Noontime Invasion!

When the bundy clock hits 12, something very special happens. Everyone puts their pens, mice, quills, rubber stamps, and whatever else they may have in their hands down. Indeed, that very sacred window of time to let one's hair down has arrived: the lunch hour! Indeed, once the clock starts playing that cheesy midi sonata to signify lunch, people start doing their own thing. A handful of people, including myself, take a quick snooze. Some hang out in the pantry. But, undoubtedly, most of the people here trot on over to the reception area to catch Kris Aquino in all her gabby glamour hosting ABS-CBN's hit game show Game KNB? The television only started working early this month, but we make damn sure it gets used the right way. For an hour, the boring hum drum of office work is interrupted by pop culture questions, general local knowledge, and classic Kris antics. The daily grind comes to a halt, and that very Filipino pasttime of laughing at other people on television make fools out of themselves takes over. 12 o'clock is a great time to live. It's the glue that keeps us employees together: this chance to laugh together at someone on television. It's the prescription that keeps the whole office officialy sane!