Saturday, February 24, 2007

Saturday fun!


I met up with my Harte Hanks friends at G4 for lunch. Then Mona and Ian fetched us with their van to their place. Guess what, we had our lunch again! Can't resist barbeque and soup. Afterwhich, we had a videoke session, courtesy of Mona's magic sing. Totally fun!
I'm grateful having them as my friends. I even feared of losing them, specially when i left Harte Hanks. But then you made me realize how special our friendship is. And I'm thankful that even though we have different sched's, we still manage to find time, to get together and enjoy each other's company. Trully, you guys are irreplaceable.


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Friday, February 23, 2007

Me, only better.

Right now, seems like things starts going back to normal. Then I my QA feedback I've been expecting finally came out, and I'm thankful I got a positive result from QA Ian.

Had lunch at Chowking with Doreen and Taz, though I felt guilty I wasn't able to lend money for a friend, 'coz I already have a budget 'til next payday.

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Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Talkin', hatin'...


There's a petty issue goin' on with two of my friends, hope they could fix it soon. 'coz it's hard since I'm like in between.

After shift Doreen invited Taz and I to Factory Depot at Mantrade to check out Levi's stocks. I didn't find something I like, though.


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Monday, February 19, 2007

My name in Chinese

Suppossed plan to meet up Doreen before shift was cancelled, since she was still with her cousin.

After shift though, Doreen and I went to Ortigas to claim our ATM card from Equitable bank. Then we had our lunch at a chinese place called MXT. I'm not really into chinese food, but I didn't expect the food to taste so good.

Speaking of Chinese, I found this site that provides translation of english names into Chinese characters. Here's my name in Chinese:


I dunno if it's really accurate though, and I have no idea how you read it, but it says the names are mainly translated by the pronunciation. Try your name!





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Home today.

My new shedule takes effect today. I'm glad it's my rest day.



Stayed all day in my room, with lot's of things and issues on my mind that I need to work out.



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Sunday, February 18, 2007

Emo mode... still.


I'm not really in the mood today. I'm just trying my best to pretend I'm okay when I'm taking calls. But it's not easy! I'm on mixed emotions. But I have to endure this. Hope things will be fine soon.

Had my lunch at McDo with Larry and MJ, then breakfast at Jollibee after shift.


"Love is a choice you make from moment to moment."
~Barbara De Angelis

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Saturday, February 17, 2007

So bad...


I'm sorry. This is not really a good day for me, but I don't think this would be a proper venue for it.


But anyhow, I would like to greet Jepoy a happy happy birthday!!! God bless!

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Friday, February 16, 2007

Birthday greetings!

HAPPY BITHDAY to my niece TRISHA, and my officemate -- MEL!!!

Today Mike and I decided to go to Glorietta for some walk and snack. nothing much today though, we went home early 'coz my niece will be celebrating her birthday at home.



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Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Hearts Day!

Let me first have my HAPPY BIRTHDAY greetings to RICHARD and AUNTIE EBENG!!!
And to all: HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!
Is today really a big deal? Well most probably for those who do not have a partner, this is just one of those ordinary days. However, some would celebrate this day with friends or family, though very rare. But not in my case, 'coz my baby prepared something for me. However, due to some misunderstanding his plan didn't end all well, which i really felt sorry about. We'll just make it up at another time maybe.
At work, my Team Manager Ms. Dee made some effort. She e-mailed us a Valentines greeting and gave us chocolates as her valentine gift.



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Tuesday, February 13, 2007

LESSONS FROM GEESE

We met my new team manager Deanne Magno yesterday shift (Feb. 12 '07) --- we shared our work expectations as an employee, towards our co-employees, and team manager. She also gave us a copy of "LESSONS FROM GEESE", and i would want to share it as well.

"LESSONS FROM GEESE"

Its really inspiring...

Fact: As each goose flaps its wings it creates an "uplift" for the birds that follow. By flying in a V-formation, the whole flock adds 72% greater flying range than if each bird flew alone.
Lesson: People who share a common direction and sense of community can get where they are going quicker and easier because they are traveling on the thrust of another.
Fact: When a goose falls out of formation, it suddenly feels the drag and resistance of flying alone. It quickly moves back into formation to take advantage of the lifting power of the bird immediately in front of it.
Lesson: If we have as much sense as a goose we stay in formation with those headed where we want to go. We are willing to accept their help and give out help to others.
Fact: When the lead goose tires, it rotates back into the formation and another goose flies to the point position.
Lesson: It pays to take turns going the hard tasks and sharing leadership. As with geese, people are interdependent on each other's skills, capabilities, and unique arrangements of gifts, talents, and resources.
Fact: The geese flying formation honk to encourage those up front to keep up their speed.
Lesson: We need to make sure our honking is encouraging. In groups where there is encouragement, the production is greater. The power of encouragement (to stand by one's heart or core values and encourage the heart and core of others) is the quality of honking we seek.
Fact: When a goose gets sick, wounded, or shot down, two geese drop out of formation and follow it down to help and protect it. They stay with it until it dies or is able to fly again. Then, they launch out with another formation or catch up with the flock.
Lesson: If we had as much sense as geese, we will stand by each other in difficult times as well as when we are strong.
~~ "Lessons from Geese" was transcribed from a speech given by Angeles Arrien at the 1991 Organizational Development Network and was based on the work of Milton Olson.



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Friday, February 09, 2007

A birthday, and a new birth!

Before anything else, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to ATE JOY, AMIEL, and ANDIE!!!

It's my second day off from work today. Something great and unexpected happened today. I didn't expect that my sister will delivery my new nephew today, the exact day of her birthday, yes you read it right. We were all in a panic mode. And my sis' had to do it without the midwife, so together with Mike and my brother in law, we caught the babby with our bare hands with the cord intact. I was in shock. You might not know ywt that I am not fascinated with blood. If you could only see me during that very moment-I'm on mixed emotions. Excited, terrified and nervous all at the same time. Thank God my sister and nephew made it sound and safe, afterall. And now I'd like you to meet my new born nephew: RHANDY JOAQUIN "Wacky" TAGLE MENDOZA.



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Sunday, February 04, 2007

XBOX 360 barkada get together!

Had a simple get together with my XBOX 360 Barkada today. Went to Nice's place by 2pm and stayed thereup 'til 10pm. Though, Nice couldn't be with us, she just let us stay anyway, which was very kind of her. Among those present were: Mona and her hubby Ian, Julz, Jho, Jaime, Rick, and Doreen (she's my new friend from Sykes, and I brought her along for introduction). Funny 'coz we didn't have enough money to order pizza so we end up with pancit canton and meat loaf for our snack and dinner (the unbeatable tandem) --- but mind you guyz we had a great time. It's true that its not about the worth of things or food that lights up a party, but your friends.


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Saturday, February 03, 2007

Happy Birthday Yna!

Before i go on with today's entry, I'll greet my very good friend Yna a very happy birthday!!! Yna's my former teammate at MCI Sykes - TNT account, and I missed her a lot.
Earlier, I went to Glorietta to settle my outstanding balance for my handyphone and settle our landline bill as well. I even saw my former officemate MYLES (from Hate Hanks - XBOX account).
Our training for Altel aaount has commenced, and we will be on our separate ways soon. I thought of sending a message to my batchmates, which says something like this: "Our training started last 01-22-07 at BCT, 2 weeks of training had past and I can say this is one of the best and most unforgettable training experience i've ever had; especially with our trainer Melai. You may have judged me negatively the first time, but I hope things will be different now as you have come to know me even better. I hope I was able to change those negative impressionsinto a positive one. This training have brought me new set of friends: full of energy and talent -- Wave 4 of Sykes Alltel. On 02-05-07 we will be distributed to different mentors and teams, but I hope our friendship, camaraderie and closeness will still continue. Have a blessed weekend." I'm glad I did that. 'Coz I felt the warmth after receiving replies one by one, saying that they also feel the same thing. I'll surely miss you guys! See you around!
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Meeting our Account Manager

Yesterday (February 02, 2007) our account manager "Ms. Dee" gave some insights about Sykes asia, we even introduced ourselves like during first day of school and gave some short background about our work experiences. I also had the priveledge of hosting the so-called "mini program" held at the 8th floor pantry of Burgundy Corporate Tower. My batchmates namely Katie, Taz and MJ showcased their talent.


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