Wednesday, March 29, 2006

of blog skin, idle time and da vinci code

i like the new look of my blog now.thanks to photokicho.com for the blogskin.I think the layout is nice though the butterfly background (or is that moth?) seems to be so feminine to me.hehe.What do u guys think?
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We are receiving low volume of calls this week.so we really have a lot of idle time.That will explain why I still can do some crappy stuff like this.i love this life.Less stress for me. imagine just had two calls on my shift last Sunday.

But sometimes it is also not good when u have a lot of idle time and spend most of it surfing non work related websites.I am afraid that it may take my focus off and destroy my performance at work.Minsan pag may mahirap na call, bigla na lang nagblablangko ang isip ko.haha.
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I was surprised to see Jam working here at the office.He is already at HR doing interviews and screening for applicants.jam is a friend and an orgmate(youth on Fire) back in college. I am just so happy to finally see someone familiar working here.
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We might move out already from our current apartment and were looking for a new one.Paano sobrang init at hirap matulog ngaun dun.kahit saan naman yata.Were just going to consume our deposit and by mid April hopefully we will able to see a new crib.
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I am currently reading The Vinci Code. I am planning to watch it on the big screen but i wanted to make sure that I read the book first.I heard a lot of raves about the book.Let me see kung ano meron dito.
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Ganda ng song na 'to.hehe.Mushy mood na naman.I heard it over the radio kanina so I googled the lyrics. This song was originally done by Kenny latimore.I think this was revived by jed madela.

For You

For you I give a lifetime of stability,
Anything you want of me
Nothing is impossible
For you there are no words or ways to show my love
Or all the thoughts I'm thinking of
'Cause this life is no good alone
Since we've become one I've made a change
Everything I do now makes sense, all roads end,
All I do is for you

For you I share the cup of love that overflows
And anyone who knows us knows
That I would change all faults I have
For you there is no low or high or in between
Of my heart that you haven't seen
'Cause I share all I have and am,
Nothing I've said's hard to understand
And all I feel I feel deeper still
And always will
All this love is for you

Every not that I play, every word I might say
Every melody I feel
Are only for you and your appeal
Every page that I write, everyday of my life
Would not be filled without the things
That my love for you now brings

For you I'd make a promise of fidelity,
Now and for eternity
No one could replace this vow
For you I'd take your hand and heart and everything
And add to them a wedding ring
'Cause this life is no good alone,
Since we've become one you're all I know
And if this feeling should leave I'd die
And here's why
All I am is for you
Everything I do know makes sense
All roads end and all I do....Is for youoh yeah for you

Monday, March 27, 2006

take me to the beach


Swimming na swimming na ko pero I am not sure kung matutuloy kami sa Puerto Galera sa Friday.Although we have been planning these a few weeks ago pa.Nagfile na ko ng leave for that pero mukhang kakaunti lang ang sasama sa mga college friends ko.I think I deserve a break, this is the time to unwind and feel the beach ,sand and the sun.So in the meantime enjoy ko na lang muna ang mga view na ito.

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Pure Shores
All saints
OST The Beach

I've crossed the deserts for miles,
swam water for time
Searching places to find
A piece of something to call mine(I'm comin', I'm comin')
A piece of something to call mine(I'm comin', comin' closer to you)
Ran along many moors, walked through many doors
The place where I wanna be
Is the place I can call mine(I'm comin', I'm comin')
Is the place I can call mine(I'm comin', comin' closer to you)

I'm movin', I'm comin'
Can you hear what I hear?
It's calling you my dear, out of reach(Take me to the beach)
I can hear it calling youI'm comin', not drowning, swimming closer to you
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

Never been here before
I'm intrigued, I'm unsure
I'm searching for more
I've got something that's all mine
I've got something that's all mine

Take me somewhere I can breathe,
I've got so much to see
This is where I wanna be
In a place I can call mine
In a place I can call mine

I'm movin', I'm comin'
Can you hear what I hear?
It's calling you my dear, out of reach(Take me to the beach)
I can hear it calling youI'm comin', not drowning, swimming closer to you
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

Movin', comin', can you hear what I hear?(Hear it out of reach)
I hear it calling you
Swimming closer to you

Many faces I have seen
Many places I have been
Walked deserts, swam shores (coming closer to you)
Many faces I have known
Many ways in which I've grown
Moving closer on my own(Coming closer to you)
I'm movin', I feel it
I'm comin', not drowning
I'm movin', I feel itI'm comin', not drowning
I'm movin', I'm comin'
Can you hear what I hear?
It's calling you my dear,
out of reach(Take me to the beach)
I can hear it calling you
I'm comin', not drowning, swimming closer to you
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh(Take me to my beach)
I'm movin', I'm comin'Can you hear what I hear
?It's calling you my dear,
out of reach(Take me to the beach)
I can hear it calling you
I'm comin', not drowning, swimming closer to you

Friday, March 17, 2006

Usapang kaperahan

I dunno if it has something to do with being old and mature but I am now getting conscious when it comes to spending. really have to start applying a couple of tactics to save money.Kung may course nga lang sa money saving, I'll take several units of it.I have been working for about two years pero unfortunately kakaunti pa lang ang naipon ko.ewan ko siguro its about time na maging concious na ako sa pagastos ko.Ngayon I will keep track na lahat ng bibilhin ko at pag maglalabas ako ng pera, I'll make sure na kailangan ko talaga yung bibilhin ko.

Every month approximately heto ang gastusin ko.:
Apartment - 1500
Telephone bill-800
Food-4000
Transpo-500
bigay kay nanay -2000
Load sa cellphone-500
Luho (damit, spa, gimik,grocery personal stuff) -2000
Total 11300 almost 12000.actually sobrang waldas talaga ako sa pera.Lalo na sa pagkain.Obviously dahil yun ang pinakamalaki kong gastusin.roughly yan ang nagagastos ko.hindi ko naman talaga natatrack yung .pero ngaun tracker na ito kung tracker.hehe.I actually started tracking my expenses and saving this week.sana wa g ako magningas kugon.
Here's what I will do para makatipid.I got some of these suggestions from friends and ung iba, inisip ko.sana maisakatuparan ko silang lahat.hehehe.

1.Bumili ng alkansiya at ilagay lahat ng coins para makaipon.Hindi na lang pala ako bibili ng alkansiya, sa Pringles can or Bote ng mineral water ko na lang ilalagay.gastos pa pag bumili ng alkansiya eh.hehe.
2.magbukas ng savings acct,ung walang atm para mahirapan kang withdrawin.every sweldo maglagay ng 1000php.i will open a new account on Tuesday once I receive my salary.
3.Gamitin lang ang credit card for emergency.Actually hindi ko naman talaga ginagamit CC ko, utang pa rin yun.At hindi ko naman ugali mangutang eh.
4.Magbaon at wag nang kumain sa fastfood or restaurant.Doon na lang ako kakain sa leona's canteen, yung turo turo na malapit sa apartment.O kaya makikikain na lang ako sa may officemate na may baon.Kapal.
5.maglalakad na lang ako papunta sa work at pauwi sa apartment.Php7.50 rin pag sumakay ng jeep.At exercise din yun pag naglakad ako.
6.Iwasan na ang madalas na paggimik, panonood ng sine pagkatapos ng shift at paglalakwatsa sa weekend.magstay na lang sa bahay.Maglaro ng PC game, umarkila ng DVD.
7.hindi na iinom ng kape sa starbucks, ang mahal ng kape nila hehe.At masama ang madalas na pagkakape.
8.I learned this 7-2-1 rule sa peyups.com which I think is really useful:"follow the 7-2-1 rule" or something. Basta 70% of your income is pwedeng gastahin, 20% ay kailangang i-save for whatever you will need in the future (buy celfon, computer) and yung 10% hindi mo dapat gagalawin (pwede kung emergency) para pagtanda mo ay meron ka talagang savings."

9.Iwasang pumunta sa mall,bookstore , ukay, divisoria at quiapo.Dito nauubos ang pera ko eh, pagbili ng damit, DVDs at libro.Kung pwede manghihiram na lang ako DVDs at libro.At yung mga damit ko, dapat paubrahin ko na.Laba lang ang kailangan nun.

10.wag na muna manlibre.Wag magpadaan sa kantiyaw o pressur na nagpapalibre.Kung pwede magpalibre,by all means magpalibre.dagdagan ang kapal ng mukha.

11.wag muna pumasok sa relationship.magastos ang dates at panonood ng sine.lalo na pag maluho at materyalaistic yung buddy/kadate mo hehe

12.magdala lang ng tama pag aalis ng bahay.pamasahe at allowance.Iwan ang atm para wag matempt gumastos.

13.The best tip I got:" dont spend more than you earn."no explanation needed.

Pasensiya na yung iba jan, nahaluan lang ng kalokohan.Pero promise seryoso ako sa pagtitipid na to.Teka isip pa ko at magtatanong pa ko ng ibang tips.

Wednesday, March 15, 2006

Google Image Search

Walang maipost so might as well try this one.

I got this image search thingie from Cindy's blog:

Instructions: Use the picture you like best from the first page of the search results on Google Image.


  • The city and state of the town where you grew up, no quotation marks.

  • The town where you currently reside

  • Your name, first and last, but no quotes. Or, if you can't get anything based on the blog name or your real name (any variant), use your maiden name or some another funny-sounding name.

  • Your grandmother's name.

  • Your favorite food.


  • Your favorite drink

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  • Your favorite smell.
  • Your favorite song.

O cia trabaho na uli ako.


summer halo halo

Hay, late ako ng twenty minutes sa work ngayon.unfortunately,stupid me,i forgot to turn on the alarm clock of my cellphone bago ako matulog.Pagmulat ng mata ko at pagtingin ko sa wall clock,alas dose na...laking pasalamat ko dahil advance siya ng kinse minutos.pero teka muna,alas dose ang shift ko!
ang mga sumunod na pangyayari ay mistulang pinagsamang amazing race at extra challenge.Pagbangon ko,diretso sa banyo, buhos agad.'yung dating dalawang sabunan ay isang sabunan na lang o kalahating sabunan (kung meron ganun).kaunting shampoo, buhos ng maraming tubig.Pagkatapos ay nagtoothbrush,kinuha yung unang pantalon at t-shirt na nahugot ko sa aparador.wala nang pakialam kung lukot ba ito o hindi.nagbihis,nagayos at nagsuklay pagkatapos ay tumakbo palabas ng bahay...run kung run itu.kung pwede nga lang lumipad eh gagawin ko makarating lang sa office.At labag man sa kalooban ko eh kelangan ko na magtaxi dahil patay na naman ang ako sa TC ko pag nalaman na thirty minutes akong late.habang nasa taxi ay napaisip ako, nakalimutan ko yata maglagay ng deodorant.ahehehe.sobrang ayoko ng ganitong buhay...
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"sampung buwan na akong hindi natutulog kasi naman ang ingay ng aming kapitbahay pag gabi disco house at videoke kaya sorry na lang kung wala ako sa sarili mahal kita pero miss na miss ko na ang aking kama ..." - kama Supra by Eraserheads
Ang hirap matulog pa ngaun. i seriously have bad sleeping disorder.Ang average no. of hours na nakatulog ako is 5-6 hours lang.The reason for this is una,mainit sa apartment,pangalawa sobrang hilig manood ng TV ng isa kong housemate.Mula TV patrol hanggang PBB yata pinapanood nun ,isama mo pa ang Etheria at jewel in the Palace.dahil maingay siyempre mahirap matulog.Pangatlo, hindi ako kagad nakakatulog, kelangan ko pa magbasa at makinig ng music para lang makatulog.At kapag nagkakuwentuhan pa ng mga kasama ko sa bahay, ayan na mahihirapan na ko matulog.sa isang katulad ko na nagtatrabaho sa call center,sobrang napakahalaga ng tulog.namimiss ko na rin matulog sa gabi...
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Post ko lang ito.This was just forwarded to me by my team captain.Misconception about people working in call center.
Call Center episode from ABS-CBN's "The Correspondents" --UNF AIR!
Call center "Mataas na sweldo, magaan na trabaho, no age limit at hindi rin kailangang college graduate. Ang tanging requirement, ganda ng boses at galing sa pagsasalita. 'Ika nga ng iba, "in" ka kapag nasa call center ka. Pero paano kung ang kapalit ng magadnang sweldo at iba't ibang benepisyo, ay ang kanilang kalusugan at kaligtasan? "

That is the article at abs-cbsnews.com about their feature in The Correspondents about call centers and their employees.
Sad to say, Gigi Grande and the producers who conceptualized the said episode was not able to capture the truth behind call centers and their employees.
magaan na trabaho -- this is a misconception that a lot of people have about call centers. this is work, serious work and not playtime. as call center agents we are the frontliners of some of the biggest companies around the world. we handle their first line of defense for their businnes, Customer Service. we Filipinos who work in call centers represent these companies to their consumers and we filipinos can spell the success or downfall of these business just on how we deal with their consumers 24/7 and that is not an easy task. the reason why call centers thrive in the philippines is because filipinos have good customer service skills. we are professional workers and we give everything a 100%. i salute all the call center employees who make this feat possible. it means jobs and job security to the filipinos who wanted to work in their own country.
no age limit -- because call centers are equal opportunity employers. they do not set limitations to people's ability to work. it is only here in the philippines where we put an age limit to applications. it really does not matter what age the applicant is as long as they can still deliver quality performance. it is called diversity. hindi rin kailangang college graduate - for cheap call centers maybe, not for the big ones. we encourage our applicants to finish college first before applying. they may also be assisted through schedule requests if they want to continue studying while still employed.
Ang tanging requirement, ganda ng boses at galing sa pagsasalita -- for radio stations yes. not for call center. we are not DJs. we also require high IQ and intelligence in call centers. For example, Wil Ison, the 24 yo manager who was featured in The Correpondents. You did not even applaude him for reaching that position in such a young age. if he was employed in a bank, he will only become a manager if he kissed enough bossess ass or because he is already 50 years old. People like Wil were promoted because they are good employees. Most of the call centers have internal application processes that enables the employees to apply for higher position highliting their performance and capabilities and not who their friends are and whose ass they just wiped.
'Ika nga ng iba, "in" ka kapag nasa call center ka. - this is not a fad. we are working, we pay our taxes, we are productive citizens of this country. we chose to stay and earn here in our own country rather than go abroad and contribute to the brain drain. we earn a lot beacuse we work hard. we are thankful for the good education we were provided by our parents that gave us the competencies we have now. we are working for multinational companies and we get promoted. most of us 21-30 years old and we are managers, supervisors and senior managers.
we may not be doctors or lawyers but at least we are not corrupt. we are productive and we make sure that our families and our future families will not be included with the uneducated, paid rallyists in EDSA, who do not even understand why they are there. we are not a burden to the government, they should even be thankful because it is our tax, the middle class tax, that makes it possible for the Philippines to stay alive.
instead of potraying us as obese, smoking insomiacs....why not thank us? applaude our achievements, be proud that we are very good with what we do that's why investors come in to the philippines. ask the government to provide security to the employees who have different schedules from the normal 9-5 workers? ask them to take care of us and in return we will work harder, show the companies that it is worth investing in the Philippines, we will continue to pay our taxes and slowly but surely help our country progress.
by Menice Yap Call Center Supervisor Pasig City
In my humble opinion, medyo hindi nga naging fair 'yung show sa paglalahad ng buhay naming mga nagtatrabaho sa call center.Marami naman talaga ang minamaliit ang trabaho namin pero sa totoo wala na kong pakialam sa iniisip nila.Una, maswerte ako dahil hindi ako kabilang sa unemployed pouplation ng bansang ito, pangalawa marangal ang trabahong ginagawa namin at pangatlo hindi lahat nabibigyan ng pagkakataon na magtrabaho sa call center.Marami pa rin college graduate ang hirap makapasok sa industriyang ito.At hindi lang galing sa pagsasalita ng Ingles ang kailangan mo, katulad ng ibang trabaho,kailangan mo rin dito ng disiplina, tiyaga at talino.


Wednesday, March 08, 2006

You're Beautiful
James Blunt
My life is brilliant.
My love is pure.
I saw an angel.
Of that I'm sure.
She smiled at me on the subway.
She was with another man.
But I won't lose no sleep on that,
'Cause I've got a plan.

You're beautiful. You're beautiful.
You're beautiful, it's true.
I saw you face in a crowded place,
And I don't know what to do,
'Cause I'll never be with you.

Yeah, she caught my eye,
As we walked on by.
She could see from my face that I was,
F**king high,
And I don't think that I'll see her again,
But we shared a moment that will last till the end.

You're beautiful. You're beautiful.
You're beautiful, it's true.
I saw you face in a crowded place,
And I don't know what to do,
'Cause I'll never be with you.
You're beautiful. You're beautiful.
You're beautiful, it's true.

There must be an angel with a smile on her face,
When she thought up that I should be with you.
But it's time to face the truth,
I will never be with you.

Friday, March 03, 2006

random random thoughts

Angtagal ko ring hindi nagblog.Nakakamiss din pala.Hindi naman ako naging busy, wala lang talaga akong gana magsulat nitong nakaraang buwan.Madalas nagbabasa lang ako ng mga blog ng mga kakilala at kaibigan.Tinitignan kong ano na nangyayari sa kanila.Actually angdami kong gustong isulat ,ang dami kong gustong sabihin pero ayaw makicoooperate ng utak ko.hehe.
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Medyo masaya na ang atmosphere ngaun sa office.A lot of changes happened.Major changes I mean..And the changes really made all of us happy.First, the management gave us free internet access.Ngaun nakakaaccess na ako ng Friendster,Pex at Blogs dito sa work.Nakakapagchat rin ako using MSN, YM at Mirc.Astig di ba?They also provide us a new MMS capable cellphone.Although hindi siya high end, ang habol ko naman dun is ung free 500 load na binibigay nila every month.And the best of all the changes is increase sa salary namin.Marami ang hindi na magreresign dahil sa increase na ito.Probably the management realized how difficult outr position is,since we are handling sup calls and sobrang daming irate callers namin.Medyo malaki rin ung increase, aside from the allowance that they will give us.Hindi na talaga ako magreresign talaga kung ganito kasaya ang buhay.hehe.

Wohoo,It's already summer .My fave season of the year.para namang angdami nating seasonnoh?hehe.Meg and some of our officemates were planning to go to galera probably mid march and On April reunion naman ng college friends sa galera din.I have never been to Galera so I am really excited about it.I am also planning to go to baguio.Actually dapat pupunta ko nung Panagbenga pero sobrang dami ng tao nung time na yun so I don't think mageenjoy ako.Basta March or April or May, pupunta ako Baguio kahit ano mangyari.hehe.sana matuloy.

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Now I know how it feels to have a pseudo-relationship.Sana I chose to be single na lang hindi ung ganitong malabo ang relationship na pinasok ko.Kaya nga sa friendster ang status na nakalagay sakin is "it's complicated."Dahil it is really complicated.Hay.
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Madalas na yata ang atake ng depression sakin ngaun.Sobrang nagiging emotional na rin ako ngaun.Like nung tinignan ko ung Friendster profile nung ex gf (its actually an ex some years ago)ko and I found out na may anak at asawa na siya, bigla na lang ako at nalungkot.Bigla ko rin siyang namiss.Bigla ko ring naisip na sana anak naming dalawa ung bata.haha.isa na itong kabaliwan at hindi depresyon.At sana kaming dalawa pa.Pero malabo na mangyari un.I am so happy dahil kahit paano naalala niya pa rin ako.The other night naman while listening to some mushy music ay bigla na lang akong naiyak.tapos sabi ng ibang kaibigan nagiging matampuhin na rin ako sa mga simpleng bagay.Like simple favors na hindi naibibigay sakin.This is not me.hehe.Pero I try not to mind this
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Nagkakaproblem na rin ako sa health ko ngaun.Nahihirapan ako umihi, baka daw may UTI ako sabi nung friend ko.Hindi naman ako nagpipigil umihi pero ewan ko kung bakit ako nagkaroon nito.Siguro dapat nga magpacheck up na ko.
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Hindi na ko updated ngaun sa mga TV shows at movies.kay Ferdie lang ako nakikiupdate sa blog niya.The last movie I saw was Brokeback Mountain.Medyo recent rin naman kahit paano.

Anyone's watching PBB celebrity edition?Totoo ba na nagcome out na si Rustom padilla.hehe.Care niyo di ba?
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O cg saka na ibang kuwento, magtatrabaho muna ko.=P