Everyday I wake up
All the hopes and dreams that each morning brings to my life
I welcome them in with all my heart
I know and I believe that it tells me I can be there again...
With a heart of a child.
When I sing praises
I know my LORD God is listening
Because as long as I have new morning to wake up to
I know there is the chance that I can seize to win the honor that was lost long time ago.
My LORD God is great loving God.
He never gets tired of me, or you.
I'll be there again. Real soon.
Praises all to my LORD God.
From jkstar09
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Friday, April 24, 2009
Not Perfect But So Blessed Kind Of Life
These past two weeks were full of many changes. Now there are people on the floor who apparently do not like me anymore. I respect that. Yes, I was offended when I found out about it. But as the old saying goes, You cannot please everybody. So I let it go as it is.
I tried fixing whatever there was to fix to save the beautiful start of friendship on the floor. I think the only problem with me was that I let myself to believe that I was welcomed and was a friend to everyone, which made me feel so comfortable with them. I was even bragging about it at home, with my friends that I had now a new set of good friends. It was very offensive on my part that everytime I asked for the reason why they were changing, I always received an answer that I was just paranoid, that nothing was wrong then to find out they are not liking me anymore.
Well, let it be that way. I cannot change the way they think of me. I now have no hurt feelings with them. I just don't mingle with them anymore not because I don't like them. But because I don't want them to have more reasons to hate me.
Anyway, I am so happy with eightmiles, we just had bonding last week. It was fun. Jeff and his girlfriend were there. Arnel and Comy as well. Gracia was so beautiful that day, I mean always! It was fun. I loved every moment of it. I also met Jae Em for the business he was offering me, the DXN. I finally accepted it for the sake of supporting him. There are so many things to do. I am happy that I could still find time for every friend I love, and things I like doing. I feel so blessed that I am enjoying the new Church we have now. To God be all the glory. He is so amazing! Life is not perfect but I am loving every part of it.
I tried fixing whatever there was to fix to save the beautiful start of friendship on the floor. I think the only problem with me was that I let myself to believe that I was welcomed and was a friend to everyone, which made me feel so comfortable with them. I was even bragging about it at home, with my friends that I had now a new set of good friends. It was very offensive on my part that everytime I asked for the reason why they were changing, I always received an answer that I was just paranoid, that nothing was wrong then to find out they are not liking me anymore.
Well, let it be that way. I cannot change the way they think of me. I now have no hurt feelings with them. I just don't mingle with them anymore not because I don't like them. But because I don't want them to have more reasons to hate me.
Anyway, I am so happy with eightmiles, we just had bonding last week. It was fun. Jeff and his girlfriend were there. Arnel and Comy as well. Gracia was so beautiful that day, I mean always! It was fun. I loved every moment of it. I also met Jae Em for the business he was offering me, the DXN. I finally accepted it for the sake of supporting him. There are so many things to do. I am happy that I could still find time for every friend I love, and things I like doing. I feel so blessed that I am enjoying the new Church we have now. To God be all the glory. He is so amazing! Life is not perfect but I am loving every part of it.
Arnel, Gracia, and Fernand Yim
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Lunch, Trust, and the Clan…My Social Life
My life now is not perfect but I like it the way it is now. My family is still working on some things but we are doing as good as everyday goes by. In fact, we already got a new Church, Christ the Giver of Life in Canlubang. It is a sister church of the one in San Pedro and the one in Muntinlupa. My relatives from Mama’s side are very active Christians. I even have two uncles who are pastors. And Tita Sol is so dedicated in their church in San Pedro. It feels so good to know that even if we are apart on Sundays, we are found in the same home. LORD God is so amazing.
Lunch at North Park
Last week, that was Saturday right after shift, I was with Jaypee, Mine, and Cherie. Lohan should be with us but because of some personal issues she was not able to meet us. The four of us had a satisfying lunch in North Park. Funny to think, that we had spent a month or so in planning about which place to go on the second Sunday of April. We considered Cavite and Enchanted Kingdom. Then we ended up with a simple lunch in Makati. Anyway, like I always say, it is the people you are with that make the difference. It was my first time there in North Park and I really enjoyed the foods. I was not able to take note of the names of every dish we had, and oh boy, I did so enjoy the foods! The mushrooms were so good to the tongue.
We updated each other with our life at Sykes. It is funny to think that we always see each other on the floor; however, we rarely have time to have a real talk. So that lunch date was our chance to fill in that gap. Then we shopped in Landmark, again, my first time.
I enjoyed that tiring day with them. I just hope that we could do it more often.
Challenging Trust on the Floor
Last Monday we were required to wear summer outfits on the floor. There were so many agents on the floor who took calls in their, ehem, colorful and, another ehem, daring beach outfits considering the cold temperature in the office. And what did I come up with? I was in my cargo pants (?) paired up with my newest cool T-shirt and my rugged-looking baseball cap. Of course, many had raised a brow and questioned that. It is because there was penalty to those who wouldn’t wear a summer outfit on the floor. I simply told them, “I am in my summer outfit. This is for summer hiking. They didn’t specify beach outfits, did they? They just said ‘summer’ outfit. I’m not a beach person.” Laughs! They could never beat Fernand Yim with witty lines, except, of course, Elve Jane.
I was trying to hold back my highly-caffeinated attitude which according to Khai, I was an attention-seeker. What an impressive term, laughs! I really love Khai. Anyway I am still dealing with the on-the-edge, wacky road of adjusting to these Manila people. So hard to fit in. They have so many to say. They have this hobby of talking about people behind their back which I so totally disfavor of. But I won’t let them be my standards. You know, I just realized something; it is not easy to find people on the floor you could really trust. There is always a holdback feeling. So I always come back to my old friends who truly know me and who don’t badmouth people they don’t like. That respect is something I am so proud of that we have. The respect that even if that person is not around, we still know how to respect. Good thing I am still blessed with few but true people on the floor. Don’t wanna say names! Laughs!
Meeting the Clan
I got a message from Gracia about her birthday celebration with her whole clan in Pansol. She didn’t say she wanted me to come. However I had a feeling I had to be there, that she wanted me to be there. Of course I should be there. I wanted to go but, arg, we are talking here about her whole clan. If it was only her family, I could deal with that. But hey, we are comparing family and clan here! It was a clan. The uncles, the aunts, the cousins, the extended ones, everyone might be there. My major dilemma was how could I please them all? I so wanted to skip that Saturday night. It made me feel so uneasy and restless for a couple of days. Then Jasmin said, I just need to be me. That’s it.
I wanted to send Gracia a message that I read already her message but I did not know what to say. And because I did not reply to her message, Gracia opened my Friendster account to see if I already read her message. And that hit her curious mind what might be in my Trash Folder. Yes. She did find the I-wish-she-never-did-find-at-all message from ‘her’. And she revealed that to me the night of their reunion/birthday celebration. I was like, uh-uh, got caught red-handed. My sorry was not enough, I know that. However, she told me I was lucky that her love for me is much bigger than my faults. Yes, I am very lucky.
And yes, I went to see them, her clan. Good thing her male cousins already went abroad that they missed the night. Laughs! It was fun to be with them. It was like I was surrounded by many Gracias! They were so talkative, like they never run out of words to say. Jing-jing, a niece of Gracia, was the most I like from the clan. She’s getting married with her British boyfriend before this year ends. Funny thing to take note of, everywhere we went to, whether inside or outside the resort, I noticed Gracia’s father was always on the look-out. There were times that I felt everyone was watching every move I took. But all in all, I was happy. Gracia was happy, too. I finally told her that I love her, many times. When I asked her it was her turn, she just giggled and laughed. I said it was unfair. Then she finally said it, “I love you.”
Lunch at North Park
Last week, that was Saturday right after shift, I was with Jaypee, Mine, and Cherie. Lohan should be with us but because of some personal issues she was not able to meet us. The four of us had a satisfying lunch in North Park. Funny to think, that we had spent a month or so in planning about which place to go on the second Sunday of April. We considered Cavite and Enchanted Kingdom. Then we ended up with a simple lunch in Makati. Anyway, like I always say, it is the people you are with that make the difference. It was my first time there in North Park and I really enjoyed the foods. I was not able to take note of the names of every dish we had, and oh boy, I did so enjoy the foods! The mushrooms were so good to the tongue.
We updated each other with our life at Sykes. It is funny to think that we always see each other on the floor; however, we rarely have time to have a real talk. So that lunch date was our chance to fill in that gap. Then we shopped in Landmark, again, my first time.
I enjoyed that tiring day with them. I just hope that we could do it more often.
Challenging Trust on the Floor
Last Monday we were required to wear summer outfits on the floor. There were so many agents on the floor who took calls in their, ehem, colorful and, another ehem, daring beach outfits considering the cold temperature in the office. And what did I come up with? I was in my cargo pants (?) paired up with my newest cool T-shirt and my rugged-looking baseball cap. Of course, many had raised a brow and questioned that. It is because there was penalty to those who wouldn’t wear a summer outfit on the floor. I simply told them, “I am in my summer outfit. This is for summer hiking. They didn’t specify beach outfits, did they? They just said ‘summer’ outfit. I’m not a beach person.” Laughs! They could never beat Fernand Yim with witty lines, except, of course, Elve Jane.
I was trying to hold back my highly-caffeinated attitude which according to Khai, I was an attention-seeker. What an impressive term, laughs! I really love Khai. Anyway I am still dealing with the on-the-edge, wacky road of adjusting to these Manila people. So hard to fit in. They have so many to say. They have this hobby of talking about people behind their back which I so totally disfavor of. But I won’t let them be my standards. You know, I just realized something; it is not easy to find people on the floor you could really trust. There is always a holdback feeling. So I always come back to my old friends who truly know me and who don’t badmouth people they don’t like. That respect is something I am so proud of that we have. The respect that even if that person is not around, we still know how to respect. Good thing I am still blessed with few but true people on the floor. Don’t wanna say names! Laughs!
Meeting the Clan
I got a message from Gracia about her birthday celebration with her whole clan in Pansol. She didn’t say she wanted me to come. However I had a feeling I had to be there, that she wanted me to be there. Of course I should be there. I wanted to go but, arg, we are talking here about her whole clan. If it was only her family, I could deal with that. But hey, we are comparing family and clan here! It was a clan. The uncles, the aunts, the cousins, the extended ones, everyone might be there. My major dilemma was how could I please them all? I so wanted to skip that Saturday night. It made me feel so uneasy and restless for a couple of days. Then Jasmin said, I just need to be me. That’s it.
I wanted to send Gracia a message that I read already her message but I did not know what to say. And because I did not reply to her message, Gracia opened my Friendster account to see if I already read her message. And that hit her curious mind what might be in my Trash Folder. Yes. She did find the I-wish-she-never-did-find-at-all message from ‘her’. And she revealed that to me the night of their reunion/birthday celebration. I was like, uh-uh, got caught red-handed. My sorry was not enough, I know that. However, she told me I was lucky that her love for me is much bigger than my faults. Yes, I am very lucky.
And yes, I went to see them, her clan. Good thing her male cousins already went abroad that they missed the night. Laughs! It was fun to be with them. It was like I was surrounded by many Gracias! They were so talkative, like they never run out of words to say. Jing-jing, a niece of Gracia, was the most I like from the clan. She’s getting married with her British boyfriend before this year ends. Funny thing to take note of, everywhere we went to, whether inside or outside the resort, I noticed Gracia’s father was always on the look-out. There were times that I felt everyone was watching every move I took. But all in all, I was happy. Gracia was happy, too. I finally told her that I love her, many times. When I asked her it was her turn, she just giggled and laughed. I said it was unfair. Then she finally said it, “I love you.”
Sunday, April 5, 2009
The Week of Changes
Monday
I found Ms. Agatha and some of my teammates already busy on the Spurs’s new area. They were plugging and un-plugging the wires and cords of all the computers. They were so many technical issues going on. And that’s not it. The so old Avayas, the call center phone, were given to us as if a ‘reward’. It was scary at first because it was so different from the Avayas we used to have prior to the move. I was having some kind of ‘amnesia’, like I was having a problem with transferring calls and doing the other stuff. But I easily adjusted to it. Newbies were doing fine so far.
Perhaps the changes and the move were making me a little distracted that I missed my second break. I told Ms. Agatha and Ms. Shee that I missed my second break because I was being so professional. They laughed at that.
Tuesday
Jasmin finally took the seat next to me after the computer was fixed to that station. We were doing just fine until my Grandfather Avaya just died on my first call. Ms. Shee checked on it and it was all dead. I even joked to her that, “See, I told you he was so old that he just died like that. In a natural way.” Ms. Shee just jokingly knocked my head softly. It was fun on the floor.
Khai was convincing me to come with them to Laiya with Gracia. I thought the idea was great. However, I am on budget and everything was pretty on a tight schedule already that as much as I want to, I couldn’t just slot in something like that. Of course it was great to be considered in something so special like that.
Elve Jane and I, as usual, were making fun with each other on the floor. There is an open part in the Spurs’s new area where I played football all by myself during my second break with one of the balloons there. I accidentally hit Elve Jane on the head. It was funny. Of course she was not hurt because it was just a balloon.
Elve Jane was doing the baby talk again. She is also like a walking dictionary. She was saying profound words that even the spelling was something I needed to work on with, laughs! When I say, or someone else says, something not right, she would correct the pronunciation in a mean-but-friendly cute way (?).
I always tell her in a friendly way, “You’re so mean.” Then she told me this today, “Why, am I the devil in your life now?” Then I told her, “If you are a devil, then I don’t need an angel.” Along with Trish, she laughed at that. She asked me where I got that. I told her it was coming from the top of my head, mimicking her authored line. Christy made a comment by saying that we would be a big hit if we decided to join the movie industry. To me, we were just having a clean and witty fun on the floor.
Wednesday
Finally I had my first PEP with Ms. Shee. It was the thirty-minute agent-to-team-manager talk. We discussed about my good and not-so-good points so far. Then Ms. Shee asked me how I was doing with the team. I told her sincerely that I was doing fine, that I love the team, and that I am enjoying the work. I thought she was satisfied with my answer. Then she shared some personal things with me regarding to her being a new team manager on the floor, her experiences handling a new team. I assured her that if something I feel like telling her, I would definitely tell her. It was a nice PEP talk.
Thursday
We failed the CSAT, the Spurs. I failed the CSAT. I felt so bad about it. I was so disappointed with myself. I was really upset about it. I knew something was not right with today’s shift. There was a feeling that was like telling me that something was not right. And couple of things just happened. Some petty things and whatsoever. I was trying to be perky and so that new hope could finally crawl up.
Then Trish revealed something unintentionally that made me so upset. Like I didn’t want to work in Sykes anymore. I felt so bad with the things that I just learned. It was about those people whom I kept on asking if something was wrong, that if something bad I did that I should be aware of, so that I could adjust to that. Because they are treating me differently. You know what I mean? I can’t just please anybody, right? I am so totally upset that I don’t even care if my grammar is wrong here. Why didn’t they tell me? They said it was nothing, that there was nothing wrong I did. Then all of the sudden I would just know that they were talking behind my back. I can’t believe they are like that. I do not like it. I don’t have enough understanding and patience for immaturity like that. I am running out of words but I feel like there is so much to tell here. Sigh.
I think, it is just another day. Just a prayer and LORD God will fix it.
Friday
After being with Sykes for six months now, this is the first time I feel like that I am not liking my work. You know that the only reason I stay in my work, aside from financial reason, is the people I work with. That is very important to me. Now that I am learning the true colors of every person on the floor, I am starting to be disappointed. I don’t want to name names here because I don’t want to be like them. So immaturely talking and judging people behind their back. Non-sense people. Daphne is right. Being nice is not always good. There will always be small-brained people who will misunderstand that. Well, I am not here to please anyone. I am here to be myself and let them think whatever they think, them worms! Laughs! Do I sound here so angry? I am. Because I am so pissed off. I can’t even tell these to them because I don’t think they are mature enough or that they have enough logic to understand just a piece of whatever I have to say.
I know it is not right to feel angry with my colleagues. It might affect my work. I have a team to consider here. I am not just performing for the sake of financial bonus but for the team as well. I know I’ll be fine soon. I should be or else…
I found Ms. Agatha and some of my teammates already busy on the Spurs’s new area. They were plugging and un-plugging the wires and cords of all the computers. They were so many technical issues going on. And that’s not it. The so old Avayas, the call center phone, were given to us as if a ‘reward’. It was scary at first because it was so different from the Avayas we used to have prior to the move. I was having some kind of ‘amnesia’, like I was having a problem with transferring calls and doing the other stuff. But I easily adjusted to it. Newbies were doing fine so far.
Perhaps the changes and the move were making me a little distracted that I missed my second break. I told Ms. Agatha and Ms. Shee that I missed my second break because I was being so professional. They laughed at that.
Tuesday
Jasmin finally took the seat next to me after the computer was fixed to that station. We were doing just fine until my Grandfather Avaya just died on my first call. Ms. Shee checked on it and it was all dead. I even joked to her that, “See, I told you he was so old that he just died like that. In a natural way.” Ms. Shee just jokingly knocked my head softly. It was fun on the floor.
Khai was convincing me to come with them to Laiya with Gracia. I thought the idea was great. However, I am on budget and everything was pretty on a tight schedule already that as much as I want to, I couldn’t just slot in something like that. Of course it was great to be considered in something so special like that.
Elve Jane and I, as usual, were making fun with each other on the floor. There is an open part in the Spurs’s new area where I played football all by myself during my second break with one of the balloons there. I accidentally hit Elve Jane on the head. It was funny. Of course she was not hurt because it was just a balloon.
Elve Jane was doing the baby talk again. She is also like a walking dictionary. She was saying profound words that even the spelling was something I needed to work on with, laughs! When I say, or someone else says, something not right, she would correct the pronunciation in a mean-but-friendly cute way (?).
I always tell her in a friendly way, “You’re so mean.” Then she told me this today, “Why, am I the devil in your life now?” Then I told her, “If you are a devil, then I don’t need an angel.” Along with Trish, she laughed at that. She asked me where I got that. I told her it was coming from the top of my head, mimicking her authored line. Christy made a comment by saying that we would be a big hit if we decided to join the movie industry. To me, we were just having a clean and witty fun on the floor.
Wednesday
Finally I had my first PEP with Ms. Shee. It was the thirty-minute agent-to-team-manager talk. We discussed about my good and not-so-good points so far. Then Ms. Shee asked me how I was doing with the team. I told her sincerely that I was doing fine, that I love the team, and that I am enjoying the work. I thought she was satisfied with my answer. Then she shared some personal things with me regarding to her being a new team manager on the floor, her experiences handling a new team. I assured her that if something I feel like telling her, I would definitely tell her. It was a nice PEP talk.
Thursday
We failed the CSAT, the Spurs. I failed the CSAT. I felt so bad about it. I was so disappointed with myself. I was really upset about it. I knew something was not right with today’s shift. There was a feeling that was like telling me that something was not right. And couple of things just happened. Some petty things and whatsoever. I was trying to be perky and so that new hope could finally crawl up.
Then Trish revealed something unintentionally that made me so upset. Like I didn’t want to work in Sykes anymore. I felt so bad with the things that I just learned. It was about those people whom I kept on asking if something was wrong, that if something bad I did that I should be aware of, so that I could adjust to that. Because they are treating me differently. You know what I mean? I can’t just please anybody, right? I am so totally upset that I don’t even care if my grammar is wrong here. Why didn’t they tell me? They said it was nothing, that there was nothing wrong I did. Then all of the sudden I would just know that they were talking behind my back. I can’t believe they are like that. I do not like it. I don’t have enough understanding and patience for immaturity like that. I am running out of words but I feel like there is so much to tell here. Sigh.
I think, it is just another day. Just a prayer and LORD God will fix it.
Friday
After being with Sykes for six months now, this is the first time I feel like that I am not liking my work. You know that the only reason I stay in my work, aside from financial reason, is the people I work with. That is very important to me. Now that I am learning the true colors of every person on the floor, I am starting to be disappointed. I don’t want to name names here because I don’t want to be like them. So immaturely talking and judging people behind their back. Non-sense people. Daphne is right. Being nice is not always good. There will always be small-brained people who will misunderstand that. Well, I am not here to please anyone. I am here to be myself and let them think whatever they think, them worms! Laughs! Do I sound here so angry? I am. Because I am so pissed off. I can’t even tell these to them because I don’t think they are mature enough or that they have enough logic to understand just a piece of whatever I have to say.
I know it is not right to feel angry with my colleagues. It might affect my work. I have a team to consider here. I am not just performing for the sake of financial bonus but for the team as well. I know I’ll be fine soon. I should be or else…
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