on migraine and 6am flights

Halfway through an unusually lengthy migraine attack, and the threat of being sent to Brunei during Holy Week, plus the panic and paranoia brought by delays with the launch of an online retail site being designed by a team chosen on the merit of friendship and not of competence, I stop and take a deep breath, and allow myself to be saddened even more by Foxy's seemingly unexpected departure this morning. It just seemed rushed and unexpected, though she announced it to me 2 weeks before (and sort of told everyone last Christmas, when she also announced her engagement).

I've known in advance, but I was still taken by surprise. Ngayon!? Now na? I thought it would happen pretty later,not sooner. The last time I saw her she needed to talk about the separation. I didn't think it would be as soon as 6am today.

I'll probably see her in a few months. Or maybe not. She left with no plans of coming back, what with the wedding and all other things in her mind. If she had her way she'll return only to visit. If she had her way she'll probably prefer that her friends visit her instead. She felt there's nothing keeping her here. In a different life I would have shared her views.

We don't see each other that often, mostly during holiday meetups and the occassional "I just need to talk..." moments that seemed to have become less frequent as we both settled in our own domestic bliss *wink*...but that doesn't diminish the sadness in realizing you have one less friend on the speed dial whom you can call when you badly need someone to talk to or listen to.

She'll probably read this tomorrow...or the day after. Am keeping my YM on, just in case she finds a way to chat while waiting for her connecting flight. Oh I miss her already.

Anyway, migraine's almost gone. They say coffee's bad for it but heck, I want my caffeine, so I'll load it up. Half dozen cups and a mope-y blog...i'll bitch about that website later and try to fight being thrown to that island below Mindanao. Nothing against the Sultanate but pleeez, not during Holy week...

guess the line

"it is hard to imagine how someone so beautiful could ever be lonely"

come on. tao rin naman sila ah...

bisikleta

in a few minutes i'll be attending my first yoga class in 2008 and my first class in like 6 months. not that I've not done occassional poses now and then, but I do it usually to cool down from my workout. so I am out of practice...


it's been a while since i've done some "marketing" work, 2 years to be exact...so am out of practice...

but heck...parang bisikleta daw yan. it will all come back to me once i start pedaling...yey!

such a geek

Hah! Found a way to run Skype on my mobile phone bypassing the costly date connection charges whenever I'm in a hot spot.

On my online path, I discovered a few other mobile solutions to cover my instant messaging anywhere there's WiFi or 3G.

Here they are:

iSkoot is my mobile solution for Skype, even without Windows Mobile (yes, Skype Mobile is built just for WinMobile, which sucks coz, who uses that anyway?)

Then there's EQO, another IM application for mobile phones. It's trickier, though, since your phone can be connecting via your network's internet service, bypassing free WiFi (and you'll get data connection charges to the tune of 15 centavos per kbps, which sums up to huge bucks if you stay online 24/7). Also, instant messaging is more like instant-messaging-later (haven't figured out how to accelerate this on my UIQ3) Oh btw, i found EQO on Multipy :-)

And finally, if only because of the cute mascot, I installed QQ on my notebook and hope to use it on my EQO. Well, QQ apparently is a South African app designed to create online communities in, guess where, South Africa!

I wonder.....

on a night like this

An old episode of Grey's Anatomy reduced me to tears. All because George's dad died and Izzie got too involved once again. All because there's a party down the pool and their sound system needs to be drowned by the show's soundtrack...All because of that song...Falling Awake.

Damn. Now am laughing. A good laugh. A really good laugh.

Okay, time to sleep but I need to laugh more. So there, another episode for me.

laugh (silently)

From the COO of a certain call center operator, on why the contract should be ignored:

"This have been agreed many many months ago. It is now mute and academic...."

Ano daw?