Listening to: This

My whole day was filled with traffic. First off, it took me 4 hours to get to Makati from Tungko. The traffic in Pecson is hideous. Bojo and I left for the bus stop around 6am. I was stuck inside the bus for 1 hour when I decided to join the throng of people disembarking from the jeepneys and buses and just walk to the end of the jam where hopefully, we can all catch a ride to wherever it is that we're going. So I walked. By the time I was able to ride a bus it was almost 8am and I was about ready to cry out of frustration because I'm not gonna make my 9am shift. I got off at Philcoa and caught a cab. On the way to Makati was more traffic. When 9am struck I was way past caring. I tried calling Forcedesk though but the effing agent transferred me to Cebu for crying out loud! I was on hold for a long time. I ran out of credits. Bummer. So I was late for 1 hour. But lucky for me Apple wasn't there yet to orient us with what we were supposed to do. So my ass was saved! I even got to have breakfast at KFC with Angel and Cherry.

Anyways, I got assigned to HR Admin - Prelim Interview with Nikki. All we did was encode the intervew results into the app management system. Twas a no-brainer actually. The rest of them were tasked with scheduling applicants for interview. Uh oh. I don't wanna be stuck on the phone for 8 hrs. Not just yet! Shift ended at 6, but we had to stay a little while longer while Apple gave us our assignments for the whole week. It seems that I'm gonna be stuck with teh encoding duties until Friday.

The bus ride to Megamall was really slow. I hate rush hour traffic. I'm just not used to it since for 3 years my schedule's been always during the off-peak traffic hours. Just looking at the haphazard line of buses and cars adds to my fatigue. I feel real tired. Plus, it rained on my way home. I had to pass by Megamall since I don't have an umbrella. It was past 8 when I got to the mall, which gave me just enough time to grab an umbrella and pay for it. I wasn't able to look around, even if I wanted to. I WANT A HANDBAG because I the traffic made me feel bad! I want something like this. Bojo says my bag's too big, I should get a smaller one. But I like big bags. I pack a lot of junk in my bag - receipts, bus tickets, pentelpens, dermatographs, brochures, candy, a box of band aids, a nail cutter.. you name it.

Oh well. I'm tired. I miss my bebu. *hugs* Things are so much better when he's around. Gawd. I hope it's Friday already.

Listening to: Look After You by the Fray

Woke up round 6am, but Bojo was up before me. I found him in front of the PC, playing Granado Espada. We went downstairs and made breakfast. By 7 we were done. I went back to bed while he lit a cigarette and played his guitar. Telling tales about how easy it was to make a girl "kilig" in HS when you have a guitar. Soon after, I fell asleep again and he went back to his GE game. I was suprised to see that it was almost 12 noon when I woke up. I usually wake up 8-ish when I'm in Pasig. But during weekends when I'm here in Bulacan I wake up really late. Bebu is such a sweetheart. I was thirsty when I woke up, and I was about to ask for some water. Then he smiled, pointed to the foot of the bed. And voila - there's a bottle of water waiting for me. And a chocolate bar! *kilig* I still can't get over how easy it is for him to read me.

There's been a major shake up at work. The BIG bosses decided to cease training our batch . Geez. We just finished our 3rd week of training! One more week and we'd be taking calls. ~.~ But oh well.. It didn't come as a shocker to me because I'm used to it. I felt bad for the fresh grads in my batch though. So the whole day Friday, we didn't do anything. We just stayed in the training room wondering what's gonna happen to us. The people from HR came in to re-profile us and see if we fit the client needs for the other accounts. Then we had to wait for a few hours more for them to make a decision. It wasn't all that bad. 13 of my batchmates were endorsed for interview for one of the financial accounts and 9 of us are gonna report to HR next week while they're still negotiating for our new accounts. So for this coming workweek, I'm gonna be doing some HR stuff like scheduling for interviews and job fairs (if there's any). I'm ok with it. More new things to learn. :) My mom though has other ideas. She keeps telling me to go and apply for an office job. I don't have the heart to tell her that I don't want that. That I am Ok with my job. *sigh*

Anyhoo.. I just finished redesigning my blog! Voxie said it looks really nice, and so did Neo. I think it's cool. Took me 3 hours to pick a layout yesterday and edit it. Plus, I got really excited about the new cbox smiley's! They're uber uber cute. I got them from here: cbox smiles link. I think they're perfect for my cbox! *wub*

Listening to: Home by Chris Daughtry
"I'm not running from.
No, I think you got me all wrong.
I don't regret this life I chose for me."

Seeing all those students on their way to school made me realize that it's been 7 years since I left home to go to college. Now I'm 22. I haven't been home in 3 years. When I think about it now I can barely remember the street names in Kalibo. Weird. I lived there for 15 years. Yet when I imagine myself there, I feel like a stranger. I haven't seen my dad and my baby bro for a while now. My mom and younger sister come over (to Manila) and that's when I get to see them. Doesn't happen often though.

I was jobless for 2 weeks last month. And it scared me more than I dare admit. I felt like a fish out of water. For 3 years I was so used to waking up with the thought that I have to get to work. What scared me more about losing my job was the thought that if my folks found out about it, they'd ask me to come home to Aklan and just look for a job there. Something which is totally unacceptable. For one, I'm gonna be under my father's scrutiny day after day. That's one thing I can't stand. Also, I'm sure as hell that we're (my dad and I) gonna have argument after argument about what I need to do with my life. He's got big dreams for me. I wanna fulfill them, sure. But in my own time. I wanns be able to do things that I wanna do. I'm happy with my life, and with who I am. Also, bojo's here. Nuff said.

Anyways, I have a new job now. I got accepted the first time I applied for one. They put me in a travel account, which is fine by me. Training's tough, but I can handle it. I kinda feel alienated from my batchmates though. I feel like some of them look at me differently because I'm almost always the first one to come up with the correct answer or get perfect scores during exams. I get along with them all but it's kinda hard for me to make new friends. I don't mesh with a lot of them. I told bojo about it and he said it's like I'm looking for one peso coins but I'm just seeing 25 centavo coins - that's why I don't pick em up. He's got a very good point. Maybe I'm being too critical of people because I've always been critical of myself. Yeah, I think that's it. :)

Listening to: Boston by Augustana


For the first time in 8 months, I talked to my mom today. That left me sobbing for 15 minutes before I was able to bring myself to the bathroom and take a shower. I felt really good. I can't even begin to describe what it was like to hear her voice again. After everything I put her through, she's still there for me. God, I love my mom.

My life has been a blur. I haven't been in touch with my family regularly for half a year. I wasn't home for Christmas or New Year, missed my grandpa's funeral, and tried like hell to stay off my sister's radar. To top it all, I lost my job because the company I was working for filed for bankruptcy.

The only real thing I have was my relationship with bojo and the friendship I have with my HOL guildmates and ingame friends.

bojo and me

With my good friend jeff (Hoseah) during one of our Guild EBs