I came home from work around 30 minutes ago. I’ve been working late at the office since last week to meet the deadline for our project. I was tasked to do the interior elevations while my other officemate handled the architectural drawings.

So this is how it feels. It’s rather tiring to be in production. I feel physically drained, yet I feel I have no right to complain because my partner in this project works twice as I do. I feel a bit sorry because he has no choice but to take on the responsibility, because he was entrusted with a larger share of the responsibility pie.

If ever, this would be my first time to create working drawings for a firm…you know, with my initials on the title block. Hehe, babaw ko ‘no? Dami kong pinasukang firms just to achieve that.^^;; Although I’ve mostly produced ID drawings, I know that soon, I’ll get to do bay sections and other stuff….and go beyond the draftsman stage. But at this point, I’m happy that I’m learning from the best, and I like the work environment.

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I was supposed to share this last week, but anyway, I’ll write about it as well. Last week, my friends brought me to the fire exit of the building where we work. We rode one of the elevators that only went up to the floor just below us, and then entered the fire exit.

I like the fire exit! The fire exit was located at the corner of the building, and the building had curtain walls at the corners. The stairs seemed to be floating since it was white and had no solid walls on its sides. Since two of its sides had walls made from glass, light filtered in and enveloped the stairwell. Our floor was located at the second to the topmost floor of the building, so from our vantage point, we could see the nearby areas. The commercial center in Makati could easily be seen from the fire exit, as well as the rising TRAG (The Residences @ Greenbelt) and the neighboring hotel’s swimming pool.^^;; It was really cool! It’s the best fire exit I’ve ever seen.

My officemate, Sandee, made me hear this song on her mp3 player earlier. It's a really danceable tune.^^

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Diskarteng Marino

Day in and day out, nothing really seems to happen unusual. Ewan ko, with each day I want to talk about career less and less. But that's all that occupies me lately, so, heck. Magiging quiet talaga di ba?

Anyway wala lang, share ko lang yung bagong natutunan ko for today.

Earlier, one of my officemates was sharing that he was trying to court this girl that was around seven years younger than he was. He asked me if that was okay, referring to their age gap I stared at him blankly. This guy was around 5 years older than me! Uh...well. They were both of age. They're single and unattached. I told him yes, it's perfectly all right to pursue the girl.

Anyway, I learned a new phrase from him - Diskarteng Marino. I asked him if he thought the girl had an inkling that he was making the moves. Well...yun yung sinabi niya sa akin - na kapag kumilos sya, diskarteng marino daw. It means he doesn't make it obvious or what.

Another blank stare from me. (Yeah, I've been giving out blank stares lately. Am I that clueless?) Tinanong niya ako kung na-diskartehang marino na ba ako ng kahit sino'ng guy.

Well...a thought to ponder upon. I guess most guys that I dated resorted to that kind of diskarte. Or at least, I acted clueless enough. I don't know. I've always been drawn to guys who seemed shy from the outside, you know, the torpe types.

And besides, most guys naman I know aren't that forward with girls eh. In some respect, I think the typical Pinoy guy isn't as forward as most would like to think. Hehe, I think we have a culture of coyness (in Filipino, 'pakipot') that isn't easil y debunked by today's relatively liberal mindset. I even think that it is encouraged, although most people would shun away that thought. After all, who wants to look conceited and presko in front of other people? Seeking approval is a nature common to everyone. If one would really care about what the other person thinks, he just won't be brazen about his attitudes and feelings, right?

I know I just said a lot of generalizations above, but well...that's my observation. What do you think?

I had a preboard exam and esquisse in review class earlier. One was for Building Tech while the other was for design class. Hindi ako sanay…^^;; it’s been a while since I took any exam other than entrance exam at work.^^;; And I think I could only count with one hand how many times I had an esquisse in arki. My score wasn’t that bad...BUT not enough to be confident in the board exams. And I flunked design along with the rest of the class.

~hum la di da da~

Anyway, yup, I’ve been going to review classes since last month. I still don’t have plans of taking the board exams…I just...want to review, I suppose.^^;; Nerd! :P It’s really because at the time I was in between jobs, I thought I wouldn’t have anything to do for the next couple of months and so I enrolled. And besides, I thought it would be good to review under not so pressure-filled circumstances. And… it is a break…sort of. It’s nice learning things in the context of a class once again. I missed interacting with people over things related to topics. I miss looking jologs and have a perfectly good excuse for it.

And the people I meet! Our Building Tech prof looks a hell lot like our former dean, only a decade or two younger. I also befriended a girl who turned out to be a kabarkada of one of my officemates. And I also met a couple of people who turned out to be blockmates of another officemate/s….from two offices. O di ba? Small world?

Anyway, tomorrow’s another day in review class. Tomorrow, we’ll be discussing Utilities…time again to be a “serious” student again.^^;; I’ll really make that effort – nakakahiya maging B.I. sa mga newfound friends ko, baka maconvince ko pa sila na wag na mag-exam sa January..baaad.