i miss keng... :(

...and i really do.

anyway, just had my first day of training with a call center company that is based here in Ortigas Center, and i need to study when i get home since we'll be having our first exam tomorrow. oh geez... and it's all about memorization. *eek*

earlier today, i called karen, Alice and my sister. i kinda miss them all... Mississauga, my two buddies, Noriel & Charlie, fall and winter (although i hate winter), the things i did a year ago there. sheesh... i'm feeling sad. i wanna go back there and be with them.

judy's going back there on the 2nd of october, donna will follow on the 14th. when will be my schedule?? oh please... i wanna go back there.

I'm Jobless No More

yep, and this is for us, keng.
praise be to the Father!

Passing Time On A Monday

early today, i made a phone call to my friend & former colleague, Anne, to reassure if my job application in NLRC has really been frozen for good. "Cost-cutting po ang government kaya freeze hiring lahat, kahit sa Congress." with that statement, i thought i was hearing the voice of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. well, at least one thing got clear to me this day--- pursue job hunting with private companies. (call center with favorable shifts, included)

i craved for a conversation an hour later, so i went to my former colleague in SUN Cellular-Robinsons Big R and once again, i got some worth-hearing news & updates regarding the companys present status, as well as its employees.

i contacted my mom after a few hours and asked her to stroll along the other mall, Sta. Lucia East Grand Mall. Then we decided to watch a movie. Since my mom falls asleep watching foreign films, and since i have watched almost all good foreign films anyway, we agreed on one movie left among the choices--- Feng Shui. I feel funny coz i have been staying away from a Kris Aquino horror-type film coz based on her past performances many, many times, her horror flicks turn out to be comedy. But this one is different. I even believe that Feng Shui is more scary than Exorcist: The Beginning.

A Sunday Story

being able to perform my church duties on an early sunday morning has always been a perfect thing to start any sunday. after performing, my dad and i had our van cleaned in the nearby car wash. while waiting, i treated myself a Bart burger and a can of Pepsi at Burger Machine. i asked my dad if he wanted to have a snack too but he told me he was saving his appetite for lunch.

and so we ate a hearty meal during lunch. my mom cooked nilagang baka then the three of us took a nice nap afterwards. I woke up smiling, feeling good. I had a glimpse of keng during my mid-afternoon dream. i felt something different upon opening my eyes from the nap i had. so i offered a prayer of thanks to Him.

we got ready by three in the afternoon and headed to Robinsons Galleria Department Store to get my nephew a couple of pants which his mom requested us to get for him. then we watched Steven Spielberg's The Terminal starring Tom Hanks. I liked the movie. It's full of hearts.

we had dinner together and last stop was in a video store. we always think of buying Filipino VCDs to be given to my sister. we just got a good promo: buy one take one. so i grabbed It Could Happen To You starring Nicolas Cage and Bridget Fonda; and guess what...? well, click here.

ken yu plis pas da binigar!

net surfing

i've been having headaches with my internet connection at home so i am again forced to rent net access here at netopia. i need to check (at least) my email everyday coz of my job applications online.

anyway, some annoying "kids", some as young as high school years, playing warcraft (network) games are not having second thoughts in 'expressing' their emotions... p*tang ina nyan o... patay na! ay, p*uta! g*go talaga!! *sigh* where have their values gone?

i'm financially doomed! my savings account is in the verge of bankruptcy and last time i checked my cell phone bill, its 200 short to 4K. if my cell phone will be disconnected because of unpayment, that means no overseas texting and no overseas call. i hope the right job for me comes soon.

haPpY 8 mOnThs 2 Us! God bless!

i had a long day yesterday. Bong and i were scheduled to go to a supposed job fair in SM Megamall and Gary went with us. upon arriving at the mall, the job fair was nowhere to be found. and so, we decided to drop our resume in the job market office of PDI instead. then, after meeting up with joy and a friend she just knew for an hour, we took our lunch at the food court then proceeded to Robinsons Galleria to go to the HR dept of SUN Cellular... yep, you heard it right--- SUN Cellular. Gary, Bong & Joy dropped off their resume at the HR and I decided to just wait for them at the mall. then we went to Convergys because Joy & Bong wanted to apply. i might as well see Joseph, i thought so i went with them upstairs to the HR department. after waiting for some minutes, we were told to proceed with the initial interview. even before the interview was done, i told the interviewer about my former application and the pending agreement with joseph so after verifying the schedules, i excused myself from the interview. i waited for joy & bong for them to finish with their initial interview and fortunately for Bong, he passed.
we then met Gary at the mall and took a snack at Dunkin Donuts. i ordered their promo number two (a piece of sugar-raised or honey-dipped donut with a cup of coffee for P28) and i asked for an extra creamer. surprisingly, the lady didn't charge me for the extra creamer, which the Dunkin Donuts management usually does.

after eating, we decided to go home as we still have to pick Chaddy up from Libis. getting off from the van i was driving, Chaddy and i remained in it while talking about the plans we have for her mom's bday. then we chatted about what was happening to her since i was gone. (Chaddy is my kinakapatid and her mom is the number one ninang in my list, and their family is my second home) Anyway, we picked my mom up from our house then we went to Chaddy's place for her moms bday surprise snack. we brought pizza and ice cream. during the time, electric power was restored. then we all had a nice, nice chat about things and life.

i was tired. i just had keng to relieve me from my weariness. a text message, much more, an overseas call makes my day. salamat po at maligayang ika-walong buwan sa atin, kahit malayo, maligaya pa rin at taglay ang pag-asa ng muling pagkikita.

today i'm scheduled to meet my bestfriend. he has the Christian Music CD and the musical scores that i need for the upcoming district choir competition. good luck to us!

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to my one and only ate whom i gave the link of this blog just recently, if ever you are reading this, i need to talk to you. GET A PHONE CARD AND CALL ME!

one good day

i am one happy soul today. started off with the performance at church early this morning. upon going home, keng and i had a great, great conversation over the phone. and it didn't finish with just one call. it was followed with another, and still another later this afternoon.

today i also got the installer cd from gary and most of the day was spent downloading Windows 2000 and MS Office applications. The longest download i made was W2000 pack 3 (which is needed for me to download Office apps) and so while waiting for the complete download, i took a nap. upon waking up, the download was still undone so i watched the cheerdance competition of the 67th UAAP season.

Winners:
3rd - FEU Tamaraws
2nd - UP Maroons
1st - UST Tigers (woohoo!!! cheers for the Tigers)


Anyway, after downloading everything i need for this pc to work good, we went to Sta. Lucia Grand Mall--- mom, dad, cousin Faith & i. we treated my cuzz who passed the board exam (i mentioned yesterday in my short entry). we dined in at Pizza Hut, had some groceries and window shopping. We were supposed to watch The Terminal but its showing time is not that ideal so we passed on it.

I'm looking forward to a good week starting off tomorrow by going to a job fair at SM Megamall with our organist, Bong. Goodluck job hunters!

ciao!

quick entry

just wanna congratulate my cousin, Faith, for passing the (recently held) board exam for Medical Technology. Congrats also to Jeff Ramos for passing the same board exam.

had a nice chat with Keng this morning. whenever we converse over the phone, parang walang pacific ocean sa pagitan namin. :)


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freakin' cold allergy...

of life and jobs

I’m starting to feel my life again here although I admit I’m always ready to give it up (again) in exchange for a life in Toronto. I can’t believe this ‘twist’ happened in a span of one year. Seeing my ‘life-would-be’ with my loved ones overseas, I have set my mind to see myself living with them in the future.

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I didn’t believe until last night that Orly is getting married in November. I didn’t want to ask further questions but he offered me to be one of his secondary sponsors and the marriage is to be held in the province of Quezon. Last Sunday, Martin offered his first child in church and it also confirmed my doubts regarding him having a wife, much more, a child. Wow.

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Last Tuesday, it was my second time to visit Congress in two months. Since I still have to go to my aunt’s office in DILG, I took the MRT going to GMA-Kamuning station then took a walk to the building. As I waited for my aunt who took her lunch break, I looked at the person who was standing by the elevator as he extended his hand with the person who just came out of it… ”Good afternoon, vice.” then Bistek appeared.

A few minutes after that, my aunt was preparing my credentials and she made a call to this Congressman who will receive my ‘papers’. After a few endorsements, I braved the heat going to the House of Representatives. I saw a good number of vehicles with posters and placards going the same way as to where I’m going. There’s a scheduled rally. Good timing.
Getting off the tricycle, policemen greeted me at the main gate. They were preparing for the then starting mass protest and the main gate was properly guarded. I didn’t mind much what the rally was all about but I managed to read some of the posters--- ”P3000 across the board ipatupad!” was repeatedly demanded by the posters.

After waiting for an hour inside the Congressman’s office, I was finally interviewed by the Congressman himself. He was too talkative (I can say), or maybe he really just have a lot to say about his partylist. He said he is over-staffed but is considering in hiring a good writer. A writer who will make press statements for the broadsheets. Suits me. I would love the job but was turned off with his demand of work schedule. We partly ‘argued’ on the work schedules but he himself put a stop to the argument. So he let me write something about the church I belong to, anything regarding it. But then he reconsidered the subject. He told me to write about anything I wanted to write. Then he told one of his staff to attend to my composition after I finish it as he was about to attend the session. Instead of writing just one composition, I wrote two--- one about being Filipino, and one about the church.
His wife (like one of his staffs) took my composition after 10 minutes and got my contact numbers. She told me the staff will call me after her husband reviews my credentials and my composition. After hearing this, just one thing entered my mind--- the usual “I’ll call you don’t call us” rejection thing that most HR departments tell the job applicants. But I thank them anyway since I felt I have overstayed in their office already. Walking out of the building, I was thinking of myself working in the House of Representatives, adjusting to new schedules and thinking of a ‘new life’ …if it is meant for me.

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If I don’t get the job in Congress, I’ll be pushing my application at NLRC. So I followed up on my application yesterday courtesy of my friend, Anne, but she just told me another negative sign--- ”Uy jon, di ba nag freeze hiring ang government effective second week ng September? Pero ipa-follow-up ko pa rin yung application mo, anyway, sa 15 pa naman ang evaluations ng mga applicants.” whew! Now how does that sound?

I wonder if I’m not meant to work in the government.

photo with a "celebrity"

yes, my dream photo with a "celebrity" has been fulfilled!

after a long silence...

ber month has arrived! Yuletide season approaches and I still have to gather myself together and face life. It’s nice to be back in shape from a flu and the past week had been quite tough. pondering had been my constant supplier of whys while prayers supplied the answers. And I’m sure glad I wasn’t forsaken--- I mean, never.

I’m trying to upload a bunch of pix in my photobucket account in order to have an online document of what I have been getting busy of the past days. So far, I’m still not happy with the way my pc is running, much more my internet access. the worm sasser has been removed, my ISP is connected but still, i get a slow connection and much worse, a Can't Find Page window. oh, how i wish i had taken a course in computer when i was younger. these technicalities would have been helpful now. But anyway, I thank jary for lending me the anti-virus software.

Today started perfectly. I woke up nicely from a night’s sleep, saw how 430am looks like again, performed my choir duties and had a nice chat with the brethren this morning. And I think I will have the time to read the books I have purchased yesterday, Bob Ong’s A B N K K B S N P L Ako, and another one, Nasa Puso Ang Amerika by Carlos Bulosan.

Here’s a picture I uploaded, photo dated August 27, 2004 taken during the reception of Edel & Judy’s wedding at Shangri-la hotel, with mom and dad and of course, the newly weds.