Last Leaf Designs | Web Designer » Hustle and Bustle of the Past week

The past week has been very busy for me, work, work, deadlines and an outing! I’m not complaining, I loved the hectic-ness (there’s no such word, I know) feeling busy and late night sleep and waking up early in the morning. I missed it actually, I think I have never been like this since thesis in college. Anyway, onto the stories.

Saturday night I found myself in Ortigas on the way to Antipolo in my first ever night swimming with friends (yes, you read that right, I’m that lame! hehe) and former workmates, well technically I only have three friends left there but — they missed me so much and so wanted me to come, what can I say? I’m really that lovable. hehe

I never thought I’d enjoy myself in a crowd where I do not know most of the people, nor are they even my acquaintances. I’m happy and sad at the same time, happy because it’s so much fun to be with them. Lemy, the designer a.k.a “Dik”, had us laughing as if there’s no tomorrow because of his dry wit and being upfront on what he thinks about their (and my former) employers. No one bothers contradicting him because, oh there’s two but they’re trampled to death with his words. I have to say that he’s in the wrong field, I think being a stand up comedienne suits him best eh! hehe

Tin and I talked to each other the most that day, I don’t know if it’s because we really missed each other because of the length of time we haven’t been together or if it is because that day is her last to be with these people. Now that I think about it, I think I shouldn’t have kept her to myself because we can still see each other from time to time now that she’s working in Makati. But anyway, there. We talked about anything and everything, her love life and mine (or lack thereof), her plans, her thoughts on leaving the people who are very dear to her. Her thoughts, fears and how sorry she feels for a friend who - we assume - thinks Tin has trespassed her (love life). Just this morning I read her post regarding that day which prompted me to write something as well. It’s because I remembered the day I left the company in that post.

It all felt surreal to me then. I hated going away actually, it’s because I am starting to get settled in, I have awesome friends and I enjoy being with them. But due to some circumstances I have to. I do not regret it, but I guess some part of me does, I do love my friends after all, and they are the reason why I like to go to work.

But move on, we all have to move on. I am very emotional, when 9:50 in the evening came I barely got hold of myself, tears fell from my eyes and I had second thoughts, I will be leaving these people and stay cooped in the house. Am I really prepared? Do I really want it? I will not be able to see them that often and there might come a time that they will/might forget about me. Do I want that to happen?

I still remember the “go away party” we had. It was the first time that I got into a videoke bar and apparently, with these guys, not the last. It was fun, memorable and I almost cried again. Ah, fun times.

Back to the story, re: swimming — that was the first time that I found myself awake for more than a day not because of work. It’s very tiring but I don’t mind doing it all again, I never thought I’d miss them all right away, but sure thing, come Monday I’m asking them if they have any plans the next week or week after that, Enchanted perhaps? Watch a movie? Just hang out? Anything! I guess I do miss having to connect to humans outside of my family circle.

New Company

Good thing is that I am working in Makati now (new company, actually my third), well not regularly in Makati, the setup is hard to explain, but bottom line is I will be there from time to time. (What a segue, huh?) I enjoy every moment of being in the office — albeit tiring - I like being there and that’s not only because my boss made me use a pink mac book! :)

I’m still getting used to using a mac being a PC user for more than 5 years (I know, I know that’s not long enough) I miss the shortcuts. Using a mac for work and PC at home has its downside too because now, whenever I’m at home, I tend to close windows using alt+Q hehehe silly me! I also have to say that whenever I use the laptop, there’s this one feature of MS that I miss, and it’s the least feature you’d think I’ll ever miss. IE. Yes, I miss that wretched application just because writing a site’s CSS is never complete without a hack or two for IE. But it’s an experience that I relish and I’m very glad with the switch :D

Makati is hell for people who are dumb with directions

You’d think that Makati’s buildings are spaced very near each other it’s nearly impossible for anyone, no matter how stupid with directions they are, to get lost. But, yes ladies and gentlemen I have proven that wrong yet again for two days.

Last Thursday (June 28), I had to meet Tin at Greenbelt so I could hand her the CD where I put my PDF files in so she could pass it up to one of our guy friends who requested it. But she read my message wrong and instead proceeded to going to Glorrieta instead. Before I went to meet her up, I asked one of my workmates how will I be able to get there. She was not sure so silly me did things my way. I walked up to the HSBC building (the office is at Greenbelt Mansion) and walked from there. The rationale is that if I get lost I can take a bus home or take a cab. I did neither. So I spent almost an hour just to get to Glorrieta, which to my dismay as I found out yesterday, is more accessible if I go through Greenbelt and Landmark. Don’t worry, we saw each other, rather she saw me.

Then yesterday, I promised my siblings I would bring something home for them from California Kitchen. Because I promised myself that the little experiment I did yesterday was just so incredibly tiring, I went to Greenbelt thinking I’d find an ATM machine first before buying anything. What do you know, I spent an hour just looking for the damned ATM machine which is conveniently located just a few steps away from Rustan’s entrance facing a waiting shed. Yes, I circled Greenbelt, Glorrieta and Landmark just so I could go to Rustan’s. From there, I remembered where California Kitchen is located. Thinking that what else could go wrong? I’m hungry, I got lost for an hour, my feet is starting to kill me, then I realized how much I hate Murphy’s Law.

I went in to California Kitchen thinking I would buy a huge pizza just like in Yellow Cab and Sbarro. What do you know?! They only serve pizza in one size and that is (I think) just as big as the ones served in Greenwich. So there I was — hungry, lost with aching feet and arms (because of all days, that was the day when I thought of bringing the mac home so all the files for the company’s projects will be in just one machine) and about to go home empty-handed. *sigh* It so sucks to be me.

We still got to eat pizza, I had to meet with my brother at Megamall though.

Last Leaf’s Anniversary

While I was getting lost in the jungle called Makati, I briefly remembered that June 28 was when I purchased the domain name Last Leaf. Ever since June arrived I have been thinking what would be a good way to celebrate it. Here are some ideas:

1. Launch a theme for download - I haven’t even created a mockup yet, its still in paper
2. Have people to comment on this blog and I would randomly choose who will be getting a new blog makeover - I don’t want to look cocky, I’m not even that good
3. Make a post announcing it and expect people to be happy - yey!

Apparently, I chose the third, hurrah! Last year, on this exact same date, I am in Robinson’s Galleria, out of breath because it’s already past 1 and I’m still trying to locate a branch of Metrobank and I would have backed out if the guard is not kind enough to tell me that I need to fill up two forms of deposit slip. Hurrah, hurrah!