A Scratch Paper a Day

I experienced the first Cadet Change ever today. Kinda sad, kinda not.  I got the same feeling that people get every semester when classes change and you dont get to see the same group of people in the same class. You know, that? Yeah… that feeling. Well, I got to be kind of friends with some of these cadets and know them well enough to kinda miss them.

The cadets are great help, especially when it is soooo busy and insane in the office. They make life easier for me and the rest of the staff. They work with us, get frustrated with us, get excited, laugh and sigh with us. They know the inner workings of the office because they are our hands, our extra set of brains, our feet and our friends. So truly it is no wonder that there are some of these 20 that we have gotten quite close to.

I know I will miss the fact that it is almost automatic that hot water for my tea sits on my desk precisely at 9 AM and 1PM as I want and request for it. My hot water always gets refilled until I tell them to stop. I do not have to get up to the xerox, and i automatically get my files fixed alphabetically when I need it. This is thanks to Richard Payawal, Noah, Corros and Amiel who stands just in front of me.  I will also miss the steady, effectiveness of Ostan who is there when I need him. He’’s just so reliable, he’s like amazing. Like Rexona, he won’t let you down.  I know I will also miss Corros’ antics,  Yhen’s sopas, Jay-R’s silent glances when I pass by and Baraoidan’s blank stare. (sometimes) ^_^ (joke) hehe.

There are quite a few there also who says they’ll miss me ( OWZ!) I dont believe them ( haha!) But, I know I will miss the funny antics, easy laugh of some of them. The shy smiles, the little quirks and the GOOD MORNING MAÁM! and other things.

A new batch will start working on monday and I will get to know them one by one soon. Three months later, we go through the same goodbyes with hopes that a little friendship and courage and strength with lessons have been learned.  I wonder how this batch of cadets will be? I think I will miss this last batch… because to me, they are the wonder cadets.

I am just looking forward to getting your allotments and helping you prepare to board the ships you long to board. ! . I look forward to seeing your careers take off. GOOD LUCK GUYS!! YOU HAVE DONE WELL..

Geared up and ready to go… I am totally resisting the urge to start writing NaNoWriMo. It’s tommorow isn’t it?  I cannot wait. Things are lined up for it. I have the plot - sinister it may be. I have the blog that it should be written on set up. And I am thinking of adding a subtitle to my title.

I was thinking OFFICE GOSSIP: Need to Know ONLY. Haha. It was inspired by the Live Journal Layout that I found to match my blog. I really am so inspired to write this that I think I will blow 50,000 words out of proportion. ( I hope) and I know I have time between stuff and at night to write this whole shindig so I am way too psyched.  I hope people like it too.

I am kinda iffy if I should let my office mates read it. (they would probably laugh out loud or kill me for it) but we will see as the story progresses if it is OFFICE SAFE. I have to write a lot of things that I probably could not say out loud in the office. Of course its pretty much fiction. So, hehee….

I am excited about tommorow night. Geared up for everything!  If I am up at the stroke of midnight tonight, after the Chatathon, I will start. *__* Thank Goodness I do not have work tommorow. ^_^

NaNo09… here I come!

Semagic 1.7.3.3U - marikit (insane_desire) @ livejournal.com*zoom in on my almost empty wallet*

Glad its pay day tommorow. I am glad that it is. I have to stop running around and making unnecessary purchases. I have to stick to a budget. Christmas is coming. Kids need presents. People need presents. Ouch. >.> I guess Tan Shoes and new bag will have to wait. TV Patrol says its about 58 days til Christmas. ( PEOPLE, I EXPECT PRESENTS!) Haha!

1. Tan Shoes
2. Japanese Classes
3. The Journal that will Change your life ( only PHP850.00 in Powerbooks)
4. A nice brown bag for work ( I just loooove my Nine West for black)
5. a new watch
6. a new MP4 player (ok i really want an Ipod nano but i want to save up for one)
7. Perfume
8. an Engraved professional Pen
9. Necklace/ pendant
10. Books ( Gone with the wind, twilight, eat, life love ,  sushi for beginners, etc)
11. Desk Stuff ( inbox. paper holders. stuff to fill and put on my desk)
12. one of those toy things that you put on your desk.. the mood thingies. ( I fail. I cant remember their name)
13. picture frames
14. a lamp ( for my room preferrably in yellow and sunflower)
15. CLOTHES
16. JEWELRY
17. SHOES
18. …. JPOP ALBUMS/ NEWS CONCERT GOODIES
19. BOOKS
20. …. A NEW PUPPY/ KITTY/ FERRET

Hahahahah! im so spoiled. But really. sometimes, i really just have to act like the spoiled brat that I am. I mean, there are things that I really want, there are things that I dont. But this list is my selfish list.  Ill make the real one next time. but for now, i do feel selfish!

This morning when I entered work, there was this HORRIBLE smell!  I swear! I totally covered my nose, and sprayed everywhere with cologne.  I found out through the utility guys that it was a DEAD RATunder Sir Boyet’s desk. It was disgusting and it filled the office with its deadness. So, I sprayed a lot with my candy cologne and hid in the locker room until it was gone.

Today was quite— well busy for a word — it was kind of intense. In the morning I fixed the schedule of Cielo Di Venecia and Spring Hawk with Kath. We also had to file payments with BIR, Pag-ibig and SSS. So that had to be done. Lots of Number Crunching and head wrecking was had. The seafarers were a steady stream of nonsense today. Allotments were crazy, loans were quite few but there was one trying to loan double the amount max.

Today I also had gifts, Kapeng Barako and Victoria’s Secret Cologne. This job gets a lot of perks in the gifts department…so its fun!! hehe. In the last weeks, I got chocolates, stockings, handkerchief, fruits… what else?

Im also catching up in the Office Gossip. I havent bonded with Rodney lately so I have to catch up on that. But I also, went with the girls at lunch today and gossip time has never been so good.  Office friendship has been fun. and I have been happy. at least.. I am now…

Life is good. Really good.

I just came from Macau - 3 straight days of Chinese people, a member of the Ya-yah sisterhood,  good food, great shops but not so good shopping and tired feet. It was all quite worth it. The trip started with being delayed ( *raises fists at PAL*) and well, boredom at the Airport. After horrible plane food and a jumpy landing, we arrived in Macau and went straight to the Hotel. We rested for a few moments and then went in search of a Macau local sim to call Ate Jed who works there.

The first stop in our Macau adventure was the Venetian. It is a replica (though moster-sized) of the Venetian in Las Vegas. It had everything from restaurants, throngs of people, super high class shops, posh hotel facilities, nice original label shops, and its own Gondola. We met ate Jed there and ate at the 3 Monkeys, after which we braved to walk around the Labyrinth that is the Venetian. We managed to tire ourselves silly before we decided that it was time to go to MGM and have a cup of coffee there before heading to the hotel for some well deserved sleep.

The Next day, we had the City Tour with Anita, the member of the Ya-yah sisterhood, since she ended most of her sentences with “Yah” or “ya-yah”. She took us on a bus ride and fun tour of Macau. We followed her orange heart marker around town, seeing all the pertinent city sites, shopping in an “Ukay-ukay” ( Ok, it wasnt really an ukay ukay but a store of factory overruns), the ruins of St. Paul, Ah-Mah Temple, Fisherman’s wharf and a bakery where we bought cookies and stuff. Of course we took a LOT of pictures.  (I will upload them and link them soon here)

That night, we met up with Ate Jed again and went to San Mah Lo, and shopped. SHOPPING was frustrating. There was nothing that I really wanted, barely anything worth investing in or that I could not find in the Philippines.  I mean, if you are a serious Bag collector you could buy a Louis Vuitton, fendi or milan bags there for about 5000-1000 MOP. Jewelry shopping there is okay and well, watch shopping would be excellent. But, I wanted clothes, and shoes. Something unique and fun, but all I found was a bag from Nine West and some shoes from shoesnet. UGH. My brother and sister didnt find anything. WE SHOULD HAVE GONE TO HONG KONG TO SHOP.

we next went to hotel hop to find a bar, finally settling in on Lisboa after watching the AMAZING show in Wynn Hotel. The zodiac dome and the earth dome opened and well, just amazed us. The wynn’s water show was amazing as well. The whole experience was totally breathtaking. It inspired me for my novel. Throzara….

But, aside from that, it was a good trip. I reconnected with my brother and sister. I bonded with Eir, my bro’s girlfriend and my grandmother. I had fun. but my legs did not. Hehe. ^_^ I would take a week or maybe less to fully recover but it was so worth it.

*sings* Just got paid, Friday night…. Party hopping , feeling right… *dance*

Thats right. I just got paid. Good timing. I need it for Macau. Anyway, I really feel good this week. I guess I am getting used to the rhythm of work. I still also need to fix my laptop. I am signing on now from my Dad’s laptop and just browsing stuff about the fandom.  I guess I am also just relaxing my brain after a long day’s work.

Aside from getting paid, I got kinda well, promoted. From being just an Executive Administration Officer to being that AND Chief Communications Specialist. Yup, double titles means– well, you know what that means… hehe. It’s just two of the Ancients in the office ( our GM and his Secretary) are dinosaurs and they do not know how to e-mail a goddamn thing. That’s why they hired an IT and a communications specialist to do the pertinent e-mailing for them. Well, in our line of work, it is necessary. Since we have constant communication coming in and out of Tokyo and someone needs to write e-mails. That’s my job - aside from the mountain of work that I have to do.

My office is a fun, open environment. I actually have a lot of fun at work. I get to meet a lot of people and really communicate with them. Its really nice to be in an environment like that. I am really looking forward to working. I mean, I love my job!

I really didnt expect this since, you know, Its the job that was expected of me to start on since god knows when by my family. Eventually, I will run the place (blah ti blah blah..) but you know what? It is quite fun. I love the atmosphere. I love the people there…

^_^ I really love this life right now