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talk about out of place. at 6:05am last Friday, armed with 3 hours of broken sleep and a killer smile, i arrived at the 3rd floor of the A.I.M. Conference Center to help out the Secretariate staff prepare for the annual Bishops and Businessmen Conference. HELLO, is that you, iza??? later on, i was assisting some of the luminaries with their pesky stick-on nametags, handling a part of the registration and in front of me were stacks of pamphlets preaching "FAMILY PLANNING, the natural way" (note-to-self: post a picture of this soon). i was trying desperately to hide the neon "SINNER" sign flashing above my head, glad that i wasn't assigned to the bishops.. i just might burst into tears, given this not-so stable state of mind i'm constantly in. i imagined myself breaking down in the middle of the room and exclaiming "Fathers forgive me for i have sinned!" ayayay, the scandal.
then there was this pa-importante woman who i politely asked to register her name on this blank sheet of paper reserved for people whose names, for one reason or another, do not appear on the list. she started ranting how her secretary called several times already to make sure she gets registered and refused to sign on the blank sheet. then she heads to the foyer where she calls up her secretary (on SPEAKERPHONE, for all the world to hear) and proceeds to bitch for a couple of minutes. my "boss" finally notices her and told her to do the exact same thing i suggested. she does as she's told but not before pointing to me and saying "but she told me that since my name's not on the list, i'm not allowed to enter." bitch. i wanted to strangle her, but with God's servants as eyewitnesses, it won't be so nice on my track-record. we eventually found out that her name was at the other table and she was registered under her MARRIED NAME. stupid biiiiitch.
when the conference was well on its way, i wondered how many attended because they have genuine interest for the subject at hand and how many showed up just to gossip and brainstorm more rackets? not surprisingly, among the "workshops" available that day, majority signed up for "Fighting Corruption".
that day was interesting. seeing this country's TRUE movers and shakers (who don't need to be on Tim Yap's VIP list) mingling with each other was something else. most of them arrived late, but they wrapped things up earlier than planned. i bet they had more boardroom meetings to attend to and national issues to contend with. as for me, i caught up with my mom and titas in Landmark after buying my brother's girlfriend an anniv gift in Firma (WHY, dare i ask, do I have to be the one to buy his gift for her?!). at this point i was exhausted, my killer smile was nowehere to be found and i could barely walk in my stilletos. i bought cheap flip-flops, gave a HUGE sigh of relief when i got home and at 1am, with sleep nowhere in sight, decided to knock myself out with a Valium.
i haven't had a long day like that in ages. gotta admit though, it was fun :)
then there was this pa-importante woman who i politely asked to register her name on this blank sheet of paper reserved for people whose names, for one reason or another, do not appear on the list. she started ranting how her secretary called several times already to make sure she gets registered and refused to sign on the blank sheet. then she heads to the foyer where she calls up her secretary (on SPEAKERPHONE, for all the world to hear) and proceeds to bitch for a couple of minutes. my "boss" finally notices her and told her to do the exact same thing i suggested. she does as she's told but not before pointing to me and saying "but she told me that since my name's not on the list, i'm not allowed to enter." bitch. i wanted to strangle her, but with God's servants as eyewitnesses, it won't be so nice on my track-record. we eventually found out that her name was at the other table and she was registered under her MARRIED NAME. stupid biiiiitch.
when the conference was well on its way, i wondered how many attended because they have genuine interest for the subject at hand and how many showed up just to gossip and brainstorm more rackets? not surprisingly, among the "workshops" available that day, majority signed up for "Fighting Corruption".
that day was interesting. seeing this country's TRUE movers and shakers (who don't need to be on Tim Yap's VIP list) mingling with each other was something else. most of them arrived late, but they wrapped things up earlier than planned. i bet they had more boardroom meetings to attend to and national issues to contend with. as for me, i caught up with my mom and titas in Landmark after buying my brother's girlfriend an anniv gift in Firma (WHY, dare i ask, do I have to be the one to buy his gift for her?!). at this point i was exhausted, my killer smile was nowehere to be found and i could barely walk in my stilletos. i bought cheap flip-flops, gave a HUGE sigh of relief when i got home and at 1am, with sleep nowhere in sight, decided to knock myself out with a Valium.
i haven't had a long day like that in ages. gotta admit though, it was fun :)