Calling all Cebu-based bloggers.

Why Don’t We All Convene?

I finished a heavy duty report just a few minutes ago and it took me almost 2 hours to complete. -Sigh- I can now breathe. Back to blogging. Yeah, I admit that this blog has been going dormant and this is actually my fault. I have been very busy at work trying to absorb reports, statistics, and emails. In fact, I’m in the office most of the time checking and double-checking the reports, making the team stats and nosebleeding on my agents’ attitude problem. Worse, I still don’t have broadband access at home. I need to pay my bills, fast. Well, at least I can still access my blog at work. haha! As for my twitter account, it has been surf-controlled just today. Darn. Too bad.

On a serious note, last Sunday was not a good time for me. I was baptized on fire, as they (other supervisors) call it. It was my first time to be alone taking care of the OPs Floor and it’s in the GraveYard shift. Although, I have been taking care of the OPs Floor alone for a few times but that was on the AM shift. Sunday was different. Wohooo! I thought I’d never make it but surprisingly I did. Haha. By the time I ended the 14 hour shift I was ready to break down and collapse. And yeah, I did, at the comfort of my bed. I woke up 10 hours later. I was supposed to have 3 rest days but I had to cover the operations because the other Supervisors are on a team building - without me. “Without me” is another story.

Wednesday. I came in 30 minutes before my scheduled time-in. The moment I entered the OPs Floor I knew something’s up. I opened my 150+ emails and carefully read through each of them. I was almost done reading all the emails and flagging those that needs to be flagged when a Supervisor (who used to be my Supervisor too) told me she needs to talk to me about something. I knew it - this was it.

I had to brace myself when she delivered the news. It was kinda sad (on my part) and I know they’re happy with it. Yet again, I have to accept the fact that they’re leaving. They’re - because she’s not the only one but there’s 3 of them. One of them used to be my supervisor who taught me a lot. It never occured to me that they’ll be leaving this soon. I’ve come to love them but there are things we have to let go. My question is why this soon?

Well, that’s Life.

Well, I have been brought up as a kid watching television from morning til’ the evening. Primetime Telenovelas are already part of our Filipino culture. And yes, I admit that I, too, love telenovelas. Anyway, for the past 3 weeks watching primetime shows has been part of my daily routine. Yes, I watch Lobo. Haha! I even watch Pinoy Big Brother Teen Edition Plus. And there’s where the problem lies. The first time I watched PBB I thought it is nice but after a few episodes I’m thinking How crazy the show’s producers are. Can you just imagine these Teens hugging each other intimately in front of national television. It’s gross! Yeah, I am somewhat conservative but what these teens are acting way over the limit. No wonder Teenage pregnancy is such a hit.

Now take a look at these photos…

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Well, I’m pretty sure American Idol Fans are debating who’s gonna win Season 7. For me it has be David, not Archuleta but Cook. David Cook.

Who do you think will win Tuesday’s performance for the Final Three. Let’s take a look…(as I’ve said My Take)

ROUND ONE: The songs were picked by the judges themselves.

David Archuleta - He sang “And so it goes” chosen by Paula Abdul. Again, he changed the song to my dislike. But I think the song was a good choice for him. His voice was just too perfect. Well, I listened to Billy Joel’s original version and yeah David wasn’t able to give justice. Too bad. I guess an average viewer might have liked his version but for me, it’s nah.

Syesha Mercado - She’s up with my personal fave artist Alicia Keys. She sang “If I ain’t got you” Randy Jackson picked the song. For me, Syesha sounded like Alicia but lacked the emotion I was looking for in that song. Overall, she gave a “performance” but as the judges would say “this was not her best.”

David Cook - He nailed Roberta Flack’s “The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face.” This time, the song was picked by wicked Simon Cowell. The song was rather slow and I admit it was his usual style. But he nailed it. He gave justice. I bet Cook’s fans would download this song.

Yeah, ROUND ONE goes to…. DAVID, not Archuleta but Cook. David Cook.

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It is exactly 2 weeks today when our Internet got disconnected. I know it was our fault. Haha. We don’t have the time to go to Globe Payment Center and pay the bills. Lazy meh, I mean us. And so after 2 months of not paying attention to the Notice of Disconnection, we got what we deserved. lols. Now, I have to live for a few weeks without internet. Although, I can browse some websites in the office but I’m afraid to get reprimanded by our IT Administrator. Haha. Anyway, I have a lot of photo albums to upload, sites to visit, social networking accounts to update, and yet it’s still gonna be a long time before we get the internet connection restored. I’m getting frustrated of just staying at home watching Lobo when all of the blogosphere is in chaos. lols. I feel so left behind. Well, as I’ve said we got what we deserve. 

It seems that I’m being left behind on what’s happening in the blogosphere. Although I’m with twitter all the time, still I’m pretty late.  Well, I guess I need to make my schedule a little bit more flexible this time. I hopped into Migs and Blogie’s Blogs, I was kinda shocked when both their entries got the WordCamp Logo and yeah with Philippines on it. Could it be? Philippines’ very own WordCamp?

Well, YEAH… it is here.

WordCamp Philippines 2008 is here.

Check the Official Site at http://philippines.wordcamp.org/

I just hope I can free up my schedules so I can join this. **crossing fingers**

Image courtesy of Blogie.

I was quite apprehensive when my manager called me at 5am giving the responsibility to take over someone else’s team and that was three weeks ago. That’s when my life started to spin 360 degrees.

I was in the middle of a dream when suddenly my phone rang. like a dedicated Phone Advisor, I picked it up before the line gets disconnected. The first time I said hello there was no response on the other end so I disconnected the call. I was supposed to doze off but a few seconds later my phone rang again. This time I answered quite rudely. I was pretty ashamed when on the other end came a familiar voice - it was my Manager! He asked me if I was disturbed from sleep and like a good kid I said “No, it is okay.” He gave a quick introduction on the reason for his calling. He asked me if I’m ready to take another challenge and I said “Yes, I love challenges.” He proposed that I’d taking responsibility of someone else’s team and it’s gonna be in less than a week. wohoooo! there. I got the challenge.

Now, after almost 3 weeks taking care of the team. I wonder how long would it take me to tame my super “pasaway” representatives. Knowing that my team is composed of tenured representatives, I should’ve expected their reactions, problems, and demands. I was caught off-guard. The fact that they’re “somewhat” disrespecting me is too much. I sought help from my manager to sort things out and I believe it’ll turn out fine. This morning we just had the weekly Ops Meeting and my reps’ issues were discussed  and we’ve come up to some solutions. *Sigh*

Now, I feel what my Team Leader felt when I was kinda “pasaway” 2 years ago. It’s like you want to poke them with needles until their bodies become dry from loss of blood. Brutal. Haha. But I guess I’m doing alright. I know I can manage this. I’ll make it through. I just know.

I can now breathe. I can now catch up to the things I love. Like uh, blogging? bloghopping? hmm…. what else… oooh yeah… shopping and I almost forgot - the beach. Oops… I just had my Bohol Escape last weekend. Lol. *Sigh*. Life really is amazing.