Saturday, February 5, 2011

1 at 24/7

I wore the only free Jacket I got from this call center career yesterday and yes, I can't believe, I am now 1 year in this company! =)

Of course, at first it was not easy, as you check my previous posts.. Damn, I never thought I'll reach this long. hehe Nevertheless, now, yes I'm struggling with my stats especially that career threatning VOC, I can say oh well.. 1 year kinda worth it.

Friday was the time of this 1 year journey, and yes in our batch, we are 6 but might go down to 5, it depends to some of them might leave. Don't ask me who will be but definitely not me.. Yet. =)

It was fast, I mean, I thought 1 year in the dayshift sked will be slow than the usual vampire shift! I was wrong.... It is more fast paced and quite lively. Even well most of the time, quite boring but needs to do the job right. I still remember my first month, geez, I'm getting high AHT, then very not helpful stats, and I feel like, damn, after a year of hiatus of work, it did show some rust..

But as the months goes by, I showed what I can do and it did help the team, except for these past months. hehe I can say, maybe these past months, with all the things I do everyday, I'm in a funk.. =( Tired, pressured and sometimes depressed, but not that depressed..

Good thing at this time, or my stay with the team, of course, I only had one TL, and same team mates until now.. Geez I thought unlike in my Dell or my past call centers, I'm changing teams every quarter! hehe But this time, at least, I'm with the team for a year.. Quite changing I guess. Curious.

But I should thank this company, at least I have an extra income which helped me to pay junk of my obligations, and get my other things back in the fastest way.. I was able to help my parents as well, due to medicard. hehe

I can say, we had so many eat outs or team buildings, very engaging in terms of how to put or at least know each other better. Even I'm not that close to each of my team mates, but when I'm there at work, it is fun with them.. Working, doing our best to reach the stats and outlasting other teams, it is a team effort.. It did show last quarter or the 3rd quarter that we get our top prize for the best VOC team of the quarter.. We are going to celebrate that on Saturday! hehe

We had some ups and downs, but I know we will emerge in those difficulties.. Especially in this quarter. Damn. hehe

As for the company, I can say, oh well, even yes, they are paying more, but in other aspects, quite poor. I have many examples! But it will take 2 parts to tell them all.. And nah, they are in my friend's list. hehe

One of it is the jacket. Geez. Instead of the usual, wine and ham, or ham, or xmas basket.. We got a jacket.. And of course, I fitted the one I like, it ends up when I got the jacket, it was tight for me. hehe How about our team funds.. I can say, my TL sometimes shoulders the team buildings we do! Unlike in other centres which the department has funds for each team at least for these events, unfortunately.. They don't give it, regularly I guess. But that's why I like my TL, very generous for the team... =)

I know my TL is quite not close to me unlike my previous TL's but she gets the job done. More than that.. Thanks to her, I'm still here.. =)

How about SME's, Mitch and DP.. Great mentors that you will never have in other teams. hehe But yes, with their guidance and help, well, I was able to survive those grueling quarters.. Except for this quarter which I know everybody in our team is struggling. =( It is not their fault. However, there are still there to guide and help us.. Thanks guys. =)

The team, Mhon a.k.a Gary V., George Estregan Jr, and now Machete! hehe Great dude! Faye, great chick with hmmm good singing voice.. =) The platinum VOCer, Sassy.. The vets, Mommy Ness, Ann, friendly Sheila and the realtime analyst Chelo... hehe Almost vets, Cy, Marie, Airene, Kissen.. Rookie Jerome.. and of course, I doesn't mean I forget the other teams! Thanks to them as well! Other TL's, Garsh, Faye, Tam, AJ and Mars.. Naks.. Thanks for guidance, aux 1's and waiving the lpf's! hehe

The other teams as well. Thanks for the camaraderie.. And for being my customers as well! hehe Yes, because of them, I have extra income, extra money to invest to my little shop and extending my market! hehe

Do I have some problems with 24/7? Greatly, not HR or their TP (the so called timeclock and performance keeper crap. =).. Well, what I can advice are just 2 things.. Invest in one building only for all of us and yes, equipment as well.. Workstations, facilities, please.. They are important too, especially in coping the client's needs. That's all. hehe

To sum it up! Yes, Dell still the best but for the second place, it's 24/7.. =)

Will I go for 2? Let's see at 04/02/2012.


Wednesday, February 2, 2011

OST

I thought Reality Bites OST was the only movie soundtrack I'll love. hehe Thoughts are wrong. Well, my ears are wrong I guess. But anyway, as I watch movies or just streaming them, I found some notable soundtracks!

Besides Reality Bites, of course, there is I Know What You Did Last Summer! Pop flick yet the OST is quite alternative, great fit for the dark slasher movie. Just the first movie. hehe

Then, there is hmmmm High Fidelity, full american cast directed by a british dude named Stephen Frears which directed later, The Queen. Great movie about listing the exes yet falling in love.. Accompany with a good mixture of songs from Velvet Underground, Jack Black, and yes, Stevie Wonder. Especially the last song! Damn, very lovely!

British movies, some of them crap yet most of them have good OST. From of course, 24 hour party people, to Control, or Edgar Wright movies, Shaun and Hot Fuzz, Trainspotting! Then others, well, too many to mention lad.. But it is, as long it's british, expect great OST..

Then how about Brazil, which I haven't finished it. hehe But the sequences itself have interesting music, and of course, don't forget the theme music.. Great. Blade Runner, futuristic and orchestratic. =) Scarface, since it's 80's, then the sounds should be in the 80's! Even well, the story about the great fictional mobster. 80's sounds has influenced many movies, brat pack movies, to Romy and Michelle HS reunion and wedding singer! hehe Too many to mention as well..

Comedies, well, I already mentioned upfront some of them. Let's add, 50 first dates, Walk Hard! hehe

Stanley Kubrick movies! Notably, Clockwork Orange and 2001: Space Odyssey.. Actually if you really watch his films, I think he also sets the music fits for the scene. Damn, he is so great of directing a film, indeed a perfectionist.

Action flicks, well, not all of them has good OST, unless hmmm James Bond films? hehe Ah, of course, Kick Ass! and Scott Pilgrim if you consider that a whole action flick. Ah I forgot, the Matrix! Except for the last one.

Horror? Hmmm not many.. Maybe the musical scores are scary, like Jaws but songs, I don't think so. hehe

Love.. Love and love and some drama.. Love movies, it has I think the most number of good OST. Well, Reality Bites and High fidelity are good already.. Then, there is Somewhere in Time, which yes, it has only one musical score but oh dear, I cried. Especially at the last scene. =)

Well, there are many but 3 OST's I liked recently, from love flicks.. First, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, I know the only notable song there is from Beck but come on, the scores there are great, quite clever and especially the "Row" track which it really puts a smile in my face when I see that scene with the track.. =) 500 days of summer, I can't believe that all the songs there are happy and upbeat.. Even the ending is really bittersweet, but yeah, almost all the songs there are upbeat and happy.. I still feel sorry for Tom.. I think we are quite the same.. hehe And Summer, let's see, if the one I thought resembles here will like the movie. Let her watch it..

And lastly, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World! Some of them written by Beck which are awesome! Then some of the songs, really fit the scene or how about the end song? Sweet and nostalgic. hehe Black sheep as well, damn great song from Scott's ex, I thought at first since I am not really updated with the music, it's from Metric. How dumbfounded I am. hehe But anyway, that OST is awesome..

Tron Legacy as well, no songs really but great musical score from Daft Punk!

And many OST I think I missed, and a movie I think best enjoy or you can say good as long it has great musical score that really entice you to keep watching and best of all.. Songs that will let you remember the film, even those bad films. hehe

Unfortunately, I don't have an example of a bad film with a good OST.. Hmmmmmm, I'll think about it first. Maybe Purple Rain? =)

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

unplanned 20

2 hours ago I felt dazed.. Geez.. Love month na nga. hehe

Kalimutan na nga ang Enero, naalala ko pa yun score ko last month. Well, wala naman magagawa si TL dun di ba? hehe Ayoko ko nga tignan. Di ako yun! Well, bilang na siguro araw ko pag di pa ko nakabawi. hehe

I am not sure my plans for tomorrow. Pero sure ako sa valentine's yihee... hehe Ayaw ata nila. Di bale, edi ibang style na lang siguro. =)

Gusto ko lang kasi maiba ang valentine's this year. I mean for the past years, it's almost mourning o nasa sulok lang ako, envious from the other couples. Crap! I hate it. hehe So this year maiba naman. Kung walang date, edi wala. =)

Stay single.. =(

Anyway, nothing new naman, besides of getting back the pirate days! I should get more blank DVD's pa to keep the movies.

What else, yes! Reminding myself of doing or executing the plans for this year. Nakarecord siyempre, dapat di ko malimutan yun. Yun kasi kulang ko last year, dapat nasusulat na.. hehe

Gusto ko sana sumali this Sunday kaso, since I have no funds para sa piyesa kailangan ko, baka di na ko makasali.. =( Crap... Baka yun next week na lang siguro.

Kaasar lang, some women, doesn't have the time to at least be available on 14.. I mean.. Well.. Siguro, sa ibang araw nga, ayaw eh, yun pa kaya! Saka dami nga tao. hehe Labo no.. Well, di bale, I won't give up. =)

Ah, sa shop siyempre, may mga aayusin pa pero siguro more in the money side na lang. hehe Yun ibang problema, madali na yun..

Ah, ayun, since valentine's at siyempre minsan lost sa usapan, time to watch some Star Cinema cheesy movies.. Let's start with One more chance. hehe Sarah and John llocke este John Lloyd? hehe

Questions swirling in my mind.. Will I like it? Is it fun? and after this movie ba, makakarelate na ko sa kanila? hehe I don't know what to expect but the important thing is enjoy watching..

Naman oh.. kala ko makakatsamba pa ko with 7, pero niyek, that dude is lucky.. =) Damn, sino kaya ang magiging next better half ko? hehe

The answer is taking some time, and I am still waiting.. I can't wait for it.. =)

Besides, I don't want to reach na 40 na unplanned posts na at eto pa din problem ko di ba? hehe

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Kill January!

If this was a glass.. I'll break it..

If this was a paper, I'll burn into bits!

If this was a bubble gum or candy, I'll spit it.. Geez..

If it has a face.. I'll punch it!

I don't with this start of the year should be right? But due to bad circumstances or whatever crap hapenning in my surroundings.. It turns out that it engulfed me.

It gave me that feeling of even I did everything in my outmost effort and strength, unfortunately.. I did not work. =( It was not enough..

It was pathetic in the sense that oh well, I did not turn out that at least favorable. It was so gloomy and felt like Stephen says, Unloveable. You don't have to tell me.

I felt miserable and I thought I may not able to finish all.. Damn!

How cruel it is.. From where I lay down, to my workplace, those stats, then my shop, and come back where I lay down again.. In between those events.. Geez, bad karma or unlucky you name it.. Low stats, sales or more work, or even trouble.. Sigh..

It's just seemed so not right. Oh, yes, it may extend until the first days of Feb which I hope it will be the last string of unfortunate events. hehe

Yes, all I can do for now is laugh about it.. Look around me and feel lucky.. Feel blessed.. And most of all, pray to him that I just hope, I'll survive!

As the last day of this so great start of the year comes to an end.. I want to forget it and move on. Besides tomorrow, it will be a different day. A different vibe. A different way.

Maybe the month of love will at least give me the happiness for a while, in a way that I could understand and feel free.. Not strained or whatever I feel tired or bored, just the right feel. Confident everyday.

Enough of this sourgraping painful crap.. I just want this month over.. I am not into months, what I know I love June because it's our month. hehe But please, I just want to finish and leave everything from January.

I am just plain upset. =)

Don't ask.

If I'm an assassin, this is the target I want to kill.

If I'm Scarface, this is what he calls, cockroach.

If she is my girlfriend? Let's call it quits. Please...


Unending Grace

Going back to the place that gave me the sense of direction through my life.. After HS days, I did not think of having a fun school or a happy college life..

That changed when I stepped in at University Santo Tomas, circa 2000. Ironically, I applied for BS Computer Science and well, I failed my second choice then I ended up at BS Commerce, Major in Business Administration. Geez long title of College Course. hehe

Well, being at college was at my best in terms of having fun in school and same time, thought of what I can be after it. I know, I have many things to learn or do after those days but great thing, at least it gave me a clue what to do..

And yes, a career at first I did not like, but in the end, well, better I have this career.. Then go for the one I like..

Career wise yes.. The environment is another thing. With good place, not so big campus but just the right one..

Ala naman may UST ikot pa dun. hehe Pero tama naman, tama lang laki ng UST, kaso liliit na lang kasi sa tinatayong complex and buildings din.. Pero with that saying, I feel pa din na naging masaya naman ang environment dun, from the walkway, sa Dapitan, Navarra ang institusyon ng bilyar. hehe Asturias, Concepcion, at Almer's na nagsara na... =(

Yun P. Noval din siyempre na minsan namamali ako ng sabi. P. Naval. Peste. hehe Morayta at ang dalawang lugar na spesyal.. Tapsi at Footlungan. este, Lovelite na asenso na. hehe

Of course, sa loob na UST, marami din nakakamiss.. From P.Noval gate, 2 gate sa Espa�a at siyempre sa likod, Dapitan.. Commerce building of course na may kahating AB. hehe

Ang football na last Friday, grabe ang tao, napuno ang Field, first time ko napuno ang field na yun. hehe Yun gym siyempre, plaza Calderon. And everything in that campus.. Even the main building.

The 2 best classes in my school life, 2CPM and the best, 4BA1 2k4! hehe

Sayang nga lang, last Friday should be more special if everybody in those classes spent some time there. I mean even the mass is so long, and I was envy at those batches na sobrang dami pumunta sa kanila, taking pictures, kamustahan and camaraderie.. Like living those days na magkakasama kayo.. Quizzes, pest test, research, group projects, Class Corpo, Feasib.. Inuman, tambayan, ligawan. hehe At samahan!

Kaso ayun, 5 lang ah, 7 pala, late ko na nakita yun isa, hehe Then the other one nasa student center.. But anyway, sayang.. Mas sayang yun Thursday! With all the stars performed there and fireworks, sayang, masaya siguro yun.. Kaso, asleep syndrome ako. hehe

But anyway, kahit yun Mass lang pinunta namin, well, masaya naman kasi yun lahat ng Thomasian nagsasama to celebrate the once in a lifetime event. Jimar joking about reaching 450, I said, well, if we are still here. =)

500? not a chance! hehe

Of course, with a mass headed by a representative directly from Vatican, we are all blessed na to be part of this celebration. With all looking back to the insitution who not only gave or trained or mold into productive citizens but also.. Living in a catholic way. At least..

Nevertheless, as you see in the pictures, UST gave light to us through different ways.. From work or to yourself, lahat naman nag UST mapa nadebar or graduate, ibang experience yun nakaaral ka sa USTe..

Forget about the dinner which you will not able to set anyway, but yun sights and sounds, pwede na, and to captivate the night with those lights and smiling faces na makatapak ulit sa UST, ayun, sulit na...

Yun natirang 4, ayun nagchic-boy tapos, sa A venue. hehe Sulit!

Still, nun kinanta ang UST Hymn, simula at wakas lang ang alam. hehe

Pero sana yun pagiging thomasian ko or others, won't end there.. It is unending mission for all us. From God and the teachings from UST, except for the commerce subjects. hehe But indeed, he gave us and UST..

Unending grace.

And I hope it will continue for the years to come, especially those who will enter UST and experience an education like no other.. Naks =)

Todo promote sa UST, well, wag lang siguro sa commerce! hehe

Ah hindi, siyempre, pasok kayo sa commerce ha, mas swerte kayo, madali lang ang sked niyo! hehe

Thanks to the Royal and Pontifical Catholic University of Santo Tomas! Parang kulang.. =)

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Saturday, January 29, 2011

realizations (part 19)

301. wah!!!! well, my computer is fixed!! Damn I missed this lovely thing. hehe

302. Sumusunod na pala ako sa mga na plan ko this year ha.. It's just getting started.. =)

303. I hate the start of this year.. Just read the next post.

304. Damn I being left behind, not in terms of career, but in love, niyek! hehe

305. I already met the best women in my life. Women no? hehe Dami eh.. but 2 of them stands out. Clem and Summer.. Yes, they're real, I mean not the whole film role but at least, medyo copy nila. hehe

306. I have many hurdles to jump, and obstacles to solve and I hope, most of them will end this year.

307. This year will be my defining point of my life. Need to choose the right ones and well, plan the right actions.

308. I really miss posting here.. Geez. =)

309. after watching "the social network", Mark did one of the best programs in the planet which it did not really help him at all in the first place..

310. Ahhhh... I hope for the best for my small shop this year.. =) Win more customers or possible to make it big. If not, well, do other things, productive things.

311. what's happening in my work, well, let's see if I'll be there until next quarter.. hehe

312. Damn, they laugh at me, when I'm telling them.. I do love movies, with all the movies I got. I did not watch them all.. I just love keeping them then at the right and free time, I am going to watch them!!

313. I am thinking of growing my hair, but oh well, those painstaking gel days makes me wonder, nah, I'll pass it for now.

314. Even loveless at Feb, well, I hope it will be better than January.. hehe

315. After the mass last Friday, I realize, how happy and proud I am being Thomasian! =) I just sad, I was not able to go last Thursday, fell asleep syndrome. hehe

316. US from sugar hiccup, the song will best describe my past love.


Monday, January 24, 2011

Fast Forward

As I look to my Black Edge and waiting for some good news. And I'm preparing for tomorrow's very early shift.. Then at the same time well, good relief na di naman ako sumakay ng bus at avoided the explosion, thank God..

I am here, well, thinking what to do for those who doesn't pay.. I should have them pay.. Dearly.. hehe


After many xmas parties, so many busy events, tapos ayun many bills or debts to pay, and computer wrecked which got fixed, ayos na! Well, siyempre, di naman mawawala ang some special and sweet events.. Meetings. hehe Whatever.. And of course, getting wild for Olivia Wilde.. Fascinated how cool is the old Dude!! Facing his young Dude. hehe

Ah, and everything just fall into place na marami kang hahabulin.. What a crap.. Many things to do this weekend. And planning to just well, di makapunta sa one of the events. Magulo kasi, kaya ayun, imbes pwede ako ng that day, ayun naurong sa day na mukhang malabo ako makasama.. =(

This new year, yes, I am feeling a new me, and I know medyo marami pa ako dapat gawin sa buhay pero isa isa ko silang gagawin this year.. Some of them well I do like, some.. Napilitan lang and some yes, I hate it but I need to do it. hehe Maybe I think of those things will improve me.. For the better or for the best..

Quarter planning na nga ang siste eh. Grabe pre! hehe Well, I guess these ideas or occassions do need to happen. Especially, the 2 words, work hard..

Working hard, whew... All those past working experiences combine in my current state, siguro parang 40% lang ang na feel kong hirap unlike these years. Yes, imagine that, I am going for a year for this kind of set up, at mukhang matutuloy pa ng matagal. =) And besides, great persons do also like this.. Ask Robert, the rich and poor dude..

Marami nangyari after my last post since November, pero siyempre yun iba nakalimutan ko na sa sobrang busy.. But most of them, siyempre naalala ko pa at I'll think about putting it here.

Pero wag lahat.. hehe

For this year, may targets ako or resolutions or goals pero at least at the modest level, something gotta change from me. And make this year a happy one for me =)

Well, I am the one who can tell if I'll be happy or not after this year.

I am also wondering, bakit di nila alam na 400 years na ang UST sa Friday? (for alumni) hehe A.) Forgot B.) They don't know C.) Alam pero wala nagyaya, alam pero walang pupunta na kabatch or kakilala D.) Di sila nag UST. hehe For short, di alumni..

Maybe this is enough for pushing that button, I might miss some parts which it's hard to rewind.