it's ten minutes to nine. i'm in the office.
friends and co-workers who know about my trip to manila have repeatedly asked me the question (in all forms and variations): 'excited ka na ba?' and i have responded: 'baka sa araw ng alis ko' ['maybe on the day of my trip']. [it's hard to fake excitement when all that's on your mind is the building pressure to deliver.]
true enough.
i didn't sleep until 4:00 am earlier, and i only have about a three-hour shuteye. we're supposed to have a 9:00 am meeting. i'm so screwed. i have three pieces of luggage at home waiting to be packed. the major ones have breached the dreaded 70-lb mark; the hand-carry tinkering on the 7 -kg line. yes, i've been warned that even my hand-carry will be weighed by the pal people. damn.
and to think i still have to bring some stuff from the office. an ex-roomie has something as padala, too. what gives? on top of my head, i am thinking of the stuff that i'd [probably] leave. the six-pack spam [my brother's]; the 6-pack corned beef [brother's too. i don't know with him. the best corned beef i have tasted come from the philippines [argentina, purefoods, swift, not necessarily in that order]. last time i was home, i hoarded more than 10 cans of these canned goods. btw, australian and new zealand corned beef are also to die for. literally.]; the ginormous jar of cashew nuts from costco [mom's]; the 12-pack of dove [mom's and titas]; big pack of pistachios [dad's] and the twin-pack of aveeno lotion [mom's]. sigh.
my mind's a mess. i hope i don't forget anything important. [like my passport.]
Thursday, September 01, 2005
'excited ka na ba?'
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what my friend doc g used to do is well buy a box then during the course of months or weeks fill it up with stuff that people from back home loves - the usual spam, the dry corned beef (agree with you there; plus purefoods and palm the best) - the works. then send it home through lbc as a care package of some sort once it's filled.
it's something that a friend doc g does. it's something i hope my sister realize that she can do. mwahaha.
of course once the box is here you don't expect all of its contents to reach your family. you know how the customs people here are like.
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