peoplesupport

i just chatted with a former officemate and i suddenly, greatly, missed ps!

god, it's been a long time since i last thought of my days in ps. it was there where i started to become part of the working force of the philippines haha. after years of convincing myself that i would never work in a call center, i ended up having it as my first job! and i didn't have regrets doing it at all. it was there where i met friends that i still keep up to this day and i never thought we would last this long.

"thank you for calling expedia.com, this is matteo, is there a reservation i can help you with? "
LOL fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i remember we had to train for 2 months under kitch and shy -- who by the way are great trainers =) and we had nesting for about a week, i think. then after that, all hell broke loose. hahahahahaha...

i miss waking up at 3 in the morning and having a very good commute to work. i miss the cigarettes i take before my shift. i miss the taho. i miss talking to a bunch of stupid people. i miss being stalked hahaha. no really, this girl was really something. i miss the morning breaks. i miss expedia. i miss my supervisors. i miss my call being barged. i miss waiting for csa to finally pick up and do whatever it is that they do that i can't do LOL. i miss getting incentives (top 2 across centers! kamon kamon! top 1 si ivar). i miss the P1.00 coffee. i miss the free cocoa. i miss the soap and the neverending supply of toilet papers. i miss having lunch at 3 in the morning. i miss having lunch at 10. i miss the "toot" sound my access card makes. i miss the carpet. i miss the emails - the chatlook. i miss my long hair!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i miss the all-week gimik - we go out EVERY DAY. that's also where i experienced a gimik with my batchmates for 24 freaking hours!!!!!!!! i miss the utter freedom after work. i miss walking out of the building with a lot of friends in tow. i miss the haggardness of csat's. i miss seeing ps almost torn to pieces by one storm. i miss braving the storm just to be on time. i miss NEVER being late. i miss being young and carefree while working there. i miss daydreaming over hotels and vacation packages i'm booking for clients. i miss the culture in ps. i miss the emotions. i miss... i miss everything about it!

gawd, this is so nostalgic. i can still smell the distinct smell of the office, the background voices of people working, the clicking of the mouse and keyboard, and the financial freedom i had when i was working there.

le sigh.
friends in ps, i miss you sooooo much and i wish that we'd have the same experience as before. and until then, let's gimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiikkkkkkkkkkkkkk!!!!!!!!!!

this is our un-official theme song.. gawd i still remember hahaha.

ciao!

randomness

1. m'bunch has fleas. that explains the tiny red dots on my feet -- and it itches like mother.

2. gemma tied the knot na. gela, alec, ethel, jhence, pam, grace, ruffa, and mike were there.

3. karen and drew dropped by my house to watch dvd and take pictures. i wonder what drew and karen's relationship status is... sabi ng friendster -- it's complicated. =P

4. ate at amici again last sunday with sha and jd. haay sarap talaga.


and oh, i'm not suicidal.

ciao!

many thanks

many thanks

so it's between now and the next job that my life as a bummer, once again, unequivocally, begins anew.

i tendered my irrevocable resignation last saturday. my god, you wouldn't imagine how sad i am writing that letter; citing my failure as a team player and as a productive member of a struggling team. i had something like i cannot map out a plan of the career i want for myself in the account and the company. bittersweet, i tell you.
bitter in a sense that i'll surely be missing the friends i've met there and the daily routine of going to work as if i'm not working at all. those things i'll be missing for sure. i've forged strong ties with them, that's what i would like to think. and i hope they feel the same way. not to mention the pay that i'll be receiving bi-monthly :)
my leaving the company is also sweet because i get to map out now my career in marketing - the course that i took and would want to venture in.

you might think why.

well story is - was - whatever, i asked the big guy to give me a sign to take the job that's coming my way. a sign was given but i took no heed. and after months and months of really working hard and making sure that everything is right, still it doesn't pay off. i believe god has another plan for me. and i just took the nudge from him the past months.

"hey bryan, you asked for my sign and you didn't take notice. i'm giving you what you wanted, but still you went your own way. ETONG SA'YO! UMM!" LOL

well, in jest, i would like to think it that way. funny but mostly true. right?

now, i have a religiously mathematical conclusion to what should have happenned. the length of time and distance of my next job is equally proportioned to the length of time my hands are joined together plus the distance of my knees to the floor.

my experiences have hurt me but i will never be reduced by any of it. rather, it will make me stronger.

to the people i workED with who are reading this post, i want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for giving me the gift of friendship and life experience. i hope to see you all in the future!

kitch, shy, ariel, gemma, gela, ruffa, aldwin, pam, emy, elle, liz, alec, madame, ness, ethel, carla, ivar, sha, cha, bongga, kat, vin, percy, marky, julian, zin, elna, and to the others i missed, sorry, but i really gotta end this already hehe.

ciao!