For Anthony (A Repost)

Dear Anton,

Wow, it's been a while hasn't it?  I'd offer a thousand and one excuse for not writing you at all, but hey, better late than never ehehehehe

Ang Gawain ng Dalisay, Busilak, at Mayumi

Hango sa conversation sa YM

Ternie: anong gawa mo?
Spice: eto sa office
Spice: o.t.
Ternie: on a sat?
Ternie: milagro
Spice: am bored na nga e.
Spice: wala man lang maka-sex sa office.
Spice: haist
Spice: am horny

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Dear Ternie,

Running is ok.

I just hope, though, that you're running towards something.

And not away from something.

Love,

Ternie.
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Does the destination matter more than the journey?

Numbers 3

Numbers 2

I always discussed with the guy I was mentoring what he did good and what he could improve on.  I also let him listen in to my calls, and made sure I got feedback from him.  One of the regular coaches and I even gave him a pep talk, of which he responded to very enthusiastically.  That was all I wanted, that he be willing to learn, both in the technical and the communication aspects.

His enthusiasm was infectious. I found another purpose in my work. I swore I'd never give up on the guy I was mentoring.

Sad to say, it was the system that gave up on him.

Numbers 2

Numbers 1

Part of the responsibilities of being a trainer apprentice was to mentor someone who was getting numerous dissatisfaction surveys from the callers.  It took a few days before our schedules coincided, but once they matched up, I grabbed the chance to listen in to his call.

How I wished I didn't.

Numbers 1

"I heard people are being let go," I whispered to Immediate Boss as I approached him. He got his Visine, put a few drops onto his right eye, and was about to reply when Big Boss arrived in our area.

"Ternie, could I have a word with.."

I interrupted him even before he could finish.

Tagging Season

Urgh, and I thought tagging was so last year.  But no, I got tagged in Facebook, where else?  After giving it thought, I decided to share here what I listed down. Anyhoo, here's part of  the mechanics of the tag:

Don't take too long to think about it. Thirty books (providing you've read 30 or more than 30 books) you've read that will always stick with you. List the first 30 you can recall in no more than thirty minutes.

C10H26N4

Tumingin si Eternal Wanderer sa salamin. Napansin nya na medyo dull-looking na ang skin nya. Nasobrahan yata sya sa aircon sa opisina.  At the same time, wala naman syang pasensha maglalalagay ng kung anech-anech sa kanyang fez. Siguro time na ngang mag-visit sa derma at magpa kung anik-anik na treatment.  Pero dahil may pagka-nerdoks si Eternal Wanderer, e nag-research sya ng kung aney ang pwede nyang ipa-chorvah bago pumunta kay Dra. Vicky Belo.

Laterz!

Nauubusan na ng maisusulat at maikukwento si Eternal Wanderer.

Magbe-break muna sya mula sa blogging para makapag-ipon ng mga lalaki istorya.

Sana pagbalik nya, e may jowa na sya.

Echozzzz lang! :P

Eternal Wanderer <<< Bekimon?!

Habang nakasakay ako papauwi sa taxi, e naka tune-in yung radyo sa isang AM station.  Usually deadma lang ako sa ganun, pero hindi ko matiis makinig kasi yung topic ay tungkol sa jejemon. In-explain ng announcer ang ano ang ibig sabihin ng jejemeon, at may short clip pa ng mga taong nagsasaita in jejemon-speak.  "Jusme, that topic was so a few months ago," sabi ko sa sarili ko.

Ukay-Ukay

Hindi ako mahilig sa leftovers. Ayoko ng napaglawayan na.

- quote from a friend

Office Vignettes 2

Office Vignettes 1

The call was mercifully short and sweet.  It was a matter of re-directing towards the e-mail support page of a department in our company.  Before the call, I was experiencing something akin to stage fright; I was a tight bundle of nerves right before the call.  But the moment I opened my mouth, I fell into a light and confident banter with the caller.  The flow of words had an easy feel to my tongue.  Everything dissolved into a blurred background.  There was no coach, no department head, no on-going activity in my surroundings.  It was just me, and the caller, and his issue on hand.

Office Vignettes 1

From an internal office memo dated August 16, 2010:

Please note that if you are filing a leave or swapping your shifts, submit the request three weeks before the schedules are released.

Immediate Boss

Nagmúmura

Tang ina ka.  Wag mo nga guluhin buhay ko.

The Existentialism of Superman

Felicity Rose

After I buried my mom, I had stood there after everybody had left, and I thought...is this it? I mean, is this all that there is? Working in a cubicle six days a week until I'm too old to do it anymore, then I die? Is that it? Is that what we're here for? What's the point?

Nang Kumerembang si Eternal Wanderer sa Opisina 2

Nang Kumerembang si Eternal Wanderer sa Opisina 1

Salamat sa mga mata ni Anghelita, na-fluster tuloy ng husto si Eternal Wanderer sa kanyang nakita. Kung di lang sya nagmamadaling bumalik sa kanyang work station, e baka napaluhod sya ng di oras ng walang belo. E paano ba naman, byaheng Dakota-Harrison abot hanggang Lerma ang katabi nya.  At take note, pinkish-pinkish pa itish!

Sawaaaaaap!!! ahihihihihi

Nang Kumerembang si Eternal Wanderer sa Opisina 1

Alam naman ng lahat na si Eternal Wanderer ay dalisay, busilak, and mayumi. Kung maari, e ayaw nyang makaulayaw ang mga katrabaho nya.  Mahirap na.  Alam nyo naman, baka maging sticky ang situation - no pun intetnded.  Nakakalurkey lang kasi kapag it's complicated ang status tapos araw-araw nakikita , dabah?

Pero that doesn't stop Eternal Wanderer na tumingin-tingin around.  Buti na lang, tyempo na meron na syang office building na pinapasukan. Good call pala ang naiisipan nyang mag-corporate life. Dahil dito, nadiskubre nya na may benefits pala ang nagtratrabaho sa isang opisina.

Numero uno na ang nakaka-sight ng mga hottie boys! :P

Weekend Aneurysm

I am condemned to freedom. I am not free because I can make choices, but because I must make them, all the time, even when I think I have no choice to make.

Jean-Paul Sartre
L'être et le néant (Being and Nothingness)

The Bird (A Re-post)

At the break of dawn, I arise from my slumber to face another day in my life.

As I go out to the fields, ready to toil under the soon-blistering heat, I spy a lone maya flitting through the rice stalks. Curiously, it does not flee as I approach.

Questions #1

Bakit ganun?