Life in Rhyme

OJT Day 7 – Change of Quota

As usual, the office was soooo cold it made me so sleepy + slouchy and too lazy to work but I have to start on something because Joyce is progressing in importing those product rates. So I have convinced myself to be vigorous.

As I was starting to put my hands into the desktop, my phone rang. Who could it be? As I checked it, it was Sheila (I wondered) but when I answered it, there was a male voice who was talking to me. To found out, it was JM! They are my batch mates who already graduated; congratulations to them!! And they are already in Manila, with Dave and David (I think they are living in the same roof) they are looking for a job and I think, from what I’ve heard, some of them have already found one; another congratulations! I am so happy + envious for them! Haha! Anyways, they called to check how I was doing. (That was so sweet of them. Awwww.. n_n). But they jumped in immediately to the root of their call, because the reason why they called me was to ask if I have already decided to attend Lady GaGa’s Born This Way Ball because if I do, they’ll be asking me to stay with them. (Awwww…. You guys are always a blessing!) I thanked them for their offer but I’m still not sure though because I am reaching for that P15, 000 patron area ticket which is not impossible but too ideal. They too also want to see Gaga but they said they are still not getting any salary at of this moment. But they were still trying to convince me to go and why not just buy the General Admission ticket which is very much cheaper. For the whole conversation I was almost talking to them in whisper because we are just in the same room with our supervisor. So we decided to say our goodbyes and looking forward to see each other if ever I will push this thru.

Yeah it got me thinking + made my day very active and eager to work. Hmmmnn… Thinking to get this opportunity to see Gaga with any resources that I am having! #BornThisWayBallManila here I come!!! PAWS UP!!

OJT Day 8 - Whitelisted

“YOU HAVE LIMITED ACCESS DUE TO EXCESSIVE INTERNET USAGE.” These are the words that appeared in our browser whenever we direct ourselves to 9gag, tumblr, facebook, twitter and others! Duration: 7 days!! O_____O Are you kidding me?? This office couldn’t get any more boring –er. Now we have to endure the tedious process of importing the product rates + organizing them without any breaks or whatsoever but sleeping is an option though. Ugghhh?! I asked Joyce why did we let this happen + why we didn’t see this is going to happen! K! There’s nothing we can do about this, we were not briefed, we were not informed and we were not aware. We have to fill in the boring atmosphere in the room and just wait after 7 days to get back again and may have the chance to be BLACKLISTED!!! WHAT THE FVCK?!?!?!?! Joyce, we must learn our lesson. We must learn + try to only use the internet only during break time. Tsk tsk tsk! 

OJT Day 6 – Frostbitten

Our office is undeniably cold! And the air conditioner is positioned straight thru our workstation. It was just bearable in the past few days but today was different - the temperature was 20 degrees Celsius, I think it was lower in the past days because I can literally feel the difference. The bloods under my fingernails are unusually dark. And I can’t almost feel my nose. It is so much warmer outside the office, so every now and then I have to go out to recover my body temperature + tomorrow, I will look for another sweater that is thicker than what I have been wearing. Soundtrack for the day: Big Bang’s ALIVE – they were also frostbitten in their promotional posters, because they were so hot, the ice would melt and also my heart. HAHA!

OJT Day 5 – I Need Cash

Our supervisor gave us our duty for the rest of our training. Finally! Instead of us waiting for another set of bills to be printed, another dumped AMA tapes to be loaded and operating the bills, we will be now working + busy in every minute and be productive. It is just a simple task but there are a whole lot of records to work on. Our supervisor needs a copy of the database of their product rates from their system and all we have to do is to import their product rates to Microsoft Excel + we need to group each city based on the products that they are using. Thru long hours of sitting + typing + scanning + focusing on the monitor, in between talks + laugh trips with Joyce is always a way to miss out boredom. From future plans, wild imaginations to personal life, love life and etc; it was a good way to keep us active. I was thinking for another topic, where I opened up my crazy plans of getting an amount of P20, 000 in a span of one month, that it became our whole buzz for that day. What I planned:

• Ask for a 1 peso in each person here in Cagayan de Oro
• Write a letter 
• Will dance for a peso
• Online job
• Lotto
• Scavenge for scraps

What Joyce suggested:

• Sell out my stuffs 
• Look for an American sponsor/chat mate 
• Ask for donations online
• Work in a gay bar
• Dance Instructor
• Prostitute
• Join “Wish Ko Lang”
• SwerTres

I was laughing the whole time while Joyce was teasing me. But honestly I am serious about this, for as much as possible while I have this chance of seeing my Mother Monster live on stage I will find the most possible ways to earn that money (By also assessing the position that I am going to take of course) *ANY SUGGESTIONS GUYS?!   

OJT Day 3 – CONFIRMED!!!!!

We learned how to load AMA tapes today. Also we printed out another set of bills. It was just an ordinary day until, uuhhh let me tell you why:

It was already afternoon and our tasks were divided. Our supervisor assigned me to check the printed bills + prepare them to be delivered while she and Joyce did the operation of the bills from the AMA tapes that were loaded. Joyce already got the advantage over me in operating the bills for this was an opportunity for her to review how it was thoroughly done. Tsk! And after we completed our tasks, Joyce told me that our supervisor was asking things about us while they were operating the bills. Here is their conversation as Joyce explained:

Supervisor: Are you and Jamel good friends?

Joyce: Yes Ma’am.

Supervisor: Are you classmates?

Joyce: Yes Ma’am.

Supervisor: Do you have a boyfriend?

Joyce: Yes Ma’am.

Supervisor: Are you and your boyfriend classmates?

Joyce: No Ma’am.

Supervisor: *nods* Is he not taking the same course as you?

Joyce: No Ma’am, he is a Business Management student.

Supervisor: awww.. So how about Jamel?

Joyce: Naaahh… He is looking for a boyfriend Ma’am.

Supervisor: Ahhhhh! Now my mind is clear! He is not really straight!!

BOOOOOOM!!!!!!! ROFLMFAO!!!!! HAHAHAA!!! Well what can I say, another blinded victim! HAHAHA.. But my supervisor is not the only one. It was already 5PM so our day here is done. Joyce and I were in the canteen deciding whether or not to stay for a while because it was already raining. As Joyce and I were talking, I glanced at my back and saw our supervisor and her friend, where I overheard them:

Supervisor: Uuuyy!! CONFIRMEEEEED!!!!!!!

Friend: I already know!

Supervisor: How come?

Friend: I asked him! Haha.. Just kidding.. You can already predict by looking at him.

Supervisor: Haha! Are you friends?! LOL!! I know right?! LOL!!!

WHAT THAAAAAA?!?!??!!? SERIOUSLY??!!? YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT ME LITERALLY BEHIND MY BACK!??!?! HOOOMYGAASSHH?!?!?!! HAHAHAA! This is just normal for me to be wondered to. But what is not normal is hearing them talking about their thoughts about me. Hmmmnnn…  Sorry if I cannot please your thoughts Madame and tomorrow I’ll be as flamboyant as I want to because thanks to Joyce, it was already cleared out. *I doubt.. LOL!

OJT Day 2 –BILLS, BILLS, BILLS

For the whole day this song has been playing inside my head and some moments I was singing it. Let’s see why:

I thought for our second day of training, we will be given a task to handle the operation of the billing process but instead we were taught how to print bills -  those were company bills, business bills, residence bills and others ranging from notification for disconnection and the due amount that they will be paying. It will be printed by cycles and places. Imagine how many telephone users in just one place we could print hundreds of papers. After printing, we have to check and see if there are no lacking bills. Then we have to pack it up and label it to be ready for delivery.

What a busy + productive day I think maybe we will be experiencing more on this for a couple of days because it is almost payday.

OJT – Day 1: SURVIVED!

I’m done with the first 8 hours of my OJT .Wooohh! What an accomplishment! Now there are 232 more working hours left!  Haha! I can get used to this formal attire. It made me looked smart and respectable. And we have our own daily time record I will try my very best to wake up early and not be late. So how was my first day in a telephone company?

• We were assigned in the billing system so we were given a manual about billing operations to read and to understand its whole processes.
• The concept is that, we will monitor phone calls that are made in a specific telephone number and in a specific city. From local to domestic calls, long distance and to mobile phones.
• We can track a specific telephone number and know where does this telephone number belong and we can see the telephone calls that he/she has made.
• Our supervisor was very kind. He taught us each step + the commands and tried to explain it in a lay man’s term.
• We are using a computer application that has the attributes of an assembly language so we use command lines in operating each process.
• During sorting, converting and integrating processes, we have to wait 30 minutes or for some 2-3 hours for it to load and be ready for the next process.
• Each operation is needed to be recorded for documentation.
• That’s the whole operation for only one city; this company is the main branch, so how many cities do you think this company handles?
• During those long waiting hours, my partner and I were sleeping alternately + the cold and freezing + boring room makes you yawn and do some stretching exercises! I think by the end of this training our complexion will be fairer and hopefully gain some weight.
• The foods in their canteen are so cheap. More money can go to my savings and maybe I’ll get a chance to attend The Born This Way Ball!!!!!!

Another 8 hours for tomorrow! And maybe we will be the one handling those processes! Good luck to us! Haha!

Goodbye Pompadour!

I decided to take my pompadour hairstyle to a rest. So I go back to the basics with my one sided bangs. Actually I was planning to get a crew cut but I got scared + doubtful. It is not that I don’t like pompadours anymore, it is just that I got too tired in maintaining it + at the end of the day my hair will dry up and it will become frisky. So I tried to play it safe for tomorrow will be the start of my On-the-Job Training because during the days of this summer, some of us trainees are required to wear corporate or formal attire and I am one of those. I need to look good and be presentable because this is a big company. And someday who knows, if they will like my work ethics + my personality maybe they will absorb me after I graduate if and only if I will be still willing to work with them, we’ll see.