The City Hall

I just finished The City Hall. Loved it! Perhaps being a city government employee myself played a part in that. HeHe!

It was an adult drama with adult characters played by adult actors; at my age, I definitely appreciated it. You can really feel the love between the two main characters, but it was neither melodramatic nor cheesy. Now the question is: am I insane enough to buy the director's cut DVD set for $150 plus shipping? I thought the whopping $70 for the Coffee Prince set was absurdly priced; who knew that there was something more expensive?!

It's All Drama

I just finished watching Hong Gil Dong. This brings my count to 38 finished Korean dramas since 2004:

3 Dads, One Mom
Air City
All About Eve
All In
A Prince's First Love
Attic Cat
Beethoven Virus
Boys Over Flowers
Coffee Prince
Dalja's Spring
Damo
Delightful Girl Chunyang
Fantasy Couple
Full House
Goong
Hong Gil Dong
Hotelier
Hwang Jin Yi
Jumong
Love Letter
Love Story in Harvard
Lovers in Paris
My Girl
My Love Patzzi
My Lovely Sam-Soon
Only You
Over the Rainbow
Romance
Stairway to Heaven
Super Rookie
Sweet 18
The Grand Chef
The Snow Queen
What Happened in Bali
What Planet Are You From?
Winter Sonata
Wonderful Life
You're Beautiful

And there's no one to blame, but Pen who got me started in all this. Damn you, Twin, damn you. ;P

All-time Fave: My Lovely Sam-Soon (I watch it at least three times a year. HaHa!)
Most Hated: What Happened in Bali (What a waste of a great location!)
Next to Watch: City Hall

See No Evil, Hear No Evil

During an impromptu meeting today between my direct supervisor and I about another topic:

"Hey, thanks for not lashing out at (insert biatch's name here) whenever she sends out her snippety e-mails."

My reply: "Yes, I know that I'm better than that."

Naks! A week or two ago, The Biatch tried to be a smart ass about something, but was totally wrong so I sent her a polite e-mail and CCed my direct supervisor and another one of my colleagues. The reply from The Biatch was anything, but polite so much so that my direct supervisor forwarded the whole e-mail trail to our higher up supervisor who wanted to make sure that I'm being supported, blah blah blah.

Apparently, everyone is aware of The Biatch from previous incidents. Who knew! I'm just glad that I'm not alone and that my ability to bite my tongue before sending an e-mail to The Biatch is noted. I'm also quite thankful that I don't have to deal with her everyday nor do I have to see her. It would really be a biatch to see The Biatch on a daily basis.

Time Management

I super duper hate people who cannot meet deadlines! Ugh!

It is not okay for you to not turn your deliverable on time. It is not okay for you to be clueless when someone had sent three separate e-mails leading up to the deadline. It is not okay to use "I was busy" as an excuse. All of us are busy; that's why we're getting paid.

Teamwork = everyone's work is all dependent upon someone else's productivity. Ride the same wave, people.

Loving the Job

Today, after some four weeks of starting my other part-time job, I finally took advantage of the various "amenities" available with working in Downtown Seattle: I shopped after work.

When I was living in Manila, going to Megamall, The Podium, or Shang after work was an every day thing. It was so convenient to grab dinner or to just drop by to buy my favorite hopia because the malls were down the street from my building. Well, it's the same situation for me these days. Shops, restaurants, movie theaters, oh my! And with my ORCA card (bus pass, for you non-Seattle-ites), I don't have to worry about parking at all.

I swear, there are so many pluses that comes with this job. The only thing that would make it the best thing ever is if it becomes full-time, but that would just be icing on the cake.