Archive for October, 2007

  • 26 Oct

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    5 reasons working TOO hard does not agree with me

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    been working pretty hard the past few days. You won’t believe it but when I wake up, work’s the first thing on my mind.

    i don’t like this tlaga, i’m growing up na.

    1. I am not sleeping properly.

    I’m assuming there are people like me who still need 8 hours or more of sleep. I really need my 8 hours of sleep because I’m getting incredibly cranky, my eyebags are the size of my fist, and I can’t live without my dreams. I can’t.

    2. I am drinking more Pepsi Max.

    I’m trying to lose weight but because I’ve been staying up late at night to do work, I need something to energize me and it can only come in the form of Pepsi Max. No sugar, maximum taste. plug plug! (but my salbabida is getting bigger)

    3. I’m getting pimples! UGH!

    Kids, when you read something about losing your pimples after a certain age, by all means, throw that book out of the window. When I was younger, I was looking forward to reaching 23 because the books said I’d be producing less oil ergo, my pimples would subside yadda yadda. To quote PGMA, I am sorry. I am already 26 and I still get pimples the size of the eraser on the other end of a mongol pencil. Arrrg.

    4. I don’t get to spend quality time with my loved ones.

    My baby brother’s bday is October 28. My Lola’s bday is October 31. My Kuya’s birthday is Nov 4. I can’t even begin to explain to them that I’ll be working on those days. arrg. arrrg. arrrg.

    5. Bills bills bills.

    “Think of Beyonce” has been my mantra for the past few weeks, but even the lure of going to the beyonce concert hasn’t been enough to withstand my need for retail therapy. When I’m overworked, or I lack sleep, my mind forgets all reason and indulges me with the things I want. Just the other day, I found a gorgeous pair of zebra prints shoes – GAAD. I could not contain my excitement when I saw those shoes, and even if I’ve been telling myself for the longest time that I DO NOT need another pair of shoes, just the thought of leaving GT Towers without those shoes was too much for a sleep deprived, cranky, overworked drama queen. SOooo I bought them :)

    I love what I’m doing now and I wouldn’t, for the life of me, think of letting this go, BUT I’ve realized my need for recreational activities, and a lot of alone time. I’m sure I’ll get used to working this hard, but as I’ve mentioned, I really need my sleep. Maybe I should catch a few winks instead of writing this. hahaha. Goodnight world :)

  • 19 Oct

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    the boss of my dreams

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    A day after I informed the people here at the office of my resignation, I stumbled upon a great article at www.inc.com about “The Habits of Highly Successful Bosses“. Memories of former bosses and current ones rushed back into my head – did they measure up to the successful boss illustrated in this article? So I decided to dissect each and every boss and see if they were brilliant examples to me, an aspiring boss (with my time spent on mobster in facebook, maybe I’d be a better off as a mob boss than a real office boss nyahahaha). Of course I won’t write down here WHO made it to the list, or who didn’t – my bosses should know for themselves if they were successful as “bosses” or not :P

    According to the article…

    Great bosses get the small picture (just because it works for the people in the IT department, doesn’t mean it will work for the accounting department – people experience things according to their perspective, and great bosses understand that)

    Great bosses make people feel smart(you don’t have to tell me it’s a bad idea, let’s work it out so I can still come out with my head held up high)

    Great bosses know who does what (the proliferation of “teams” has eclipsed individual effort, but great bosses know what and who to praise individually. Appreciation men!)

    Great bosses know when they’re not wanted (they know that their employees are susceptible to slacking off, but are also responsible enough to finish their work – and they don’t need to be reminded of that – unless your employees are from dumbnation.)

    Great bosses remember (personal information about their employees. “hey Ven, how’s your… cuticle doing?)

    Truth be told, I have no idea if I’ve met the boss of my dreams – it’s like meeting your soulmate… you just know. Not to discount the contributions of my former and current bosses to what I am now – whether it’s making me so frigging used to cutting and pasting stuff, trying to appease a client’s irrational demands while  my boss hides in his room, to reading on stuff I never knew existed – I think they’re all great and, in one way or another (whether they were a dream or a nightmare to work with), had imparted something of themselves to make me the person I am now.

    For that I am grateful.

    How about you? Have you met the boss of your dreams?

  • 15 Oct

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    ven


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    im gonna be sick…

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    I’m having the “resignation” talk with my boss tomorrow, and although Jade had warned about a week of anxiety before the actual talk/filing of resignation, I just felt that anxiety right about now.

    I’m sooo gonna be sick tomorrow. ugh.

    Honestly, my reasons are pretty … valid. More responsibilities? Check. Substantial paycheck? Check. Chance to be better in my field? Hmm… undetermined as of now, but I plan to make it work. Not that it isn’t working with my current job… I like my job right now but there are just some things in life you can’t say NO to and this new job offer is one of them. My boss might get mad at me, and I won’t be able to help him NOT to get mad, but as my older brother told me the other day, my loyalty is to myself (and well, my family). I need this job to help my dad with his financial burdens(haller, me!), and well, I wanna move out eventually, so maybe this is a step towards it.

    gaaad im gonna be sick.

  • 15 Oct

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    what makes a great movie(for me)?

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    I’ve been meaning to read the book, but the movie came out first so off to Gateway Mall we went.

    stardust

    Everyone knows I’m such a cheeseball so it’s safe to assume that I liked the movie and I loooove tristan :) My favorite character? the whoopsy pirate of course! Robert de Niro was hilarious as the pirate! It’s refreshing, fun(the siblings bickering at each other even in the after life hahaha priceless!), with just a bit of cheesiness thrown in (if it were too much of a love story, I’d probably be hurling my way out of the movie house). But, just the same, lemme just quote Yvaine’s confession of love to Tristan(who was a mouse at that time)

    “You know when I said I knew little about love? That wasn’t true. I know a lot about love. I’ve seen it, centuries and centuries of it, and it was the only thing that made watching your world bearable. All those wars. Pain, lies, hate… It made me want to turn away and never look down again. But when I see the way that mankind loves… You could search to the furthest reaches of the universe and never find anything more beautiful. So yes, I know that love is unconditional. But I also know that it can be unpredictable, unexpected, uncontrollable, unbearable and strangely easy to mistake for loathing, and… What I’m trying to say, Tristan is… I think I love you. Is this love, Tristan? I never imagined I’d know it for myself. My heart… It feels like my chest can barely contain it. Like it’s trying to escape because it doesn’t belong to me any more. It belongs to you. And if you wanted it, I’d wish for nothing in exchange – no fits. No goods. No demonstrations of devotion. Nothing but knowing you loved me too. Just your heart, in exchange for mine. “

    A great script(make that a very quotable script), fantastic cast (michelle pfeiffer is still gorgeous after all these years, and her acting was, for a lack of a better word, refreshing. It’s good to see her in roles you wouldn’t think she’d take), and of course, the fact that it’s by Neil Gaiman makes Stardust, for me, a great movie :)

    watch it. watch it. watch it. watch it. watch it.

  • 11 Oct

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    semcon philippines 2007

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    semcon philippines 2007

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