working and having fun

I never thought working could be this fun :)

After I quit my job in an american company (thanks to the US recession) I decided to look for a homebased work and a friend suggested Odesk.com. Everything was tricky at first because you have to take the so called "readiness test" before you can proceed to apply. I did pass that test after taking it several times, well only 5 times lolz! I mean, the answers are all there but I was tired of reading all those things. Anyways I passed and took some other tests to make my profile more attractive. And then BINGO!!! I found myself some work, oh yeah 3 jobs actually, one regular job and 2 part-time jobs.

The first one is kinda noble so to speak...I was hired by a Norwegian Non-Profit Organization called Taransvar and their main purpose is to alleviate world poverty. See? I'm now an agent for helping and uplifting the poor. My job is to call companies in South Africa (the nicest people I have ever dealt with, EVER!!!!) and to sell communication devices like cordless phone connections with internet access. It's actually a new project, so we are still in the process of testing the market.

The second one is a part-time job with an Indian Company called SB Corp and I write articles for web content. Money is not actually big but it's just a part-time work and I am being trained to be a good writer for websites lolz!

The third one is so cool for me and I love doing it. My employer is a British guy who operates a website about Asian Movies, Actors and other news. I contribute articles, reviews and other things. So what I do is just watch asian movies and write about them and then earn something, isn't that cool?

Do check the site at www.asianmoviepulse.com, you can write comments or send messages too.

Ciao!

back on my feet

I'm finally back in the City...I have not been blogging for a while because of lots of things..



First...I was out job hunting, after I quit my job in Ortigas Center, lots of things have been difficult. I tried working in an American Company somewhere in Makati but things did not work out fine. The travel going there is very exhausting, I live in Caloocan and Makati is such a far away place and I need to ride a tricyle, then LRT then a jeepney to go there (Taxi is out of the question because I can't afford to spend Php400 fare everyday)...Until I finally decided to work at home and thank God somebody created ODESK. Now, I have finally landed a job at the comfort of my own home. I have been hired by a Norwegian Non-Profit Organization and we sell Telecommunications and Internet Services to major cities in South Africa. The best thing with this is that part of the profit goes to charity, to help the less fortunate children in Africa, in someways, I feel a part of their mission...



Ok, but prior to that, of course I went home to my old and sleepy province of Samar....and I have some authentic promdi pictures here...




I have a cousin who owns a fish pond and I decided to fool around. I actually have lots of stupid pics but it's too silly to be posted here. Living in the province is such a pleasure, the simplicity is very much humbling. It's like, life there is so much easier and kinda slow...yet so unwicked, unlike the fast paced, selfish, wicked, chaotic life I live in the big city...




I also finally got to taste the native tinolang manok and sinaing sa palayok which was soooo yummy....and lastly, there's the pic of the piece of land where I am going to build my dream house. The land is almost on top of the mountain and overlooking the sea.

So there you go... that's the update...

Farewell Madam President...

President Cory Aquino, the 11th and the first female President of the Philippines is dead.

For a lot of reasons I am sad and felt that it is my duty to write about how a wonderful human being she is...

The woman, a plain housewife who has been admired by the world for her courage after the assasination of her husband. She then became the President of the country after the peaceful 1986 Edsa Revolution. Even Time Magazine took interest of her charm and made her Woman of the Year for 1986.

Cory has since become the symbol of Peace and of Democracy and the people have always adored her even after her term as the president. Her opinion always mattered in the world of politics.

And now she's gone, our Cory Aquino is gone... in someways people are sad yet thankful that her pain is finally over, her suffering has ended and she is now at peace with God.

Maraming Maraming Salamat minamahal naming Cory...

For bringing back democracy, for inspiring us, for uniting the filipino people, for changing the lives of the millions of filipinos and for touching our lives. We will always love you, we will never forget you and you will forever be in the hearts of all the filipinos...

Rest in peace our Dear President...We know that God has already prepared a special place for you in heaven...

memories

can either make you smile or cause you pain...

you smile when you think of the wonderful things in your past, those laughter, those friends, those places...and sometimes you wish you can go back in time and live it once again...

and sometimes it hurts, when you realize that it's all gone, it's in the past and no matter what you do you can never have it back... and the only thing left in your heart are the memories...memories that you remember each time you hear a song, or see a familiar place, or when you see those people that have been a part of your past.... then you walk down that lane, with a smile or with a tear....

i guess that best thing to do is still live it most, by then at least you have wonderful things in your heart...things that could make you more human, things that can trully define your life...

i'm not really sure why i'm writing this stuff at this time, maybe i'm missing things, lots of things.. but this is the least i can do, miss them...even if it hurts...life must go on so that i can make new wonderful memories again...

we just need to be strong and never give-up, life can be so much fun, it can be full of amazing things, nice friends...friends that can make us smile when the past visits us once in a while...

My New Job

I am officially working again, I'm done with being a bum for a month and I have to admit that sometimes being a bum is so refreshing...after working at night for 4 years I trully missed sleeping at night and sleeping for over 8 hours sooooo cool!!!!

But I have to go back to reality that I need to survive in this tough and wicked city. Pano nalang ako mabubuhay, pano ang mga bisyo at mga gala lolz! Now, things are a bit different, the fact that my work is in Makati and I am staying in the North part of the metropolis is an exhausting journey, but as I said, I need to survive and survival needs a lot of sacrifice, so I'm giving this a shot.

Work is Ok, not as fabulous as my previous work but things are seem to be more relaxed as well, the company does not have much work force so I get to see and interact with almost everyone everyday. We only have a couple of Americans running the company, the manager and the owner and my new workmates seem friendly and I have not noticed anyone bitchy yet...

And yesterday morning, our manager thought that the people need some bonding or team building specially that they have added 26 people or so to the floor... And so we went bowling.... Unfortunately, it's been 13 years since I last played the sport, so my arms and entire body ached a lot (or baka sa edad ko din :)). I met some friends then, few guys from the team I was in...it was fun actually. I'm hoping to stay longer in this office and hopefully more cash so I can start building my dream house back in the province.

Wish me luck!

TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN

I just got home from watching this movie, oh yes it's Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen. I was too excited and decided to watch it on it's opening day, and all I can say is...

HAYYYUUPPPPP!!!!! AAASSSTTTIIIGGGGGG!!!!

MALUPEEEETTTT!!! IBAAANGGG KLAAASEEE!!!

IT WAS SO AWESOME!!!!

SO ALL OF YOU, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR... GO AHEAD AND EXPERIENCE THE POWER OF THE AUTOBOTS, THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP AND COURAGE...

AS WHAT OPTIMUS PRIME SAID.... LET'S ROLL!!!

UK

Me and my cousins all went to UK yesteday..

Yes, UK...a.k.a Ukay-ukay... somewhere in Munumento. I went with them to find something cool, like vintage stuff that I can't find in the shopping malls or it would be damn expensive in some shops...and there you see pinag-tripan ko ang isang fur styled jacket lolz!!! First of all, it's really itchy, maybe because it needs thorough washing or maybe I'm not used of wearing something with feather like things or maybe it's just itchy... Anyways, I took a couple of pics of me wearing it just to check if I would look cool in it and I think I looked Ok, I thought of the people who will see me wearing that jacket when I take the bus or MRT lolz!~

Then I ended up buying this one at Php200, it's actually a good buy, kakarating lang daw ng stocks kaya mahal ng konti. I love the texture at talagang magagamit sa work hehehehe..

According to Kuyang Tindero there, the trick is go to Ukay-ukay when their new stocks have just arrived so you can really pick the very good ones, it would be kinda expensive but those are real good stuff. Then after two weeks their prices would slip a bit to encourage more customers but the items will be "pinagpilian na"...

Jologs na kung jologs but sometimes going to these places is fun, you can really check-out some cool outfits, out of this world designs at a very cheap price. You just have wash it real hard to get rid of that distinctive UK smell (oh yeah the smell that makes me sneeze to the highest level)

Whatchathink?