The Messenger

It’s almost time for the deadline that I set up for myself – but sad to say, no openings yet for the position I am aspiring for and there are helluva changes that happened since my last post.

• We got a 2 week training that occured on the 3rd and 4th week of June. And sad to say, we were not allowed to have our vacation leave during the training period so, my plotted vacations on those week just got credited back. Pity.
• I have to deal with the incompetence of some people in the work place. I’m not going to name names but it is just stressful and I was losing the motivation to go to work for the past month.
• We had 2 new people added on our team! Refreshing change, I must say!
• I just firmly believe that if you want a team to succeed, one must be an example. It should always be “Do as I do” and not “Do as I say”. But sad to say, our situation seems to be the latter part – very inconsistent. You don’t take back leadership when everything is falling apart, you must be there also even after the storm had passed. And of course, that also tells something about HOW YOU DO your own responsibilities.

But I don’t let all of those negativity to brood into my motivation. I just take the good things in and if by chance there are still a lot of bad things, I just try to tell them to the persons involved, so that I don’t get anxious about it and they’ll be aware of  it. Though it doesn’t work all the times, at least I still keep the motivation I have and still have the focus. Knowing why you are staying on that path, on that place and with those people is a must, if not, then you are fighting a losing battle.

Two months from now, I’ll be “celebrating” my first year anniversary with the company I work for. Let’s just hope that in time with that celebration, I will also transcend on new heights and get that position that I want.

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill

Patience is a virtue.

It is indeed. So finally, I managed to stay to this new found career & proud to say that I am making progress and slowly but surely, on way to better work titles.

I just realized that more than the pressure of meeting my classmates in college and finding out that they’re living their best lives, striving to be better for me is out of proving all those people who are expecting to see me do nothing with my life. And contrary to the popular belief, I am not rich, spoiled brat. I was never that person.

I just managed to pull a straight 4-week passing scores for my evaluated calls, which I failed to do last month, and had set me back to achieve the promotion that I want. Now that I realized it, I need consistency more than ever and I need to stay focused and keep my eye on that prize.

I’m giving myself a 3 month period to apply for a higher post! So you can all check back my winning post in 3 month’s time – that’s guaranteed!

Okay, I just realized that my last post was waaaaaayyyyyy too dramatic! 

Updates:

I’m suffering from nose bleeding and brain freeze! not literally though, but because of our imported friends from the US, it will not be a surprise if I’ll drop down dead because I am lost for words to utter. Gee! But in a way, now it sounds natural for me when I speak the language.

Now, about the diet thing, I just can’t really cut out the carbs yet or I’ll risk blabbering non sense over the phone for the rest of my shift that I don’t my stomach will be empty!

The Proverbial ‘Promotion’ – really out of reach now. huhuuhu,…especially that we got a new supervisor to watch over. awww….

The House – Finally, before I turn 30, I can buy one and put it under my name! Hah!

The Car – Uhm, I’m planning next year tops! 

And my unica hija will be graduating this March!!

wow, the last time I actually wrote an article with sense was months ago, 2 months ago before I got hired in the company where I am currently connected – Teletech. Time really flies by so fast. Can’t believe that I actually lasted 3 months without feeling boredom. (Come on! haha. I just had ‘tamad’ moments but I was never bored. )

So finally, 23 is the age I found everything I wanted. A career that I have wanted for so long – way before it rose to being popular and in demand. And finally, The Messenger, really did became a messenger – only I found a much quicker tool that I already have since birth – mouth.

What’s the difference and what became different? Well, I used to beat around the bushes then. Yep, bushes. I’ve left so many unfinished business that when I was finally hired to be a CSR, the reality is sharp, it cuts like a knife. Here my pen and my playful words will not do. This is the world where you have to say it as it is, and not wrap it into beautiful words. 

Here is where I learned how to deliver bad news in the most modest way I can. Here in Teletech I have learned the true meaning of patience – keeping a cool, functioning head even when you’re caught in the heat of words being said. You keep your cool because you don’t care but you do it because you want to give the accurate resolution and not give in to what seems to be the most obvious way out. It is about educating others and not just simply pacifying them. I learned that and more everytime I go to work. And that only makes me want to go to work everyday. Not to mention I was exposed to different kind of people; way different than the people I’m used to hang out with. 

And of course, I got what I wanted. Security, people who will take care of me, while I am taking care of others too. Finally, I found a place where it is fair and square – so to say. 

I never thought I’ll be a corporate employee. Well, nothing bad about it. And just like they say – life’s full of surprises! You just got to love it! 

And I really do!

…Iba pa rin ang nag wowork ka sa labas ng bahay…

…Iba pa rin ung na hahaggard kang gumising certain time in the morning at makipaghabulan sa mga jeep makapasok lang…

…iba pa rin ung nakikita mo ung mga colleagues mo personally, hndi puro windows lang sa YM…

Nakakamiss pumasok sa office.

I really miss a regular office setting. Kasi duon, I feel normal, na hindi ako iba. That I’m just like everyone else – I wake up, go to work and come home right after.

But then – my current job is rewarding – and that’s an understatement I think.

Hawak ko yung oras ko, yung pera ko, and I make the call – not someone else.

Ewan ko ba – naghahanap lang cguro ako ng rason para magyabang. Haha. Gusto ko kasi pag nakausap ko yung mga college mates ko or anyone from my past, I can proudly say that I work from home and I do this and that and it runs like this and that.

So hindi ako proud? Siguro. Kasi hindi naman makakarating dito sa blog ‘to kung proud ako. Pero yun ang kinabubuhay ko – pambili ng luho, ng pangangailangan at pambayad-utang. So dapat proud ako.

Don’t take it wrong – I love what I do – it’s just the setting that makes me feel – what’s the term – unhappy? Maybe.

Umabot pa sa point na gusto kong magrent ng office space – hahaha. Tapos ako lang naman laman ng office. Goodness Reia, sometimes you need to bang that head much harder in the wall.

Mental Note: DevCap is still in my mind. Mare, umpisahan na natin to para ung salary mo $$$ na. Hehehe. I need to shake my rusty programming skills, if ever existing man ‘yon.

— I am a Virtual Assistant, WRITER, and Web Designer (really?? haha) by profession; —-

I’ve been one of the people who want to land a job that fits my educational background. But life is hard on me. Well, not always, but now it is.

I’m nowhere near to where I wanna be – I must not complain but I think the pace I’m going is too slow. Well, I might be earning more than my peers – but I still long to belong – just belong.

It’s the same old feeling – back again.

But I have comforts that they don’t have. I guess it’s time to recount my blessings again.

…. is the one thing you can’t see.

Funny, how you can say that you’ve got everything you wanted in this life, but then after a few days, you’re craving for something.

I have to admit that I’m one of those people who believes that what you see isn’t what you get. Sometimes there’s more to it.

Like in career. I’ve chosen a path that is not aligned with my educational background, or shall I say, not the exact job description that others would expect me to have.

But this is a decent job. Only not the thing I’m looking for.

I’ve learned that in life, you lose some to get some. You just have to know how to live with it.  There’s no win-win situation.

If that was the case, then life would be SO BORING.

But then again, just make sure you can handle the dosage you take – for if not, you might hand over the life that you are enjoying now.

Enjoy the vid below, theme song of this post.