Tag-ulan

It's been raining continuously these past few days. I like this kind of weather, but not to the point that it causes floods everywhere. Just this morning, I woke up at around 1:30am (and I don't know why). I checked Facebook and saw that a number of people just got home, or are still stranded somewhere. Some of them accounted that they almost tried every route they know, but still, it's either blocked, flooded, or not passable for some other reasons. A friend of mine messaged me that she just got home from school. It was about 2am then, and I know she's usually home by 9 or 10pm.

It's funny sometimes that we cannot solve flooding problems in cities, especially. There are only two kinds of weather in the Philippines -- Tag-araw and Tag-ulan. The rainy season comes every year like night time comes every day. But why in the world can't we solve the problems caused by this regular thing every year? We know why streets become flooded during heavy rains. And we know its effects. And also, we all hate it! But come May, June, July of every year, people complain of the heavy rains causing floods. The government will just say it has ordered the DSWD to distribute relief goods, and acts as if it has done its job already.

I'll just probably take advantage of this season. Make a business selling flat irons, umbrellas, etc. and hopefully, get super-rich someday so I can finance projects that can help eradicate flooding!

Multiple choice

Suppose you have a report due tomorrow. Everything is already in your mind. In fact, you can type it continuously without thinking anymore. Hell, you can even write it on paper and you are sure you won't get a line wrong. Then, in the morning, you wake up and find out there's a power outage.

You tell yourself, "Naah, this won't last long. The power will be back by the time I get to my desk later at the office."

You eat your breakfast, take a bath, and go to work. Smiling. And then, you're in your office now. But electricity is still out. So, you use your laptop, but it only lasts an hour or so. You still needed a few more hours to type some assessment, draw some graphs, and check your numbers -- just to be safe, of course.

Then, you go home, and again, tell yourself, "By lunchtime, electricity will be back. I am sure of that. Maybe."

At the table, while you are eating your lunch, you are still looking at your electric fan -- waiting for it to make you smile. Nothing happens. Then, you decide you cannot wait any longer. You hurry and go to the mall. You look for that now-very-invaluable Starbucks. And wait somewhere inside for the next table close to the power outlet to be vacated.

10 minutes.
20 minutes.
30 minutes.
1 hour.
2 hours.

Jackpot! A group of yuppies leaves their table. You see that a power outlet is near their table. Of course, you sit immediately. You open your laptop, you go online, and order a cup of cappuccino. You are now a few minutes close to your deadline. 45 minutes closer to your deadline. Thing is, in your estimate, you need at least a couple of hours to complete the report. Maybe 3 hours, at most. What will you do?

A. You email your client and say you apologize you cannot submit the report due to the unexpected power outage. But you can't do that 45 minutes before the deadline?! That's just plain irresponsible!

B. You e-mail your client the next day, and apologize for your failure to submit the report because you were caught in a road accident and 9 cars piled up where one of them has a pregnant woman, and you risked your life saving her from possible explosion (the explosion happened but you were able to save the woman). Also, after you saved the pregnant woman, you brought her to the hospital and waited until she safely delivered her baby. And you cannot leave just yet, because the mother requested your presence after giving birth. She even named her baby after you. Sweet. But the client might not believe you. :-D

C. Wait for a miracle.... which usually happens during the last minute.

D. Others. (And by others, I mean everything from consulting a Bronx medical malpractice lawyer to basically saving the world.)

Life is like a box of chocolates... you never know what you're gonna get.

Maling Akala

One of the reasons I chose Globe for our phone and Internet service provider is its free (or so I thought) unlimited calls to all Globe telephones regardless of area coverage. I really thought that when their advertisement said free unlimited Globe-to-Globe calls, it already considered the fact that you really don't have to advertise it as free if it's within the same area. I mean, why would you even brag about free unlimited calls if you are just calling someone from the next town or city, right?

I called their hotline just a while ago and I found out that I was wrong. I felt really stupid actually. But at the same time, I felt like a victim of false advertising. As it turned out, they have to advertise the free unlimited same network calls, because if I call someone who is using another network, even if that someone is just in the next office from ours, they would charge us with long distance rates. Connectivity issues daw. Haist!

And just a few days ago, I thought the least of my financial worries would be replenishing office supplies regularly; now, I cannot just call Aling Virgie to deliver purified water to our office as it would be charged long distance. Tsk tsk tsk.

Makes me really want to shout, Google is the best company in the universe!!!

Kampay!

Here's to alcohol: the cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems!

(halata ba na tinatamad akong magsulat ng kahit ano? hehehe.)