HOOKED, LINE & SINKER lol
Playing this online and got hooked
HA:Human-Age
HA:Human-Age
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Monday, March 03, 2008
Monday, September 03, 2007
September Comes: A Post August post
Sep 3, '07 9:17 AM
The past month is the most eventful as of yet.
Good news...our new baby was born August 11. My brother and sister-in-law named him Arthur Lincoln R. Martin III, he's the Arthur III actually and Lincoln is from a character in Prison Break. They were doing marathons of that show right before my nephew was born. I am now officially a proud Aunt and of course the new grandparents are tickled pink with their first grandson. I know they are excited to go home and see him and hope they could go home by next year. Wish I could afford to send them money for fare but everything is tight because of the house.
Speaking of which (or blogging of which, hehehe) , we've moved back to our very own house. The house is done, but there's still some work to be done. Just minor ones inside the house like left off paintwork but the bulk would be the garage. It's the only one that left dilapidated, rickety and leaking. Mom and dad are stretching their budget to also get that done immediately, again I wish I could help but I have stretched my limit.
Things at work are not looking good...on second thought I'll leave that to my next blog. This one is supposed to be a happy one because of the new baby. I'll have his pics posted in a while.
Anyway Lincoln was born August 11 at the Quirino Memorial Hospital, he's a Leo born in the year of the pig. I'll go do some research on that later. That's also one day after of our late grandfather's birthday Lorenzo F. Apostol. I joked that they should also add a Lorenzo to his name and nickname him ALL, lol. Lincoln also has the exact same birthday as my friend Dell, and for those who know him it's not a surprise if I jokingly sent him this text on his birthday: "Happy Birthday! My new nephew has the same birthday as yours...should I be scared?"
Right now the baby's doing great, he's had his first check up by our very own pediatrician. My sister-in-law works at the Philippine Children's Hospital and naturally has lots of choices for the baby's doctor and by chance we discovered that our very own family pediatrician was connected with the hospital so they were able to meet her just to say hi one day. Dra. Talleon was one of first visitors when Lincoln was born. As soon as my mom found out about it she ordered my brother to get her Lincoln's pedia too. And that was that.
The past month is the most eventful as of yet.
Good news...our new baby was born August 11. My brother and sister-in-law named him Arthur Lincoln R. Martin III, he's the Arthur III actually and Lincoln is from a character in Prison Break. They were doing marathons of that show right before my nephew was born. I am now officially a proud Aunt and of course the new grandparents are tickled pink with their first grandson. I know they are excited to go home and see him and hope they could go home by next year. Wish I could afford to send them money for fare but everything is tight because of the house.
Speaking of which (or blogging of which, hehehe) , we've moved back to our very own house. The house is done, but there's still some work to be done. Just minor ones inside the house like left off paintwork but the bulk would be the garage. It's the only one that left dilapidated, rickety and leaking. Mom and dad are stretching their budget to also get that done immediately, again I wish I could help but I have stretched my limit.
Things at work are not looking good...on second thought I'll leave that to my next blog. This one is supposed to be a happy one because of the new baby. I'll have his pics posted in a while.
Anyway Lincoln was born August 11 at the Quirino Memorial Hospital, he's a Leo born in the year of the pig. I'll go do some research on that later. That's also one day after of our late grandfather's birthday Lorenzo F. Apostol. I joked that they should also add a Lorenzo to his name and nickname him ALL, lol. Lincoln also has the exact same birthday as my friend Dell, and for those who know him it's not a surprise if I jokingly sent him this text on his birthday: "Happy Birthday! My new nephew has the same birthday as yours...should I be scared?"
Right now the baby's doing great, he's had his first check up by our very own pediatrician. My sister-in-law works at the Philippine Children's Hospital and naturally has lots of choices for the baby's doctor and by chance we discovered that our very own family pediatrician was connected with the hospital so they were able to meet her just to say hi one day. Dra. Talleon was one of first visitors when Lincoln was born. As soon as my mom found out about it she ordered my brother to get her Lincoln's pedia too. And that was that.
posted by bengkiosis @ 5:00:00 PM
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The Last Quarter
When September ends the last quarter of the 2007 starts.
I'm awake.
Again things at work at not looking so bright...not even a twinkle. The blessing I asked for has not proved to be the solution to my problem at work. I didn't really think it would be but I was willing to invest some degree of hope to it. The web research we're doing is not as easy as it looks. It all comes down to pure luck, hardwork can no longer assure you of meeting the quota. And for the first time in my long 3 1/2 years stay in the company I've reached the point where I can be termed for consistently not hitting the quota.
So many things happening so fast...the August 19 deadline was extended to September 30 os that's more than 2 months of not doing calls and talking to foreigners. The client's contract with our company is supposed to end August and there's still no news that they have renewed. So far they've been quiet about it and the only indicator that the special project of web research was extended til end of September. We haven't renewed our contracts either, losing the job is a possibility and though they're not saying anything I think for them, the account as well. Our program hasn't been doing good and the shift to web research hasn't been good to many. I've heard that even tenured agents like me and elite agent are in the same boat performance-wise because of the web research shift. My contract ended August.,technically, come monday I can skip work already.
Something that I both wish and dread.
I'm awake.
Again things at work at not looking so bright...not even a twinkle. The blessing I asked for has not proved to be the solution to my problem at work. I didn't really think it would be but I was willing to invest some degree of hope to it. The web research we're doing is not as easy as it looks. It all comes down to pure luck, hardwork can no longer assure you of meeting the quota. And for the first time in my long 3 1/2 years stay in the company I've reached the point where I can be termed for consistently not hitting the quota.
So many things happening so fast...the August 19 deadline was extended to September 30 os that's more than 2 months of not doing calls and talking to foreigners. The client's contract with our company is supposed to end August and there's still no news that they have renewed. So far they've been quiet about it and the only indicator that the special project of web research was extended til end of September. We haven't renewed our contracts either, losing the job is a possibility and though they're not saying anything I think for them, the account as well. Our program hasn't been doing good and the shift to web research hasn't been good to many. I've heard that even tenured agents like me and elite agent are in the same boat performance-wise because of the web research shift. My contract ended August.,technically, come monday I can skip work already.
Something that I both wish and dread.
posted by bengkiosis @ 7:19:00 AM
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Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Bataan Day in May
This Memorial Day weekend was spent on the beach, the place is Morong Bataan. It was a team building of sorts for a newly disbanded team and I was yet again the 'saling pusa'.
The beach was ok and the water was great, not so salty nor deep and THE WAVES! Almost drowned on just 3 ft deep water. At the time I was fearing for my life but looking back I'm mostly embarrassed and amused. Imagine going under because of this particularly strong wave and rolling under the water like a ball thrice and here comes another wave keeping you down for another roll even before you could recover from the first. Before this I was a mere spectator watching everything...had my eyes open all the while but finally the fear set in and I realized that I was probably drowning. That was when I decided to fight the current and get my self upright pronto. I was quite embarrassed when I stood up that the water was just up to my knees and quickly looked around if other people saw me. Fortunately, the others suffered from the same predicament and had no time to watch me lose my dignity.
That was fun! I wish I could say that let's do that again but...no thanks!
And, unfortunately, my digicam batteries ran out fast and I only got 8 pics to show for that trip, I didn't even get a shot of the beach. GD! Oh well, I'll just get a copy from the others...
The beach was ok and the water was great, not so salty nor deep and THE WAVES! Almost drowned on just 3 ft deep water. At the time I was fearing for my life but looking back I'm mostly embarrassed and amused. Imagine going under because of this particularly strong wave and rolling under the water like a ball thrice and here comes another wave keeping you down for another roll even before you could recover from the first. Before this I was a mere spectator watching everything...had my eyes open all the while but finally the fear set in and I realized that I was probably drowning. That was when I decided to fight the current and get my self upright pronto. I was quite embarrassed when I stood up that the water was just up to my knees and quickly looked around if other people saw me. Fortunately, the others suffered from the same predicament and had no time to watch me lose my dignity.
That was fun! I wish I could say that let's do that again but...no thanks!
And, unfortunately, my digicam batteries ran out fast and I only got 8 pics to show for that trip, I didn't even get a shot of the beach. GD! Oh well, I'll just get a copy from the others...
posted by bengkiosis @ 5:54:00 AM
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Monday, May 14, 2007
not just another birthday afterall...sigh
my grandma just died today...
Bye Nanay...
posted by bengkiosis @ 12:52:00 PM
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Friday, May 11, 2007
likod bahay
This was a test post for the flickr-blog-email synch apparently its not working since the text was lost and only the pic got through. Anyway this just an edit...so back to square one
posted by bengkiosis @ 5:18:00 AM
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Thursday, May 10, 2007
The 30th
*shivers*
Am on leave right now. I wish I was going on a real vacation but it's gotta be work work work. The roof is finally going to get fixed and the whole thing will be replaced. It's going to start as soon as we move out. This house won't be fit to leave in once the construction starts. Night shift people and day time banging does not mix.
We're supposed to go to the DFA to renew passports but still has of yet to locate said passport. I've misplaced the darn thing and am running out of places to look. Last place I saw it was in a brown envelope and all I need is to find that...but no such luck till now.
This going to be one hellish birthday weekend. And I haven't even started on that!
Am on leave right now. I wish I was going on a real vacation but it's gotta be work work work. The roof is finally going to get fixed and the whole thing will be replaced. It's going to start as soon as we move out. This house won't be fit to leave in once the construction starts. Night shift people and day time banging does not mix.
We're supposed to go to the DFA to renew passports but still has of yet to locate said passport. I've misplaced the darn thing and am running out of places to look. Last place I saw it was in a brown envelope and all I need is to find that...but no such luck till now.
This going to be one hellish birthday weekend. And I haven't even started on that!
posted by bengkiosis @ 7:06:00 PM
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Monday, March 05, 2007
The Late New Year Update
Not even in time for Chinese New Year, TskTsk
Hmmm…updates. It seems that I only remember to update this blog every 3 months…a quarter of a year when I write a series of 2 or three consecutive blogs and then take a hiatus from circulation just to resurface 2 or 3 months later. I can't believe I let Christmas pass without a squeek.
So what's new…
1-Got a new toy, I don't think that my new laptop has earned mention here yet and to think I've been gaga over it for the last few months. My parents brought it with them when they came home last August. And following Peloy's Fafi, I named mine Toushi, since it’s a Toshiba and a jap name seemed appropriate since our desktop is called Fuchikoma from the comics Ghost in the Shell. It’s a Satellite A105-S4114 which doesn't mean anything to me at all but that's what it is, and its most high-tech feature is the fingerprint reader. I haven't explored its full potential yet, I mostly use it for playing Sims2, budgeting household expenses, writing for my blog, internet, and watching dvds =)
2-Ooops, almost forgot about my not-so-new fones…bought a 2nd hand P910 with my 13th month pay last year. Also bought a 2nd hand Nokia 1100 last month to replace my company phone that was stolen last year. Now I can proudly say that I am free to resign since I already have a phone to turnover.
3-We have a new dog. Chito is Gi's dog originally. She and her brother found it wandering along C5 wounded and brought it home only to find that their apartment doesn't allow dogs. So I ended up taking him home. This is his picture right here. We suspect he is a pitbull and an albino…he's purely white and has blue eyes. My brother calls him Tochi…he doesn't like the name chito it seems; another jap-sounding name and one can see our penchant for jap names. (We have 2 kittens called hachi and roku named after the car in initial D)
4-We have new puppies. And to think that an additional dog like Chito is not enough our around 8 year old dog gave birth this week to 5 puppies. Not 1, not 2, not 3…but 5 puppies! And there's more!
5-We will have a baby soon in the house. I'll have a nephew/niece on the way...as in due on August. We will not discuss that in detail right now, it's too complicated and I'm too sleepy an my hands are tired.
6-I've submitted an application for management training in our office. At the behest of my coach who knows me so well now that she had the perfect apple to dangle in front of me to get me to concede. The coming management training is purely training and without the usual incumbent application for any position afterwards. I spent one sleepless day dwelling on it and I was surprised that it didn't take long for me to decide though it was admittedly a hard decision to make. I guess it was the right time. I've submitted my updated resume and letter of intent and there's going to be an interview just to get in. That was 2 weeks ago and nothings happened yet which is fine by me.
What's old
1-ME. Yesterday is a milestone for me, it marks my third year in a call center. This was supposed to be a temporary sojourn to a different realm but who would've guessed…certainly not me. It was the last thing on my mind to make a career out of this. But since I 'm already here why not give it a chance? Hence, the application for management training.
2-ME. It's the dreaded big three-oh for me this year and frankly, I think I'm having panic attacks. I have a list of things I'd like to do and learn before I die but suddenly I want them all done right now, this year, all before I turn 30...*shivers* that number leaves a foul taste in the mouth and makes my hair stand on end.
3-ME. I'm bored shitless with my job. Gemki is currently downloading Daria episodes and I've had a marathon recently watching odd episodes. I'm using Daria right now as a defence mechanism against my job anxieties. There's nothing like a stoic and unemotional disposition to combat stressful calls. I'm actually having fun doing a Daria on specially annoying calls…it cures being an irate agent and it sure irritates the hell out of my respondents with superiority complexes. I'm off too work in a few hours. Weeeeee….
Hmmm…updates. It seems that I only remember to update this blog every 3 months…a quarter of a year when I write a series of 2 or three consecutive blogs and then take a hiatus from circulation just to resurface 2 or 3 months later. I can't believe I let Christmas pass without a squeek.
So what's new…
1-Got a new toy, I don't think that my new laptop has earned mention here yet and to think I've been gaga over it for the last few months. My parents brought it with them when they came home last August. And following Peloy's Fafi, I named mine Toushi, since it’s a Toshiba and a jap name seemed appropriate since our desktop is called Fuchikoma from the comics Ghost in the Shell. It’s a Satellite A105-S4114 which doesn't mean anything to me at all but that's what it is, and its most high-tech feature is the fingerprint reader. I haven't explored its full potential yet, I mostly use it for playing Sims2, budgeting household expenses, writing for my blog, internet, and watching dvds =)
2-Ooops, almost forgot about my not-so-new fones…bought a 2nd hand P910 with my 13th month pay last year. Also bought a 2nd hand Nokia 1100 last month to replace my company phone that was stolen last year. Now I can proudly say that I am free to resign since I already have a phone to turnover.
3-We have a new dog. Chito is Gi's dog originally. She and her brother found it wandering along C5 wounded and brought it home only to find that their apartment doesn't allow dogs. So I ended up taking him home. This is his picture right here. We suspect he is a pitbull and an albino…he's purely white and has blue eyes. My brother calls him Tochi…he doesn't like the name chito it seems; another jap-sounding name and one can see our penchant for jap names. (We have 2 kittens called hachi and roku named after the car in initial D)
4-We have new puppies. And to think that an additional dog like Chito is not enough our around 8 year old dog gave birth this week to 5 puppies. Not 1, not 2, not 3…but 5 puppies! And there's more!
5-We will have a baby soon in the house. I'll have a nephew/niece on the way...as in due on August. We will not discuss that in detail right now, it's too complicated and I'm too sleepy an my hands are tired.
6-I've submitted an application for management training in our office. At the behest of my coach who knows me so well now that she had the perfect apple to dangle in front of me to get me to concede. The coming management training is purely training and without the usual incumbent application for any position afterwards. I spent one sleepless day dwelling on it and I was surprised that it didn't take long for me to decide though it was admittedly a hard decision to make. I guess it was the right time. I've submitted my updated resume and letter of intent and there's going to be an interview just to get in. That was 2 weeks ago and nothings happened yet which is fine by me.
What's old
1-ME. Yesterday is a milestone for me, it marks my third year in a call center. This was supposed to be a temporary sojourn to a different realm but who would've guessed…certainly not me. It was the last thing on my mind to make a career out of this. But since I 'm already here why not give it a chance? Hence, the application for management training.
2-ME. It's the dreaded big three-oh for me this year and frankly, I think I'm having panic attacks. I have a list of things I'd like to do and learn before I die but suddenly I want them all done right now, this year, all before I turn 30...*shivers* that number leaves a foul taste in the mouth and makes my hair stand on end.
3-ME. I'm bored shitless with my job. Gemki is currently downloading Daria episodes and I've had a marathon recently watching odd episodes. I'm using Daria right now as a defence mechanism against my job anxieties. There's nothing like a stoic and unemotional disposition to combat stressful calls. I'm actually having fun doing a Daria on specially annoying calls…it cures being an irate agent and it sure irritates the hell out of my respondents with superiority complexes. I'm off too work in a few hours. Weeeeee….
posted by bengkiosis @ 6:40:00 PM
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Friday, November 24, 2006
HAPPY THANKSGIVING
FOR THE BLOGS
It's another one of those days that a not so normal day at the office gets to me. The job entails conducting 1minute surveys on businesses in the US. A simple enough task with only 5 questions, no sweat…on good days. Right now those are so far in between that I've gone through at least 4 bouts of the never-ending resign/not-resign cycle.
COMMUNICATION IS ONE OF THE DARNDEST THINGS
Scenario #1
Lady (some sort of receptionist, I think): I am not obligated to give you information.
It's part of my job to allay their fears and reluctance we have standard rebuttals for these to convince them that we are a legit outfit and not a scam like so many of them have encountered on the phone.
Me: (blah blah blah)
Lady: I told you I am not allowed to give out information!
Me (rolling my eyes at her) : Oohh! So is there someone else available who can provide information?
The woman hangs up.
Scenario #2
Uncooperative Man: What is this about, I don't know your company. Are you Duns?
Me (confused): I'm sorry sir?
I had no idea what the man was talking about, being outsider I can't even begin to guess what if he was pertaining to a government agency or what
Man: Are you Duns? You don't know Duns?
Me: I'm sorry sir. I don't.
Man: You don't know Duns….Are you the government?
Me: No, sir. We're a private company.
Man: I don't want to give you any information, you can get it from Duns and Bradstreet
Me (a dawning light suddenly comes through): Aaahhh! You mean Dunn and Bradstreet, sir?
The Man hangs up.
Scenario #3
Me: Hello, good morning!
Man: I think you have the wrong number.
Man hangs up.
Woke up on the wrong side of the bed, did we?
And these are all within 1 hour of today's shift. Damn! HAPPY THANKSGIVING. At least I get 2 days off.
posted by bengkiosis @ 12:30:00 AM
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Monday, October 09, 2006
They came, they saw, they went
Been busy for the last 2 months or so...mom & dad are back in the states after their medical and business trip here in the country (that about sums up their visit, i didn't even get to see them much). The previous two posts are drafts that i'm only now able to publish here because of limited internet time. Am doing the laundry now so will just edit this and add to this post later so I can finish. OR maybe that will be much later since I want to play sims2 later hehe.
ciao!
ciao!
posted by bengkiosis @ 10:02:00 AM
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Thursday, September 28, 2006
general feeling...
general feeling of dissatisfaction...
with life, with self, and the world in general…
LIFE, THE UNIVERSE, AND EVERYTHING…
(i might need Terry Pratchett's wise absurdities)
Actually I heard from old friends recently, friends and relatives I haven't heard from for a while. I was quite happy to hear from them out of the blue but now I'm sad coz I've been neglectful and I haven't kept in touch.
REFLECTIVE...
TAKING STOCK…
EVALUATING…
Funny I've just noticed that I'm taking longer in the bathroom with my daily bath. No matter how early I go in I still come out later than I'm supposed to come out so I'll be early for work. It's the only time I get to think these days
STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS…
I'm in the office right now and I feel guilty.
I don't want to talk to anyone.
She needs constant attention or she might kill herself. My seatmate I mean.
I can't babysit her today…we shouldn't sit together.
DICHOTOMY-IMPAIRED
I'm coining this word. It's fot those who could not tell left from right...as for myself i have trouble wtih the naming siamese and persian cats, no matter how I tell myself I have it backwards, I always end up saying the wrong name. I've finally developed a system to make myself remember. Siamese are also asociated with twins-we had a cheap framed abstracts of twin cats before-they were shor haired. Therefore, Siamese cats have short hairs and Persians are long-haired.
It could be extended to gray area inhabitants and not just the literal
I made her sad. Maybe I'm being mean unintentionally. I do know I have a mean streak…I'm not the nice girl that everyone thinks. It's not as if I'm being plastic or deceptive but it takes a lot to get me riled. And at her her age she has to learn that she is not the center of the universe...
posted by bengkiosis @ 9:47:00 AM
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Friday, September 01, 2006
Not just another day at the office
It was surprisingly a very restful day at the office. Being infected with suspected flu virus, I went home today after a full day in the office feeling refreshed and on the actual road to recovery.
Work was pathetic really since there was no way anyone was going to hit standards with that atrocious system. So long intervals of waiting for calls to come was spent sleeping/napping. Everybody else used the time to play around, catch up on gossip and just plain have fun. I was really sick since I didn't have the heart to join in.
The promotion thing started today I think, sooo….all is well that ends well. I'm just barely recovering from a bout of flu and I don't think that I can survive the hectic pace that tier training entails. Slave driving is the operative word here. There are times that tier trainees train as early as 5pm and then have to work a full shift later that day. No mercy at all. They're just not required to go overtime, is all.
posted by bengkiosis @ 9:44:00 AM
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Monday, July 31, 2006
One Project Down
Finally got the gate out of the way...just need to have it painted which we will do by ourselves. As soon as the rain stops. This one is still on primer and I just hope it holds out against the rust until we can have it painted. That's project #2
Next project would be the shelves where we can store everything. We're already on our 25th year in this house and we've gathered a lot of stuff which we are loathe to throw away or just don't what to do with. I don't want to be a throw-away person but we do have to reduce the clutter.
We've recently had fixed three broken electric fans that were gathering dust in my room. So that's minus three. I still need to get things done...lots and lots and lots. Sigh.
I did buy myself something last night...something I've been meaning to buy for myself for a while now. I finally bought a mp3-casette player and the good thing is it's also a vcd player in one. There were models that already played dvd but they're at least 1.5-2k more expensive. It's my new toy, am still thinking of a name for it.
Next project would be the shelves where we can store everything. We're already on our 25th year in this house and we've gathered a lot of stuff which we are loathe to throw away or just don't what to do with. I don't want to be a throw-away person but we do have to reduce the clutter.
We've recently had fixed three broken electric fans that were gathering dust in my room. So that's minus three. I still need to get things done...lots and lots and lots. Sigh.
I did buy myself something last night...something I've been meaning to buy for myself for a while now. I finally bought a mp3-casette player and the good thing is it's also a vcd player in one. There were models that already played dvd but they're at least 1.5-2k more expensive. It's my new toy, am still thinking of a name for it.
posted by bengkiosis @ 9:22:00 AM
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