My Turf

It was only yesterday, yes, YESTERDAY, that I was told that our Northwest flight is confirmed. My date of departure? Tomorrow. Yes, TOMORROW! And where was I when I found out? On my way to Sucat for a shoot, in a van about to overheat, under the sweltering, unyielding 12 PM sun.   

I was beset with worries yesterday. I have no clean clothes to bring (I’ve about a month’s worth of dirty laundry in my hamper). I haven’t picked up the winter stuff that Ana promised to lend me. Worse, I stupidly took a writing project–a Microfinance report which has figures I could not at all understand. I put off writing it until Monday swiftly became Thursday, and now I am left with less than two days to finish everything.

The repercussions of procrastination always, always choose to manifest themselves at the suckiest of times.

Nonetheless, it really pays to have friends. And, praise God, I am blessed with a lot of really, really great ones. My Econ friends are just super! Kathy, the barkada’s unparalleled Math wiz, agreed to "help" me with my microfinance report. Ana, on the other hand, so graciously packed her muffler, gloves, head gear, winter jacket, and suitcase for me to pickup. After my highly stressful shoot last night (super init ng ulo ko that my child talent got so scared of me, he ended up crying), it was really relieving to have the girls waiting at Gerry’s with glasses of Margarita, ready to help soothe strained nerves and give another picker-upper. Here’s to 10 more years, Yas, Paula, Ren, Kathy, Ana, Dada, and Tinapot!   

Today, Saturday, we had to again go to the office to finish editing the TVC we shot yesterday (’di naman gaano tight ang schedule). In between exporting and rendering, I rushed to the nearby mall and bought whatever decent warm clothing I could find as I had no more time to wash my dirty clothes and wait for them to dry. Why? My flight is at 6:45 AM tomorrow, and I have to be at the airport before 4.

Now, I haven’t packed a thing, but I’m again running off to Podium to meet up with my highschool barkada for an informal, mini-sendoff. Tomorrow, while I’m gone, my Dad would have the new bed delievered to our house in Pasig, so it will be ready and waiting in my room when I return.

Hay, how sweet it is to be loved… Kaya never be fooled by my rantings.

I am definitely, absolutely just THRILLED to be going back to Japan again. Last year, I went in March so it was way too late for snow, yet way too early for Cherry blossoms. Well, now it’s the tail-end of winter, so I am looking forward to seeing and touching snow (I thought I’d never live to relish such an experience), reuniting with my good friend, Lara in Yokohama, and possibly seeing my highschool buddy, Alvin E. 

5 degrees lang daw ang temperature sa Tokyo, so there might not be snow there. But a place where snow usually piles quite high is just about two hours away by train from Tokyo. Yey!