Sparks

I had three Nicholas Sparks this week. I watched Nights in Rodanthe last weekend and last night I had A Walk to Remember and The Notebook this morning. I liked all three movies but I was moved by The Notebook big time! Talking about love that endures. The I-wanna-grow-old-with-you kind of stuff.


Now I remember someone with these lines from The Notebook:

Noah: Would you just stay with me?

Allie: Stay with you? What for? Look at us, we are always fighting!

Noah: Well that's what we do. We fight. You tell me when I'm being an arrogant son of a b**** and I tell you when you're being pain in the ass, which you are, 99% of the time! I'm not afraid to hurt your feelings. They have like a two-second rebound rate and you're back doing the next pain-in-the-ass thing!

Allie: So what?

Noah: So it's not gonna be easy. It's gonna be really hard. And we're gonna have to work at this everyday. But I wanna do that because I want you. I want all of you forever, you and me everyday... Will you do something for me? Please... Will you just picture your life for me? 30 years from now? 40 years from now? What it's like?

Terminal

ter·mi·nal

Pronunciation:
\ˈtərm-nəl, ˈtər-mə-nəl\
Function:
adjective
Etymology:
Latin terminalis, from terminus


Whew! After countless and painstaking revisions, our terminal report for the mango supply chain was finalized. Done. Through. Finished. Papaya is saying "hello" now.

It's midweek and there are still a lot to do. Let me list them down.

1. Prepare the protocols for my papaya experiment. One for 1-MCP and another regarding TSS decrease.
2. Schedule trip to Divisoria to purchase 'Solo' papayas.
3. Prepare materials/equipment needed for the experiment.
4. Refresh myself about gas chromatograph and learn FID. (Nose-bleeding now?)
5. Finalize the program for Kuya A and Ate Weng's wedding. I'll be MC'ing the program with Ate Donna.
6. Make a proposal regarding the activities for the youth this coming LA National Conference (I'll be the youth network coordinator). Meeting with the committee heads this weekend.

Busy week it is.

Again... :-(

Just today, we had one of those heated chats...
me: you are entitled to your own opinion
me: i'm entitled to mine, too
her: okay, at least now i know how this relationship works
me: a ganun?
me: this conversation should go as far as defining our relationship?
her: because you don't wanna be reproved. its not that i'm a better person than you are pero you are so hard on this that you don't even want to consider that you are probably wrong. you are making an indication that this is how this relationship works; you are entitled to your own opinion and so am i and so back off. now where is accountability in that..

Darn! I know she has a point but that thing called pride doesn't want me to admit it.

Chef

I'm wearing my new shirt. I have been wanting to buy this for months now. I wanted is as mush as I wanted to be a chef!


Work again. Tuesday morning. Yesterday my boss asked me to look for references regarding papaya stuff. If we can find a 'Solo' papaya plantation, I might start doing my own laboratory experiment this week. I'm a bit excited but at the same time I'm asking myself if this is the kind of work I wanna be doing for the next few years. I don't know. But I'm stuck here right now.

Been waiting for a call regarding the job application I submitted last week. Maybe I should wait no longer. The job is for an magazine. Maybe I come short of their requirements. Yes, in the mean time I'm stuck here in my work.

I don't have a contract yet. The last one just ended last September 20. Almost a month now of working without salary, or worse, without any legal proof that I am in a job.

Whew! Manic Tuesday?

All I know right now is today, I'm Mr. Chef.

TGIF

The long week is over. I feel tired. My back is going to break anytime. I'm happy though. I have accomplished a lot today, and yes, I have been useful this week.

I went to the office early, like 7:30 AM because I'll be assisting some thesis students in visiting some farms. There were three of them. First, we went to a small banana plantation to spray some chemicals to some banana fruits. It was fun. we crossed a river through a shaky bridge made of bamboo. I enjoyed it so much. Reminds me of my high school escapades. The place was so rural. The people are nice. Their life is so simple.

By 11:00 AM we were looking for an ampalaya farm. We needed a farm that could produce 120 ampalayas in one harvesting time. Good thing we found one. It's near an eggplant plantation of 5 hectares. I've never seen an eggplant farm that big in my entire life. Under the scorching heat of the sun, we tagged the ampalayas and we were so hungry.

Next stop was Kambingan Sa Tiaong. Goat? Are you kidding me? Very cheap though. But I didn't order any goat recipe. I had "lechon kawali" for lunch. And a lot of soft drinks! Three, I repeat, three kinds of softdrinks did I consume this lunch - Mirinda, Mountain Dew and Pepsi. Though I'm a fan of Coca Cola.

I was recharged. But here comes sleep hunger. We still have to scout for a papaya plantation. And if I get lucky, I'll be buying 'Solo' papaya for my own little experiment. We found a papaya farm but no 'Solo' papaya. It's not commonly grown in this part of the country. My experiment is then deferred for next week.

We're back at the office by 2:45 PM. I have yet to finish the revisions for our terminal report. Darn that mango terminal report! But I want it done so I could move on with my new-found love -- papaya. My boss was nice today. She told me to just submit what I could finish for the day and she'll take care of the rest. I wanted hug her when she said that.

My best reward for the hard day's work? Three slices of pizza!! Thanks Daph for the treat. And oh, I had two glasses of Pepsi again. How's that for soda overload?

Weekend, oh weekend. I can't rest yet. 70-kgs of mangoes need to be irradiated tommorow. I'll be helping Ate Madel with that. But here's the catch, we'll watch movie while waiting for the irradiated mamgoes. I have Nights At Rodanthe in my mind right now.

In the meantime, we'll troubleshoot Blue, the defective Inspiron 1526.

Back At It

Almost a year now since my last scribble.

I'm in Horeb. All alone. Sem-break now for most of the students. I don't know where Papu is, he's my only housemate for the break, as usual.

I have Ate Madel's notebook for five days now. It's keeping me awake and online for the past nights. I brought our terminal report home. I'm supposed to revise it. Again. For the nth time. The bosses don't seem to be contented with the content (no pun intended). I'm too lazy to put my hands on it. Later.

I had my first decent dinner for the week. Alone. I like it though. I mean being alone. I missed KFC so off I went and had my favorite spicy mongolian chicken.

Today's highlight? I left my phone at home when I went to the office. I first thought I lost it. My 3-year old Motorola E398 with the recently failed mini-subwoofer. I love my phone. Back to the story. When I get back from the office, the first thing I did was to look for it. It was under my pillow. I sent two text messages and on the third time, I can send no more. The last time I checked my balance, I have 200+ on my credit. I thought Globe is having some issues again. Checked my balance and it's 0.44 cents. Crap! It can't be. Unless someone else used it. Checked my last call. Somebody called "freak1" on my phonebook. The call was made at 5:18 AM for 29 minutes and 30 seconds. This "freak1" has been in my phonebook for a long time now. I don't know who he/she is. I just kept the number after he/she sent me text messages but won't introduce him/herself. Freak indeed. Answered the call and never hung up.

Lesson learned. Erase unknown people in my inbox. Accidentally calling them is not an impossibility. I lost 200+ today.

Gotta power nap and I'll get back to my teerminal report.