random thoughts 2

My head's been a little reoccupied lately with work and other things so I'm gonna be blogging ala stuckeyvee for now...

..the results are in and this year's American Idol is Carrie! I am not surprised with the results after watching how she out-sang and out-performed Bo last night. She deserved to be declared the champion.

..It's really been hectic at work the past couple of weeks. Our company has some job prospects overseas, in the Middle East specifically and their evaluating us on who would be qualified to be stationed there. Everything's hush-hush right now coz of the delicate situation out there but I'm really excited. My boss already ruled me out on being stationed there 'coz I'll be of much needed here and there's so much to do. I'll probably just be in the inspection team before our group is sent to Ir...

..I've been really flunking my bestman duties as of date. I haven't been much help to him ever since he mentioned that'll be his right-hand man. I just hope the bachelor's party would make up for my shortcomings.

.. I've been missing my friends a lot lately. Never really had much time to meet up this past summer. I hope I could meet up with them soon!

.. summer's over and I haven't been to the beach yet, well, not really. I've been to Batangas last month but it was for work and I wasn't able to swim. I hope I could still catch the tail-end of summer somewhere. I should just hie-off to Puerto Galera one weekend, all by my lonesome, or not....

I've been waiting for you, Obi-Wan.

And so goes Darth Vader everytime I receive a text message. I've waited a score for the saga to be completed. The fanboy that I am, with all the anticipation, read every update and waited for every trailer and read all the spoilers (even Sith Lord Darth Adel's review, who initially was disappointed by Episode III). Hey, I've even personalized my cellphone for this occasion and finally, all will be complete in a few days.

I'm always easy to please when it comes to the Star Wars movies. I just ignore all that is said, good and bad and just enjoy the movie. Who knows, maybe in the future, I'll finally be able to do that Jedi Mind Trick thingie.

... You don't want to sell me death sticks...

Best Man

It’s the first time I’ve ever been a best man. Come to think of it, this’ the first time that one of my closest friends is getting married. Frankly, I still don’t know any of the best man responsibilities and I only have a few weeks left.

Cocoy and I have known one another for 20 years now. He’s the first guy I met way back in 1984 on the first day of my high school life, (except maybe some of my former classmates in grade school). He already wore eyeglasses back then so my first impression was he’s the serious type. He also brought his briefcase and all the text books one would probably need for the whole term I had a brown paper bag with my lunch and one notebook. I got to know him through a guy who used to live on the same street as ours. He was Ed’s classmate in grade school.

Looking back, the only thing that Cocoy and I have in common is our love for drawing. We love it so much that we both took the same course in college only the go in different directions midway, me thru Architecture and him thru computers and graphic design. We rarely saw one another the last few years of college because he transferred to a different school. In my fifth year though, I asked for his help with my thesis and it was only then both of us and the rest of our “barkada” was back together.

12 years removed from college, Cocoy is getting’ married, much to the relief of his mom and grandma, both of whom always chides us to settle down already. 20 years after, I finally know now, that first impressions isn’t everything, that opposites “do” attract, and no matter the time and distance, real friendships never go stale.

Congratulations Bro!

And now come the bachelor’s party, Woohoo!

Naga

The bus pulled into the terminal 2-hours delayed. It was supposed to be just an 8-hour trip but an accident in Lucena caused the delay. It’s just unfortunate that all I saw throughout the entire bus ride was pitch black. The Isarog Liner bus with lazy-boy seats left Manila at 8:45 pm Tuesday.

I’ve been looking forward to this trip ever since construction broke-ground. The first thing I noticed in Naga is the unusual number of churches in just a small area. There’s the old and new Peñafrancia Basillica, a cathedral, a few shrines, about half a dozen churches for different patrons and a seminary just outside the town. Just by looking around our project site you can already see 3 or 4 spires and bell towers in the skyline.

Being new to the area, I’ve never tried going around the city by myself, well not yet. Either I’m accompanied by my host or the contractor otherwise, it’s just me at the field office or my hotel room. Pretty boring since the nothing much can be seen from the construction. Anyways, I can always look forward to my next trip in a few weeks or so. Maybe I’ll get to see Mayon volcano this time.