Gossamer: Random Thoughts

5. I asked my brother if there are any hot men in his office. Considering that he works for a Fortune 500 engineering firm, no one came to mind.

When I was still in the Big U, we called the College of Engineering Marlboro Country. It's because all the men are handsome and all the women look like horses.

But to have no eyecandy in your workplace is utterly unthinkable! How can you get up every morning?

4. So I asked my brother if he can think of anyone that he would feel good about me dating. He first mentioned Niki's name. This guy is married. Another was Melvin.

Niki has visited our home in the province and has eaten tons of kare-kare with my brother. Melvin is someone I have yet to meet. So he gave me Melvin's number in order for me to go out with him.

Here are the messages that we have exchanged.

Me: Hello, Melvin! My brother has been pimping you. He said that we ought to go out on a date. Just say when and where.
Melvin: Sure. I'll just txt u. Jst got dischargd frm makati med though.

Me: Oh no! Is it infectious? If it is, I won't be kissing you on our first date.

Melvin: I have no idea. Let's find out.

Me: Ooooohhh. Sounds risque. But I love living dangerously.

3. My birthday is coming up in a couple of weeks and I still have to cook up a wish list. I need to come up with two wish lists - one for my birthday and one for Christmas. These are TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS and I need to have separate gifts!

I really hated it when my friends, godparents and relatives give me just one gift for my birthday and Christmas. Such penny pinchers! It made me wish I was born in the middle of the year instead.

Mark Villaruel asked me what I wanted for Christmas.

I said, "Something with no wrappings but tied up in a bow. But I'd settle for a pair of Kate Spades."

He said, "I'll just give you one of the puppies that we have here in our camp and tie a bow around his neck."

2. Have you ever met someone and knew that instant that you two would get along?

And it really isn't love at first sight. It's not erotic love at all, even though he is (sigh) immensely attractive and can turn heads a mile away. Even though everyone teases you and tells you that you look good together, you know that everything between you two is platonic and that you care about each other. That there is no need for you to make the other person understand how you feel or thing about a situation. And that no matter what is revealed about his past, it does not change what you think about him or the fondness that you have for each other.

Hey, you know who you are. I'm so glad to have met you and you know that I love you. How we never ran into each other despite our second degree of friendship in numerous circles, I'll never, ever concieve.

But it always is better late than never. And I look forward to your hugs and kisses every day.

1. There are some nights that I think of the perfect way to kill someone without getting caught.

First, I'll buy myself a meatshop. Then I'll cut him up, grind up his flesh, and mix it with the ground beef. I'll chop up the bone into tiny slivers and throw them into different rivers all over the metropolis.