Jun 26, 2025

Today started with me getting ready earlier than usual because I had to leave to my other workplace so I can meet my teammates again. I was to report to the other workplace down south so I had to prepare early, even though it averaged out to the usual time I'd prepare and leave the house. Thankfully, I was able to book a ride there and I was on my way. On my way there, I passed by SLEX because that's where I'd usually pass through. The trip was typical but, at one point, I saw a vehicle burning in the northbound track of SLEX. It was a bit horrific to see how much smoke was coming out of the vehicle and I was only happy that it wasn't an oil tanker or that it didn't blow up and cause a major issue.

When I got to the office, I was relatively-okay and not that shaken from seeing what happened earlier. I got off on the wrong floor because I couldn't remember what floor we were on, and so I chose the 7th for good luck. Apparently, I was on the wrong floor and the right one was the one above. Regardless, I got to meet my coworkers and we got to talking about the agenda for today and what our tasks were for the day. And then we had a small meet and greet, as well as catching up, with out local supervisor and we just talked about a few processes, some changes, and so on. They were nice and friendly, but it was just super interesting that they started working for this company in 2013, and I can vividly remember that I was just in high school at the time. Time acts so weird but they also joked about it because I kind of made them and my teammates feel old. But eventually, we finish talking and our meet and greet ends there. We return to our work for a bit before having lunch.

We decided to go out for lunch and they had some plans to eat somewhere near. Since it was just a nearby walk, we went to Conti's and had lunch there. We talked while on the way and I had to get my Cinnamoroll umbrella, which they found cute and I told them of the other Sanrio characters that they might recognize like Keroppi, Hello Kitty, and others. We eventually get to Conti's and I order a few things, mainly beef salpicao, palabok, match strawberry, and even iced gulaman because my teammate also ordered that. We ate and mostly discussed a few things like their lives, how it is at the company, and so on. I mostly just asked my coworker how it's like raising a kid in the 2020s because inflation is such a pain. We keep talking until it was our turn to pay the bill and I was shocked that the amount of food I bought totaled to 1,000 Pesos (1,070 to be exact). But whatever, I ate good food and it was nice, although the palabok isn't as good as the one in Jollibee and Mang Inasal. I paid for the bill and collected their payments and then we went back to the office.

For the rest of the aftrnoon, I was working on a script and debugging it. It was kind of hard to work out the complexity because I was dealing with recursion and part of me kept thinking of just getting home and using my MacBook. Time passed by quick and I had to go home early anyway because I had a meeting in the evening. Before that, I got to talk to other coworkers nearby as my teammate introduced me to them.

After a bit, I asked my teammate where the Starbucks was and I told them that I'd grab a quick bite/merienda for a bit and they also decided on getting food as well. I mostly talked about how my teammate was able to afford their house and they said that their husband bought it in the late 2000s, which kind of made sense since everything was still super cheap and plentiful back then, and then I told them that it's kind of hard now. But I mostly asked how their house renovation went. I saw some cute cats nearby, too! And I took a lot of pictures of them! We eventually arrived at Starbucks and I just ordered a fruit drink because I wanted to just chill for the evening, not stay up. We then went to Subway where I bought this big footlong sandwich that I filled to the brim with jalapeños. We went back to the office and I ate a bit of it while refactoring and running my script.

Eventually, it was time to head home and I initially planned to go to Mendokoro because someone recommended it. They also asked me if I'm down to place Phasmophobia later and I was down for that, but prioritized that and moved Mendokoro for tomorrow. Thankfully, I got a ride home quickly and traffic back home wasn't that bad, but it did take a while.

After getting home, I checked on the medicine that my sister has bought and then I opened my Mac to use it for a bit. I played Phasmophobia with someone and we had a few good games. By the end of our playthrough, we got a perfect investigation again and that was good enough to end this night's playthrough. After that, I just talked to Max and Meryll about hanging out next month, and they were both free so thankfully we had plans for next month set.

Nothing much happened with my evening after that. I just attended the meeting and I did fairly well presending for a bit, and following up on action items. After that, I just continued using my Mac. I wanted to see if I could return it because the black wasn't a really good look, but I couldn't find a way so I just decided to stick with it. I just calculated my finances for the rest of the evening.