time wasted?

After a few days of making reports and beating deadlines, I felt like I've had enough of it. All I wanted was to do nothing. Then yesterday, the hard disk of the desktop that I'm using at the office was reformatted and I found myself "jobless" for a day...which was fine...for a few minutes. Then the hours after that seemed to drag on. Doing nothing, I found out, is a hard thing to do.

There's a saying that says The time you enjoyed wasting is not wasted time. But what exactly is wasted time? It's a question that asked for a subjective answer. And yesterday at the office is one good example of wasted time.

When I was a teenager, I've spent so much time with my friends. We spent hours talking, telling jokes, inventing ghost stories and go home with smiles on our faces. At other times, we spent afternoons beach combing (I had a collection of cowries and driftwoods which I made into a lamp shade) and inevitably, watching the sun as it sinks into the darkening blue horizon, hushed and everyone strangely deep into his own thoughts.

what if...

What could possibly go wrong? Everything was in order: the drinks were chilled, the food kept warm, the mascots arrived and the birthday cake was set on the table, its two little candles waiting to be lit and blown. A few early guests were there with their moms and dads. It was 6:45 pm and 25 minutes more to go for the birthday party to begin.

Then it happened! Brownout. Blackout. Power Outage. Whichever it's called, it was still pitch dark.

Some kids panicked,calling “ Mom, where are you! Dad?” And vice versa.

The host rushed to the kitchen counter where they kept the emergency light, bumped unto something and yelled “OUCH!”. Somebody chuckled to which he countered with “What, you happy now?

Then everybody laughed!

I have a confession to make: the story three paragraphs above didn't actually happen, well, at least not to me (except the brownout: it's really happening right now). It's just a scenario I made up while waiting for the power to come back. But the thing is, It can't be far from the truth if in case it did happen. Filipinos have the knack of turning a minor mishap into something funny.

In case you're wondering how was I able to post this: Power generator. It's irritating to listen to but at least I have internet :-)

Have a nice day everyone!

with a little help from my friends ...

Finally, I have some links to this blog...thanks to my friends who were more than willing to add their sites...
Honestly, I know next to nothing about adds on but Tej and Dal understood this and if not for them and Macky, Jojo and Misael, my site would still look bare...stark.!! Tomorrow, there would be another ...I hope... and when I have enough posts and maybe uploads of my drawings and favorite photos, then this site would look a bit interesting. Who knows?

So to our young and talented staff and OJTs of Auza.Net, thank you and good luck. I am sure your school project will be successful.