Reflections, Realizations and Resolutions

I know there are still a few days left before 2010 comes to a close. But I figured today would be as good as any to start my year end report. I have been through a lot this year. It has been a year of grieving – there hasn’t been any shortage of that.

The year, however, hasn’t been a total waste. There had been a lot of reflections, realizations and resolutions. I somewhat feel a bit more braver than I did this time last year. I could see myself accomplishing more things starting 01/01/11. Sure, failure is still a possibility. But I have come to a point where I know that if I don’t try, I might as well hang myself and call it a life. Growing up, I knew I wanted to do a lot of things. Year 2010 was the year I rediscovered what those things were.

Night Swimming

The summer sun just won’t let up. My weekend was hot as hell – and not in a good way. Good thing my friend’s niece was having a poolside party. I’m not a fan of kiddie parties but free food and booze (yes, booze in a kiddie party, I know right…) is just hard to pass up. Well, that and it’s a pool party!

But this ain’t no ordinary pool party – not by a long shot. This pool party was held inside Camp Aguinaldo. This place is the only public pool spot I know being guarded by military men with machine guns… seriously.

How was the experience? Well, all the showers are located outside of the bathrooms, for some weird reason, which meant people take showers with a risk of exposing themselves in public. The comfort rooms have doors but can’t be locked which means anyone who’s thinking of doing a number two does so with the risk of leaving himself exposed, yet again. The pool water, despite being cleaned the night before (or so I was told), was green.

I know the pool place was a public one but still – regular maintenance goes a long way. I just couldn’t see myself swimming in a pool like that…

Call in the Cavalry

This Holy week was simply depressing. I remember where I was this time last year and as I recall, it was the around the same time I was… well, let’s just say that Holy week 2009 was painfully sad for me. Holy week 2010 reminded me so much of what happened summer of last year. I can’t believe this is still hard for me. I just couldn’t stand it.

I went to work in an attempt to make myself forget – even for a little while. Just when everyone’s out there having well-deserved vacations, I was at the office pounding away on my keyboard in hopes that the momentary distraction would be enough to hold me together. Unfortunately, it wasn’t – so I had to call in the cavalry. The next day I went out with the Angels. If a night out with them won’t do the trick, I’m sure nothing else will.

The night was all good and dandy. I met another person (a friend of one of the Angels) who works in the same building as I do. I know that doesn’t seem much but I’m slowly getting amazed at how the world keeps getting smaller and smaller – and at how my building is right smack in the middle of it.

I also got to watch one of those animated movies I’ve been dying to watch since seeing the trailer. I’m happy to report that it didn’t disappoint. Too bad I couldn’t say the same for the burgers we ate. I know I said it was good at first, but in hindsight, I think I’ve been cheated out of a better meal I could have had elsewhere.

The Proverbial Torch

Okay, so I haven’t been able to post anything for a while. Truth be told, I have tried to update this blog site of mine for weeks but simply didn’t have time. Too much time has passed for me to remember all the details of the past few weeks. But there are some important ones worth mentioning:

• Withdrawing my resignation
• Moving to the day shift
• Buying an iTouch
• Spending one Monday morning (that’s 12 AM to 7 AM) walking all over Ayala Ave
• Being the fifth wheel in a small get-together with high school friends
• Getting involved in a small film project
• Attending an Angels reunion

Those are the only things I could think of right now though I’m pretty sure there are more. What can I say? I’ve been a pretty busy boy as of late. Now, on to the more recent details.

Return to the Day Shift

So far my return to the day shift had been tiring – in a good way. It can be more stressful than usual though. But it’s not so bad. I’m starting to get used to it now. I hope to be able to make a more in-depth update soon. For now this short entry would have to do.