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Sunday, October 25, 2009

Greatest years of Moi!

Basta isang Friday, naisulat ko toh... hindi ko na matandaan kung kelan...


Friday, saraaaap ng buhay, the perks for finishing your task at work early feels goooooood…
Pwede akong mag dessert ng “petiks ala mode”… Heehee…
I haven’t been writing for the longest time… My reason? Ahhh…. Hehehe! Really really stressed at work… Anyway on my way home riding the infamous jeepney, I wrote this blog in my head.. Sana maisulat ko ng maganda, kasing ganda nung naisulat ko sya sa isip ko. Here it goes.
I remember telling myself when I was 16 “this is the greatest year of my life”. I was a junior in high school (the best year in high school years), I finally have a lot of real friends, I had my first boyfriend, my own room is completely done, and I’ll be attending my first PROM.
I turned 17 then 18. I had my debut, nagpa-party pa ang mom ko.Hehehehe!!! It wasn’t that corny that time… I was enjoying my college life, FREEDOM at last! I can now go to Manila–at that time the furthest place I travelled alone from home, I had new great friends from all over the Philippines and I’m finally growing boobs – I wish! Heehee! This is the greatest year of my life!
I was finally 21! Despite experiencing my first ever major heartbreak (yes my 5 year relationship with my first boyfriend ended), again I heard myself say; “this is the greatest year of my life”. I learned how to put-on make up, dress up really really nice, and Mom said I was finally blooming. I was 21 when I first let myself watch porn for the first time – I waited to be of legal age, it was nasty! Ewwwwww!! Thanks to my gal pals in college! It was also the year I’ve been to clubs, and took first few guilt free sip of alcohol. I’ve done a lot of 1st when I was on my 21st, some I’m proud of, some I’ve learned a lot from, some I’ll never ever try doing again, and some I’ll just be forever be tempted to do so… What a year! And eventually I graduated college. Yeiy!
Honestly, what made my 23rd year great was being able to let go of all the crappy things I’ve been holding on to from the past few years. And also the person I’m blessed to be my 2nd boyfriend. Yes were broken up right now and it seems he doesn’t want him to be friends with me anymore (years of friendship down the drain!) but I’ll forever consider him one of the few best thing that ever happened to me…
I’m now 26 and I just realized, hindi lang pala isa ang pwedeng maging “gretest year of my life”… Pwede palang magkaroon ng maraming maraming maraming greatest ang buhay ng isang Amai… At 26 I’m working in a good company with a nice cozy cube, decent job (it could get better) and I have a cool boss.. Topakin lang minsan, pero minsan lang… What made me say “this is the greatest year of my life” again is of course Vic! Need not to explain or elaborate, basta having him feels GREAT.. I love him.

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

THE RIDICULOUS 6”x 6” CUBE



EXCERPT FROM FAB2 SECURITY MEMORANDUM:
01. SAFEKEEPING OF BAGS, LUGGAGES & OTHER HAND-CARRY ITEMS

2.1 As a general rule, bags, luggage and other hand-carry items of SPML Employees that do not fit inside a 6”x 6” cube shall be deposited with the Luggage Check-in Counter and should not be brought inside the building.

Reading this yesterday is enough to ruin my day. The 6’’x 6’’ figures are constantly in my head, animated, in full colors, mocking me, the thought made me shook my head several times. A 6’’x 6’’ cube is ridiculously small for an office bag. How can I fit the stuff I normally bring to the office in a bag that small? We are talking about A "work appropriate bag” here people, not a bag you bring on a date, it’s an office bag for Pete’s sake!

The security won’t allow ALL employees to go inside the building if you carry a bag larger than a 6”x 6” cube… Writing the phrase made me shook my head, AGAIN. BUT if you have a laptop you can carry a backpack or a larger bag, without any questions from the guards. Come on! Not all people in the workgroup have a laptop (yet) and again a 6”x 6” cube is RIDICULOUSLY small. PAMBIHIRANG BUHAY NAMAN O!!!!

I wrote the most assertive and polite letter of complaint and sent it to my boss, he understood my concern. Of course he emailed the security head expressing agreement to my concern. The reply was HILARIOUS!

These are some of the funny things he said…

HE SAID: The 6”x6” cube is large enough to contain personal stuff like toiletries, extra shirt, hand towel etc., that are needed by employees to work comfortably in the work group or inside the Fab.

MY TAKE: 6”x6” cube and the word LARGE when used in a sentence is ridiculous! Is he from a planet where there is no FEMALE species? The so called personal stuff of an average office girl cannot fit and will never ever fit in a 6”x 6” cube. What t-shirt are we talking about my 1 year old sister’s shirt?

HE SAID: With due respect, not being issued a laptop or a similar tool of trade issued by the company is not equivalent to being allowed to bring big bags into the building instead. In fact it’s a great responsibility being issued a laptop because it can be waylaid in transit compared to a desk top which is safely left in the office and compels you to work only while you’re in your work station. This should not be interpreted also as being “LUGI” on the part of some because we’re only trying to put things in their proper places.

MY TAKE: Really? Not allowed? Why don’t you freakin stand in front of the main lobby and see for yourself? Isn’t a back pack a big bag? Its where most of the young work group people put their laptop, and all they have to say to your guards is the word laptop so they can go inside. Responsibility? Yeah that’s right change the topic! Man you’re the SECURITY HEAD your RESPONSIBILITY is to keep us safe and secured, not force us to jam our important stuff into an incredibly small box! Trying to put things in their proper place? What a funny guy! Why would people put things in their bag to work if it’s not necessary?

HE SAID: Finally, you will agree with me if I say that employees also complain when they are delayed boarding their buses, hence, they leave their workplace 30 minutes prior to time. One big cause of the delay is due to the queuing at the security inspection area where bags are inspected thoroughly by our guards, aside of course from the manual time keeping. If we don’t have so much to inspect because there are no bags and luggage, employees can take their time going out of the building without the feeling of being pressured, hurried or harassed.

MY TAKE: The employee’s complaint is about the single chronology that they provided. It’s the main reason why there’s a queue at the main lobby, because the smart guys from the security office provided a single chronology for the WHOLE FAB2 PLANT! I hope he’s not on drugs, what if it’s raining and I brought an umbrella, obviously it won’t fit into his magical box, when it’s time to go home, I’ll be standing in queue waiting to log out with the SINGLE chronology that the smart people from their office has provided, and then fall in line again at the baggage counter just to get the umbrella. Isn’t falling in a long e line twice makes people pressured, hurried and harassed?


MY FINAL TAKE ON THIS: I understand that the manufacturing people cannot bring personal things inside the FAB, coz it’s a clean room. But we are not working inside the FAB, we are workgroup people, we bring stuff to work because we NEED it, so leaving it in the baggage area a hundred meters away from the office is pointless. FAB1 allows employees who have an office to carry bags why can’t we do it here in FAB2? They say they are requiring us to carry a smaller bag to avoid employees stealing stuff and taking home things from the company, I actually understand the idea. But the 6”x 6” cube has to go! My planner cannot even fit to that requirement. I’m hopeful they use common sense and think outside the box - a box larger that a 6”x 6” cube.








Friday, April 17, 2009

JUST ANOTHER MELLOW DRAMATIC DAY!

JUST ANOTHER MELLOW DRAMATIC DAY!


What you dont know wont hurt you....

B*&%S*%#!

I’ve known that for the longest time, but sometimes I just can’t stop myself…
A few days ago, Carla my sister told me; “Ate, I think Francis has a new girl, Carlo saw it on Friendster.” I just told her; “Really, good for him.” Hiding my curious face of course…
April 13, 2009 I checked my account while waiting for my dentist, it seems that were not friends anymore… Got a feeling the rumor is true. I told myself it’s not for me to know and not for me to find out.

April 14, 2009 Monday - usually hell day for us in the office. Surprisingly we finished everything before 4:30pm; another surprise is that we can now log on to FACEBOOK and FRIENDSTER using our laptop. Hence, I had a chance to sneak a peek on both of my accounts. Was hesitant to look into my friendster account, but I really have to see it. “Bahala na si Batman!” Besides, so what if he has a girl, I was the one who had a boyfriend a few months after we broke up… so what’s the big fuzz...

Here it goes,

Fumbling thru my account, it was then clear to me that we’re no longer connected on that site. That alone made me sad. After two years? We can’t even be friends anymore? I really can’t believe why people do that. Erase their ex’s at Friendster… Why? Well, he can’t erase the fact that we’ve been friends till high school and together for two freaking years!! You can’t just erase people who’ve been part of your life. You just can’t!

Here it goes, again…

Hush…

I relaxed for a few minutes, contemplating on should I check his account or should I not. Of course the stupid side of me won. I checked it... It is confirmed, he has a new girl.

My hands are clammy and cold, I was nervous. Not hurt of course, can’t describe what I felt but I’m sure it’s not that. She’s pretty, but she has too much makeup on. I think I’m prettier than her, I have X-Factor! Hahahahahaha!!! Just kidding… Why is he attracted to feisty chicks? I am, and this new girl looks like one too.

Wow! I really don’t know what I feel. It just hit me, we are really finally over. His world does not revolve around Aimee and my world doesn’t revolve around Francis anymore. He now has Ish (I don’t know what is the girl’s real name) and I now have Vic. I remember the last time we spoke as boyfriend and girlfriend, April 1, 2008, he cried and I cried… I can’t believe it took a year for the break up to sink in.

I love Vic. I don’t want to make this sound too arrogant, but had a lot of choices when he was courting me. There’s TJ very cute guy who has everything actually, Erik whom I enjoyed talking too but I really can’t see ending up with (not a chance), or Francis whom at that time I can go back to. Then there was Vic. I really don’t have a precise reason why he is the one I picked. All I know is that I followed what I felt. I’m the most indecisive person and the worst drama queen you’ll ever know. I will definitely nod my head in agreement if you tell me that in my face, because I really am. But Vic gets me, he does.

What you don’t know wont hurt you, but the truth does set you free. Now I am free from the “what ifs”. I’m now able not only to move on but to let go. Let go of anything I had and have from my relationship with Francis. If he chooses to move on and live he’s life without me, even as friends it’s his call and I respect that.

Friday, April 3, 2009

MONDAY MAYHEM!

MONDAY MAYHEM!
March 30, 2009

What a way to start the quarter, once again “I’m the late Aimee”. I should’ve slept after the 4th episode of Biggest Looser, what made me decide to hit the sack was the sight of the clock; it was already 12:30am.
Another monster Monday has ended… I’m used to minding the update of two manufacturing lines, actually most of the time it’s only Line 10 that I’m really focused in (Tope handles Line 8). Unfortunately today I have to mind three lines! In OEE land, if your able to single handedly accomplish three lines in one day, man there should be a monument standing in salute to your greatness! Honestly, it’s really not that easy… It was really a buzzer beater for the three of us IEs who courageously worked as a squad to finish the update (Thanks Ma’am Aizle and Tolits!). I even thought I’m gonna be stuck there till 9:00PM at the office. Whew!







Its good thing I didn’t wear the black top I was planning to wear, every time I wear it incidents of ill luck strikes! Except that I didn’t wear it today so it’s immune to the blame I usually give it. (See how pretty the black top is, too bad I didn’t passed any of the interview I wore it.)
Here is the probable and apparent rationale why it took me (us) forever to finish this week’s update. Listed in order, No.1 is evidently the major contributor for the holdup of our, oh so precious weekly report.

The computer is super sluggish I have to wait 10 seconds before it can accomplish my uncomplicated commands! Grabe talga!!! I can imagine myself turning green, tossing the computer, hitting it incessantly with anything I can get my hands with! I was so exasperated, I think well!
It was my first time to own the update for three lines, and we have new team members.
I was multitasking too much… My mind is divided with OEE and the person whom that I can’t stop talking to (anyway he’s interesting)…
Was 45 minutes late, and was a bit upset of the “joke” I read in YM. Geeez! Am I sending the wrong information about myself?!
It was too hot inside the engineering workgroup.
The thought of my bumbum swelling (not in a good way) from sitting all day in front of a computer is scary and disturbing.
I have new shoes that are killing my feet. Sure it can add up to the mayhem, it hurts while I’m working, even when I’m glued to my office chair.

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Ang Kwento ng Dalawang Bote

Ang Kwento ng Dalawang Bote!
(The story of 2 bottles)
March 27,2009




I’m squinting, I can’t open my eyes as wide as it normally does but I have to write about this before I sink in to bed. Why? I dunno, maybe because I hadn’t been this “tipsy” for the longest time…
This drinking spree was totally unplanned, well Lyra and I was drinking coffee at Starbucks, when Kim texted us that Lala was inviting us for an alcohol extravaganza! Lala is actually now based in Singapore and staying here for a couple of days. She is close to almost everyone and she is also our ex-shift mate (Line2 Shift B, the coolest and greatest shift Sunpower Fab1 could ever have, thanks to Ma’am Cheng).
Anyway, this drinking spree was not that extraordinary. My alcohol tolerance is still not that high, a bottle or two is all it takes for me to laugh at anything and to occasionally use cuss words as period to my sentences. Did I make it sound so nasty? Hopefully I did not! Perhaps drinking 2 bottles of light beer is not that enough for others to get drunk, but trust me…. It’s enough for me to feel like what I’m feeling right now… Woozy but still a good girl! (Did I make you proud my dear Sungit? wink!wink!)
Here are some photos taken, my phone is so lame to capture the rosy cheeks the girls and I have while under the influence of alcohol. Too bad, that’s one of the few perks we usually have,


FREE Blush-on!





Lyra from RNTX, Lala from NOXE, and Aimee from PSG. Three ladies from 3 consecutive process, hey Oliver is also there, from NTM! Hahahahaha!!!






(Not bad for someone woozy as me?
Diba?)



NOTE:
I wrote this one in English No.1 because I’m a bit drunk. No.2 coz I feel like it! And finally No.3 is for my new found Malaysian friend, (if ever he reads this)even though I freakin know he’s way too smart to understand Tagalog. BLUEK!!!! Heehee!
Now its time for me to hit the sack, finally tomorrow is Saturday! Zzzzzzzzz……

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Bawal Reklamo Basta may Trabaho

March 24, 2009

Ito na yata ang pinaka petiks mode na araw ko, (I’m so sorry Sir Rexis).Natapos ko na yung kailangan kong tapusin sa APCVD, yung equipment engineer pa nga nila yung inorasan ko (salamat MJ!). Pagkatapos nun wala na kong maisip kung ano pang makabuluhan ang pwede kong gawin. Ahh alam ko na ipapa-approve ko yung pang kalawakan kong Lay-out proposal!
Wala na ata kong ginawa kundi makipag usap sa YM at tumunganga sa harap ng PC monitor. (Sorry ulir Sir!)

Haiiiiiii.. Nakakaguilty, ang daming walang trabaho sa Pilipinas.. Ang dami nga nakakarelate sa shout out ko sa yahoo messenger “BAWAL MAG REKLAMO BASTA MAY TRABAHO”. Sa darating na quarter (next week nay un) down kasi ang kalahati ng dalawang planta.. Hindi magtatanggal ng tao, pero siguradong mababawasan ang pasok.. Syempre mababawasan ang sweldo.. Bawas muna ng DOTA, Paseo, Aplaya, at Festival Super Mall ng mga engineer at engineer graduate ng Sunpower… Kawawa naman ang Pilipinas, dumadami ang mga taong walang trabaho, walang pera, at walang makain.. Kailan ba magiging mabuti ang mundo… hindi ko na alam… Nakakainis pa ang stocks naming, nakikisali sa promo ng Globe “BENTE”. Nakakainis, dapat nagbenta na ko ng nag $97 ang lintek na stocks na yan..
Anyway, hindi naman po ako nagrereklamo. Masaya naman ako dahil walang mae-evict sa bahay ni Mang Boy at Manong Rey (Director ng Fab1 and Fab2).. Kahit alam kong magiging badtrip ang sweldo ng lahat, ok lang… Naisip ko walang magagawa ang panghinaan ng loob. Totoo yata yung kasabihan ng mga kano “it has to get ugly before it gets pretty”, sana lang wag maging “pretty ugly”.. Hehehehe,, ang totoo nyan gusto kong imbitahin lahat ng katrabaho ko na magdasal, para sa SPML, kasi aside from ourselves yung big boss sa taas lang din ang mamakakapag paganda ng pelikula na ang Sunpower at mga Engineer nito ang bida. Sana hindi na sila lahat kailangan pang sabihan.. Sana…

P.S.
Masarap ang feeling ng naa-appreciate ng iba ang beauty mo, kahit na alam mong muka kang sinabunutan ng limang unggoy..

Unit of Love

December 10, 2008 – SWELDO!

Nasa office ako ngayun, walang boss wala din yung kasama ko sa cubicle, magpapahinga muna ako saglit sa OEE at UPH monitoring. Paulit ulit sa isip ko yung tanong ni Sungit kagabi, “gaano ko daw cia ka-mahal”. Medyo nahirapan akong sagutin, kasi paano ba sukatin ang pag mamahal? Pero, hawak ang celphone hindi ko napigilan ang daliri ko sa pag pindot. Ang sabi ko sa kanya hindi ko alam kung anong eksaktong unit ang ginagamit sa pagsukat nun, basta alam ko yung pagmamahal ko sa kanya, malawak, mabigat, mahaba, malaki, makapal, malayo, malapit, mainit,minsan malamig, pero higit sa lahat malalim. At pagkayakap nya ko, kahit na naka-akbay lang sya sa akin habang naglalakad sa MOA o habang papuntang smoking area sa Fab1, parang pati yung mga buto ko nahihipo nya.
Hanggang ngayun hindi pa din ako sigurado kung paano sukatin ang LOVE. Ikaw, alam mo ba? Kung oo, ang galing mo naman, patingin nga ng notes mo? Saang libro mo nabasa? Anyway hindi naman ako interesado, kasi ayokong matutunan, ayokong sukatin ang pag mamahal ng mga taong nasa paligid ko at ayoko ding sukatin nila ang nararamdaman ko para sa kanila.
Kung pipilitin ako ni Sungit na sukatin kung gaano ko sya ka mahal, sasabihin ko sa kanya na wala pang nakakadiskubre ng unit of measurement ng FOREVER, kaya hindi ko talaga kayang sagutin ang masalimuot nyang tanong.
Kailangan ko ng magtrabaho, nandito na si tolits baka mabasa pa ang ka-kornihan ko..