Stuff-Less and Boring Offs (Killing Me!)

And I was lying in my bed the whole day again thinking of things that might give me satisfaction for this day. Think! Think! Think! None has come my way and my mind thus I decided to just stay on bed and wait when my phone would alert me for some messages. For about 4 hours, I received 1 message. Such a dull life and day. 

Afternoon came and still I run out of things to think and do. I went upstairs to see if my downloads were up (Glee Season 2 Episodes 10 to 14)! Crap! One is left after 12 hours of downloading it. The Serendipity soundtrack though was already downloaded thus it gave me time to browse whats inside. Good to listen songs but my ears will always be stuck to Annie Lennox version of "Waiting In Vain". Gees! Serendipity has come to my mind so I went downstairs and grab my DVD cases full of movie CDs. I picked up Serendipity and run it on the player. 

For about 2 hours, I was still stunned by how the Serendipity movie goes. After all, its my favorite movie of all time. 

So I was done watching the movie and I need to think of another thing to do. Sigh! None has come my mind again. I went upstairs and check if the downloads are good. Thanks God! I got 8 season 2 episodes for GLEE (7 to 14). So I deliberately watched the previous episodes which I have watched already. I guess Episode 11 is the latest episode but I started with episode 7. 

Now, its 8:00PM, I have nothing left to do. What else can make me busy? My phone just got an alert for a message. Grabbed it and read my friends messages. Its sad to say but before the day ends, my phone has just gave me 7 messages in total. Or should I stopped my "divert"option and have it working normally for my number. 

Read a blog about "ILUSTRADO". A book that I have just bought the last 2 weeks ago and I guess that would be my cue to keep me busy. Reading the book. But first, i need to get me something for my tummy and something for my 'umay"moments, COFFIN NAILS!

Such a boring life to live. I hope I could go out sometimes with people that I can have fun times with. Invites please. :-)

The Case of "icks" vs "x"

A lot of confusion with words would always appear in front of us. Spelling matter I mean. There are times when we, ourselves, is not able to spell out a word correctly when the fact remains that we have encounter that word for almost everyday of our lives. Or sometimes, to avoid confusion, we tend to make the word abbreviated. Of course this is a defense mechanisn against critics who would dare check on your spelling ability especially during this era when "texting" is some what a trend. Words were shortened, short-cut and sometimes changed to a different way just to go with the trend.

Take the word "would" for example. For texters, this could be spelled as "wud" or sometimes "wod". It depends on the texter actually. The reason for this might be because they want to spend less time and more words for a P1 worth text.

Anyways, this does not concern my rant. The thing is, I have been so clear when I say my name, "BRIX" whenever one is asking me. A lot of cases like people misspelling my name is really a pain in my head.

Starbucks is my favorite coffee place in the whole world and yes I like how they treat their customers especially when they ask for your name to be written on you coffee cup or that Venti cup for them not to mess up the orders.

Should I say it had happened to me 4 times now when they would spell my name as "BRICKS" instead of the for letter name "BRIX". Don't they know that most people with the name Brix uses "x" instead of "icks"? Gees! My rant is too shallow I know but sometimes this makes sense. Names are important to be spelled correctly to avoid complications in the future.

Imagine yourself acquiring government related papers and if your name is misspelled, it is such a case of a pain in your head thus we should let them know and we should check that everything is spelled right. We can't afford to start all over again co'z it would take extra time and extra effort just to have things fixed.

Rant, rant and rant. I guess this is me becoming old.

The Baker King (Korean Soap)

So goes my first day of the 2 days off. Another slacking day and has been all the time lying while watching TV. This is one of those usual things that I am on when I am out of the office. A little sip of something for refreshment and some stuff for my stomach. 

I have been a fan of Korean Soap-Operas thus this has been one of my past times. Korean soaps are far more filled with emotions and great twists of stories. That's one thing that I always love with Korean series. 

Have watched a lot of Korean soaps and for the last 4 days, I was focused on this "Baker King" soap opera. The last 3 days has not been a continuous one but i ended with 9 episodes and just for this day, the 10th until the last episode. 

I heard that this was aired in the Philippines already and was dubbed in our own language to fit the masses. GMA was the one who aired the program but I really don't like how they dub Korean soaps. I'd prefer ABS-CBN when it comes to perfect dubbing of this Asian TV shows.

"Baker King" is a 30-episode soap thus I started playing it from 4:30AM up til 11:00PM. An eye soaring activity for the day plus I have got no eye-closing yet and it turned my eyes eyes red now. 

This is a story of rivalry, kinship, power, greed, family, friendship, freedom and dreams. Its got a lot of twist and a lot of tear-jerking scenes that could really touch your soft sides. I never cried though but there were some scenes that could really touch your heart. You will surely get something to learn from this soap and lines that will put a mark in your brains. 

Main character Kim Tak Gu has never dream of becoming someone great but it was his call to be in the future as he was a son of a Bread Industry mogul. He never knew from the start that his life is more than what he have endured during his younger years. It was then when he was 12 years old when his mother Kim Mi Sun introduced him to wealthy family and to his father. Too young by then, he was shocked by the revelation but has still wanted to stay as a low profile child until he matures. He does not want to play a great person in the future co'z it was never par of his dream but for his mother. 

This was the cause on the never ending tale of ups and downs, tears and happiness, revenge and success for Tak Gu. For a period of 12 years after his mother was kidnapped, his life was programmed by his own self to look for his long lost mother. When he found the person who took his mother, by then he was introduced to the world of bread-making and another twists and turns were revealed for the unending search of freedom and dreams. 

He was then starting to love the new passion in bread making. He has the edge to the other bakers as he possesses a special sense of smell in which was prophetically said to be an unbeatable bread-maker. On his journey to this world, he found a rival in the name Sae Tae Jo which in the latter part of the story was proclaimed as his younger half-brother Gu Man Ju who has also been dreaming of becoming the next mogul in Bread Making in exchange of their father. 

But fate has always been good for Tak Gu thus giving more reason for Man Ju to envy the sibling. Man Ju has been in search of recognition from his father thus he entered the bread making world. Not only was his father's recognition was at stake. When he met the child-turned to-lady Shin Yu Kyung (Tak Gu's childhood friend and later has become his girlfriend) he wanted to take away Yu Kyung from Tak Gu by means of winning in the bread making competition. 

Tak Gu's fate has always been inclined with troubles and revenge from the people around him. Despite of this, his pure heart and smiling face has always win and would allow his villains to further put him down but they are unable to fully take Tak Gu. 

It ended well for Tak Gu and his mother as they both were back on each other's arms and Tak Gu have touch many people that he have encountered in the entire play. 

Anyways, all I can say is that I love the story and I love Korean soaps.

A Valentine Memory

The last time I checked, Valentines day has already ended. An annual celebration of love all over the world but not for all. I just spent all the time at work and work and more work. Such a boring kind of life. Such a loser as they say. 

But no, I ain't a loser co'z I was once able to celebrate this feast of the hearts along time ago. My very first and very ever formal Valentine date. This was way back 1999. I don't know why it just came out of my mind and never did I realize that it haunt me. 

Last night, I browsed my Friendster account co'z I have been searching for someone that has played a great role why I started to feel like Valentines Day is a special day to cherish memories and spend time with your special someone. 

This was the very first girl I took for a Valentines Date. A formal invitation and a memorable one for me. 

Her name is Cristy De Villa. Her family call her Ynte. I call her Miss Asa Rin and she wanted to be called Tricsy. 

Cristy was of my same age. We meet way back 1998 in Edsa Crossing where I worked in her Tita's novelty shop. She was a working student by then and she was working at the same place I work though specially on weekends and on days that she's got no schedule to go to school. 

It all started with love notes and love letters. I, myself, has been fond of writing down anything that i could think of in a poem. I have her as my coach by then. I let her read my compositions until such time, I came to realize that she became the apple of my eye. 

We started to please each other when one night we are talking serious things about our family and experiences. She was by then busy with her school work but I guess that time I was so eager to look for someone to talk with. And so, I grabbed her attention and we started talking as if we have known each other for a long time. That was the start of a good friendship. 

Cristy was the kind of girl who was born a fighter. Need not to tell you though why I'd say so. There are limitations that I need not to tell. 

She was the only person who told me to stop smoking and yes I did. But when conflicts arose like when her family, sister and even her Tita has figured something like me and her has this "mutual understanding thing", an emotional commotion was triggered to fail thus I feel like I was a loser. 

By then, when conflicts arose, we don't talk face to face but we let our pen and paper do the talking. I cried one night when she told me I can never be someone that she can be with for a special friend. I cried the whole night and I started the melancholy moments of my life with her. 

One night, when she found out that I wasn't the same me that she have known (co'z I become the worst of me), she talked to me face to face and she saw me cry. Those were hours of the turning point again of our relationshipa s special friends for each other. 

On the eve of Valentines day of 1999, I wrote a letter to her asking her if she could be my Valentine Date. She neglected it. But to my surprise, she came to me and let me say the invitation personally. AY! What a night!

The plan was actually to watch movie in Megamall, last full show. 

The night came, nobody from her family and nobody form our colleagues knew that we will be going out that Valentines night. We stroll the sidewalk to Megamall but we were too late co'z the last full show was already closed. We were both dismayed. We decided to take a walk and talk about things but instead of talking things, we were both silent while walking through a food chain which was the last resort. When we are about to cross the road, I grabbed her hands and took her to McDonalds since none was open other than that 24 hour food chain. 

We stayed silent and have not talk much. Both were tongue-tied. There was a time though when we surprisingly opened up a topic so serious that the atmosphere of the environment felt like Love is in the air. Whatever we have talked about, that would remain with the both of us. 

A good start for a special relationship. 

Time has been so cruel though and problem still arose. My being jealous was the issue and my being so silent was one thing that she hates. Co'z I never talk whenever i got a problem. I would just let her see that I bare a problem. 

Anyways, I am still looking for her till now just to properly fix things...

The Employees Pride 2

Ever wonder how it feels to be in a place where in you are limited with your actions? Your words? Co'z I feel like I wanna scream "Putang Ina" inside the office where I work. 

Its around 5pm and everybody has their thing to do. Agents taking calls, TMs checking their agents and we are checking everybody. If you still can remember the UK man that I told you who scolded me for speaking my native tongue, well here is another one worst scenario that has really irritated my day. I don't know why every time ha pass us by I feel like i wanna throw up on his face and have him clean my mess. Gee. This man has really give me the reason to hate being in this campaign. 

He passed us by, me and my colleague. He said "Good afternoon!" with that smile on his face. We need not answer co'z we are too busy with our tasks. But to our surprise he shouted again "Good afternoon!" and we jsut simply looked at him and raised are eye brows. What the fuck does he want? He wanted to be treated like his greetings should be responded? What the hell is the matter with him?

When he still got no reply from us, he looked at us and tried to wait for some words to come out from our mouth. But to no avail he did not receive any words from us. Who the hell cares with his good afternoon? 

To give you some clue, let's put a name into this creature. Let's call him "Mr. Laba Dami". Great name co'z it fits him. 

An hour and a half before my shift ends, my boss called our extension and he want me to go down on his office. I went there and was coached for the previous day's incident (native tongue speaking). But what really surprised me was the fact that Mr. Laba Dami has already dubbed me as "the-guy-with-black-nails" so my boss asked me if I was wearing black manicured nails. I said "yes! the other day when Laba Dami scolded me". It came to my realization that I was dubbed as such because he cannot even remember my name. 

Things like this are apparent in the office. Right now, everything is starting to get clear for me. I need to vacate my position and better look for another office before I could shout at his face. I ain't afraid with him. He is just a stranger in our country. Strangers does not have the right to rule over everybody else especially if he was not on his position to tell me what to do and not to do inside my homeland. 

I am considering the next 2 months as the trial and error part of my journey with my current company. Could get worse during this span of time, quitting is my last option and putting my middle finger up on his face will be my last hurrah!

An Employees Pride

So goes the day today. I am on rest after terrible days at work. Terrible co'z it brought out all the stress and exhaustion in me. I wonder if I can ever live this way while staying in the company. 

The past few weeks has been crucial for us who are left behind. I mean, some of our colleagues have already bade farewell to us and took a new journey in the other company. Sad but we need to focus on what's left for ur us. Me and the remaining people in our department. 

Just last night, I wondered how things have changed this way, DRASTICALLY! Was it due to some competitive price offered or the stress in workload given? Wast it about the management or the person's own decision?

Just last night, I have been scolded for talking my native tongue by someone who I can say has not got the right to tell me since he stands on my native country. I know that it was a policy for the company but screw the policy. This is the Philippines. Our native language is Tagalog and nobody can stop me from talking as such. 

This head-of-the-crappy-campaign that we are put into was such a nobody actually. He just walks around and listens to people talking and when he hears someone talking our native tongue, Progressive Disciplinary! Hello!

This company has been acting weird for the past couple of months. No wonder people come and people go. People stay but with angst to say things against the management. Such a loser company. Such a bunch of hideous management and such a place full of crappy rules.

I am about to turn 3 years in the company. This company has proved me wrong that I can stay here as long as they need me and my service, but not! I am starting to see an empty future continuing my stay with this hell-of-a-place. I have got a lot of options before but i stayed because the workmates I have are super and has been giving me the reason to stay. They are the only people who I can say I can trust and spend time with during lunch break and smoke sessions. They are my family in this company and not the whole management. 

Few days back, I got this call from one company asking if I can come to their office for an interview. I declined the invitation because leaving my current office will mean a new beginning, a new adjustment and a new environment to start my life. My friends and my favorites here will be the one I miss so much thus I declined the chance to take a new step in a new horizon. 

Well, ranting and venting out through this page is the only way that I can think of because no matter how we talk in the office or no matter how we let them see that we don't like the new things existing, new rules, we are still but poor employees and sooner everybody will be saying goodbye to this place called "The Crap of all BPOs". 

Offense meant.

Cases of the Ex(es): girlfriends, crushes and childhood sweet hearts

Lately I have been bombarded with a lot of questions regarding my ex(es) including girlfriend, crushes and child hood sweet hearts. But the case remains under my decision if I am to tell every what had happened with my past relationships. I am not trying to spill it out though to get those attentions from them but in some ways, I felt guilty and jealous every time I tried to stop by their pages in Facebook. 

Now let's say I don't really go for formal courtship. I mean, I am not used to do it the traditional way but through a letter. Some of this girls have received my letter and some were not but have heard it by hearsay. 

Here is, by the way, the list of them and i tend not to mention their real names (but I did. They won't read this anyway.) co'z there is someone who is tying to find them. I ain't hiding them though its just that I just don't want to spoil our relationship co'z better did my partner know how my feelings are now. 

Ex(es) List (girlfriends, crushes and childhood love) :

1. Jenalyn Alas - I haven't heard about her since we separated ways on high school. The lats time I know, my batch mates just told me that she's got a family now. She was the very first love I know in grade one and up until now, I have been wanting to see her and maybe spend time to talk about the good old days. The best thing about us though is that we are competitors inside the classroom but never did we compete outside and through hearts. She has been my ultimate love that lasted for more than 3 years, from first to 3rd grade (^_^).

2. Ann Charcos - I am about 5 years older than her and yes she captured my heart. Its funny how I started to let her know my feelings. I have her cousins bring the letter to her but asked them not to mention where did it came from. Every night, if we have time to play (I was around 13 and he was around 8 years old), her cousins always give us time to be in solo thus giving me the urge to feel heaven when Im with her. I got her picture still kept in my wallet until now. It has been long years now and I haven't heard from this lady. All I know is that she is working abroad, a lawyer as i heard in UK. 

3. Inday - I forgot her real name but this girl has chinese eyes and every boys crush in our place. Good thing I have the advantage co'z only I has the access to come and go in their house. Strict parents. I tried courting her but I then found out that she was already my buddy's girlfriend. Damn! How stupid of me trying to steal her from a friend. But, it never ended there. There was a time when things cleared out between her and my friend so i dig in and do the moves again. We go out, we have fun and go dancing. The rest is a sad history.


These are the girls who have been part of my early awakenings emotionally. 

4. Mildred M.

5. Maureen

6. April Rose

7. Kristine V

8. Althea Mae

9. Rachelle T.

10. Junna A

11. Janice Grace L.

13. Charisse

14. Queenie Falcon

The list is incomplete. I forgot the other girls. ^_^