laughing gas craze

fitz has been winning our digits games for 3 consecutive days already and we were joking na sa digits sha makakaipon ng pangtanggal nya ng malaki nyang nunal sa ilong. so the usual kalokohan goes like this:

bebe: magkano ba pa-opera jan? 6K?
fitz: oo 6K eh. minsan talaga sumasakit sha at kita kse sha pag nagbabasa ako so nakakairita.
arjie: ah ganun ba? eh di mabagal ka magbasa at putol putlo ka magbasa?
fitz: nde naman, bakit mo nasabi?
arjie: eh kse puro tuldok nakikita mo. parang ganito --- once. upon. a. time. there. was. a princess. ....

xoxo

arjie's so into bikes right now kaya eto lagi ang cause ng away nya with his wife. we were talking about lotto kanina at biglang napunta na naman kay arjie ang usapan.

jay: so panu pag nanalo ka kaya sa lotto no? ano unang gagawin mo?
arjie: bibili ako ng maraming bike.

xoxo

nakajacket si rhoi and jay kanina sa office so nang-aasar ako:

bebe: bagay sau jacket mo jay!
jay: ah talaga...
bebe: oo kulang na lang gold necklace, mukha ka nang balikbayan from dubai.

bebe: bagay sau jacket mo rhoi, serious ako ha. mukha kang mataba jan at nde payatot.
jay: oh ikaw xianne, tanggalin mo na kse ung jacket mo. (i was just wearing a polo shirt for chrissake!)

xoxo

you may find these corny pero we were laughing our asses off kanina. as in parang nakalanghap kame ng laughing gas. ngayon lang ulet ako nakatawa ng ganun. ung tipong tapos na ung conversation pero pag nagkatinginan kame tatawa ulet kame. kakaiba talaga ang mokongs na to!

D for D i g i t s and D e c i s i o n

$$$ D i g i t s $$$

every week nde pedeng wala kameng lunch out. so kanina nag-ATC kame since jay had to meet her fiancée, mai. we had balot-balot at the foodcourt. ako nag-add pa ng ice monster for dessert. we took pictures pero baka tom. ko pa ipost sa multiply ko. after lunch, since mai's there, naglaro na kame ng digits. nanalo si mai ng 120 bucks (she's been wanting to join this game yesterday pa, hehe), sabi nga namin beginner's luck. ang galing, nakakatuwa, so sa dame ng laro namin lahat nakaexperience na manalo. hehe. when we came back at the office, work na ulet. tapos by 4pm nagyaya magdigits ulet si arjie. lakihan daw ang bet. so we agreed sa 50php. i was chatting with lalen at that time so i asked her for 3 numbers from 1-6. she suggested 2-3-5 and guess what, i won! thanks ganda! in an instant meron akong 250 bucks. san ka pa?! hehehe. bawi-bawi kagad ung expenses ko during the lunchout and may tubo pa. :) sabi ko nde muna ako sasali tom., pahinga muna. harhar! (as if pwede)

??? D e c i s i o n ???

bakit ba ako nahihirapan magdecide. eh isa lang naman ang sigurado, pero andame pa rin naman na ibang options and i just have to wait and take my time. ung sigurado needs negotiation na nde ganun ka-sure. i'm leaning towards the decision of declining it pero nakakapanghinayang. eto na eh, eto na ba lord? tapos eto pa si fitz and rhoi, may good news na naman. but i have to wait for 1 year pa pero maganda un pag nakapasok ako. may other *blip-blip* on the side din ako pero walang kasiguruhan. eto ang options ko.

a. grab the opp and learn how to be independent
b. take my time and see what happens with the other *blip-blip*
c. do not hurry, wait for 1 year or so and if everything goes well, there comes my dream!

hai, buhay.

may blog kaya si sir??? hmmmm...

kulang na lang eh magblog na rin ang boss ko at mag-exchange links kame... hehehe...

THE COOLEST BOSS good morning

ULTIMATE PASAWAY morning po
THE COOLEST BOSS balita ko kinausap ka ni austa(THE BOSS), tungkol dun sa meeting sa p3?
ULTIMATE PASAWAY ah opo, eh un nga daw sir, nasabi nya kse kay jaewoo na aattend ako, eh nde nako nakaabot...pero ok na naman po :) , isesend na lang sakin ni mace ung presentation
THE COOLEST BOSS ok. na-sermonan ka ba? hwg mo masydong dibdibin, ok?:-)
ULTIMATE PASAWAY sir nde noh, ok lang :) nde naman ako madamdamin, binasa nyo blog ko noh kaya nyo nasasabi yan??!
ULTIMATE PASAWAY hehehehe
THE COOLEST BOSS hindi pa nga. e. andun ba? basahin ko pala mamaya
ULTIMATE PASAWAY ah hehe, ok na rin naman sir, bati na kme...hehehe...

katuwa, cooool!!! hehehe!

quick kwento: one time ni-google ko ang name ng boss ko at guess what 2nd sa nagmatch sa search ang blog ko...hehehe! BUKING! napaste ko once ung mail nya sa entry kong potakteng pc to. kaya siguro nya nalaman ang blog ko?!! hmm...

bati na kame...

kanina nakakatawa binati ako ng boss ko.

habang mukha akong ewan na nag-eemote habang nagcocode...

THE BOSS xianne...xianne...

nde ko naririnig dahil nakaearphones ako at malakas ang sound dahil bingengot nga ako...

THE BOSS xianne?? (taps my chair)
PASAWAY ah, yes po?
THE BOSS oh parang shocked na shocked ka at nakita mo ko?

ang nde nya alam ay malungkot talaga ako at kapapaiyak lang sakin nila jay...

PASAWAY (smiles) nde po sir...
THE BOSS porque lam mo na may atraso ka sakin kahapon ha... hahaha... (laughs with my teammates and taps my shoulder)
PASAWAY hehehe... (smiles shyly)

hehehehe...oh bati na kame dba? lam ko mabait naman talaga si sir alex eh, pero pag galit sha, seryoso sha talaga. :)

pasaway!!!

matagal na akong pasaway kahit nung nasa acn pa ako pero first time kong mapagalitan. i had missed THE IMPORTANT meeting with a korean counterpart at sta. rosa plant. akala ko nde ako mapapagalitan kase nung nagsabi ako ng kasalanan ko kay sir ric, sabi nya eh ok lang daw un since nakapunta naman si mace. but then, nasabon pa rin ako. i admit, it's my fault, i should've not joined the lunchout. pero hayaan mo na, isa to sa mga first time experience ko. sana wala nang second time. hehehe.


THE BOSS xianne
PASAWAY sir
PASAWAY i wasn't able to come to the meeting po
PASAWAY naglunchout po kame @ sucat and naging alanganin na po sa oras so i told mace na pumunta na lang po sa P3 kase baka malate sha with jaewoo's meeting... i have already informed sir ric na rin po
PASAWAY i'm very sorry sir, i wasn't able to make it...
THE BOSS you should have lunched out another time since i told you earlier today that you will go to p3 with mace
PASAWAY my apologies sir, nde na po mauulet
THE BOSS it was a very important meeting
THE BOSS i even told jaewoo that you would attend

( i had to consult rhea and lalen pa on what to reply here...hehe)

PASAWAY yes sir i understand and i'm very sorry that i missed it. this won't happen again.
THE BOSS make sure you talk to mace to understand what was discussed
PASAWAY yes sir, noted.

oh well, ok pa naman to eh dahil kanina eh nag-hahallucinate na ko na nakakarining ako ng "i could fire people". hehehe, joke lang...carry ko to! :)

ingrown crisis and my new avid reader

for the nth time na to na nangyari sakin. magmamagaling ako magpedicure sa sarili ko and i'll just end up sa namamagang ingrown na nde ko successfully natanggal. i called in sick today dahil nde ko talaga kinaya ang mya myang kirot nya. and i plan na ipatanggal na ito later. huhuhu. ang sakit sakit. nde nako nagpost ng pictures dahil nakakakilabot ang pamamaga nya. kaya ngayon, i've learned my lesson na. papapedicure na lang tlga ako sa expert. shunga shunga talaga ako.

quick kwento: i connected remotely knina via amkor vpn. ang dami ko kseng isesend na documentations due today. buti na lang i was able to finish them yesterday pa. nakapop ko rin si sir alex at hinahanap ako. hehehe. sabi ko SL ako dahil sa ingrown at isa lang nareply nya --- "ouch". hehehe.

at eto pa pala, si sir ric pala ay binabasa ang blog ko. hahaha! namention nya knina via sametime. oh well, i don't have any worries naman talaga except na lang sa mga posts ko regarding my abroad applications on the side. hehehe. sir ric, don't you worry, la naman ako rants here sa blog about you. promise! hehe! :)

tinatamad ka ba at ayaw mo magwork today?

during my acn days, i've filed a number of SLs and i tell you, most of the time i was just lazy and having a hard time getting my butt out of my very comfy bed. kung tutuusin eh lahat na ng pwedeng alibi eh nasabi ko na such as may lagnat, may LBM, masakit ang ulo, nastranded sa traffic, baha (kahit nde naman tlga), etc. good thing, nde naman ako nahuhuli kapag nagkataon na nasa greenbelt or somewhere else in makati lang ako. hahaha! siguro of all the alibis, ang pinaka-nde nakakaloka pero effective ay un kunwari eh natapilok ko. well, nagamit ko un several times pero twice dun eh totoo tlga then the rest drama na with matching benda on my ankle the day after when i come to work. hahaha! oh well, ganun naman tlga, we can make up some dumb excuses just to take the day off lalo na if walang deadlines. ayun eh kung regular ka na and paid na ang SLs --- which is not applicable for me right now, pero no one can stop me from filing SLs. bakit ba eh ako naman mawawalan ng sweldo. hehehe. sa 2 months ko here at amkor, naka 4-5 SLs na ata ako at mind you talagang nanghinayang ako sa deductions pero i think mauulet pa rin. hayaan mo na. hehe.

kaya ko nga pla napost tong topic na to kse i've read an article this morning at AOL regarding the lamest and funniest excuses for calling in sick. see for yourself and have a good laugh, have a good monday mawnin! :)

1. Employee was poisoned by his mother-in-law.
2. A buffalo escaped from the game reserve and kept charging the employee every time she tried to go to her car from her house.
3. Employee was feeling all the symptoms of his expecting wife. - i think this is acceptable here in the philippines..hehehe!
4. Employee called from his cell phone, saying that he was accidentally locked in a restroom stall and that no one was around to let him out.
5. Employee broke his leg snowboarding off his roof while drunk.
6. Employee's wife said he couldn't come into work because he had a lot of chores to do around the house.
7. One of the walls in the employee's home fell off the night before.
8. Employee's mother was in jail.
9. A skunk got into the employee's house and sprayed all of his uniforms. - hahaha!
10. Employee had a bad case of hiccups.
11. Employee blew his nose so hard, his back went out.
12. Employee's horses got loose and were running down the highway.
13. Employee was hit by a bus while walking. - possible but sad..
14. Employee's dog swallowed her bus pass. - harhar!
15. Employee was sad. - ??? it's better to use psychological terms na lang kesa sa plain "sad" lang. parang so anu naman kung sad ka? hehehe...

divalicious

i've been very busy today in the office kse i am working on an ATSG requirement. the object is scheduled to be delivered tomorrow but then i was out of the office last friday kaya reasonable pa sha na i-defer. almost completed ko na rin so i think i can still meet the set deadline.

so ayun nga, busy-busyhan ako kanina. i was so engrossed with coding kaya nde ko mashado kinakausap sila arjie. sa pagkabusy-busyhan ko nde ko namamalayan na pinagkakatuwaan na naman nila ako. ayun, todo code and sing-along ako with Unwritten, not knowing na ganito na pala ung conversation nila.

they were all eyes on me...

Jay(talking to the rest of the gang): "Concert to, nakabili ba kau ng ticket??".

the guys have witnessed ang todong kanta with matching pikit-pikit ng mata ko, bwiset! kung alam ko lang, nakow nalagot ka sakin un!!!

ako ay suki ng M.E.M.O.

kaninang umaga ay late na naman ako. so all in all, if tama ang counter na nasa utak ko eh 5th time tardiness chuvaness ko na to...2 weeks ago, 2 days akong late and this week 2 days ulet. oh kumusta naman un?! so kung masipag ang hr eh baka anytime ay may memo na ako. lagot! at least masubukan ko naman, warning pa lang naman un. hai...parang nde ko talaga kaya ng ganitong schedule, kung meron lang tlgang freelance abap-ing!

nga pla, i asked harry 2 days ago, onshore sha sa korea so tumawag pa sha. the conversation went like this:

bebe: dba maximum allowable late eh 4? within 2 cut-offs (eg. april 7 - may 7) or within a month (april 1 - april 31)?
harry: actually dapat nga wala eh.
bebe: ah ganun ba? eh kse susulitin ko na, eh madalas na kse ako late...
harry: as long as nagpapaalam ka na late ka ok lang un.

so anu nga ba tlga policy nila when it comes to tardiness? hmmm, bahala na si batman. kung makatanggap man ako ng memo, may remembrance na ako from this company.

1st remembrance (from acn): storing mp3s in the project server
*** nagbackup ako kse magpapareblast ako, nasave ko pati mp3s ko, buking!
awaiting 2nd remembrance (from amkor): T.A.R.D.I.N.E.S.S.
***napakahirap gumising ng maaga, promise!

a typical day in the office

we're usually busy in the office --- busy chatting with friends over IMs (ym, google, sametime, skype, google & aol, in my workstation all of these are open except skype) , grabbing some smokes several times within the day, sharing some abap know-hows, talking about potential SAP employers, camwhoring and a lotta bullying and picking on each other.

actually, according to the acn folks, parang mejo matalas na daw ako magsalita at malupet mang-asar. sino ba naman ang nde magiging bihasa sa panlalaglag kung ang mga taong kasama mo eh tong mga to, lalo na tong si jay (guy covering his face). it was like the mapua days, one of the boys ako. these days, ang usual na hirit nila eh "naku ang yabang mo na, naka-thinkpad ka na kse lider!". haha!

speaking of thinkpad, jologs na pala ang thinkpad ko ngayon, may gate pass na na nakakabit, kseng laki ng id ko. so obvious na company property sha talaga. hehehe. at san ka pa, may picture ko pa! kainis.

pero i was just informed na maswerte pa pala ako kse naka-T60p ako, pang-managers pa la to. since last stock na to kse mag-a-upgrade na sila sa t61, eh binigay na samin... yey! :)

napansin ko rin kanina, parang nasa akin pa rin ang accenture spirit. tingnan nyo naman ang mga gamit ko. there's the accenture lock, orange accenture laptop bag and the blue pouch for my toothbrush, soap and other kikay stuffs.

hai, namiss ko talaga ang accenture, but hear me, IM.NEVER.GOING.BACK.TO.MDC! but to other delivery centers abroad, gusto ko talaga -- SG, AU or sa Paris. XD

excess:
kanina nga pala, nag-down ang websense (siguro napakiusapan ng mga may kakiklala dito...hehe) and guess what kung anu ang una kong binuksan! MULTIPLY!!! :) in uploading 20 pictures, it only took me 10 minutes, winner talaga ang 1Gbps speed dito! hehe!

we'll miss you yeth!!!

yesterday was yeth's last day at amkor, kaya nagdespedida pictures kme with her.

who's yeth?
+ a.k.a "si"-yeth (shit, peace)
+ one of the highest-paid (hehe!) ABAP contractors here
+ pinakabata samin...haha, sa kabaligtaran...
+ pinakamalakas mang-asar at panay ang tukso sakin sa kahit sino mang makita nyang lalake
+ pinakaiyakin (tama na LQs)
+ kuripot dahil nde tlga nanlibre
+ nsa kanya pa SATC vcds ko (soli mo..hehehe)
+ we have a common friend, ang kasing lucring nya na si mama jackie (former augusta teammate)

bebe and ang loka-lokang si-yeth :)

"ab"rhoi, bebe, jay and si-yeth

si-yeth, "ab"rhoi, bebe and fitz

si-yeth and sir ric

sap.nap.sap.nap.

lately, i've been coming to work like a zombie. i can hardly get 8 hours of sleep on weekdays (take the weekends as exceptions 'cause those are the days when i make bawi. hehe!).

what's worse now is that i'm getting used to taking power naps at amkor during office hours! considering that one of the company policies is to NOT allow employees to sleep in the office even on lunch times (well, kse nga our saturdays are paid and we have a compressed sched from Mon-Fri). grabe, as in pasaway na ako ngayon, sobra!

in my 2 years of tenure in acn, i see to it that i only sleep during lunch periods (which is allowable) and during overnight OTYs. well, perhaps, i have this kind of attitude now 'cause i'm not really planning to stay that long in this company and mace's doing it as well (hehe, peace man!).

pero kahit na, this is not right and i have to be discrete pa rin. so the proper way to do is kung iidlip man ay pumuwesto ng pasimple at patago. hehehe!

clean desk policy = CRAP!

when i first came here in amkor i was told that people here observe clean desk policy and i was like "ah really?". apparently, it's true and i thought "napakamasunurin naman ng mga taong to". in acn, yes we were advised about this policy thing because of the BS7799 audit, but we weren't this disciplined. we have to be reminded religiously before we even comply.

so here's the thing, i didn't give a hoot on this ek ek policy and this morning, i got this on my mail:

Subject: Q1 TPM Rates
Staff: CMEDI
Date: April 14, 2007
Rate: 96/100
Findings: empty gatorade bottle on top of the desk

what does this fucking memo have to do with me? ah yes, the gatorade was mine but what's 96? what's the impact of this 4point-demerit on me? dang it! so what if pasaway ako?! hmmmp... bwiset, kaya pala napakalinis ng desks nila, linchak na audit yan! pucha, ano to, bawas na naman sa sweldo?

Updated: ok, so i've just learned na nde naman pala bawas sa sweldo, may impact lang sa appraisal which i don't think na maaabutan ko pa here...hehe!

bebe's preggy?!?

luckily i was able to ride the amkor shuttle this morning. i felt so sleepy when i stepped in the bus so i headed to the nearest seat. lucky me, there's a space on the 3rd row beside the window! the lady on the aisle gave way to me and when i sat down she said "pambuntis dito", shocks!

i felt so tamad to transfer to other seat and just pretended not to care. after a few seconds, shame hit me so i made palusot and did the craziest thing! i massaged my tummy, para kunwari may baby! hahaha!

then i dozed off! haha! silly me!

bored to death

we've been using kproxy, kilotomic and flyproxy here in the office to access internet sites which are blocked by the fucking websense. and now, looks like the IT people have detected our illegal activities. :S we're doomed (almost all of the proxy sites have been blocked! grr..)and what's only left is the bloody flyproxy which doesn't function properly in terms of uploading pix at multiply and posting entries on blog sites.

calling the attention of proxy experts!!! do you have any other proxy sites to suggest? pretty please...

my passion for job seeking

i've just resigned from acn a month ago. i've been there for 2 years and i can say that i've learned a lot from that company. it is a great training ground for newbies who wanted to pursue a career in IT especially in SAP. but for some reasons, i decided to move on and explore other opportunities. that was really THE PLAN.

JOB HUNTING AGENDA

+ set a target date to leave the company: between march to april '07
+ started packing up things in the office as early as december '06 (harhar!)
+ cv preparation started during the first week of january
+ created about 5-6 online resume...hehe, this is for real (here's a tip: make sure to upload your cv at monster, jobsdb and devbistro, for sure a lot of employers, both local and abroad, will contact you)
+ diskarteng takas: filed a 2-week VL to attend interviews, job offers and walk-ins; maging discrete na after ng VL ay mag-allot ng around 1-2 weeks before you give your execs a heads up on your plans to leave the company)
+ chinika ang mga contractors and experienced colleagues and asked for company and headhunter contact details
+ did a research on the most feasible salary expectation (note: this is crucial, if mababa ang asking mo, they will give you the minimum amount, if mashadong malaki naman, there are chances that HRs will not exert their efforts to contact you for a job offer as they will assume that you'll turn them down)
+ learned how to negotiate wisely with headhunters and recruitment agents
+ pasimpleng nag-KT na to handover my current responsibilities to my probable successors
+ after all the interviews, i've come to realize that the SAP market is very ripe...gahd, napakaraming openings at naglalakihan ang offers. until now, from time to time ay nanjan pa rin ang pagbabasa at pagrereply ko sa mga "late" employers who are asking for my availability. :) nakakatuwang isipin that even if i didn't pursue my course, i was able to have the most in demand profession.

for now, i am working hard to serve amkor well. ok na siguro ang 6 months? hahaha. job hunting keeps me going!