HOT SEAT

had to go to a wake last night with some officemates. the son of one of our workmates drowned. the wake was at the church in the next village from our place...



however, that is not the highlight of the night. at least not for me. call me insensitive or whatever but we (olie and i) were "interrogated" by our big boss.

.. we were talking in 3 small groups when suddenly it turned to be 1 big group composed of the big boss, our evp, 2 vps, 1 avp and 4 managers.. the interrogation started like:

boss: may asawa ka na?
me: no. wala pa po.
manager1: bf ho meron, si olie (sabay turo kay olie who was in the other small group)

boss: mabait ba?
me: huh? (im not used to being asked this question coz most of the people i met in the company knows olie is really mabait. i thought the question weird and that maybe ako yun tinatanong kung mabait ako..)
boss: mabait?
me: opo.

boss: ilan taon ka na?
me: 26...po.
boss: eh si olie?
me: 33.
boss: kung ako nga ok pa kahit 20 yrs ang agwat... hmm.. 7 yrs.. pwede na.

about this time, olie transferred to the seat beside me.. topic was changed but...bumalik pa din.

boss: so anu? may balak na kayo?
me: (pointed to olie)
it now turned into 1 big group with my immediate boss eagerly awaiting our response. (refer to 2 posts earlier so that you'd understand why we are reacting this way)
olie: (wipes his face.. profusing with sweat..) (thinking: uh-oh! HOTSEAT!!) na ano ho?
boss: pakasal. kelan ba?
avp: (butts in..) grace is asking nga kung pwede na itong church na ito eh..
boss: (persistent!) to olie pa din: kelan ba? this year ba?
olie: hindi po.
boss: naku yun anak ko, the one in abroad.. prepared for the wedding a year and a half in advance.
avp: eh pag sa manila cathedral dito ganyan din.
boss: (kay olie ulet!) so may plano na kayo? kelan ba?

i couldn't look at anyone to their face. i let olie answer the questions. the other officers are awaiting his response.

boss: 2006?
olie: (finally answers...) SECRET!.... malalaman nyo na lang ho. sasabihan ko kayo.

soon enough it was time to leave. buti na lang. i felt hot in the face all this time. grabe. super duper HOT SEAT. olie was trying to wipe of his sweat.

isip pa nga namin, since magkakasama sila pauwi, baka topic pa din kami. hahahaay.. we wouldn't be there to make a stand.

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syempre early this morning, kantyawan dito sa office. ninang na daw namin si bossing.. shucks.

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olie said its not as if we planned on inviting them. (we might end up inviting them, after all. )