A Smart Move...

Day One.

After almost 2 months of weekly job hunts and what seemed an endless submission of resumès through online and walk-in applications, finally, I got a job!!

Last Thursday, I went to Ayala, Makati at the Smart Tower for an interview which barely have any idea as to what job am i gonna get. I got there at 10.30am coz the effin rain and traffic has just joined forces and made me come a little bit late. So nuff said about the brouhaha.

When i arrived at Smart, I didn't really waited that long coz after a couple of minutes after i submitted my visitor's slip, i was called by Ms. Maddie for the initial interview along with another girl.

So we sat there, did the usual Q&A's and soon after that, Ms. Maddie gave us a map of the next place where we have to take our exams.

So off we go to Boni in Mandaluyong and tried to locate the PLDT Innolab (which was just right in front of RTU).

We got there at 1pm then started the exams at 1.30. The exams were sooo easy that i immediately finished all of them before the alloted time ends. After the written exams, we were sent to the computer lab to test our comp skills. Geez... I know i did well on the first 3 parts of the exam, however, for the typing accuracy part, i kinda faltered.

There was that fat girl who kept on staring at my work and she even stood right beside me, so man, i got so effin conscious and fumbled on the keys. Kainis!!

After that, we all left as they told us that we'll just receive a call or text from Ms. Maddie if ever we did passed the test. I immediately left the place and in a jiffy, went straight to the MRT Station and so eager to go home.. I'm just so damn tired man..

I got home at 5.30pm; ate a lot; rest; took a bath; then just watched TV until 1am.

I did wait for the text from Ms. Maddie and heck, i didn't received any even before i close my eyes..

So i did guessed that i didn't passed the exam.. or so i thought..

End of Day One.

Ü~♥~Ü~♥~Ü~♥~Ü

Day Two.

I woke up at 9.45am with a freakin' headache. Checked my phone and golly! Ms. Maddie texted me saying

"Congratulations! You passed the exam and your final interview is scheduled today, 2pm @ 8f Icon Universal Tower, QAve, QC. See you there and Good Luck!"

WTF!!! I hurriedly fixed my bed in between brushing my teeth, preparing my breakfast at turning on the computer! Man, I'm cramming!!

So i tried searching through http://www.wikimapia.com/ the loaction of the said tower coz i don't have any freakin' idea where it was and how can i get there. Luckily, my mom and my tita both know the place so they just told me how to get there.

I left home at about 12pm, rode the FX to Crossing but effin hell, it's a jampacked traffic at Ortigas! I have no choice but walk up to the MRT station.

1.30, i'm still waiting for the MRT at Ortigas station.

1.33, the MRT just arrived. Thank God!

1.50 got off at Quezon Avenue and walked fast to the taxi station.

1.58 still inside the taxi but already on my way to the meeting place.

2.00 arrived at Icon Universal Tower, logged in and went straight to the 8f.

2.04 at last i made it. so i just waited for Mr. Reslly to conduct my final interview.

2.15 still waiting...

2.30 still waiting....

2.36, finally! Mr. Reslly arrived!!

So to cut the story short (hehehe), Mr. Reslly was very much impressed by my personality and then and there, he told me that i passed and immediately shook my hand. WOW!!! Grabe, ang saya!

So there goes the 2 days of my Smart saga.. hahaha...

I'll be starting my training this Monday from 9am to 6pm... hopefully i'd get used to it, enjoy the work, the people and the company benefits...

Work and Money... sounds so freakin' good!!

P.S.

I think i better switch my network from using a Globe sim to Smart.. hehehe Ü

Another Feast

Feast One Hundred & Ninety Five
June 27th, 2008

Appetizer
What is the weather like today where you live?
Well, as usual, it's freakin' hot again here, however, when I got home at 6:30pm, it's beginning to cool down so I guess it alright.

Soup
On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being highest, how career-minded are you?
As of now that i'm still trying to figure out which field do I really want to be in, I guess I'd rate myself as 7.

Salad
What type of window coverings do you have in your home? Blinds, curtains, shutters, etc.?
Curtains most of the time. But once I'd get my own room, I'd use blinds.

Main Course
Name something that instantly cheers you up.
Just the thought of those very funny moments with my friends instantly cheers me up. Oh, and reading funny quotes or stories!

Dessert
How many times do you hit the snooze button on a typical morning?
Once. I can easily be waken up.

Rain

I recently discovered this really beautiful song that's originally sung by Patti Griffin and has a Norah Jones version.. the title is Rain.

Try to download or search for it, i'll bet you'd love it too..

Here are the lyrics...

Rain

It's hard to listen to a hard hard heart

Beating close to mine

Pounding up against the stone and steel

Walls that I won't climb

Sometimes a hurt is so deep deep deep

You think that you're gonna drown

Sometimes all I can do is weep weep weep

With all this rain falling down

Chorus:

Strange how hard it rains now

Rows and rows of big dark clouds

When I'm holding on underneath this shroud

Rain

Its hard to know when to give up the fight

Two things you want will just never be right

Its never rained like it has to night before

Now I don't wanna beg you baby

For something maybe you could never give

I'm not looking for the rest of your life

I just want another chance to live

~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~

Feast One Hundred & Ninety Three

Appetizer
Do you consider yourself to be an optimist or a pessimist?
I'm more of an optimist coz i tend to just focus my mind on positive things

rather than let those negative auras prevail.

Soup
What is your favorite color of ink to write with?
Black, Red or Pink..

Salad
How often do you get a manicure or pedicure? Do you do them yourself or go to a salon and pay for them?
At least once a month i treat myself to a ManiPed.

If i'm too busy to crunch my back i'd have my nails done at a salon.

But if i need to be thrift, i'd just prefer to do it by myself.

Main Course
Have you ever won anything online? If so, what was it?
Nah, im not into online betting nor games nor any contests.

Dessert
In which room in your house do you keep your home computer?

in the living room so that all of us who knows how to operate it can freely use it anytime.. yeah!

Friends...

What does it take for one person to look back to who they were 5 years ago?

As for me, i can look back to those memories with just the blink of an eye.

You see, i'm a very sentimental person. Back in highschool i used to take so many pictures of every event that's happening during our senior years; and not just pictures, i even got our section a scrapbook where we write down, post pictures of every thing that goes on with us.

Whenever i see that book, or open it for some nostalgic episodes, i can't help but smile and then laugh...

It's like going back to high school in full circle..

I realized me and my colleagues really did changed a lot. With our physical appearances up to the way we talk and act during annual reunions, all of us matured in so many different ways.

Some are already working in different fields...

some are still pursuing their studies...

some chose to start their own families...

some would still act so carefree

and some friendships still remained the same.

We may have experienced a lot more of life in college but what we have learned during the 4-year stay in highschool is something that no college degree nor award could ever replace.

It's where we've found life-long friendships.

And i say this not because it's been 5 years since i got out of highschool or that i'm getting old (geez, i'm only 21!), I'm saying this because no matter how far nor how busy my friends were, we still manage to care for each other.

That's one of the many things that highschool has taught us apart from the gruelling academic subjects and what seemed an endless pit of projects.

Once every year, we try to gather again, not as a section, but as a whole. No more Rutherford. No more Archimedes. No more Roentgen.

Just the SMMS Senior highschool batch of 2003.

That's who we are when we graduated.

That's what we are now.

Whatever misunderstandings that some of us may had gone thru during our teenage years should already be forgotten. We're mature people now.

We have to forgive them.

So I'm making this post of appeal for my batch mates who cares enough to look back for a while.

We've learned so much guys, we've matured into better persons and that's really a good thing.

Just take one moment to look back, there's nothing wrong with taking a glimpse of highschool life again.

Luv u guys! ♥

Same Me... Only Better...

Well, after 2 weeks of "grieving" (duh!), I'm finally back!

During the time that i was moping and sort of contemplating as to wtf have i done to that a-hole , I've decided that life is sooooo much better without that psychotic piece of crap in my life.

(Well isn't it obvious that i'm still bitter?! But i know you'll forgive me for that..)

So now, i'm getting myself back on track. Somehow spent 3 days last week to find a job again (cuz i really needed one!); hanging out with my good old friends and doing lots of stuff just to keep myself pre-occupied.

Whew! with this oh-so hot weather, i think i'd just rather accept the job offer i got from Sitel in exchange of living in Baguio for 4 months! geez!

~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~

I'm soooo currently addicted to watching Gossip Girl in ETC nowadays.

I admit, i just can't get enough of the bitchy-ness that surrounds these people.

I specially like the character of Blair Waldorf played by Leighton Meester.

She can be the bitchy, bossy Queen B (that rhymes ha!) on one side but she is still Serena Van Der Woodsen's (Blake Lively) BFF!

Oh geez! I LOVE both of them!

So try to catch up on Gossip Girl at ETC every Tuesday at 8:00pm!

And as Gossip Girl always says...

XOXO... You're not popular unless you're talked about...

Rock Bottom

When was the last time i blogged about hitting rock bottom?

Umm... yeah, that was last December but that's a different scenario with what i wanna share right now.

It's been exactly a week and a day old since "I Died".

This whole week that had passed by is so depressing that even though i can laugh, smile and act so normal like everything's alright, but it's not.

It never is.

Hitting rock bottom again has taken another toll in my health... and in my whole being.

I guess this is what they so often call "self-destruction".

But i HATE this feeling. I HATE being like this.

It hurts the people around me; my family, my friends and yeah... even myself.

This is just so hard to deal with right now and man, i'm so thankful with the overwhelming support and concern that's coming from the people who really love me the most.

In due time, i'll heal. I even wished i have Claire Bennett's power in Heroes. The power to regenerate her body.

But as impossible as it may seem, yeah, you can heal every qound or injury...

...but there is no cure for a broken heart.

There is no cure for a shattered person.

Time is the only one responsible in fixing the wounds.

As i would always say "The wounds have been heald but the scar remains."

And that scar would continuously remind me that i once gave my whole being and love to this one person who didn't even took good care of it.

I'm in pain again.

I'm hurting.

I think i died that night.

But just like Jesus Christ, I'm coming back again.

Wiser.

Stronger.

Loved.

David Cook Won!

This is so freakin' awesome!

David Cook won the American Idol 2008!

Though he was pitted with the crowd favorite David Archuleta, Cook managed to win despite "harsh" criticisms from judge Simon Cowell.

But heck, i'm so glad that Cook won coz he really does bring the edge in this year's AI.