...escaping work to look for work...

i wasn't online for the past couple of days... on the first day, i was out to aid in presenting for UL, and i came along to accompany our visiting Chinese-national around Glorietta... funny thing we learned, tikoy isn't actually that known in some parts of China... we had a hard time explaining what tikoy is to this Chinese guy, and he still couldn't understand what it is... just so we could prove our point, i asked my mom to buy a small tikoy from near their office just so i could bring him one... at some point late in the afternoon, someone called me up, asking if i was available for interview the next day, to which i said yes... but i also said yes when asked if i was coming along with our account manager and Chinese visitor for home visits...

the next day, we had a hard time explaining what hopia and champoy were to the same Chinese guy... so after a couple of home visits, i asked to be dropped off to Makati, to check out the supermarket there, when in fact, i was going to my interview... of course to sell the act, i had to volunteer to go and look for hopia and champoy...

now, i was asked to go to enterprise building, 27th floor of tower 2 at 2pm... i was along ayala by that time... i was dropped off at Glorietta, and i ran all the way to the Enterprise building, which again was not that near... i was sweating like crazy... and when i got to the 27th floor, i couldn't see the company's name... i got freakin lost in the floor looking for the office... then, i got to 2704, which the receptionist told me to go to... inside, i found 3 people, whom i asked if any of them was called "Mica"... one of them said Mica's not there yet, but we were all looking for the same person... so i sat down with them, and talkative as i am, feeling close agad, trying to make a conversation out of silence...

i learned that i was with:
1. michelle: an IT graduate of 2002 i think, but im not sure of, from Assumption... she's 27 and talks too much... obviously we're the ones who initiate talks there... she just took a job offer, and it was supposedly her 2nd day in the office that day but she called in sick...

2. richard: an LM graduate of 2003, Kuya Jeff's batchmate... he says he's working for their family business, but prior to that he worked with Purefoods and Globe... i should've been impressed, if not for his "eps" and "fis" (eport for effort and fisful for peaceful)...

3. cindy: a communications graduate from UP... suprisingly working as a sales person for Ayala Land... really a quiet girl... probably because she's sick...

4. karel: latest entrant, but later found out that she wasn't supposed to be there yet as she was applying for a different position...

freakin interview had all 4 of us in the same room answering the same question... actually, she just asked us to introduce ourselves, what drove us to choose this field, and what asset we bring with us... sound simple enough, and with me being exposed to public speaking A LOT in the past, it should be cinch for me... but no... nakakailang... by the time i felt i was sputtering words, i decided to just cut whatever i was saying short (that was after 2mins of talking the way i do.. fast)...

after the interview, i hung out with michelle, coz she seems to be decent enough to talk to, and karel actually waited for us to finish just to ask what happened... we went to Coffee Bean in Greenbelt and talked for a while before going our own separate ways.. while at Coffee Bean, i got a call asking if i'd be available for a second interview...

that's gonna happen tomorrow... hope it goes well...



oh, and i went back to work at around 6PM, looked for hopia and champoy, gave it to Chinese guy (interesting name, Forrest Chen, and has a really cool kid), and went back to Glorietta for Dipa's Body of Lies premiere...

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Blogging and Comments

i actually appreciate comments on my blog... its nice to know someone actually takes time to read through my blogs, senseless it may be sometimes... it's just that i don't have that much interaction in work... hence, blogging is my only friend... it's where i get to share stuff i want to share and you don't get bored as hell with all my details because you can always choose to skip a paragraph or two if you're reading...

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Relationships and Making Things Work

relationships are supposed to be a "give and take" thing... it won't work if you're focused too much on one thing... and if you want to make it work, it won't unless you expect the other person to do his/her part only...

we all play a part in relationships... sure, there are times that you're wrong, there are times that you're right, but "sorry" won't work unless the other actually forgives... but you won't get out of the cycle of "sorry" and "forgiving" unless you figure out what went wrong... to make the relationship not stagnant, you have to figure out how you can avoid doing what went wrong... if you don't and it happens again and again, you're bound to break up sooner or later...



at a time when everyone seems to break up, i just wanted to share that.

(so you don't assume that the whole blog's all about you all the time...)

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Upset City

San Miguel Beermen got their name back, and durng the first half of their game last Sunday, it seemed they got their game back as well, leading by as much as 18 points... And then they blew that lead and lost the game to Alaska...

Earlier, Red Bull was playing really well, with Baguio, Najorda, and an opportunity-grabbing Gabby Espinas leading the Bulls to i think about an 8point first half lead... then they lost steam, couldn't rebound, and flat out handed the final 2 quarters to Purefoods...

On the second game, Sta Lucia was in control for most of the contest, even building the lead back up to 10 after Ginebra tied it back in the second quarter... but at the crucial moments, Sta. Lucia crumbled, and ultimately lost the game to Ginebra....

what's up with the upsets? i'm beginning to think that refs favor the underdog team... i found a couple of dubious calls/non-calls back in the first game... in the second game, well, i was looking at my bro's DOTA game, so i wasnt really paying much attention to the game...

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Friends vs. Work

i'm actually starting to be afraid of taking a new job... it might entail a lot of field work, and stuff busy people do... if that happens, i might lose out on a couple of friend-gatherings...

i don't know if not having any friends in the office is good for me or not... while i don't have friends now in the office, i seem to crave the company of my old college friends... however, what happens if i get to meet new friends at work? can i still find time to be with my college friends? will i crave to see them as much?

parang ayoko tuloy magkaron ng friends sa office...

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2374.15


that's my bill for this month on my phone line... and to think that i'm only subscirbed to plan 600... upon learning that, i bought myself a new globe sim card for all my freakin globe friends...

my new globe number is 09274685410

my sun line is still active though, and it remains my primary number...

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i want to blog more... but i think i'm getting sleepy... i'd like to edit this post to make it longer, and more not looking like it was done in  such a hurry, but i think i've said enough of my piece... i'd probably blog about what happens to my second interview...

at least, as a friend said, by blogging, i get comments...

...and though it may seem at first that i'm talking to myself, at least i know, that later on, someone who's not too busy took time to read through just out of curiousity and interest about what happened to me...