ola amiga!
my ex-lady boss, who retired to live in Mexico, was in town a couple of weeks ago. it was really nice seeing her outside the corporate setting. i think we were better off as non-worker friends than when we were working together. hahaha! i guess work brings some kind of tension or strain, and i feel much more relaxed around her now that i don't work for her. =) hubby je and jecobie seems to feel that way too. jecobie right away let her hold him, even tried to pull off her Steelers dangling earrings, and later on, her bottle of beer. *lol* it was the first time hubby je met her. he knows we had a rough time at work when she was our manager, and he's heard my (what seemed then as) endless rants about our work load. but it's all good now. =)
she looks great, still physically fit, and very much an american. i say this because of the "lamentations" she have about living in a third world country like Mehiko. =P
first, the dirt. well, of course, who likes dirt, right? but she talks about it with such dislike that i totally dismissed the idea of asking her if she wants to visit the Philippines and see the different islands and experience the diversity of our culture. and to think that she lives in an ex-pat-ish part of a city in mexico. what more if she was living in the suburbs, with the domesticated animals and all? hehe!
second, the way the country is very male-centric. knowing her, who won't take being discriminated for her gender sitting down, it must be really hard for her to cope with it. my boss-boss predicted last year that my lady boss will either be running for the border, or land in a mexican jail. it just might happen if she will not submit to the male-centricity of the place.
speaking of being an endorser of women's lib: when she visited us here in the office, one of our male officemates gave her a hug. it was a hug where the hand landed on the wrong spot. i instantly saw it, but didn't say a word. as soon as they parted from the hug, my lady boss confronted the male officemate "that's my butt you touched, by the way!". *lol* my male officemate was lost for words, turned red as a beet, and walked away without another word. hahaha! good for you! that male officemate is kind of the touchy-feely type, that i always avoid him when there's a chance that he might give unsolicited hugs. i've seen him do it to other girls too, thank God i haven't had that encounter yet.
third, the heat. it gets up to 136F there?! that's just one degree cooler than hell! ok, given that she came from a southern state, it's still a big shock to her probably. plus, aircon is not centralized. so you could keep cool in your room, but as soon as you need to get out to the kitchen or someplace else in the house, you step into the oven again.
anyway, i guess honeymoon stage is over for her. she used to talk about mexico like she's refering to a hideaway place that you would seek solace to. now i think she's ready to run away from it. *lol* i don't think she'd be spending the rest of her retiree years in a place she doesn't like. i'd give her half a year, i'm pretty sure she'll be back on American soil. *lol*
she looks great, still physically fit, and very much an american. i say this because of the "lamentations" she have about living in a third world country like Mehiko. =P
first, the dirt. well, of course, who likes dirt, right? but she talks about it with such dislike that i totally dismissed the idea of asking her if she wants to visit the Philippines and see the different islands and experience the diversity of our culture. and to think that she lives in an ex-pat-ish part of a city in mexico. what more if she was living in the suburbs, with the domesticated animals and all? hehe!
second, the way the country is very male-centric. knowing her, who won't take being discriminated for her gender sitting down, it must be really hard for her to cope with it. my boss-boss predicted last year that my lady boss will either be running for the border, or land in a mexican jail. it just might happen if she will not submit to the male-centricity of the place.
speaking of being an endorser of women's lib: when she visited us here in the office, one of our male officemates gave her a hug. it was a hug where the hand landed on the wrong spot. i instantly saw it, but didn't say a word. as soon as they parted from the hug, my lady boss confronted the male officemate "that's my butt you touched, by the way!". *lol* my male officemate was lost for words, turned red as a beet, and walked away without another word. hahaha! good for you! that male officemate is kind of the touchy-feely type, that i always avoid him when there's a chance that he might give unsolicited hugs. i've seen him do it to other girls too, thank God i haven't had that encounter yet.
third, the heat. it gets up to 136F there?! that's just one degree cooler than hell! ok, given that she came from a southern state, it's still a big shock to her probably. plus, aircon is not centralized. so you could keep cool in your room, but as soon as you need to get out to the kitchen or someplace else in the house, you step into the oven again.
anyway, i guess honeymoon stage is over for her. she used to talk about mexico like she's refering to a hideaway place that you would seek solace to. now i think she's ready to run away from it. *lol* i don't think she'd be spending the rest of her retiree years in a place she doesn't like. i'd give her half a year, i'm pretty sure she'll be back on American soil. *lol*
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