Jampacked Friday

I thought this was gonna be a breezy day.

I was wrong.

Had to pinch hit for a colleague (who was out on field work) and facilitate the administrative concerns as preparation for yet another field work next week which i will be joining as well. Destination: Puerto Galera in Oriental Mindoro. It's gonna be my 2nd time there, but that's another story.

And so while everyone else are enjoying the program during the birthday celebration of one of the agency's bosses, I was making calls and trying to control my irritation over some people's lack of concern for something that should've been attended to a couple of weeks before.

i had to sneak a peek for a while there

I was juggling other colleagues' work with mine. But with coordination and dogged persistence, i was finally able to reconcile some conflicts concerning next week's task. Problem solved.

By 6pm i was on my way to attend the birthday party of my officemate's kid.

the cute birthday boy

Rushed to the airport by 7:30pm to fetch colleagues from Laoag. Our office driver didn't want to go alone so i had to go with him to NAIA Terminal 2. Flight from Laoag was delayed so there wasn't anything else to do but wait and chat with the driver.

along the way
the Manila City Hall and the Clock Tower

The sacrifices you have to make in the exigency of the service. Oh well! As i usually say, things happen!

It's a Friday anyway. No work tomorrow and i can sleep all day if i want!

Back at work station by 11pm but still had time to check out a local watering hole nearby called Politika. The joint was rather small, but tastefully done. There was no live band (unlike the Panulukan just across the street) but they have soothing bossa music in the background. My only problem was the cigarette smoke.

Some of the artworks that decked the walls (and every other part) of the joint

But overall, the place is good for catching up with friends and chat the night away while enjoying Politika's house pizza -- a very simple one with onions, tomatoes, cream cheese, salted egg and mozzarella cheese as toppings.

first time to try a vodka mudshake
tasted kinda like Bailey's Irish Cream

Home by 1:30am. Tired and sleepy. It had been, however, a fulfilling day.

Good night.