citi, AI and cute girl, which after TWO LONG WEEKS of working at citi still has NOT been introduced to me!!!

my office mates are cool. i think most of the people there (only those in close proximity) are at the same level of addiction to AI as i am. though while i dig for carrie, most of them, the girls, are for constantine. but sorry, he's been eliminated weeks ago. though yeah, i feel your sorrow for such a HUGE loss.

anyway, it's a battle between "the rocker with soul and the country girl with heart". and who stood out? ha! no surprise there. been rooting for her for the past... 8-10 weeks. as each one member of the audience witnessed how each one of them grew, for me, i saw how carrie slowly became that sweetie sweetie cutie cutie vocally charged lady. and i believe, ive just fallen in love with her.

looking at the past winners of the competition, i'd say, she's now my favorite. there were so many things she's done. one, she made me like angels brought me here, which i was close to despising before, thinking that it was another cheezy david pomeranz ballad. though almost as stiff as a wood (others aptly describe her wooden), i still think that what brought her the title was her powerful vocal, maybe the most powerful i've ever heard, after whitney or mariah. american idol is a competition of both the vocals and the personality. and as simon firmly said, she has the likability factor. i couldnt agree more.

biases aside, performance-wise, bo takes home the title. yet despite his power to get the people on their feet and groove to his song, i do believe he really didnt deserve to win AS MUCH AS carrie did. on a scale of 1-10 of being deserving to win, bo for me stands at 7. carrie, 9. the disparity is the result of the stark difference between their vocals. bo can hit the high notes, yeah. but carrie can take songs to a waaayyyy higher level. she's flexible. she's excellently effortless during performances (with the exception of the first and last songs during the last performance night show where as simon had said, her vocals were on the edge. independence day was sung just right. since definitely it was not the best display of her vocals).

i dont wanna proceed with AI analysis anymore. again, i have too much to say about it.

the cute girl in the office still is.. well, we're not yet in speaking terms. hanggang tingin pa lang din ako. next week, i'll be down to my sorta last week at citibank. i know that was fast. i don't know if ive said this, but im kinda used to what i do there so i dont mind anymore. and it's also annooying how we're still not introduced till now!!! can anyone from the office please read this?!?!?!!????!

(there's the accompaniment of yahoo launchcast anyway. makes work more fun... but damn, i hate it that i can't sing out loud!!! singing in my head is waaaay too much torture for me. it's like being asked to hold that shit that's ready to stick out one's asshole!)

quite unfortunate that i wont be able to attend the graduation tomorrow. either fiesta got in the way... or... the graduation is wrong timing. they couldve set it next week instead. oh well...

PS1 i want the citibank ID strap!!! can anyone please get one for me, if theyre gonna give it out tomorrow???

PS2 can i just hold on to my secPass instead of surrendering it at the end of my work there? if ever though, i'd be more than willing to trade it with that strap!