Collection of Quotes from Toie Bear

The messenger just left to submit a relatively important pleading to the CTA (yes, CTA na naman!) So, I am on a self-imposed break... I don't want any brain activity for the next hour, so instead of updating my blog with original works I am posting a bunch of quotes (my opinion on the said quotes notwithstanding) I received from my dear friend and blockmate, Toie. ;-)

"I guess once you love someone and admit it, there's no crossing back, it's a line that will forever stay embedded deep within your heart. Because once you have loved that someone, it doesn't go away. You're forced to care and though how much you wish to prevent it, deep inside--you know he or she will always be special."

"If we are to live life in harmony with the universe, we must all possess a powerful faith in what the ancients used to call 'fatum', what we currently refer to as DESTINY" -- From the movie Serendipity

"When someone really loves you, they will never hurt you and if they do, you'll see that in their eyes, they are hurting too." -- Spiderman

"You do anyting for the ones you love, even if it means risking your own freedom, letting your guard down, exposing you bare, and making you an easy target. It doesn't mean you're weak, you're just strong enough to stand and fight for the people you care for." --Sandman

"The tough thing about following your heart is what people forget to mention, that sometimes your heart takes you to places you shouldn't be, places that are scary as they are exciting, and as dangerous as they are alluring. And sometimes your heart takes you to places that can never lead to a happy ending. And that's not the difficult part. The difficult part is when you follow your heart, you leave the normal, you go into the unknown and once you do, you can never go back."

"Sometimes, when one person is missing, the whole world seems depopulated." (Painfully true...)

"Setting someone free is the hardest thing to do. It's not the tears you cried that makes it so hard, but the small piece of hope left inside your heart that someday you'll still end up together."

"It's easy to understand that someone in the world awaits you, whether it's in the middle of the desert or in some great city. And when two such people encounter each other, and their eyes meet, the past and the future become unimportant. There is only that moment and the incredible certainty that everything under the sun has been written by one hand only. It is the hand that evokes love and creates a twin soul for every person in the world. Without such love, one's dream would have no meaning." -- Paulo Coelho

Eau de Hadrien

Eau de Hadrien by Annick Goutal

I absolutely love Eau de Hadrien by Annick Goutal... The scent is so light and refreshing, I can't get enough of it. :-) Sooooooooo, imagine my delight when I opened my gift last night and found out it was an Annick Goutal Eau de Hadrien coffret (set of perfume, shower gel and body lotion... Perfect for scent layering!) Thanks so much, da! I love the gift to bits! I can't wait to use it... :-)

An ATM booth moment

When: Two nights ago

Where: Metrobank ATM booth somewhere in Makati

What: After my withdrawal, while I was fixing my wallet, I accidentally dropped one of the Five Hundred Peso bills I withdrew. Since I was alone, and in a very small confined space, I didn't feel the need to pick up the bill right away. I was thinking that my bill won't go anywhere. So I took my time fixing my wallet (my red, Fino wallet which I absolutely love as it was given to my by a really cute guy on my birthday *wink*). After that, I looked at the floor to find my bill, but it was nowhere in sight... I was in corporate attire (read: black wide legged trousers, collared blouse and green stiletto pumps), so I tried to look for my bill as dignified and as poised as I can. However, my efforts at finding my bill in a dignified and poised manner proved to be futile, as my bill was absolutely nowhere in sight! At that point, I thought, CRAP! Might as well look for my precious bill with diligence, so I went down on all fours and looked for my bill... As I was searching for my bill on all fours, I heard a soft tap on the door... I looked behind me and saw a guy, also in corporate attire (Yes! Behind me, meaning my ass was facing him... Hehehe.) I quickly stood up and opened the ATM door booth, the guy asked "Are you ok?" I told him I was fine and that I was just looking for a Five Hundred Peso bill that seemingly disappeared in the ATM booth. He grinned then told me, "Oh, ok! I thought you slipped." Mr. Corporate Attire then offered to help me using his small flashlight, with matching hirit "Cute pa ang flashlight ko."

We then looked for my bill together (This time, of course, I was standing up. Hehehe.) Fortunately, Mr. Corporate Attire found my bill hidden under the steel railings. Whew! Buti na lang! :-) I thanked Mr. Corporate Attire and left the ATM booth happily. (As an aside, Mr. Corporate Attire noticed and complimented my green stilettos... Cute daw! Hehehe.)

To Mr. Corporate Attire, thanks for the help! There should be more people like you roaming the streets of Manila. :-)

Worst week at work so far

I survived this week! Boy, am I extra thankful for this fact. This being the week when I committed my worst-ever professional blunders (hopefully this will be the last!).

First blunder, I totally forgot about a Memorandum (a pleading you submit to the court which basically summarizes the entire case, i.e. one hell of an important pleading!) due on June 14. This is how it happened: The associate who handled the case before me (Damned tax case at that!) handed me her draft three (3) weeks before the deadline, but I was too busy with my other work that I never bothered to check it or browse though it (Yes! Stupid of me! I knoooooooow). Then came the evening of June 12, when I realize I missed the office deadline. PANIC struck, so I merely fixed the format of the draft and submitted the darned thing to my boss... BIG MISTAKE!!! As it turns out, the Memorandum was lacking in soooooooo many areas... So there. At 8am on June 14, I was seated in my boss' office and a sermon (I deserved as much) was delivered in my favor. Thankfully, we had a pending Motion with the court, so we had a valid reason for requesting for an extension of time to file the blasted Memorandum. Whew!

Second (and equally as stupid) blunder, I received an order from the Court of Tax Appeals denying admission of certain documents as evidence (Yes! Another damned tax case!!! My loooooooove for tax is haunting me! Hahaha). I looked at the ground for the denial and I saw that it was based on the fact that the said documents were not submitted to the court. Stupid me, instead of looking for the documents, just ignored the order and left it lying on my messy desk... Lo and behold, my boss asked for an update on the case... Let's just say, upon hearing my response, his reaction was... Errrrrr... Passionate... Very Passionate... It's so passionate that I'm dragging my silly ass to the CTA on Monday to check every piece of document in their possession, my being asthmatic notwithstanding... Hahaha.

In spite all these, I'm still enjoying my work. Yes, occasional blunders, "passionate reactions" and all, I still love my job. I just need to buy me a yummy Wagyu steak meal... or a really nice bag... or shoes... to nurse my badly damaged ego. Haha.

P.S. Many thanks to my blockmate, turned official nguynguyan, Mr. Baker! ;-) Alam kong hindi naman plinano na ikaw ang maging nguynguyan ko, but you live up to the challenge. Hehehe.

"Chief"

"Good Afturhnewn, welcome to Marikina City Hall!"

The greeting from the ever-so-enthusiastic receptionist that used to brighten the otherwise boring PLEB afternoons my OLA partner and I spent in the Marikina City Hall. And now, that ever-so enthusiastic receptionist is working here in my office building as the head of lobby security (if there's such post. Haha.)

Every time I pass by the "chief" (as he is called by the people in the office) I always get a highly-energized greeting. (The greetings are soooo energized, the whole lobby can hear him. Hehehe.) Some of my officemates think he's annoying, but I think he's funny... Hell, our PLEB hearings in Marikina City Hall would have been exceptionally dreadful if it weren't for his animated greetings.

To chief, good afturhnewn to you too. ;-) Hehehe.