My Kubikel, My Altar

Hello to our one loyal follower! It is with great honor that we have now our first guest contributor..... "V". A warm thanks for indulging The Kyubikel's request. So as the famous Basti says, let's get to the chorus!

"Manna from heaven in Kubikel Hell"

My Kubikel, My Altar

As I sit here wondering what to write for Kyubikel’s first ever guest blog entry, I suddenly shuddered thinking what will happen if someone catches my email. Yes, it’s this kind of paranoia that defines my Kyubikel.

Every Kyubikel has its own set of unbreakable laws and is a copy of the ultimate Kyubikel: hell.

Anyway the paranoia is not entirely baseless. Just today we were called in to be reminded of sacrilegious acts we were committing against the company. Such overt acts like napping 5 minutes past lunchtime, using one’s mobile phone to go online, and my personal favorite – showing up 5 minutes late. Never mind if you worked overtime the night before and reached your home with just enough time to roll over and wish for death. The friendly smiles of the front desk hide a more sinister agenda as they take your name down to be highlighted at a later period. Somehow this tab on your attendance always magically shows up when they tell you how little money you deserve for your bonus. “Better luck next time, buddy!”

No where is safe. Not even the toilet. I can’t take a piss without looking back over my shoulder. I’m also starting to suspect that they’re putting something in our water. Mind control drugs are my best guess.

In the Kyubikel, hell is everyone doing exactly what they’re supposed to do without compromise. One could be forgiven to think that this is supposed to be a good thing. But step back for a moment and really see the situation. A company’s various processes are to ensure that no one gets any real work done. So when everyone does exactly what their position requires them to do, then the pain is worse than taking your balls to the grinder.

Applause goes out for the Kyubikel project. Let’s all be in this pain together. - "V"

"I'm Lovin' It!!"

"I'm Lovin' It!!" =)

I love Fridays.

I actually anticipate Fridays cause I know my boss will not come in the office, however sometimes, I would say I dread it as well. Office work would really pile up on me, phone calls would be non stop, I would have to put my game face replying numerous emails, MSN would be blinking notoriously!! And I would curse secretly when I would see friends' status on Facebook like "TGIF!!!", "Ilang oras nalng uwian na...", "Gonna watch Transformers 3 tonight! *can't wait*" and to think, is it really Friday??????

And today I thought it would be smarter to expect that I'll be busy since it is indeed office hours, so I went to Mc Donald's, ordered my favorite breakfast and at the same time, flashed my seldom smiley face at the girl and run!! *Dont wanna be late!*

We always hear people quotes 'Life is hard' But rather I think not only life is hard, but going to work for a boss who has PMS everyday is harder. You will never know when is the best time to meet her eyes, when to smile when she's trying to be funny, when to nod when she's scolding to show your listening, or just stare, play dumb or stop the urge to hit her cause you can't take it anymore. 

So I say friends, get breakfasts that would make your colleagues drool (oo! mamatay kayo sa inggit!!). Buy lunches that are expensive once in awhile. Reward yourself. Say what you wanna say, but when six pm ticks, it is our lives after all.

Isn't it? -

B =)

Friday Mornings~

Holy Smokes! It's Friday!

Ain't it great! Waking up to a Friday morning. First thing comes to mind is, Shit! Have to get up now! I have to attend my kyubikel's "Sharing". Just to give you an idea, every Friday morning, my Kyubikel has this thing called "Sharing" where one employee will be assigned to share something or even anything. Open Topic. They call this thing "Knowledge Sharing". For the "Sharing" you have to be at the office 45 minutes earlier than usual. Now back to Friday Morning. This Friday I skipped the "Sharing". I'm still in a tantric ecstasy as my boss is still out of office. Don't you love Fridays?!?!! Makes me think: No work tomorrow! Monday is 2 days away! Can stay up late! (although i can barely keep myself awake past 12 midnight, nowadays, I'm so effin old!) 

While in my Kyubikel, suddenly felt the urge to sing! Since this morning, this song has been playing in my head! Sunday morning rain is falling, steal some covers, share some skin~~~ Been in a happy mood until lunch stole my happy mood! I've been trying to shed a few inches off the gut and been avoiding lunch during weekdays for quite some time now. But from time to time, I'll take some time off from my diet and reward myself with a hearty lunch. Today was one of those days. We went to the nearby local fastfood (for those of you who are "sosyal"/elitists, its one of those places like in malls where you can find lots of food stalls and a big public area for dining). I saw this stall with a very long queue, they were selling noodles, looked so yummmy! I ordered one bowl of Dry Wanton Noodles. Hungry as I was, I happily waited in front of the stall for my noodle. After waiting for a life time, WTF! It still wasn't my turn to get my order! Pissed as I was, I just left and went to our table. Good thing someone was kind enough and offered to share food with me. Well, that's my WTF moment of the day.

Going back to Fridays, tonight will be a fun filled night! Tonight I'll be able to enjoy good company. I'll be doing fun stuff with: Greenie Missie. Badminton Buddies. Greedy Gluttons (Special mention to my bros, yammy, gillibabs, and keki mcgrady). Alcoholic Anonymous (Shoutout to Bry and the missus! Also to Gintot who is MIA). Just piece this all together equals to good times! Cheers! Here's to the night! - "X"

Fruit of FriDay! Grapas!

"Summer Is Definitely Here!"

Eva has been craving for ice creams for the past weeks, I know it's summer here right now, but it is super cold in our office. I always see her buying more than one ice cream then she would put in our fridge to eat it the next day =)


She always eats the most unexpected things in our afternoon snacks! Last week, I even caught her having this Chinese herbs in her drink.


I swear I could have hit her if not because of the glass space between us. She said why would I react so much when it smells so good?


Seriously. I almost died of the smell!
-B =)

Welcome to the Start of Nothingness!!!!!

Today we will begin our journey to the fullness of nothingness in the lives of people in the Kyubikel. I got the term nothingness from a friend who was sharing his ideology regarding the human brain. He said that the human brain is divided into several blocks. Each block has a specific purpose for storing memories, knowledge, ideas, and NOTHINGNESS. 

Nothingness is the state of being blank. Empty. Dumbfounded. In the Kyubikel, you often will find yourself in nothingness. Loud noises from other Kyubikels, Phones ringing, Copying machine running, and the one noise that's above all else, the voice of your boss screaming at the top of his lungs, veins popping, vocal chords getting ripped BUT despite all these, you will be in the state of NOTHINGNESS. This is nothingness. Sometimes you will find yourself in a higher level of nothingness. This level of nothingness will put one person in a state of trance, feeling ecstasy. Upon reaching this level, you will be able to attempt and succeed in writing an entry in your blog and if lucky enough to reach the tantric level (this is achieved when the boss is out of office) of nothingness, manage to come up with .....

Ta-dah! A mangapple! Now, that's Nothingness!

Wondering what Kyubikel is? Well, since Cubicle was already taken, us, three little friends who conceptualized this blog, agreed to just spell it as pronounced. Kyubikel focuses on bosses who takes out their frustrations towards his/her employees.  Screaming/shouting at the top of his/her lungs to get what they want. Kyubikel is about the observations and fascinations of the nothingness in the office life of us, three little friends. From time to time you will hear about the obsessions and drama of our Kyubikel. So subscribe, add, follow, or whatever you have to do here in blogger to follow us, three little friends. Here goes.......Welcome to our show!!! -"X"

By the way, if you have your own nothingness to share, hit our comments or email at thecubicle1@gmail.com (Photos are better!)