The Philippine government recently issued Proclamation No. 1397 declaring Friday, October 12th, as a regular holiday in observance of “Eid ul-Fitr”, a Muslim holiday marking the end of Ramadan. For our Muslim brothers, Eid ul-Fitr is a joyous occasion with important religious significance, celebrating the achievement of enhanced piety.

This also means that there’s another long weekend up ahead! Yes, it’s definitely more rest and relaxation time for us “dakilang manggagawa”, not to mention being able to spend more quality time with the family. :)

My caffeine habit’s back, no thanks to the chilly, arctic-like conditions at work.

I desperately tried a lot of things to keep warm, until I finally resorted to a long forgotten remedy – coffee!

I’ve been successful at staving off my coffee cravings for quite some time now, until yesterday, that is. My fingers would’ve surely succumbed to frostbite had it not been for the warming effects of that first sip. I realized that I missed the warm, rejuvenating feeling that a hot cup of coffee provides.

I even did some online research about coffee before going to sleep and even spent this morning’s drive with Conne talking about it. I was explaining to her the difference between the Arabica and Robusta coffee species, as well as the Philippine-grown “Barako” coffee, or “Kapeng Barako”.

It’s too bad that she had to drop me off at work first. I could have gone the entire morning zealously yakking about it. ;-P

Today’s another long day for me at work since Conne has another one of them so-called girls’ night out with her buddies, Kimmie and Mitch. She promised me that they’ll be done around sevenish, which means it’s bound to end up no earlier than eightish or nineish. (Too many “ishes” there, huh?) :-p

Anyhow, this gives me ample time to catch up on my blogging, besides, too much work can kill you. And I plan to live long enough to see my great grand kids scurrying about, wreaking havoc at home.

Oh, and speaking of work, I’m glad that Conne’s getting a well deserved break from her hectic workload. And I’m so proud of her knowing that that she’s up for a lateral transfer and a promotion come July! I believe that a management role suits her mighty fine. :) Congrats mahal!

I love you! God and love po.. God and love…