Down Under
Sheila's now on board Flight PR0209 bound for Melbourne, Australia. She'll be attending her cousin's wedding around two weeks from now. That actually also serves as an answer to her long-awaited vacation since graduation. She's been there when she was a kid and from then on has been dreaming to come back to visit again and tour around. She'll be away for around seven weeks (I hope not longer than that) so I'll be pretty available on weekends. Not that I'm "selling" myself while she's gone (and I'm sure she'll kill me if that's what I really mean) but if you have some stuff happening on weekends, kindly invite me!
Sheila, take care there and enjoy! Miss you!:)
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Thinking of how I'm looking for what to do on weekends for the coming weeks reminds me of how my life has been from the time I started working. You see, I feel old. Not in the age-sense-of-old but old in the sense that I have been in my job for over a year now (started May '06). And that's quite a big feat for me already since they say, majority of Ateneans tends to be discontented or adventurous with their career choices right after college. Compared to friends who have actually switched jobs once or twice during the same span of time, I have stuck myself in the same company. This (staying in the job), honestly, I do not regret. There are frustrations, yes, and sometimes little depressions which I wish will end by the end-of-the-year (hint, hint, pray, pray).
Sheila and I are busy with what we do. Sheila helps run their family business and she spends time in the office every morning and runs work errands, meets clients and does other business stuff in the afternoon. I, on the other hand, spend at least 12 hours of every day in the office and added to that, also work from home early in the morning and even after I get home which, I actually don't mind as long as I find myself productive. The best thing about consulting is that it's not a routine-type of job, it might have a process but it does not necessarily mean you go from A to B then to C. There are a lot of surprises (unforeseen or might have been already predictable) that come your way. What you do this week is something you won't do next week. You start another task or agenda different from last week's and what's good is that you see the effects of what you do right away. We have timelines and we have to stick to that. But, anyway, I digressed.
The point is, we actually just see each other on weekends (that's why I am seldom with others during these days) and occassionally on weekdays when she passes by Ortigas. That's how much time we only have for each other. But she understands and I feel so happy just knowing that. In consulting, we control our own time and I can always have things my way. But the truth is, a lot of things other than work can affect our time for the other, right? Just think that I live in Makati and she lives in Antipolo and even if someone says that it should not be a problem, that someone might be a) thinking that the next day's gonna be a weekend and there's no need to save energy to go to work the next day or b) just plainly doesn't know geography. Even if someone has an 8-5 job, there's still uncertainty of seeing one another; much more, even if you are single, there's still not enough time to spend time even with your family.
And this actually is how my almost one and a half years at work has been. Again, I repeat, I don't regret being in this situation. I am happy in what I do (or am I just telling myself I'm happy? But that's another story. You see a lot of things affect work, right?).
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Related to work, we're gonna transfer to Eastwood on the 15th of this month. We will be in a bigger, much better office in Cyberone's 8th floor. That Monday also marks my 17th month in the firm.
On a sad note, we just discovered last Friday night that there's a very very stomach-filling meal that costs P95 in San Miguel Food Shop. A half roasted chicken and a serving of rice! The kind of chicken you can buy from Andok's or Kenny Roger's but tastier and juicier! And man, if we had only tried buying from that store before - when in fact, we've been buying dinner every once in a while at Jollibee just beside that place! Oh my!
Anyway, finally, after many delays, we're transfering to Libis-landia! I wonder how my logistics will be. By the way, are any of you guys working there? We can meet up!
Sheila, take care there and enjoy! Miss you!:)
******
Thinking of how I'm looking for what to do on weekends for the coming weeks reminds me of how my life has been from the time I started working. You see, I feel old. Not in the age-sense-of-old but old in the sense that I have been in my job for over a year now (started May '06). And that's quite a big feat for me already since they say, majority of Ateneans tends to be discontented or adventurous with their career choices right after college. Compared to friends who have actually switched jobs once or twice during the same span of time, I have stuck myself in the same company. This (staying in the job), honestly, I do not regret. There are frustrations, yes, and sometimes little depressions which I wish will end by the end-of-the-year (hint, hint, pray, pray).
Sheila and I are busy with what we do. Sheila helps run their family business and she spends time in the office every morning and runs work errands, meets clients and does other business stuff in the afternoon. I, on the other hand, spend at least 12 hours of every day in the office and added to that, also work from home early in the morning and even after I get home which, I actually don't mind as long as I find myself productive. The best thing about consulting is that it's not a routine-type of job, it might have a process but it does not necessarily mean you go from A to B then to C. There are a lot of surprises (unforeseen or might have been already predictable) that come your way. What you do this week is something you won't do next week. You start another task or agenda different from last week's and what's good is that you see the effects of what you do right away. We have timelines and we have to stick to that. But, anyway, I digressed.
The point is, we actually just see each other on weekends (that's why I am seldom with others during these days) and occassionally on weekdays when she passes by Ortigas. That's how much time we only have for each other. But she understands and I feel so happy just knowing that. In consulting, we control our own time and I can always have things my way. But the truth is, a lot of things other than work can affect our time for the other, right? Just think that I live in Makati and she lives in Antipolo and even if someone says that it should not be a problem, that someone might be a) thinking that the next day's gonna be a weekend and there's no need to save energy to go to work the next day or b) just plainly doesn't know geography. Even if someone has an 8-5 job, there's still uncertainty of seeing one another; much more, even if you are single, there's still not enough time to spend time even with your family.
And this actually is how my almost one and a half years at work has been. Again, I repeat, I don't regret being in this situation. I am happy in what I do (or am I just telling myself I'm happy? But that's another story. You see a lot of things affect work, right?).
******
Related to work, we're gonna transfer to Eastwood on the 15th of this month. We will be in a bigger, much better office in Cyberone's 8th floor. That Monday also marks my 17th month in the firm.
On a sad note, we just discovered last Friday night that there's a very very stomach-filling meal that costs P95 in San Miguel Food Shop. A half roasted chicken and a serving of rice! The kind of chicken you can buy from Andok's or Kenny Roger's but tastier and juicier! And man, if we had only tried buying from that store before - when in fact, we've been buying dinner every once in a while at Jollibee just beside that place! Oh my!
Anyway, finally, after many delays, we're transfering to Libis-landia! I wonder how my logistics will be. By the way, are any of you guys working there? We can meet up!