Last Day Before December

Today is the last day before December. And I am not good.

Christmas is my favorite time of the year. Maybe because its the month of my birth. And maybe because of the cool breeze. And maybe because people are a lot kinder and sweeter.

There is something in me that drives me to share the lightnes I feel to people who are somehow dear to me. Since nobody in our superiors have the care in the world, I took the initiative to plan a Christmas Party, aka overnight swimming, for my colleagues to spent time together and have fun all night. They were informed during the initial meeting. No objections. So, I prepared the games, program & all. But just when I'm about to say something good (of course, with the generous hearts of the engineers behind TEA) to save everyone from pulling bills out of their pockets, they reverted.

Forget the effort. Forget the preparation. Forget the appreciation. Okay, no nothing. But on top of that, it's not to good to hear "Sino ba kasing nagplano...".

And because of that--I'm not good... Thank you people!

is it goodbye or just see u around?

may 29, 2001...eto yung araw na unang sumabak ako sa mundo ng planning sa hdd ppic. madami ako natutunan. una na yung paggawa ng production plan. kumpara nung unang dating ko dito, malayo na ang narating ko sa larangan ng pagpaplano.
naging malaking tulong din sa kin ang paggamit ng computer. dito ako naging bihasa sa paggammit ng MS Excel na araw-araw ay katulong ko sa trabaho. pati MS Outlook at Lotus Notes kung saan nakakatanggap ako ng mga e-mail mula sa production group, design, qa, at kung saan-saan pa. ngunit, hindi lang puro trabaho ang ginagawa ko dito. maging sa kalokohan ay napapakinabangan ko din ang computer. sa pagsisend ng mga forwarded emails, pakikipagchat sa ST at YM, pati pgsusurf/download sa internet.
isa ko pang natutunan ay pakikisalamuha sa ibang tao. may kaibahan pala ang pakikitungo sa katrabaho at kaibigan/kakilala. pag sa trabaho kasi, kahit nasaktan ka sasabihan ka lang "walang personalan, trabaho lang", dapat tanggapin mo na yun. may mga tao akong nasaktan at meron ding nagpasama ng loob ko. pero nang dahil din dun natutunan namin ang mali ng bawat isa at yun pa ang naging daan para maging maganda ang pagsasamahan namin sa trabaho man o sa gimikan.
subalit, dumarating yata talaga sa bawat isa sa atin na kailangan natin ng pagbabago para sa kabutihan ng lahat. simula ngayong araw pagsapit ng ikalima ng hapon, ililipat na ko sa ibang departamento (head-ppic). masaya ako na ililipat ako dahil alam kong ito ang magiging daan ng panibagong hamon sa career ko. pero nakakalungkot pala isipin yung mga taong maiiwan ko dito. sila na naging kapalitan ko ng kwentuhan, kulitan, tampuhan, at kalokohan. kahit pa nga sabihing makikita ko naman sila sa loob ng hicap, iba pa rin yung kakulitan ko sila sa araw-araw. nang dahil sa kanila nairaraos ko ang pagkabugnot ko sa trabaho.
sa lahat ng napagdaanan ko dito sa hdd ppic, maganda man o hindi, malaki pa rin ang pasasalamat ko sa hicap. hindi ako magiging "pizza" kundi dahil sa hicap. dito ako nagkamali at natutong bumangon, dito rin ako nagkaroon ng maraming kaibigan at "ka-ibigan"(hehehe)...at higit sa lahat, dito ako natuto mag-BLOG.

Pare ko!

O Diyos ko, ano ba naman ito...
Di ba, 'tang ina...
Nagmukha akong tanga,
Pinaasa nya lang ako...

Lecheng memo 'to...

Little wonders...

Have u ever had experienced going into the meeting full of “big” people?
I always shivered at the thought, that was before, and even now, after experiencing one.

This morning, my boss had been sent home, and luck has called me to represent a department in behalf of him.
Say, how would you react? It’s a pride knowing that your boss trusted you in this one. You may call it, a nonchalant activity but it does really matter, one way or another.
Going to that room, I thought of escaping, I thought of leaving. I thought of making excuses not to attend. I thought of be absent for tomorrow I need to report the details of the meeting…
Going to that room, I could feel my heart pounding heavily, just like when you need to present in a large group of people and you needed to impress them. I need to be present and that is all that matters. But, with that presence, you need courage, and skills and knowledge. How hard could that be?
I met people I never thought I would come to interact. And I’ve learned that there’s something that needs to be discussed. I learned there’s information needed to be cascaded, needed to be disseminated. There’s an approaching activity, one that I must not say. Not now, not until I haven’t told my boss.
Its not crucial, but its okay.
Funny thing is, its over, and I got through that. And I was able to speak out and even raise a question. No matter how I felt stupid asking, or raising my voice, I got through that.
Now I don’t have to be afraid showing my face to my boss. J (big grin)
I learned something today, the boss, is just like me. Just like everyone else, they are still people, working also at this company. Just like me, they also eat the same food, also use the same language. Just like everyone else. We’re here, and we work. And we spend time together.
Someday, it will be us. Who spearhead the meeting.
Oh and by the way, I had coffee and bread served to me, by one of the big boss… hehehe
And I cant leave the room without a bottled water (really, do I have to mention that?) heheheh.