Friday, April 27, 2007
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Hi all.

I am a generated Auto-Post that will appear from time to time in replacement of the currently malfunctioning brain of the author.

Anyways.

As the author have said earlier today, she will take her time during the weekend to write her thoughts for the past few days that she hasn't blogged. For the most part, working is quite stressful. The author wakes up very early in the morning since she doesn't want to be late. By late she means, 9am. Then when she goes home in the evening, she is already dead tired that all she wants is to bury herself in her bed.

Apparently, she will not be able to deliver new posts this weekend since tomorrow is the day that their threesome to Puerto Galera will take place. Before you think that the author of this blog is perverted, well, I'll first define what she means by threesome. Threesome,as defined by the author and 2 of her friends is their summer adventure cum getaway to Puerto Galera. This is sorta weird considering that only three people will have a blast at the beach.

When she returns on Sunday she promises to write about her trip North of the country and the most fucking disaster that happened to all the pictures they took, her experience with regards to her internship, her thoughts about growing old and how she wishes she could stop time just to be in her youth forever, and her most recent trip to Puerto.

And just because she couldn't put all her thoughts for everyone to see, she has bought this uber cute and handy lil notebook at kARTon in Glorietta 1. Yeah I know, she is so elementary. =)


Regards,

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Without friends, no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

-Aristotle

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See you in a while.
Forgive me for not updating this blog just yet. I am currently having my internship and I don't know when will I go back to my normal life. You know, my normal college life. Like when I go to school in the afternoon then go back home in the evening. I also miss my regular weekly schedule that is Tuesday to Saturday. For three whole years that's the schedule I'm used to.

Obviously, I can't write on office hours. Neither can I at home because as soon as got home, I am loathing the sight of my desktop or laptop. So there.

If you're wondering where I am right now, I'm at the office. Cyberslacking I guess.

Anyways, I will most definitely write here in the weekend. If our threesome to Puerto will permit.

So, see yah.

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Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Taken at Ilocos Norte
Forgive me for posting a blurred picture. This is the best pic my n80 could pull off using zoom.
 
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Truth is..
Sometimes I feel so differently about the events in my life that I even write them and give the people who visit this blog the satisfaction of thinking that they have a single bit of idea about ME.

To you who think of me the way you wanted to-- go ahead, if it makes you happy then let me nurture that satisfaction. After all, mudane facts are all it takes for a person to go though his/her life.

Let me just say this once and for all. I am way too complicated. Way too complicated for this blog. Way to complicated even for me. I am indecisive and unpredictable. Maybe, I keep on obsessing about the obscurities of my life but that doesn't mean I would trade it for anything in this world. Right? :)

Just so you know, this entry is not hateful nor angry. It's just me giving you an idea so the next time you visit this blog, you might wanna do some rethinking. That is if you decide to revisit. :)
 
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Monday, April 16, 2007
Anxiety Attacks
Ano bang nafefeel ko ngayon? Sa totoo lang super kabado dahil 1st day ko ng OJT bukas. Wala akong idea sa mangyayari sakin bukas sa company. Bukod sa kaalaman na ma-OOP ako dun. Una, dahil introvert ako. Pangalawa, dahil ako pa lang yata ang OJT na magsisimula this week. Puro employees na yung kasama ko.


After all I've been through, why don't I feel I deserve this one?

Habang binabasa ko ang acceptance letter ng company ko, hindi ko mapigilan matawa. Ano ba tong pinasok ko? Bakit ako ang nandito ngayon? Kung maaga lang sana silang nagtawag sa mga students, e di sana pati yung mga classmate kong talagang deserving ay nagkaroon din ng chance magwork for them. Yung mga batchmate ko na hindi bumabagsak. Yung iba na Dean's Lister. But too late, nakahanap na sila ng ibang company so they turned down this one.

Tiempong wala pa akong company kaya isa ako sa mga nabingwit nila. Do I deserve this oportunity? Based on my school performance, NO. But based on my eagerness to learn as an individual, Definitely YES.

I may not be a good programmer as of the moment, but I can be with proper training.

After all, it's not a one way street. And at the end of day, it's not so much about who I was, and what my skills were before I joined the company, but what I have become at the end of the internship.

Anxiety Attacks.

Hindi ko mapigilan kabahan. Sobrang kaba ko this very second. Ang tagal ko ng nagstop sa coffee pero effect pa rin yata to ng caffeine overload nung 2nd sem. Hindi ko talaga alam mangyayari sakin sa OJT. Hindi kasi ako sanay mag-isa kasama ang maraming tao, siguro now's the time to overcome that fear.

Well, sabi nga ni Tyra Banks

..It's time to let yourself out of the box.
and
..Fake it til you make it.

Go yhan ,kaya mo yan!

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May OJT na si yhan
Masarap palang maglakad sa Ayala Ave. lalo na kapag tanggap ka na sa company na balak mong pag-OJT-han.

Isa ako sa mga late na nagwork sa klase namin. Read: Maarte ako. Kinukuha na kasi ako ng Sykes before pa mag holy week. May project yung team na sasalihan ko. Mataas pa ang allowance. Pero dahil nga sa maarte ako ambisyosa ako, tinanggihan ko ang Sykes.

Today , nagpunta ako sa Accenture. Ang bait nung nakausap ko na Recruitment Officer. Gusto ko siya in fairness. Ang gaan niya kausap. Well, since HR siya, malamang trained talaga siya to be what an HR officer is expected to be.

So, ayun, back to me.. Tanggap na ako. Yey for me! Start na ko tomorrow. Hindi ko pa alam ang gagawin ko pero xempre highly confidential yun so malamang hindi ko yung pwedeng i-share.. weee..

Hindi ko na rin natanong kung magkano ang allowance ko. That's the last thing on my mind right now. Ang gusto ko lang talaga ay matapos ung 300 hours, and xempre may madagdag naman kahit konti sa aking knowledge. =)

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Sunday, April 15, 2007
Bago pa ba ang pagkapanalo niya?
Ayoko na sanang magcomment sa pagkapanalo ni Pacman dahil siguradong tulad ko , nauumay na rin kayo sa kanya.

Panalo na naman si Pacman? Ilang Mexicano na ba ang napatumba niya? Si Larios, Velasquez, Barrera, Morales. Ang dami na ah. Pambihira talagang fighter itong s Pacman. Gifted child talaga. Kaya naman, kahit sobrang naiinis na ako sa kanya e napabilib niya pa rin ako sa laban niya kanina.

Hay naku, dahil mayaman na siya, sana naman ay magenroll siya sa Speech Power para naman sa susunod na interview-hin siya in English, e hindi na magnosebleed yun mga tao.

Anyhoo, naawa ako sa mga pinapatumba ni Pacquiao. Pero no choice. Sa pinoy ako. Pride at Dignidan kasi ng mga Pinoy ang nakataya. Kaya kahit winiwish ko na matalo si Pacman, somewhere deep inside hindi ko pa rin magawa na ibenta ang lahi ko. oh db ang taray.

Sa mga Mexicano na ang kagwapuhan, kay Pacquaio naman ang belt!

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posted by yhan at 9:20 PM | Permalink | 0 comments
Sana Accenture na talaga. *cross fingers*
Ang tagal ng pinaghintay namin ng classmate ko para magsimula sa Company M, para lang malaman na sa April 23 pa ang start namin. At nalaman lang namin yun 2 days bago magpasahan ng requirements sa school. Thursday yun.

Kamusta naman un? Kala ko okay na ako. Kala ko meron na akong company na pweedng isagot pag nagtanong ang mga classmate ko kung saan ako magO-OJT. Ang tagal namin hinintay ang go signal ng company M. Un pala, sa wala lang mauuwi ang paghihintay namin. Amp.

Sa wakas, tinawagan ako ng Accenture. Nagpunta ako sa Libran House Friday Morning at binigyan ako ng Medical Referral Slip. Nakipagmeet ako sa classmate ko sa Makati dahil may ipapapirma siya sa supervisor sa company niya. Naisip ko, wala namang mawawala kung magpapaa rin ako ng resume sa company nila. Binigay ko ang resume ako at scheduled ako for interview sa Monday ng 2pm.

Ano na nga ba ang nagyari sa Accenture? Ang sabi ay baka late next week pa daw ako magstart. Hala, baka July pa ako matapos nun. Kaya tinawagan ko sila ulit pagkauwi ko ng bahay nung Friday. Good News! Sabi nung kausap ko , siya na daw ang magiinterview sakin at tatawagan niya daw ako kinabukasan, Saturday, kahapon dapat yun. At pwede na daw akong magstart early nextweek.

Sa sobrang tuwa ko, napatakbo ako sa SM Megamall, para sa Medical sponsored ng Accenture. Wow, ang sarap palang magpamedical ng walang bayad.

Kaso di siya tumawag nung Saturday. Huhuhu. Naghintay ako buong araw kaso di siya tumawag. Kumakabog na naman ang dibdib ko dahil sa sobrang paghihintay. Makakatulog lang siguro ako ng mahimbing pag nagstart na ako magwork. Waaaahh.

Anyways, tatawagan ko na lang sila ulit tomorrow and I hope makastart na ako sa Tuesday para naman matapos ko ung 300 hours na required ng school namin. Bakit ba kasi 300 hours e. Pwede naman 150 lang. Alam naman nilang summer. Buti sana kung isang buong sem yan. haaay. pasaway talag ang sistema ng Pontifical and Royal University. raarrr!!

Wish me luck. sana sa Accenture na nga talaga ko!

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Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Lately,Yhan has this obsession about Michael Scofield.

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Thursday, April 05, 2007
Maundy Thursday Guilt Trip
Today is Maundy Thursday and feeling ko isa akong masamang Christian.

Umalis kaninang hapon ang mama ko pati kapatid ko para mag-BISITA IGLESIA. Well, hindi ako sumama dahil tinatamad ako at hindi pa ako naliligo nun. Pagka alis nila, naisip kong pumunta ng quiapo para bumili ng Desperate Housewives Season 3.

I think ito ang first year ng holy week na hindi ko mararamdaman. Dati kasi ramdam ko pag holy week, tahimik kasi sa labas pati sarado mga tindahan. walang mga tricycle pati sasakyan. Ngayon nakatira na ako sa third floor ng bahay at hindi rin ako lumalabas. Ever since rin na iparenovate tong bahay, hindi na rin kami nagkaroon ng cable. Hindi na rin ako nahilig sa TV. Ikaw ba naman, channel 7 lang ang panoorin hindi ka kaya maging bobo nun. So ngayon, holy week man o hindi, ganun pa rin dito.

Pero naisip ko pa ring bumili ng DVD. DVD lang ang napapanood namin sa aming napakalaking flat screen tv. haha, tarush. well , hindi naman xa ganun kalaki. =)

So, naligo ako at naisip kong tumuloy sa Quiapo. Pag labas ko ng bahay parang normal na holy week lang, wala masyadong tao sa labas. Konti lang din ang bukas ng shops at tindahan. In short, parang ghost town nga.

Yung jeep na nasakyan ko dumaan sa 4 na simbahan, 5 na kung isasama yung ang Quiapo church.

So habang nagtratravel ako papuntang Quiapo, i was almost crying dahil feeling ko ang sama-sama kong tao. Lahat ng tao na nasa labas ay nag-bibisita iglesia. Families, BF/GFs, Barkada, lahat sila nagsisimba. Ung iba naman nagstay na lang sa bahay nila. Bukod tanging ako lang yata ang aalis ng alas 5 ng hapon para mamili ng DVD sa Quiapo. Naisip ko, bumaba kaya ako ng jeep at magbisita iglesia rin. Pero hindi na siguro. Naka-rubber slippers lang ako pati naka-capri pants. Baka isipin ng mga tao sa palengke ang punta ako at naligaw lang ako sa simbahan. So ayun, derecho na sa Quiapo.

Ang sama ko talaga. Yun yung naiisip ko kanina.

But after kong mabili to...............

And ito....


Ang naisip ko na lang ay kelangan ko ng umuwi agad para maumpisahan ko na panoorin.


I'm not evil right?


NOTICE:
Sa mga humiram ng dvd ko parang awa nyo na ibalik nyo na. hehe.. =p
Dun naman sa humiram ng box set ko ng OTH season 3 na last year pa. sayo na yan, wag mo ng ibalik. sana naging masaya ka sa ginawa mong pangunguha ng hindi iyo. belat ka. =p

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Truth about my OJT

I’ll share with you the truth behind MY so-called on-the-job training or Internship as I’d prefer to call it.

I am an incoming senior student at the University of Santo Tomas taking up BS Information Technology. Our curriculum is requiring us to have a company train us as interns with a minimum of 300 working hours this summer.

Normally, schools themselves find a suitable company for their students. That should be the correct setting. However, under unspecified circumstances, we, the students are the ones who are blowing our asses off just to get a very good company accept us as interns. Honestly, some of us are dead tired dealing with company HR departments who won’t return our e-mails and all that shit.

Not only that, we also have to pay the freaking school 5,300 pesos. Where is that amount supposed to go? well, I have no fucking idea. Think think......

I passed my resume in countless companies at the Job Fair held at our school. Only 4 of them responded. One was Accenture who convinced us into getting an exam with them, the other was Sykes Enterprise, Link2Support and the other one, which is a call center company.

Most of us dreamt of working with Accenture because it is an IT company for the most part. One afternoon, our cellphones started ringing one after the other. It was Accenture and they were asking us to confirm an examination with them. Of course, everyone was ecstatic. It was the first company to call us since the Job Fair. Everyone confirmed into taking the exam at the Accenture Libran House.

Whoever said that the pre-employment examination of accenture is easy,is either lying or did not really took the exam. Accenture Torture, that's what we'd like to call that exam. The examination was very hard. It tested our intellectual endurance. I believe the neurons in my brain were also screaming and cursing that exam more than I do. It probably was the hardest exam I evarrrr had.

A few week later, I got a call from them informing me that I passed the exam and they would schedule and interview so I should check my e-mail once in while. I waited and waited and waited until I grew roots but there was no e-mail. My other classmates also did not receive any from them. So much for hoping.

Then there was Sykes where I was interviewed together with one of my classmates and another girl from UP. My brain once again complained but this time it's because of an information overload. The interview lasted for at least an hour or so and there was too much information for me to handle. The bottomline was me and my classmate did not take the offer because the job was not fitted in our category and for other inconvenient reasons as well.

I was desperate to find a company, so me and some of my classmates ventured the soaring towers of Makati. Went to PBCom, PhilamLife, GT tower, RCBC Plaza etc. and submitted our resumes to unknown companies. We all knew at the back of our minds that our resumes will be disregarded. Heck we were even lucky if it reaches the HR department.

FYI: Amongst those towers, the PhilamLife Tower has the best elevators. =)

I was cursing walk-in aplication. Not only did I spent so much for my transpo and food and water, it also was tiring that I even fell asleep in the bus and lost my ID. =(

After so much desperation, our walk-in application paid-off. Metrobank called me and my friend scheduling us for an interview. As far as we're concerned, we got the job. We either start this week or next week.

Okay, it might be tiring as it seem but it's only the beginning of this internship and I'm so much hopeful for the success of this one.

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Wednesday, April 04, 2007
No one can mess with my internship
I thought my upcoming internship this summer wil be so much fun. Because of my excitement, I started buying a few corporate shirts and some shoes to match them. But when I opened my messenger this evening, there was an offline message from one of my classmates saying that there will be some changes. Instead of the girly one, we will have the guy instructor as our OJT coordinator slash adviser.

Suddenly it hit me right in the head. I just realized I'm doomed. You see this guy instructor, gave me two , not just one, but two failing grades last year. Both for the lecture and laboratory. It doesn't end there. Only this semester, I was supposed to fail the subject he's handling. I got 57, and the passing was 60. Me and my classmates just realized that his computations were wrong. So upon changing the computation, turns out that I am the only one, the only one who was still left failed. According to his computation, I got 59. I asked if we could compromise, gladly he agreed. But asking him that kind of thing was not easy. It felt like I'm a criminal who was facing the wrath of my victim, when in fact I am the victim.

From that moment, I realized that I should not take studies for granted. Not at least the subject he's handling. As far as I know, I am not the stupidest student there is but how come I was the only one left failed? So there, I've come to so many theories but everything was summed up to the thought that he does not like my guts or whatever.

But really you know what, I will make this the best internship I will have in my life. Regardless of whoever the coordinator is. =)

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Tuesday, April 03, 2007
Certainly, graduation is the happiest!

I really did enjoy the two years I spent at Dominican College. Believe it or not. There was a multitude of happiness around those 500 days I stayed there. All girls but diversified cultures so it never really was a boring school. But if I were to remember the best day in the entirety of my junior and senior years, it would most definitely be the graduation day that was held at the Veritas Auditorium, March of 2004.

I’m certain that graduation day is the happiest because it trumps everything that I could remember in high school. Even though my hair was fugly done, and my make-up made me look like a teenage mom, I still managed to enjoy that evening.

However, no medals nor certificates of some sort for me. I could care less about those awards because I was a lazy and detached student. All I could ever be concerned about is how would I be able to pass the written exam since it was the only thing my teachers were able to compute. I didn’t pass notebooks, or projects. Written exam is my life.

The graduation lasted until evening. My old friends from my former school, CMSHS, were there, my ex-bf was there and also my family. We had a simple celebration by having dinner at Max’s and then everybody went home afterwards.

Why am I writing about my graduation again? Simply because our house is overlooking a school that’s having their graduation today and I can’t help but remember my own. Lol. I’m sure that right now, one of those graduating students was me way back. One who will always remember that the happiest day in his high school life is his graduation day.


 
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