Just a follow-up on yesterday’s post.
I already know that I cannot escape politics, especially in the workplace. It may be omnipresent but I just wish people involved in politics would leave me alone. They can kiss or kick each others’ asses, I don’t care. Just leave me alone. I know I am not a bad person. I don’t have ambitious goals since this is not the career I really want. I am doing the job I am paid for (how many times do I have to emphasize this?!) so LET ME BE!
Will I last in the company until my birthday? I have to say, other prospects are getting attractive by the day. (Hey, that rhymes! Hehe!) Hmm… I’ll think about it, if the price is right.
I was informed last night that our ops manager sent me a text message yesterday and apparently I replied with a "Who u?" and "How did u get my number?" For one, I know her number, so why would I ask that? I know I can be rude, but I do know how to choose when to be and not to be rude. Trust me, my manager is someone I don’t have the guts to be blatantly rude to. And unless I am schizophrenic, I did not receive (nor answer) a text message from her yesterday. The last message I got from her was last Saturday. So, I wonder why this happened and how someone could possibly receive and answer text messages intended for me. Is it because, as far as I can remember, I bought the SIM card somewhere in a mall and not from the actual service provider? Is it possible that there are 2 of us using the same number?
I wonder if my manager double-checked to verify if the person was really me. Maybe she didn’t because I sent her another message informing her that it was not me, but I didn’t get a response. Now, we’ll see if she’s gonna take it against me or not. At least I know I blogged it today and my conscience is clear.
No classes again today. I can’t help but think everything is just sensationalized news and over-reaction. But then, what if this happens everyday? Just goes to show how unstable the government is. Everyone has his/her own selfish agenda. I don’t want to discuss serious politics here, but it’s frustrating!
Hey that’s not in the book! But it’s nice.
That’s the first time I heard my purist mother say those. She never really appreciated book-adapted movies that have a lot of deviations. She reread the book "Memoirs of A Geisha" a few days ago and we watched the movie yesterday. She said that during the Sayuri’s solo dance and when Hatsumomo tried to burn down the okiya. I, myself, kinda forgot the story ‘coz I read it some years ago, but I love the movie! Maybe that’s one good thing of not remembering all the nitty-gritty details in the book, at least I don’t get distracted when I see a scene that didn’t happen in the books.
They say a geisha is a walking art. I think the movie was art itself. From the beginning until the end, I was just awed by the beauty of the surroundings and they way the narration was made. Sayuri’s solo dance wasn’t even discussed in detail in the book (as far as I can remember) but it was amazing. Kudos to Mr. Rob Marshall! I also love those bamboo poles lined-up on the sides of a pathway where young Chiyo was running when she first saw The Chairman (also shown in the end of the movie), the same way the bamboo poles lined up the way to Mameha’s front door (when Chiyo was returning the ruined kimono). There was also a moment when they just focused on the water with cloth and red ink flowing through it during war times and it was symbolic. I like that too. John Williams did not make the music for "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" in order to do "Memoirs of a Geisha" and he earned a Golden Globe (so far). I think he made a good decision.
It was a long movie, but I didn’t mind. I think those who haven’t read the book would still love the movie. Oh well, thumbs-up to Ms. Zhang for giving justice to the role (even if she isn’t Japanese. Hehe!) Ms. Yeoh didn’t even need make-up to show what a beauty she is. I guess Ms. Li, who played Hatsumomo, should have been more sinister but that’s ok. Or I wished Mr. Watanabe didn’t mumble on his lines that much so I could have understood everything he’s saying (Heehee) or was more dashing as he was a gentleman. But that’s fine. I like the way they focused on the childhood. It reminded me of "A Series of Unfortunate Events" when she learned her parents died. The young (and pretty) actress who played Chiyo, Suzuka Ohgo, was really good. I wish they also made more screen time to show what happened to Sayuri’s sister, but maybe they didn’t think it was important enough. The movie just proves Asians can stand out in Hollywood. The ending was predictable, kinda "they lived happily ever after" and "age does not matter" moment, but it made me teary-eyed. I never expected that! Some critics may say it’s hollow or mediocre but for me it was heart-breaking and beautiful. That’s what counts.
After the stampede in Ultra, landslide in Leyte, now classes suspended ‘coz of a coup d’ etat threat. Geez. We can’t get away from violence and corruption ‘coz there’s always politics! Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declared State of Emergency today. Oh man.
Awful day at work again. Had to extend my work hours because of a good-for-nothing prank call. I got home and was glad my mother was channel surfing. I was able to see Rivermaya perform "Posible" in S.I.S. Whee! I just realized, I miss watching concerts. I didn’t go to the UP Fair a few days ago. *sigh*
Got a few of movies I want to watch this week. I think I’m gonna watch "Memoirs of a Geisha" with my Ma and sis. I don’t know who would accompany me to watch "Final Destination 3". I also am interested in watching "Syriana" and "Aeon Flux". Geez. So little time, so many movies, so little money! Haha!
Oh and I got a 76 WPM on my typing last night. What an improvement from my 69 WPM six months ago. 
Sulong! Laban! Wag uurong! Posible!
One tuna pan de sal and a cup of milk tea help make my mornings complete. I end my shift tired and sleepy and whenever I arrive home, I don’t feel tired and sleepy at all. That’s why I still have time to blog (like what I’m doing now!) My brother started this tea thingie at home. He used to mix tea with powdered lemonade and put some ice in it. It’s delicious actually. I first got a taste of milk tea when I bought one plastic bottle in 7-11. I can’t even read the label because it was in Chinese, but I love it! Then I tasted one in Easy Way. Then a few weeks ago, I tasted Chowking’s new milk tea, Nai Cha (iced drink with tea extract, milk, caramel syrup and tea-flavored jelly cubes in it) and I love it! Orgasmic!!! Now, I include a box of Lipton teabags every time I buy groceries. Been drinking brisk (so I won’t have trouble sleeping) tea with milk every morning now and I can feel my body cleansing itself, which means more trips to the comfort room for me. Haha! But that’s fine. What I lack in exercise I can *try* to make up for the food I eat. I know exercise is very important, as a physical therapist (albeit non-practicing) I should know that. But hey, I have a sedentary lifestyle and I don’t know when I will change that (yet). Oh yeah, I’d still be a junkie (junk-food lover), but I’ll be more careful now with what I eat.
Sleep– now that’s one thing I need but lack every work day. I just oversleep during the weekends. I’d rather stay up after work than sleep the whole day and wake up and go back to work again. I don’t want that routine. Yaiks! I have to remind myself to sleep at least 30 minutes earlier than usual today because I have my typing certification tonight. I have to type at least 60 net words per minute with at least 90% accuracy. Wish me luck! *cross fingers*
Had a bad night at work caused by not-so-good calls again. Glad Monday shit’s shift’s over. One of my batchmates involuntarily left work. Now, there are only 5 of us from the original 15. I just realized that the company does not really value their employees. To think that that person is a hardworking one and is planning to stay in the company and explore more options there. I don’t want to get into details. Although a lot of things could have been done, the reasoning "our hands are tied" crap prevails. I wonder what if what happened to her happened to another employee with a higher position? Is the outcome going to be the same? I doubt it. Makes me wanna have second thoughts about staying.
There were supposed to be 4 of us. One was not able to make it. One brought a boyfriend along. Oh yeah, there was actually 4 of us. Not planned though. We heard 80% of the stories from the lovelife woes of one of us. Probably that’s what happens when friends sort of drift apart and find fewer and fewer things in common to talk about. It sucks but that’s the way life goes. After late lunch, only 2 of us ended up watching "Brokeback Mountain". Sheesh. That’s fine. At least I got to see them after some time, I got to watch the movie, and I got my "Memoirs of a Geisha" book back. We’re planning to meet again and go to Eurostar, this new theme-park in The Fort. I’m not a theme-park person. I’m boring, I know, but my stomach and brain can’t take the loopy rides. But hopefully, we’ll get to do that soon, not after some months. Hopefully, we’ll take some pics too.
The movie was simple. It’s true that, as far as I can remember, it’s the only love story with no "I love you" in the script. I guess the line "I don’t know how to quit you" is a romatic enough replacement. It’s the movie with the most homosexual couples I’ve ever seen in the audience. Not that I minded. It was quite interesting really. Ok, back to the movie. I love the direction or cinematography or whatever it is you call the strategic placement of cameras to catch picturesque angles. The sceneries were very beautiful. That plus Jake Gyllenhaal’s cute mole on the upper part, near the corner of his lip. I love watching those moments! Hahaha!
Seriously, I think it’s more of a lust story than a love story. But then again, I am not a homosexual so I can’t see it in their point of view. I guess once the hormones rage nobody can stop it. But near the end it’s probably indeed love. They were just too scared of the scorn of society that’s why they still married and had kids and did all those secret "fishing trips". It was bittersweet for both Jack Twist (Jake G.) and Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger). I ache more for the role of Michelle Williams (Ennis’s wife). I can’t imagine seeing my husband and the father of my two kids torridly kissing another man! Another gorgeous man for than matter! Geez! I have had my own heartaches since I have the tendency to fall for men who turned out to be gay and I know how rotten that made me feel. I also could not believe Ang Lee directed the movie. It was good directing though and good acting too! Sometimes I just don’t understand the dialogues. There’s too much Western twang in it. I’ve heard a LOT of accents in my line of work, but I would have appreciated it if there were subtitles or something. It was also a bit slow-paced for me. I wish to see it with NO cuts and with my gay friend with me (to answer my questions and clarify some things)). That would be something I can look forward to.
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