Casual Conversations; School Edition; Meet my Classmate - Viccia

 Today, after our first class, we went to KFC for some break. Here's what happened.

Viccia: 'Yung Snack Box po. (The Snack Box please)
Cashier: Alin po dun? (Which one?)
Viccia: Yun... (pointing at nothing) (That one)
ME: Sira, alin dun, kung hotshots, fun shots or chicken wings! (Crazy girl! Which one from hotshots, fun shots or chicken wings! )
Viccia: 'Di ba lahat yun? (Won't everything be included?)
Me: ....

Episode 2
Viccia: Eh kasi mali nakalagay, dapat "Choice from..." (Because it's wrong, it should be "Choice From..."
ME: ....


She's not beside me, wanting not to post this...
How can't I???

casual conversations; Work Edition; E-mail Fail

For some reason, (probably due to my allergic rhinitis), I was not myself last night starting my shift at 12mn. I received in my inbox a request for a manager call back to a customer complaint and 3 more of almost the same issue. We were almost queueing (receiving calls one after another) that time so I asked my (current acting)manager if the (other soon to be demoted acting) manager can do the call back, since he's also not doing calls.



Hey boss,


Since it’s queueing since the start of the shift, I’ll be requesting for Joseph to kindly do the ob(outbound) sup call (aka manager call back) since we’ve been queueing almost since the start of the shift.


Thank you.

 
He then forwarded this e-mail to my close friends and they started to start a e-mail chat thread, and later I realized why...
 
I wanna slap myself that time; really.

casual conversations ;Work Edition; Movie Title Fail

Colleague 1: napanood mo na yung movie na The legends?

Everybody was like .....

Colleague 1: yung tungkol sa mga owls?????

Colleague 2: Baka Legend of the Guardians!?!?

Casual Conversations, GS Edition, Waiters and "Bill Please"

I’m having a hard time adjusting to this season’s weather as I’m weak when it’s cold. That’s why my mind doesn’t work and wasn’t working properly for the past few days. I told this story to my friend Raha, , and she said to post this as she was just laughing like there’s no tomorrow; and that’s only during our chat conversation.


Saturday was school day for me at Graduate School for my Masters. Since my school was near a commercial center where SM Savemore, Pizza and Jollibee were, we tend to stay there and hang out. We chose Pizza Hut to stay so it would be a bit comfy for me since I'll be waiting for them to finish my classmates' Stat Class.
Scene 1:
While we're in the middle of our sumptuous meal, I asked my bestfriend to ask the waiter some ketchup (since she's much nearer to the waiter’s area). I was surprised why she did the "bill please" sign (you know? Like drawing a rectangle using the pointing finger and thumb of your hands?) and asked for the ketchup. So the confused waiter approached us and asked “Ma’am?” I slapped her at the back while saying to the waiter that we need some ketchup. The waiter keeping himself from laughing left and I, nagged at my bestfriend, asking why did she just did that! Even she doesn’t know the answer.




Scene 2:
Sitting on the couch alone, I was watching the other couch consisting of a mom, and 2 teenage guys. I was already concentrating on my report when suddenly, my peripheral vision caught the mother’s hands doing the “bill please” sign. The waiter approached her and asked, “Ma’am Piktyur?” I stopped myself from laughing, and covered my nearing to laugh smile (just like what Edward did at his class when Bella came in and he smelled her).

I really don’t know what’s happening that day. All I know is it’s hilarious day.

casual conversations; family edition; dad's bloopers

Since it was my dad’s birthday last weekend, I would like to dedicate this post for him.


I’m not really close to my family, most especially to my dad, probably since growing up, I was more close to my grandma, sister and mom, more fond with my girl cousins and aunts. He doesn’t know my favorite food, he doesn’t even know my age at times, or probably I’m being over melo dramatic. What can I say?! I'm his gay son. Hehehe…


My dad grew up on a rice farm, at the back end of San Miguel, Bulacan, literally at the boundary between Bulacan and Nueva Ecija. He was the youngest of the 13, and the most successful of them too, (and yes, I have 12 uncles and aunts) that’s why he “thinks” that he’s always right, probably that’s another reason why we weren’t close; we’re bound by our differences and opinions.


I’d like to share those moments that he really made us(or rather me) smile, despite of his serious aura, he can as funny as (and since he looks like) Jimmy Santos.





When I was a kid, we are to drink 1 big can of Bear Brand milk everyday; that's your key to get out of the house, unless you drink your milk, you can't get out of the house. My dad too, drinks with me and my siblings. One morning,



Dad: Kuha mo nga ako nung teddy bear...

ME : Anong Teddy Bear?

Dad: Ikuha mo ako nung may teddy bear sa kusina...

ME: Bakit naman sa kusina, wala naman teddy bear 'dun?!

Dad: Yung iniinom! ?
*Mom just went out of the kitchen with the brand of milk with a bear as their logo.

Dad: Eto o!?



TOINKS!





One of the things I loved to do were read books, during my high school years when I have my allowance made it more addicting, since I have the financial power to buy me one. It was more exciting especially when my cousins in the U.S. sent me Chicken Soup for the soul series. After my 1st year in college at UPLB, I need to transfer to another school. Dad was upset that I have to transfer again, plus it was a private school so the tuition was like 7x with my tution in UPLB. He was driving us homeward bound when he was giving me a sermon when,



DAD: ang mahal mahal ng tuition mo, ang gastos gastos mo pa, bumili ka pa ng recipe book na pagkamahal mahal, 'di mo naman ginagamit!? (He's really upset here,you know)

*I can remember buying a recipe book, becuase during those times, I wanted to learn cooking, the book costs around 60php.

ME: Eh mura lang naman 'yung book, 60php lang yun.

DAD: Anong 60pesos!? 'Yung 700 pesos na book?! 'Di mo naman nagagamit!?

ME: Alin? 'Yung Chicken Soup?

DAD: OO!? Ang mahal mahal nun di ka naman natututong magluto?!

ME: ...




When we were younger (elementary days younger) there are times when dad will get so mad of all of us getting in trouble, we’ll have this “family meeting,” me, my older sister, eldest brother and mom will gather all our list of naughty, bad and wrong doings and that’s the time we’ll either get spanked or just a long sermon, depends on the gravity of the mistake. One night,

DAD: Nagpapaka hirap akong pag aralin kayo, para naman wala kayong natututunan… Para kayong di tinuturuan ng Good Conduct and Right Manners!?

*Seriously, even mom who was red mad laughed her heart out, my sister who was also mad with my older brother need to keep herself standing and hold to him since they were really laughing out hard.


Other than those top three, we still have our mini moments and "awwww" moments with dad.

Right now, we're better, (and kinda closer) that I'm not living there anymore, that we were able to buy our own place, that I was able to provide for myself, or is it because I have a gorgeous husband they think is just my buddy buddy?

*wink

Casual conversations; Work Edition; Laugh Trip

Sorry guys, haven't posted/updated yet this blog space of mine, was sick, was busy and getting more busy.
Anyway, I would update you guys in a while, I want to share this first with you.

In our line of work, we call our customers to validate if the activities on their account are indeed valid or not. Our company, (and don't quote me on this one) holds security as one of their priorities for their customers. So one of my colleague was talking to a customer when...

Fraud analyst : We're just calling to validate these....
Customer: Can I talk to your supervisor?
Fraud analyst : May I ask why why do you want to talk to my supervisor?
Customer: Because I want to
Fraud analyst: Oh, because we need to introduce the call to our supervisor.
Customer: That's between your supervisor and me. How's that?

One of the reason why I love my job is you just can't ask for a supervisor just like that. We're from the fraud department and escalations are

Our eyes twinkled because me and my colleague will have just had our training to for escalation requests from our customers.

Fraud analyst : We're just calling to validate these....
Customer: Can I talk to your supervisor?
Fraud analyst : May I ask why why do you want to talk to my supervisor?
Customer: Because I want to
Fraud analyst: Oh, because we need to introduce the call to our supervisor.
Customer: That's between your supervisor and me. How's that?
Fraud analyst: Oh well, just two seconds ago, I just got promoted; I'm NOW the supervisor, how's that?

Casual Conversations, Husband Edition, Laugh Trip at Home

We were about to sleep a while ago when this happened.

The building,for some reason, actually has nice ventilation that i'm still able to use my comforter/ blanket. He was already in bed, and I'm preparing to sleep as well when...

*Vondraye turns the dial on the fan to number 3.

Kojie: I number two mo na lang... (serious tone)(Just switch it to number 2)
Vondraye: 'Di pwede eh, Kelangan 3. (I can't, it needs to be on number 3)
Kojie: (*Already getting upset tone) Baket kelangan 3 pa? ang lakas sa kuryente, malamig naman. (Why does it need to be on number 3? It consumes too much electricity and it's quite cold, so there's no need.)
Vondraye: Kasi, "I love you." (Becuase ,"I love you.")


He literally laughed out and giggled like a highschool girl because of that.

Since we're about to sleep, I might forget "this," so I wrote this and texted it to myself, so here it is guys, some of those little things that keeps us together.

Casual Conversations; Work Edition; Laugh Trip

I'm still that straight looking guy at the office, polo shirt, slacks, walks like a guy that kind and all. I tend to speak flambouyant at times, but there are also times that I talk and sound like a real guy, thus the confusion with some ladies thinking I like them. TSE!

However, during work, we do a couple of call outs to our clients and at times, I do sound like a real man; deep voiced and all.

That's why...


Straight Colleague 1: Kaya mo ba yung katulad ng boses ni mark? Yung parang lalake? Yung mababa? (Can you mimic Mark’s voice? Like true straight guy? Deep voice?)


Gay Colleague 1: Ayoko, masakit sa lalamunan… (I don’t want, it hurts my throat)


WAhahaha!!!!!

Casual conversations; Work Edition; Laugh Trip

My colleague is getting married in a couple of weeks; literally.

Story 1:
My colleague-soon-to-be-wed brought the wedding invitation for the team, it was actually nice for an inexpensive price. However, while we were browsing the invitation, I was surprised to see at the last page, patches of “corrections” covering the incorrect time and dates. One reads: Registration will be open at 2:30 in the afternoon. The party starts at 3:00 in the evening. So don’t be late your presence is crucial, because it just won’t be the same without a special guest like you…”


Story 2:
My supervisor is also getting married by the end of the year, and she chose some of us as her ushers. While reading my colleagues invitation, they went to the RSVP part and said,

Supervisor: Employee 1, I’ll assign you to be in charge of contacting my visitors and informing them RSVP.
Employee 1: What’s RSVP?
Supervisor: (Looking for words) You know, that they need to respond…
Employee1: Like “In case of emergency?”


Epic fail.

Casual Conversations; Husband Edition-Laugh Trip

Kojie's mom went here to join us celebrate Kojie's birthday celebration today (tomorrow is his birthday). Tita Madz then went to EDC; Esprit's sister clothing company and was shopping for clothes. I've been here since around 7am since I don't want to sleep, and I can't sleep 'coz if I do; I won't wake up. So I was kinda hungry and my stomach is already grumbling.

Kojie keeps on teasing me, poking me, and all those child-like teasing that they do. I asked him to stop because its creating some kind of reaction in my stomach, and its hurting mo.

*image taken this morning at edc,
Kojie is getting impatient
while his mom tries
several blouses on.

Vondraye: "Tumigil ka na please? Please lang... May please na oh? please? Nagloloko na tyan ko, please tama na, okay please?" (Serious, upset, snobbish tone)

Kojie:" Huh? Bakit? Anong joke ng tyan mo?"

TOINKS....

Seriously, its deadly corny, but my world turned upside down and laughed. He laughed at me LAUGHING hardly at his corny joke.

Maybe its because it was too corny, maybe because his cute smile, or maybe its just because I miss him....

Casual Conversations; Work Edition- MOVIES

Me and my colleagues were talking about movies and here are some of my colleague's bloopers.

Straight Colleague 1: P*%Ta nakakabad trip yung isang movie ni Jim Carey at si Ewan McGregor... yung gay movie nila?! yung I love you Marlboro!


Straight Colleague 2: Ano nga pala yung movie na tungkol sa Pearl Harbor?
Everyone: Eh di, Pearl Harbor!?

I included my colleague's pictures so you can imagine the people I talk to during those boring hours; just like now.

Question is, who am I among those? hehehe

Casual Conversations; Work Edition - BRIS

Introduction

When I was in college, it was my dream to enter the College of Dev Comm at UPLB, my grades passed but I was not able to get in the cut off for the 1st semester. However, everything went to ashes when unknowingly, my mom found "ways" inside to get me to 1st sem, and guess what, she enrolled me to AgChem (Agricultural Chemsitry; 5 years, quota course). So there, I was not able to get into Dev Comm for my college.


Flash Forward

My colleague was a Devcomm student and was also a member of the Dev comm Soc, he said...

Colleague1: I hope you were a Dev Comm student and would be my bris.

I asked him again...

VondrayE: whaT?

Colleague1:BRIS; Brother Sis! You're not A "Brod," you're not a "Sis." BRIS!

Casual Conversations; i-shoes issues Edition

I already told you guys, I'm not fond of shoes.

Within the week, husband told me that there was a Nike sale at Planet Sports Store, so before we watched Ironman 2, we window shopped around Glorietta for the sought after shoe sale. As usual, he's the one who became __ years younger and like a kid at Toy Kingdom, he roamed around checking the shoes. I saw a sample shoe at the pool of shoes and it really caught my attention, I don't know what you call my taste, but I want "eye catching" weird designs, and so I want to click the blue link "Like" under it. Hehehe...


My eyes glistened with GLEE! (just like the episode 14! hehehe), and husband was happy that I was able to"like" this shoe. When we turned it around....




*Insert murder background music here...

It's a Velcro-like whatever on the other side, and we both gasped with what we saw. There's no way I'll be wearing that shoe! Syet, and I thought; we thought I will have new pair of shoes that day, but no....




I just have this blog entry.

Casual conversations, Bed Time Stories GP

Sunday night, rather midnight, err.. mid morning, after a “stressful” day, of shopping, mass, groceries, pigging out, fixing ala tech support his PC, router and my new laptop, we went to bed for our Mon-day. It was around 3am, cold mid morning, sleeping together the night away. Suddenly, the door opened and there was this huge guy tiptoed on his way nearing our bed. I can’t move!? Fear?! I’ve always overcome my fear, but why can’t I effin' move!? He got his hands into husband’s iPhone, what the hell is that iPhone doing near our feet?! Husband ALWAYS put his iPhone under his pillows!! He got his hands on the iPhone as my heart started beating faster, I shook him; No reaction, I tried to scream, it was hard, no sound, no words; still shaking him up and after a couple of attempts, it worked! He woke up, sat up and shooed him away, the guy left, and he went back to sleep.

WFT?!!?

I can’t believe he just shooed him away and went back to sleep!? Seriously!? I can still feel my
heart beating so fast, and that’s it, with all my might, I tried to scream, there are a couple of moans that left my mouth (moans of fear! Seriously?!), then, after a couple of seconds, he shook me.

I woke up...

Upset, he told me why I was so noisy and to keep quiet.

Can I say sorry that I’m having nightmares!? He just kept quiet, guilty, and make-up-hugged me.

I was crazy enough, because of the stress that day, (and because the gay couple Kuya vinz and Kuya Egay, and my churchmates at MCC advised me to be more understanding.), I just let it pass, I just joked about it and told him what happened, and we slept...


Now, the hug got a bit tighter and warmer.

Casual Conversations; Work Edition- Laugh Trip

It's Wednesday and we've already finished the job for the day, no more files to work on, still waiting for work to show up in our screen... None.

Then these came in. Laugh Trip in less than 30 minutes.

Scene 1

They were talking about things, and one of which, is one of my Girl Officemate 01's dream; piggery. Yes, that's the only reason why she's working right now, to save up for a piggery. She already has an idea on how it works, and amazed in awe, some of our colleagues asked her.

Guy Colleague: So how long before you get your earnings?
Girl Officemate 01: (Long Explanation)
Guy Colleague 01: If that doesn't include this and that and those.... How long before you get your earnings?
Girl Officemate 01: (Same Long Explanation again)
Guy Colleague 01: Okay, but what if.... (I'm not able to listen to his question anymore).
Girl Officemate 01: *Scrathes her hair irritated* Hay nako, P&!%^*NG INA! Kanina pako dito nagpapaliwanag, ayoko na!? (Mother F*KCer ! I've already explained it to you, I don't want to explain anymore!)

Everybody laughed; one, her curse was loud enough, two, everybody felt HER sincerity.


Scene 2

Guy Colleague 03: Gay Colleague 01, I have a knock knock joke...
Gay Colleague 01: Okay! Knock knock!
Everybody: Laughs.


Sigh, I love my colleagues.

Casual Conversations; Work Edition

I'm working with a very close team since we're working on a 10 man team, plus we're the only ones in our area, so we talk about EVERYTHING...

and yes, most especially about sex.


Supervisor: Vondraye how often do you boom boom pow? (yes, they ask those kind of questions casually, just like asking if you have a pen) *Mimi, my gay colleague butt in, and said.

Mimi: Lots of time! Look at his neck it now has 6-pack abs!

Casual Conversations; Holy Week Edition with Husband

Yesterday morning, in celebration of Holy Week, I decided to go home and spend my morning breakfast with husband. We first went to Mercury to buy some loaf of wheat bread for my “penance” this holy week; tuna sandwich diet. We bought a couple of noodles and went home, we enjoyed our noodles and banana cue cooked my our landlady downstairs and watched Naruto.

We were smiling while eating since it felt so homey that day. Breakfast beside each other, watching the latest Naruto Shippuden episode in front of his newly bought 32” LCD TV; it was heaven.

There are times when I brush my teeth, and then eat since after eating, I sleep right away. I know it’s kinda stupid,but I got me doing that years now. Then, I was cuddling him and teasing him and pretend kissing him, then suddenly he laughed; like a kid.

I was curious what made him laugh, was it my newly brushed teeth? something in my face? the smell of fresh breath? I did it again and he giggled like a kid again.

I asked him why and he can’t stop giggling, after a while, he calmed down, still a smile in his face, and said:





“Yung hininga mo amoy tuta naming nung bata kami!”
(Your breath smells like puppies when we were kids!)






I thought it was finished, but wait there’s more!



“Amoy santol! Amoy hininga talaga ng tuta! Awww!! Naalala ko tuloy yung mga tuta namin!”
(Smells like “santol”! Your breath really smells like our childhood puppies! Awww. I miss our puppies.. )

I was like… ... … … OKAY!?















Since we missed each other like that, I didn’t get mad, just gave him a raised eyebrows, and breathe in his nose again. He giggled some more. We finished our food, prepare for bed and went to cuddle some more and went to sleep, as usual , holding hands.

While he was sleeping, I looked at him with an evil eyes, and I told my self; memo to me: blog this tonight.

So here it is.

Casual Conversations; Movie Edition- Love of Siam

2 weeks ago, I stayed the whole week in the office (kojie vs vondraye mode) and so during my lunchtime I usually call him, but since we're not speaking; I just watched a couple of movies. Unknown to everyone, we actually call each other Tong and Mew because of the Love of Siam movie. He watched it (after I did) and fell in love with it. I watched it again so I could learn to cover up the anger with love (cheeesy!) So here goes my favourite parts of the movie.


Casual Conversation 1

Mew:If we can love someone so much, how will we be able to handle it the day when we are separated?and if being separated is a part of life,and you know about the separation that well, is it possible, tong, that we can love someone and never be afraid of losing them?

At the same time i was also wondering is it possible that we can live our entire life without loving anyone at all?

That's my Loneliness.

I have lived with it now for 5 years, I know just how bad loneliness feels. I fear it will continue to get worse.

Tong: Mew...

*hug*

This is where Tong slept over Mew's place when they were grown up, too bad there weren't any jurjur moments. nyahahaha!! However, it was sweet and I appreciated the cinematography when Tong's mom was looking for him while Mew was talking about his lonliness.


Casual Conversation 2

Yin: It means "As long as you love, you will still have hope."
Mew: So are are you still hoping?
Yin: And should I hope?
Mew: Ying you are a good friend of mine...

This part is where I wanna go inside the screen and join the scene and scold Yin and shook her and say "haller!? Mew is one of us!? Duh?!" and tell Mew "and you heartbreaker!"

Casual Conversation 3

Mew: I'm not in the mood for singing anymore you wouldn't understand
Aex: Even though I may not understand, you are still my best friend, why do you always think that no one cares about you?

Another part where I want to enter the scene, and tell Mew "Oo na maganda ka na may Tong ka, pero tama na ang pagmomoda mo!" (Yes, you're beautiful because you have Tong, but stop acting like a star!)

Casual Conversation 4

Tong: Are you tired mom?
Sunee: of what?
Tong: Of everything.
Sunee: of course im tired what can i do? What about you how's everything?
Tong: Good I guess, I don't know it seems fine mom.
Sunee: Could you turn on the lights? Tong, can you help me put the ornaments on the tree?
Tong: Is this one good in here?
Sunee: Just put it around.
Tong: What about this one here instead mom?
Sunee: Just put it around.
Tong: What about the two of these together?
Sunee: Just put it around
Tong: Ok, what if I choose and you don't like it, will you get mad?
Sunee: Choose what you think is best for yourself.
Tong: Chooses guy ornament

This one is one of my favourite as well as this scene depicts the question if the mother is okay if her son chooses to be gay, and just like testing the waters, Tong still chose to be a guy; straight guy. This is when those gay stories ended up sad, but still good.


Almost everyone who watched this movie loved Mario Maurer aka Tong, but for me, for some reason, I like Aex better. I also like Yin for her strength and courage and her dedication for Mew, especially the 99 thornless roses, when she let go of Tong for Mew, when she comforted Tong when they were in a confrontation, when she got the "nose" part of the toy for Tong. I really think they should be together instead. I also love their OST, for some reason, their songs are really good (for me) since their songs are one of those sets that has been in my mp3 player since last year; never replaced never removed.

taymferst... casual conversations; comment on blog edition

Need a breather from my report, I'm browsing the blogspot dashboard and found Sheenah's new post-Our Baby: Boy or Girl.

If you're too tired, too gay, too sleepy, too lazy, too *tooooot* to click on the link, she basically talks about her baby and betting whether the baby is a boy or a girl from the preggy signs.

She then formulated two names for her baby; Chad Cedric and Danah Louise, if its a boy or a girl respectively.

I just smiled with what I posted on her comment:

ayaw mo ng Phiper? or Leo? (from the hit tv series CHARMED; for the benefit of those who are unfamiliar)
Andrea or Jim?(the Corrs; my favorite band)
Naruto? Sakura? (obviously!)
Kurama? Mikaela? (Sige nga, tingnan natin mga anime freaks kung kilala nila...)
Pikachu? Charmander? (we both love Pokemon!)

hahahaha!!

However, I’d wish its a girl. tapos girl, tapos boy, tapos boy ulit, tapos twins na girl boy, tapos twins na girl girl then twins na boy boy….
i was thinking of quadruplets but im thinking kung pwede lahat ng combinations..
nyahahaha!!!

Casual Conversations with Classmates -School Edition

Setting: It was during our 3 hour class and we asked for a 15 minute break before the exam.



Guy Classmate : "Labas lang ako, yo-yosi lang." (I'll just go outside to smoke.)

GirLandi Classmate: Sana, pwede rin sabihing "Labas lang ako, manglalalake lang." (I hope, we can also say, "I'll just go outside to flirt with guys)