raizadepon
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Start of new year
I agreed with Harvey Levin (of TMZ) when he said that new year is the least sensible holiday of all because all you do is the countdown to new year. I told myself “here we go again”. Thinking that all that has changed is the date but everything will be exactly the same.
New job, employer, co-workers
So the official start of my new job is Jan 2. I was expecting lesser because I didn’t want to get my hopes high and eventually be crushed (just like what happened during my first job). So I was like Automotive Industry? Ok… I was so skeptical during the new hires orientation. I was thinking “Whatever…. I’ll just do my job and quit if I don’t like it here anymore”.
I was so traumatized from what I’ve experienced from my previous employer that I wasn’t sure if there is really an employer who genuinely cares for its employees (and other dramas). I read my job description for more than 3 times and all that is written there was that I was responsible for organizing company events and wellness programs for employees, addressing employee’s concerns and administering performance appraisals. It was too good to be true that I was so sure that I will be doing the same shits as before so to make things clearer I asked my manager about it. She told me that all the shitty work that I was worrying about is the job of another employee so that I can focus on my programs. It seemed legit so I was like “Whew!” but there is another concern that keeps on bugging me which really affected how I view employers now (also based on past experience). But before I start asking about the black holes and shitz, I reviewed the listed wellness programs that I had to organize for the whole year. It was too good to be true (if it wasn’t confidential, I would have written it here already!). I can’t believe my eyes! But then I remembered how the same shit turned out during my ex-employer. During that time we had all the great ideas but when we are already proposing to the Managing Partner she will disapprove of the budget and later resolve to no programs at all. So I asked the HR Supervisor for recruitment during lunch time if the CEO is supportive of the wellness programs and she said “Yes, absolutely”. The other HR Assistant told a lot of good stuff about the CEO plus the fact that there is a monthly birthday breakfast with the CEO, she must be really concerned about her employees. So great! But there’s one last thing I have to know about before I can rejoice and tell myself that I’m in good hands now… what is the employees’ attitude towards HR. Do they also have a serious bi-polar disorder just like the employees that I’ve wrestled with in my previous employer? Who are only good when they are facing the boss but evil as HELL towards me? Who thinks that having a professional license makes them almighty? Who thinks that they can do whatever shit they want (lates, absences, not observing ethics) as long as they get their job done? I asked one of the male HR Assistants (yes, male hr assistants are endangered species) about the behavior of the employees and he told me that there are quite a few of those egotastic kind but in general employees here are well mannered. I puked rainbows after that.
I know I have to stop comparing my new employer from the previous one but I can’t help it. Every time I stumble upon an awesome fact, (such as the monthly breakfast with the CEO for the birthday celebrants) I realize how stupid I was to stay at the previous one for 8 FUCKING MONTHS!!! (To those who told me that I will never have another job after I resigned…. FUCK YOU!!!)
The HR Department here is the most constructive and strategic HR that I’ve ever seen. We are 9 HR practitioners plus 2 OJTs and 2 more expected employees. I mean, how great is that? I finally belong to a TEAM! It’s a new structure and all of the HR Assistants are at the same generation! It is very strategic for them to think about it in that way because based on my previous experience it is very hard to work with another HR Assistant who is older than you because …. errr…. she’s a bitch! Anyway the strategy is working because all of the hr assistants are very workaholic and very career oriented. We are all alike!!!
NUSKIN Bootcamp (Jan 7-8)
I attended Nu Skin’s bootcamp. Nu Skin is a network marketing based legit business just like Usana, Herbalife and Amway. I joined the company last year for extra income and for me it’s the best investment I’ve ever made! Anyway the 2 day experience was packed with learnings but these are my favorites…
1. The Rubber band- I know, we all know about the negative reinforcement theory but this is an actual application to yourself. Place a rubber band around your wrist and whenever you are tempted to do something that will prevent you from attaining your goal just stretch it and let it hit you! My manager asked me “Isn’t that rubber band stopping the flow of your blood?” and I told her that it has some spiritual meaning to me. It’s really nice!
2. Goal Setting- Yes I know I’ve blogged this before but this one’s new!
Thoughts + Feelings + Action = Results
I’m currently having a problem in the “feelings” part which I know that God will help me through attending to His church which I will start doing next week because of some complications.
100% ENERGY IN EVERYTHING!!!
This means that you can only get results from giving 100% of everything. If you only give it 50% or 80% or 99.9%, the result will always be ZERO! I’ve been applying this at work ever since and I always have awesome results. My manager even asked me if I can only give 50% of my energy because 100% is too much hahaha. I love being positive! It also attracts positive things in my life. At first I was so skeptical about the “Law of Attraction” from “The Secret” when I first watched the video during college. I even wrote a blog on how I thought how weird it was for me.
http://raizadepon.multiply.com/journal/item/5/up_side_down—-WORLD
But now that I’m actually doing it…. I feel that there are endless possibilities and the sky is the limit to our dreams! There was even an activity wherein we have to break an actual arrow using our neck while a partner is stopping the arrow using his/her palm. See vid below (its not me but the activity is the same)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UevfqKJkVK0&feature=related
It’s so cool! Before we break the arrow we have to write down our chosen goal at the arrow … shout the goal…. shout whatever limiting belief that we have (which prevents us to achieve our goal)… then WE BREAK IT!!!!!!! AWESOME EXPERIENCE!!!!
3. When Leaders Synergize …. they are unstoppable! Well said! :D
The Learning is in the Doing!
Well alot of trainers say that trainings are only events and that the actual learning process is when you apply it. So after that awesome bootcamp experience in Pampanga, I wasted no time and applied it directly to my daily life. Eversince I started doing so, I realized that I’ve been attracting so much positivity in my life right now. People around me are also being positive and I’m really trying to stay away from negative people because they irritate me. So if you’re negative, don’t bother me coz I’m not your therapist! KEEP ON DREAMING!
1. 24in waist line by July 5, 2011.
2. At least 3 graphic art collections this year.
3. Blog at least once a week.
(will add some more…)
-That awesome moment when your crush chats you in facebook just to great you a happy new year! :D …..can’t stop thinking about him now…….arrrrggggh…..still can’t stop…….waaaaah……. >:(
-Fist day of work for my second employer tomorrow! Bring it on HARI!!! :D
-Happy New Year yall! :D
Okay so nainspire akong gumawa ng blog na tungkol sa childhood ko sa wikang Filipino-English pagkatapos kong basahin ang ilang pahina sa libro ni Bob Ong na “Bakit Baliktad Magbasa ang mga Pilipino?” at pati narin ang mga jokes tungkol sa henerasyon ko na nabasa ko sa 9gag.com. Bukod sa nagtitrip down memory lane ako ang isa pang nakikita kong benepisyo nito ay para matukoy ang generation namin na tingin ko magiging helpful sa mga HR practitioners. Alam niyo kasi mga kapatid may mga ibat-ibang techniques kung pano ihandle ang isang tao at isa na rito ay base sa kanyang henerasyon. Ang henerasyon ng isang tao ay base sa kung anong taon sya pinanganak at kung ano-ano ang mga naganap noong kabataan nya na syang nakaimpluwensya sa kung ano sya ngayon. Halimbawa, ang mga Baby-Boomers ay mabilis ma bored sa paulit-ulit na trabaho, hindi masyadong gusto ang mga boss o patakaran at kahit matanda na sila ay kapansin-pansin na may pagka-techy sila. Ito ay dahil sila ay pinanganak pagkatapos ng World War II at noong panahon na iyon ay nagging liberal na ang mga tao (parang nakawala sa haula) dahil tapos na nga ang gyera. May pagka-strikto ang mga magulang nila (mostly ay mga sundalo) kaya madalas silang sumusuway sa mga patakaran. Panahon din nila noong lumabas ang computer kaya well adopted din sila sa mga machines. Meron ding Generation X, Generation Y at Nexters. Ang Nexters ay ang huling henerasyon na naisulat sa librong pinag-aralan ko kay Ms. Esleta (Individual Behavior) nung college pa ako. Ang librong iyon ay ang “Organizational Behavior 10th Edition” ni Stephen Robbins. At kahit may 12th edition na nung panahong iyon, pinilit parin ni Ms. Esleta na gamitin naming ang 10th edition. Sa pagkakaalam ko ay wala pang tawag sa working force sa henerasyon ko at pakiramdam ko kailangan nang matukoy kung ano ito at kung pano ito mamomotivate sa trabaho dahil dumadami narin kami sa mundo ng employment.
Nung bata ako mahilig ako sa mga larong physical. Puro takbuhan kami noon ng mga kapitbahay ko kaya hindi pa ako gaanong mataba. Ang paborito kong laro ay yung Chinese Garters, Racing, Mataya Taya, Patintero, Dodge ball, Taguan, Piko, Barbie, Polly Pocket, Bahay-bahayan, Lutu-Lutuan at Camping. Syempre ang saya dahil nakikipag socialize ka sa mga kapitbahay mo. May tawanan, pikunan, suntukan (sila), nagkagustuhan, nagchismisan at dito rin ako natuto na kelangan mo talagang mamlastik ng tao. Kahit ayaw mo sakanya hindi naman ibigsabihin na kailangan mo siyang awayin dahil natural lang na may di ka magustohan sa isang tao. Naranasan kong mag Treat or Trick at Christmas Caroling. Dito ko rin ungang nalaman ang tungkol sa mga crush-crush (mga kalandian). May kapitbahay akong pangalan ay Miko at dati nagpakasal na kami. Sinabi pa namin toh sa mga magulang namin at tawang tawa sila. Kahit pinagtatawanan nila kami iniisip ko parin na seryoso ang verbal agreement namin. Ngayon isa na siyang malaking lalake na naninigarilyo sa gate ng townhouse namin. Nursing graduate na naging call center agent kaya maraming pang sigarilyo at awkward tuwing nakikita ko sya naaalala ko ang kasal-kasalan namin. Nung mejo malaki na kami (mga grade 4) hindi na kami masyadong naglalaro sa kalye. Doon na nauso ang Game Boy Color at hindi ko iyon ipapabili sa mama ko kung hindi lang ako naadik sa Pokemon noong hiniram ko sa pinsan ko ang Game Boy niya. Bukod sa Pokemon (yellow, red, blue, silver, gold) madalas ko ding laruin ang Super Mario, Harry Potter at ang laro na puro battle tank (di ko maalala ang title). Nauso narin ang counter strike na nagging taboo sa mga bata dahil nga bukod sa patayan ang laro eh nakakaadik din talaga ito (though hindi ko naman nagustohan ito), masyadong negatibo ang tingin ng mga matatanda at mga teachers tungkol dito. Doon na nag-umpisa ang patakaran sa school na bawal lumabas nang may suot na uniform. Pagkatapos kong magpakasawa sa mga laro sa bala ng aking Game Boy ay nauso naman ang Beyblade (hanggang ngayon nakadisplay siya sa kwarto ko). Naglalaro kami ng kapatid ko, mga kaibigan ko sa school at pati ng mga uncle ko sa father side. Ito yung makabagong trumpo noon na ang goal ay mapatumba ang beyblade ng kalaban. Ang daming naglipanang mga peke (as usual) at ang iba ay bumibili pa talaga ng maliit na stadium para sa laro pero kung tutuusin ay okay lang namang sa sahig lang.
Hindi kami naka cable noon at bawal ding gamitin ang computer namin dahil masyadong mahigpit ang nanay ko. Feeling niya kasi marerape kami ng kapatid ko kapag nag cable o computer kami kaya puro local lang ang napapanuod ko(nung college lang natauhan ang nanay ko na magpakabit ng internet dahil nagkaroon ako ng homework na ang sagot ay hindi mahahanap sa pinaglumaang libro o kaya dictionary, pinagtawanan pa ako ng mga kaklase ko dahil hindi ako marunong gumamit ng google, yahoo at yahoomail –so basically nakatira ako sa ilalim ng bato!). Noong bata ako ang una kong kinaadikan na palabas ay yung Sailor Moon at sumunod ay yung Power Rangers (original). Pagkatapos ay sunod-sunod na ang mga anime na nagsulputan bukod sa mga local kid shows na informative. Nanjan na ang Akazukin Cha-cha, Judy Abott, Remi: Nobody’s Girl, Cedi, Heidi, Princess Sarah, Ghost Fighter na kahit paulit-ulit ay pinapanuod ko parin (hanggang ngayon), Dragon Ball Saga (simula bata hanggang nagka-apo si Goku), Neon Genesis Evangelion, Card Captor Sakura, Slam Dunk, Knock-Out, Hunter X Hunter at marami pang iba. Eto na yung mga panahong nasa highschool na ako at ang mga pinag-uusapan lang namin ay yung episode na pinalabas kahapon. Highschool din nung unang pinalabas sa Pilipinas ang Meteor Garden staring San Chai and the Flower 4 (F4) group na may kalabang 5566 na banda rin. Sunod-sunod ang mga Tsinovelas noon dahil bukod sa light lang ang mga kwento (puro kilig) eh mabilis pang matapos hindi tulad ng mga Telenovelas mula sa Spain. Sumunod ay yung Koreanovelas (na laging may namamatay na bida o semi-bida) at di nagtagal pati yung mga galing Japan eh tinangkilik narin ng mga Pilipina (wala pa akong kilalang Pilipino na umaming nanonood neto). Pag dating naman sa mga movies ay patok na patok ang Harry Potter Saga (I practically grew with it) at yung Pirates of the Caribbean Saga. Syempre mawawala pa ba ang mga classics na gawa ng Walt Disney at Pixar? At kung mamimili kami ng nanay ko ng piratang dvd/vcd eh yung mga nakakatakot na gawa ng mga Hapones ang agad kong dinadampot. Hindi ko alam kung bakit di masyadong patok ang mga Filipino Movies saamin ng mga kabarkada ko.
Pagdating naman sa pag-aaral, hindi ko alam pero lagi akong napupunta sa barkadang pala-aral kaya napipilitan narin akong mag-aral. Mula elementary pinressure na ako ng magaling kong ina na maging honor student at nung nagkaroon na ako ng kapatid na GENIUS eh lalo pa akong sumipag dahil laging pinamumuka sakin ng yaya ng kapatid ko na bobo ako. Nung highschool ako naaalala ko na pagkagaling sa eskwela nanjan na agad ang school bus ko at diretso na ako sa bahay. Akyat agad ako sa kwarto ko, magpapalit ng pangbahay, manonood ng kung anong anime ang palabas ng oras na iyon at maghahapunan. Pagkatapos mag half-bath diretso ulit sa kwarto para gumawa ng konting homework habang bukas ang TV at matutulog kung antok na. Kapag may test kinabukasan mag-aalarm ako ng 1-2am para magreview at pagdating ng 4am matutulog….5:30am gigising. Paulit-ulit lang ako noon palibhasa wlang mga club sa school ko dahil masyadong makaluma ang mga titsers doon. Ang naaalala ko lang na club ay yung news paper club (na wala namang nangyayari) at yung COCC (kung nagjoin ka dito alila ka for a year pero next year ikaw na ang mang-aalila kung may mauto ka na sumali). Iilan lang kaming sumali sa newspaper club (The Merrisians) pero lahat ng kaibigan ko nag COCC pwera lang ako. Kaya nung 4th year na kami, ako lang ang hindi officer sa CAT sa mga kabarkada ko pero okay lang dahil hanggang ngayon feeling ko katarantaduhan lang ang lahat ng iyon (sorry). Masasabi kong competitive ang batch ko pagdating sa academics and non-academics. Kahit yung mukang mga kolokoy eh math whiz pala. Nung college naman, Aba! Competetive din! Akala ko kasi nung una mga tatamad-tamad ang mga magiging kaklase ko sa kolehyo dahil yung school namin kilala bilang tapunan ng mga bumagsak galing sa malalaking unibersidad. Dito ko nalaman na may matatalinong magaganda at pogi rin pala sa mundo at hindi purkit banidoso eh mataray na. Oo looks can be deceiving talaga. Ang pinaka gusto kong mga subjects ay yung mga major subjects ko na may kinalaman sa industrial psychology. Ang saya talaga mag-aral nun dahil may mga tawag pala sa mga behaviours ng mga tao. Ang pinaka-ayoko naman ay yung mga business law subjects ko sunod ay mga accountancy subjects. Ang dami kong subjects na ganon dahil ang kurso ko ay Business Management. Alam ko naman na importante yon pero bakit kailangang hindi marunong magturo yung mga professors na natatapat sakin? Pero ang pinaka malalang subject para saakin ay yung Quantitative Techniques (Quan-T). Pang industrial engenering ang level at iniyakan ko pa iyon dahil open notes na nga tapos 4/40 pa ako (mas mataas kesa sa mga kaibigan ko). Alam mo yung tipong tuwing Linggo aalis dapat kayo ng nanay at kapatid mo pero magpapaiwan ka sa bahay para gawin yung lintik mong homework sa Quan-T pero tititigan mo lang pala buong araw dahil hindi pa natuturo ng lintik na titser sa inyo! Gayunpaman pinasa ko parin ang lahat ng subjects (dahil napaka mahal bumagsak) at nakapagtapos on time.
Pagdating naman sa mga kaganapan sa bansa at sa mundo na kinalakihan ko eh medyo namumulat narin ang Pilipinas sa pagkakaroon ng boses ang bayan. Nanjan ang Vizconde Massacre, pagbitay kay Leo Echegaray at Flor Contemplacion, ang love-bug, Impeachment ni ex-President Joseph Estrada, pagbagsak ng Twin Towers sa America, pagkidnap at pagpatay ng Abu Sayaf sa mga foreigners (para lang magpapansin kay ex-President Glorya Arroyo), pagsikat ni Manny Paquiao, tsunami sa Thailand, Ondoy (nastranded ako sa school pero nung pinakita kung saan kami matutulog sumakay ako ng pedicab Php 100 para maka-uwi ng dorm). Mejo radical nga ang henerasyon ko dahil noong highschool ako lahat ng naging adviser ko ay umiyak at lagi kaming nagvovoice out ng mga opinion namin sa Principal. Noong college naman eh sumali pa sa rally ang kaibigan ko at ako naman ay nakahiligang magdonate sa simbahan kada pasko (hanggang ngayon-wish ko lang sana napunta sa mga Sendong victims). Isang beses bigla nalang akong nag-abot ng isang pack ng tinapay sa kapus-palad sa kalye at ang sarap sa pakiramdam nung time na nagpasalamat siya sa akin, ganoon din ang mga kaibigan ko tuwing may tirang pagkain binabalot at binibigay para ka kasing lumulutang sa ere kapag alam mong nakakatulong ka (directly). Sa henerasyon ko, cool na talaga ang tumulong sa nangangailangan dahil noong Ondoy ang tagpuan place pa ng mga teenagers ay dun sa center ng releaf goods. Nalaos na sa kabataan ang pag-gamit ng droga at pagsali sa mga fraternity na walang katuturan. Boom na boom narin ngayon ang mga technologies, kada buwan may bagong model ng cellphone, laptop, ipod, mp3, tv at kung anu-ano pang mga entertainment gadgets. Nauso narin ang pagiging healthy kaya nagsulputan na ang mga wellness business tulad ng mga spa at gym. Dahil dito yumayaman na ang mga nagnenetworking sa wellness industry. Lahat nagsasalad at kung hindi fruit shake eh protein shake ang iniinom. Kaya pag punta mo sa mga pang publikong mga lugar marami nang mga mukhang artistahin eh.
So yan yung mga kinamulatan ko noon at tingin ko kailangan nang madaliin ng mga researchers kung ano ang itatawag sa henerasyon natin at kung paano tayo mamomotivate sa trabaho dahil karamihan sa mga kabatch ko hindi na tumatagal ng tatlong taon sa trabaho. Opo, hindi lang ako ang di nagtagtagal sa trabaho. May mga kakilala akong tatlong buwan lang di na kinaya. Hindi na kailangang mangibang bansa at iwanan ang pamilya sa panahon ngayon dahil marami nang opportunities sa trabaho dito sa Pilipinas. Mabilis ding nagbabago ang trend sa labor force dahil ang mga RN na hindi na matanggap sa mga ospital ay sumasabak narin sa corporate world (Good news! Bumaba na ang nageenroll ng nursing sa bansa!). Bukod pa rito, mas magiging diversed narin ang mga susunod pang henerasyon ng labor force dahil sa K+12 (naks! Di talaga ako maka get over ah!). Kaya mga researchers…simulan niyo na!!!
When we were young, parents and elders used to tell us that we should study hard in order to be successful (especially in the Philippine culture). I actually held to that delusion and when I went to college I met very hard working friends. One time we went at the library full of nerds (including us). My friend told me “In the future, these bookworms are going to be rich!”. Then you work your ass off and as soon as you graduate college you are constantly being pressured by these elders (which are naggers) to get a JOB!
I mean that’s the truth, and no offense but I think having a stable job doesn’t mean that you’re successful. For me success is defined as having enough money, time and pleasure for yourself and your family (loved ones). As of the moment I’m still finding ways to achieve this by joining a networking company (which ended really fast), planning a small traditional business 20 years from now, investing in real estate or insurance and others.
It’s really hard to be truly successful. But what pisses me off is the fact that there are some people who just had fun and still have more money than the workaholics. I am not talking about playing after working kind of people. I’m talking about stupid asses who act like they’ve just won the lottery and for every single day of their life, they have to spend as many as they can because they might wake up in a dream kind of people. And at the end, they still win.
Exhibit A
My cousin N, is a very hard headed person. He is an adopted (nothing against that) and the favorite child of my rich aunt and uncle. N is not an intelligent kid from the very start (which is okay) but when he went to college, not only did he stayed there for so long, he also made stupid decisions. During his college days, the most famous computer game was Counter Strike (which I also played- bloody bloody! nothing wrong). He got addicted and bet on games. He was a loser (in the game) and his loses piled up until he had to pay it by bringing his car (a gift from his dad) to the pawnshop, now that’s a total loser! And when he finally broke down and told everyone about his stupidity, here comes his parents (plus my mom) to the rescue! They paid the pawnshop and his debts and the stupid ass got away from what could have been a great lesson for him. After a long stroll through his college life, finally he got his goddamn diploma and worked for our family business as an Administrative Manager (honestly? what where they thinking?). Our company is really small to the point that he really doesn’t have anything to administer but the dumb-ass still doesn’t report to work and if he does, he takes on a half day because he wants to fetch his kids from school (the fact that they have a lot of drivers and he can still go back to the office after he fetches them makes him a jerk)-he still receives his full salary despite all of this. The psycho’s money are all spent on customizing his car or in video games and the reality is he has his parent’s money to back him up whenever, wherever or whatever stupidity he does in his life. Honestly? What’s wrong with this world? His mom always tells me money saving tips like “Avoid salons to save money” or “Don’t be ashamed if you wear the same clothes to the office time and time again to minimize shopping expenditure”. And I think it’s really annoying because I just learned that their son just spent his birthday money gift on customizing his car. The car broke because of a turbo shit that he placed and the whole engine crashed. His dad paid P80K to fix his shit! That ass hole has it all! He has a hot wife (with an irritating voice), two kids (brats who study in prestigious schools), supportive parents and never ending cash. Low grades? IT DOESN’T MATTER!!!
During my college days I was a consistent dean’s lister. Though I finished college without honors (I was 0.2 short in order to become a cum laude - no regrets though), I was active in several student organizations and ran for best thesis. I really worked hard but I still don’t have it all. My mom doesn’t even want to finance me for my plans to have a Master’s Degree even though I am willing to pay for it after I graduate. Shit right?
Exhibit B
My cousin J………..bah enough of this crap! She is just a female younger version of cousin N. Let’s talk about my mom.
My mom was a spoiled brat when she was young. But this did not hinder her for becoming a consistent annoying over achiever. Her achievements are ridiculously stunning! Double college degree graduate (psychology and marketing), Master’s degree in marketing, Master’s degree in clinical psychology and a Lawyer. Now you’d think we are super rich right? HELL NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! To sum up her career, she got a dream job in a big Japanese merchandising company, resigned and went to do business with her brother in law (which is a prick) and her brother. The crazy brother in law took over the business so my mom and my uncle did another business. They were distributors of a great camera brand, my uncle was the president while my mom was the VP. My mom quickly became a legend in her field and was recognized by the brand heads abroad. She was offered to become the president instead but she refused because she didn’t want to become higher than her beloved brother who in the end fought her and then she resigned. Now she is the COO of our advertising company but her pay doesn’t really compensate for her job because she is literally everything! With the senior citizens as her partners and my worthless cousins who’s main purpose in life is to whine. So yeah my mom is pretty much in a deep shit right now.
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I’m sure you also know a couple of intelligent people with a sad ending. I don’t want to ask God why these things happen because He has blessed me with a lot of things especially this year. But the fact that the people like exhibit A are increasing without facing the consequences of their actions are super annoying. I don’t know now if studying or even hard work really gets us to anywhere. What I know is that K + 12 might solve this huge stupidity problem. Good night!
Source: http://ph.news.yahoo.com/incoming-high-school-freshmen-become-grade-7-next-160000750.html
This week’s local news is all about K+12. It’s about the Philippines adopting the 12 year basic educational curriculum just like in other countries. I don’t really have a stand here because #1. I’m not affected and #2. My sister is not affected. Anyway the reason that I’m blogging this is because I’m excited about the things that might happen if they implement it.
So the plan is they will be adding another year in elementary which will be implemented this coming SY 2012-2013 and two years in high school (they call it senior high) which will start on SY 2016-2017. The additional grade seven I think is not really a problem because other elite schools already has it, the only problem is the parent’s budget, school’s budget (classrooms and teachers) and don’t forget that students might lack the enthusiasm for studying because of longer school years. Anyway the real problem is when they start implementing the added 2 years of high school in 2016. THERE WILL BE NO COLLEGE FRESHMEN FOR TWO YEARS. This might greatly affect college school’s income (especially the small ones) which might lead to closure…which I think is GREAT!!!
There are a lot of colleges here in the Philippines that I think is just a SCAM. I mean yes they offer low tuition fees but the courses that they offer are things like Computer Secretarial (do you need a degree for this?), Food Preparation (you’re not even a cook after this) and Pre-dentistry (why not dentistry?). Although these are two year courses I still think that these are scam and a lot of people (especially the desperate ones who just wants to have a diploma) bites to these courses. The problem is in our country we shun those who did not finish tertiary education upon application. That’s why most people end up paying tuition fees for a course program that #1. They don’t really like and #2. They don’t really need. Thanks to the K+ 12 curriculum, the Philippines will eventually learn not to outcast people who didn’t finish college (Apparently this new curriculum is designed to prepare people for work after high school). Because in reality no matter how many years you stay in school the ones who knows how to put on the moves are the ones that stay in a world of dog eats dog.
Another indirect benefit of K+ 12 is lesser discrimination among college graduates. Quality is the name of the game of colleges and universities. University of the Philippines, Ateneo de Manila University, De La Salle University and University of Santo Tomas are the elite universities in the Philippines and the quality of their education is their weapon against other universities/ colleges. They only charge sky rocket tuition fees (except UP) to sustain their quality (paying quality professors, over the top facilities, research). If the Philippines gets used to this K+ 12 curriculum, they will soon have greater respect on people who finished tertiary education from colleges who will survive the year 2016-2017 that is. And I have a great feeling that the colleges who will survive are those who offer quality education. Thus, employers will no longer choose graduates from elite schools over graduates from other colleges because they will understand that college has become a privilege (no crappy education for us!).
I’m not an expert here but it’s a fact that the rate of underemployment in our country is getting worse. During my internship in a manufacturing company, there were college graduates who were applying for a production crew position. Some of them are REGISTERED NURSES, COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS and other cool courses. It’s really sad for me to see my fellow Filipinos degrade themselves like that. Because of K+ 12 high school graduates can have greater chances of having blue collar jobs and college graduates will have greater chances of being employed in the right jobs. Due to the fact that a lot of people will eventually ditch the idea of continuing tertiary studies and find a job, college graduates will be more scarce thus, having more chances of job fit. Underemployment solved!
There are other indirect benefits of K+ 12 like increased need of dormitories for college students (because if small colleges close it is expected that students who are in the province will continue studying in Manila, where K+ 12 proof colleges are). There is one problem that might happen. Because high school graduates will have more job opportunities, this might cause our population to balloon more. As I’ve said before…. Filipinos are just like horny rabbits!
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This entry is dedicated to all of my crushes in my former job. All of which are single.
It started when I broke up with my ex. There was the trio.
Code Name: Number 1
Pros: I liked him because he is very focused in his work (which apparently turns me on). He also seems to be a gentleman. Among the other crushes, he had the longest duration of freshens. (Meaning he lasted… you dirty minded you hehehe)
End Of Crush (EOC): After becoming a QA for awhile he looked so stressed and he has a crush on the hotest and kindest admin assistant. I’m totally okay with that. Good luck bro. Turn off.
Code Name: Number 2
Pros: Like number 1 he is so focused on his career. He also responds to my jokes and all hehehe
EOC: After the audit season, I noticed that something is wrong. Our worlds will never meet :(
Code Name: Number 3
Pros: Who wouldn’t love this person? He is so adorable!!! He even gave me a little note (regarding his leave) and he spelled my name correctly! He even bothered to put nice words in it! :D He is so obsessed with his career that he even took other licensure exams aside from the basic ones. GO!!!
EOC: He is so perfect I think I’m not good enough for him…bah!
….then there’s this guy….
Code Name: Albino! Kidding haha I didn’t gave him any code name.
Pros: He is very good looking and likes to socialize. Very talkative guy. I conducted an exit interview with him and he just didn’t stop talking. It lasted for 2 hrs with him babbling in circles. I just couldn’t make it stop!
EOC: I don’t think he’s gay but the fact that he is not very focused on his career during his stay with us is a major turn off…too talkative.
Code Name: The Artist
Pros: This guy really looks like my first boyfriend. I was so turned on when I knew that he likes to draw. Among the other auditors, I think he is the most workaholic. Every time I went down to buy lunch, I always notice him still working until the last 30 mins of our lunch break (we had 1 hr and 30mins break). One time I was assigned to become the reliever of the receptionist and all the calls were for him and I knew that he had an overnight at the office. I was really turned on because of his dedication… and it wasn’t even audit season yet!
EOC: He cursed at me (don’t know if it was unconscious) and I heard bad rumors about him. Anyway jerk personality means TURN OFF.
Code Name: Kulit (Annoying)
Pros: At first I thought this guy was masungit because I seldom see him smile or socialize and he doesn’t socialize with other departments. I also thought that he is not good in his job but I was wrong. According to one of my friends he worked fast (same as me) and he is makulit. Every time I approach him, he responds and he always grabs my arm (indicating that I’m fat). He also chatted with me twice and asked about my resignation (indicating that he wants to get rid of me ASAP). I like him until now. I constantly visit his facebook page hehe. I just want him to know that I care about him and that I’ve already molested him in my thoughts. Mwah!
I was a chubby kid back then but when I entered high school I learned ways to lose weight without exercising and by the time we graduated high school, well I was still the fattest among 6 girls in our batch but the other 5 were really, I mean really genetically skinny. So I guess I had a normal body figure back then. I loved my curves and all.
When I entered college, my weight started to fluctuate. One term I’m fat, the next term I’m not. But when I dated my ex things got stable, I was fat period! It’s pointless to blame others for your weight but it’s really hard to control what you eat if you’re with someone who really, really, morbidly, loves food. And because of that I gained 70lbs whoa!
I started to become depressed. I hated myself for the fact that I don’t feel great and that I weigh more than I weighed back in elementary. YUCK! So I wanted a change. I repeatedly told my ex that I want us to become “the hot couple”. I always told him that we had to go on a diet. He always told me that the idea was great but he just continued his lifestyle of eating TOO MUCH until he can’t breathe. Every time he eats, It’s like a fiesta, that tomorrow he might die so he should eat a lot kind of mentality.
He never changed his ways until I decided to break up with him. It wasn’t the only reason for the break up but he wasn’t taking good care of himself and he was dragging me with him. I had to stop being with someone morbidly obsessed to glutton. I had to love myself first. So by Feb 2011, I broke up with him.
Things changed since then. I went on a once a day meal diet, the diet that I was when I was in high school. I just had a glass of milk for breakfast and lunch and a meal of whatever pleases me during dinner. A lot of my co-workers were concerned but I just hope they didn’t. The diet still worked for me after all these years. After two months of dieting, I already lost 5 inches around my waist. But things got all fucked up on our office especially in our department during July and I had to render overtime until my brain can’t function already. Lack of manpower plus an unrealistic deadline from the Management who clearly did not had the slightest idea on what they were demanding from me. So basically I ate lunch because of stress and fear of not finishing on time and preventing everyone to be promoted because of my report resulted to weight gain. After that frantic report, I continued with eating more to cope with the stress and the increased tension with my co-workers and other partners. (God I hated being a part of that company).
Anyway after resigning I am now unemployed and HAPPY! Happy not because I want to be a bum, but because I stood with what I believe to be right. As for the idle time, I want to go on a diet again. But I’m afraid because as you know, people always say that skipping meals will have a bad effect whatsoever. So I googled and I read something http://fitnessblackbook.com/dieting_for_fat_loss/lose-body-fat-by-eating-just-one-meal-per-day/ (I read it just now). It turns out that I’m not the only one who is doing it. There are a lot of people doing it and did not had any bad effects on them.
So I’m more determined now. Knowing that there are other people who already tried the diet and that there’s even a book written about it. Nothing can stop me from achieving my high school body again.
As an industrial psychology graduate, we were taught basic psychological theories and one of those was the Goal Setting Theory. It states that in order to get to your goal, the first step is to write it down (specifically). Include the deadline so that you will know if you are getting there. My goal is to have a 26 in waist line by July 5,2012 (coz that’s my birthday). And I will arrive at that goal by the aid of the once a day meal diet. LET’S GO!!!
