March 8, 2007
The Gateway Post
Waking up early, the great and almighty Yana arrived at our group’s meeting place earlier than usual. Sadly, everyone ran late except Prissy, who found me an hour after my arrival. After hours spent at the dorms watching people play chess and work on their projects, Liann finally came. It was half past eleven. I went to Pisay at around nine.
Jan told us to meet him at Gateway, a mall near his house. Our other meeting place. (Wow, I make it sound like a rendezvous.) No sweat. On our way there, On our way there, us three got bored. Nothing much to say on our way there except for the fact that we talked. A lot. Yes, we talked a lot.
We were dropped off at Gateway, the entrance in between BreadTalk and Taco Bell to be more specific. Jan said he would met us at the food court earlier on. Arriving on the third floor, we began our search for a big, fat man in green. As expected, we didn’t have to look far. Upon further observing our surroundings, we got hungry. A few burgers from Wendy’s filled us up and we were set. With Prissy’s notebook and mechanical pencil in hand, we journeyed into the depths of the dark, dank halls of Gateway. Well, not really, but we did start our goal for the day. That is, to survey at least twenty people. We can do it! Fight fight! Or at least, that’s what I thought.
We divided the work, as usual. Jan had to interview five people, while Prissy, Liann and I had to survey fifteen. Shortly after that, Prissy made Jan survey ten instead. Why? He’s a man. “Liann’s a man, too,” he argued. Using this strategic plan, we succeeded. So I didn’t do much but I did the tallying. You should be thankful for that.
Going in, around and about Gateway was tiresome, yet fun. Halfway our goal, our group dropped by Starbucks. Frappucinos are love.
There was something I noticed among the people we surveyed. Most were young twenty somethings, some working and some still in college. Most did not have cellphones with internet access. A few people did not use the Internet at all. I expect a lower CQ from Gateway. There are less tech-savvy people out there. Perhaps our future in the “flat world” relies on the younger generations of our time.
Employees on duty refused to take our survey for business reasons. Shy people made surveying difficult. I can’t blame them, but it did make our job a bit challenging. After resting at Starbucks, indulging myself in my Vanilla Frappuccino and waiting for Prissy, we went off once more. Before that, we took a little bathroom break, as usual. Pay-per-entry comfort rooms can be such a pain.
After Jan abandoned ditched left us, there wasn’t really much to do. After adding up the total number of points we acquired for each question, us three explored for a while, refilled our stomachs and left Gateway. What can I say? We got bored.
In short, we ate, we surveyed, we went home.
Gummy penguins are so squishy. Squishy squish squish.
