Oct 06
ErinTop of my head family, Garbage
I saw my father today
In fleeting moment he was dancing in our living room.
I was not hallucinating nor dreaming
But it took me a while to recognize him.
See, I got my pointer finger squeezed between the hinges of the portable dog fence.
The shock and adrenaline rush causing a familiar tirade. A wail of pain peppered with a self-directed admonishment:
“Ang tanga. Ang tanga-tangaaaa!” (“Dumb move. You d-dumbasssss!”)
While enveloped by a crimson pain for an eternity stretching few seconds that was when I saw him.
For that was exactly how he would react in situations like that. Reactions that I aways thought funny and, par for the course with my father, “eccentric”. I didn’t realize that I have appropriated it as well.
Ergo, I am my father’s son and a part of my father lives within me.
Sep 01
ErinTop of my head reality bites, rubbish
For most, today marks the start of the Christmas season as the day one of the “BER” months . For me it unexpectedly announces the return of an old acquaintance that I hoped would never show its face again.
Hello D! I hope you dont stay. My Septembers had been fine without you and I dont look forward to you lurking around the corner. I am better than this.
Wake me up when September ends.
May 30
ErinGarbage, Work musings, Work
You probably have heard of “when life gives you lemons, make lemonade” or “you cannot make omelette without cracking eggs” but company business optimism is taking this a bit further. They are thinking ahead and in what I would assume to be pursuit of cost cutting the powers that be has shifted to “why bother making lemonades and omelette in the first place? let us take away the lemons and eggs so you wont have that problem” mentality.
Ingenious, yes.
Devilish, yes.
Practical? It depends on whose perspective.
I like lemonade and omelette. I also like having the choice whether I will or I will not have them.
ciao!
May 16
ErinTop of my head, Work humor, sentiments, Work
I am cleaning up my work inbox to free up some space and came across an email from the “enthusiastic” events committee of the UPEM team. This was about the awards they give out during the year-end party. Guess which one is perennially mine. 🙂
- Banksy Award – lives up freedom of expression via whiteboard graffiti
- Bleep Award – for having the most “colorful” vocabulary in the team
- Bully Award – do we even have to define this?
- Caffeine Addict Award – for someone who drinks the most coffee in a day even if not collecting stickers for a Starbucks Planner
- Call of Duty: Ghost Ops – for the one who stays longer than our core hours to fulfill duties
- Could Have Been Sweethearts – their chemistry is palpable that in another time, place, and lifetime they could have been… We can rename this to Popoy and Basha Award? May second chance! =))
- Duct Tape Award – for being able to fix issues, resourcefully
- Early Bird Award – for consistently being early in the office
- Fitness First Award – for someone who hits the gym regularly
- Food Basket Award – for being a saint in providing nutrition to the team
- Human Vulture Award – for eating anything found lying around
- Iron Chef Award – for the person who always packs a delicious looking lunch while everyone else gets Ministop’s Nuclear Chicken
- Keep Calm and Carry On Award – for being calm, cool, and collected on the highest severity of issues
- Man of Steel Award – for being thoroughly dedicated to his work that no disaster can stop him . This is given to the teammate who had no or the least number of SL’s/EL’s for the year.
- Megaphone Award – for actively voicing out (sometimes louder than necessary) his opinions to the team
- Most Bromantic Couple – for living up The Bro Code
- Mr./Ms.Seenzone Award – for someone who turns the Lync taskbar icon into a blinking light, and prefers the old fashioned way of one on one interaction
- Neatest Nook Award – for having the cleanest cube in the office
- One More Thing Award – most likely to extend meetings
- Papa/Mama Bear Award – for someone who takes care of the team
- Pig Pen Award – for someone who has the messiest cube in the office
- Six-pack Award – for someone so funny, he can give you a six-pack just by laughing
- Social Butterfly Award – for someone you are always up to date with due to his/her social media posts
- Stuck Thread King/Queen – for consistently causing downtime in any of our environments
- TMNT Award – for the one who demonstrates proficiency and skill in the art of stealth
- UPEM Fashionista (female) – for consistently dressing extraordinary in an ordinary day in the office
- UPEM Fashionisto (male) – for consistently dressing extraordinary in an ordinary day in the office
Quoting Robert: “Good Times!”
ciao!
Jun 12
ErinTop of my head emo, musings, sentiments
Ito ay kwento ng isang batang matigas ang ulo.
Nangarap, naghirap, bumuo ng mga plano.
Nagsimula sa baba, nagtyaga sa trabaho
Nagsunog ng kilay; puyat at pagod ay inilako.
Di pagmamayabang, may angking kagalingan
May tereng ang isip kung ano-ano ang napagbalingan
Pero ang di maatim ay ang sumunod sa lakaran
Iwanan ang nakagisnan, sa agos ay magpatianuran.
Sa pagdaan ng panahon, binantayan ang sariling pwesto.
Sa mga paanyayang umakyat di laging umaamo.
“Kayo na lang, masaya na ako dito
Di naman ako sasaya sa iyong mga pangako.”
Ngunit di namalayan na sa oras na tumatakbo
Ang sistemang hinindian ay di naman humihinto
Unti-unting nilulukuban ang kanyang pagkatao.
Isang umaga ay nagising na lang ang batang katoto
Tumingin sa nadaanan,nagiisip kung nasaan na ako.
Di naman dito nagtatapos ang kwento
Pero kung ano kakahitnan, di ko pa napagtatanto.
Bitin. 🙂
May 21
ErinGarbage, Work rant, Work
SLA – the maximum amount of time that a task can be put off that the requester cannot contest except to raise the cost by involving higher-paid individuals to increase the imaginary priority shown to external users.
Sometimes misunderstood to be the time needed to require work to be completed.
May 16
ErinGarbage, Top of my head, Work Garbage, rant, Work
Imagine an environment where standards are strictly enforced.
Where security is of paramount importance.
Now imagine that at the expense of productivity or rational reasoning.
Where compliance is dictated by the contents of a clipboard checklist.
Welcome to Hotel California.
May 12
ErinGarbage Garbage, general politics, musings
Philippines is the prime example of a modern day Babel.
Calls for unity is a running and expensive gag. Political opinions are like assholes, 99.99% of the people have one; most of them different in varying degrees; and each group hell bent in believing that they are in the right. The best we can aspire for is a ruling majority as even consensus is too far fetched of a goal.
Make no mistake that I love my country. Its people, not as much. But the weird part is that we make good citizens but only if it is in a foreign land. I am still puzzled if it means those who have the qualities of being a good citizen tend to migrate out of frustration, or if the endemic political system in the country is really an engulfing viral machine immune to vaccinations. Maybe it is both?
Patriotic but tribalistic; the combination is a bitter sweet pill to swallow. It is like mixing oil and water which is possible with the right emulsifier. If only we can agree on what that is.
May 12
ErinTop of my head
Wikipedia starts its definition of the Golden Rule with mentioning its reference as a law of reciprocity in most religion. For some reason this version is the one that sticks with me:
It is fairly long but there is a shortened version for it which is not normally used as it shows the selfishness of the quote:
May 12
ErinRubbish
(kopya mula sa isang lumang FB post)
Ang tagal na inobserbahan
Bago nagkalakas ng loob na pagtangkaan.
Nagpakahirap na abutin, kamtin
Sa wakas sa isang malalim na hinga ay naangkin.
Pagkatapos ano na ang kasunod?
Puwang na iniwan ay bakit may bahid na lungkot.
Siguro sa susunod na lang ulit na paggising
Aasa ba ako sa iyong muling pagdating?
#MorningKulangot
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