Life Under Construction

The last two weeks have been a test of endurance.  Obviously, my time management was very poor.  Failing to get vl approval on my duty days, I’ve gone through days twice as long.  One whole shift of work then six hours of hospital duty in a land far, far away.  Kumusta naman ang aking mga mata? This gives a new meaning to the term ‘double life’.  I wonder if Hermione (Harry Potter) went through the same level of toxicity when she was going back in time.  In fairness, ngayon ko lang naranasan ang tatlong araw na more or less 8 hours ang tulog ko.  San ka pa?! Hehehe… I’ve been going to our company clinic almost daily to have my BP checked.  Miraculously normal after days of no sleep.  Ibang klase talaga… Feeling ko bumabawi na lang ang katawan ko sa memory gap.  Pang-enervon prime commercial na ata ang lola niyo.  Memory’s never been good but it’s getting worse.

    At eto pa ang malala, I’m getting moved to US Prime Collections.  I’m still an Outbound collector but this time collecting from people with better credit histories.  Bottomline, it’s a major change.  Work was supposed to be stable. Study & duty skeds are really bound to go whack but not my work.  Anyway, I was just advised last Monday and training starts tomorrow.  Kumusta naman ang adjustment period?  Honestly, I didn’t have time to react emotionally.  My teammates did however.  Na-touch naman ako.  Muntik na akong maiyak but I held it.  What is a seasoned agent?  By now, I should be used to changing teams but you never really get used to being separated from people you’ve shared moments with.  Naks!  Nasesenti ako… after 4 days hehehe… kasi naman ala na kong tulog nung sinabi nila, may duty case presentation pa akong inaalala.  Buti na lang tapos na. 

Speaking of presentations, I’d like to commend my groupmates for a job well done=)  Alan, our dakilang leader, sounded like the expert Biology graduate that he is.  Mike, even with the least lines, can afford to joke about it - sense of humor is always a plus.  Jay Ann, Ms. Nursing ka talaga!  Buod na buod ang ni-report mo pero malaman.  Dorine,ang aming Amazona - deadma lang kahit walang acetate.  At may special participation si Papa Dee niya - kung hindi, ala kaming irereport=)  Karren,  our keen observer, is at performance level as well with a very thorough NCP - dalagang Pilipina w/hankerchief to boot;p Bryan, your rationale for the meds used - ang galing, talagang pinag-isipan.  Ella, our Ms. Pampanga, exuded this air of femininity and gentleness with matching lab test expertise - wag kayong maniwala diyan, makulit at madaldal talaga yan mwahaha..  Of course, Ja and Jing the unbeatable duo;p  Everything has an answer, everything a coverup… hehehe… Nevermind if Ma’am Clemente is always behind our backs.  Anything for the grade, right?  Ewan ko ba.  Bilib na bilib ako sa grupo ko.  Ang tatalino at masisipag- alang freeloader.  Everyone whines a bit over extra work but we still do it anyway… and do it well.  Naks, love ko ‘to.  Kaya popcorn ulit tayo pagdating sa MS presentation… promise yan;p   Hmm, what else?  Oo nga pala, thanks to my groupmates in Eng8 - ang galing natin kanina.  Simple but effective yung discussion.  Nevermind the rotten microphones, they got our point naman, di ba?  Awesome talaga tayo!

  Tsk,tsk… I’m running out of time again - need to catch up with my sleep while I still have time.  Ok, one last run…  Despite the stress over the changes at work and projects at school, I get by with God, friends and family.  By now, I have learned that it’s useless to worry over things I can’t control such as work change.  God has a way of arranging my sked for me.  Quite unbelievable.  Last year pa ako sinuswerte sa sked at sa health.  Other than the occasional dysmennorrhea and colds, I’m pretty healthy. He even put Arnie with me in the group going to Prime.  Man, I really need a friendly face during training. And did I mention, I passed all my midterm exams?  Sige, Eise, magbuhat ka pa ng sariling bangko…;p  Team Tart, I love you guys!  Don’t worry - by hook or by crook I’m going to our outing.  I’ll cook spicy tuna carbonara as promised;p  As for family, Ma is still Superwoman helping me out with projects.  Si Papa, as always, concerned. LM, my kachikahan. Don…is Don… Bato ang katawan pero kengkoy na mamon ang laman.  Roj, my bro-friend, thanks for our DQ Sundays…  kunwari with a boyfriend on an ice cream date pero kapatid lang pala hehehe…. Yeah, life is fun.  And it always balances out.  A shorter memory can actually be an advantage.  I tend to forget the hellish days and just remember happy, shining moments.  haay, yun lang po… Nytynyt!

Yes! Midterms is over…  Well, almost over - pasaway kasi itong English 8 class ko.  Nagpahuli pa talaga.  Saturday na nga - hindi pa ko pagbigyan ng prof na kunin after my shift at work.  Tama ba yun?  Anyway, the heavies are done.  Fatima nga naman - the land where you can get samplex reviewers, outlines in almost any corner… photocopying corner, that is.  And they wonder why we top the boards?!  Take for example OB, MS and OR - each of them has a samplex.  The MS and OR ones are negligible.   But OB, now that’s the bummer.  According to sources, they just put the questions in a different order.  Good luck na lang sa mga di nakakaalam tungkol sa samplex like moi.  I’m not saying that the people who got them didn’t study.  It’ s just the idea that I didn’t know about it ahead of time - then, dreading the day I get the results while everybody else is just waiting for confirmation.  Man, I need the extra points.   MS was okay, I think.  I dunno I don’t feel confident about this midterms.  I’m just glad it’s almost over.  At today’s OR and CCM, I was having an out-of-body  experience.  Hehehe, what is lutang?  No drugs necessary;p

Buti na rin at nakahinga ako.  Now, I can finally go online and browse without feeling guilty about not reviewing.  Perhaps I should feel more guilty about scheduling a team reunion just before midterms.  But, nah… madalang lang ito.   It took two years.  The last time I arranged something like this - we were down to four or five.  Now, we’re at 9! Hehehe… San ka pa?!  A difference of four people is quite big almost 100% increase na rin yun noh!  More stories, more chika… sayang at di nakarating yung dapat hahabol… Giniguilt trip ko ba?  Hindi naman.  Sayang lang talaga.  The attendees were former TL Kris, TL Erica, Gela, Pielle, Drew, Dih, Bobby, Raquel (Bobby’s gf) and moi=)  We had lunch at Big Buddha, which I kept calling Superbowl in Greenbelt.  Sorry, guys!  My mistake;p   As usual, girls came in first.  Chika minute ito;p  Kris is leading a normal life with Metrobank being project development mgr - did i get that right?  Gela is still with ePerformax - what is being the voice of the dumb? Di lang nila alam, ang kagandahan sa likod ng boses - alang biro, gumaganda ang bruha;p Erica is finally MO at HDPP - naks! And I bet, a bunch of boylets with that soccer thing going on.  Pielle is with Dell - I smell a promotion coming=)  Dih is a TM for Sykes where he boasts of getting quite a lot of benefits.  Ahem… libre naman diyan.  Yun nga lang, multiple families to take care of=P   Bobby’s the IT department at a pharmaceutical company - yes, he’s the one and only IT dude there.  And Drew has finally settled down with Macky.  Business is doing okay.  Sabi niya getting by… Hmmph, if I know humble ka lang=)    After lunch, we had a photoshoot with Pielle.  Wow, would you look at that camera?  I swear,  pro na pro ang dating!  There was this picture of Gela na talagang pang-coffetable book.  It actually reminded Drew of another kind of book… tsk, tsk, still the dirty mind…  joke lang, Drew! hehehe…  Sayang lang at may pamatay akong singaw.  The exact location of this inflamed mouth sore is just underneath my nose, the gum area right above my left front tooth  - making laughing and smiling properly quite a pain.  So painful that laughing at jokes made me cry.  I swear! Sa susunod na photoshoot, naka-beauty rest na ako.   Of course, magaling din ang photographer - hehehe, kaya Pielle parati mong dalhin ang camera for docu;p  After almost two hours of chika, nag-uwian na ang iba.  Iwan kami nila Drew, Gela at Dih.  We went to Max Brenner.  I think si Drew pa lang ang nakakapasok dun.  Very nice alternative to the coffee places around though a bit more expensive.  I’m not really into chocolate but they really make good uns - for drink or dessert=)  Mukhang mababalikan ko ito…  And now, it’s time for my rest… Wonder if I’ll be up to going back to work tonight?