On loving my job

Here's something work-related for a change. See, my boss is Joe Zaldarriaga. He's the spokesperson of Meralco and the Head of Meralco's Corporate Communications - Public Information Office (PIO). He handles interviews about issues that involve the company.

After more than 8 years in the business center, I was able to transfer to Sir Joe's team. I now work as a Corporate Communications Associate since December of last year. Since I am already experienced in handling customer concerns, I always help him craft his statements during interviews. I do the necessary research and coordination and I often accompany him. That has been one of my major roles in the team.

I remember a few months ago, he mentioned that he will soon be assigning us some of his interviews, depending on what it is about. Of course, customer-related concern was assigned to me. True enough, the unimaginable happened.

Last April 17, I was interviewed via phonepatch for the first time. Luckily, it was just about a busted streetlight which took awhile to be repaired. Whew. It was nerve-wracking. I felt my fingers go numb while I was talking to Julius Babao. It was then that I realized that my boss's job is so much harder than I imagined it to be. One wrong word/statement can and may cause an impact on Meralco's image as a company.

April 17 Interview

April 20 Interview

Sir Joe said that my voice had a good register on air and contrary to how I think I sounded, he said I sounded friendly. He also said that I did good so I guess it's safe to assume that I did not say anything wrong during the interview because honestly, I was really panicking inside during the interview and I can't remember most of the things I said on air after so I really wasn't sure if I did well but since Sir Joe said that I did good then I just have to take his word for it. Gotta be used to this.

True it is that when you love your job, it loves you back. I'm excited and nervous all in one breath. *big smile*

one word: toxic

Work today was, toxic, as expected. Changed my work schedule for today and timed in few minutes before 7 o'clock. By 7:30, we started to hustle. Since I was used to eating breakfast between 7:30 to 8 o'clock, I was already really hungry by 9:30 am. Was able to eat around 10:40, I think. Thanks to almost-endless-numerous-phone calls I got. Office got too crowded than expected. I couldn't even feel any tinge of cold air from the AC anymore, which by the way was already set to high fan and high cool. It was that crowded. The air was filled with body heat perhaps from the parents who underwent an instant workout by running after their kids around the office. Phew.

I left the office few minutes past 7. It was literally a long day. Imagine the exhaustion. I was so happy to finally see my bed at around 8. Thanks to my super friends, Anjo and Kat, I had a comfortable ride on my way home.

Hopefully, tomorrow will be a lighter and less toxic day for our team. #ASAPAKAMI Aftermath of long weekends usually last for two to three days. Usually, it gets worse than the first day. Wish us well for tomorrow. PLEASE. We really need it.

PS. It was still fun though. Thanks to my crazy teammates. Again, they worked the magic. Toxic days are always more bearable with them around. :)

null. nadah. empty.

Let the title speak for this entry. This day was a total bore. Energy just picked up around 4 o'clock when I received a call from someone inviting me to go to the auditions for the cheerdance team of Meralco for the 2nd MVP Cup this coming March. That was pretty much the highlight of my day. I was swamped with work again but at least I have something to do while killing time at the office. hehe. I was home early and so were my parents. I gave Yayan a back massage after dinner and he loved it. He even asked for more. He is really adorable in so many ways! :)

Fast forward to tomorrow, puh-lease?!

117.

It's Mitch's birthday today. Naka-birthday leave sha but since wala naman kami napagusapan na plan to celebrate together, hindi kami nagkita. I sent him a huge birthday card via LBC. Na-receive nya nung umaga. Natuwa naman sha at na-suprise, sabi nya. So Yey for that! :)


I was kinda upset that I didn't see him today, lalo na at may special occasion. But family should always come first, of course. So naiintindihan ko naman. May sort of panghihinayang lang, you know.


Change topic.

I was swamped with work in the office today. Tambak yung due ko for feedback letters, homaygad talaga. I even had to work during my lunch break just to make sure I'll finsih everything before five o'clock dahil hindi na kami allowed na mag-overtime, which sucks a lot! pffft.


Oh life! Kelan kaya ako matututo? Stubborn me. Parang may dyslexia lang ako when it comes to life. Hate it!

Monday on a Tuesday.

It was like Monday on a Tuesday. I think it's even worse. I don't remember feeling this tired ever because of work. I am so exhausted. Demmit.

P.S. Cheetos lost its magic. Not working.

Fat Wednesdays

Oh I dread Wednesdays all because of the fit of my uniform. My Wednesday uniform makes me look fat. Oh lemme rephrase that. It really shows that I am fat and is getting fatter. Demmit. I get pretty much the same comments from different people every Wednesday. "Tumataba ka ata ah..", "Ma'am, bumibilog tayo ah.", "Zen parang tumataba ka nga talaga." My reaction? I just answer with a smile while punching them straight on the face in my mind. 'Twas a joke, of course, but half-meant. :D

Gaaaaaad.. this is so depressing. How many times do I have to tell all of you, I am not fat. I'm just BIG BONED! Hahaha!

MONDAY.

Did you know that "Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang" was Christopher de Leon's first movie? Now, lemme ask, who can tell that I am bored? Anyone who'd say that I am bored should be crucified! Woooh!

I am sick. I spent the whole day in my room and much to my dismay, I thought I heard Matchbox 20's Unwell play in the background. I could have done a flawless, award-winning MTV for the song. or NOT! Thanks to Cinema One killing time was tad bit easier than expected. And as a matter of fact, I am currently taking time in thinking of things to do for tomorrow because it looks like I'll still be spending the day off. Darn this fever! Note that my temp since noon was consistently 38.5.

I am literally unwell. Boo me!
ineedurloving.

workaholic me?

I spent 13 hours at the office multi-tasking almost half the time - processing service applications while accomplishing my rebilling forms. Spell tired? I'm not even excited for tomorrow because I still have to work on Saturday. Yes, I am a self-proclaimed workaholic and I hate it.

I lost my mood. Have you seen it?

Wala si Zen... tulog... lumabas... nasa banyo!

Have been feeling sick since the other night so I've decided to take a leave from work. For the meantime, I'll just take advantage of my situation and do what I've wanted to do on times like this - BUM OUT! :D Movie Marathon. Blog. Surf the net. YouTube. Music downloads. Iso.hunt. Food trip. SLEEP.

In short, today will be "buhay baboy" day!
I'll Oink the day away!!

Yesterday SPENT.

Spent the whole morning at the office. More computations, more fun.. Yehessss!! Miraculously, I didn't feel bored or lazy or not in the mood while dealing with paper works. I was productive, for a change. And oh I missed bonding with my officemates! I certainly hope they missed me too. Well, mukha namang oo.

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Spent the whole afternoon at the mall with a friend. And the perfect word for the afternoon was "FINALLY". I just wish we had a longer time to kill. The "usap time" was sort of bitin but I'd rather have it that way than none at all.

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Spent the night with Musiqality. We were supposed to get tired and sweaty altogether. But BOO ME I got injured even before I can warm up for our gymnastics training. So I just stayed on the side and enviously watched them sweat up in doing some skills. DEMMIT.

suweeeeeet!

Yehesssss...
I finally got the result of my promotion.
Thank you, Lord!! :)

What was up with me today. I had no energy at all and I intentionally swamped myself with paper works and computations. While my office mates were laughing, I was there at the other end of the lobby pretending not to hear anything. I was sort of anti-social. I felt empty. I wasn't feeling happy nor sad... as in nadah! I was the last one to go home. It was around 7:40 when I swiped out. That was the end of my Thursday at the office.

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Am I really ready? Am I really up for this? For the nth time, I'm throwing myself out there in the wild. and yes, I feel scared but it's not what's out there that scares me really but the uncertainty of what lies ahead. It's the uncertainty of what's gonna happen that bothers me. But hey, I'm done with being safe so let this battle begin.

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Stranger in love. Oh life!

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Happy Birthday, Coach Ayeng Paitone! ♫♪

Today is Monday, I know right.

So it's my first day with my new work schedule and I must say,
HAYLAVEEEEEEET!
I feel like time's going by a bit more fast than the usual.
I still have to adjust with my lunch break a.k.a. nap time, though.
By four o'clock, I was effin' ready to go home.
How cool is that.

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I've mentioned in one of my previous entries that I was supposed to be out of town
during the holy week. Not going wasn't as bad at all until I saw the "whoever-didn't-go-missed-a-lot-and-will-regret-not-going-big-time" pictures!
Demmit! But hey, it was a sacrifice I thought I should make.
It's for the Lord so I guess that's acceptable. No, IT IS ACCEPTABLE.

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Monday usually is a critical workday for our office. As expected,
customers came in by tens, take note, per minute. We were forced to vacate our counters
so that it can be used for the payments too. Lucky me because the smell
and ambiance in our office was really, really awful. Plus, the temperature felt like hell.

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I missed someone today.

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Sheesh, I forgot.

My work sched for the month of April is now 7am to 4pm.
..And "what am I still doing up late?" is the perfect question.
Demmit.



Monday.. Oh, I hate Mondays.

first for 2010

It's kind of funneh that I'm writing my first entry for 2010 about my first leave from work for this year. Cool eh!

Been sick for awhile now. On and off fever, dry cough, muscle pain... boohoo!! If I remember it right, this started last week. Despite the fevers and colds, I kept on working. I didn't want to take a leave from work this early. It's just January, haller! But today, I had no choice. I am literally voiceless because of last night. We had a send off party for our business center head. I had a blast so I guess it was pretty much worth it. :D

So today, I'll just rest and try my best to get well. Also, will prolly see Sherlock Holmes this afternoon! Imma date myself! Wooot!

FB Stat: Ang lalamunan ko ay parang pickup lines, gasgas na gasgas!

work it, crazy!

i am pasaway. i should be on my feet finishing my choreography for this sat's open training. but i am here, vegetating again in front of my pc. well, this won't take any longer. i just want to write first then i'll turn this distraction off.

although tiresome, i am enjoying every minute of my busy schedule. i met a lot of people and got to work with other business centers' personnel. it's just funny that my sched has been so crazy the past weeks. most days, i am at ortigas practicing for something or attending seminars. like next week, i won't be reporting at the office at all. ow-em-nyi.

also, i was pretty much exhausted at work today. fyi: i reported at our office. how's that. stayed til 7pm but still wasn't able to finish what i was supposed to finish. demmit! i won't be at the office tomorrow. i'll be back there on friday. funny thing, i'd like to think that i am missed at the office. perhaps, they do. they're just too shy to admit it. bwahaha! oh well, I MISS THEM TOO!

i discovered a new song to love. And by new i mean something new for me.
Oh I love it!

Ay Em Bisi.

Kung anong bigkas, sya'ng baybay. Oha oha!

Ayun... Sangkaterbang trabaho at sangkaterbang activities nanaman ang naghihintay sa akin for this coming weeks. Umaygas! Sana pwede akong mag-astral project gaya ni Prew sa Charmed para pwede ako mag-seminar, mag-sayaw, at magtrabaho all at once. Oha! Kinabog lang si Darna ng bahagya!

Halong excitement, pagkahiya, at pagka-pressured ang nararamdaman ko ngayon. Excitement kasi marami ako extra-curricular activities (work and non-work related) at dahil dun, marami ako nakikilalang mga tao. Pagkahiya kasi ung mga naiwan kong trabaho, ibang tao ang gumagawa. Pressured kasi first time ko magpaparticipate sa activity ng department namin pero mabigat na responsibility agad ung naibiagay sa akin.

Ohwell, I'm taking this as a challenge.
Gudlak na lang sakin.

oh happy day ♥

I had a stress-proof day today. I am smiling.



All my bags are packed. I'm ready to go.
Another seminar but I am smiling.
MORE ENERGY MAS HAPPY!!

SEMINARista.

So I've been attending a series of seminars. I made a lot of new friends; that was the fun part. But I also met people who are so competitive. You know, the kind who really knows what they're doing. People who knows a lot more than you do. Made me question if I'm on the right field. Hehe.

Ohwell, that's life. People always want the limelight. They always do.

Non-sensical. IKR

I'm trying to recall everything that happened today to try to see if there's anything worth blogging about. And nges huwaaaaat.. WALA. :D So I guess, you are stuck with my rants about how stressful this day was.

I arrived at the office around 7:45 and was pissed off to see na meron na agad trabaho na nagihintay sa desk ko. Ow-em-nyi! Akala ko pa man din makakapaglaro ako ng games sa pc ko, haha! Imagine, from 7:45 am to almost 6 pm, the only rest i had was my 15-minute break in the morning, lunchbreak, and the times I acted like I needed to go to the restroom. Oha oha! It was indeed a long day.

It rained again. Oh please rain all week except on Saturday, PLEASE.. PLEASE.. *hopeful