what a week!

i can say i had a great week indeed!

from monday onwards, my officemates have been teasing me about my birthday. they said it ought to be a week-long celebration, harhar!!! but i really don't mind them greeting me that early. they're actually more excited than i am.

finally, i got my TF for the article i wrote for a magazine that stopped its production even before my article got printed (sigh!). but it's a good thing they kept their promise and paid all the contributors. i bought myself a stylish liz claiborne watch as remembrance for that freelance job.

last payday, we received the second cut for our CBA which was supposed to be given starting December of last year. i bet the top management is somehow slowing up the process especially now that the P125 across the board wage increase has passed the second reading and there are talks of having it divided into a three-year scheme. but as they say, "buti na 'yan kesa wala!"

another quotable quote from him this week: "YOU CONSTANTLY AMAZE ME! GANYAN KA BA TALAGA PAG MAGBI-BIRTHDAY?" if only this guy could read my mind...

then yesterday, my birthday, i was surprised with gifts on my table. there were flowers (all in yellow - that's why they asked me what color i love the most huh!) from my "siblings" (my e-test sis and bro), cards, and trinkets from my friends (two pairs of silver earrings from my friends and another pair of black freshwater pearls from our former editor).

the food was great, too. everything was taken care of by my boss who unfortunately couldn't join us since she's in baguio since wednesday. the cake was ordered a week ago and she left us some money to buy food for lunch (thanks MOMG!). my birthday actually coincides with one of the future members of the top management (we're actually the same age, making people joke about "separated at birth") that is why a mass was held yesterday. but i prefer to attend a mass outside the office that is why i decided to come in late in the morning. it was nice of him to drop by the office to greet me personally (as early as friday we greeted each other already). it was actually he who first found out we were born on the same day since he saw my name posted on the bulletin board. and obviously, people were teasing me about him. but as i told them, he's actually not my type. they asked me why not, insisting he's cute, good-smelling, and everything. my constant answer was "not my type, period!" how i wish i could tell them who's my type...

the question now is, did he greet me? yes he did! in the morning, he sent me a text message with his wish: may the good Lord grant you the deepest and noblest desires of your heart. hey you, you are the deepest desire of my heart! we didn't have the chance to talk that much in the office since he's busy finishing his titles before his departure a few days from now. but in the evening he again asked a favor from me, asking me to tell a friend of mine that he used her umbrella since it was raining hard when he left the office. he also asked for the number of one of our editors. at that moment, i thought that maybe that's how he'll forever see me - his "favor" girl. i've always been like that to him. he texts me everytime he can't make it to the office or everytime he needs something. of course some of my officemates are questioning that act of him and yet i couldn't give them an exact response on why he always does that. and fyi, my cellphone just rang at this very moment, with a joke message from him. some kind of coincidence, huh!

today i watched two interesting films, DERAILED and RUMOR HAS IT. Both stars Jennifer Aniston. The first one is a film of deceit and vengeance while the second one is about family secrets with a funny twist. Mark Ruffalo is getting cuter I should say.

I guess that's it for now. At least I had a great birthday week. Until my next post...