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:

• new ear piercing
  
• watched X-Men Origins: Wolverine
  
• celebrated Mother's Day with Mom and Kuya's family over at Greenhills
  
• family gathering for Mom's biirthday
  
• watched Angels & Demons
  

The BAD:

• more personal drama
  

The HMMM:

• my new life as a QA Analyst
  

i'm cooking sumthin' up... stay tuned for it.

it just occurred to me that i haven't given my blog sum lovin'...

around the first week of May, i got my 2nd ear piercing. i've wanted to get one since late last year, but only found the time to do it recently. i had it on my left ear still, so right now i'm wearing the 2 studs. methinks only a few peeps at work had noticed it. even my mom just noticed it a couple of days ago. to while away the time and since i was at the mall already, i decided to watch X-Men Origins: Wolverine. kuya loaned the pdvd  of the "beta" version of the movie, but i didn't watch it. i wanted to enjoy the full effects and the complete movie itself.. too bad i didn't stay after the credits for the additional extra scene...

Mother's Day, we went to the mall together with kuya's family. nothing much, just strolled around Greenhills and had dinnar.

May 15 was my last day as a call center agent. I was [un]fortunately promoted as a QA Analyst, effective last May 16. if you were following my blog, you would have been familiar with my numerous failed attempts at applying for this position. now that i finally got it, i was like "meh". don't get me wrong, i was happy, but not that happy to leave my "comfort zone". not to mention the "easy" money i was getting as an agent... i wanted to try something else, 'coz honestly speaking, "nabobobo na ako". i was looking for this change for a couple of years now. but now that it's here, i'm scared outta my wits... *sigh* hopefully it's just the first week jitters.

this past weekend was made of depression... felt like i was abandoned and unwanted. self-inflicted drama, i suppose. pathetic, really.. let's just leave it at that.

anywho, hopefully this last week of May will be a safe one..

The GOOD:

• PALAWAN trip~
  
• Dad's birthday and my folks' wedding anniv!
  
• family bonding galore.
  
• 3-day workweek for the past 2 weeks.
  
• joined shabby's band practice then dinner at som's with a sneak peek at RingSide. (evilsmirk)
  
• Hyatt weekend with my friends.

The BAD:

• poor
  
• drama at plurk
  
• drama at work
  
• intermittent interweb connection
  

The HMMM:

• submitted my job application for QA for the nth time~
  
• "deadline"
  

 

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":

• first time to go to the Centennial Terminal 2.
• first time to fly! [even took short vids of the takeoff and landing]
• first time in Palawan! [Puerto Princesa to be exact]
• my first out-of-town vacation in a looooooooooooong while~
• first time that we went out-of-town as a group. [usually, hanggang Tagaytay lang kami! lulz~]

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]

The GOOD:

• tapped to assist trainees at work. became a "morning" person for the past 3 weeks.
  
• was able to watch the E-Heads concert and met up with zakel.
  
• due to new sked, had a "social life" again! lulz~
  
• watched Watchmen with Jeanette, then went to David's event at the Glorietta 3 Tent.
  
• met up with shabby and joiz to pick up geetar, then dinnar at Sbarro's and hang out.
  
• drinking session/s with Batch 75.
  
• 4-day restday!
  
• met up with Jeanette, Anna, and David at Alabang Town Center for Monsters vs. Aliens and coffee.
  

The BAD:

• lola's dead
  
• FrancisM's dead
  
• no night diff and hazard pay for the past 3 weeks
  
• intarwebz at home went back to "normal"
  
• made summady angry 'coz i was tactless
  

The HMMM:

• thinking of switching intarwebz providar...
  
• tapped to floorwalk again...
  
• vacay plans for next month: screwed or not?
  

 

• starting last week and for the remainder of March, my work sked temporarily changed to 6am-3pm Fri-Sat off. i've been tapped [along with 3 more peeps] for mentoring the new batch. although i never "technically" signed up, i was asked to do it, 'coz the "usual suspects" who used to do the mentoring have already been promoted. heheh~ maybe this was the "change" i was looking for... at the very least, this'll look nice on my resumé.
  
• i was able to watch the E-heads concert last March 7 with zakel. [a promise fulfilled! woot~] it was actually our first time to meet, and she was really nice. as for the concert: sulit talaga! 'nuff said!
  
• because of my new sked, i was able to roam around the mall again. spent my whole Saturday at Glorietta. watched Watchmen with Jeanette, had lunch at Sbarro, and then met up with David for his 2nd Avenue event at the Glorietta 3 Tent. had to go home early though, 'coz i had work Sunday morning already.
  
• i can't seem to manage my time efficiently lately... i've tons to do and lots of stuff that i've got to take care of, but whenever i get home from work, all i want to do is sleep and rest. gad, i need a vacation, and fast!

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. )  

 

The GOOD:

• mah birthday!
  
• KYL's birthday!
  
• koya's birthday!
  

The BAD:

• personal dorama sa plurk
  
• wasted/unfulfilled plans
  

The HMMM:

• sleeping during restdays
  
• new LOB
  

[i lead a _very_ BORING life, i know... *facepalm*]