Tuesday, January 16, 2007
First Week High!

I've been with my new employer for more than a week now. I'm still adjusting though. It's my first time to be situated in Manila. Actually, it is to my advantage because I also lived in Manila, but I've been accustomed working at Makati, so I'm missing the Makati crowd. Some observations about my new workplace...The attire here is smart casual, so I go to work in slacks and short sleeves polo. I guess my rubber shoes would have its well deserved rest together with my maong and t shirts. The department where I'm in doesn't have a pantry nor a microwave where you can reheat your food...so bringing some lunch is already out of the question.Good thing there is a canteen for the employees where the meals are subsidized. For just about 50 pesos, you can have a complete meal with softdrinks. Rice is free up to four servings per person. I missed the free ice tea, juice and coffee at ePhil. Here, the only thing free is water and the water dispenser is quite far from my place. Hassle isn't it? As expected, they don't have any recreation room like the ones we had at ePhil. No pingpong or darts break, I guess. Speaking about breaks, I've noticed that they don't consume the whole 1 hour lunch break. We just eat, talk for a couple of minutes and then go back to our workstations. We normally consume about 30-45 minutes of lunch break time. Pretty corny huh? No long breaks, I guess. During afternoon breaks, we go to a supermarket and buy our sandwiches from there and eat it in front of our workstations. Those guys are really a workaholic bunch, but maybe I guess they still haven't warmed up that's why we don't have that much of a chit chat. I missed also the mais, squidball and siomai break I had with Cands. Too bad, There is no Henlin here I think. Except if I go to Robinsons place. By the way, Robinsons Place Manila is my new Glorietta now hehehe. Also, I noticed that there are a lot of demonstrations going on around this place, of course Ayala in Makati had its share of demonstrations, but the ones they have here are quite exciting and violent (e.g. police dispersing the rallyist with their baton ). Hmmmm...thats it for now...I've included here a picture of my workstation. It has the same specs(i.e. P4, 2gb ram etc. ) as my pc back in ePhil, it is just that the lcd monitor is an upgrade from the crt monitor I had before. Also, I'm on Skype everyday (YM is blocked, corny!), so guys, if you have any skype ids, just leave it at the comments section or at the shout box. Labels: mmc work

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Saturday, January 06, 2007
Last Day @ ePhil

The peeps @ ePhil gave me a nice, touching and heart-warming farewell card. I wasn't expecting it, but I asked Cands if they do have a card for me. I was just joking then, but it turned out...they do have one...To each and every one who wrote in the card thank you very very very much...Senti mode lang muna...:) Cands - Thanks for being the "pasimuno" sa farewell card. Yeah I guess you're right...I'll miss you all...Pingpong, long breaks, Jimmy and Mang "R", $ salary, Cena sessions...Thanks for being my pingpong trainor ( fyi to all, grade 3 pa lang naglalaro na siya ng pingpong) and ever reliable partner ( hirap silang talunin tayo eh, team to beat daw e hehehe! ). Thanks for the help in the ePim Bics when I was just starting out and the tip regarding SQL Server Enterprise Manager, i will never forget that! Goodluck sa SMB team mo. I wish na sana mainjure si Danny Seigle...uy bawal pikon :p hehehe! Sa lahat lahat lahat, alam mo na yun!:) Super Thank you and I'll miss you!...Ingatan mo yung mug :) Nikki - Thanks for being a true and accommodating friend, i'll keep your advice in mind hehehe! I'll miss you. Joy - Thanks for the numerous sprs that you gave to the dev team hehehe and also for those time that I was jsut starting and you were more than accommodating in answering my questions. I'll miss our Cena sessions. Thanks also for the trust and the friendship. :) Franco - Tsong, I must agree with you, nung umalis ka, nabawasan ang guwapo sa ePhil. Tapos umalis na din ako? Paano na yan? Hahahaha! Yari ka kay Sherwin! :p Augs - Tama ka Augs, wala na ngang mas balahura pa sa mga tao sa ePhil. Kaya for sure mamimiss ko kayo! Thanks for being a good friend. Pasensiya na sa paghila ko sa iyo sa buhanginan ng Boracay hehehe. Knottydon - Sasabihin ko sana mamimiss ko dreadlocks mo e kaya lang nagpagupit ka na. Mukha ka na tuloy tibo hehehe. Joke lang...I'll miss all the inuman sessions I had with you. Keep healthy! Mommy Butch - Thanks for being the number one supporter of my perfume biz! :) Thanks for being a doting mother to all of us. Jimmy - For sure sa lilipatan ko, wala na ako mamemeet na katulad mo. One of a kind specie ka e! :) Mamimiss ko ang basketball, billiards and pingpong sessions natin. Papaturo ako sa iyo mag drive minsan ha. :) Mang Ruds - Mamimiss ko ice tea and juices niyo Mang R! Pati na din yung mga return niyo sa pingpong na mataas na masarap i drive! Hehehe... Manong Felix - God bless po sa inyo...Just keep healthy lagi kasi kayong night shift e :) Tropa Earl - Tsong, for sure naman magkikita pa tayo e. Ingat ka lang sa mga chicks pre ha. Baka mamaya text mo na lang ako at imbitahin mo ako sa binyag...hehehe! Mike - Pre, ingat ka kay Earl ha...Balita ko nagdadrugs daw yan... :) Thanks for the friendship pre! Kitakits pa tayo. Kaye - Goodluck sa career and love life :) Richie - pre tuloy mo studies mo, goodluck sa career. Docs Team Olive - Astig yung dedication mo, i think it pretty summed up your overall impression of me. Thanks for the collage and also the 3 pictures ( basketball, billiards and pingpong ). You got an eye for art and photography talaga.Goodluck sa career and studies. Rey - Pre I heard ginagaya mo na din daw ako. Sayang di ko nakita kung paano mo ako naimpersonate hehehe. Mamimiss din kita...mwah!!! hehehe.Thanks for the friendship! Sherwin - Pre astig laro mo sa billiards and also sa pingpong same kasi tayo ng trainor e hehehe. I hope we can play some more games. Thanks for the friendship! Bel - Hello Bel! Sige, billiards tayo ulit. Dev Team OJ - Dude kitakits na lang sa ABL. Kayang kaya mo naman buhatin ang ePhil pagdating sa bball. Goodluck sa epx 3.0. Joe - Pre di na tayo nakalaro ng billiards. Dennis - Goodluck sa BGK natin and goodluck sa epx 3.0. Jan - Pre thanks for being so patient sa pagtuturo sa akin ng EPX, lalo na pag may mga sprs tayo and support cases. Mamimiss kita huhuhuhu... QA Team Aedner - Stay macho pare hehehe! Kampay! Louie - Thanks for the dedication. :) Patty - Thanks for the dedication. Keep smiling! Support Team Yung jar files, si Jan na ang bahala diyan! :) Xacta Alwyn - Once a bosconian always a bosconian. :) Lizette - God bless sa career. Regards kay Dennis. Noel - Thanks sa mga downloads sir! Jack - Dude thanks sa pagpapauto mo sa akin. Nakakuha tuloy ako ng pang enroll hehehe. Joke lang. God bless sa career mo and studies. See you sa Aiti. Bossings Maidette - Puwede po ba ako bumalik anytime? Tatanggapin ninyo pa kaya ako? :) Thanks for showing your appreciation and the encouraging words. God bless you Ms. Mai! Ser Eric - Ser I got your shoe size na hehehe. Anong color po ba? hehehe. Inggit ako ser sa MBP niyo =) Seriously speaking, thank you po sa inyo kasi madami akong natutunan sa short stay ko sa ePhil. :) Ser Dennis - Ser thanks po sa pagpirma para sa suweldo namin diyan, hehehe! Max - See you at the gym! :) Kung may sumulat man sa card na nakalimutan ko iaddress, thank you po sa dedication.Goodluck and Godbless sa inyong mga career. I wish ePhil all the best! Labels: ephil

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Tuesday, January 02, 2007
Celestino-Cruz Wedding 2007

Louie and Teena dropped by last Christmas to deliver their wedding invitation. My Mom, Vane and I were invited to attend their wedding on the 7th of January. I learned that I'll be part of the wedding entourage as a secondary sponsor. I'm quite excited about it because it's my first time to be a part of a wedding entourage. Not many of my friends went through the usual church wedding route and some are not yet married, so there goes my chance to be part of the wedding entourage. I've got to be ready for this...I have to hunt for a new barong hehehe! Labels: friends wedding

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Monday, January 01, 2007
Happy New Year!!!

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