35 Flights of Hell

I wanted to work in Makati when I heard that it is the Financial District of the country. For me, it was like the top-notch city with top-notch buildings. It gives me a sense of pride that makes me look like an air-head. I never thought that what I imagined will happen yesterday, May 29, 2008 at around 530 am. Nevertheless, it happened. I just walked 35 Flights from the 34th Floor of the building where the company I work for leases several floors to the ground floor.


It was a normal day. The elevators sucked. Lines were long as usual. However, you just grow accustomed to it. You rant about it but what can you do. It is still the same patron - tenant relationship where the patron (landlord), despite all shortcomings, acts high and mighty and lets the situation worsen before doing something about it. So, no matter how much we rant. We know that the situation will be the same for the next 100 years. To cut it short, the normal day become more normal. The power generator or whatever electrical equipment they have, failed or blew up (according to the rumor mill). So, we lost power to all elevators. It was around 430am when the first sign of power outages occurred. However, when the time to go home (I work in a call center and I was on a C shift), the power already failed. Imagine, generator sets not working to what it supposed to do. It cannot cover for the whole building. This is the part where I do not understand why they accepted a tenant when they know the tenant would consume electricity to the point that power load will be at maximum (an optimistic assumption). I guess money is everything. It will be huge on the bottom line. Apologies if I keep on digressing, I am just ranting as usual. Going back, around 530 am, me and two co-workers decided to eat before going home. We logged-out at the lobby to wait for the elevator. We heard this weird sound coming from the elevator and then it stopped. It seems that the elevators are not working because of low power. So the end of it, several people, agents included walked from the 34th floor to the ground floor. You might say that it is only the 33 floors (removing the 13th floor) but the building have a Mezzanine and a 6A. So, that is exactly 35 floors. Imagine the agony of my calf, thigh, and other leg muscles after that arduous walk down to liberty.


Until now, I cannot imagine why I was smiling when I was going down but now that the reality sunk in (my muscles are hurting big time and it is already 19 hours after the ordeal) I feel stupid. I keep imagining now what if it was the other way around. I need to climb 35 flights of hell. I shudder at the thought of it.


To the Administrators of the Building: FIX YOUR FORSAKEN POWER SUPPLY AND YOUR FORSAKEN ELEVATORS!

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Insanity is for wimps - I take it back

I just remembered that this is my sub-header before:
This is a place to rant out. Say your mind and what your heart speaks.
Comments are welcomes. Flaming though should be minimized.
Sanity is a virtue. Insanity is for wimps.
Humanity is for sanity.
But at times...we go insane...thus making things inane...

I take it back. Insanity is not for wimps. I am taking it back because a book I read opened my eyes to a different reality. As the book implies, in order to realize one's dreams, a touch of madness is necessary. Another book mentions, people choose insanity because only here one can feel sane or normal. Normalcy, dictated by the society cannot be dictated in an institution for the "insane". Some risks it all just to be alive again.

So, I take it back. However, please do not go insane because you want to leave a good fight. If you are in a good fight, stick it through. Apply a little touch of madness to make you stronger.

Again, I take it back. Insanity is not for wimps. Though, some are really wimps and choose to be insane because they cannot fight anymore. It has something to do with the bitterness one feels within his system. If your insanity is because of this bitterness, then you are still not part of the elite group who strives to reach for their dreams.

So, if you feel that you are going nuts, discern before exclaiming to the world you are insane. If you are insane because you are fighting the good fight, then go and reach for the dream. If you are bitter, then go find someone full of love and vigor to remove that bitterness. Find someone dying but fighting to live so they can love. You might find a cure for your bitterness and fight out your insanity.

Well, as I said, I take it back but with certain clauses. Well, you cannot have it all.

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It's been a while

It's been a while since I have written anything. Aside from my book review for the unit's quarterly newsletter, I have not written that fancies me. I have been a DVD addict and a bookwork but not writing. I do not know. I guess it is just that time where you do not want to do much.

I still do not want to do much but since I promised a friend that I will read her stories and comment on them, I guess it just occurred to me that I haven't written on this blog for a long time.

I do not when I will write again. I do not what I will write. I guess I just love reading other blogs and commenting on it than actually maintaining my own. It is hassle-free. However, there are times one would like to rant or rave so I will have this on standby.

Well, it has been a while. Do not worry, it will be more than that span of time before I can really get into writing.

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