friday the 13th

for the second time, friday the 13th came and went.

the day started out pretty fine for me. i came home at 10am, missed on gym sessions because i felt woozy from lack of sleep. checked my email and filed a couple more applications through jobstreet. went to sleep at 1pm, as always, after the noontime news. woke up at around 6:30pm. waited for dad so we can have dinner together. checked my email again to see if the HR person sent an updated meeting maker for my job interview with another project, and there was one.

dinner last night was nothing spectacular -- fried bangus and tomatoes in soy sauce, it being the lenten season. i watched a bit of "may bukas pa," currently my favorite telenovela. then i showed dad the most recent pictures of mikee and meller. then i prepared to go to the job interview, and then for shift.

as i was about to leave, there was a courier delivery van outside the house that dropped off a package. the driver was telling dad that they were being asked to pay Php100.oo before retrieving their license at the main gate. my dad said they were not aware of any such policy, so he asked me to talk to the main gate to waive the payment.

at the main gate, i argued with the guard, who told me that it was a new policy. after maybe 20 minutes of wrangling and speaking with the homeowners' federation secretary, i paid under protest and informed her that i would be filing a complaint with the federation AND our association president, who was dumb enough not to tell us about this update.

so started my friday the 13th.

i drove around in circles looking for parking in makati, since the job interview was going to be at the GT tower along ayala. i almost gave up, then i found parking at valero, a couple of blocks away. after a longish walk (maybe 10-15 minutes, worked up a sweat), i got to GT, then to the 30th floor.

the interview was scheduled at 11pm, but i was there at 10:20pm, so i just sat in the (hot) reception area listening to the receptionist giggling on the phone while talking to someone. i plurked and played a bit of quadrapop on my phone, then at 11pm the interviewer arrived and we proceeded to the interview room.

after about an hour, the interview was over. i walked back to the parking area, left the place and went to work. arrived at around 12:30am, missing out on the midnight sale at forum. like i could buy anything.

that's how friday the 13th was for me.