October! Time to Breathe :)

PINNED TO THIS EPISODE -- 09/09 ( A TRILOGY)

Down to the last, really have to run fast
This will be over; all I need are answers.
Has a lot to say but can’t write about September.
Everything will be known, as April unfold
Life is now on hold, couldn’t be bold
My future’s untold.

SOON…

PINNED TO THIS EPISODE -- 09/09 ( A TRILOGY)

Sleep at 1 am, alarm at 4 am
Breakfast at 5 am, in transit by 6 am
Ready by 7 am, bell rings at 8 am


Lunch by 12 noon , 2nd part at 2 pm
Sleepy by 3 pm , Trembling hands by 4 pm,
Cramming yet praying for 5 pm.

PINNED TO THIS EPISODE -- 09/09 ( A TRILOGY)

From a lame excuse of having no choice,

Developed a clever remark:

It will all come to pass

Drowned with support

Bathed by wish of luck

No anxiety attacks,

No uneasiness felt

Remain completely dense

By now must be tensed.

NINE HOPEFULS TO MANAOAG

WHEN NINE HOPEFULS decided to take a break from the pages of their books,they ended with a fun-filled short trip ------------ sundae and fries @ 3 AM, roller coaster ride from Shaw to Cubao @ 3:30 AM, dews in the meadow @ 6 AM, a pilgrimage/blessing @ 10 , lunch @ 11 , a sound sleep @ the bus back to Manila, a refreshed and empowered spirit to carry on...

MY KFC DAY!

Waking up from a 5 hours of sleep, and being late I didn’t have the time to prepare breakfast. I have to meet Kris and Bing at UN Avenue for our review session that we badly need this time. After 30 minutes, I was all dressed up, grabbed my bag, put hand-outs and books that I need inside (without considering if I can read them all for the day) then rushed to our meeting place. While I was on the FX, I received a text message from Kris that they’ll be coming late. Well, it was acceptable since they are to be coming from UP while I was just staying near Banawe.

It was near 10 am and I didn’t have a good dinner night before, meaning I was really starving. My stomach seems to concur as it started to create a gurgling sound. So when I saw KFC, I instantly knew what I’ll have for brunch. I ordered for chix and spaghetti and requested for a breast or thigh part. To my dismay, the crew told me that the only part that can be served with the spaghetti is a choice between the wing and the leg part. So I asked if that was a new directive of some kind from the Manager, and with conviction, the crew told me that I have to choose, LEG or WING. Disappointed, I again asked the Crew if it is only in KFC UN Avenue that I can’t have my thigh/ breast part. Again now with confidence, she told me that it has always been leg or wing for spaghetti. Hmmn, OK, thinking of not ruining my day, I got my spaghetti with little chicken wing, and got my receipt.

When I was about to put my tray on the table, my receipt fell on the floor and so I picked it up. I don’t know what happened, but I later found myself sending a message to the Customer service of KFC, (the number was printed in the receipt.)

Kris and Bing arrived and while they were having their brunch, I told them what happened. And since the three of us are regular KFC customers, both of them can’t believe that I was not given my fave part.

After KFC, we headed to FIGARO UN AVE. It’s a quite long walk from Taft Avenue but it is where we feel that we are productive in our review, well compared to other places. Coffee is good, pizza superb, friendly and accommodating crews, a great place indeed.

We were already reading for like four hours, when I got a phone call from an unknown number. I answered it and this was the conversation (something like this)…
Flaj: Yes, Hello?
Caller : Hello Ma’am, Im the Manager of KFC UN Avenue, the head office informed me of your complain. Can I get your name Ma’am
Flaj: Ah Oo, yung sa chicken kasi di ako binigyan ng breast part kasi daw pag spaghetti wing or leg lang.. ganun bat talga un? Matagal naman na akong kumakain sa KFC ngaun ko lang nalaman un..
Caller: Sana po Ma’am hinanap niyo po ako kanina para po nabigyan ko kayo nung gusto niyong part. Ma’am sino nga po ulit ito?
Flaj: This is Flager, Sinend ko na name ko kanina ah, nung nag text ako sa CS niyo.
Caller: Yan po ba talaga pangalan niyo?? Kala kop o imbento lang..
Flaj: Aba, oo.may ID ako, gusto mo makita. Eh Miss, ok na un, wala naman na tayong magagawa diba, tapos na un, unless bibigyan niyo ulit ako ng chicken, ung part na gusto ko.. ( irritated)
Caller: Ay pwede rin po, asan po ba kau?
Flaj: Haha, sure ka..andito lang ako sa FIGARO UN Ave. Pwede din kitang daanan jan for my chicken..
Caller: Naku, wag na po, ipapadeliver ko na lang jan…..



Then I ended the call, after 15 minutes, a KFC deliveryman, approached our table and gave me my KFC order.


Kris and Bing can’t help but laugh. Sometimes, customer service assistance also has their use.

NEVER too FAR ( for a title)

I met Kris and Bing on the 17th of August at our usual hang out—UN Avenue Manila. In preparation for a pilgrimage, I asked them to accompany me to Cordillera so I can ask permission from my Aunt for a sleep over at Makatarungan. Luckily, Aunt was out, so I did not have the ordeal of feeling like a dormer set with rules and regulations on sleepover and curfews.
At Makatarungan, we spent about two to three hours of pretensions( reading and studying hehe ) but finally decided to call it a day at 11 PM. We went to Bing’s cozy room, I taking the bed with her, while Kris in a mattress on the floor. We were all about to sleep, when we became troubled with the title of a particular song being sung by one of the crew at the coffee shop that day. What I can remember was that, it was one of Mariah’s songs. Bing was not around yet when the crew was doing his performance level act inside the coffee shop, so she doesn’t really know what Kris and I were talking about. Displeased that we cannot remember the tune and the lyrics, Kris turned on his laptop, searched through his playlist, and searched the net, while Bing and I tried to sing songs by Mariah. We were all remembering the music video but were really having a solid time remembering the words, the tune, worst and the title. The attempt to stop that nonsense quest of the song was torturing. We all convinced ourselves that the title would just pop out in our minds once we ignore that thought that we need the title, that we need to remember the song. Silence was felt once in a while; each one was doing her/his thing. Bing was trying to hum songs, while Kris and I were trying to recollect the music video. When we felt that time has eaten us up with that kind of test, we then forced ourselves to sleep. Our bodies were really tired after a long day, our minds were all used up deciphering laws, unfortunately yet, our spirits were in that kind of mood for song title searches. WE CANNOT SLEEP!
I borrowed Kris’s laptop, hopeful that I might be able to get the title and just be able to sing the chorus to stop the madness. More than an hour had passed, tired as we all were, no one wants to give up and sleep, unless that song has been named. Until I finally came across the title.. NEVER TOO FAR!! Grrr..