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• Moving Out--Again
  Posted on February 11, 2012 12:00AM
  
  
  

  
  
  I felt like I was 23 again.
  
  I remember that morning many, many years ago when I told my parents I was moving into Sam's condo unit in Katipunan: My mother organized a prayer meeting-slash-exorcism for her liberated daughter, while my father did a thorough background check on my then "condo-mate."
  
  Nobody went hysterical, but the deafening silence of my parents' non-reaction was more than I could take. While they sort of thought Sam was gay (bless his soul), sharing a condo unit with a male friend is a no-no--well, at least to their generation.
  

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• Everyone's Getting Married--And I'm Getting A Condo
  Posted on February 10, 2012 07:00AM
  
  
  

  
  In the two months since I started my new job at The Fort, most of my time and energy was focused on getting my small editorial team in tip-top shape--and making it to the office before 11 o'clock in the morning. The past two months have also been spent looking for a condominium unit near my office so I won't have to spend a total of over P400 daily on cab fare from QC to Bonifacio Global City.
  
  I also had to quit the gym, so I instead resolved to walk as much as I can on weekdays. But, it's never enough. I usually stay at the office 'til 10PM, working on the magazine proofs, and when I finally leave the office, I'm too exhausted to walk. I really need a condo unit.
  

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• A Fresh Start
  Posted on February 4, 2012 12:00AM
  
  
  

  
  They say time flies when you're having fun. Well, time flies super fast when you're chasing a deadline. At my new job, every day feels like a deadline, and when you're traveling from Quezon City to Bonifacio Global City at 9 o'clock in the morning, passing through the daily heavy traffic at C5, every morning feels like a missed deadline.
  
  But, there's something about this city, something that makes my blood tingle with excitement; I've haven't felt this excited about a job since I first started working in Makati City, the so-called concrete jungle. Walking to the bus shuttle every night reminds me of those long walks along Ayala Avenue when I was 24. Of course, this time, I wasn't thinking of Matt anymore. No, I'm not always thinking of Logan either. Most of the time, I find myself thinking of work, my career, and the magazine.
  

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• New Work, New Friends, Same Questions
  Posted on March 7, 2010 12:00AM
  
  
  
  

  
  It was Franco who told me about the opening in this big advertising agency where he worked as a graphic designer. And it was Franco whom I found standing in the spacious lobby and working his PSP to death while waiting for me that Monday morning.
  
  When I met Franco at an event two years ago, I thought he was your average “laking Stateside” Pinoy. Regardless of the simple shirt and jeans get up, he looked like the type of guy who scores baskets during the day and scores with the ladies during the night. Franco and I shared the same penchant for RPGs (Role Playing Games in Play Station) and musicals (Avenue Q), and we soon became friends.
  

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