Manic Wednesday
I had another crazy morning. I've been sick with a cold and occasional bouts of fever for the past couple of days, and I'm recovering from a sore throat besides, so I've been kinda out of it. I woke up at 6AM (I do so automatically these days), but I went back to sleep and I didn't get up till 8:25AM. Grabe. And I had to do an interview at my thesis site at 10AM. Usually, I have to give myself at least an hour and 15 minutes to get there. I got ready and headed for the train station by my apartment like a maniac, but because the trains and buses were running slow, I didn't get to my site till 10:20AM. And the moment I walked in the door, Marge (the administrative assistant) told me that Danny (the guy I wanted to interview) had just left 10 minutes before I got there. Apparently, the clock at my thesis site is fast (American-speak for advanced) by 10 minutes, so it was 10:30AM by their watch. Marge said Danny had waited, but decided to take off. It turns out he's usually out by noon because he just volunteers there now and he just started working at another job. Ang aga pala ng noon para sa kanila, hehe.Well, things still worked out. I would have been a total mess if I did the interview today anyways because...guess what...just as I was about to get off the bus, I found out I didn't even have my tape recorder in my book bag. I thought I had it in there, but I guess I moved it to another bag and just forgot to take it out. I would later find out that I didn't even have the demographic information sheet that I ask my interviewees to fill out, and my consent forms, either. Gawd! Talk about being sabog. And I'm not even under the influence of drugs or alcohol, hehehe =) Sheesh.
Anyway, I'm gonna try interviewing Danny on Monday. Marge said to call her at around 7AM to confirm that I'm going there for sure, so she can tell Danny to stay for a bit. I sure as hell hope I'm feeling better than then. I hate being sick. It sucks big time.
I ended up showing Marge the transcript of the interview I did with her last year and she said it was "hysterical" reading it. She told me I did a good job transcribing it, although she did clarify some points, and she found it weird but interesting to see what she had said in writing. I told her I'd give her a copy of the interview transcript and she's looking forward to that because she wants to show it to her daughters. I also got to ask her about what happened to each of the ladies I interviewed--whether they just left, relapsed on drugs, got kicked out, moved, or whatever. So things did work out. My time there wasn't wasted.
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I got an e-mail from Ate Sharl. Sorry kapatid, di pa ako maka-reply. I'll reply later. I miss my friend. We didn't really get to talk or hang out when I was home because of the many things that came up. So I miss her a lot.
found herself @ 12:48 PM
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