Trouble in The Office

High Fidelity

(with apologies to Nick Hornby)

Once I almost strangled my cube neighbor Ray (IT guy, marketing support). The music he was playing on his PC was too loud I couldn’t think straight. Found out that he puts on Bamboo to cool him down whenever he gets stressed. Forgave him eventually, but I asked him to plug a pair of earphones on next time (Bamboo could be heard five cubes from him).

Anyway, Ray wasn’t the only person who plugged and played when the pressure was too much. Here’s a sample of what I and some Officemates play for days when we have stress, boredom, booboos, and the occasional good news:

SLEEPY – U2’s “Elevation”, Eraserheads’ “Combo on the Run” and “Alkohol”, SugarFree’s “Mariposa”, Jamie Cullum’s “Catch the Sun”, Robbie Williams’ “Let Me Entertain You”, Alanis Morisette’s “You Oughta Know”
STRESSED –Sarah Brightman’s “Nessun Dorma”, Beatles’ “Hard Day’s Night”, Keane’s “Everybody’s Changing”, Norah Jones’s “Sunrise”, The Corr’s “Summer Sunshine”, Rivermaya’s “Sunday Driving” and of course Bamboo’s “Aleluya”
SENTI – MYMP’s “Waiting In Vain” and “Especially For You”, Louis Armstrong’s “La Vie en Rose”, South Border’s Mulawin Theme, Gary Valenciano’s “Reaching Out” and “I Will Be Here”, SWV’s “Weak”, Gabrielle’s “Out of Reach”, Martin Nievera’s “Ikaw ang Lahat sa Akin”, Paolo Santos’s “Swept Away”, Alicia Key’s “If I Ain’t Got You”, Jamie O Neal’s “All By Myself”
NAUGHTY & NICE– Craig David’s “Fill Me In”, Jamie Cullum’s “High and Dry”, Frank Sinatra’s “You Make Me Feel So Young”, SWV’s “Right Here”, Gerry Halliwell’s “It’s Raining Men”, Eraserheads’ “Ang Huling El Bimbo”, Nikki Hassman’s “Any Lucky Penny”
FRIDAY – Swing Out Sister’s “Break Out” and “Same Girl”, Bonnie Bailey’s “Ever After”, Jason Mraz’s “The Remedy”, VST and Co.’s “Swing”, (forgot artist) “Hey”, The Corr’s “Angel”

posted by Elyss @ 1:18 PM