pizzaaAAAAAAAAAAAHH OH MY GOD!!!!

The same week a Head of State causes a major international row...

...the thing below was actually served by my staff at an office meeting, sourced from a nearby chain:

One official in attendance called it "an abomination".  Another said it was "a crime against nature."

It was eaten up in 5 minutes.

Congratulations DFA, you've ruined pizza.  And meetings.

LATER PLAYER

By my count, since I was recalled in 2015, no less than seven batchmates have left the Home Office for their second foreign postings. Yet I have been unable to blog kind parting words for any of them. Well, that ends with JOIN EVASION ‘COS NASA AJAR, simply because his departure has been the batch's most epic so far. Consider:

• He volunteered for assignment to a hardship post

• He didn't just have a despedida, he had a freakin' boodle fight

and had a suspiciously adequate supply of latex gloves

• On the day of his departure, he decides it's the right time to ask every home-based batchmate about dating apps and undergarment shopping

 "the universal rule" he's told "is 'classy over trashy' "

• Mere minutes before his trip to the airport for his outbound flight, I find him sat down in my room calling up a real estate agent and buying a condo

he got the floor price

Right after he flew out, I wanted to message him "good luck" or "take care" or something like that, but I found that he had already updated his profile pic and cover photo immediately upon arrival at post :

yeah, I think he'll be alright

BECAUSE OF COURSE SOMEONE MADE A #PASSPORTHUGOT FOR FEBRUARY 14

So I dropped this on the LLDD-Hyphen-L's facebook page...

Red.  Official.  Parang tayo sa Valentine's.

And the LLDD-Hyphen-L duly replied...

Yeah. Still got it.



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Update! Someone also just put together some judicial hugots, including the timely and profound "For many, a matrimonial union figuratively ends on the reefs of matrimonial shoals."  

Perhaps, but it can still serve as the basis for an exclusive economic friendzone!

 Pictured: Love, Philippine style