Heal Me, I Am Sad Today

When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.

It is well, with my soul,
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.

My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!
My sin, not in part but the whole,
Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!

It is well, with my soul,
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.

I am feeling the pain back again. Heal my soul.

Selfish, Fearful

Selfish.

I know I am selfish for always thinking only of myself.

For feeling only my emotions when I know there are people, special people so dear to me, that I am hurting.

For planning only my own dreams when I know I am not the only one in the future.

For giving hopes when I know I cannot really promise anything yet because I want to take one thing at a time.

For seeing you and feeling and yet I refuse to recognize the feeling because of a strange kind of fear.

For healing myself and not letting you into the process because I am thinking it is something so personal.

For not saying the right words at the right time when I know the anticipation has been there since the very start.

For not forgiving easily, however, I am in the process of learning it.

For being contented of the simplicity of my life now after the tragic experience I had with InfoNXX, with them all.

For seeing the signs and yet I refuse to acknowledge them.

For going there, hesitate a moment then turn around and go back to the plain old ground.

Fearful.

I fear of so much things but I refuse to take notice of them.

I fear of it.

I fear of it so much that if I would think of it that much, I feel like going crazy.

I fear of feeling it because I honestly don't know how to feel it right, how to respond, how to acknowledge it the right way.

I fear of losing you.

I fear of admitting what I feel.

I fear of commitment.

I fear of being there and discover what lies ahead.

I fear of having it and suddenly find myself a failure in the end.

Weird Loneliness

When now I think of my birthday, 23rd of October, I don't know but I feel a little bit lonely about it. Isn't it weird? Last Saturday I already celebrated it with eightmiles. I had received heart-warming messages from some few friends who (Thankfully) were able to remember. Not that I am becoming a bit mushy about it. I don't know. It is like there is no other way but to be like this. I don't know. I really don't know but I feel like there is something missing. Right now, I don't know what is it.

About this week, to be totally honest, I don't like the schedule. I always feel deprived of enough sleep. So what happened I always take every chance I have to take a sleep, whether when I am on the bus or before the shift starts. Well, it seems like everyone feels the same. We are always in the Break Room to take some sleep. Not easy but we are having fun as days go by.

My problems are all about product specifics. I am trying to get hold of all the needed information but, honestly, I am having a hard time taking them all in the way they want me to do. However, I know somehow I will get into that.

I got my mock call with Vanessa, the Language Coach who replaced Cham. She was with the big guy called Bear. It was a good practice, especially that I have bunch of help from my friends in the training. Then I picked number two because I knew it was Jaypee. Laughs. He did just good. Then Mine went next.

It was so cool to see Cherie having good scores so far. I think she is leading at the end of this week. Congratulations!

And...

Nicalyn finally had her operation. I believe she is okay. The Good LORD was with her all the time. Chris arrived last Wednesday with her husband and Andrei. It was funny to see Psyche and Andrei together. I never thought that Pysche could be a jealous baby. They are both cute.

I tried wearing a necktie on my birthday but no one knew how to do it. Arg!

There, I don't think there is more I can think of now to write here. I need to catch some good sleep.

Oops! I almost forgot to say that I saw her last night. It was a weird feeling. I was looking for some hate feeling inside me but there was none. I believe it was a good thing. I knew she saw me. And like me, we never expected to see each other again for a long time. We didn't even know how to react. So we both pretended not to notice each other. Hurt feelings? No, there was none. I can't say it is weird, though. And, yeah, she is pregnant.

It Is My Birthday!

Now, there, it is my birthday! Happy birthday to me! Laughs! Three and a half more hours to go before the shift starts. This will be the third day we will be taking calls. So far, I believe I am doing okay. However, I want to take the chance of not yet being graded for this whole week to learn everything there is for me to learn. I find it weird anyway that I don't feel upset or a little bit depressed with what I am doing now, unlike before when I was with Teletech or InfoNXX. I think I have learned now to appreciate having a career in a call center.

That's it for now. Let us see what is in store for me in the next twenty-four hours. Not that I am expecting gifts or something like that. Well, gifts are okay...and always welcome. Laughs!

Dramachine Special

WARNING: This is a super DRAMACHINE Special. Those who have heart-problems, pregnant, malnourished, depressed, suicidal, and what have you...I personally don't suggest for you to read the following post. If you still have time, please skip to the next post. Thank you. (Naks, ang baduy!)



Today is a special day to me. Nothing really extra-ordinary that took place today except the fact that this is the last day that I am twenty-four. When I told this to Lohan as we waited for the bus in Dela Rosa, she said that it seems too much to mark this day special. I believe she was only saying that because she has no idea what I went through, what beautiful things happened to me this whole year. And I am taking this chance to give thanks to all those people who have been part of a very special and important transformation in my life. And this is also the time for me to completely say goodbye to Ginger Allergy.

Here is the list of the people I want to extend my sincere, big time thank-you:

1. My Family.

I don't have a perfect family. However, I will always be thankful to the LORD for having them from the very start of everything in my life. If I would be given a chance to pick a family of my own choice, I would certainly pick the same father, mother, brothers, and sisters. To you all, thank you so much. May the good LORD always keep us together in love, faith, dreams, joy, and life.

2. Gracia.

I know I don't have to say so much in here because even before I say the words, I am sure you knew them already. I am so blessed, like no one ever on Earth could be this so blessed, to have you in my life. Words seem not important to say. I could try but still, I couldn't form even the very first word to explain the exact thing that is going on inside of me. You made me so special. How I really wish I could, even just for the simplest way, to make you feel the very same way. Thank you so much.

3. Comy.

We are always brothers. You are so crazy that sometimes I want to ask myself what is it about you that I want you to be my friend as long as I am alive and can still remember. You don't have the slightest idea how you helped me survive and find the Old Home I was looking for in many years. I am happy to be part of your Church. It is so amazing how God performs His miracles by giving me wonderful friends like you. I know we will be friends in many years to come.

4. Gracia's Mother.

Maraming-maraming salamat po.

5. Jae Em.

I honestly don't know what to say here. I am glad that even though we don't see each other that much, every time I need a friend, you are always willing to listen. Thank you so much. Keep yourself in His love.

6. Ramon.

I thank you for all those times you made me realized so many things in life. Thank you for believing in me. Thank you for the friendship. I really appreciate the time I had with Billie. I hope that you are doing okay.

7. Alexis.

Uy, salamat talaga. Salamat sa mga inspirasyon. Salamat talaga. wala ako masabi dito, eh. Basta salamat. Uy, ingat nga pala.

8. Jeremy.

It is amazing to know you and become your friend. Thank you so much for trusting me. I always pray to God to keep you safe and help you find the right place you are looking for. Thank you so much.

9. Janette Toral.

Ma'am Janette, maraming salamat po. There is so much I want to tell you so that to let you know that you are one of the many blessings I have in my life. Thank you for the chance you had given me to become a writer. Thank you for believing in me, for your patience. Salamat po.

10. To My New Friends At Sykes.

Basta salamat. You are special to me because you are part of the greatest transformation in my life. Alam ko baduy. Smiles.

My Special Thanks To:

Jean Psyche, Jean Emmanuel, Andrei. My beautiful babies.

To eightmiles.

My friends from high school, from college, from Teletech, from InfoNXX, from kgb_Philippines.

My Pre-Birthday Celebration

I am trying to calm down myself about the CAP tomorrow morning. The shift will start at 3:30AM, err! I feel like starting over again. I hope we will have fun, while learning everything there is for us to know.

What I am really going to write about here is the yesterSunday, the pre-celebration of my 25th Birthday. (To be totally honest, it was more of a reunion of eightmiles than a birthday celebration, which is fine with me. Really. Wink.)

I was not receiving any message last Saturday about it. I was thinking that it would be postponed. Then I received text messages from Gracia and Comy. To cut it short, we met in Waltermart-Foodcourt. We did the grocery first. Just the four of us. Jhe, Gracia, Comy, and I. Comy finally revealed about his resignation from his job.

Then we went to Grand Bay. Err, We're so rich! Hahaha! Anyway it is not the place but the people you are with, right? That makes the big difference. We rented a room which so big that we had to crawl on the wall so that to go around it, smiles. Again, it is the people you are with that makes the big difference, smiles.



There was TV and a comfortable bed, which so cute that it had another bed underneath it. You just have to pull it and there. I don't know how it is called, though. Jerlie brought Carlo Rossi Red Wine. We also had Emperador (Na di naman namin masyado ininum). We had roasted chicken for dinner. We ate and had fun.



While drinking, Gracia took out her gifts for me. Like I requested, it is a brief. A very challenging brief. Laughs! The other gift of her was full of cute presentation. There was a right place where it should be opened. Then, there was a message that said, Pull Me Quick But Be Gentle or something like that. Laughs! Then, you know what was it? A condom! A dotted condom to be exact! Laughs! It was so funny. And I want to make a comment about the gift wrappers she used, it was personalized. My beautiful name was written everywhere. The greeting was there as well. It was a beautiful gift. It made me really happy. We already finished the wine when we decided to go out swimming.



People started swimming as well when we were already in the pool. Talk about being so famous, laughs! Comy was a bit tipsy, I guess. We were doing some naughtiness in the pool. He was so flirt, seemed like nothing else inside his head but girls. There was this game that Comy and I exchanged our shorts in the pool. We even dared each other to take off our briefs, Laughs! It was always a funny experience being with Comy. Jhe was happy, as well. I heard her saying, I never thought this could be so much fun going out like this! You see, it was her first time to do something like that. Let's say, it is one of perks of being single, right, Jerlie?



Then we went back to the room. We started drinking again while waiting for Jeff and Arnel. I took some shots of Emperador. There started my confessions, and so with Gracia. I told her, and them, everything. And she told us some things which surprised me, too. I'm not gonna tell those things here for security purposes, smiles.



We sang in the Videoke open place(?). I was like, hey people, listen, we're gonna sing! Laughs! There was this girl who, so obviously, flirting in front of Comy and...I(?), Laughs! We took a video of it, anyway.



Then, finally, it was around ten, when Arnel and Jeff arrived. The fun continued. We were like crazy. Imagine this, we were playing with our briefs in the pool. Laughs! We, or I, didn't care about the people around us.



It was super fun. I also took this as a chance for me to forget about CAP for awhile. Now, let's see what will be our next adventure!

Fast Updates

1. Nicalyn will have her cyst removal operation this coming Thursday. Yes, on my very birthday. Chris will be coming home this Wednesday to support her. God keep her safe.

2. Tita Sol was in Jose Rizal Memorial Hospital last Thursday because of severe stomach pain. The doctor said she has cysts in her...somewhere there inside her. Her operation is scheduled on 31st of October. God keep her safe.

3. Jojo, my brother taking up ECE in PUP, keeps receiving his grades. His lowest grade so far? 1.5 (The highest is flat 1 in PUP's Grading System.). Congratulations!

4. Psyche just got her second cute tooth. Now she has two cute teeth. Yehey!

5. Nicalyn is the top student in their college. She is taking up Development Communication at University of the Philippines-Los Baños. We are so proud of you!

6. Comy and Mhayen are now officially together. We're happy for the two of you!

The Missing Sunday

I am looking at the blank screen of this computer I am renting at this moment. I know there are so many things I should start writing about now, the thing is, I don't know where or how to start. I know it is just a matter of organizing my thoughts. Still, although I know what it is and what can be done, I can't still will myself to begin anything now. You see, what I am writing now is what exactly going on inside my head. I can't decide on what to write.

Going back to two weeks ago, about the missing Sunday, just in case you noticed I didn't write anything about the Sunday before the yesterSunday, it is because I just didn't like writing anything about it. More detailed reasons to that would be...what happened that Sunday was very complicated and a bit emotional. You see, I could be a very strong person. However, when it comes to my emotions, I always tend to lose my control. My emotions, whether good or bad, always get the best of me. Which, of course, I know, is not a good thing. And I am in the process right now of learning to get the control over my emotions. Ooops, I was sidetracked of what I should be telling now!

Back to the missing Sunday, it was the first Sunday, after so many Sundays, we were six. There were Jerlie, Gracia, Comy, Arnel, Jeff, and I. Plus the girlfriend of Arnel, her name is She. I came from the Church that day. The meeting place? Ehem, in Waltermart-Foodcourt.

While waiting for them, I saw Maan (another girl from my past, now a plain good friend of mine) and we talked about something like the upcoming Reunion, then we went out on her break to eat lunch outside the mall. But before that, I already saw Arnel and his girlfriend who were so sweet with each other. I just realized that time that Arnel could be so expressive with passionate feelings. Anyway I decided not to show up but instead I hid away, I was thinking that they didn't know we were coming that day.

Back with Maan, she treated me a sundae after lunch. Arg, I felt like a kid that time. Then we saw Gracia, who that time was already not in mood. She doesn't want to be left waiting. I perfectly understood that. We waited for the rest. Then Jerlie came, the rest followed (except Comy who arrived past nine already).

When we were complete (except Comy), we ate in Red Ribbon. I didn't spend a single peso. They knew and perfectly understood why. Here comes the pressuring point. I was seated next to Jerlie, if I'm not mistaken. Gracia was on her other side. I was facing towards She. Of course Arnel was sitting next to her. Jeff was on Arnel's left side. There was a strange thick awkwardness in the air. Everyone seemed okay with the situation. I think, I was the only one who was really uncomfortable, and She, for that matter. Reasons were, I noticed some side glances from She, I didn't know if she knew the whole story about it. It was just that, it seemed like everyone was feeling everyone inside the room.

With Arnel and She, everything seemed so fine. Arnel kept his sweetness with his girlfriend. I know it should be okay with us, with me. But somewhere in me I knew Gracia could have something like, she could be wishing that, or comparing me with Arnel as a boyfriend. I know that it was just me who was making the comparison. And I couldn't help it. I am not really sure of what I am saying here now, or if it is a right thing to write this here. One thing I am very sure of that Sunday is, I was not feeling comfortable with two lovers in front of me showing their love for each other. One of them was my-former-bestfriend-turned-to-my-rival-now-still-a-friend-who-has-now-a-girlfriend. The other one is a girlfriend-who-might-know-it-yet-decided-to-be-quiet. My reason to this is, there was a time long before when She, (This happened when we never met her yet. That Sunday actually the first time we met her.) was insistent to know more about Arnel. It was like she knew, or felt something that she wanted to confirm. I didn't tell her anything. Then our communication through text messaging stopped.

After that, we went to Maranatha Church, Jeff is an active member of The Fourth Watch. As his ever supportive friends, we went there. Everything was good, in fact. It was just me who was not feeling okay. So, in less than an hour, I decided to go. I waited for Comy before the gate of the church. When he came, I was about to tell him about how I was feeling, then Gracia showed up. I decided not to speak of it at all. I walked home.

Almost CAP...

Technically, the training ended today. Next week we will have our CAP. Forgot what CAP means, though. It is like OJT. There are so many passwords and user names to remember, err.

The shift before the Thursday-Friday shift, something funny happened that made Lohan giggling on the bus after the shift. Alex, while listening to Madel, fell and rolled over with his chair in the back of the room. He made a funny, disturbing, loud sound. At first we were so worried, not that we were expecting blood, err, but to hear Rosy, Lohan, and the rest who saw Alex had his Humpy-Dumpy kind of fall, we started laughing really hard.

Today's shift was a little too fast. I don't know why. It seems to me that time flew so fast that I didn't realize that it was already over. I am starting to feel butterflies in my stomach. My feeling about CAP next week is a little bit funny. Sometimes I feel okay. Sometimes I feel tensed and pressured. Sometimes I don't feel anything at all. I wonder how everyone is feeling about it. The fact that I had my last call in January this year, that makes me feel like back to square one. Anyway I know everything will be fine.

Also yesterday, I met my TM. His name is Ivor, weird name, huh? He is a big man. I believe he is a nice person. My first impression of him was that he is very serious and strict. He told me that more than half of the Platinum agents are from our team. Err, now, isn't it too much pressure? He actually looks like LA, a wave mate of mine as well. Ten of us are under the same system, the Agatha's System. We are Jaypee, Cherie, Mine, Kris, Sam, Jeric, LA, Eric, Gio, and I. Only LA is with me under Boss Ivor. But because we belong to the same system, we still are able to see each other most of the time.

While Lohan, along with Pao, will be endorsed on 35th floor. It is not that a good news to know, but she seems to like it more than staying on the 9th floor.

While inside the training, Jaypee, Cherie, and I had so much fun teasing Cherie. What else to say? Hmmm, tonight I'll be with eightmiles celebrating my birthday. It is actually a pre-celebration. Let us see what will happen. I am excited, to be honest.

Done With The Buddy Calls

It was an exciting shift. I never had been so awake until this time. We just had our Buddy Calls technically today, from 1:30AM to 4:30AM.

While we were taking our lunch, that was past twelve midnight already, everyone couldn't contain all the nervousness (And excitement?) within themselves, myself included.

Sam, for the first time, didn't take his lunch. He said he was too nervous to eat even a bit. Cherie was so nervous as well. Everyone was anticipating the time when we would be taking our very first live call. After lunch, Jaypee and I let Cherie to toss the coin so that to decide who would go first, would it be Jaypee or me? The coin revealed the head. That was me. I was happy about it because I wanted to be the first one to take call so that to get over it right away.

My calls were difficult ones. I felt like I was just starting to learn everything. I didn't panic, though. Although I know I messed up a lot. It was fine anyway. There were some funny instances happened while I was taking my calls. They were so many different scenarios that I didn't know how to react wisely. Arg, embarrassing, I know.

When it was Jaypee's turn, he was funny as well. He had a good share of difficult calls, or callers, as well. There was even a very rude caller whom I bet didn't know about the terms and conditions they had signed under. They should know that. And when things are turning differently, they like complaining without any sense of logic at all. No offense to whoever might get affected.

And ooopps! Before I forgot, they were some cute lady L2's (Floorwalkers) on the floor who were really nice and of a great help to us. Hope to see them again.

Madel was really funny. She is getting cuter and cuter each day.

All in all, I believe everything was fine. Mine did well, too. We could hear her while she was taking her call from the other side of the Training Room.

Let us see what else will happen tonight. Have to go home. Have to sleep.

Not Excited, Not Nervous

We had Monday with Cham, she reminds me of Roja, and Madel. Cham is for the English Language Review and for Call Handling. (Honestly, I am just making up the titles here. But, rest assured that they represent the actual learnings we still have to take before the CAP or the OJT.) While the beautiful Madel is replacing Patrick for the week.

Everyone is missing Patrick. Especially his dance number with Mine and his singing (And trivia) every breaktime. Hope he's enjoying his vacation. Sana may pasalubong pag-balik niya! Hopefully he can read this!

Yesterday, new set of rules were set. For the first two hours, we are now required to speak in English all the time. And we also had performers because of their being late after the first break. Dan from the, err, can't remember the name of their previous account, started the series of performance with his marvelous magic tricks. It was funny. He made an illusion that the card he was holding between his two open hands to be floating. Too bad I saw his two thumbs doing the trick. Then Pao sang a song. It was nice. Really. Then Jowa did a declaimation, The Bad Girl. Rosy sang a song as well. About Rosy's performance, she was a bit shy when she started singing Time After Time. But in the middle of the song until chorus, she started waving her hands in the air. It was really funny and entertaining. With Alex's performance, I was offended. He sang a Catholic Church song. I know it was for purely entertainment. However the mockery was there. And it was a song for Jesus. I wonder how they could do something like that. I have nothing personal against Alex because when we were still seatmates back in the other Training Room, he was actually nice. I just didn't like the choice of his performance. Anyway we always had fun inside the Training Room.

Tonight we will be having our Buddy Calls. I am paired with Jaypee. It is okay with me since that Jaypee is one of my new friends at Sykes. Plus, he is really good in taking calls. Cherie will be paired up with Rosy. Lohan with, who else? With Sam, of course. Lohan was persistent with it anyway. Mine will be with Kris.

I am not sure if I am excited or nervous, or could it be both? Anyway, I hope that everything will be okay. No, everything will be a lot better than just a simple okay. God bless us all.

And Thinking...

I am still hoping to hear from Janette anytime this week. I am actually thinking of sending her an e-mail. However, I know that she is very busy right now. And I don't think I am of a value to her right now. She has been very good to me and I want to keep that special thing. I am still waiting for some of the paid articles to be published. I don't think it is right for me to write new set of articles, considering the fact that there are still some articles which are already paid and yet not posted. I am still planning to write the special project about call centers. Anytime soon. When I am comfortable with my new job at Sykes.

Things I Just Thought Of While On The Bus. These Are The Things That I Want To Learn Before I Die.

1. Learn to drive.
2. Learn to swim.
3. Learn to play the violin.
4. Learn to _____________.
5. Learn to...(I am still thinking about it.)

Fernand Yim

Feeling Good...

Uwian Na!

Kris, showing her famous smile. In the background is the RCBC Tower. I love this picture.

The Friday-Saturday shift started with the over-strict new ladyguard. She was so...I don't know, I know she was just doing her job, still I find her really funny. The funny device she was using to detect electronic gadgets was not working so well. Yung panyo ko sa bulsa tumunog?! Yung unan ni Rosy, tumunog din?!

Cherie during lunch break. "What's your ulam, Cherie?"

Again, Mine and Patrick danced in the training room during our lunch break. They looked good together. They both have the talents. Mine was dancing so well. Still, she was pulling funny faces every time she took the floor, that's why she was so funny. (Mine, I know you are reading this. So the next time we see each other, I'll be expecting a Mr.Chips!)

Kris and Mine at front of the Burgundy Tower. "The Power of Two-pakers."

As the training days go by, I am starting to feel comfortable with everyone in the training room. Cherie, Jaypee, Mine, and I were always having fun in the front row. Even the smallest things could make us laughing on our seats. Another funny thing is that, every time I mentioned Lohany's name, (Remember she is sitting two rows away from me in the back.), Lohany always could hear me and she always reacted like saying, "Fernand, babatuhin na kita diyan ng Avaya." Then we would all laugh some more.

Kris, Mine, Jaypee, Cherie, and Karla. No comment this time.

One of the favorite games we have is the Guess The Title Of The Song. Someone will give out clues by providing a line or two from the game song, then we will guess the title. It was fun. And it helps to sharpen our memory.

Cherie: Sweet. Mine: Attitude. Kris: Bunso. Jaypee: Easy. Karla: Peace.

There was this time when the topic of our conversation went to the medical benefits we could avail from the company. Jaypee asked Cherie where we could have a prophylaxis (Don't know how to spell it right! Please check out folks!). Then Cherie said from a dentist. It was funny because, of course we knew it should be from a dentist. The question was about which dental clinic we could go to avail it. And when Cherie asked the same question to Kris and Mine, they both gave the same answer. We just laughed.

Cherie: I can feel it. Mine: New-found Playmate (Playboy)? Kris: Hawak ko tenga mo Karla. Jaypee: Let's get over it. Karla: Puffing.

Also today, I had my mock call in the training. I was really nervous. When I was already in the front to take the mock call, my mind was not processing. I knew Patrick was asking me just simple questions, still I could not react to it the proper way. I was trying to cool down myself, however, I was really panicking inside. Although Cherie said it was not obvious that I was feeling that way in front.

Cherie: Grinning. Mine: Ay, ang cute ng Tricycle, oh? Fernand Yim: Wasted! Jaypee: Yoh! Karla: W-what?!

Muntikan ng di makuhaan ng buo ang ulo ko. Salamat Kris!

I really appreciated Patrick's good comments on my performance, especially on the tone of my voice. I have a feeling that he was just being nice. Although I really wanted to believe him anyway. (Laughs)

Mine and Kris. Happy together. Uwian na kasi.

Mine, antok ka na, no? Hehehe...

Before we went home, we had taken pictures in front of the Burgundy Tower.

On The Bus With Lohan.

"I know where you're coming from." -Lohan

The SLEX (South Luzon Expressway)

Kailan kaya matatapos?

Back To The Old Room

Last Monday we went back to our original Training Room. Mimi was not there anymore. (Arg, so what?) It was a good start of the week because I was not that sleepy unlike the previous shifts. The lessons were a little bit easy. Still, my concerns are about the Balance Transfer, the computation, and some other things. That day, we had a funny, crazy, and so young in heart performer in the training room. She's none other than, ehem, Mine! She danced with Patrick. They were good together. We were laughing and enjoying every second of it. You should see Mine dancing the Baby Dance from Alley McBeal. She looks so cute every time she does that.

Well, nothing much that happened so far in my life, except that I always find time to sleep. Cherie had named me as The Sleepy Head. Not that I'm flattered, though. I am happy with what I have now. I like the progress that comes with it.

That's all for now.



This is the latest pic of Psyche. Just wanna share my little baby here.

The Street Life

The following pictures that you are about to view are dangerous to your health. Please proceed to the next post right away.

"Arg..."



"Professional bum..."



"Shield before you yield."



"When stupidity strikes in, it's always Fernand Yim."



"Is it the oblation or just drunk?"



"I am okay..."



Photography by Ramon

Successful, Happy And...Blessed

I was excited yesterday to attend the Church Service today. It was because this was the first time I was making my real Thiting (I am not sure if there is such a word like Thiting, though.) I was controling myself from entertaining bad thoughts in my head while I was on the bus to Lipa. I thought I was doing fine.

Gracia was not able to make it to the Church today. And so was Jerlie. In fact, I was running late again. Not the way I thought the day would begin in such a special start. Still, I believed this day was special.

The sermon was beautiful. Pastor Rene went back to basic teachings. It was about the reasons why many Christians today were getting a little colder with their relationship with the LORD. Something I was having a problem this past week. We listened to the significance of Faith, Hope, Love, Joy, and Peace in our lives. It was funny because Comy and I were sitting in the front row. I was actually in between of Comy and Mhayen. They had some problem in terms of their romantic relationship. We couldn't help but to react in everything that was being discussed there. It was fun and I felt my spirit had been recharged and empowered again. I was thankful about it.

There was also the Holy Communion. It was great because it was supposedly scheduled last Sunday, the first Sunday of the month. It was like God had made this day so special for me. I was overwhelmed by His power and love.

After the service, Jerlie was already there in the lobby of the Church. She was with Toto, her nephew. We went to Robinson's to wait for Gracia. When Gracia finally arrived after her battle with the bus driver, we had waited for Comy.



There we had a good time together in the mall. We celebrated love, friendship, memories, and faith together. We are really romantic and very sentimental. Everything we do, we treat it as a blessing that we can share together. Now that I am enjoying the company of my new friends at Sykes, I still find time to spend with my dear co-milers. With them, I was able to share my new stories, my little frustrations, my little insecurity, my happiness, and the funny things happened to me the previous week. I am myself when I am with them. No worries at all.





Before the day ended, Comy, Gracia, and I went to 7-11 in Turbina where we talked about the past and some fond memories we had in college. We remembered Darwin, Hersan, Arnel, and Jeff. We had discussed about the little party we would like to throw for my upcoming birthday. Honestly, I am getting excited about it.





Tomorrow another day will start. I don't know what is there yet to come my way. There are some not-so-good people are coming my way. I can't get rid of them. They are still part of this whole process. I pray to have all the patience I would surely need to overcome them all. Anyway I don't have to worry about it because God is guiding me through the way.

To those who are reading me here, God bless you all.

Done With The Second Week

Second week in Product Training was now over. So far things are doing good. I am happy with that. I think I am very lucky to be surrounded with real cool people. Most of the time I am with Lohany, Cherie, Jaypee, and Sam.

Mine is one of my favorite characters. She is funny and when she says something, you can learn from it. She has an initiation to help her friends which I really appreciate so much about her.

Kris is cute and I really like her bubbly attitude. In training, I named her The Question Factory (smiles). She always has a question, plus comments on everything which is good. Yesterday, if I'm not mistaken, she said something like 'assumers'. It was so funny! She's creating new words. You should know her. It is worth knowing her.

Jeric is always with Kris. They are always together during breaks and lunch. He is funny. I like his personality. He is honest. He tells you whatever it is on his mind. And I believe he is a smart person. I can see it in the way he takes the training. And I am enjoying his stories.

Ron, on the other hand, is another character in the training. She can easily blends with whatever is gong on. She can easily come in and make you laugh out loud. We always finds her eating, I don't how she manages to stay fit and she looks terrific (Wow, what a word!)

Celica is still quiet. However, whenever she is around, she is funny as well. She has this shy smile. But this smile of her is kind of...I don't know how to say it, it is like she is sincere with whatever she is doing. Anyway she is a Christian, the most beautiful thing about her.

Today we had visited the production floor and we were able to listen and observe how the agents on the floor are taking calls. It was fun and I learned a lot from it.

Bad thing about this week, especially the latter days, was my sleepiness while Patrick was discussing the lessons. To be honest, the first half of the Friday-Saturday shift I couldn't concentrate because I was terribly sleepy. Couldn't help it! Arg, I felt so stupid about it.
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I am excited about tomorrow. It will be my first time to observe the right way of giving my Thite to the LORD. And of course, I miss eightmiles as well. Just received a text message, though, that Gracia will not be able to attend the service in Lipa tomorrow.

Elevator Adventure

Monday was okay. Can't remember what happened last Monday, though. Just that we had transferred to a new training room, now we are in the Training Room 2. Now we are missing Mimi. . Anyway she has Jun-jun, a ghost friend from ACS.

Yesterday I was with Lohany. By the way it was a smooth trip to work because it was holiday. There were few people and vehicle in Makati. Meaning to say, there was no traffic. I accompanied Lohany to the HR. The thing is, she didn't know in which floor it is located. So we went to the 35th floor first. We were alone in the elevator. Then it opened in the wrong floor. We took the elevator again and got off in the wrong floor again. So we had to take it again and decided to drop off in the 25th floor. Finally we got off to the right floor, it was in the 34th floor. It was so funny, especially when we realized that it was holiday and the HR was closed for the day. Arg! And the elevator adventure didn't stop there. We had more of elevator-tripping just to get to the ground floor.

After shift, from 9th floor to the ground floor, when we reached the ground floor, the elevator didn't open. Instead it went up again! It was fun anyway.

Carmi And Nanie At El Cielito Hotel a.k.a. The Pre-date Moments

Carmi On The Bed (Arg, what again?)



Nanie On The Bed (Arg, what?)



Nanie With The Teddy Bear



The Ceiling and The Balloons



The Cafeteria (I am not sure...)



The Result: Carmi and her former-boyfriend-now-a-good-friend are starting over again. They decided to be just friends...for now and find out what will happen in the future. Why am I reporting this? It is because there is something in my current life that feels the same way. I am referring to the pre-date phase. And again, let us just take it slow. Anyway I want a baby next year. (The who?)