my hellish monday officially ended yesterday at around 7pm. before it finally, mercifully folded, it threw a couple of last hurdles my way:
- storycon for one of my launching accounts. oh god siya na nga talaga. wala na itong atrasan.
- creating a newspaper igloo around my desk to protect it from the evil residue of this week's office fumigation. nothing says "i am not at work today" better than this.
- waiting for my ticket for be delivered to the office until, as the travel agency promised, until late afternoon. "late afternoon" turned out to be nearly 10pm.
- staying up until 1am to pack.
- waking up an hour and a half late and nearly missing my flight.
- my phone officially giving up on me. it now allows me to do only three things: set my alarm, read (but not respond to) incoming text messages, and answer incoming calls.
- being unable to answer incessant calls and text messages about lots of crap happening at work that is going to be pinned on my ass despite me thinking i took all the necessary precautions to prevent said crap. my boss and partner had to cover for me big time. charlie and i are good, but i will have to face a scolding from my boss on monday.
sigh. good thing there was:
- this wonderful, wonderful little boy.
i had to voice-direct this kid for a teaser we're doing for his newest show (and my newest account). he's a child actor who first rose to fame in a series of really funny laundry detergent commercials (incidentally, the brand that the boyf used to handle) and is now, as we say at the office, namamayagpag ang career.
i was desperately bangag and in need of serious shuteye by the time i had to direct him, so i was terrified that he wouldn't get it and i would get cranky and shout at him. thankfully, nothing of the sort happened, except that the first sentence out of my mouth was "ok bj, kunyari... kunyari bata ka." with a twinkle in his eye, he quipped, "kunyari lang?" and i was like "ahehe... oo nga no, bata ka pala."
anyway, this kid was just so amazing, talented, intelligent, professional, charming and preternaturally cute. he has cuteness oozing from every pore without being pa-cute. sana pag nagkaanak ako, katulad niya. (yes i have turned into my network's average viewer.)
- daing na bangus on the plane. not in someone's handcarry, i mean as served as breakfast. after flying budget airlines for over a year, suddenly philippine airlines feels positively luxurious.
and now i'm here. THANK GOD.
dinner at the esplanade, after the boyf bundled me up, dabbed aromatherapy oil from india on my temples and wrists, and put me to bed for the entire afternoon
- storycon for one of my launching accounts. oh god siya na nga talaga. wala na itong atrasan.
- creating a newspaper igloo around my desk to protect it from the evil residue of this week's office fumigation. nothing says "i am not at work today" better than this.
- waiting for my ticket for be delivered to the office until, as the travel agency promised, until late afternoon. "late afternoon" turned out to be nearly 10pm.
- staying up until 1am to pack.
- waking up an hour and a half late and nearly missing my flight.
- my phone officially giving up on me. it now allows me to do only three things: set my alarm, read (but not respond to) incoming text messages, and answer incoming calls.
- being unable to answer incessant calls and text messages about lots of crap happening at work that is going to be pinned on my ass despite me thinking i took all the necessary precautions to prevent said crap. my boss and partner had to cover for me big time. charlie and i are good, but i will have to face a scolding from my boss on monday.
sigh. good thing there was:
- this wonderful, wonderful little boy.
i had to voice-direct this kid for a teaser we're doing for his newest show (and my newest account). he's a child actor who first rose to fame in a series of really funny laundry detergent commercials (incidentally, the brand that the boyf used to handle) and is now, as we say at the office, namamayagpag ang career.
i was desperately bangag and in need of serious shuteye by the time i had to direct him, so i was terrified that he wouldn't get it and i would get cranky and shout at him. thankfully, nothing of the sort happened, except that the first sentence out of my mouth was "ok bj, kunyari... kunyari bata ka." with a twinkle in his eye, he quipped, "kunyari lang?" and i was like "ahehe... oo nga no, bata ka pala."
anyway, this kid was just so amazing, talented, intelligent, professional, charming and preternaturally cute. he has cuteness oozing from every pore without being pa-cute. sana pag nagkaanak ako, katulad niya. (yes i have turned into my network's average viewer.)
- daing na bangus on the plane. not in someone's handcarry, i mean as served as breakfast. after flying budget airlines for over a year, suddenly philippine airlines feels positively luxurious.
and now i'm here. THANK GOD.
dinner at the esplanade, after the boyf bundled me up, dabbed aromatherapy oil from india on my temples and wrists, and put me to bed for the entire afternoon
Cool newspaper igloo! Reminds me of an antagonist in the TV show "The X-Pat Files" -- a guy who subsists on human liver and builds his nest using old newspaper. But of course, I didn't mean to imply you're anything paranormal or something.... :-)
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