if you catch me... come and settle me...

theres been some BIG dramas going on at my workplace lately, fortunately im not part of it hahahaha. everyones resigning, theres like a catfight/dogfight going on, someones gone on stress leave. (gooosssh i think i should apply for that one too) ive been elevated to do Matts job. what the feh! and on top of it all, im still mending a broken heart. waaaaaah.

oh well, my work doesnt bother me that much, ive been through much tougher situations last year and managed to survive unscathed and with my head up still, but coincidentally, those dramas actually happened almost the same time this year hmmmm.

hopefully next year, i wont be working there anymore. im seriously thinking of going back to school, maybe take up a masters degree, not sure which field yet but im also thinking of doing some extensive travelling to europe or the states.

im looking at finalizing my plans by january next year, after i get back from my holidays in the philippines in december. i pray that things will fall into places accordingly. if not, then ill revert to Plan B, whatever that maybe hahahahaha

right now im more concern on getting through my ordeal of unrequited love *sniff*

ive decided not to go on dates or accept dates for the next 3 months or so. (i can hear my girl friends objecting hahahaha) i was wrong when i thought that i could just give him up straight away. i have underestimated the depth of my feelings... i realized im really inlove with him. how i have fallen in love with someone in just 3 meetings still beats me but thats just something i have to deal with thats all. and now it looks like i will need more than 3 months to get over him.

i probably need some mind blowing slapping like what they do on crappy soap operas and go "Whhyy cannttt I nnooottt get ooveerr himmm!!! My heaarrrtttt is breakiiiinngggg huhuhuhu"

the pain T-T

~ blow me away ~ geri lamented [+] Thursday, 23rd of February 2005, 22:39 pm

a friend advised me today that i should keep an inflated husband in my passenger seat so future jabronisis will think im taken and/or get some business cards made up with just "geri" and use reject line phone number.

i did say what happened to me last saturday was pretty crazy, but its only after ive told my friends and got all their scary reactions, did i realize just how lucky i am that no harm came to me that day. i could have put myself in great danger... but whats important now is that im ok, and nothing bad happened to me.

but i promise ill be more careful and i'll see to it that i use my brains next time.

also, i trust my friends that got my new number will ask me first before giving it out to anyone who might want it.

i do want to thank you guys for all your concern. i pray it wont happen to any of my girl friends or my cousins, but if you ever encounter something like this, i suggest you to stay cool, play along but think quickly until you figured out how to execute your graceful exit (please note though that this advice is not universally applicable) it is still best that you pray to God that He will protect you and your love ones always and give you 'presence of mind' all the time.

now for that inflated husband... where do i get one?

~ blow me away ~ geri lamented [+] Monday, 21th of February 2005, 00:07 am

i could not believe what happened to me this morning.

after dropping mom to her workplace, i decided to do some overtime as well, and on my way up at orrong road, a car on my right side started following me like crazy, and then i saw the driver motioning me to pull over so i started worrying coz i was thinking i might have done something wrong.

so i did and when he came up to my door i asked him what was happening and he told me that he just wanted to get my name and was hoping if he could take me out to dinner.

i was fuming. i started screaming at him.

me: "you pulled me over just to get my name? you stupid?! are you crazy!!!? i could get in trouble for this!!!"
guy: "im so sorry i know i look like an idiot right now, im sorry but i had to take my chance, i saw you, and you were just beautiful, i had to follow my gut, i had to do it. look im a decent guy, ive got my own business and im begging you, can i please have your name and number? are you taken? can i take you out for a date?"

the cars behind us were lining up already, if they run him over, it would still be his fault. i was getting so embarrassed.

its the third time, a guy has done something really crazy to get my name. but this one was just outrageous. i must admit though, i was angry but i was amused at the same time.

he was leaning on my dirty car which i havent washed for a while and kept on wiping off the dirt on his hands, it was comedy.

i knew he was not going to stop until i gave him my number. i told him, i dont give my number to strangers but i gave him credit for his daring act so i gave my number to him (i can see some eyebrows raising, my dad told me off already) dont worry guys im about to change my current number anyway.

he said his number is private (yeah right) i told him im going to give out his number to everyone. he probably thought i was joking. im not. it is: 0402673968 and the name is Yass.

but on a much serious note, what happened today was a BIG lesson learned for me, i will never pull over again unless i hear a siren and unless im at the petrol station or better yet the police station. and i should never give my number no matter how dashing the act was, especially with a few psychos out there, it pays to be more careful... *ttoootttt* i do feel like kicking myself, feh!

~ blow me away ~ geri lamented [+] Saturday, 19th of February 2005, 20:52 pm

i broke my shoe heel at work today, and it had to be my favorite one waaaaahahahaha

i got them from sydney last year. poor shoe, must be really worn out already coz i use them all the time, what with all the walking that i do whenever i wear them *sniff*

i hope the shoe maker (sounds like schumacker) or the cobbler can fix it. i had to drive down to my other office at the back, when i could just walk, and the guys accused me of being lazy, so i showed them my broken shoe and that shut them up -_-

but i was advised by a friend to break the other one just so i dont go walking wonky. i was tempted hahahahaha but i didnt have any Mentos so i didnt feel too confident pulling it off :P

cargo: my friend Yu Chao gave me the House of Flying Daggers DVD tonight -- wow! everyones been so generous to me lately yay!!! i feel laaabbb *lols*

~ blow me away ~ geri lamented [+] Friday, 18th of February 2005, 23:28 pm

was having a bad day at work this morning, i felt like doing a mortal kombat to Graeme, our sales manager, but hes old and just had some knee operation (feh thats probably why hes grumpier than ever) so i settled for a word war. the pain! i was taught to always respect my elders but grrrr i hate it when people underestimate my innocence really O__O hes apologised (again) but he should be careful next time coz hes not the only thats quite frustrated these days.

anyways, yesterday my colleague gave me a plastic full of big red chillies, another big plastic of chilli leaves and a chilli plant in a litol pot (so cute) i thought geesh, probably last me a lifetime so i thought id share it with my friends thats why i sent an email asking if they would want some, but the response was just overwhelming (*lols* exaggeration for effect only) that in a span of one day i realised i dont have enough chillies for everyone anymore hahahahaha oh yeah, i remember now, i didnt do well in my economics class b4, forgot about the supply and demand thingie hahahaha, i should have known my friends were chilli addicts before i sent that email *joke* *joke* naah, there shud be enough for everyone. ill most likely give one chilli per person :P

and Marini, just so u know, those red chillies were NO substitute for red roses ok? (i hoped so) oy yeah its red too! you maybe right, so maybe i shud give Graeme some chillies... we never know, we might bond coz of chillies -_-

but all's well that ends well. Mavic dropped by my office today, and brought me some Danish pecan pie, it was yum and she brought me some pringles and fruit juices too (apparently, for me to eat for tomorrow) how sweet is that? am a little spoiled (and i get away with it all the time :P) after i finished work, we went to Carousel to shop around, and mavic ended up buying a BIG TV, and we both got Burberry London perfumes for ourselves and after months and months of searching, i finally found "my bag" and the best thing was, we got huge discounts on almost all the items we bought. so we were two smiling chicks tonight :D hahaha retail theraphy is always nice *lols* especially when you're a little sad and down ^-~

now for that saving resolution thing... (falls off my chair) what saving?

oh i just got a call from Andrew inviting me to his upcoming birthday party to be celebrated at the Hongkong Gardens next tuesday *yay* advance hapi hapi 22nd bertday bertday to our baby boy Andrew, may we able to corrupt you even more this year hahahaha

~ blow me away ~ geri lamented [+] Thursday, 17th of February 2005, 23:34 pm

the chinese new year party organized by my school was a hit! the restaurant was packed and they almost ran out of tables. d party didnt start till round 7.45pm though (it was supposed to start "6.30"), and janets partner Mr. Moon was complaining that he was getting hungry already, and we sort of joined him shortly. a few minutes after, si fu gawain, asked us to go outside to watch the lion dance and firecrackers, u heard it rite, "firecrackers" we lit out loads of firecrackers outside d golden swan restaurant (along james st, northbridge) and we were joined by onlookers as we greeted the chinese new years with a bang, we were asked to be at least a few meters away from the firecrackers for saftey reasons and to cover our ears, but i cudnt coz i was determined to take pictures. and i did ahahahaha

the lion dance finished off inside the resto, which was followed by some kung fu demonstrations from the demo team. alas the food started arriving. the food was yum, kudos to the Golden Swan Restaurant. the 9 course meal was superb. and the demo team made us proud. i got a very nice video where they were breaking super extra thick concretes which i mite upload here, if my web space still have enough space, but i got the pics olrite.

anyways, Mr. Moon was busy pointing out to me and to janet, which guy "he thinks" fancies me and i was getting all embarrassed already coz at one point i think he was overheard. but he kept going on, he said he knows it coz hes a guy. yeah rite!

after d party, it was decided that we were gonna join my other friends up at the varga lounge. so i didnt stay that long for the karaoke. i did sing one song with the Purple Belts though. the guys picked the song and i almost laughed when they told me what it was, they picked "dancing queen" (what the feh!) but after singing wid them i left and joined my friends at varga. we ended up waiting for marissa, lyella and bryan coz they were running in late, lyella have not been out clubbing for the last 4 years, coz she had babies, but woo what a stunner, who wud ever think thats shes a mother of 2, shes reli gorgeous. we all wanted her to enjoy the night but as usual we had some jabronisis following us around, at one point, brian, even said to this guy that was following me, that were all married and that our husbands were just sitting at the bar watching. i guess he figured out bryan was lying, coz he kept following me anyway, how pathetic, since ive already refused talking to him.

but i didnt want him to ruin my nite, so i just ignored him and continued dancing wid lyella. we were having a reli good time, when suddenly d DJ called out, "to the lady wearing the red dress, you just won 2 tickets for the "bla bla bla concert" and i saw he was looking at me, but i got confused, coz im not wearing a red dress, so i asked him if it was me, and he said, "yes, come up here on stage and get your tickets" and i did, and the other guy gave me the tickets, i had no idea wat dey wer for coz it was so loud i cudnt hear him properly, but after reading it, i was screaming to my friends. i got myself 2 free tickets for the "Roc tha Block Tour" which features Ja Rule, Chingy, Fabolous, 112 and Mario Winans at burswood dome, this March 04. d tickets are around hundred bucks and i got them for free yay! not that im a huge fan of Hip Hop or R&B but winning free tickets was reli kuul for me, u see im a sagittarian and i always think that im never lucky in winning tickets or raffles and stuffs like that. but i did. hehe so i was pretty lucky that nite. i gave the oder ticket to lyella since i was dancing with her. i was so hapi i even asked her to dance up at the ledge with me, under normal circumstances i wud never go up there and dance and i told her that and we thought it was pretty crazy and funny, and my friends were cracking up when they saw us up the ledge ahahaha.

it was a great nite, the next day, mavic picked me up and agreed to come wid me to meet up with my insurance lady in the city, then we had bubbletea and some window shopping before going to marissa's place.

and today is valentines day. and everyones asking if i have a date or if im going out. and i told them i dont have a date, and u shud have seen d look on their faces, u can tell they feel so sori for me ahahahaha. oh well wat am i supposed to do coz ive turned em down. i told myself, if hes not gonna be my valentines date then i wont date at all. gesh, i can be very stubborn at times, hom hum maybe next year...

hapi hapi hearts day everyone!!! hope ur valentines day was much better than mine ^-~

special plug ins: to teresa, vikay, ian, chou, chebai, marissa, mavic, tere, marini, vincent, dianna, helio, barry, my cousins gryann and nino and everyone else who takes time to visit and read. huggles~

~ blow me away ~ geri lamented [+] Monday, 14th of February 2005, 23:59 pm

im ultimately in la la land lately ahahahaha

its funny stuff i tell u, i was being asked by the auditor today and i was thinking of eating tikoy coz its chinese new years rite, and he was asking me a question and i answered him "yum" -_- and he looked at me confused and then i realized what i just said to him so i quickly answered "yeah... uhm, they do check the PODs before they give the paperwork to me" and smiled super extra sweet to him. it worked. hahahaha.

im going nuts, i want to eat tikoy. anybody send me some please...

oh by the way, my prank caller striked again. fortunately when he rang my work fone, i was still in the toilet, so our receptionist answered it coz she saw my fone flicking, and she got the same "no answer, just listening and breathing response" and then she remembered i told her about my prank calls so she said to the caller that we will trace "his" number.

when i got back in my office, i saw that my mobile had a missed call from a withheld number as well and when tracey told me what just happened, i knew it was the same person again. a few minutes after that, my mobile rang and surprise, surprise, it was the prank caller -_- but this time "he" was whispering something undecipherable but "he" would stop after muting something, so i just listened and silently went to the reception and handed my fone to tracey so she can have a listen as well, he was doing the same thing so she started threatening "him" that his call is being traced but that didnt seem to bother "him", and then i said to tracey, "look he's just wasting his money" and the caller hung up. what a sicko.

it doesnt bother me that much yet but if this calls continue, ill definitely do something drastic. am not sure if my prank caller is a he or a she though, but it sounds more like a he, so for the time being, ill settle for "he"

i dont want to overreact or anything, coz it might not be a prank call at all (i doubt) but its obvious that i know this person. "he" knows my work phone and my mobile phone... or another angle cud be that its an international call and the reception is just bad, so to all my friends and relatives, if you have tried to call me the past few days, please email me or sms me and let me know oki?

im just thinking wat cud be the callers motive on pestering me. uhm i can think of a few...

a.) "he" got sick of me flooding "his" email/inbox with my neverending supply of forwarded emails.
b.) "he" hates my gut.
c.) "he" though i wud find it amusing.
d.) "he" just wana annoy me.
e.) "he" is mute.
f.) "he" thinks i am "his" long lost sister and doesnt know how to tell me.
g.) "he" has a crush on me :P
h.) i look like d girl who use to bully "him" when "he" was young.

and so the lists go on... but then again, "he" doesnt have to have a motive at all.

i spoke to my dad about it and i was advised that i call my fone company to have the call traced, and i will probably do that tomorrow.

and so to you my dear prank caller, feh! ur calling days will soon be over! bwahahahaha (sarcastic laugh)

~ blow me away ~ geri lamented [+] Wednesday, 9th of February 2005, 21:48 pm

had a talk with my boss today, and we discussed something about my job, and just when i thought everythings running perfect already, something comes up to stir it.

with the coming of yet another "new system" a change will have to be implemented again, hes asked me to work directly with operations now, meaning ill be working down the back office again. he doesnt want me to, but he doesnt have much choice, coz im the one thats gonna be trained to learn the new system. not that i cant handle it, or i dont like working with operations people, i get along with them olrite, its just that i have to move office again. and i looove my current office at the moment, ive got the whole room on my own, ive got my privacy and more, down the back its always a bit chaotic and stressful.

*sighs* dont know exactly when this will take effect but ona much lighter note -

Gong Xi Fa Cha!!! or Kung Hei Fat Choi!!!

hapi Chinese New year everyone :D

hope the year of the rooster bring us lots of good luck hehehe!!! tokturu-ok!!!

and speaking of Chinese New Year, my kung fu school is hosting a big celebration up at Northbridge this Saturday. im all excited now, coz its gna be reli fun! ill take some pics and post them here oki! ciao!

~ blow me away ~ geri lamented [+] Tuesday, 8th of February 2005, 18:15 pm

sandra: ouch, where did u get that? (pointing on my bruised right thumb) have u been playing with your sticks again?
me: no... swords.
sandra: -_-

and if only i can use my swords on my prank callers today, (i wish hahaha) im not normally violent but geesh i do hate prank callers, if i'm not in such a gloomy state i mite even play along but it is extremely annoying when they do the prank call at work and u are uberly busy. makes u want to beat something.

inhales, exhales. times like this, you need a juicy! (juicy fruit gum) hahahahaha

~ blow me away ~ geri lamented [+] Monday, 7th of February 2005, 21:32 pm

If theres one place that can truly comfort our inner turmoils, it is indeed the house of God. I went to my church this morning, I havent gone for the last 3 weeks or so, and Im so hapi I did.

I had been coy yet candid about my feelings of what just happened to me. I guess for most people its nothing reli important especiali if u think about more relevant problems that the entire world is facing rite now, my problem of course is nothing.

But they say, there’s always the first time for everything.

A year ago, for the very first time, a man has surprisingly touched my heart in the most unexpected way. Unfortunately, I only found out about my feelings for him when he was already gone.

But being a young optimist and idealist, I thought everything’s gonna fall into places one day and everything’s gonna work out just fine.

And it didn’t.

And it hurts.

And I want to cry it all out. But I can’t, and I don’t know why. And even if I start crying now, I woudnt even know where to begin, because what do I cry about first? do I cry for him? for myself? or do I cry for the feelings that we’ve shared? or for a love story that could have been so beautiful but was just never meant to be…

Today those questions where answered at church when one man had said aloud, “do not let your heart be troubled.” For God has plans for all of us, these things may happen but it is always for the greater good.

So I lift up everything to Him now. And pray that He will continue to give me the strength, the serenity, the understanding, the wisdom and above all, the peace of mind as I go through.

And I pray that He will do the same to him, and bless him whereever he may be.

~ blow me away ~ geri lamented [+] Sunday, 6th of February 2005, 14:21 pm

im giving away some more gmail add accounts - so anyone who wants one, just msg or email me and i shall send you the invite immediately ;-)

this offers good while stocks last, batteries not included *lols*

~ blow me away ~ geri lamented [+] Saturday, 5th of February 2005, 12:20 pm

my bestfriend vikay, adviced me to do a cry me a river drama, u know let it all out so i dont feel too heavy anymore. she even found me the perfect song as my background music. *sniff*

para ti...

stay forever.
by ween

In the morning sun, I couldn't tell you
I couldn't tell you so many things
About how much I really love you
About how much you really mean
So far away but it's so easy to see you
When I'm away I want to put my arms around you
And I want to know - do you feel the same way?
'Cause if you do I want to stay forever
And I want to know - do you feel the same way?
'Cause if you do I want to stay forever
With you

So many colors that surround you
Some so bright I can hardly see
A light reflects on all the things that make you real
Things that make you truly free
So far away but it's so easy to see you
When I'm away I want to put my arms around you
And I want to know - do you feel the same way?
'Cause if you do I want to stay forever
And I want to know - do you feel the same

*sighs* aint life peachy! gives me the zits -_-

~ blow me away ~ geri lamented [+] Thursday, 3rd of February 2005, 21:27 pm

this letting go thing is much more harder than i thought. its like how the song goes "the more you ignore me, the closer i get" coz the more you try not to think about it, the more you think about it. just doesnt make sense to me waaaaahahahaha.

argh! for sure there's no antidote for this one yet, except for time... yeah sure, time shall heal all wounds so they say, but it's valentines soon, how sad :-(

~ blow me away ~ geri lamented [+] Wednesday, 2nd of February 2005, 21:25 pm