tayo sa sat...
I was just passing through, so I figured I'd leave my mark. Nice place you have here. I love the colors...
from L-R: Domeng, Rhon, Gemma, Ed, Boss Tina & Brian
from L-R: JD, Becca, Rome, Yohan & Cynth
Meet the QA folks! [Not present: Judith, Heidi & Len]
Since we didn't have anywhere to hold the meeting, I suggested that we go to YellowCab downstairs... This also served as my welcome treat.
For the 2nd half of May, I had been "shadowing" several of them to see how the work is handled. I had also listened to previously evaluated calls and made my own evaluations to see if I'm calibrated with the rest of the team.
My first week of being a "real" QA Analyst is over and done with. I've already submitted the evaluations of my assigned agents, among the other tasks involved. We'll see next week if what I did was right... ![]()
The GOOD:
The BAD:
The HMMM:
i'm cooking sumthin' up... stay tuned for it. 
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The BAD:
The HMMM:
yea, in a nutshell, what the title says.
for those of you who _really_ know me, i rarely talk about it. but there are just some days when it makes it's presence felt that you simply can't ignore it. and once i start dwelling on it, it's the beginning of a downward spiral of negative emotions.
in a few months, i'll have spent 5 years on this current job of mine. sure, i've ranted and raved about this job for quite some time now, and hints of getting another job have come and gone. but with my self-proclaimed "deadline" fast approaching, will i still be here after that? will i be doing the same shit? i know 5 years is a loooong time, but honestly speaking, it didn't feel that long for me. [btw, i've spent 6 years at my previous job] it may be because i'm enjoying myself; or it must be because of the few people that make coming to work all worthwhile; or maybe i don't have any choice at all in this. i dunno...
single at 31. yes, that's me. people are still asking me why i'm not married yet. i usually answer in jest and make jokes about it, but sometimes i _really_ find it annoying and i want to answer back: why do you care? if i get married right now, will it have an effect on your life in some way? would me being married make you happy? but in all seriousness, i do ask the question myself... and all i get from myself is a dumbfounded look and a blank stare. in the first place, how can i get married if i don't have a girlfriend yet!? *wink²*
aagh~ enough of this serious shit... /wrist /fez
if you asked me how i'd spend my Holy Week a couple of months ago, i would've said something like: "most likely i'll be at work. if i was lucky enough to get the allocation for leave, i'd stay home and do the usual things". never did it cross my mind that i'd have the chance to go somewhere far and experience a lot of "firsts"...
before i continue, some visual aids can be found here. i'll keep this post short, as i would like to let the pictures do the talking.
now, for a rundown of the "firsts":
anyway, the plane ride was fun and exhilirating, albeit short... [just a 1 hour flight] And not bad for my first plane! [a freakin' Airbus A320-200 for the trip to Palawan, and an Airbus A340-300 for the ride home!] trip from the hotel to the underground river was looooooooooong so i took naps along the way. food was seafoods galore! [it was Holy Week, so no choice on the matter] wine tasted great! photo ops at the beach was lots of fun, and the snorkeling, oh the snorkeling!!! it was truly another world down there... so many fishies swimming about, and grabbing the bread that we had for feeding. but there was this one annoying fish that was "territorial" and kept on biting our legs! blasted fish left a bitemark too... overall the whole trip was a blast! and a needed vacation too.
*hopes there will be a next time*
[gonna get this outta tha way, even if March technically ain't over yet]
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After a while you learn
the subtle difference between
holding a hand and chaining a soul
and you learn
that love doesn’t mean leaning
and company doesn’t always mean security.
And you begin to learn
that kisses aren’t contracts
and presents aren’t promises
and you begin to accept your defeats
with your head up and your eyes ahead
with the grace of woman,
not the grief of a child
and you learn
to build all your roads on today
because tomorrow’s ground is
too uncertain for plans
and futures have a way of falling down
in mid-flight.
After a while you learn
that even sunshine burns
if you get too much
so you plant your own garden
and decorate your own soul
instead of waiting for someone
to bring you flowers.
And you learn that you really can endure
you really are strong
you really do have worth
and you learn
and you learn
with every goodbye, you learn…
--Veronica A. Shoffstall (1971)
( Author's note: This poem has been plagiarized, bastardized, renamed, reworded, redesigned, expanded and reduced. But it is my work, which I wrote at the age of 19 and had published in my college yearbook. Why anyone would want to claim it is beyond me, but for what it's worth, I wrote it, and if I'd known it was going to be this popular, I'd have done a better job of it. - V.S. )
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[i lead a _very_ BORING life, i know... *facepalm*]