one year at work

Today marks my first year here at my first real job. Is it good or bad? The good would be that I have a stable job in a very safe work environment. The bad would be I have no chances for career growth...as in 0.00%. Oh, yeah, another good thing is that we have free time once in a while....although some people tend to multitask and watch videos while working. *tsk tsk* haha It's not a crime, but hey, who cares...as long as you do a good job, right? Anyway, as one of my previous officemates said, "Binabayaran ka para manuod ng series at movies, san ka pa?" Might I say, our salary is actually quite enticing? haha This is a good job except that it's totally not a career.

This said, I am now considering my options.

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met up with my HS friends last Saturday. It was the first time in months that we saw each other. I totally miss HS days. Thanks to Ka for the doggie keychain, and Lin for the hair spa..They smell real good. :)

Love Diva

I'm currently listening to F.I.R's newest album Love Diva(愛· 歌姬). I totally love the music F.I.R makes! Fave tracks are 第十行星 and 月牙灣. Wish I could sing like Faye.F.I.R has definitely evolved. Compared to their previous albums, the new album has a jazz-y feel to it.

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Weekend roundup:
My weekend started early as I took a half day leave off work on Friday because I had a job interview. After that, I went to Greenbelt to meet up with mom and dad who were shopping there. I bought a top at Zara, and a pair of shorts at M&S. =)

I spent the entire Saturday in front of the PC. Fixing the desktop and installing some programs on my laptop and putting album covers on the songs in my iTunes library. Really, my iPod is making me so O.C. haha

Yesterday, we went to Grandma's house to have an advance celebration of her birthday. She's turning 88 this year.

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"Sometimes you need to step outside, clear your head and remind yourself of who you are. And where you wanna be. And sometimes you have to venture outside your world in order to find yourself."- Gossip Girl

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everybody!

As you all saw with my last entry, nothing really significant happened in 2007. I guess I was still adjusting to the "real" world. haha yeah, that's just an excuse, I know. Well here are the 5 things that I hope to achieve this year.

1. get a new job (aka have a career shift) - I love my job and all, but this is not something I'd want to be doing forever. Or worse, something I'm doing when everybody is doing something I would want to be doing.

2. get a good GMAT score/ learn something new - by good I mean 650-ish. I'm so grade conscious. haha But it's a goal that I hope to achieve. At least it keeps me motivated to review. As for the latter one, I want to take up a cooking course. hehe

3. get healthy- All this sitting at work is making me lethargic. Need to move more.

4. master a foreign language - been trying to do this one for years. I've tried learning Spanish, Korean and Cantonese. I haven't succeeded in being fluent in any of those languages.

5. meet new friends - no explanation needed. Everybody likes to meet new people, right?

Let's hope I get to accomplish at least 2 of those. Wish me luck!

Year-ender post

Today is the last workday of the year. Yey! I just realized that I've been working for 11 months already. I can't believe how this year went by so fast. Another year is about to come to a close.

A lot has happened in a span of one year. It's like when you're in the midst of things and yet you still can't seem to grasp what is really happening until it's over.

Here are the highlights of my 2007:
1: Started working- This happened early this year, around late January. I started job-hunting last year, but 2006 just wasn't my year. haha I remember being accepted to 2 companies in 2006, but come the time where I had to sign the contract (or whatever they call it), the HR people of those 2 companies never called back, and calls to them would just have the reply that they'd call me. I guess those jobs just weren't for me.

Even though I like my job now, I still prefer something that would let me grow professionally. Let's see if 2008 will give me that. hehe

2:Adventures- I love to travel. I just have a companion-drought syndrome. haha In short, I'm a frustrated traveller. I went to Batangas with my officemates in the summer and then I got to travel to my homeland up north in September, and during that trip, I also took a lot road trip to New Jersey with my cousins.

3: Met a lot of new people- I met a lot of new friend this year, some through friends of friends or the people here where I work, some through facebook(not some, just one actually).

4:Still single- What else is new? haha Although that's not really a highlight nor is it a complaint.

I think I'm talking nonsense now. What I just said didn't really match the title. Sorry about that. I got home at 3am this morning, you see. So, I'm still super sleep deprived.

I dudn't have a lot of BIG highlights this year...I'll just add along when I think of something. :D

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I got myself an iPod Classic for Christmas! I bought it from Sharn's friend for only 11,800.

I've been having a bad luck streak with tech/gadget stuff lately. My laptop is now going "Mayday!" after I kept on restoring my PC after one program just wouldn't work. I have to get it fixed soon. *Sigh*

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Happy birthday Joy!^_^

(This is probably going to be my last post of the year. I'm going to try to rest my eyes for a few days. And yea, I'd probably be playing with my iPod. hehehe joke! I'm going to try to review for the GMAT over the long weekend, fix my laptop, and read the huge pile of books I bought but never had time to read. Happy new year everybody!)

1920's fever...

The theme for our Christmas party here at the office is "20's at 20". It's going to be a 1920's inspired theme. No, we are not going to perform the video above...We won't be able to reach the high notes. haha We're going to be performing this. I just posted the Christina Aguilera vid because I liked her performance. =D

Can't believe Christmas is coming in 2 weeks! I haven't finished my Christmas shopping yet! I don't think I'm even halfway yet. Always a last minute shopper. haha Ok, maybe thats an exaggeration.

Have two Christmas parties this week, one would be the one at the office, which will be on Friday. Then there's the YAD party on Saturday.

As per tradition, here's my wishlist for this Christmas. ;)
1) iPod Classic 80gb
2) Starbucks tumbler
3) one of the big bags from Schu
4) Sony Cybershot T2
5) Powerbooks GC's

ok, for a more grown-up list:
1) to be able to live on my own and become independent
2) to become better (as in a better person)
3) to master the art of public speaking and conversation (I kinda suck at PS)
4) to find a better job (I'm not saying that I don't like my job now..I just want something that will allow me to grow)
5) to pursue an MBA (this was supposed to read something else. But I'm too shy to put that up.)

I love Christmas! It just brings out the little kid in me. hehe

BTW, for the first time ever, I might be able to get the Starbuck's planner. I need 5 stickers more and I'm going to get mine. ^_^ For people who don't know, I've never managed to drink this much coffee in a span of 1 month. So, I've never collected enough stickers for the planner. OMG! I just realized, I have had more cups of coffee in the past few weeks than in the years covering 2002-2006.