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On "Milenyo", more work and paydays

This is how I am so un-updated with the things happening outside the office. Typhoon “Milenyo” (International name: Xangsane) hit the country, and I only actually knew all about it around 5:40 am yesterday morning, after I have finished getting ready to go to work. If my brother didn’t tell me that there might be no work yesterday, I wouldn’t have known until the winds knocked me over.

But there was still work for us yesterday, albeit half day. We got the go signal to go home after lunch, but since it was still quite stormy, we stayed there for a while. Robinson’s Galleria was damaged big time, so we couldn’t exactly go malling while I wait for my brother. Anne and I ended up talking as we looked for places to hang out. We got to go home around 4:00pm and thankfully, there wasn’t any traffic. It was flooded at our village’s entrance and we dropped Anne off at their street corner because we couldn’t try to get in her street anymore. It was probably the deepest flood I’ve ever seen in our village, and it was…well, scary to see so much unwanted water in one place. I haven’t seen something like that since first year college!

You know what? I should have taken pictures. Darn.

And as always, electricity was out yesterday so I hit the bed at around 6:00pm. I woke up at 6:00 am with a slight headache from all the sleeping. The sun was shining down the window, and I knew it was back to work again.

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Today has certainly been one of my favorite days since I started working. :) I think it’s because of the entire “dress down” atmosphere today at the office; everyone just feels so “loose” and young and so college-like. :)

Today was also chicken day. Reg, Anne, Jane and I ate one whole chicken from the grocery. After waiting for thirty minutes, we ate and then talked about dogs and Philippine showbiz. :P Then we went back upstairs to resume work and around 2:00pm, the electricity went out, so we spent some time talking and waiting for the computers to go back on. The generators went back on, so we resumed work and then it went off again when electricity went on. I got trapped in the CR again (ProxCard, when will I get youuuuu?), and on the way up from the 28th floor, Sir Armand was there from a yosi break and then it was time to tag along for another meeting. The meeting had me laughing because of all the side comments and then I got to be formally introduced to Ms. Rox and Ms. Aileen, and now I’m formally known as the “colleague”. :p

Then it was time to go meet my parents for my brother’s birthday celebration so I said goodbye to everyone who are all heading to the opening of the Sportsfest for the company. I met my parents and on the way to SM Megamall, my boss sent me a message: By the way, good job on the competitor reports. We were commended by Ling.Ãœ Talk about happiness.

Then it’s eat-all-you-can-buffet at Saisaki for my brother’s birthday. He got to read the birthday greeting thanks to my dad’s WiFi laptop. We spent half the time laughing at each other and how embarrassed he is when some people sang songs to him as a greeting. :P

All in all…today is a good day. :) Plus it’s FRIDAY so that makes everything even better. :) Yeahbah.

So before I go to bed and go to dreamland, here’s a quote I got from one of the blogs I visited today. Perfect for today. :)

Stop for a second, breathe a quick prayer, and ask God to interrupt your plans, agendas, schedules, and to-do lists sometime this month to simply thrill you. As audacious as that sounds, it is not a daring request. You don’t really think that if you asked your Father in heaven to throw you a surprise party that He would give you a “White Elephant” exchange instead, do you? Can you dare to believe that God will get an even bigger kick out of delighting you than you will by being the recipient of His lavish love? God is bigger and sweeter and funner and wealthier and huge-r than you could ever imagine. But try anyway. Then ask boldly with expectation of His extravagant grace. (Lisa Whelchel)

Good night world! Have a great weekend! :)

Thank God it's Friday

Hello, it’s Friday, and it’s payday! I didn’t exactly get a whopping big amount, but it feels nice to be able to earn something. Even if my work wasn’t so heavy for this week. I did do some work related things and attended lots of meetings. It gets kind of intimidating especially when my I suddenly lose track of the conversation and my brain gets mixed up and all that. :-s I will get used to this, I know. As Ramuel said, they wouldn’t put me in hot water immediately…they’ll boil me slowly to get used to everything. :P

But this week has definitely been better than last week. :) As I told myself last Sunday, I will make an effort to make friends on Monday, firstly by asking (Ate) Jane if I could eat lunch with them. There I met Anne, Reg and Caloy, my new lunch buddies. Anne lives in the same village as I do, which made it even better because at least there’s someone I could go home with if I can’t ride with my brother.

So for the week, I became their lunchmate. We’d even go down during merienda times to eat as well, and we’d always end up laughing ourselves silly over some “scoop”. I’ve also started to get to know and talk to the other people in our place of the office. That, and there’s been a bit more work, plus I might be getting the key of my drawer from Jenny…so at least I’d have something to stuff my things in. :) Yes, this week has been better. :)

Now that I said that, I am kind of afraid that next week might turn awry, but I shouldn’t think of that. There are some things I am quite afraid of, but I tell myself not to think about it and just take it one day at a time. Think positive! Next week will be just as good as this week was. :)

The only thing that I am having a hard time right now is the sleeping thing. Last week I found myself in bed by 11:00pm, which is early for me ever since I started bumming. I have to wake up at 5:00am, and then snooze a bit until 5:15am. Then I force myself up to get ready so my brother and I could leave by 6:30 am and I will be at the office by 7:30 am so I can go at 6:00pm. My body clock still needs to get used to these things, and I hope it’s soon because I don’t want to feel tired come Wednesday.

On another lighter note, my dad’s coming home tomorrow! :) He’ll be here for two weeks. :) And tomorrow’s the SFC CLP again and I’m really starting to like being in SFC. :)

Like I said, things are certainly looking up. :) Thank God. And Thank You because it’s Friday. ♥

Friday Thoughts: Work, Mama Mary and Thanksgiving

I am currently writing this post on my office computer, which, incidentally, has been set up already but I didn’t know. All I needed to do was to plug it all in and it’s ready. And I spent two days with my head buried in a book.

Things are certainly looking up. :) Besides having this computer, I’m being given random testing jobs here so at least I’m doing something instead of just reading and reading. My boss said we’d get to more serious work by next week, so that’s something to look forward to. (Seriously, I mean it)

Earlier, as I was about to go down to hear the mass, I got to talk to Ate Jane again, who I got to know the other day. She asked me where I eat my lunch, and since I didn’t exactly want to tell her that I’ve been eating lunch alone the past few days, I told her I was about to meet up with my mom. Then she asked me how about on other days and I admitted that I eat lunch alone. Then she told me that I should have just joined them and she invited me to eat with them on Monday. On the food court, with baon, which I really don’t mind (especially now that I’m trying to lose weight and save money — buying food out is just too expensive). To be totally honest, a part of my mind is telling me not to expect anything because by Monday Ate Jane might have forgotten that she asked me to join them out to lunch, but a bigger part of me is telling that part to shut up (I sound like I have Multiple Personality Disorder…I don’t. It’s just my paranoia and rationality talking to each other). I mean, if Ate Jane remembered who I am since last Wednesday when we met, why should she forget that she asked me to join them? Diba? But I know I have to do my part and be assertive as well. So Monday, I will have some people to eat lunch with. Amen.

What’s really funny was, this morning when I arrived, I took the time to write on my journal and I asked that my computer be set up, that I get to do something and that I find some people to eat with. Well what do you know, all three prayers were answered like that. :)

I heard the mass during lunch time because today is Mama Mary’s birthday. Now, I am a Catholic, and I used to pray the Rosary a lot when I was younger especially because our school is very much devoted to Mary, but on a personal level, I don’t know her. Mary. Sure, I know she’s the mother of Jesus and she’s the cousin of Elizabeth and she’s born without original sin and all that…but I really don’t know her. As in I rarely pray to her. Yeah, I pray Hail Mary every morning and I get to pray the Rosary once in a while, but that’s it. Nothing else. In fact (and I’m ashamed to admit this), I’d rather not pray the Rosary especially when my mom asks us to pray it at night when all I want to do is sleep.

I’m not really proud to admit all those because I sould like such a bad Catholic there. But that isn’t the reason why I’m starting to get to know her now; I do so because I believe she’s a special lady who loves Jesus more than anyone of us can. And who Jesus loves just as much. And because Jesus loves her and she loves Jesus and I love Jesus, so I should love her too. Okay, I don’t know if that logic made sense to you, but it does to me.

So now…I’ll try to pray the Rosary and mean it a lot more than I used to, and give Mary the honor and respect she deserves. And because today is her birthday…let me greet her here: HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAMA MARY! ♥

On another note, the priest’s homily during the mass earlier was really nice. He said that the Eucharist means thanksgiving, and our presence in the Mass that day on Mary’s birthday was not because we worship Mary (since it’s not a holy day of obligation), but because we are thankful of Mary’s birth. And in the same way, God created each and every creature in the earth to give Him thanks and praise, so what we do at every moment of our life is meant for us to give Him thanks and praise. Everything: we eat because we give Him thanks, we wake up, we talk, we work because we give Him thanks. The moment we stop giving thanks, the moment we start thinking that it becomes an obligation or something we need for us to survive, we become ungrateful, and we stop thanking God.

That just gives a whole new meaning to what I’m doing right now, about work. I should be thankful enough that I get to work in a good company, that I actually got hired because I know a lot of people are having a hard time getting a job out there. I know that things could be mundane here, but then again, I’m still lucky, because God blessed me with this, so I should be thankful for it. :)

And last good thing for today: it’s Friday! And it’s less than an hour till quitting time! Yahoo! :)

Thursday what?

I’m too tired to write my Thursday Thirteen. Which is weird because I didn’t actually do a lot of things at the office today (but today has been my most productive day so far this week), but I am just too tired to think. Next week, maybe? Hopefully I have my computer set up at the office already (aba dapat lang!) by that time so I will be able to think during lull times at there. Besides, my ISP is not cooperating with me today.
Did that just make sense? I think I am not.

Anyway. I finished reading all Thursday Next novels and I think I kinda read it too fast, but that’s what happens when you’re in an office with nothing to do. I like The Well of Lost Plots a lot, and Lost in a Good Book is funny, but it kinda made my head swirl a bit. But I still love Jasper Fforde and I can’t wait to get the next Thursday Next (which will be released in two years or something) and to get a paperback copy of The Fourth Bear.

I think I better rest now. I need to get more sleep. Haha. My body clock needs more adjusting. :P Then again…TOMORROW’S FRIDAY! :) Yeahbah :D

Hey there, working girl

Hello, I’m alive. It feels like I haven’t been here for a long time but it’s only two nights. That’s how much of a blog-addict I became back during bum time.

Work is okay, so far. Not much to tell, except that I finally have my desk by tomorrow (I just hope the computer is already set up by the time I arrive tomorrow so I can at least try to play with it). I’ve gone on small trainings with my boss, but there’s nothing much to do yet, except learn and understand the current system. My boss is really nice though, and he let me tag along his meeting earlier even if it’s just for a short time. I’m learning a lot and I bet I’m going to learn a bit more soon.

It’s just my luck, though, that I got sort of sick since last Monday. Sore throat on Sunday night, colds and slight fever on Monday, asthma on Monday night and today, colds. My mom says it’s from the tension (which I don’t really feel), but I think it’s from all the Nutella I ate last Sunday. Oops. ^^;

Oh, and I don’t exactly have instant buddies in the office just yet, but I’m giving it time. My officemates are funny and everyone is really nice (I mean, people actually greet me good morning and notice me most of the time, instead of being uttely invisible back in OJT days :P). I hope I find some people to eat lunch with at least…but I don’t mind eating lunch alone just yet because I have some books for company. Of course, I’ll run out of money and grow considerably fatter if I keep on eating at fast food chains. Haha. In God’s time. :)

Anyway, I better stop here. I’ll post a more detailed (if possible) entry next time and I’ll try to get some pictures just for fun. :D I need to go to bed already, doctor’s orders. :P God bless everyone. :) And thanks for the prayers! Keep them coming? :D Good night! :)

The first day of the rest of my life

Tomorrow I join the work force.

Well that feels so final. Haha, I actually don’t know what I feel right now (except that I have this mild sore throat that I think I got from eating Nutella after lunch). I can say I’m nervous…but I don’t think I’ll feel it until tomorrow. I want to write how it really feels…but I can’t really make it out.

Hay. Oops, that just came out.

I guess I could say tomorrow is the first day of the rest of my life. I don’t think other people obsess about this as much as I do. I want to not think about it…but I can’t.

I’m sure everything will be okay tomorrow. Lord, please arm me with a friendly smile tomorrow. Haha, yes, amidst all worries, the thing I’m most worried about is that I won’t have friends at the office and I’ll end up eating my lunch alone or something. Shallow, eh? I’m not worried if I won’t be able to handle the work because I know that God would enable me to whatever task I face. I’m not the most sociable person (as far as I know, maybe my friends think otherwise) so I think about the relationships I’ll be making in my new environment.

Lord, please help me tomorrow. Help me to shine this light that You’ve given to me. Please make my first day all right.

Anyway, I better treat this sore throat and get ready for bed. I’m supposed to be at Ortigas at 8:30 am tomorrow. Pray for me? :) Thanks. :)

More job hunting thoughts

Yesterday was a long day. I had two interviews — one in the morning and another one in the afternoon — and a group meeting at night. The interviews…well, they’re pretty draining and the moment I got out of PBCOM Tower after my second interview, I was just brain tired already.

My weariness was lifted thanks to my group meeting (emphasis on the quotes :p) with Micko, Rye and Ramie, otherwise known as my thesismates. Ramie came fetching me in his brand new Honda Jazz (haha, because of you, I want to have a Honda Jazz more now!) and then we fetched Rye from his house (thesis overnight memories) and then met up with Micko at Seattle’s Best in Festival Mall. Micko, being the only one who has had a stable job among all of us, treated us to snacks at SBC. We were supposed to watch Click but we ended up just talking the night away while walking around the mall and settling down for dinner at Tokyo Tokyo. Haha, fun times. :) Of course, none of us would admit it seriously, but we all did miss each other. :D I love how being a small block bonded us into what we are right now, and I love how my thesismates and I are more than just thesismates but also real friends (altogether now…awww!). Next up should be an IST dinner, especially now that the other remaining THES2 groups just passed their final defenses. :) Wohoo, IST rulez, yo!

Anyway, I was supposed to have an interview today too…but after some thinking and talking with my brother on my way home, I decided not to go anymore because I don’t really like the job. I felt kind of guilty especially because the HR officer who interviewed me was very nice to give me tips and such about working, and I worried as well, because what if I’m passing up a big opportunity on this thing by not going?

Around last week (was it only just last week?), as I was on my way to an exam, I was asking myself if I am actually looking for a job that I like, or if I’m looking for a job just to say that I have a job. But that’s wrong, isn’t it? For me, I mean. I’ve always wished and prayed for a job that would not seem like a job to me because I like it. So why am I not looking for that?

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