For those considering retirement, let me introduce you to Philippines logic. It is not the big stuff, but the little stuff that drives you up the wall.

Some times the logic just is so warped that the only thing you can do is blow a fuse or just walk away shaking your head.

We are finishing up the restoration on our new home. We walk into a paint store and purchase paint, thinner, tint, and rollers. 8K order. Smiles all over the place and delivery in two hours. Free delivery. Back to the same store a week later, and purchase 12K of paint. No delivery possible sir. But you gave free delivery last week on 2/3 the size order. Correct sir, but last week you purchased roller covers which is “equipment” and we offer free delivery for equipment. Today you order paint and we do not deliver paint. Set in rock, they blew off the order to avoid delivery.

Now we have round two today. We walk into a store we have done business with several times over the last year. We purchased a air con unit and received free delivery and install. Then we purchased a washing machine, and received free delivery and install. Third time around was a range, with full deliver and set up, yep again free. Today we walk in and order a top of the line clothing washer, a matching clothing dryer, and two air con. All one order for one deliver, just under 100K. But sir, we must charge you 1,200 delivery. Why??? Company policy. After blowing my fuse, the set in rock explanation of the manager was that when I order one item it only takes an hour or so to install, but by ordering four items it will tie his delivery / install team up for a full morning and he can not give away that much time. They actually blew off a 100K purchase because they did not want to provide free deliver, but would provide free delivery for any one of the items purchased.

We received two prices for termite protection for the home. One bid is 11K for a three year contract. The other is 54K for a one year contract. The 54K price is offered with a straight face and the claim that their service is worth that price because they use “sentricon”. This is after the admission that the other chemical is effective for 3 years and their bait system is only good for one year.

To get paint you go to a paint store. To get electrical you go to an electrical supply. To get plumbing you go to a plumbing supply. You can buy dog food at a hardware store. None of them have much in the line of parking.

Welcome to the Philippines, I love this place.

Albert J. Kipple

1. He stares at you alot.
2. He hits you alot. (just play hitting )
3. He uses the first thing that pops into his head to start a converstaion with you
4. He yelled, “Hi!”, to your mum that day she picked you up from school.
5. He blew off his buds to go see “Brown Sugar” with you cuz you couldn’t get another girl pal to go and didn’t want to go alone.
6. He tries to make you laugh anyway even if he gets hurt in the process
7. His voice gets softer when ever you two talk.
8. You hung up on him. He called you back.
9. You were invited by him to a group outing.
10. He called you to talk about nothing at all.
11. He imitates your laugh. OK, you do laugh PRETTY LOUD. Which makes you laugh even harder…
12. He remembers little things you mention in casual conversation
13. He sometimes stares straight into your eyes.
14. He uses every possible way to touch you (your hair, face, thighs, KNEES,ect.)

HOW GIRLS FLIRT:

1.She calls you by your full name not just a nick name.
2. She hits you softly on the arm and laughs when you say something funny.
3. She flips her hair when she’s talking to you.
4. She touches your arm when she talks to you.
5. She says, “No, I’m not telling you who I like!” with a big smile on her face.
6. She asks you who you like or who you would go out with seemingly interested.
7. When you go to the movies with a bunch of your friends and she is almost always next to you.
8. She criticizes you on a girl you like.
9. You catch her staring at you.
10. She plays with your hair or tries to put make up on you.
11. Her friends outside of school and in school know about you, and says she talks about you a lot.
12. She knows your phone number and address. ( stalker much? )
13. She will try and talk, and spend time with you as much as possible

I’ve always been known for my writing and my speeches, but now I’m in a different environment becoming totally lost in the process.

One thing for sure is the most important things you can learn about writing is that you must finish. It doesn’t really matter how good the story is. If it’s unfinished, no one really cares. So it’s an important thing to remember, an unfinished masterpiece is no greater than a finished pile of crap.

All we watch and read about today in most of the media. So what i wanted to do today was jot down some idea’s for books and short stories I’m planning to write. I will include a title and a description, but ofcourse none of it would be finalized.

From the inside- A Story about a death row in-mate who escapes a mid-security prison to find redemption for his past mistakes. The story will delve into past of the main character, and his secrets will begin to unfold.

I noticed our supervisor and his trainer aren’t here today. Also I observed the atmosphere of the office here. Few don’t have anything to do just like me, but they looked so relax. I feel completely uneasy when all I can do is just read. Hopefully something good and interesting will happen soon. Only time will tell.

My First Job was in McDonald’s as a drive through attendant and it was the most horrible experience. My second and third were at the G.A.P. department store and Banana Republic department store. Just as a sales clerk, nothing special about it. I was just able to get discounts on clothes about 30%, and a few numbers from girls who would stop by, imagination takes you the rest of the way. My last job was the most interesting, In 2002 I became a secretary at American Speedy Printing. It was very exciting and I gained a lot of experience from it. I was able to travel along different places in New Jersey, and also I built up a high relation between client and business. I believe I can take this throughout my whole job life.