social butterfly. not.

nope, i am not a social butterfly. actually, i am quite the contrary. i really don't talk to people who aren't my friends (unless they talk to me first, then we become friends hehe). when i'm at a new office, it takes me around 3 months to warm up to the people. i can't even hold eye contact with a stranger. that's why i always get the "suplada" or "exclusive" first impression. and why i only have a small group of close friends. but once people get to know me, they realize i talk and laugh a lot. it's not that i don't want to make friends. i'm just really shy... at first :)

however, with my new "engagement" (i really don't want to call it a job), i think i should at least try to change this. i have to practise looking at people in the eye, and not look away after half a second. i have to learn to smile at strangers. ang hirap kaya nun!

i'm glad that i met a couple of friendly people already. when random people talk to me in the locker room or in the elevator, it makes me want to do better. when i realize that there are some people who actually remember me without me even trying to, i feel that i have to step it up some more.

i'm still a newbie, but i really want to improve. so thank you everyone. for the words of encouragement, appreciation, the tips that you give me, the constructive criticism, the small gestures. it means A LOT to me. maraming salamat! :)

loving guy stuff

during my recent retail ventures, i have found myself away from the usual girls' wear and/or cosmetics section. i tried looking at the men's/boys' section and what do you know, i found some great stuff for myself :D

at the men's wear section, i got myself 2 Tapout shorts! thanks to my friend, Clang, for recommending these. amazing, these things! the designs are just super bad-ass. and it's so easy to move in it, except maybe when doing knee repeaters, pero carry lang :) better if they had small slits at the sides, but all in all, i love 'em! too bad there were only 5 designs in Megamall and not all had small sizes. oh, and i saw a Body Combat instructor wear gray and white UFC shorts! ang ganda ganda! i wonder how much it costs? hmmm i will definitely pay the men's wear section a visit again :)

then, i got to the boys' accessories section. and i found a nice little black Maxxe watch :) it was beside Ben Ten watches hahah! i was looking at the displays and the sales lady asked me "Pang ilang taon po Ma'am?" "Para sakin :D" the good thing about buying stuff that is supposedly for kids? it's much cheaper :) well, except of course if it's branded. Bratz watches are still more than a thousand bucks. so i'm quite happy with my new find. pwede na diba?