Shameless war predictions + Major aircondition fail

 9:52 PM - Manila Philippines (desk is not mine)

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MY PERSISTENT WAR THOUGHTS

"If each one of our citizens spit, then the whole Philippines will drown".

That's a comment from the CHINESE press (paraphrase is mine and mine only). Now I'm not going to spark a war on this blog (owing it to the fact that I personally know a lot of Fil-Chinese people and they are really good well meaning friendly people that I know and who knows me and what not).

Anyway, this led me to a "what if" moment wherein I thought along this lines:

....What if the Philippines find themselves in the brink of war...and the state calls on its able bodied citizens to TAKE UP ARMS and serve in the military as enlisted soldiers....

The constitution has that provision. If we ever go to war, then all BOYS who are eighteen and above are REQUIRED to go to war in defense of the state.

What if?

I think any of the following COULD HAPPEN:

1. The state decides I'm not able bodied (for lack of abs and excess of flabs in the wrong places), in which case I am not required to go to war (lol)
2. The state runs out of M-16 rifles, in which case they'd let guys like me hide behind the hills.
3. P.Noy surrenders the Philippines to the Chinese, in which case there is no bloodshed and we'll all get transported to Shanghai.

And in case they really do spit on us, I just hope we have some sort of saliva-proof gear to defend ourselves.

Gross.

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AIRCON BREAKS DOWN, EMPLOYEE BREAKS LOOSE

Question. What happens when an office centralized airconditioning system suddenly breaks down?

ANSWER: Then a guy like me is suddenly given a choice to stay at home and do all his work without going to the office.

And that's what happened today. Here am I sipping a cup of coffee for the umpteenth time, working my daily routine tasks, communicating to my co-workers and bosses through Skype. What a day. :) All because I was given the permission to NOT go physically to the office and instead complete all my tasks at HOME. Yipee.


A mixture of stress and fun. Workaholism and spinning my wheels. Procrastination and meeting today's deadlines. And I admit, a little bit of work and play. :)

And the good thing about it? No Makati traffic (which, I do have to face tomorrow again). lol

Past tense.