Sunday, November 27, 2005
Reason Not to put your Picture in the Internet
Simula nang makita ko itong mga pictures (pinadala ito sa akin ng kaibigan ko sa email) na ito ay medyo natakot na akong maglagay ng picture ko sa internet. Sa totoo lang, tinanggal ko sandali ang mga pictures ko sa friendster ko. Pero teka, ang yabang ko ata. SINO BA NAMAN AKO PARA PAG-AKSAYAHAN NG PANAHON??? Sagot: Malay ko! Hindi natin masabi. Tignan nyo na lamang ito.
Translation: Ever since I saw these pictures, I was a little afraid to put my pictures (it was sent to me by email) on the internet. Actually, I took out my pictures from friendster for a while. But then, "Who am I to give this kind of attention???" Answer: We cannot tell. Please see below pictures.
...nagsimula sa patingin-tingin.......
(...it started just while looking around....)
....hanggang makarating s'ya sa white house.....
(...until he arrived in white house....)
...pati sports di n'ya pinatwad....
(...he even conquered sports....)
...tuloy-tuloy sa pinilakang-tabing...
(....went directly to the movies.....)
...at sa mga foreign soap operas....
(....went as far as foreign soap operas...)
...skat na sikat na s'ya....
(...he become so famous....)
...pero sa bandang huli, sa club pala ang bagsak n'ya.
(...in the end, its the clubs for him.)
Ngayon, nakakatawa ba ang mga larawan sa taas? Depende marahil sa tumitingin. Sa una, nakakatawa subalit kung IKAW kaya siya, matutuwa ka kaya? Ako, kung may permiso ako, ayos lang. Kung wala, hmmmm... matagal bago ako matuwa. Sapalagay nyo?
Translation: Now, are the above pictures funny? It depends upon the one's viewing. At first it seems funny but if YOU are him, would you find it funny? For me, its ok if I gave my consent. If not, hmmmm... it would take a long time to find it fubnny. What do you think?
Posted at 12:10 pm by picklegirl
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Wednesday, November 23, 2005
One of the most painful stage of one's life is the death of a loved. It came to me early when I was just 13 years old and just coming out of the shell. My mother died of cardiac arrest.
We were watching television that night. My mother got up, then all of the sudden she felt dizzy, she fainted. I began to laugh. I thought it was funny. But I was wrong. My father scold me and ordered me to call unto my aunties next door. I obliged. Then we rushed her to the hospital. Our whole family was disturbed 'cause they are worried.
I was calling her while she was lying on the hospital bed. She's making this sound indicating that she's hearing me. Something inside me is telling me to say I LOVE YOU. But I chickened out 'cause one of my not-so favorite auntie is there. It was the stage of my life that I don't have any courage at all. That moment is the day that I regret most and am still sorry until this day. So sorry that it still brings tears in my eyes. I feel that I failed to express my love for my mother for the last time. I don't know if I have forgiven myself for that. She passed away 6 hours later.
Since then, endless questions without answers began. What if I told her that I love her? What if she we're alive? What if we are all still together? What course should have been my college course if she's still around? Are we happier if she's still alive? There are so many possibilities that we will never be answered.
God has His reasons. He has his plans. Every time I think about this, I try to look at the bright side. If mom is still here, I would be THE Brat-Next-Door. I would still living in my-own world. I wouldn't how to do the things I know now. Perhaps, I wouldn't be with Dennis now. That I don't want to think about.
I thank God for the life He has given me. He tests me from time to time. I try to pass them with flying colors. He knows me so well. He knows that I like learning best through application. Failures of tests, I take it a challenge. I am now though enough to face the consequences of no-so-good decisions.
To my mom :
I love you so much. I hope I've been a good daughter to you for almost 13 years. I thank you for taking such good care of us. I know you just did what you can. I am only sorry that I didn't get the chance to grow up with you and have that girl-mom bonding like they do, give you grandchildren etc. I will remember you for the rest of my life.
Posted at 08:27 pm by picklegirl
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Sunday, November 20, 2005
For the past two days, I've been trying on to log on my blog but for some reason, I can't log in! Ggrrrr! Anyway, what's important now is that here I am again 
.
Friday
We went to see "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire". I was afraid our trip would be a bad one for some attitude in likeness of tantrum ( it came close to that ) 
. Anyway, I just ignored it and pretended that everything is fine while watching the movie. ( We call it here plasticisim ~ the art of pretending to be or feel exactly the opposite of what you are actually feeling towards something or someone. Thus the person is called "PLASTIC" ). I won't let something like that ruin my evening 
.
For my movie review...
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is a much more mature film than the first three. ( A lot of critcs agree so, if one reads the film reviews often ). It is a much darker version ( which I like much better ) and pretty much focused on Harry Potter's character instead of the magical aspect of the story. There's still a lot of magic like a Pirate Ship that sails like a submarine (?) and Harry turning into something like a merman. Prof Dumbledore got focused upon also giving a hint of his importance in the next installments of the series. Overall, I like this movie the best so far. It makes me want more to watch the next installment and more to finally buy the actual book ( I want the hardbound ones ) to compare the book and the movie.
Saturday
I woke up early around 6 AM ( I can't seem to help myself even if its my Saturday off ). I tried to log in using my boyfriend's computer and it keeps coming back into the Log In page! Dammed computer! I guess some program's preventing me to log in ( or my boyfriend finally found a way to stop me from this madness called blogging 
). So I just browsed my favorite sites. Found some interesting articles. Didn't have the courage to comment still though. After two hours, I woke up my boyfriend up and slept until 10:30. He woke me up around then and asked me to get ready 'cause we thought we're going to go to Makati Medical to accompany his mother. Or we thought so. The lady changed her mind and our supposed activity is cancelled. I slept again and woke around lunch ( What can I say? Sleeping is one of my fave passtime 
). Ate lunch. Messed around the computer then went off to my girl bestfriend's party. She's celebrating her bday which was last 17 Nov.
The Party....
We are the second ones who got there ( I'm with my boyfriend and a friend ). We saw again, after 2 years, one of our girl's best friends. A little bit later, her friends on RO (Ragnarok on line [ a MMORPG ( massive multiplayer online role-playing game) ] came also. While waiting for the other two guys, we started the party with neverending VIDEOKE. (Hurray!)
After an hour, we decided to make ourselves fat and singed once more. The Videoke thing went until 1 AM with matching beers and "pulutan" on the side. ( Can you call pizza a "pulutan"? ) We had a blast ( I'll try to have copies of the pictures 
). We called it a wrap around 1:30. Got home at 2 AM.
Sunday
I woke up again around 6 AM (aarrghhh!!! I've got a bad headache). Tried again to log on my blog on the dammed computer again with no luck. Surfed again the net. Got tired after 2 hours. Slept. Then my boyfriend woke me up again and beg me to prepare breakfast. Obliged then prepared to go out. Both of us have a bad case of hangover ( I had only one bottle and him four ) but still decided to still go out. We found ourselves on the DVD center. Bought some DVD's (got seven) and found out after we went home that we bought ourselves two DVD's with the same title (Hahahahaha!). We slept some more. Then did our household chores. That's about it. Hehehehehe
I guess I'll discuss more about this new found activity ( the beer drinking part ) sometime again though the topic seems ordinary and soon about our addiction to this MMORPG.
Posted at 09:16 pm by picklegirl
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Thursday, November 17, 2005
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Today was a bitchin' day. I am trying my best to manage my attitude towards work but its not doing great. Lately, I have been exclaiming that I want to go home during the day. I feel I am burnt out by the nature of work I am in.
Let me tell you about my work.
I am an accounts clerk for a manning agency. We supply seafarers for various ship managers. What does an accounts clerk do? Basically, we ensure that the monthly remittances of wages that the seafarers requested are remitted. We also process requested payments for various things payable to the seaman. etc. etc. Now...
the problem is not the work. The challenge is dealing with allottees ( the person who accepts the cash remittance of seafarer ) who seems losses their human sensitivity to others and common sense when it comes to money. Let me give you a senario over the phone
MONDAY:
Allottee: Ma'am puede pong magtanong? ( Can I ask a question?)
Clerk : Anu po iyon? ( What is it? )
Allottee: May pinadala na po bang allotment ang mister ko?
( Did my husband sent an allotment for me? )
Clerk : Anong klase pong allotment, regular po ba o special?
( What kind of allotment, the regular one or a special? )
Allottee: Ay, Hindi ko po alam. Basta magpapadala po cya ng pera.
( I don't know. What I know is he's sending me money.)
Clerk : Ok. Ano pong pangalan? ( Alright. What's the name? )
Allottee: Antonio,Rivera po. ( Antonio Rivera )
ClerK : Anong barko po? ( What ship is he onboard? )
Allottee: Ay, hindi ko po alam. Di po nasabi sa akin e.
( I don't know. He didn't told me. Sorry. )
Clerk : Ok. Intay lang po check ko.
( Wait for a moment and I'll check ).
After a few seconds....
Clerk : Ma'am, ang barko po nya ay MV Luisita.
( Ma'am he's onboard MV Luisita)
Kakadarating lang po ng email galing principal para sa
special allotment. Ipapadala pa lang po sa bangko bukas.
( We have just received their special allotment request
this morning. It will be brought to the bank tomorrow.)
Allottee: Ay ganun. O sige po. Thank you po. ( Alright. Thank you.)
TUESDAY:
The phone rings.....
Clerk : Hello, accounting, Good Morning!
Allottee: Hello, ma'am. Si Mrs. Rivera ito. Nagcheck po ako sa
bangko wala pa pong pumasok. (Hello Ma'am, I checked
with the bank but there's still no deposit yet.)
Clerk : Ma'am, ang sabi ko po kahapon dadalhin pa lang today.
Karereceive ko lang kahapon yun. Cyempre po, iproprocess
p po yun. ( Ma'am I informed you yesterday that,
it shall be brought only today because it was just received
yesterday.)
Allottee: Ay ganun ba ma'am. Mga anung oras po kaya maipapasok?
(Is that so? What time it shall be deposited? )
Clerk : Pakicheck n lang po bukas ng umaga.
( Kindly check it tomorrow morning.)
Allottee: Ay ganun, Di po b pueden ngaun? ( Is it not possible today?)
Clerk : I'm sorry ma'am, I cannot tell you. Once it has been received by
the bank we technically have no control over them.
Allottee: Ay sige po ma'am. Thank you po uli. (Thank you)
WEDNESDAY:
The phone rings.....
Clerk : Hello, accounting, Good Morning!
Allottee: Hello, ma'am. Si Mrs. Rivera po uli. Nagcheck na po ako
sa bangko, wala pa rin. (Hello Ma'am, I checked with the bank.
There's still no deposit yet.)
Clerk : Ok . Tawagan ko po ang bangko. (Ok. I'll go check with the bank.).....
Then the conversation go on and on and on....
There seems to be no problem right? One call is not that bad. Its our job to help them. However, there are times that I am talking to more than ten allottees making inquiries like that in a day. Some are ranting about they need their immidiately because of some payments etc. In addition that, there are times that while on the phone, a seaman will come forward and asks you where is this person, is this the processing dept ( Hello there are these things called SIGNS!! ), where is the toilet? For whom is this? Then another seaman comes along and asks for a cash advance within the hour. Ggggggrrrrrrr!
How can I work with an environment like that? It was so stressful!
Don't get me wrong. I have nothing against seafarers and allottees, its just that these kind of situations are beginning to get into my nerves. I used to take these as a challenge, but now, my attitude towards it changed! And I'm scared of it! I don't want to wake up one day then I realized that I become something that I hate.
Right now, I'm working on this "attitude". It saddens me deeply the reality that I am maybe not happy with my work anymore because I want to stay here as long as I can. The bosses are great, the co-workers are good, the salary is good, the benefits are good, basically the company is great! Siggghhhh!
Right now, I am still confused. I have to sort this out soon.
Posted at 08:18 pm by picklegirl
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