My 2008 in Calendar Moments: Part 1

I know I haven't blogged for the longest time. It's either I had the inspiration to write but was not near a pc or my doodle pad, and when I did get to one, all the thoughts that I want to let out were already gone, or I really didn't feel like writing (Haha.. that's what I call a lazy mind!).

I was only jolted into writing again when I realized that I have frequent spells of forgetfulness these past few weeks, the last one was just a few moments ago when I can’t remember what I was supposed to do next while browsing the web and shifting to my desktop. I got a lil scared. Is this a symptom of dementia or alzheimer’s or my memory is just getting poorer as a sign that I’m I’m truly growing old, or my mind just warps faster before I act.. Whatever the cause maybe, this reeled me into at least making a sort of a record book of the things, moments , feelings and ideas that continue to shape me as to what I am today. So when I’m old and I’m clouded with dementia or old age, I have something to look back to and say.. ‘My, I led a very colorful life! ‘

As the whole world already rung the new year away by now, I will begin by making up for the things that happened to me back in 2008 that I wasn’t able to record, while I can still clearly remember them in my own way..


January –After celebrating the new year in my aunt’s place in Fairview, I began my first month of being the highest paid bum in PS. Spent my working days supervising a group of agents who are floatees since my old account moved to Cebu (just made sure that they show up for work and sign the roster), surf aimlessly, chat with Mr. A via YM and on the phone. I also remember that this was the month where we began our gastronomical adventures by eating at different restaurant every night after shift. We mostly conquered the Indian ones. My sister also got married and gave birth to her first son – Alexis Mikhail. We call him Salem.


February – Still floating. Still doing the same thing everyday except I was given an extra task to make myself useful by helping out with the QA work for PPC Cebu. I remember that this was the month Sinisterbucks resigned from work.. (or was it January or March?). Valentine’s Day.. got a long stemmed rose in a box with an orange bow from Mr. A, along with a kiss in the cheek (all together now.. awww..!). Gave him a bunch of his fave chocolates. Sweet no?


March – Still floating..
Most of the agents already went to their own accounts by this time . That only left me and one agent who are still orphans. Employees who are uncategorized in HRIS. Spent my days researching for the upcoming trip that we will be having in April. Withstood the long lines of applying for an SSS ID and passport. Applied for my first government loan(s) and struggled with my hair. I must had like 4 haircuts during this month.. Haha.

April- Went abroad to HK and Macau- my first unsupervised out of the country trip. Learned a lot of traveller’s tips – the hard way. Saw a lot, Walked a lot on our first night in Macau. Got a panic attack on our first night in HK (we fell asleep laughing). Had a foot race in Disneyland’s garden. Got a bit testy with each other on our last day over a broken mirror and flimsy lies. Cried in the lounge of the Venetian and ended up going back to Manila, limping and still together (whew!) Who am I with?
That would be left unnamed.

Learned that cool_amy’s expecting by accident. Learned to be tactful when dealing with such situations. Winnie gave birth to her own bundle of joy, Gelo.


May – Nadj_urbandove and Katqt flew to Malaysia on their own to compensate for the trip that they weren’t able to join the previous month.Celebrated my birthday (along with cool_amy’s) with a surprise bash in Max’s restaurant. Was also surprised by the return of Cornkernel from his voluntary exile in SG. Got a lot of gifts (thanks guys!) Got an online job thru odesk to make use of the idle time I had as a floatee, got to talk to some new people but usually spent my shifts alone since Mr. A started working GY again. Always rushing in the morning to come to work so we could have atleast breakfast together. My online job ends at 2am and I have to get up at 6am to make it on time..so that leaves me sleeping most of time in the afternoons. Haha..


June- Since my online job and social life really took the toll on my sleeping time, I decided to go back to GY, with the inspiration coming from Melvin’s work hours during which he came to work on a gy shift for the night diff when he was still part of the floating crew. Co-Organized Astrobabe’s birthday which was celebrated in Dampa for the 2nd time in a row. Saw Jaggy for the last time (sob!) in which a cloud of sadness was noticeable in her demeanor that day. Got a bit tipsy and was laughing aloud all the way out of MOA






To be continued since blogger already spent an all nighter uploading and changing another multiply page.

Cancelled!

Cancelled Trip2,
originally uploaded by intheloo.

Well.. we're supposed to go to the Manila Ocean Park today, even after all the other folks have cancelled last Sunday.. but I haven't heard anything from my supposed to be companion since we talked yesterday so I guess we're not goin..

I am a bit disappointed since I really wanted to see this.. but he said that we should wait until the place is complete so we would really get our money's worth..

Well.. he has a point there.. but I sure wish the next trip wouldn't be like this..

Straight from Cebu...

I'm writing this entry at a net cafe from SM Cebu.. Yup, you read it right..I'm at Cebu right now with the Troopers, this is the last leg of our 4 day vacation trip.

Drats! I feel like crying...I've discovered (or accidently saw) something that probably would change how I view and act any possibilities that might happen between the two of us.. =(

So far, I had fun visiting the tourist spots in Bohol... I will post the pictures probabaly once I've uploaded them.

But now, I have to contemplate the future of a non-existent lovelife.. Maybe it's better to be consumed with my work right now in order to numb the pain.

Downtime

Haven't updated my blog for the longest time. Sorry, but was not in the mood, until now. It's a Saturday shift..well, technically, it's Sunday early morning. I did not swapped with anyone..figured I need the rest anyway, plus the fact that Mr. Big had a Christmas thingy with his other group of friends, so that means we would not able to go about and wander out the entire Saturday afternoon.

Well, the Troopers spent a glorious 4-day vacation last Thanksgiving, that's November 24-27. We went to Hundred Islands, and then onwards to Baguio. It was really a lot of fun, island hopping in Pangasinan,having an island all to ourselves, and drinking beer,( I really can't remember the last time I ever enjoyed drinking beer until that moment in the sand) and then get to tour Baguio in just one sitting. Save that incident where Alex and I got into a stupid arguement right in front of Baguio Cathedral, (he called me a spoiled brat!), we ended up not talking to each other for the rest of the trip...but eventually,we spoke to each other on the way home. Over all, the trip was fun..Kit and Carmela were able to join us...there were alot of hassles before this trip finally went through. Money issues, family issues, personal issues... K again is absent from the outing. But we did got a juicy bit about K that made us think twice..hehehe..


Anyways, here are the photos of our tryst....


















I'll just post the other pics, as well as the pics from Baguio next time.

December has come. but for some reason, I really cannot feel the season anymore. I used to remember that I love the smell and feel of Christmas in the air. The cold breeze on my cheek as I step out at night. i don't feel that anymore. The only cold air I feel is the freezing air-conditioning at the 32nd floor. It's been raining for the past few days. So bummer. Suddenly December seems a bit bleak this year.


P.S. January 1, 2014 To protect the identities of all people who I carelessly blogged, I have edited the names out on this entry. Apologies for any trouble that I may have caused.

Summer Lovin'!

wowowee girls in front of the South Beach
Originally uploaded by mramos.

Sched changes, account changes, 2 outings, a birthday.....these are some of the changes that happend in my life for the past weeks or so....haven't written about them due to some factors....such as I am no longer a sleeping agent, part lacking in motivation, part Mr. Big/Adobe and partly that I'm always left with an unfinished entry on my online notepad only to find out the next day that someone has restarted my pc and what I have written is long lost gone.....
So here I am, updating my online journal....so expect a lengthy entry...hehehehe!
Remember the outing that my office mates and I were planning? I somehow mentioned it in one of my entries.... well, the plan went through and we had that trip last April 30. We sailed over to Corregidor, all 10 of us.... Alex,Alvin, Ami,Aya,Kaka, Rod, Jagurl, Roanne, Kat and moi... There were some of not so good moments (some of us had bad cases of diarrhea, and other not so good incidents) but all in all, we had a good vacation (and we had 200 plus pictures to prove that courtesy of Jaggy's and Alex's digital cameras). I have posted some of the pics here...wish I could post them all but here are some of the best shots....



me and the girls...dubbed the HOSTEL GIRLS!
we were kinda debating if this is a valid ghost picture...see the orbs?
the group at the sun cruiser before sailing off to Corregidor


one of my fave pics...we're all smiles here at the deck!

the Japanese-Filipino Friendship Tour Bus


the beautiful corregidor sunset


Hokey,Pokey!

basking in the Sunset and the View! Thanks to Jaggy for this shot.


me and the guys looking like soldiers at malinta tunnel



Attention!


in front of our hostel before leaving...

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One last shot...before boarding our ship!


Alex and Me..I really look like I am tired..and my hair is kinda messy!



After that, its back to office work again. But I was able to just go to work every other day after that week. I was able to submit my application at an agency where I spent 500 bucks all in all and I haven't heard from them yet, and I really want to bag that job. I believe that it would be my ticket out of PS.Blimey! I think I'm kissing my 500 bucks goodbye!
Within that week too, we learned that some of us were being transferred out of CustServ. A number of us were transferred to the account that we were being cross trained for. I thought I was one of those people, because I am cross-trained for Credit Expert, but for some reason, I am still retained here at Custserv although I don't know if that is a good thing or not considering that the people who were transferred mostly does not want to come back. Well, we're still swamped with the same neverending calls, with still the unreasonable customers. We also had a schedule change and my schedule is now 12-9am. I was actually bummed out because I was so used to having my sched of 9-6. Plus if you're in the 12-9 shift, the work seems longer and all of my office friends are on the 9-6 am shift except for Techy, who because of his consistent tardiness, landed him as a weekend rep, so I'm not really alone when it comes to the 12-9 am shift, that's a comforting thought plus someone does not mind waiting for 3 hours more till my end shift.(hanks soo much!) :) That's why I don't mind anymore if we'll be taking a longer and more expensive route on the way home.
oh and we had this company outing last May 8 as well which was pretty uneventful and I just skulked away because I was not feeling well that time. Nevertheless, I have posted some pics here and it's not really showing that I am having a crummy time don't I?



in the VIP tent


wacky bunch!

a creative pose at Clear Water in Pampanga

after a gruelling match of water polo

I turned 24 last May 19...as you can see with my previous post. I spent my first hours of being 24 years old in the office where before logging in some of my office friends rendered a birthday song for me. Amy, who's birthday is after mine, and I decided to have joint celebration at a resto and watched StarWars afterwards. (a monumental event because it is the end of the Star Wars Saga on my bday no less!) Just spent the rest of the day at the office, surfing the net, and arguing with someone about giving out countries for certain continents. I was on a birthday leave anyways and ended up going home at around 7pm. It was just sad that I was not able to celebrate my birthday with my old highschool buddies, Mau, Nellie and Cath. I remember I celebrated the event with them last year. My ex was even there but it turned out sort of horrible in the end. I vowed to celebrate it with close few friends from there on. I really miss Nelli and Mau. I haven't seen them for the longest time.

AND...the final draw.... I am now an ATL! That's all!