tuesday.
woke up at 10 am this morning. strangely early, considering the early-morning bedtime i had taken on some five hours earlier. aha, i did turn the alarm on, so that was why.
i dreamed of sumptuous sinigang na baboy with loads of fat and flavor simmering in the soup. fine memory to start the day with.
went to the current workplace--that faraway, outta-the-way hole-in-the-wall called Project 6 (hehe) for a scene-per-scene meeting for the movie at 1 pm. after 6 hours--and somewhat exhausting discussions on nearly every bloody detail--we were just about done. sigh. i love my pinoy workmates. getting to mingle with a bunch of americans further reinforces to me the congenial down-to-earth nature of us pinoys. not that our yankee superiors were being a-holes but somehow the air of "superiority" couldn't help but peek out. i'm not around the office much to be able to prove that, but that's what my pinoy work superiors say, at least. given my limited exposure to the americans, i must say that's not so incredible a postulation. i guess first-world condescension towards the third world will always be there.
i know, though, that i tend to fumble with my english when speaking to them. haha! my normal english is articulate enough but somehow i get a bit flustered when in front of them, who have the language as their native tongue. :-P
i hate that faraway office. i always am tempted to take a cab ride home, to dodge rush hour traffic and long hours on the road. i would always be drained.
and come home drained i did. at 9 pm. sigh. am going through the familiar after-sunset depression that would nearly engulf me sometimes. nothing that i want more right now than to be able to sleep early tonight. as in, before 1 am at the latest. i want to be up early tomorrow for another trek to the urban outdoors.
i'm kinda down. :-(
3 comments:
I like to think that people will look down on you only if you look down on yourself, regardless of their race.
i agree. eleanor roosevelt said something like: "no one can make you feel inferior without your consent."
limited exposure to the Americans huh? thank God you're not in Subic.
cf and oblivion: perhaps. in this case though, my pinoy workmates had years of experience on the film and tv field; the americans were fresh graduates. i'm not around the office much so whatever it was that spurred my pinoy boss to say what he said i really couldn't say for sure. i'm hoping though that during the actual shoots everyone will get to know each other better and bond. regardless of age, race, OR gender.
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