I was able to follow this series the first few weeks it aired on television. I liked the plot since the main protagonists are lawyers. Did you know that when I was a little kid my dream was to become a lawyer since my father was a lawyer and a RTC judge before he died. Don't ask me what happened, but I think I am too shy to be a lawyer.
Anyway, the story is also about 2 pairs of lost loves and how love, if meant to be, finds it way. There is also a lost love between a mother and a child.
Last week the series ended, so I spent my Saturday night watching the last 2 episodes in youtube. I missed the stories in between but that is OK since the ending sort of just confirmed all the loose ends and hence the happy endings.
I love happy endings.
Monday, January 18, 2010
Friday, January 15, 2010
Application to another company
Last month I applied to another company. It is a company that has a very similar environment as the one I currently work with but it supports another product.
Let me first say that I love my current company right now. I like the working environment plus I am still satisfied with the compensation that I am getting. I also like the fact that the company (especially our department) offers a lot of opportunities since it is still expanding and opening up new teams or groups.
Then why did I apply to another company? Well, you might have noticed in my other logs how QA scores conscious I am. That is because, we have been warned, time and time again to have passing QA scores or else..... To make a long story short (since I have been getting a non passing mark for sometime already), I got scared with regards to stability to retain my job in the company. So aside from praying really hard to have passing QA scores and always trying to do my best in my calls, I decided to look for my options just in case the 'or else' happened.
So I immediately thought of this other company wherein a couple of my former officemates from my former company is working. I also loved company (I worked here for 6 years) but is already closed now. They have very good feedback with their company (as I said they have the same working environment as the company I am working for with now plus according to hearsay, pay is better). It just so happens that they have my exact position posted in Jobstreet, so I applied online and after a few hours of applying online, their HR contacted me.
I was planning to go until I received news from my current company that I have Agent of the Year and Perfect attendance Awards(I do have other posts for that). So I texted the HR and said I would not be able to go since I am scared of being absent (I believe that is the # 1 reason why you would be given papers to go in our company). Plus I was thinking this was a sign that I should still be OK with my current company. HR called me up and rescheduled me. So I went and I was interviewed by 2 engineers.
Here comes the conflict....I did not tell anybody from our team that I was applying. 2 of my officemates knew because we all go home at the same time. It just so happens that one of the engineers is friends with our Department head and as the story goes, the engineer told our dept head that I was applying (Kakahiya, di ba?)
Well, Dept Head talked to me along with my supervisor and to have the gist of it assured me that my job is secured which is I guess what is really important to me.
I just hope that my applying to another company does not have an effect on my performance evaluations (success factors) since it is time for that already.
As for the other company, they have not called me back. I guess they did not find me fit for their company. I take that as a definite sign that I would be staying put in my current company. Which is actually what I had hoped for when I first became an employee here...I hoped that this would be a company I could grow old with.
Whenever I see some old friends of mine and they ask me how I am in my current company, my consistent response?
"So far, so good"
I hope it stays that way.
Let me first say that I love my current company right now. I like the working environment plus I am still satisfied with the compensation that I am getting. I also like the fact that the company (especially our department) offers a lot of opportunities since it is still expanding and opening up new teams or groups.
Then why did I apply to another company? Well, you might have noticed in my other logs how QA scores conscious I am. That is because, we have been warned, time and time again to have passing QA scores or else..... To make a long story short (since I have been getting a non passing mark for sometime already), I got scared with regards to stability to retain my job in the company. So aside from praying really hard to have passing QA scores and always trying to do my best in my calls, I decided to look for my options just in case the 'or else' happened.
So I immediately thought of this other company wherein a couple of my former officemates from my former company is working. I also loved company (I worked here for 6 years) but is already closed now. They have very good feedback with their company (as I said they have the same working environment as the company I am working for with now plus according to hearsay, pay is better). It just so happens that they have my exact position posted in Jobstreet, so I applied online and after a few hours of applying online, their HR contacted me.
I was planning to go until I received news from my current company that I have Agent of the Year and Perfect attendance Awards(I do have other posts for that). So I texted the HR and said I would not be able to go since I am scared of being absent (I believe that is the # 1 reason why you would be given papers to go in our company). Plus I was thinking this was a sign that I should still be OK with my current company. HR called me up and rescheduled me. So I went and I was interviewed by 2 engineers.
Here comes the conflict....I did not tell anybody from our team that I was applying. 2 of my officemates knew because we all go home at the same time. It just so happens that one of the engineers is friends with our Department head and as the story goes, the engineer told our dept head that I was applying (Kakahiya, di ba?)
Well, Dept Head talked to me along with my supervisor and to have the gist of it assured me that my job is secured which is I guess what is really important to me.
I just hope that my applying to another company does not have an effect on my performance evaluations (success factors) since it is time for that already.
As for the other company, they have not called me back. I guess they did not find me fit for their company. I take that as a definite sign that I would be staying put in my current company. Which is actually what I had hoped for when I first became an employee here...I hoped that this would be a company I could grow old with.
Whenever I see some old friends of mine and they ask me how I am in my current company, my consistent response?
"So far, so good"
I hope it stays that way.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Hoping for a Good 2010
I mentioned on my previous logs that we spent Jan 2 in the hospital.
Well, my husband it is not a good 2010 for us, especially for him since they had an accident in their company. My husband is in charge of the Environment, Health and Safety for their company so it really affects him a lot if there is an accident.
Well, I told him, we should not take it negatively. Let us look as these instances as signs that whatever is coming our way, we can handle it.
A few days after the accident, they had a minor fire incident and then another accident. He is getting convinced more than ever that this is an ugly year for him.
I guess prayers are in order.
Dear God,
Let me start this prayer by saying thank you for the blessings that you have been given us specially at the start of the year.
- thanks making KC well again. Thank you for the opportunity to make her more healthy by giving us the chance to follow through on her check ups and vaccines
- thanks for making Nanay Betty (our household help) come back to us. Although most of the time I feel that her work needs so much more improvement, I must admit, she makes our lives much more easier and comfortable to live.
- thank you for making me pass my first 2 QA scores.
- thank you for our 7th wedding anniversary
- I know I have so much more to list here and most of the time I take everything that I have forget to thank you, please forgive me for that.
We also pray Lord that you always guide us and make us strong to face all the hardships that might come our way. I pray that Ramir would be able to handle all the stress that happens in his work if not try to lessen it.
Amen.
Well, my husband it is not a good 2010 for us, especially for him since they had an accident in their company. My husband is in charge of the Environment, Health and Safety for their company so it really affects him a lot if there is an accident.
Well, I told him, we should not take it negatively. Let us look as these instances as signs that whatever is coming our way, we can handle it.
A few days after the accident, they had a minor fire incident and then another accident. He is getting convinced more than ever that this is an ugly year for him.
I guess prayers are in order.
Dear God,
Let me start this prayer by saying thank you for the blessings that you have been given us specially at the start of the year.
- thanks making KC well again. Thank you for the opportunity to make her more healthy by giving us the chance to follow through on her check ups and vaccines
- thanks for making Nanay Betty (our household help) come back to us. Although most of the time I feel that her work needs so much more improvement, I must admit, she makes our lives much more easier and comfortable to live.
- thank you for making me pass my first 2 QA scores.
- thank you for our 7th wedding anniversary
- I know I have so much more to list here and most of the time I take everything that I have forget to thank you, please forgive me for that.
We also pray Lord that you always guide us and make us strong to face all the hardships that might come our way. I pray that Ramir would be able to handle all the stress that happens in his work if not try to lessen it.
Amen.
KC's check up 1/5/2010
Yesterday is KC's schedule for a check up after being confined last Jan 3.
I picked her up from school after her exams and we went to the THMC to have her check up with Pedia. Her doctor is very young (I googled her and saw that she passed the licensure exams August 2006) and seems to be very kind. As again, when KC was seems to be excited especially with all the doctors "gadgets" which the doctor was kind enough to let my daughter look at and touch (or the doctor might be just shy to tell us to back off :)).
Anyway, my daughter still has a slight cough so she gave us medicines for that. We also continued with the Citirizine (for allergy) and Hydrocortizone lotion. She did say though that KC's lungs are clear but there are phlegm on her throat hence the medicine.
We also went through the vaccines KC needed, the last one was way back when she was one so we have a lot to fill in. We have a 6 in 1 vaccine booster scheduled on January 23 and it would cost us around P4000. My daughter has a healthcard, Maxicare and Medicard. I will double check if vaccines are covered in our card but since she mentioned the price, I assumed it is not.
When she checked KC's ears, it was so dirty that she cannot see the eardrum, so she cleaned the ears. Not sure what the process is called but it costs P200.
She also said my daughter is underweight, she only weighs 15.5kg. at her age, she should be 18kg. She did not recommend any vitamins since I still have a lot of the Cherifer and Ceelin with Zn at home.
She also gave a soap to KC for sensitive skin....I'll also post the name here once I have it, it costs P190 so I hope it lasts a long time.
From now on, I will be giving an update on KC's check up and health
I picked her up from school after her exams and we went to the THMC to have her check up with Pedia. Her doctor is very young (I googled her and saw that she passed the licensure exams August 2006) and seems to be very kind. As again, when KC was seems to be excited especially with all the doctors "gadgets" which the doctor was kind enough to let my daughter look at and touch (or the doctor might be just shy to tell us to back off :)).
Anyway, my daughter still has a slight cough so she gave us medicines for that. We also continued with the Citirizine (for allergy) and Hydrocortizone lotion. She did say though that KC's lungs are clear but there are phlegm on her throat hence the medicine.
We also went through the vaccines KC needed, the last one was way back when she was one so we have a lot to fill in. We have a 6 in 1 vaccine booster scheduled on January 23 and it would cost us around P4000. My daughter has a healthcard, Maxicare and Medicard. I will double check if vaccines are covered in our card but since she mentioned the price, I assumed it is not.
When she checked KC's ears, it was so dirty that she cannot see the eardrum, so she cleaned the ears. Not sure what the process is called but it costs P200.
She also said my daughter is underweight, she only weighs 15.5kg. at her age, she should be 18kg. She did not recommend any vitamins since I still have a lot of the Cherifer and Ceelin with Zn at home.
She also gave a soap to KC for sensitive skin....I'll also post the name here once I have it, it costs P190 so I hope it lasts a long time.
From now on, I will be giving an update on KC's check up and health
Monday, January 11, 2010
Finally, some good news
I got my first Quality assurance score for the year and I passed. Yey!
For a background on what QA is, you can go to this link http://tayoymagmunimuni.blogspot.com/2010/01/great-start.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FOQYu+%28Life%3A+A+Race+to+Run%29, she pretty well explained what QA scores is for.
I got a score of 89.53%, the passing is 85%. They call that they picked up is actually an escalation call so I guess I am lucky in a way that I still got the passing score, although, unlucky that they picked up a call escalation.
I have a lot to thank for this passing grade, but let me offer a prayer of thanks to the Lord for hearing my prayers. I hope I will be able to sustain this passing QA marks.
To all those people who have helped me and prayed for me, thank you very much.
For a background on what QA is, you can go to this link http://tayoymagmunimuni.blogspot.com/2010/01/great-start.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FOQYu+%28Life%3A+A+Race+to+Run%29, she pretty well explained what QA scores is for.
I got a score of 89.53%, the passing is 85%. They call that they picked up is actually an escalation call so I guess I am lucky in a way that I still got the passing score, although, unlucky that they picked up a call escalation.
I have a lot to thank for this passing grade, but let me offer a prayer of thanks to the Lord for hearing my prayers. I hope I will be able to sustain this passing QA marks.
To all those people who have helped me and prayed for me, thank you very much.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Household help came back
Finally, my household help came back yesterday, Jan 6, 2010.
Her promised return date is Dec 27, 2010. Before coming back, I did not hear from her until January 3 and she said she is returning on January 5.
Well, when she did not come back last January 5 but she texted at around 6pm and she said she is on her way to Tagaytay. She is coming from Quezon which is just i believe 3-5 hours from Manila.
So when I called her up at 8am in the morning, she told me she is still on the trip! Imagine, 14 hours on being on the road. She gave me inconsistent and unconfident answer saying they had to wait for somebody or something like that. When she came home, she said that the bus they road always breaks down...I really do not buy it BUT since I need her to watch for my daughter while we are out, I just let it pass.
Again, it is still better than having no household help at all.
I hate the way she has this hold over us, so I am thinking of hiring a second maid...except of course that would be an added expense since not only in terms of salary but another mouth to feed.... :(
Anyway, now, since we were without a maid for a few weeks, I am just glad that we have her back again.
Her promised return date is Dec 27, 2010. Before coming back, I did not hear from her until January 3 and she said she is returning on January 5.
Well, when she did not come back last January 5 but she texted at around 6pm and she said she is on her way to Tagaytay. She is coming from Quezon which is just i believe 3-5 hours from Manila.
So when I called her up at 8am in the morning, she told me she is still on the trip! Imagine, 14 hours on being on the road. She gave me inconsistent and unconfident answer saying they had to wait for somebody or something like that. When she came home, she said that the bus they road always breaks down...I really do not buy it BUT since I need her to watch for my daughter while we are out, I just let it pass.
Again, it is still better than having no household help at all.
I hate the way she has this hold over us, so I am thinking of hiring a second maid...except of course that would be an added expense since not only in terms of salary but another mouth to feed.... :(
Anyway, now, since we were without a maid for a few weeks, I am just glad that we have her back again.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Spending the 2nd day of the year at a Hospital
What a way to spend the New Year....
Last January 2, we went to my mothers house in Quezon City to visit. My brother"s family from Ilocos is there (they rarely go to Quezon City due to large fare required) so my daughter is excited to be seeing her cousins in QC.
We stopped by Festival Mall first for a reunion with my former officemates in Photocircuits. KC has already a cough at that time but she is still active. When we went to QC, she was with her cousins but her cousins were all running but she is just sitting at the side with her cough but she is not complaining yet and she is actually active in terms of talking.
Then came the night, she cannot sleep because she obviously has difficulty in breathing. Usually, when we are home, we just nebulize her and she would feel better. But since we are in a different house, we decided to bring her to the hospital, that is around 12mn already. We brought her at Word Citi Medical Center (formerly QCMC) in Aurora, Cubao, Quezon City. They nebulized my daughter 4X upto 3 am until they decided that my daughter should be admitted since they wheezing sound comes back immediately. So we decided to go home that same day to Tagaytay. We went to Tagaytay Hospital and Medical Center. A series of nebulization was done again, she seems to improve but wheezing sound can still be detected. An X-ray was also done and some spots were found and we were initially told that it was also pneumonia. So we finally agreed to have her admitted so that she can be monitored properly.
So we spent the last parts of Jan 2 upto January 5 in the hospital. It also so happens that Jan 4 is our 7th wedding anniversary. Not a good way to start a year huh.
But, I still want to think positive, there is still a lot of things to be thankful for:
1. My daughter is getting better now.
2. We did not have to pay a cent for the hospitalization because of Maxicare
3. We got more time together
4. A lot of friends and relatives showed their concern.
I am still looking forward to a Great 2010 ahead. Year of the Tiger is my year.
Last January 2, we went to my mothers house in Quezon City to visit. My brother"s family from Ilocos is there (they rarely go to Quezon City due to large fare required) so my daughter is excited to be seeing her cousins in QC.
We stopped by Festival Mall first for a reunion with my former officemates in Photocircuits. KC has already a cough at that time but she is still active. When we went to QC, she was with her cousins but her cousins were all running but she is just sitting at the side with her cough but she is not complaining yet and she is actually active in terms of talking.
Then came the night, she cannot sleep because she obviously has difficulty in breathing. Usually, when we are home, we just nebulize her and she would feel better. But since we are in a different house, we decided to bring her to the hospital, that is around 12mn already. We brought her at Word Citi Medical Center (formerly QCMC) in Aurora, Cubao, Quezon City. They nebulized my daughter 4X upto 3 am until they decided that my daughter should be admitted since they wheezing sound comes back immediately. So we decided to go home that same day to Tagaytay. We went to Tagaytay Hospital and Medical Center. A series of nebulization was done again, she seems to improve but wheezing sound can still be detected. An X-ray was also done and some spots were found and we were initially told that it was also pneumonia. So we finally agreed to have her admitted so that she can be monitored properly.
So we spent the last parts of Jan 2 upto January 5 in the hospital. It also so happens that Jan 4 is our 7th wedding anniversary. Not a good way to start a year huh.
But, I still want to think positive, there is still a lot of things to be thankful for:
1. My daughter is getting better now.
2. We did not have to pay a cent for the hospitalization because of Maxicare
3. We got more time together
4. A lot of friends and relatives showed their concern.
I am still looking forward to a Great 2010 ahead. Year of the Tiger is my year.
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