another working weekend

a big bowlful of eggy chicken noodle soup for breakfast.

surprisingly i am rather calm about this. i mean about working on yet another weekend. i think i must have resigned myself to the fact as of last night. yesterday was impossibly crammed with work. i had a client meeting that went from 9AM to 3PM. then when i got back to the office i had to do what i can to progress the crucial presentation i'm supposed to turn over for clearing by monday -- because by tuesday i will be flying off to cebu for fieldwork. by late evening i was still doing a briefing with S1 for her fieldwork on another project that will start on monday. and last night was also the going-away party for my boss because yesterday was his last day.

on the bright side, my laptop is back and all fixed. the top part had to be replaced and i think our ever efficient IT managed to have the warranty cover it. although the service people said it's going to be the very last time. well, i hope not to spill anything on my macbook anymore (my mug is an arm length's distance now.)

okane-san, one of my bosses, said we should celebrate valentine's on friday, and also my birthday. so there might be a little celebration happening on the 13th. okane-san told me to go to office straight from the airport on friday.

i got home almost 11PM last night. i brought home a lot of work stuff. i'm cracking the presentation but i'm cracking it rather slow because i have this other big project going on in another part of my head. i am also partly pressured by the un-done chores i have at home. i still haven't gone to the supermarket. and i still haven't gotten around to buying my contact lenses.

i thought i would work through the night last night but by 1AM i was exhausted. i crept into bed thinking i would get up at 3AM. i never got up. but i knew that if i crept to bed there was that likelihood. and i knew that no matter how i tried to make it work, i would not be able to satisfactorily finish the presentation and still make it to practice today. there's just too much stuff going on.

i got up at 7AM. had breakfast, took a bath, cleaned up my place a bit. now i'm at work, taking a break with this blog. i don't think i will be practicing later, nor will i be going out with the boys. but i have gotten to that numb tired mode when all i want is to get the work done and done well. i'm also thinking, the universe will take care of the rest. again, the how is in the domain of the universe.

now, on to summarizing local culture for a global audience...