1:50PM June 12,2008.  Just finished downloading my pictures from my cellular phone.  Finally!  It’s been a month since I’ve been trying to download them to my computer.  I was thinking that I needed to get a Bluetooth software for my Sony K700i phone installed on this Asus A8LE laptop of mine which is running on Windows Vista Ultimate.  It turned out, I just need to press the Bluetooth button and Vista will automatically find the software for the Bluetooth on the laptop and install it so that I’d be able to use it.  Whew…  Thank God I had the courage to press it.  I’m so HAPPPPYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gina’s mom is a loving mom.  She loves to strike a conversation with her kids.  When Gina comes home from work she would usually ask her if she had eaten.  Or would ask her about how was work and how’s her family doing.  However, when her mom was about to turn 60 years old, her mom started to ask a question again after fifteen minutes she have asked it.  Thinking that this was just because of old age, a conversation would usually end up in a quarrel because her mom would ask the same question over and over again.  Then it became worse.  Her mom would usually leave the house driving a car and will arrive home in a taxi.  When they ask her where the car is, her normal reply would be, what car?  Good thing they’ll find it in the parking lot where she left it.  Then Gina had another argument with her mom because she was asked the same question a dozen times.  It was the worst argument that they ever had.  But after that conversation Gina never had any conversation with her mom for her mom can no longer recognize her or any person in the household.  It turned out, her mom has alzheimer.  And asking questions over and over again was already the indicator that her sickness was progressing.  Now, Gina can no longer strike up a conversation with her mom.  Because everytime that she wants to talk to her, her mom will just look at her blankly.  There will be times that she will remember Gina’s kids or her husband but never her own daughter.  Never Gina.  Until the day that her mom died, her mom never remembered her.

So when was the last time that you talked to the people that you love?  When was the last time that you apologized to the people whom you have had arguments with?  When was the last time that you answered patiently when your mom asked you the same question over and over again?

What a disappointment!  I was really expecting that Hilary will be the representative for the democratic party.  I know that she will be a good president for the American people but I guess America is not ready for a female president.  If she was not that good then the people of the State of New York will not choose her as their representative right?  I guess some people are a bit hesitant to have a woman as a president because of the trend that the world is seeing when it is a female president who is running a country.  But Hilary would have erased all that. Such a waste!

Is your electric and water bills too high?  And because your bills are high, you’re working all day and all night to  make ends meet?  Then here’s my advise.  Conserve, conserve and conserve.  It is a well known fact that the price of oil has been going up since who knows when.  And since our goverments are not really into the idea of finding alternatives for oil, then let us do something for ourselves.  Let us start conserving electricity and water.  If we are not in the room or if you can manage to go about without the lights on then don’t turn the lights on.  I guess one way of saving up is installing glass windows and glass doors in our houses.  Kenneth and Mock, a german company specialising in this field would be a good choice.  Although it might be a bit expensive but if you’ll come to think of it, you’ll be saving a lot more in the long run.  Another is if we’re washing our clothes, let’s wash it bulk.  Don’t be like my landlord who washes clothes every single day.  And then when their electric and water bill comes in, they would complain that their bills are too high.  Like duh?  Why wouldn’t it go high?  They’re using a washing machine everytime they wash their clothes.  Could you just imagine how mouch electricity and water it consumes?  If we are buying a washing machine or any electrical machines, we should make sure that it meets the standards and go for something that will not consume electricity that much.  It will tell you how much eletricity it will consume. And for our water bill, recycling water will be a good way to lower it.  Like for instance, for storing our plates and utensils, buy a covered container and place them in it so that you wouldn’t have to wash them before you use them.  Then we can have a big container where we can place the water that we used for rinsing the plates and use it to flash our toilets and water the plants.  Even the water that we used in washing our clothes can be re-used for this purpose.  We can even use it to wash our cars.

Working in a call center can get a bit boring or stressful at times so we would usually send out emails to cheer each other up.
One of my favorite email is about a guy who got really drunk that when he arrived home, he didn’t recognize his wife. His wife was pissed off when she saw him but decided to nag him the next day for obviously it will be useless to nag her husband about now for he’s still drunk. So she decided to remove his clothes and shoes so that she can replace it with some fresh clothes. When she was removing his clothes, her husband said something that made her smile. The next day, the guy woke up late and was surprised that his wife didn’t wake him up to start nagging him about the other night. He got out of their bedroom to look for his wife but he only found his son playing a video game. He went to the kitchen to get some coffee and was even surprised that there was already coffee brewing in the coffee maker and the breakfast was already prepared on the table. Worried that his wife might have changed strategies, he went to ask his son about what happened the other night. His son told him that when his mom was removing his clothes he got mad. He shouted “Lady, I’m married! So stop it!” Whew! talk about saying the right words at the right time.

This is a testimony. A year or so ago, I had a bad case of pimples. I didn’t have them when I was growing up so even my parents were wondering why I had them. So I tried to use different products for cleaning my face. Things that I thought will not harm my skin. But none of them worked. Then I came across an interview of Dr. David Colbert who worked with Cate Blanchet and Rachel Weisz where he recommended Cetaphil for people who has sensitive skin since it is a gentle cleanser and it is acid free. I have seen this product in the shelves of the supermarkets but not a lot of people buy it. I guess it’s because it doesn’t come in a fancy packaging but what the heck, why not give it a shot anyway if I feel any irritation I’ll stop using it. But when I tried it, I was surprised. It really is gentle. I didn’t get any dry feeling after I used it unlike the other products that I have used. It is so gentle that I can even use it without using water to rinse it off. And since I can use cotton to wipe off the excess solution from my face I would take it with me even when I go to the beach or when I travel. Because I like to travel in a bus that is not air conditioned so my face is exposed to dirt. So just a little dub here and there and then wipe it off with a piece of cotton, my face looks clean and fresh again. And it is so effective that I would only use it once a day at times and just splash some water to wash my face to freshen up. Now my skin is smooth and pimple free. My friends would even tell me that I don’t look my age. No kidding. I know this sounds like an advertisement but it isn’t. It’s just a testimony so that other people could try Cetaphil out because it did work for me. We’ll never know it might work for other people as well.

My colleagues said that I’m a wonder woman. This is because I can handle 28 people and I’m just new in the job. If only they knew how I felt. I’ve never felt so helpless and useless in my entire life. I missed a lot of deadlines, my work is filing up. I don’t know what to do next and how to do things. I feel like my training didn’t help much. And I feel so incompetent. When an issue arises, I don’t know what to do. It will take time for me to come up with ways to resolve it. I know that I only need a good way to manage my time but I just can’t seem to do it. Earlier I already felt like crying no I’m on the verge of crying because I have been fixing one of the metrics of the team for three days now and still to no avail. It’s like everytime I do something to it another problem arises. I really feel bad for the lost time. The time which I could have spent coaching my agents and teaching them on how to improve their performance goes to other tasks that can be handled in a short period of time. I know my SMEs are already worried because their stats have went down last month. They’re just not saying it but I know that they are worried. I have been there in their shoes. I was an agent before and I always worry about my stats and usually bad stats goes back to their supervisor. I really want to be a good supervisor to them, I do. Because they are putting their hearts into what they are doing, so as a manager I should be doing what I can to do my part. But I guess it will take time for me to be one. I just hope that it won’t be too late. Because I really like the job that I have now. This is something that I never thought that I’ll do a few months back but now that I am here, I want it so badly. But in this industry that I am in, time is always crucial. Everybody should step up even before an issue arises to remain on the top. This way the company will continue to be a competitive company not a thriving one.

A friend of mine have been bugging me for a couple of months now about the guy that I have a crush on in the office. He’s been asking questions and doing different tricks so that I would tell him and I find it funny how he fishes for information. Like I’m going to tell him! Bwahaha! You know I don’t like keeping secrets from my friends but one thing I’ve learned so far in the company that I work for is if you don’t want people to know about something, then it’s better that you keep it to yourself. Because news do travel fast and it spread like fire. And I definitely don’t have any plans to let the people on the floor to know who he is because, first this guy and I isn’t that close. Chances are, this guy might avoid me or he might take advantage of the fact that I like him. You know how some men are, once they learned that the girl likes them, even if they don’t like the girl they will court her to place her on their list. Which is something that I am trying to avoid because I’d really want to be the one who keeps the list. Hehehe…

A day before I left Makati for cebu, a guy who stays in the building where I also stayed in said “Hi, angel” into my ear when I met him when I got off the elevator. And later that day, the same guy was staring at me when we were in the elevator but he didn’t say anything he just stared. Do you think I should have smiled at him maybe I could have gotten his name? I’m just thinking because there was this movie where the guy and the girl had eye to eye contact and the girl smiled at the guy and they hooked up. what the heck?! If that’s true in real life then that will really prove how naive I am when it comes to theses things. No wonder I haven’t had any boyfriend. What a waste! The guy was really cute and I don’t think I’ll see him again. I didn’t even see him before I left Makati and even if I rode any planes of Lufthansa, I still won’t see him even if he decided to work for the company because I think he’ll become an aircraft mechanic. Or even if he becomes a pilot for the said airlines I still won’t see him. Why Lufthansa? Because that’s where he is having his training. He was with this bunch of other trainees or students from somewhere. But then again, if the guy really likes a girl he would have done something about it right? Like he could have asked for my name in the elevator that day or made an excuse to knock at my door. Yeah, maybe I was just imagining things. Maybe he was saying hi to somebody named Angel because in the first place my name is not Angel and I don’t think I even look like one because the last time I checked, I don’t have any wings. Hehehe…