i just got back from my hatid services. after mhae’s successful training at west, she’s started her night shift. we still had the past couple of weekends but starting this weekend, we’ll only have quite half of saturday. actually, last week, we didn’t get much of saturday, but that was my work’s fault. that aside, i think our schedules are ok with us. it’s much better than the time differential between here and the netherlands. i also think we got to make the most of the weekends we had. though much was spent on the couch napping or watching tv, we did get an lrt adventure with ara and aboy for aboy’s pup entrance test.
one lacking saturday though was bugyot’s wedding where i wasn’t able to ask for a second seat. she did get to see me in a coat and tie before i left and after. although i wish she was with me at the actual wedding. ah, yes, that night. it was also another of those feel bad then feel good at jolly dopey times. back to bugyot, i had a surreal feeling, an affirmation that dreams do come true. it was still akward, though, to be in the malate lit folio crowd after the longest time. to think i’d say, 10 years ago that that was my crowd. well, we change. but still, bugyot’s new life chapter overshadows the distance and akwardness.
i guess my crowd is now the choir. although the past few months until the past few weeks seemed to be leading to a disruption, i have to commend kuya jo, kiko, and everyone else’s efforts that led to how SMC is at now—back to getting better.
and speaking of better, i finally got to run some benchmarks. roughly, my i7 pc at work is definitely better for work and my i5 home pc is surely for play. this got reinforced just yesterday when this i5 ran the sap2000 model at about half the speed. very well, then. but this is still much better for play. hahahaha.
what isn’t a game is love. hearts day was spent with the usual dinner with the family. i didn’t get to bring mhae along because she had work. nonetheless, we had breakfast at greenwich libertad and got her flowers. the flowers were pre-ordered, though, not like when we had our first “date” there. the rest of the day was like a holiday since i took a leave. we failed to watch a movie and saved the movie dates for later. we watched starting all over again the following week.
and work stuff, more not a game, it’s getting tighter. i’m missing deadline i set. present tense. still hopeful as usual. it can get a bit relaxing, too, but the 2 nights at UPLB for the perform3d workshop still hit the sleeping habits a bit. it was fun learning and teaching, and i really hope to get to do or facilitate something similar. someday.
UPLB is a breath of fresh air to me. the chocomilk and buko pie successful pasalubongs are more plus points. the environment and the learning experience and the fact that i don’t have to go to the office made the need to return that friday and go home saturday midday not so bad afterall. not getting our objectives complete was a bit of a downer, but as i said, we’ll get through this.
performance based design, the concept, i’ve gotten it long ago. the application, i’m getting there. i’m a slacker, i know, but the potential to contribute in something this big to the company i work for and the profession i’m in, it gives me the drive that i think i’ve lost before. this is future stuff.
and speaking of future stuff, i finally got convinced by citibank to do that loan thing. i just need to clarify stuff. but i did get to get a checking account. my mother is very skeptical about these loans. i think i have to find a way to positively counter that skepticism soon.
that day i got my checkbook, something meant for future payments, mhae and i watched the lego movie. it was also the 3rd day of our 23rd month together. we watched at moa for the first time together. previous dates at moa for us both were with different partners. i finally got to movie date with her, my future. and lego, it’s a building block of my past. i’m glad she enjoyed the movie. next month, we’ll be on our second year. the profession of love happened 2 years ago on the 29th. that was one eventful leap year. i’m glad it happened.
when i got home from our date, i realized that was when tita chato was to be confined at makati med. next day, the results of her biopsy were found to be favorable. another thing to thank God for.
and i’m successfully getting sleepy, offline. i wish internet is back when i get back home later. or in the morning. gotta wake up early. internet dependent. being offline, and having some important work stuff to do, i felt that need to fix my room again. last week, i started drawing in cad the east side of my room to estimate and make working drawings for the two shelves i need. i don’t know when i can continue that. maybe i’ll get to finish my 3d model for my room. just basic shapes, not accurate models. something to play around with when trying to rearrange. yep, something to do, another thing pending.
