Blink of an Eye

I'm just waiting for September to come, and I promised myself that I'll write again. All the nonsense lodging in my head, all mundane thoughts running around and all my crazy harebrained ideas. For now, let me put it in a nutshell.

A couple of weeks ago, I was happily waiting for life to take hold of me and push me into high gear. I guess my wish came true. My classmate got a text message saying that a one-way trip to Singapore costs only P350.00, that's something I thought even I can afford. So I immediately sent text messages to two people I know I can coerced into joining me for the trip. We stayed at my house, and Jas promptly dashed my hopes of going to Singapore by saying that it'll take P17,000 at least for our trip. (Tee hee, because we're also planning to go to Kuala Lumpur and Indonesia...I was even wondering if we can squeeze in Thailand in there...) The problem took hold, where in the world am I going to get P17,000? I have no job, and I'm not planning on asking my parents at a financially difficult time like this.

So I persuaded (yes, persuaded is probably a mild word) Liza to join me in bazaars. I was already planning to join bazaars for Christmas to sell my mother's pastries, but I was taking my time, and thought I have all the time in the world. But with the Singapore trip nipping on my tail, I need to do something ASAP.

Suffice it to say that it snowballed from there. We are now in the throngs of planning for our first bazaar. Seems a little thing to most people, but when you've been enclosed in the relative security of the corporate world for so long, like Liza and I, this is a big step. Our first big business venture. He he. (Not counting those org fund raisers we used to have in college. :D)

If you live somewhere near Alabang, go visit Cuenca Community Center on October 1 and 2. We'll be there with our pastries. (Trust me, the pastries are worth the trip and the price!) I guess you'll be hearing a lot of our whining and planning as I think it will take up most of my time (and my mind!) for the coming month.

(I'm nervous, yet excited, reminiscent of the feeling of falling in line to ride a great big roller coaster, surveying its twists and turns, waiting for your first ride. You can feel your guts wrenching, butterflies somersaulting and yet you sweat, anticipating the adrenalin rush of doing something exciting for the first time.)

Gah! How nerdy can I get? Experiencing butterflies from going into bazaar selling for the first time? I need to get a life!

(Whee! Our Singapore trip is already booked. So whether or not I raise P17K, I'm having a vacation to celebrate my 29th birthday! I'll cross the bridge of having huge debts to friends when I get there.)