Saturday, May 31, 2003
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Just got back from the Gemini birthday thing (hosted by Chris, Christine and me). It was so much fun, just hanging around with the people in the office outside the office. It was indeed relaxing. After a stressful week, an activity like that is needed! If I'm not mistaken, they're still there at Jack's Loft, savoring the evening.
It was also a reunion of sorts, after the great reshuffle of teams and end-of-contract, I had hardly seen everyone except Lizzie because of our odd hours schedule. I missed my old teammates and batchmates (aww). People from school (since there were four of us from the same university, we seemed to attract a lot of alumni to our table--or maybe it was strategic positioning: we were by the stairs and near the washroom) also dropped by occasionally and who should I see but Mitzu? I knew he was Pete's friend. I hadn't seen the guy in a long time and I was just surprised he looked the same. What annoyed me though was Pete looking at me and going in a sing song voice, "Uy, si Mitzu." Ew. Pete doesn't know anything though. I learned a lot about me tonight as well. An infamous story about me and a client really spread through the office (argh! Sooo embarrassing. I didn't even tell my direct supervisor what happened, just another super) and I learned the image I project in the office, etc. Interesting things about everything and everyone in the office as well. Some things made me worry lang, like some rumor on the new policies to be implemented and stuff. Hmm. But other than that, it was definitely a most entertaining evening. I'm just hungry.
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Tuesday, May 27, 2003
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Blogger is driving me crazy--I can't seem to save the changes made on the template! Argh!
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I love the weather now only if I am curled up in bed with a good book to read. Or when they declare no classes--too bad I'm not qualified for that anymore. Otherwise, I detest the weather. It's so hard to commute and do everything else.
It's so tempting to be absent tomorrow! I really, really do want to absent myself tomorrow. *frown* But duty calls.
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Saturday, May 24, 2003
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Conversation between Paula & me after work yesterday morning (after she asked me if I had a significant other--eek):
Me: Ikaw, Paula, do you have a boyfriend? Paula: Today? No. Me: Yesterday? Paula: Wala rin. Me: Tomorrow? Paula: Baka wala. I was so amused by her answers. O di ba? Day by day? Hehe. *This is a conversation between two people who work til late at night everyday and volunteer to work early mornings on their day off--that's why it can get weird.
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Thursday, May 22, 2003
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*yawn* It's late already, but I can't sleep yet.
Eek. I am not a night person--well, neither am I a morning person (I'm not the type who skips out of bed in the mornings to greet the day), but I am more comfortable working during the day, instead of stretching it out on the evening. So here I am, still up because of the overload on iced tea and doughnuts. I think coffee should be the one to keep me up all night, but I'm surprised it's iced tea and doughnuts. I am a regular at Mister Donut, I have to have a Choco Butternut and iced tea during Lizzie's and my so-called Iced Tea break (her yosi break as well). One day, I'm sure I'll get sick of Choco Butternut, but there's still Choco Glazed to try and this super chocolate-y doughnut there. The Chocolate Twister was somewhat a disappointment. :( A night person. Not bad. It just feels lonely, knowing the world around you is silent, all deep in dreamland while your day is just beginning to slow down and end. I never got used to the quietness during late nights alone (during school nights with papers and stuff)--I have to have a CD playing or the radio should be on, probably to give semblance of "day" for me. This new schedule really has got me adjusting my lifestyle, although I'm not sure I fully appreciate it. Veterans say we'll get to like it soon enough, but for now, not really. *yawn* I think I have to sleep now. Even if my schedule is late, I still have the tendency to wake up really early. Btw, my "one time big time" already had huge tax deductions! I am so unhappy about that.
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Tuesday, May 20, 2003
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I finally got my famous "one time big time". So. It was so unexciting, mainly because it wasn't as much as I expected and there was no tax deducted yet. I am assuming the tax will take a huge chunk from it (when and I wonder where it will go?), as well as the medical insurance and all sorts of deductions.
I also don't exactly feel rich, as with so many people in the office teasing me for that (besides, Officemate J got way higher than me). I just feel... finally compensated after two long months. Even if some people say it's not enough for what we do, it's okay with me. I just feel compensated enough and at looong last. Now I have to start paying up my debts (mainly from my parents for my daily sustenance). *sigh*
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Leaving the office, someone commented I looked so tired and needed to sleep well... yeah, she's right. Long days got even longer with our new schedule.
And crazy me, I volunteered (again) to work on my day off. What can I say? I like making things harder for myself.
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Monday, May 19, 2003
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I am super lazy to get ready for work. I would really like to do nothing at all today. And tomorrow. Possibly for the week. I need a vacation leave already. Here's to hoping it's a good day today (somehow).
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Saturday, May 17, 2003
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 These are the days when I want one of those phones with a camera, preferably a Nokia 7250. I passed by this restaurant in Greenbelt and had what Chris calls "a moment". It was all about this guy that my friends and I used to have a semi-crush on, mainly because he was an absolute gentleman. He sort of disappeared after second year college, dropped by occasionally in school (to hear Mass with his mom) and then he pops up as a chef! Interesting. I absolutely had to share that with my friends because up to now, we (especially Gwennie) still remember that guy and how sweet (come to think of it, he was malambing din--or maybe it was the way he would speak to us) he was to us--I really wanted to take a picture and send it to them. For now, e-mail will do. :)
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Friday, May 16, 2003
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I had grand visions of my first ever Friday off without any obligations last Thursday: the long overdue blog updating, sleep, catch "Meteor Garden" (wonder why everyone is talking about it), e-mail friends, bum around the house, sleep some more and so on. A very unproductive day, I know, but I just want to make my mind go blank for just one day--no impatient clients, no pending stuff that will never be finished, nada.
I spoke too soon because one of the supers asked Thursday night if I could do a sixth day and I said yes. I was a bit embarrassed already because I had been offered to take a sixth day twice already, but I kept on saying no because either I had to meet friends or do some HR stuff to finish my papers. Besides, I was thinking, it's my day off! Ever since my days off were moved, I'm so much more tired. Anyway, it was just for four hours, so that would be pretty fast. Getting up early this morning, I was super regretting I said yes and later on I realized there were so many of us who took sixth day because of the big bulk of work expected today. *sigh* At least my productivity for the month will increase. I find my performance middling, which I'm not sure I appreciate. I mean, in terms of accuracy, I think I'm holding up quite well, but I doubt I'm quite the effective officer.
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Wednesday, May 14, 2003
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Where are the freaking bubbles?! *hmph*
My friend came back from Puerto Galera with her hair done in the braid thingy (the one with thread woven around it--I don't know what it's called and neither did she) in colorful thread. I want tuloy to go to Galera just for that! Wala lang, I'm feeling cute kuno.
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Monday, May 12, 2003
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Lesson in the Real World: So it's true. Don't bring your work home. As in, it should be: out of office, out of mind.
Grabe, the mental torture I endured for this one client who was super irate and I had been monitoring her account... finally. It was so hard. The whole weekend I was away (my days off), I was contemplating dropping by the office trying to do something--anything--just to make sure her request was processed or even updated. Even when I went out with my friends last Friday and my family last Saturday, I felt I was extremely distracted because of that. I even brought numbers of the different departments (the numbers of the Marketing Director and so on) around with me, just in case I had to call. When I got to work on Sunday and I checked her account, I almost fainted because the request was not processed. With that, I had to run to my super to have her intercede for me, do anything in her power (which is so much more than mine) for it to be processed. I swear, I must've had her send so many e-mails to different departments. Today, my fears were laid to rest when the client called to thank me for whatever I did (believe me, tons of prayers) and then she asked me some more stuff. I was so relieved. The mental torture was too much, but I was just happy it was over. My dad told me I should just leave my work at the office and then worry about it when I get to work. I mean, there isn't anything I could do at home and I should just relax. *sigh* I know--but that client really scared the life out of me. She really did and I don't know how it all turned out the way it is. But all I can say is, thank God. Grabe.
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Friday, May 09, 2003
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Interesting Friday Five!
1. Would you consider yourself an organized person? Why or why not? I like to think so! *grin* I mean, when I was still in school, I liked to keep my notes super organized with all the spacing, tick marks and stuff. Plus, I scheduled the stuff I had to do so that at least they could be accomplished. At work, I like to "set up", meaning, I put all the relevant items in front of me and the programs to access are set in a particular order so that I can get to them easily. Unfortunately, by the end of the day, my place is all messed up. So much for being organized. 2. Do you keep some type of planner, organizer, calendar, etc. with you, and do you use it regularly? During my school days, I always had a planner with me. As in, I could survive any day as long as I had my pencil case, wallet and planner. I carried those stuff everywhere. My planner contained everything from appointments, meetings, birthdays, homework, relevant dates, gimmicks, reminders, contact numbers of people--all written up in blue ink and then ticked off with a red sign pen (OC much?) when done. But then, when I started working, I just stopped using a planner, which is contradictory because of the unpredictability of my schedules and the endless pending stuff I have to do the next day or accounts to monitor. I guess I should start using a planner again to manage my time, finances and awfully messy life. 3. Would you say that your desk is organized right now? Haha, NO! 4. Do you alphabetize CDs, books, and DVDs, or does it not matter? Not alphabetize, but for example, when I arrange my bookshelf, I like to have the books that look alike stay together. Or if CDs, the same groups' CDs should be together. 5. What's the hardest thing you've ever had to organize? My room. A work in progress. I think my work has made me more sensitive on how people react to the way they are treated as customers. Take for example when we were buying tickets for X-Men 2 (a movie begging for a part three--and I can't wait for that. The movie was good, better than the first!) today. Here comes this old man also planning to watch the movie and was holding his money out already to pay for the seat. But since we were still at the counter confirming the seats and then getting the money out to pay, the ticket seller was attending to us. The man was already forking over his money and telling the ticket seller to attend to him first because we were taking so long (we were five). I think the ticket seller motioned him to wait first because she was finishing our transaction when the old man goes loudly, "Nasaan ba ang supervisor mo?" To which the ticket seller replies really patiently something like the supervisor is not yet there or something and that she would be attending to him after us. I don't know why he was so impatient or bullish, but I didn't see the necessity of being irate right there when the ticket seller was just doing her job and, for crying out loud, he was next in line to five people (us) who were buying tickets for the movie. The movie was not going to start in half an hour or so and there were many seats available (he just wanted one seat at the dulo). Plus, he was so rude in the movie theater, with his mobile going off and him talking pa to the person on the other line. Sheesh. People who like to throw their weight around and think they're so much better than everyone else really, really annoy me. Kainis!
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Wednesday, May 07, 2003
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Hmm... Nooneenooneenoo. Hay naku. What a life. The other day, I was texting Tine, my long lost friend from work who transferred somewhere else. She's okay naman daw, way pressured lang (she texted me that she just finished a three million peso transaction) and I don't blame her! That's a lot of responsibility on her. I told her she missed so many changes we're going through, etc. etc. I told her we've also got lots of power and responsibility (which I have not fully enjoyed yet. Why? Because I'm more vulnerable to error now than before). Shucks. Everyone's stressed with work. Blah blah blah. It's been a horrible day. I'm not making sense. I just have to let it out.
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Tuesday, May 06, 2003
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I always know, in the back of my mind, that I will be resigning from my job when I do have a backup plan. You see, a job like this will drive any human being crazy. As in. I found it hard to believe that I hit my sixth month already (little milestones like month-saries are quite encouraging)--when I believed that half a year would be too long a time to be immersed in such work. But here I am, six months (almost seven) later, wondering what would I do next. The situation in the office is quite volatile (my super's words) and it's not easy to absorb the shock of it all. Aside from revelling in my new found 'power' (I now have access to certain confidential systems), there are big changes again to be implemented and it's not easy to absorb all these stuff in one blow. It's been quite a hectic past month and even more so the following months.
I'm trying to evaluate what I should do next. I don't really want to resign without having something fall back on. Ugh. Trying to chart a life is easy on paper, like what we used to do in school--but actually following it, now that's a bit hard. I'm not really sure if my decisions are correct or if I am doing the right thing. School was so much easier because there was a straight path to follow (study then graduate). As for the "real world", life goes where you really direct it to. And that requires prudence on my part to choose the right way. Which is not easy or clear right now. It's been a pretty up and down day for me, but mostly down. Things and people were so annoying as well as the announcement that our super made confirming rumors around the office, which, I am sure made everyone sad even if we didn't show it. What a day. It was not fun.
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Thursday, May 01, 2003
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Has it been one year already since I just had to reserve in Powerbooks a copy of "A Walk to Remember" because I couldn't bear watching the movie without having read the book? (They did call when their shipment arrived.) When did the movie show here? Was it in June or before that?
Oh, I received this e-mail: Girls are like apples on trees. The best ones are at the top of the tree. The boys don't want to reach for the good ones because they're afraid of falling and getting hurt. Instead they just get the rotten apples that are on the ground, that aren't as good, but easy. So the apples at the top think that there is something wrong with them, when in reality, they are amazing. That is why we just have to be a little patient and the right boy, the one who takes a chance to find the good, right apple, will come someday... Syempre, I thought, I doubt I'm an apple. I'm probably on another tree. Or another fruit, maybe a (sour) grape. Or a pineapple. Hehe.
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