Isa’s Ba-Log

11 November 2005, 12:04am

Okay, okay. I’m still up, transcribing an interview which I should have done ages ago. The bad news is, there are more taped interviews to follow. I have really got to get my groove going on my work, especially since I’ve been given more responsibilities. But as usual, there call of other more important, though not as economically viable, things to do kept me from getting my editorial work done. Geez, will I ever learn.

To top it off, I have a seminar to cover tomorrow, so precious time that could be spent transcribing tapes will be spent listening to pig and chicken people talk about pig and chicken topics. Oi, what a day it’s going to be…

I figured I’d get everything I need to get done this weekend and have the stuff sent to my boss by Monday. Can I actually do it? Tune in…

05 November 2005, 11:12a

Am back online again in Manila. We got back from Baler last night around 830p. It was a long and tiring trip. We left Baler around 12p and the roads were just horrible in the first half of the trip. Ben was worried we’d get stuck in the mountains. But all went well and we got back safely.

The vacation home was okay, unfortunately, it was pretty much raining the whole time we were there. The sun only started to come out yesterday, and by then we were on the way back. We weren’t able to go the beach, although we did drop by Biklat River, Ben’s favorite.

Because of the rain we were only able visit Mama, Tata, and the rest of the our departed dears for a few minutes. We weren’t even able to light candles because of rains. I’ll just go and visit again when we go home this Christmas.

Oh well, it’s back to work, some of which I did try to get done while in Baler. Of course, that wasn’t a major success. I managed to get a few paragraphs going, and that was it. I need to get going, since I’ve been promoted editor of one of our magazines. Gotta get my act together for sure.