Being Underestimated

Someone said to me last week " I underestimated you". I didn't know what to say back or how to react. I dismissed the thought but it lingers until now.

It sounded flattering but then again, it sounded insulting at the same time. And it reeks of arrogance from the person who said it. But then again, it may be a humbling admittance.

One thing I know for sure though is to never ever use that on someone else.

Another Life Plan???

My friend A sent another distress signal - i.e.an email for me to call him because his company is cutting down on phone call expenses hahaha -- and we got to talking about our usual "what have we done to our lives" melodrama. He and I are like wonder twins gifted with superior sense of paranoia and unique tendency to overanalyse things. I think we are both getting the concept of stepping up in Maslow's ladder to sef-actualization but never have the guts nor the will to leave behind our material bliss. And so we labor (or so it seems) day in and day out as corporate slaves. What sucks more is that we are actually good at what we do and are in fact high potentials. High enough to actually have been given rare lavish expat packages which many would die for and funnily, something which we never asked for . And since we so often tend to look at things half-empty, we blame ourselves for not having had a hand in controlling or steering our destiny. And so, come end November, we will once again congregate, together with our two other bestest buddies, to re-craft our life plans which for some reason, we never get to follow through on. Pathetically, we both gave up on 2008 already (even with two full months ahead!) and start anew in 2009.

I call mine my Jerry Maguire worksheet which details my desired endpoint until 50 years old. Not a surprise to me that none has been fulfilled to this day. But it gives me comfort somehow that a plan exists even if there's no deliberate execution. Sigh.

Can't Wait to See Avenue Q Again :)

Yup, the Philippine cast of Avenue Q is coming to Singapore and I'm watching again! Tickets are pricey but who cares. Husby was begging me not to drag him but too late, already bought tickets online. He will be less motivated to go because Rachel Alejandro (Lucy the Slut/Kate Monster) , his only favorite in the cast, was replaced by Carla Guevarra.

Anyway, reason for this short entry is because I'm listening to my I-pod at work and "It Sucks to be Me" came on and brightened my afternoon. I stayed up late last night and I'm really struggling to stay awake!

I also got reminded of the time we "almost" watched Avenue Q on Broadway but was so jetlagged we woke up at 10pm so we missed the entire run! We still went to the theater and came just in time the show ended and actually had the rare opportunity to meet the cast as they were walking out of the cast gate. I had a shot taken with Howie Michael Smith (Princeton) which was so cool for an Avenue Q fan like me. Sadly, the memory card got corrupted (together with all the other US pics taken from Husby's camera) and to this day, I'm not letting Husby forget about this, hahaha.

So excited to watch on Nov 1 at the Esplanade. My sister B will also be here in Singapore on that week to spend her birthday with us and she is ecstatic as well when I told her I already got us tickets (she didn't get to see the Manila run).

In the meantime, I am also able to get tickets to the rare Vienna Boys Choir one-day concert on Oct 17. While I'm not exactly a fan, I know it's a rare opportunity so I grabbed the chance. I don't think I can watch them ever in Austria!

Thank gad for Singapore COLA!!!! hahaha