Busy Bum

For someone who's not working, I have been pretty busy. I have found myself running around Metro Manila for the past couple of weeks -- not exclusively due to job-hunting. As a matter of fact, less than half of my time right now has been dedicated to finding a job. Not because I don't need it, because I do... my meager resources have started to get depleted. It's just that I haven't found the right one yet. I do have options waiting in the wings but I'm not sure if any will push through just yet. So for the meantime, I'm running around and busying myself with... erm... other things. Hehe.

I will be posting my longest post ever in a little while. Was supposed to write about it now but somehow, the mood just isn't right. And I have to be in the mood to write about it all, especially since some of the stories have taken place ages ago. Haha. Well not really ages ago, but more like two or three weeks back.

So there.


Things you tend to hear when you're running around the Metro with no worries whatsoever (read: you have a clear head that's ready for eavesdropping hehe):

#1 - Overheard while lined up at an ATM in Ortigas:

Girl to her boyfriend (sounding really agitated): Dalian natin umuwi!
Boyfriend (sounding annoyed): Baket?
Girl: Manonood ako ng Pinoy Big Brother. Na-miss ko na nga kagabi e.

Jeez. If I was the guy, I probably would've ran and left her there without looking back. She wants to go home early to watch Pinoy Big Brother than spend time with her significant other?!?! Oh brother! (Pun intended) Hahaha.

#2 - Overheard while waiting for a friend to pick me up along Emerald Ave:

Guy: Sa December 19 daw yung Christmas party ng tropa.
Girl: Sasama mo ba ko?
Guy: Ayaw mo ba? (for some reason, the guy sounded hopeful that she would say yes, ayaw niya)
Girl: Shempre gusto ko (uh-oh haha). Pero aaminin mo na ba sa kanila? (obviously refering to the guy's mates)
Guy: Na alin?

***At this point, I wanted to whack the girl on the head for hooking up with the guy who obviously doesn't care enough for her. And I wanted to whack the guy on the head and kick his balls for being such an asshole***

Girl: Na tayo?
Guy: Alam na nila yun. Lagi naman tayo magkasama e

DUH!!! Good thing my friend drove up that instance or else I would have probably kicked that guy in the balls. What a major asshole!

#3 - Overheard while in Starbucks

Guy 1: Pare, why did you leave (insert call center name here)?
Guy 2: Pare, bad trip. The most humiliating thing happened to me.
Guy 1: Why pare, what happened?
Guy 2: There was this girl there that I liked but I didn't know she had a boyfriend. Pero pare, she came on to me. How was I to resist? One time we fooled around and one thing led to another and then we <*beep*> (Seriously, he said the f word out loud in broad daylight. Sheesh.)
Guy 1: Grabe man! And then?
Guy 2: The next day my supervisor asked me why I was absent. I said I wasn't feeling well. Pucha pare, turned out he was that girl's boyfriend!
Guy 1: **lets out a stream of invectives not fit to post**
Guy 2: I know! It was really humiliating. I just had to leave.

It took a lot of effort on my part to zone them out. I found his story really sick, you see. Although I gotta admit, it was kinda hilarious too. I actually almost choked on my green tea.

So there.