antok na naman

oo.. antok na naman ako.. naka dalawang tasa na nga ako ng kape, ung medium size na cup ng starbucks.. pero ung kape galing d2 sa pantry kasi wala namang starbucks na malapit dito sa office..

medyo pagod pagod nitong nakaraang weekend, ang dami kasing ginawa para dun sa bahay na lilipatan namin. marami rami na rin kaming naayos at na-accomplished kumbaga. so we are expecting by end of this week, we are totally occupying the new condo unit na. and when the weekend comes, we will be sleeping over the new place na. ^_^

nakwento ko na before na I painted the wall di ba? it's now colored baby blue. I am not a painter so the paint on the wall is not that perfect. my mga lagpas.. next week pag nakalipat na kami. I will post pictures ng before and after ng room ko.. kapagod nga magpintura. di na naman pantay muscles ko sa braso... malaki na naman ung sa kanan.. ahahaha

so ung mga damit ko, nalagay ko na rin sa cabinet. and ung mga other stuff like mga documents, abubot and lahat na, naakyat ko na rin dun sa bagong unit. nag iwan na lang ako ng susuotin kong damit for this week. and my laptop na rin nandun pa rin sa current unit.

tomorrow, I'll try na maglipat pa ng ibang gamit. hehehe.. para sa weekend ung kama ko na lang ung ililipat. ;)

david.edward signing off.....

tipid mode

dapat isipin ko na wala akong pera sa bangko para na rin di ko maisip na magliwaliw sa mall at kung ano ano ang bilhin ko. baka mamaya biglang pag uwi ko my bitbit na kong LCD screen or home theater, eh patay patay na naman ako nyan di ba.. hayz.. need to focus on where to save.. as I have said to myself I need to focus on where to spend my money and I will be responsible this time. That is the main reason why I got myself an Insurance Plan and Investment Plan from Manulife Philippines. kung sino my gusto, leave your message lang and I will refer you to my agent.

so un nga, naeexcite na naman kasi ako.. oo.. madami akong pera sa bangko.. hindi naman uber dami, pero tipong two months kong sweldo.. hehehe.. dumating na kasi ung sweldo ngayong buwan na ito and my bonus pang kasama na equivalent sa isang buwang sweldo.. oh ha! san ka pa.. ahhaha.. oo.. so iyon nga.. pero dapat isipin ko marami akong babayaran...

tulad na lang ng:
- credit cards ko (babayaran ko na ba ng buo or kalahati lang?)
- Insurance (need ng bayaran ang para sa kalahating taon)
- Plane ticket (going back to Pinas sa june para sa gala ng barkada)
- Condo (new appliances and payment)
- pang regalo sa kaibigan

ayan. napagod ako sa kakaisip bigla.. parang ayaw kong pakawalan pera ko tuloy bigla dahil dito. at dahil jan maganda ang naisip kong mantra.. ahahha.. para di ako gumastos.. hehehe..

so pano, magbabayad muna kami ng condo later tapos papa alam na rin sa admin na maglilipat kami sa kabilang building ng saturday or sunday. :) excited na!! ahahha

david.edward signing off.....

sunday gala

gala na naman ang modelo nung linggo. lumabas kami ng bahay para tulungan sa paglilipat si housemate dun sa bago nilang unit, after namin pumunta dun dumiretso na kami sa katabing mall. una naming ginawa? masahe.. pero sarado ung shop na pinagmamasahihan namin kaya we ended up sa nail salon kasi need ko raw magpa manicure kasi ang dugyot ng tignan ng mga daliri ko.. :p

dapat manicure lang gagawin ko, itong kasama ko nagpa spa ng paa at pedicure.. sabi ko tignan ko muna ung gagawin sa kanya, then saka ko sasabihin kung gusto ko.. sabi nya libre daw nya kalahati, sabi ko oh dali game!! ahahaha..

pero before pala un, dumaan muna kami sa computer shop, bumili na naman ako ng dalawang mouse. :)

okay, tapos nung sa nail salon, next stop iyong furniture shop,.. dahil lilipat na rin kami ng bagong condo unit, naghanap na kami ng mga madadagdag na gamit sa bahay.

ang mga nabili namin? 3 door shoe rack. isang 6 feet na computer table para sa office set up namin sa bahay. isang sofa bed para sa sala. at ang aking computer chair.. magkano inabot? naka discount naman kami eh.. so cguro less than 20k in peso.. hehehe.. nagdown muna kami ng kulang kalahati.. pag dineliver na lang ung kulang.. ahahhaha..

after that, naggrocery na kami ng pagkain namin for this week. konti lang naman.. kasi we are expecting to move out on last week of April. hehehe.. :)

david.edward signing off.....

salon. mall. mouse

went to Mid Valley yesterday, basically to watch Alice in Wonderland but tinamad na eh. then just had a venti mocha frap with one shot of espresso to keep me awake since wala pa kong tulog from Firday nights shift. gala muna for a while inside the mall then watched the fashion show offered by the mall since it is Fashion Week sa mall na iyon.

after that checked out the furniture shops and looked out for TV ( and we are speaking of LCD / LED's tv) and we are planning to buy one. checking from 32" or 37" inches. yabang! ahahaha..

pagkatapos naming mag ikot, we went naman sa salon.. oo, nagpa ayos ulit ako ng buhok.. ang kapal na naman kasi.. nagpagupit na rin ako and uhmmm nagpa rebond.. lolz.. wala kasi silang relax lang.. so in peso cguro umabot cya ng mga 3k.

had dinner sa Nando's. solved sa chicken. :) umuwi kami ng busog at pagod.. ^_^

special power

nagbigay ng special power si amo sa kasamahan naming chekwa na di ko gusto ang attitude sa pagtatrabaho. bukod sa sobrang reklamador, ang dami dami pang sinasabi. isa pa dun iyong pagiging back stabber nya. ang galing galing.. dun ako naiinis.. sa pagiging plastic nya.. sana marunong din at bihasa ako sa ganung larangan. naimagine ko nga eh, kung boss cya dati, grabe! goodluck na lang sa mga tao nya.  ahhaha

so un nga, dahil wala si kuya ngayon, cya ung senior. nagtext si amo na nagsasabing binibigyan nya ng special power itong si chekwa na mag-assign ng mga ticket / at kung my escalation man, sa kanya ibigay.. natatawa ako.. bakit? kasi ginagawa ko na yan pag wala si kuya.. pero hindi ko nga lang binobroadcast na im doing that task kasi hindi naman ako senior level.. ahahhaa..

so iyon, kanina sabi ko sa kanila wag kukuha ng ticket sa queue, lets see kung magiging equal ang ticket distribution. aba aba.. my 5 ticket sa queue, hindi nagagalaw. nag ping sa kin, sabi nya kung sinimulan ko na daw ba ung isang ticket sa queue ko, sabi ko hindi pa. sabi nya kunin daw nya.. so cge sagot lang ako ng "ok". pero ang tanong, my limang ticket sa queue, bkit sa queue ko ikaw kukuha ng ticket? oh di ba, ang galing galing ng matandang ito.. hahaha.. dahil ba madali lang iyong ticket na iyon? oo.. puede..

so sa buong gabi, ako nabawasan ko na ung ticket ko ng mga lima. cya? ganun pa rin ang bilang. my ginawa naman cyang iba. magpatulong sa kasama namin na mag ayos ng isa nyang issue.. ahahaha..

hay ewan ko talaga, ikaw na ang my kapangyarihan...

"it is not about the title under your name but how you handle such responsibilities. you can have all the titles in the world, but the question is "Are you fit on those titles?". I am proud with no title, at least my work speaks for itself. - David.Edward April 2010"

david.edward signing off.....

on coping up

maybe I can get easily affected by the people around me. especially when I dont buy the idea or that we are on the opposite direction especially about work attitude. and I don't like the people who have two faces.
its something that really irritates me.

like they will act like everything is okay, but then they already escalated something to the manager - that manager who is also unaware of everything.

anyways, I think I am coping up from last weeks dilemna. I dont feel the same bad feeling anymore. so I think this is a good sign. I hope that this will continue.

"Respect is a word that needs to be earned and cannot instill on other people". David.Edward

david.edward signing off.....

leave

I already filed my leaves for June. I'll be going back to Pinas and will go to Davao for a barkada trip. I need this kind of trip especially on what is happening to me lately on work. It's just that I can easily get affected by these. Oh well, maybe I expect a lot.

I am planning also to take a leave this coming Thursday and Friday. I'm gonna use my replacement leave of 1 and a half day. I need to detox. I need to release all these negative energy from inside.

so till next post. I'll try to make more kwento next time..

"I'm getting tired not because of work, but because of people." - David.Edward

david.edward signing off.....

saturday update...

time check 10:46 PM and I only have 20 minutes or less sleep since last night's shift. went to work last night even if I am planning to take a Sick Leave because of what I am feeling the previous days - I am still not sure if that is depression. Anyways, went to work and handled enough tickets. had a training also with manager about the restart and what to do when application goes down.

went home at 8 AM. then, after arriving home, I still do some work. facebook after and checking some mails. 11 AM left house for the movie treat. second time to watch "Clash of the Titans". after we watched the movie, we roamed inside the mall. okay, I just spent some money again. I just bought a new headset with mic for myself to use during office hours, and also I got six pairs of socks from Hush Puppies.

I think we reached home around 7 PM, then left again at past 8 for the dimsum treat. after that, went to Yogurt ice cream shop. went to Dicey's place to copy some movies and then reached home right after.

my body is already complaining. and I need to give it a rest. so, till tomorrow.. and oh before I forgot, I also bought a new keyboard/mice from Logitect. it seems that Logitech is becoming my brand for my gadgets. I have speakers (two actually, the first one we use in the tv, and the second one here in my laptop for my gaming purposes), the laptop lap pad, the headset, the mice, and the keyboard. whats next?

david.edward signing off.....

strength-less

I feel so helpless. it feels like I don't have the enough strength these days. and I also don't know why there reason I am feeling this way. I just needed a break. I have been into much work the previous weeks and days, plus the other member of the team that was uber reklamador are really getting into my nerves. I will need to pray for him to be transferred on the morning shift. sigh..

Time check: 3:02 PM, by this time I should be sleeping 2 hours ago and enjoying my rest time. but as you can see, I am still online doing this entry and ranting and ranting about my life.

I just hope that this feeling will gone the soonest possible time. I just needed a break. If I could just go to Pinas on a weekend and pamper myself there, but this is not the best time to do that. I need to save and I focus now on that aspect. I am trying to change the way I spend my money.

I really hope Lord God that this will go away soon. I will file a leave on Monday. why? just needed a break. If not Monday, I'll take Friday. Since there will be lot of tickets on Monday, maybe I will do this on Friday. I don't want the team to feel the burden of the tickets, unless that one uber reklamador will be left and I am willingly left all those tickets to him - without a heart and an evil laugh. ahaha

"People are born kind hearted. It is the people around them who makes them bad" - David.Edward

david.edward signing off.....

one on one

my manager talked to me this morning. well, it was the scheduled quarterly meet. whatever I want to say daw to the management, I can tell him. It was my chance to tell them what I feel and would like the management to know. But that meeting was an informal one.

first, I told him that I still need training on webMethods. I cannot support the application 100 percent as I am not that sure of myself in supporting the said application. he said to send me an email of what training I need to attend.

second, I told him about the work environment. kasi nga di ba, we dont have permanent seat here in the office, and the cubicles we are using was alloted for other team. And whenever they are here na in the office, we need to evacuate. now, who would be inspired in the said scenario?

continuing the story since I draft it when I left the office this morning.

I also told him about our other officemate that was uber reklamador. and that he doesn't have a free will to get ticket from the queue. he won't bother, cause for him tickets more than five under his name are already beyond his limit. sigh..

and about me, he asked me to document about the application I support. he already asked me if I have any documents or all the knowledge is just inside my brain, I told him that I had a document already and it was given to other two members of the team, that whenever I am not around and something went wrong, they can check the application.

and also, he told me that the management did not allow me to have an above expectation rating for last year. why? because for them I am still new and that my experience wont give me that AE grade. and my manager told me don't take it negatively. honestly speaking? I don't care what they say. As far as I am good with my own standards and I meet them, I do feel good. I know the business. I don't expect to be recognize. I am not thirsty for it. Respect is a word you need to earn. Recognition is another thing.

and lastly, dont ever talk in tagalog if ever we do have any issue. so that this one person in the team can participate. what my mind telling me? whenever we asked him, he would always say - "I do not know".

now you judge..

david.edward signing off.....

condo hunting

we been doing the said task for the past weeks. searching every site that we stumbled in the net would give us a result or two, but still it is one tough job to look for a place that will suite what you want and a place to called home.

this condo that we are staying right now I can say that it is the most convenient condo I have ever been. the bus stop is just outside the guard house. the supermarket is across the street when you use the back gate. you can walk going to the train station when you need to go to work.

we viewed two units today. one for the other condo and one here at endah. we dont like the other unit but we love the one here in the same condo. but this one is located on the 18th floor. but who would'nt love the view of KL? the Petronas right? I'm sure this will give you different kind of lights that the city will offer.

I just hope we can negotiate further on the price. so need to sleep first because dont have yet sleep for tonight's work.

/start.update
we already met the owner and he is also from the IT world. ^_^
anyways, we haggled some issues on the house like repainting of the door frame, telephone line (which is very very important to our work), and other things to make the house comfortable to live with.
the price - it is still the same. RM 1500. so we will be moving at the end of this month, and by that time the reconstruction is completed.
/end.update

david.edward signing off.....

busy sunday

today is sunday and tomorrow will be Monday again which means my pasok na naman sa work. and my mga dapat pa kong gawin before Monday, and it's still about work. feeling ko kasi tambak trabaho sa queue ko and I need to clean my queue up.

last night, 7 PM pa lang di na kaya ng katawan ko, kaya after taking fruits for late merienda, nasa loob na ko ng kweba at natutulog. sobrang pagod na ng katawang lupa and need na magpahinga. woke up around 7 am kanina. sobrang pagod ko na and need bumawi ng katawan ko mula sa stress at pagod from last week's work.

kanina after we had lunch, nagswimming kami sa pool. cguro tumagal din kami ng more than hour sa pool. tapos videoke ulit dito sa bahay. okay na rin iyong ganung bisyo kapag weekend, at least hindi magastos.

so mamaya pagkagaling sa pupuntahan naming house warming, I'm gonna start working again and remove all the tickets from my queue. and i hope di ako tamarin dahil may mga documents din akong dapat gawin.

so pano? till next time!

david.edward signing off.....

sabado na!

yep yep!!! sabado na! at isa lang ang ibig sabihin nyan.. tapos na ang pagiging on call ko for this week.. hayz.. buti na lang!! next schedule after three weeks pa ata. whew! buti makakapahinga na din..

kahapon, 5 na naman ata ako nakatulog kasi ung server namin napupuno na naman... so nagkaroon kami ng event. and meron ding mga customer na nagsesend ng test id sa production server. ang cute di ba? pano kaya yun. medyo masakit pa likod ko. di ko alam kung kulang ba ito sa tulog or need ko na rin magpa masahe ulit.

my viewing kami ng condo later, sana maging maayos naman ang matino pa rin. I really hope makahanap kami ng matinong bahay this time. well, I'm not saying na hindi matino condo namin ngayon but I am looking for much better. work. madami pa din. ganun pa din naman.. I think for this coming weekend I am still gonna work, kung di ako tamarin at di kumanta sa magic sing. lolz

so till dito muna.. nagugutom na naman ako.. nung isang araw nga 2 days na pala ko hindi kumakain ng kanin kaya ang init na ng ulo ko, puyat pa.. sama sama na kumbaga.. ang hirap din ng ganun.. and need ko talaga kumain ng kanin everyday. di ko kaya ng wala. :p

sa uulitin!

david.edward signing off.....

work.. work.. and still work..

at dahil birthday ni kuya sherwin, nagtreat cya ng movie sa Gardens sa my KL. at anong movie? cyempre, Clash of the Titans, first showing day sa Gold Class..

pero another entry ko na lang iyon. busy pa rin ang work schedule, di pa rin nakakabawi sa pagbagsak ng sistema nung isang linggo. dami na ring naririnig mula sa higher management na mga panget na comment dahil sa naganap. oh well. that is life. nakaka depressed lang minsan when you think that you are doing your best but still they see the bad effect not recognizing the effort you've made, okay, correct me, they know how to appreciate naman pala, if not because of us no one will be able to help to bring up the service. pero still pa rin, we came to the point na naeemphasize ung negative impact. because at the end of the day, it is still business..

thanks god thursday na! late ako kagabi. dahil ako ang on-call, late na ko nakatulog. 5 PM ang start ng diretsong tulog ko. ang ginawang call ng Service Desk - 1:00 PM, 2:30 PM and 4:00 PM. sinong tao ang makakatulog ng matino sa paggising ng ganyang oras? tell me.. kaya ako nabadtrip na. kasi di na ko makatulog na matino.

and the movie treat today is kinda a reliever sa napa toxic na linggong ito.. quota na kung quota. ang recorded time ko for the past few days from Sunday's work is sakop na till Friday, lagpas pa. oh ha! san ka pa!!!

anyways, buti na nga lang thursday na and sana makapag pahinga ng matino sa sabado.. ay hindi pa rin pala, my viewing kami ng condo kasi naghahanap kami ng malilipatan na mas mura. and gagawa pa kami ng recovery documentation.. sana di ako tamarin.. hayz..

so pano, ligo muna ko bago matulog.. sana ung apat na oras na tulog ko ngaun, dire diretso at walang magulo na Service Desk.. bwahahha..

david.edward signing off.....