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2am and just on my way home to UP. I’ve been living in UP for about a year now and this is quite the first time im going home this late to the new place (the aptmnt where we used to live was demolished. As per our landlord, The place where it used to stand will be made into an engineering complex.) and amazingly enuf I only know the way to the house by riding the “Ikot” jeep that roams around UP and they only go till 12MN, in short I freakin dunno the way back! T_T and I know its better if I take a cab home but I’d probably just go round and round UP and never get home. So heres what I did,
I hitched a ride with one of my ofcm8s in her cab(she’s going valenzuela) and asked her to drop me at GMA(timog). While in the cab I tried to remember the map I bought a year ago when I first started living in UP. As far as I can remember the apartment I used to live is about the opposite side of the map to the place I live now. in Timog I took ride on a bus going Fairview , I already had a mini map drawn in my mind and I was hoping its accurate(i really hoped, truth is im feeling lost T_T). I asked the kundoktor to drop me in commonwealth near the big Iglesia bldg. the kundoktor said “ahh, sa central ka, wag mo sabihin commonwealth 18php pamasahe dun, s central 11php lng.” Mighty nie of him not to take advantage of a few coins. Anyways when I was near the iglesia church some guy said “kuya sa UP Gym lang”, I know that place so I also went down there. I know im close to home coz I see the Gym when I go out so im slightly relieved tho im still lost. As I was entering the campus grounds the guards approached me and asked me who I am and where im going. I answered in complete honesty, I said I live there, tho im just new to the place and its my first time to go home this late. He asked a few more questions and he’s quite new to the place too so he just let mo go in. before I went in I asked him if he knows the way to my haus,(I gave him couple of landmarks), alas he’s just the guard at the gate and also don’t know his way around UP. Anyways I went on my way and try to look for the route I usually see in the morning. Its dark and the place looked like a nice spot to shoot horror movies, if I wasn’t worried bout how to get home I might even take a moment and sit under one of those big trees and admire the night. A strong shower just went by so the place is all wet. Back on my track to find home I just walked blindly to the night not knowing where I am till I saw a bldg with brick finishing, I think it’s the UP film institute bldg or the other one beside it. Logically infront of it should be the “bahay ng alumni”, dead on the spot there they are, I was able to find my way with a little help from the map I bought a year ago! Haha.. well finding those buildings is enuf for me to find my way.. the rest is history. It took me about 20mins of walking inside the UP campus wondering where I was and admiring the place.
All in all the walk home was fun.. J id gladly do it again, tho i home the next time I do it the grounds are dry para nmn makatulog muna s ilalim ng puno dun.. haha.. mejo may pagka nature lover kc..
//this was written before the robbery incedent at the bahay ng alumni
Friday, November 14, 2008
Sunday, November 9, 2008
20 Rules in any office
1. Rule 1. - The Boss is always right.
2. Rule 2. - If the Boss is wrong, see rule 1.
3. Those who work get more work. Others get pay, perks, and promotions.
4. Ph.D. stands for "Pull Him Down". The more intelligent a person, the more hardworking a person, the more committed a person; the more number of persons are engaged in pulling that person down.
5. If you are good, you will get all the work. If you are really good, you will get out of it.
6.. When the Bosses talk about improving productivity, they are never talking about themselves.
7. It doesn't matter what you do, it only matters what you say you've done and what you are going to do.
8. A pat on the back is only a few centimeters from a kick in the butt.
9. Don't be irreplaceable. If you can't be replaced, you can't be promoted.
10. The more crap you put up with, the more crap you are going to get.
11. If at first you don't succeed, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it...
12. When you don't know what to do, walk fast and look worried.
13.. Following the rules will not get the job done.
14. If it weren't for the last minute, nothing would get done.
15. Everything can be filed under "Miscellaneous" .
16. No matter how much you do, you never do enough.
17. You can do any amount of work provided it isn't the work you are supposed to be doing.
18. In order to get a promotion, you need not necessarily know your job.
19. In order to get a promotion, you only need to pretend that you know your job.
20. The last person that quit or was fired will be held responsible for everything that goes wrong.
2. Rule 2. - If the Boss is wrong, see rule 1.
3. Those who work get more work. Others get pay, perks, and promotions.
4. Ph.D. stands for "Pull Him Down". The more intelligent a person, the more hardworking a person, the more committed a person; the more number of persons are engaged in pulling that person down.
5. If you are good, you will get all the work. If you are really good, you will get out of it.
6.. When the Bosses talk about improving productivity, they are never talking about themselves.
7. It doesn't matter what you do, it only matters what you say you've done and what you are going to do.
8. A pat on the back is only a few centimeters from a kick in the butt.
9. Don't be irreplaceable. If you can't be replaced, you can't be promoted.
10. The more crap you put up with, the more crap you are going to get.
11. If at first you don't succeed, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it...
12. When you don't know what to do, walk fast and look worried.
13.. Following the rules will not get the job done.
14. If it weren't for the last minute, nothing would get done.
15. Everything can be filed under "Miscellaneous" .
16. No matter how much you do, you never do enough.
17. You can do any amount of work provided it isn't the work you are supposed to be doing.
18. In order to get a promotion, you need not necessarily know your job.
19. In order to get a promotion, you only need to pretend that you know your job.
20. The last person that quit or was fired will be held responsible for everything that goes wrong.
//some of these are somehow true.. :)
engineered class clowns
hmmm.. the net in the ofc is still cut off and i wrote this last week, and even tho its late im posting. haha..(pag nabalik n net ko bawi ako s posts.. :))
November 1saturday, amidst the heavy crowd in the bus terminal I struggled to go home. Just to say I had a break. Its been really busy in the ofc these past days since the BIG day before our system goes live( live- pertaining to the system being launched replacing the old legacy system). Almost all the peeps in the ofc want a break even for just a while, though were all forbidden to take a leave at least im just from bulacan its just a hours away from manila giving me the luxury of spending time with relatives in this holiday. Well for me its just rest, rest, rest all im aiming for the week is rest, come next week it’ll be even more harsh in the ofc that any minute error could coz you a teary eyed experience in the ofc. Anyways back to the terminal, here I am carrying a bag loaded with laundry and just a few pasalubong for my pamangkins, seeing the line go from an organized to a pitiful sight, there’s no systematic way that all the peeps here are all wanting to go home as soon as they can. There the line just go longer and longer its like a never ending wait till you get to sit at the bus. Me well I actually waited in line for about 30mins and after that my patience is wasted and I just opt to just rush in front when the conductor offers slot for those who’d want to stand. Luckily I quickly caught a bus. Coincidently I found RJ, one of my barkadas back in college. We’re both relieved that we could go home then.
We did the usual kamustahan chit chats. We just kept talking bout nonsense like back in college. Back then we were just the class clowns, he’s a mechanical engineering stud and I a comp eng’g. the professors back then knew us well, since we(barkada) made fun of almost anything even laugh at our own follies. We really didn’t imagine our selves us engineers of the future, all were just for fun. Even some of the professors kept on mocking us that we’ll just be instant engineers if we graduated and that we were no good for this.(the hell with him we will not falter). In college we were always the guys who worked our asses in the back, if something needs a quick fix here we are, if theres no participant for a contest and theres no one to do it, theres always one in the barkada who’ll definitely fit the job. (me, im not for the acads im in the creative forte and networks/hardware). Well those were the days. We did our time. After six pain staking years of studying in college we graduated, since then the barkada only met onece in awhile for we all had our plans laid. RJ is one that ive only seen just now. (miss the group).
“Tabang, tabang jan” says the kundoktor, hearing this gave a signal that we could now take seats! J after having our seats in the back then we talked a little bout work, he showed me what he was doing in his work, he showed me plans..WTH!! he now signs plans?! I said to him “tol engineer n engineer n dating mo ah!” . haha.. never in my wildest imagination that the idea that we be serious in our fields. “kailangan lng pumirma din ako para daw pag di nagtugma mga assessments kasama ko makukulong.. haha” he responded back. Well even if it was just a joke theres no doubt he’s an engineer now(well maybe just pretending,, haha) he says the plans he’s involved in making costs millions. (now this isn’t boasting they do cost millions). Well I the system were workin on cost millions too!(dollars! Haha).
Chatting with RJ I found out that even he has no idea what happened or where the other guys in the group who always go clowning around in school is. Seemingly enough even though we were just taking college in an easy manner only one member of the barkada didn’t finish the engineering course, he’s now a med tech in Canada and even owns his own bar. (See, even if you he didn’t graduated as an engineer he’s even better today). Anyways as far as I know most of the guys in the barkada are now a part of big companies. Well I hope to see the clowns together sometime(this Christmas may be?). clowning is what we did in college and now look at us, the engineered class clowns.. :) We may not be where we want us to be at the moment but we'll be sure to make a mark on what ever endeavors’ we take. we'll be sure to show those who looked down on us and prove 'em wrong. we dont always work on the behind the scenes, this time we'll be the main acts. haha..
November 1saturday, amidst the heavy crowd in the bus terminal I struggled to go home. Just to say I had a break. Its been really busy in the ofc these past days since the BIG day before our system goes live( live- pertaining to the system being launched replacing the old legacy system). Almost all the peeps in the ofc want a break even for just a while, though were all forbidden to take a leave at least im just from bulacan its just a hours away from manila giving me the luxury of spending time with relatives in this holiday. Well for me its just rest, rest, rest all im aiming for the week is rest, come next week it’ll be even more harsh in the ofc that any minute error could coz you a teary eyed experience in the ofc. Anyways back to the terminal, here I am carrying a bag loaded with laundry and just a few pasalubong for my pamangkins, seeing the line go from an organized to a pitiful sight, there’s no systematic way that all the peeps here are all wanting to go home as soon as they can. There the line just go longer and longer its like a never ending wait till you get to sit at the bus. Me well I actually waited in line for about 30mins and after that my patience is wasted and I just opt to just rush in front when the conductor offers slot for those who’d want to stand. Luckily I quickly caught a bus. Coincidently I found RJ, one of my barkadas back in college. We’re both relieved that we could go home then.
We did the usual kamustahan chit chats. We just kept talking bout nonsense like back in college. Back then we were just the class clowns, he’s a mechanical engineering stud and I a comp eng’g. the professors back then knew us well, since we(barkada) made fun of almost anything even laugh at our own follies. We really didn’t imagine our selves us engineers of the future, all were just for fun. Even some of the professors kept on mocking us that we’ll just be instant engineers if we graduated and that we were no good for this.(the hell with him we will not falter). In college we were always the guys who worked our asses in the back, if something needs a quick fix here we are, if theres no participant for a contest and theres no one to do it, theres always one in the barkada who’ll definitely fit the job. (me, im not for the acads im in the creative forte and networks/hardware). Well those were the days. We did our time. After six pain staking years of studying in college we graduated, since then the barkada only met onece in awhile for we all had our plans laid. RJ is one that ive only seen just now. (miss the group).
“Tabang, tabang jan” says the kundoktor, hearing this gave a signal that we could now take seats! J after having our seats in the back then we talked a little bout work, he showed me what he was doing in his work, he showed me plans..WTH!! he now signs plans?! I said to him “tol engineer n engineer n dating mo ah!” . haha.. never in my wildest imagination that the idea that we be serious in our fields. “kailangan lng pumirma din ako para daw pag di nagtugma mga assessments kasama ko makukulong.. haha” he responded back. Well even if it was just a joke theres no doubt he’s an engineer now(well maybe just pretending,, haha) he says the plans he’s involved in making costs millions. (now this isn’t boasting they do cost millions). Well I the system were workin on cost millions too!(dollars! Haha).
Chatting with RJ I found out that even he has no idea what happened or where the other guys in the group who always go clowning around in school is. Seemingly enough even though we were just taking college in an easy manner only one member of the barkada didn’t finish the engineering course, he’s now a med tech in Canada and even owns his own bar. (See, even if you he didn’t graduated as an engineer he’s even better today). Anyways as far as I know most of the guys in the barkada are now a part of big companies. Well I hope to see the clowns together sometime(this Christmas may be?). clowning is what we did in college and now look at us, the engineered class clowns.. :) We may not be where we want us to be at the moment but we'll be sure to make a mark on what ever endeavors’ we take. we'll be sure to show those who looked down on us and prove 'em wrong. we dont always work on the behind the scenes, this time we'll be the main acts. haha..
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