OMG! hehehe Thank you for making my panel interview smooth sailing. The interviewers were quite nice to talk to and I was at ease with them. And this is one interview I can put on top of my list because it's the first time I had an interview that was held at a hotel and there was free flowing food and drinks. Talk about nifty eh. God but my feet are so achy still from all the walking I did yesterday.

errr... it's quite embarassing for me but my sales Officer and one of the sales associates were giving me errr umm lessons about sex!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! whoat??!!!!!!!!!! Ahehehe... theywanted me to open up.. errr there's nothing for me to open up sirs. Ah uhrmmm how embarassing. ahehehe lol

Whopee!!!!!!!!!!!!

I gotta include this for today's blog.. I have to I have to.

Guess what? I'm invited to this ohhh soo by invitation only launch of this hot and hip new spa called Privé II. very European and trés chic! Privé is français for private. I'm soo excited. It's the first time that I'm gonna be treated like a VIP. OK I'm not exactly part of the elite of cosmo-Manille but then... this may be the first. Jhee whiz! I hope this event would really be chic.

OK catch yah again later!

Alas... after being indisposed yesterday and not being able to watch the concert/cultural night event with my friends I spent the entire day wasting my money.

My hard earned money gone in a couple of hours while walking in this capitalistic-money-grabbing place called... THE MALL.

It's end of August sale at SM. They proudly announce that everything will be discounted up to 70% off! Sounds great... NOT. Take note of the up to phrase. I wonder how many tons of people do they fool into going inside their mall and waste their money (errr that includes moi)? Hey! I'm not really a fool... the great deal of money I spent went to women's hygeine stuff. Powders, deodorant, a couple of jelly pens for my lil sister, a portfolio envelope for my documents, err pantyhose and some secret stuff too humiliating to discuss. Anyway, to me 400 bucks spent is WAY too big. A minimum wage earner soon to be stockholder must keep her accounts in check in these hard times.

Back to the sale. I don't think the SALE is really a SALE. What Henry Sy and his marketing minions do is to create an atmosphere of a sale. They place all their wares outside their shops... a couple of dinghy signs and prop up the "stage" area. I bet you'd see the same price of goods during a regular trek to the mall.. well aside from a few overstocks and not so unsell-able goods that are desperately needing of a new owner.

Hohum... it's a good thing I'm still quite a smart shopper. Believe it or not I used to take only 1000 bucks out of my salary every 15 days. The operative phrase is USED TO coz right now I'm actually spending quite a lot because of me travelling back and forth to QC, Makati, then Mandaluyong then QC again and it really drains my pocketbook. Not to mention my buddies' preference for eating at nice lil places all around the metro. grrr... and *sigh*

Oh yeah! And don't forget MOTHER. Yes! My Mom suddenly has this thing about me now earning money. It used to be "Save anak... para may pang gastos ka. Hindi naman kami nag oobliga na magbigay ka" now tha catcha phrase at home is "hay.. wala akong pera!" Any kid with a good sense can "feel" the looming sense of mommy waiting for your "abot". Being a good girl that I wanna be..."Here mom! It's not really that much" And you can see the head breaking smile from my mom's face. Oh well... at least that can make up for my now frequent coming home late at night from God knows where with my board members. Besides, they do deserve a part of my salary right? :)

ON another note I wanna scream DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I shouldn't have bought those pointy heels 2 weeks ago because a couple of hours ago, my Dad just brought home a package from my granda in the US. With it is a Nine West pointy black leather stiletto shoes. grrrr... I should have waited! It never occured to me that someone would be generous enough to buy me shoes. Oh well.. at least I can now have 3 office shoes at my disposal. One for those days that I wanna be left unnoticed, one for the vamp in me (heheh joko vamp daw) and one for the power dresser in moi.

catch yah later!

as of this time I'm not feeling well... :(

maybe it's the heat, maybe it's all the walking i did yesterday... whatever it is... I NEED A VACATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:(

Second post ko dito sa blogdrive. God this is a great stress reliever. Ang sakit sakit ng paa ko from all the walking I did the whole day. Hirap kasi ng ganitong job na you have to be out by 10am and find clients. The whole day all I everdid was walk, make pa-cute to people, walk, and walk. BUti sana kung may pumapasok na accounts. JOko kung binabasa mo ito... OPEN KA PA NG ISANG ACCOUNT!!!!!!! hehehehe...

Anyway, I was being evil the whole day coz while I was doing my client calls outside my trading area (bad thing #1) I was doing walk-ins for other companies (bad thing #2) and using up company time by fooling around Makati (bad thing #3) and getting paid (bad thing #4). Wahehehe... Even though my feet really hurts (no thanks to my 3 incher heels) and my money drained (due to all that starbucks, kfc, a&w, and taxi costs) I had a great day. Hindi nga ako bad mood. In fact I was being the flirty girl that I am. Making pa-cute sa mga guys na worthy pa cute-tan to the point na kahit yung uber nice guy in this white car nag good morning talaga sa akin at ako'y smile to death to him. Wahew! I'm on a roll... sayang hindi sya cute... tanders na eh.

Anyway, may mga hindi happiness na people akong na meet like yung masungit na girl at this company pati yung girl at this company but then again baka naintimidate lang sila sa akin.. I have this strong personality eh.. NOT! Facade lang yun noh... I'm a really shy girl pretending to be strong and confident. I had to charm my way para lang tanggapin nila resume ko. I even name-dropped some pretty high people in their company. Hehehe... Ano kala nila sa akin walang trabaho... idinikit ko pa yung calling card ko sa resume ko para ma-sight nila yung position ko.. it sounds glamorous kasi eh. Hehehehe...

Buti pa ang mga male receptionist very accomodating sa akin... must be the aura of good mood I exuded kanina.. hmmm hmmm lol kapal... oo na joko feeling ako today.

Pray for me that I may pass my panel interview with Unilab this monday. Lord sana po excellent yung chances ko of getting that job. Sana rin po Lord hindi na minimum wage kasi masakit sa loob na may trabaho ka nga, glamorous ang title pero ayaw ka namang bigyan ng Smart ng line kahit plan 500. WAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Namamarginalize ako!

Anyway, I'm notkeeping my hopes up though kasi para rin syang yung sa Unilever ko.. I wanted it so badly na I ended up trying to impress them pero puro blunders ang nangyayari. *sigh*

Enihu! I can't wait sa cultural event thingie mamaya!!!!!!!!!!!!!! pupunta ako!!!!!!!!! whohohoho!!!! 80 pesos lang eh.

hmm... nag txt nanaman itong Bobby na ito... gwapo at may datung pero NAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ni hindi makabuo ng straight English ata ito eh. SAMA ko talga!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lord wag nyo ako parusahan sa pagiging ebils ko. Mayabang lang talaga ako kaya minimum wage lang sahod ko. Go MODULE! papayamanin ako nito... papayamanin tayo nito joko! pramis! AMEN!

Hurmp!

What a great way to start my day and my first blog. As always, I'm not in the greatest and sweetest mood. Indeed I woke up early, indeed I was able to shower without anyone bothering me, and indeed I had a very hearty breakfast... BUT NO!!!!!!!!!!! Somebody stepped on my shoes while riding an FX. Pathetic, shallow, juvenile of me. I just hate it when people step on my very clean pointed shoes. That certainly ruined my supposed to be fine day.

Nakakainis! Yun lang!

Anyway, when I arrived at the office with my mud-stained heels I realized na pag pumatak na ang 10am wala pa pala akong pupuntahan na client. Shit! As in! Napaka wala kong silbi sa Ibank. Nakaupo lang ako pretending to be telemarketing and setting up client appointments... di nila narerealize na naiiyak na ang new hire nila kasi hindi ko alam kung sino tatawagan ko at saan ako pupunta. Thank God at umulan big la so may excuse not to go out and make katok (as in KNOCK) sa pinto ng mga offices dito sa QC para mag-open ng account. Grrr... sabi nga ni Joko... grrr...

Honga pala, you're not familiar with my job. To make it sound glamorous, I'm a branch sales specialist aka sales officer in training. I am in the front line of the bank...seeking revenues through client deposits on savings and current accounts. Sounds easy? HINDE!

Picture this: I map the area, unless mapped na. Go to all the buildings there and make katok and say "Hi ma'am! I was just mapping the area and I came accross your office. I'm Aji from Ibank sino po pang pwedeng makausap dito to discuss about our products and services?" blah blah blah... You'll get reactions from "umm hi! sige upo ka.. let's talk" to "Are you Chinese? I only talk to Chinese eh. Sorry. Padala ka na lang ng proposal". It's fun coz I get to go out a lot. But then... sumasakit na yung paa ko at yung shoes ko kabibili ko lang dahil nasira yung other pair ko due to mapping. I get paid not quite much. HINT: Ayaw akong bigyan ng 500 na line ng smart or kahit 250 post paid line ng Sun Cellular. *Sigh* To be a fresh grad is hard. I can't call the shots. But then I get oodles of benefits na wala sa other companies.

Anyway, I was depressed the whole day lalo na when I heard na one of my co-BSS pals na schoolmate ko sa UP was resigning dahil nakahanap na sya ng new job! Kelan kaya ako.. hehehehe.

Anyway, the evening was better coz I got to be with my co-conspirators sa biz namin (biz partners) and munch mcdo goodies. I was supposed to be in this client party but then I didn't have a gift so hindi na lang.

GOOD NEWS!

I got a call from UNILAB and I have a panel interview this Monday, Sept 1. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Lord! I wanna be accepted!