can't even last a day without taking a nap at the office couch during lunch break. :-(
Speaking of a lot on my plate, Ms. Carol of John Clements is asking for assistance for BOP 2010. :-) Actually, I have talked to Ms. Anj (she's from JC too) a couple of weeks back about being on the subcommittee. I guess she was too busy to accommodate my inquiries. Haha! :-p Anyway, BOP meetings used to be on Tuesday mornings. I was informed tonight that they're on Monday afternoons. I really want to join the subcommittee this year. I wonder if Ms. Sam will allow me. (Oh Lord please tell Ms. Sam to consider my proposal.) And now I'm wondering if Ms. Carol would join my event. ;-)
But on top of being busy, I managed to create a Twitter account last week. Haha! It's not really a personal account so no one-liner rants there. But I do use the account to *sometimes* stalk my friends. *Bigger Haha!* Which is how I found out that this Gino Quillamor account on Facebook is actually an impostor's. Not that I know Gino personally, but I have friends who do know him. Actually, when I saw this account, I was sort of pissed. Man, how could this person even talk to the "friends/fans/followers" as if he was the real Gino? I don't know how that person could live with the lie of being someone he is not. But on the bright side, this means Gino is something big already that someone has decided to become his impostor. Ah... The silver lining in every dark cloud. Haha!
So for people wanting to stalk or dig up some dirt on me on the web, you shouldn't search in my Twitter. I created it for work purposes. I really am fighting the urge to post something personal there. Besides, from the definition itself, if it's personal, I'd rather to just keep it to myself or talk about it with people I know I can trust. So if you check it out, you'll find mostly events there. *And personal plugging begins.* For the latest and not-so-up-to-date happenings, check @PatsHappenings. Maybe you can stalk me here in knowing my whereabouts! Haha! ;-)
I may have a lot on my plate right now but I am certainly enjoying every single bit of it.
Anyhoo, 11 months to go til 2011. That means 334 more days of fun. Aymlavinet. :-)
