I have always deplored the crabby attitude of some people I work with.
Never did I expect how low some people can be when it comes to trying to show everybody how "good" they are, even when they're not. They make so much effort trying to make a good impression on their bosses, even to the point of being insincere and fake.
Tsk, tsk. And they make up stories about the real good people in attempts at tarnishing their reputations.
How insecure.
How crabby.
Which makes me think of one question: How do you cook crabs?
Friday, October 2, 2009
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Spoiled Grape Pie
Is there such a thing as a spoiled grape pie?
I'm sure it would taste really sour.
Horribly sour.
Just like someone I know. A grape pie personified. A sour-graping pie...or "Pie of Envy". That name sounds better, for a person with such a rotten, unprofessional personality. Makes me wanna feed this person to the lions; but I don't think anybody would want to eat rotten grape pie.
How about you? What would you do with spoiled grape pie?
Monday, September 7, 2009
Idle
I am up early today, because I slept really late yesterday.
It's a holiday, so I decided to have some time off from work.
Now I do not really know what to do. =T
I have come up with a few options:
1. Go back to sleep
2. Read John Maxwell or Stuart Avery Gold
3. Watch the pirated copy of the animated film "Up"
4. Download songs from the internet and upload it on my iPod
5. Clean my room
6. Shirley...which I am going to do anytime now anyway.
7. send IMs to some 0f my friends...(they're up coz they're working)
8. Search for porn on YouTube, LOL. JK.
It's a holiday, so I decided to have some time off from work.
Now I do not really know what to do. =T
I have come up with a few options:
1. Go back to sleep
2. Read John Maxwell or Stuart Avery Gold
3. Watch the pirated copy of the animated film "Up"
4. Download songs from the internet and upload it on my iPod
5. Clean my room
6. Shirley...which I am going to do anytime now anyway.
7. send IMs to some 0f my friends...(they're up coz they're working)
8. Search for porn on YouTube, LOL. JK.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
To My Friend's Bitter Ex-BF
My dear friend's bitter ex-BF,
How are you doing? I heard from my friend that you are doing really good, and I am happy to hear that. Seriously.
I also heard about you and my friend. You know...the break-up.
I am happy to hear that too.
For the longest time, my dear friend has been dating a monster. Oh wait, I promised her I wouldn't be mean. Let me sugar-coat that.
My friend has been dating someone who has taken her for granted, at least most of the time. Despite this not-so-favorable situation, she has done her best to keep the relationship. In all fairness, I think you have done your part too. In my observation, however, it was not enough simply because you chose to be selfish.
It came to a point that her friends (that's us) and family cannot keep her away, despite knowing how emotionally-abused my friend was. We couldn't stop her because that's love...it lets you make crazy decisions sometimes, but it is her choice and we respect that.
You were given several opportunities to become a "better-half" but the negatives outweigh the positives. Never have we seen our friend put in so much effort just to keep the relationship; one time, when you broke up and she started dating again, we were happy for her because we thought she realized that it's a big world and she would surely meet someone who would appreciate and take good care of her...but then she chose to get back with you. Shouldn't that have been a wake up call for you? It was a very good opportunity to show her that she didn't make a bad choice. But things seemed to have ben the same. We heard the same stories, same issues, and everything. My friend even refused to talk about her issues with you anymore, thinking we have become sick and tired of her stories. But that's what friends are for (so keep smiling, keep shining, my friend); friends are supposed to be there whenever a friend is down. and up too. And oh, did you hear that one of our friends bluntly declared that she would never attend our friends wedding if ever you were wed. I know that's not a good thing to say, but that's the effect of what you have been doing all this time to our friend. However, I think you don't care about our opinions so drop it.
Anyway, we have never seen our friend this happy in a long time...and this time, with someone who would hopefully be someone you never seemed to be with our friend---a real man.
I have said my piece. If you want to hear a thousand other words from people who care about our friend more than you ever did, then continue to be bitter.
PS.
Do you really need to get your stuff back? In the end, it seems like you are still being very consistent. I suggest our friend should send you a bill too.
I'm sure you would want that, wouldn't you?
And to my friend, I'm sorry but it's a little challenging to sugar-coat an ampalaya candy.
How are you doing? I heard from my friend that you are doing really good, and I am happy to hear that. Seriously.
I also heard about you and my friend. You know...the break-up.
I am happy to hear that too.
For the longest time, my dear friend has been dating a monster. Oh wait, I promised her I wouldn't be mean. Let me sugar-coat that.
My friend has been dating someone who has taken her for granted, at least most of the time. Despite this not-so-favorable situation, she has done her best to keep the relationship. In all fairness, I think you have done your part too. In my observation, however, it was not enough simply because you chose to be selfish.
It came to a point that her friends (that's us) and family cannot keep her away, despite knowing how emotionally-abused my friend was. We couldn't stop her because that's love...it lets you make crazy decisions sometimes, but it is her choice and we respect that.
You were given several opportunities to become a "better-half" but the negatives outweigh the positives. Never have we seen our friend put in so much effort just to keep the relationship; one time, when you broke up and she started dating again, we were happy for her because we thought she realized that it's a big world and she would surely meet someone who would appreciate and take good care of her...but then she chose to get back with you. Shouldn't that have been a wake up call for you? It was a very good opportunity to show her that she didn't make a bad choice. But things seemed to have ben the same. We heard the same stories, same issues, and everything. My friend even refused to talk about her issues with you anymore, thinking we have become sick and tired of her stories. But that's what friends are for (so keep smiling, keep shining, my friend); friends are supposed to be there whenever a friend is down. and up too. And oh, did you hear that one of our friends bluntly declared that she would never attend our friends wedding if ever you were wed. I know that's not a good thing to say, but that's the effect of what you have been doing all this time to our friend. However, I think you don't care about our opinions so drop it.
Anyway, we have never seen our friend this happy in a long time...and this time, with someone who would hopefully be someone you never seemed to be with our friend---a real man.
I have said my piece. If you want to hear a thousand other words from people who care about our friend more than you ever did, then continue to be bitter.
PS.
Do you really need to get your stuff back? In the end, it seems like you are still being very consistent. I suggest our friend should send you a bill too.
I'm sure you would want that, wouldn't you?
And to my friend, I'm sorry but it's a little challenging to sugar-coat an ampalaya candy.
Sunday, July 5, 2009
STFU!
Some people are so good at making fun of me without realizing that they're hurting feelings, but when these "admirable" people are told about their issues, they panic and get bothered as if they're innocent angels.
Silly no?
I know a few people who show this kind of attitude. I so want to tell them they suck, but I don't want to hurt their feelings, because if that happens, they may need to cover their faces to hide the embarrasment.
That's why when friends ask me to be more upfront in dealing with these kind of people, I tell them I would rather not for now. That is because I can only do two things: Ignore them...or feed them to the lions.
Silly no?
I know a few people who show this kind of attitude. I so want to tell them they suck, but I don't want to hurt their feelings, because if that happens, they may need to cover their faces to hide the embarrasment.
That's why when friends ask me to be more upfront in dealing with these kind of people, I tell them I would rather not for now. That is because I can only do two things: Ignore them...or feed them to the lions.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Look at Yourself in the Mirror and Bark
I got up at 3am when I realized I forgot to turn the light off in my room. I actually fell asleep without intending to sleep as early as 11pm on a rest day. =T I think I just got tired of thinking about missing the trip I was supposed to have. If I didn't have that fever on Friday, I would have eaten a lot of seafood yesterday. For free.
Since I got interrupted from my sleep earlier, I just watched a particular movie on DVD...for the nth time. I wanted to watch Angels and Demons (DVD copy na!) but I might fall asleep on the sofa, so I decided to watch something light.
A few minutes ago, I got to chat with a colleague and it got me angry...not at her but at what somebody did. Why do some people see only others' faults? To think these people are not even perfect. Why do some people have to make a f****** big deal out of some trivial matters and let everyone know about it when they can just approach the person and simply ask what happened without making it appear like the "culprit" has done a criminal offense? Why can't some people be humane and considerate?
I know their crappy style, and I am not happy about it.
We are not robots.
Since I got interrupted from my sleep earlier, I just watched a particular movie on DVD...for the nth time. I wanted to watch Angels and Demons (DVD copy na!) but I might fall asleep on the sofa, so I decided to watch something light.
A few minutes ago, I got to chat with a colleague and it got me angry...not at her but at what somebody did. Why do some people see only others' faults? To think these people are not even perfect. Why do some people have to make a f****** big deal out of some trivial matters and let everyone know about it when they can just approach the person and simply ask what happened without making it appear like the "culprit" has done a criminal offense? Why can't some people be humane and considerate?
I know their crappy style, and I am not happy about it.
We are not robots.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Public Market
While I was on the phone with a very important customer in the office today, I can't help but get distracted with the loud noises coming from the non work-related conversations of some of my colleagues. While I sometimes make loud noises with some of my colleagues, which I at some level am embarrassed about, the noises these specific colleagues make are totally unacceptable and uncalled for.
They suck.
It came to a point where I had to send an instant message to another colleague to vent out my annoyance with this group of clamorous people. Worst of all, they talk about people who are not even talking about them. Listening to their conversation (I was not being chismoso, but they were talking loud enough for me to hear), I realized how disappointing to have unprofessional people in our department. For the record, only a handful of them are being unprofessional...we still have sensible and civilized people in the department. I can't help but think: Is this the kind of people that this specific university can be proud of? Should this particular western city be proud of natives like these unprofessional people? And these people are not kids anymore.
Extremely disgusting.
It's not just their loud talking that showed how unprofessional they are; it is also what they were talking about.
Who do they think they are to act that way?
I know I am not somebody, but what I know for sure is that I don't like how these people were acting and I am definitely not like them. Their behavior is worse than not showing up for work, worse than not giving their full attention to the customer, worse than abandoning an ongoing transaction with a customer. These are the kind of people a professional department does not deserve to have.
The good thing is I still have a good number of colleagues who are being professional and who mind their own business. We can do something about this and cut this negative behavior. If these lousy people will not change their ways, we will feed themto the lions.
They suck.
It came to a point where I had to send an instant message to another colleague to vent out my annoyance with this group of clamorous people. Worst of all, they talk about people who are not even talking about them. Listening to their conversation (I was not being chismoso, but they were talking loud enough for me to hear), I realized how disappointing to have unprofessional people in our department. For the record, only a handful of them are being unprofessional...we still have sensible and civilized people in the department. I can't help but think: Is this the kind of people that this specific university can be proud of? Should this particular western city be proud of natives like these unprofessional people? And these people are not kids anymore.
Extremely disgusting.
It's not just their loud talking that showed how unprofessional they are; it is also what they were talking about.
Who do they think they are to act that way?
I know I am not somebody, but what I know for sure is that I don't like how these people were acting and I am definitely not like them. Their behavior is worse than not showing up for work, worse than not giving their full attention to the customer, worse than abandoning an ongoing transaction with a customer. These are the kind of people a professional department does not deserve to have.
The good thing is I still have a good number of colleagues who are being professional and who mind their own business. We can do something about this and cut this negative behavior. If these lousy people will not change their ways, we will feed themto the lions.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
It was a busy Saturday yesterday where I had to attend 2 lunch invitations: the baptism of my friend's nephew and my office friend's birthday. I went home straight from the office hoping I could get some sleep before going to these events but I was busy farming and re-decorating my restaurant...online! yes, on facebook.I also had a little telebabad time with 3 of my high school friends and I was happy because I haven't done that in a loooong time.
So by 12 noon, a friend picked me up for the baptism lunch then we went to our friend's house. It was great to see one of my high school friends who's here from NYC for a well-deserved vacation. I miss her and my other high school friends as well.
So while I was having lunch, my phone kept on beeping with messages about the birthday lunch of my office friend. Fortunately, I got to balance the time between the baptism and birthday lunch invitations.
So by 12 noon, a friend picked me up for the baptism lunch then we went to our friend's house. It was great to see one of my high school friends who's here from NYC for a well-deserved vacation. I miss her and my other high school friends as well.
So while I was having lunch, my phone kept on beeping with messages about the birthday lunch of my office friend. Fortunately, I got to balance the time between the baptism and birthday lunch invitations.
Friday, June 19, 2009
Sa Maigo Lang
Dear Expert Officemate with a crappy attitude,
I would like to commend you for being an expert with the support we have (at least with how the system works). Good job!
Then I would like to tell you how disappointing your attitude is. You are the most harmless-looking messenger we have in our department, and with messenger I mean chismis. Also, you are bitter...for reasons that we all know. Please know that even if I think that you know more about our system-related tasks than most of us do, you do not have the right to belittle your co-teammates for whatever issue they have. Yes, you are free to have your own opinion, but you better keep it to yourself...if you do not want more people to know you are not being professional. And please do not act like you deserve a medal for being nice...because you are not behind people's back. You are being fake. I can be fake too, but I know when to be fake.
I also think you suck up to whoever is in the position, but you only see the faults of those "under" your position, not even knowing your own issues (yes, you have issues,FYI).
Go back to your cave na lang kaya? =P
Your attitude belongs there.
I would like to commend you for being an expert with the support we have (at least with how the system works). Good job!
Then I would like to tell you how disappointing your attitude is. You are the most harmless-looking messenger we have in our department, and with messenger I mean chismis. Also, you are bitter...for reasons that we all know. Please know that even if I think that you know more about our system-related tasks than most of us do, you do not have the right to belittle your co-teammates for whatever issue they have. Yes, you are free to have your own opinion, but you better keep it to yourself...if you do not want more people to know you are not being professional. And please do not act like you deserve a medal for being nice...because you are not behind people's back. You are being fake. I can be fake too, but I know when to be fake.
I also think you suck up to whoever is in the position, but you only see the faults of those "under" your position, not even knowing your own issues (yes, you have issues,FYI).
Go back to your cave na lang kaya? =P
Your attitude belongs there.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Greetings!
So I created a new blogsite.
It took a while to come up with a good name for this site, and I like what I named it. :)
Welcome to The Online Version of My Orange Notebook---the online version of my orange notebook! I don't even remember where my orange notebook is. I should take a pictureof it and post it here for visual aid and aesthetic purposes. LOL.
It took a while to come up with a good name for this site, and I like what I named it. :)
Welcome to The Online Version of My Orange Notebook---the online version of my orange notebook! I don't even remember where my orange notebook is. I should take a pictureof it and post it here for visual aid and aesthetic purposes. LOL.
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