electric dreams… electric reality…

i spent the weekend reacquainting myself with my usual norm when i was bumming around… i played uefa champions’ league in my pc until my eyes were sore… it was the first time that i got deep in the mission-based managerial gameplay… i was choosing between tottenham and newcastle… i chose the latter in the end… because st. james’ park is one of the stadiums present in the game… it was quite satisfying seeing your team pass through the missions given by that demanding (and anonymous) new team owner… the plot of the game revolves around you as a manager trying to steer your team to champions’ league success under a new owner… winning is the other side of the fun… the other thrill part is your acquisition of players from other teams… and losing some of yours… i had to bear losing a fast striker like craig bellamy in the first part… but i got the reinforcements needed to bolster my team… i was able to snag french defender philippe mexes and brazilian juninho pernambucano… yes… its the juninho we all love who is currently playing for olympique lyonnais… turkish altin lala and serbian andrija delibasic came next… but the best part came when i brought in dutch japp stam, brazilian roberto carlos, and portuguese star luis figo… then i realised that there that my team was overloaded by good freekick takers - roberto carlos, juninho, figo, laurent robert… however, i was not able to finish the game because i had to wake up early to catch a rude going back to manila… can’t wait to get my hands on that pesky valencia squad…

it was the usual morning… i was able to reach cubao before six… it was off to work after doing my morning rituals… i got a meeting scheduled at eight-thirty… it was a crammer’s nightmare when i got to the mrt station - the dreaded "stop entry" was implemented… this was caused by the huge number of people who are already on the platform… i had to wait for fifteen minutes to get on the platform… and another fifteen to board a train…

i just let the empty train be filled… i just positioned myself to board the next train…

pakshet…

pagdating ng sumunod na tren… ayaw na naman nilang magpadaan ng mga bababa… wala man lang silang malasakit… tapos may mamang may BO na nagpumilit na pumasok sa tren kahit puno na ito… ‘di man lang n’ya inisip ‘yung babaeng naiipit n’ya… tapos ayaw pang bumababa pansamantala para magbigay daan sa mga baba at parang tuko na nakakapit sa may safety hand rails…

such a BS…

<sigh>

got a reprieve as i’m using a acer ferrari 4000 notebook today… this is my temporary workstation since i defragged my cpu… the rubberized texture gives the feeling of sophistication… i wish i had the dough to buy one…

finally… i got a good news… sort of… i called up my prospect graduate school to inquire regarding the fee… i had a sigh of relief because the fee was not that high like what i expected… i’m now praying that there will be no computer lab fee…

i might find myself singing -

hail! hail! our alma mater! hail to…