i just finished my first two training days last thursday and friday. that just strengthened my belief that teaching/training is my passion. it makes me sweat, it makes me tired, it exhausts me, yet at the same time it fulfills me, it rewards me, and it makes me proud and happy.
i've been training what i'm training now since my prudentialife days. it's just that we don't do an in-depth training of the industry. this time, i have to learn and relearn everything i've known the past years. i need to study and review all the materials in a few days for me to train them effectively in just a matter of days. i actually miss the training i got from my last company where trainers are given months to prepare for just one product. this time, i need to cover 8-9 products in two weeks.
fortunately for me, i was able to do it last thursday and friday.
last wednesday, i was on super panic mode because there was a miscommunication between me and my boss. it was clear to me that i was going to train all the products but it wasn't made clear to me that aside from that, i was to train another module PLUS the sales process module on friday.
i was so anxious last wednesday and i called tin to talk me through what i'm about to do. i thought it was suicide already. good thing tin was able to calm me down and lay down all the facts about what i'm going to do. thanks tin.
sometimes when the world seems to run in chaos and you feel like you're in the middle of it, all you need is to have someone to make you see things in perspective AND make you feel that you can definitely do it. for that, thanks tin and macky. macky was there, too, to listen to my rants :)
thursday and friday was the best for me. after being exhausted because of the whole day training my boss and i had a short sit down meeting about my performance. he said, and i paraphrase: wow. congratulations! i'm very much impressed. i didn't expect you to train the way you trained given the short time you have to study the materials. it's impressive. keep it up and may pupuntahan ka.
:) as if all the tension went away (my right hip and right thigh still hurt from all the standing and walking haha)
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friday, i went out with my colleagues for a birthday celebration -- still hoping that i finally gain some lunchmates hahaha.
last night, saturday, i went out with my dear barkada. i love you guys so much!
hala. a lot has happenned ever since my fucking internet connection got all crazy on me for three days. a little story. i called them last sunday after i found out that i do not have my connection. said that someone will come on monday to fix things. as usual, no one came. called them a coupla more times during that day, promised that they'll send someone the following day. again, no one came. i was shouting and freaking out on the telephone already telling them that they send me a technician right at that moment. again, futile, i was promised for the tenth time (no exaggerations) that someone will come tomorrow (today). someone came BUT just to install the phone. not the internet. fuck them. i had to call them again and shout and be emotional over the phone. finally, the people who came tried to do some things and voila, i have net connection now. fuck them. fuck them all!
anyway enp was semi-reunited again last sat. we missed tracy ("sorry, can't go. av work eh"), yuri (in zambales), and nolan (kebs).
enp... or what's left of it
jappy, rr, michelle, bryan, macky, peter
naka pixelate kasi ang dumi ng kwarto. hihihihi.
macky: haaa.. (simula ng haching) | rr: kekenen eke ng pekcher
jappy and michelle
lashengga with a quarter of papi's face
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last monday was my first day. omg. it was hell. i didn't care at all about the company i will be working for. i did not care about the people in the orientation. i was not at all in the 'work mode' at that time. it's as if it's one of those days when you have to sit in a room for a whole day listening to people tell you about how good the company is. yeah. whatever. my second day, however, told me something else. we'll see.
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i got a call from an old friend the other night. it's nice talking to old friends once again. if you're reading this, i told you not to apologize the next morning na nga eh! hehe. be safe and be happy!
i'm back from my hiatus. the hiatus. there's so much going on in my mind right now and i don't know where to start. but here it is. (be prepared for the bombardment of text, pics and vids)
i lost my internet connection almost a month ago. had it reconnected last wednesday. but as you all know, this storm milenyo just would not cooperate with my intense longing for the internet (that sounds so geeky). when the internet was reconnected, my friends from the office were at home so all i got to do was to check my mails - 130 of them. check my blog - which was in a stand still, and check my other online stuff, which, for more unwanted information, was also on a stand still. nothing seemed to have happenned when my internet was gone. and i have to hurry doing those because my friends would like to check their mails, too. to make the story short, i was online for not more than 45 minutes.
like i said, my friends were here - bongga and marky who both left even before kat came. the ever dependable pictorial group (i'll tell you why later), sha, cha and ivar. even before that day, ivar, zin, sha and cha got their picture taken by me. and i had my first try at photography in a controlled setting like a "studio."
we had it all set up; a camera, a tripod, a bouncer, a spotlight, and of course, the moHdels. it only took a couple of minutes before everyone became comfortable (needless to say, ivar does not know UNcomfortable infront of the lens, not needing any direction from me or the others haha). anyway, like i said that day when my internet got reconnected was our third time to meet for a photoshoot. and this time, it will be kat's turn. with all the things set up and make-up done and a little creativity here and there, it's all go.
one thing i can say about this lass. HINDI SIYA HANDA! hahahaha! of course i meant that sarcastically.
here are a couple of pics i took of them. (from the very first pictorial to the third)
YURI
CHA
SHA
for some weird reason, she looks like juris of MYMP here lol
ZIN
KAT
IVAR
i don't know if it's nice or not. you be the judge. i only know so little of portrait photography (that didn't sound right). but as you can see, i like it close-up. (duh)
i also TOLD them to do this. hehe..
and when i still had nothing to do, i did this.
so with all the craziness in my house done. we had a game. and it was called "SSHH!" the object of the game was to write down two secrets anonymously in two pieces of paper, put in a non-transaparent box, have all of us read one secret and that's it. we all sat down in a circle, all of us, kat, ivar, sha, cha and myself. with a pitcher of graperador (that sounded weird haha) we all had a shot and read the secret aloud. funny how mundane the scribbles were but the facts they tell were really explosive haha. don't bug me for their secrets because one more rule about the game is, the secret stays in the circle. anyway, i've come to love them all more because of this! lol. (fyi, in the end we all knew our secrets) after that fun, bonding game, we slept. and the next thing we know, there was a big storm and electricity was out. haay.
all of them but myself, woke up early. and to think we all slept at 6 in the morning! at 12, sha woke me up because they were all hungry and i just HAD TO go with them to buy food. took us 2 hours to get ready and when we got down, none of us had the courage to walk on the streets with strong winds, rain and flying roofs! hahahahahaha.. we literally saw one roof fly out of its house. well, after it flew it's no longer a house lol. metals, leaves, and whole branches of trees were also flying around. and we had no choice but to stay and starve. good thing my aunt, who caters food to offices was stranded at home and we just bought food from her for a very big, big discount.
then we did this
we all looked like refugees. only we're way cuter. haha. lame.
kat was supposed to leave for a medical exam. sha had to leave to pack her stuff for a flight to bicol the following day. but i didn't want them to leave with the weather. so i had them over one more night. the clinic where kat was to visit was closed. the flight was also cancelled. so there. all six of us making kwento in the candle light until the wee hours of the morning. and of course, they just have to bathe. but hell! they made ME pump water for them! all 8 big pails of water up and down the stairs!! well, at least it did my body well. had sculpted arms for four days in a row hahahahahaha.
so after we all took a bath, we sat. we laid down the cushions. we set up these cushions in the sala where it's way cooler than my room. we stood up. we talked. and then we got bored. kat and cha were almost asleep and ivar, sha and i decided to take a walk outside where there's cool makati-fresh air. we did, and cha went with us. we left kat sleeping on the cushions. when we're about to go down, kat was awoken and asked where we were going.
"kat, bili lang kami sa labas (LIE!) balik kami agad! (LIE!)"
"sige bilisan niyo ah!"
"no prob!"
we went around the perimeter of about six blocks. then we went back the house to sit outside. talked till 3 in the morning when my aunt asked us to be quiet. hahaha. we were like children scolded for being so noisy. then we went in.
another round of kwentuhan again and we slept at around 5 in the morning.
fun, fun, FUN two days.
the next day, sha and kat left early. ivar and cha went home at 3 in the afternoon. and i was left alone in the dark. lol.
in other news, my work doesn't begin until who knows. they said that they'd call me in the week but there was a black out and all phonelines were dead. including cellphones.
*sigh*
so as i'm now writing this, it's been almost a week since this has happenned. and i miss them already hehe. we should get together soon. maybe after sha comes back from bicol.
in another news, i have yet to get my back pay from the company i previously worked with. it's been a month! and when i called them the other day, i was on hold for 30 minutes! and then i hung up and called again. ON HOLD FOR 1 HOUR AND 15 MINS!!!!! i think they have do not want to give my salary! dammit!
o well, i have to wait for that still. i just hope i don't have to wait past my birthday, which is due in three weeks! at nagpaparinig ako! hahaha.
gosh this is getting longer than i expected. gotta end this.
** right before posting this my internet again connected and disconnected. puta. and i also made this for my beloved eNp!
after work yesterday, my officemates and i had a coupla beers over billiards and some really manly stories. got home around 9 in the morning and tried to sleep. almost three hours of restlessly rolling and changing positions on the bed, someone rang the doorbell. and you guys know how my doorbell sounds - its this really irritating kind of sound. more like a buzzer. yes, a buzzer. i thought yuri was drunk and was too lazy to get his keys inside his bag so i tried hard to close my eyes again. five more successions of buzzes and i hid my head under the pillows. honeybunch was already barking loudly. then five successions turned to ten.
i had to get up.
i was ready to bop yuri on his head when i open the door. being groggy and all, i opened the door. outside stood macky. macky: "may friend akong dala" i didn't know if i should still continue my big plan of brain smashing. macky: (pointing to the direction unseen to me) "come!" then i saw rr.
dammit!
although i'm aware that he's been gone for quite a number of months already, i still feel like he is just here. during that moment, that is.
me: "hi....."
then i continued my way up leaning left and right. damn i was so sleepy. my head hurt. my eyes burnt. they were all telling stories and i was only lucid after quite a few minutes. well, right after rr handed me his pasalubong of.... what else? flip-flops! it's a barkada thing. (enp, remember the time when we first bought our barkada flip-flops in human?! lol) ok now i'm stopping this. hehe.
