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Monday, August 18, 2008

This may be one of the rarer days that I find myself sad while alone, because being alone has been practically my world ever since I was born. Maybe I'm feeling sad because I've just had my leave and the feeling that I'm experiencing right now is being homesick? I wouldn't know... or maybe because all the songs that's been playing on my iTunes over and over again are by Barry Manilow or the Eagles?... or just maybe the tiny fact that my parents hasn't been replying in any of my emails?

I don't know. I. Just. Don't. Know. Period.

Tomorrow, I would be flying to Johannesburg after quite some time of not seeing that destination, I hope that the flight's not going to be full because I'm really not in the mood of serving people sincerely right from the bottom of our supposedly bottomless hearts.. Good to know that it's quite cold there in SA right now, a perfect match to my mood just because I'm feeling a bit cold, physically and mentally right now. Physically since the AC in my room is set to 18C and mentally since I'm bored and alone and sad.

Oh well, I better look for something to do right now than procrastinate or feeling sad all by myself. I need to feel productive dammit!

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Thursday, April 10, 2008

First off, it's been a while! :) My god, these past few days has been very hectic for me. First was Lagos flight, the next day, double sector of Jed-Bah, then the next day, another double sector AUH-KWI and then last but not the least, the next day (which was actually yesterday) one last flight to RUH. But... here! here! before those flights, I've been bothered as to how will I get over them without actually DYING of exhaustion, but.. truthfully, now, I really don't care because I just got a letter of promotion. After TWO effing YEARS! :D yay! *claps*

So... HAPPY. BLISS. :)

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Saturday, February 23, 2008

Just came back from Dhaka. It was such a nice place. The flight itself wasn't that pleasing, though. But I wouldn't complain since the flight load going to Dhaka is quite light, only half of the capacity of the plane. I was expecting to be in the galley for the first leg but then I was surprised when our purser made me in charge of the bars instead. Anyway, I didn't expect to enjoy Dhaka, because, first thing, I don't like the place, I mean, I don't have anything to do there or rather, I don't know what I can do there. So first thing first, good thing there was this one Filipino guy flying together with me, so that completely made my day, I love doing flights with fellow Filipinos because I could talk to them in my language, we could understand each other better and you actually know what to expect from each other. So, the Filipino guy was made in charge of the galley, which I didn't mind since I could be near him since I'm the one in charge of the bars so therefore, I would be able to make an excuse that I'll be the one helping him in the galley (in reality though, I didn't want to go out in the cabin. haha). Sooo... anyway, once in Dhaka, we made our plans, me and the other flip (Filipino), we decided to meet up at 12pm local time in Dhaka and that I would be calling him at 11.30am to make sure he's awake. So, 11.30am came, I called him, he sounded sleepy.. I told him to hurry up since I want to finish shopping early. (We're planning on going to Bango Bazaar) Anyway, after calling him, I waited till 12pm for his call since I told him to call me once he's ready, and MAN!, I called him 12.15pm and he sounded like he just woke up! man, he's a SLEEPY HEAD I SWEAR.

Anyway, moving on, moving on, we ate our lunch, rode a rickshaw and reached Bango bazaar which was unfortunately closed! good thing, the market on the other side was open, and also a good thing, there were other Filipinos in Dhaka! Can you imagine my shock when they offered to drive us back to our hotel (Radisson)?! They were so nice and they even showed us around. They showed us the Aarong (which is a shop for native goods) and West Tech (which is quite expensive shop).. after everything even, they invited us for dinner!!!!

So anyway, our dinner was at 8.30pm, there were two Filipino guys who invited us over their accomodation since they've been working at Dhaka for quite some time (3 years), anyway, they cooked Filipino food for us!!! some Fish Escabeche (SP?) and Sinigang na Baboy!!! They really made my day, so after eating, we even went to Westin, to drink some wine at the rooftop. I really can't believe I enjoyed Dhaka this much, much thanks to you guys!! You know who you are!!! :D *hugglez*

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Tuesday, February 19, 2008

It's. My. Day-off.

Finally, I could rest for two full days, finally! after flying nonstop since the 14th. First off, Double Kuwait, arrived at the evening and then the next day, left for Madras, arrived from Madras the next day morning and then left the next morning for Khartoum, with annoying passengers to boot.

Speaking of those flights, Unfortunately, I had flown with this male crew both to Madras and Khartoum. I couldn't believe how bossy he'd been with the crew. I understand that he's a bit senior to me, "a bit" meaning by 1-2 months earlier than I joined the company, but meaning, he's senior to everyone in the economy as well, but man, he's acting like he's the purser or something. He even accidentally dropped a tray on my head and he's just told me not to overreact! I was like "wtf?!". If I'm reacting to pain, it means it's really painful because I'm not the type of person to angst over everything painful. I told him, "Excuse me, but I do believe that you forgot to say something to me, how does the little word sorry sound?". The nerve of that guy to tell me, "I did, didn't I?". Grrrr.. just remembering that makes me want to strangle the guy.

One more thing that this bastart did, was when he's looking through our booklet for the winter schedule and he told me he wanted to go to Saigon, so here I am, trying to be nice to him (for a change after everything), told him to look for the Ho Chih Minh City, here's how our conversation go:

him: "I'm going to Saigon, you know how to look for the flights here?"
me: "Yeah, just go to Ho Chih Minh and you can see all the flights are there"
him: "No, I'm not going to Ho Chih Minh, I'm going to Saigon"
me: "That's why I'm telling you to look at Ho Chih Minh~"
him: "Saigon is in Vietnam not in Ho Chih Minh!"
me: (exasperated) "Ho Chih Minh is a city in Saigon which is in Vietnam~"
him: "No, it's not..."
me: "Then, tell me, why is it that when we look at our station information for Saigon flights, their airport is Ho Chih Minh Int'l Airport?"
him: "....."
me: (left him in the galley)

So much of his "I'm-always-right" attitude.

current mood:

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Saturday, February 16, 2008

I'm currently in Madras, waiting for our pickup time, I'm already finished with all of my preparations since I woke up so early, but it's okay since I had enough time to watch xxxHolic. *3*. I brought my DVD player with me so I could watch it to use some of my time, but it seemed that I don't need to bring it when I go to Madras, since they've started putting in DVD player in the hotel rooms. This is the first hotel I've been with individual DVD players. It's quite neat actually. I liked the place but not the flight, yesterday's flight was so hectic. Normally, Madras flight is the most quiet and peaceful of all ISC flights we have, but it seems, it's not as quiet as before anymore. I think we almost finished 2 bottles of Johnny Walkers for a decidedly light-load flight. Anyway, surprisingly, I was made in charge of the economy although there's one more senior most than me, who's a male and in charge of the galley and unbelievably snotty, being the only male of the flight crew except of course from the flight deck crew, he's bitchier than any of our female crew.

I was happy since the crew at the back didn't give me any problems, because it'll be my head on the plate if something goes wrong on the flight. Our purser is a very nice and patient person because for all the blooper I've had during the briefing with the simplest questions, she still trusted me. If I were her, I'd be scared to fly with me. Haha. But as far as excuses can go, it was my first day of my period, so I was so out of it plus I'm having a killer headache. So anyway, I'm going now, and I'm NOT excited.

current mood:

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Friday, February 15, 2008

Belated HAPPY VALENTINES peeps!

I just came back from a real tiring flight. Try doing a double sector Kuwait and you will know how hard it is to be going up and down, up and down. With passengers varying from angel-like and the other likes... I don't even want to talk about. Let's just say that when we're trying to get one passenger to turn off his cellphone, he started talking like, "Do you even know what kind of electronic this is?" and of course obviously, we know, we told him, "Sir, it's an iphone". He started talking about how he's related to one of our company's pilots and he's a mechanical engineer so he knows everything about electronics and aircrafts. Puh-lease.. you're not an AVIATION engineer, it's like saying you're a mechanical engineer and I'm an industrial engineer and we're same. Come on man, COMMON SENSE please? You should know the aviation rules before you fly, good thing we're a nice bunch of crew, otherwise, we could've sent some security to hold him right after we landed.

On the other note, I'm quite ecstatic because now I'm reading xxxHolic and there seems to be a bunch of ドメキ x ワタヌキ scenes right there at the start of Chapter 123.. I just adore them. :) So crazy! キャ!!

current mood:

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Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Currently watching Perfect Stranger. For me, this movie comes off as to a very confusing one

. At first, it wasn't very interesting to watch, but afterwards, it became a bit 'addictive' to say the least. Halle Berry is one sexy bitch. (I do wish I'll have a body like hers!, maybe after doing gym for a million years..)

So, anyway, have to go now and continue watching the movie.

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Sunday, February 10, 2008

Just came from from Algiers, now it's back to reality once more. Reality in Doha. I'm really not looking forward to going back, I'm enjoying nice long layovers because I could deny myself the truth that right now, the only place I could call home is Doha. I have no other choice except to stay there. Of course, some of the people say that we have a choice if we want to stay, well, all I could say is that, that kind of choice is meant for people who doesn't need the money we earn.

*sigh* I'm getting a bit sentimental again, maybe because I'm nearing the time of the month. I don't know. All I know is I need a goodnight sleep and a well-earned rest without any distraction from ANYONE.

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I just finished watching Hanazakari no Kimitachi e Japanese Live Action. To those who're not familiar with Hanazakari no Kimitachi e or Hana Kimi for short, it is originally a manga (japanese comic) to a live action. Truthfully, the live-action adaptation didn't disappoint me. Most of the time, the Live Action adaptations are not in par to the original manga story, but this one, really made me happy. =^o^=

Come to think of it, maybe I'm just being biased since my self-proclaimed future husband, Shirota Yuu is there. Ohohohohoho.. ^_^;; Seriously, with or without Shirotan there, I would still love it (mainly because Ikuta Tohma is there as well =^_^=). Okay, I have to stop this fan-gurling now.

次, Audrey and I were watching Stomp the Yard a while ago, man, 映画わ凄いかっこいい!! I just can't believe the steps. I honestly TRIED to copy even a bit of the steps, but all it earned me are painful legs and a broken hope. ;_;

でも, だいすきです!!

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	Monday, August 18, 2008 This may be one of the rarer days that I find myself sad while alone, because being alone has been practically my world ever since I was born. Maybe I'm feeling sad because I've just had my leave and the feeling that I'm experiencing right now is being homesick? I wouldn't know... or maybe because all the songs that's been playing on my iTunes over and over again are by Barry Manilow or the Eagles?... or just maybe the tiny fact that my parents hasn't been replying in any of my emails? I don't know. I. Just. Don't. Know. Period. Tomorrow, I would be flying to Johannesburg after quite some time of not seeing that destination, I hope that the flight's not going to be full because I'm really not in the mood of serving people sincerely right from the bottom of our supposedly bottomless hearts.. Good to know that it's quite cold there in SA right now, a perfect match to my mood just because I'm feeling a bit cold, physically and mentally right now. Physically since the AC in my room is set to 18C and mentally since I'm bored and alone and sad. Oh well, I better look for something to do right now than procrastinate or feeling sad all by myself. I need to feel productive dammit! ++ Mattel scribbled at exactly 3:28 PM and received 0 comment(s). Thursday, April 10, 2008 First off, it's been a while! :) My god, these past few days has been very hectic for me. First was Lagos flight, the next day, double sector of Jed-Bah, then the next day, another double sector AUH-KWI and then last but not the least, the next day (which was actually yesterday) one last flight to RUH. But... here! here! before those flights, I've been bothered as to how will I get over them without actually DYING of exhaustion, but.. truthfully, now, I really don't care because I just got a letter of promotion. After TWO effing YEARS! :D yay! claps So... HAPPY. BLISS. :) ++ Mattel scribbled at exactly 2:40 AM and received 1 comment(s). Saturday, February 23, 2008 Just came back from Dhaka. It was such a nice place. The flight itself wasn't that pleasing, though. But I wouldn't complain since the flight load going to Dhaka is quite light, only half of the capacity of the plane. I was expecting to be in the galley for the first leg but then I was surprised when our purser made me in charge of the bars instead. Anyway, I didn't expect to enjoy Dhaka, because, first thing, I don't like the place, I mean, I don't have anything to do there or rather, I don't know what I can do there. So first thing first, good thing there was this one Filipino guy flying together with me, so that completely made my day, I love doing flights with fellow Filipinos because I could talk to them in my language, we could understand each other better and you actually know what to expect from each other. So, the Filipino guy was made in charge of the galley, which I didn't mind since I could be near him since I'm the one in charge of the bars so therefore, I would be able to make an excuse that I'll be the one helping him in the galley (in reality though, I didn't want to go out in the cabin. haha). Sooo... anyway, once in Dhaka, we made our plans, me and the other flip (Filipino), we decided to meet up at 12pm local time in Dhaka and that I would be calling him at 11.30am to make sure he's awake. So, 11.30am came, I called him, he sounded sleepy.. I told him to hurry up since I want to finish shopping early. (We're planning on going to Bango Bazaar) Anyway, after calling him, I waited till 12pm for his call since I told him to call me once he's ready, and MAN!, I called him 12.15pm and he sounded like he just woke up! man, he's a SLEEPY HEAD I SWEAR. Anyway, moving on, moving on, we ate our lunch, rode a rickshaw and reached Bango bazaar which was unfortunately closed! good thing, the market on the other side was open, and also a good thing, there were other Filipinos in Dhaka! Can you imagine my shock when they offered to drive us back to our hotel (Radisson)?! They were so nice and they even showed us around. They showed us the Aarong (which is a shop for native goods) and West Tech (which is quite expensive shop).. after everything even, they invited us for dinner!!!! So anyway, our dinner was at 8.30pm, there were two Filipino guys who invited us over their accomodation since they've been working at Dhaka for quite some time (3 years), anyway, they cooked Filipino food for us!!! some Fish Escabeche (SP?) and Sinigang na Baboy!!! They really made my day, so after eating, we even went to Westin, to drink some wine at the rooftop. I really can't believe I enjoyed Dhaka this much, much thanks to you guys!! You know who you are!!! :D hugglez ++ Mattel scribbled at exactly 11:32 PM and received 1 comment(s). Tuesday, February 19, 2008 It's. My. Day-off. Finally, I could rest for two full days, finally! after flying nonstop since the 14th. First off, Double Kuwait, arrived at the evening and then the next day, left for Madras, arrived from Madras the next day morning and then left the next morning for Khartoum, with annoying passengers to boot. Speaking of those flights, Unfortunately, I had flown with this male crew both to Madras and Khartoum. I couldn't believe how bossy he'd been with the crew. I understand that he's a bit senior to me, "a bit" meaning by 1-2 months earlier than I joined the company, but meaning, he's senior to everyone in the economy as well, but man, he's acting like he's the purser or something. He even accidentally dropped a tray on my head and he's just told me not to overreact! I was like "wtf?!". If I'm reacting to pain, it means it's really painful because I'm not the type of person to angst over everything painful. I told him, "Excuse me, but I do believe that you forgot to say something to me, how does the little word sorry sound?". The nerve of that guy to tell me, "I did, didn't I?". Grrrr.. just remembering that makes me want to strangle the guy. One more thing that this bastart did, was when he's looking through our booklet for the winter schedule and he told me he wanted to go to Saigon, so here I am, trying to be nice to him (for a change after everything), told him to look for the Ho Chih Minh City, here's how our conversation go: him: "I'm going to Saigon, you know how to look for the flights here?" me: "Yeah, just go to Ho Chih Minh and you can see all the flights are there" him: "No, I'm not going to Ho Chih Minh, I'm going to Saigon" me: "That's why I'm telling you to look at Ho Chih Minh~" him: "Saigon is in Vietnam not in Ho Chih Minh!" me: (exasperated) "Ho Chih Minh is a city in Saigon which is in Vietnam~" him: "No, it's not..." me: "Then, tell me, why is it that when we look at our station information for Saigon flights, their airport is Ho Chih Minh Int'l Airport?" him: "....." me: (left him in the galley) So much of his "I'm-always-right" attitude. current mood: ++ Mattel scribbled at exactly 12:09 PM and received 0 comment(s). Saturday, February 16, 2008 I'm currently in Madras, waiting for our pickup time, I'm already finished with all of my preparations since I woke up so early, but it's okay since I had enough time to watch xxxHolic. 3. I brought my DVD player with me so I could watch it to use some of my time, but it seemed that I don't need to bring it when I go to Madras, since they've started putting in DVD player in the hotel rooms. This is the first hotel I've been with individual DVD players. It's quite neat actually. I liked the place but not the flight, yesterday's flight was so hectic. Normally, Madras flight is the most quiet and peaceful of all ISC flights we have, but it seems, it's not as quiet as before anymore. I think we almost finished 2 bottles of Johnny Walkers for a decidedly light-load flight. Anyway, surprisingly, I was made in charge of the economy although there's one more senior most than me, who's a male and in charge of the galley and unbelievably snotty, being the only male of the flight crew except of course from the flight deck crew, he's bitchier than any of our female crew. I was happy since the crew at the back didn't give me any problems, because it'll be my head on the plate if something goes wrong on the flight. Our purser is a very nice and patient person because for all the blooper I've had during the briefing with the simplest questions, she still trusted me. If I were her, I'd be scared to fly with me. Haha. But as far as excuses can go, it was my first day of my period, so I was so out of it plus I'm having a killer headache. So anyway, I'm going now, and I'm NOT excited. current mood: ++ Mattel scribbled at exactly 11:30 PM and received 0 comment(s). Friday, February 15, 2008 Belated HAPPY VALENTINES peeps! I just came back from a real tiring flight. Try doing a double sector Kuwait and you will know how hard it is to be going up and down, up and down. With passengers varying from angel-like and the other likes... I don't even want to talk about. Let's just say that when we're trying to get one passenger to turn off his cellphone, he started talking like, "Do you even know what kind of electronic this is?" and of course obviously, we know, we told him, "Sir, it's an iphone". He started talking about how he's related to one of our company's pilots and he's a mechanical engineer so he knows everything about electronics and aircrafts. Puh-lease.. you're not an AVIATION engineer, it's like saying you're a mechanical engineer and I'm an industrial engineer and we're same. Come on man, COMMON SENSE please? You should know the aviation rules before you fly, good thing we're a nice bunch of crew, otherwise, we could've sent some security to hold him right after we landed. On the other note, I'm quite ecstatic because now I'm reading xxxHolic and there seems to be a bunch of ドメキ x ワタヌキ scenes right there at the start of Chapter 123.. I just adore them. :) So crazy! キャ!! current mood: + = ++ Mattel scribbled at exactly 1:19 AM and received 0 comment(s). Tuesday, February 12, 2008 Currently watching Perfect Stranger. For me, this movie comes off as to a very confusing one . At first, it wasn't very interesting to watch, but afterwards, it became a bit 'addictive' to say the least. Halle Berry is one sexy bitch. (I do wish I'll have a body like hers!, maybe after doing gym for a million years..) So, anyway, have to go now and continue watching the movie. ++ Mattel scribbled at exactly 1:12 AM and received 0 comment(s). Sunday, February 10, 2008 Just came from from Algiers, now it's back to reality once more. Reality in Doha. I'm really not looking forward to going back, I'm enjoying nice long layovers because I could deny myself the truth that right now, the only place I could call home is Doha. I have no other choice except to stay there. Of course, some of the people say that we have a choice if we want to stay, well, all I could say is that, that kind of choice is meant for people who doesn't need the money we earn. sigh I'm getting a bit sentimental again, maybe because I'm nearing the time of the month. I don't know. All I know is I need a goodnight sleep and a well-earned rest without any distraction from ANYONE. ++ Mattel scribbled at exactly 11:58 PM and received 0 comment(s). I just finished watching Hanazakari no Kimitachi e Japanese Live Action. To those who're not familiar with Hanazakari no Kimitachi e or Hana Kimi for short, it is originally a manga (japanese comic) to a live action. Truthfully, the live-action adaptation didn't disappoint me. Most of the time, the Live Action adaptations are not in par to the original manga story, but this one, really made me happy. =^o^= Come to think of it, maybe I'm just being biased since my self-proclaimed future husband, Shirota Yuu is there. Ohohohohoho.. ^_^;; Seriously, with or without Shirotan there, I would still love it (mainly because Ikuta Tohma is there as well =^_^=). Okay, I have to stop this fan-gurling now. 次, Audrey and I were watching Stomp the Yard a while ago, man, 映画わ凄いかっこいい!! I just can't believe the steps. I honestly TRIED to copy even a bit of the steps, but all it earned me are painful legs and a broken hope. ;_; でも, だいすきです!! ++ Mattel scribbled at exactly 2:37 AM and received 0 comment(s).		Mattel is a 23 years old girl(?) or woman(?) residing temporarily at Doha, Qatar for the sake of her career. She's originally from Philippines. Having finished Industrial Engineering from one of the best (really proud of it, actually) engineering institute in the Philippines, namely, Mapua Institute of Technology she often wonders how come her career as of the present is being a flight attendant of an international airline she'd rather keep private (it's not good to broadcast, really), but she's not complaining about it. Hey, traveling as a career is one thing you can't help but feel good about. When it comes to music, she prefers RnB, jazz and classical (don't ask why classical, I don't know why as well). Also listens avidly to jpop/jrock. Reading is also one of her hobbies aka priority (as well). She loves romance, fantasy and a bit of suspense, she thinks self-help books are nice as well. Horror movies are the way to go, other than that, she could settle for romantic flicks (provided, it's not too sappy) and adventure-type of movies. Loves cats and dogs, although, leaning a lot towards liking cats more. Loves HTML, Adobe Photoshop, sudoku, Macromedia Fireworks and CSS, because they keep her sane (... and keeps her from being mentally challenged, specially from her line of work). Treasures her annoyingly pink Sony T20, really huge (aka TV) Acer Laptop and her quite weathered N71. Current Desktop: Current Winamp: Watched logs: \|\| Cristina \|\| Lui \|\| Kimmy \|\| Shabby \|\| Aicee \|\| Reiven \|\| Rubellite \|\| Credits: \|\| StatCounter \|\| OKCounter \|\| Blogger \|\|