Its been a while since my last post...its already mid-march.. time flies indeed...
been really busy with work...but its ok...part of the package when i signed up for the post...who am i to complain? what matters most is i have a stable job...i like the people im working with... i have the best bosses ever and i have a team who works with me to ensure that the account is doing well...what more can you ask for?
but then again...my heart goes out to our brothers and sisters in Japan, they are currently going thru a lot...I saw a video in yahoo about 2 dogs who were stranded in the middle of nowhere all dirty and hungry after the earthquake and tsunami...too much to bear...let's all pray for them that they may not lose their faith...
Friday, March 18, 2011
Monday, February 28, 2011
My 6th year in Sykes (and counting)
I woke up today with a feeling that there was something I need to do. I was thinking that since its a Monday, I do have a lot of things in my list, send reports, touch base with my team read and reply to emails and other things...
Then it suddenly hit me, its February 28 and 6 yrs ago i signed my first contract with Sykes. Wow time really flies, was that really 6 years ago? I can still remember the first time i set foot in the premises of this successful company, i was nervous because it was not in my plan to work in Sykes...
I roamed the streets of Makati and Ortigas for job interviews hoping to land into one...out of the 8 (more or less) call centers i applied to i never tried my luck with Sykes because I felt that it was way out of my league, being the pioneer in the call center business in the Philippines (Ads all over Ortigas), I told myself that they would never hire me. A month has passed i was still jobless and i was really about to give up, pack my bags and go back to Iloilo and sulk hehehe. So i told myself, i will give it one more shot, so i spent two weeks in a "call center training center" I polished my accent, talked in English all the time (even when i'm buying stuff in the wet market; my friends thought that i was crazy) and i was even thinking in English. That was a very long two weeks for me. After the training, I was told that i passed and the training center will endorse me to Sitel, but the day before the endorsement, the account i'm supposed to join pulled out...how unlucky can I be? but God always have a buffer, when one dloor closes He opens a window for you and boy what a big window was that...SYKES, the complany i never applied to hired me..how lucky can I be???
Sykes, has helped me a lot not just professionally but also personally. The trainings they provided me developed my confidence. My growth with Sykes has been pretty fast (in my standards hehehe). Promoted twice in 2009 and again in 2010. I have several offers from other company, but the grass is not always greener in the other pasture. I'm happy here, my colleagues respects me, my bosses appreciate my efforts and i love the perks. Again im a person with simple needs, so with this kind of work that pays well. Sykes knows how to make its people happy, where else can you go?
So its my 6th year here and im still looking forward to more fruitful and happy years...Who am I? I AM SYKES!!!
Then it suddenly hit me, its February 28 and 6 yrs ago i signed my first contract with Sykes. Wow time really flies, was that really 6 years ago? I can still remember the first time i set foot in the premises of this successful company, i was nervous because it was not in my plan to work in Sykes...
I roamed the streets of Makati and Ortigas for job interviews hoping to land into one...out of the 8 (more or less) call centers i applied to i never tried my luck with Sykes because I felt that it was way out of my league, being the pioneer in the call center business in the Philippines (Ads all over Ortigas), I told myself that they would never hire me. A month has passed i was still jobless and i was really about to give up, pack my bags and go back to Iloilo and sulk hehehe. So i told myself, i will give it one more shot, so i spent two weeks in a "call center training center" I polished my accent, talked in English all the time (even when i'm buying stuff in the wet market; my friends thought that i was crazy) and i was even thinking in English. That was a very long two weeks for me. After the training, I was told that i passed and the training center will endorse me to Sitel, but the day before the endorsement, the account i'm supposed to join pulled out...how unlucky can I be? but God always have a buffer, when one dloor closes He opens a window for you and boy what a big window was that...SYKES, the complany i never applied to hired me..how lucky can I be???
Sykes, has helped me a lot not just professionally but also personally. The trainings they provided me developed my confidence. My growth with Sykes has been pretty fast (in my standards hehehe). Promoted twice in 2009 and again in 2010. I have several offers from other company, but the grass is not always greener in the other pasture. I'm happy here, my colleagues respects me, my bosses appreciate my efforts and i love the perks. Again im a person with simple needs, so with this kind of work that pays well. Sykes knows how to make its people happy, where else can you go?
So its my 6th year here and im still looking forward to more fruitful and happy years...Who am I? I AM SYKES!!!
Sunday, February 27, 2011
SUJU, Edster and RMD
How did you spend your weekends? If you ask about mine...well all i can say is its one big roller coaster.
Let's start with my Saturday morning, I got up at around 6:30am to air the clothes i washed the other night, afterwards, i took Morton out for a walk. I then cooked breakfast so my doggie and i can eat. I did some last minute house cleaning then i gave Morton a bath and while we were at that he splashed water on me, my morty is one big sissy when it comes to water...but i love him anyway. At 1PM i went to the airport to pickup my eldest nephew, Edster (well that's his facebook name hehehe). All the way from the airport, he cant stop talking about the concert he is going to that night, the SUPER JUNIOR or SUJU concert, i didn't even know this korean boy group exists until the day he told me to buy him a ticket. Here they are:
Around 4pm on Saturday, we went to Araneta Coliseum so he can pick a good spot to watch the concert. To my surprise a lot of people are already lining up to watch the concert again to my surprise these concert goers are teenagers. Where did they get the money to buy the 3,000 pesos plus tickets? I was thinking that this SUJU must be real popular and Filipino fans are just going crazy and i can feel the excitement that my nephew was feeling too. So i left him there, i went home to cook dinner, then went back to pick him up at around 9PM but lo and behold the concert ended at 10:15PM and i can hear screams all the way to Gateway Mall. When Edster finally appeared from the sea of teenagers screaming about how good the show was, how "bitin" (short) the show was etc...I saw my nephew smiling from ear to ear. He was a one happy camper, he said it was worth his trip (he flew in from Iloilo by the way). He cant stop talking about them, how good a performer they were, how comedic they were, how nearly his eardrums exploded because of the rowdy girls seated behind him screamed like crazy in everything the group did...he was just ecstatic...
It was nearly 11:30, when we got back to my apartment, he just cant stop talking hehehe, he cant wait to tell his facebook buddies how the concert went. So away he went, turned on his laptop went online and chatted with his friends while eating his dinner in my bed...he was just pure Mr. Energy, i was a mess, too old to keep up with a teenager's enthusiasm about the latest trend...but all's well that ends well, i bid him goodbye around 3AM, told the cab driver to take Edster to the NAIA T3...
That's my Saturday with Edster and SUJU...
Let's start with my Saturday morning, I got up at around 6:30am to air the clothes i washed the other night, afterwards, i took Morton out for a walk. I then cooked breakfast so my doggie and i can eat. I did some last minute house cleaning then i gave Morton a bath and while we were at that he splashed water on me, my morty is one big sissy when it comes to water...but i love him anyway. At 1PM i went to the airport to pickup my eldest nephew, Edster (well that's his facebook name hehehe). All the way from the airport, he cant stop talking about the concert he is going to that night, the SUPER JUNIOR or SUJU concert, i didn't even know this korean boy group exists until the day he told me to buy him a ticket. Here they are:
Around 4pm on Saturday, we went to Araneta Coliseum so he can pick a good spot to watch the concert. To my surprise a lot of people are already lining up to watch the concert again to my surprise these concert goers are teenagers. Where did they get the money to buy the 3,000 pesos plus tickets? I was thinking that this SUJU must be real popular and Filipino fans are just going crazy and i can feel the excitement that my nephew was feeling too. So i left him there, i went home to cook dinner, then went back to pick him up at around 9PM but lo and behold the concert ended at 10:15PM and i can hear screams all the way to Gateway Mall. When Edster finally appeared from the sea of teenagers screaming about how good the show was, how "bitin" (short) the show was etc...I saw my nephew smiling from ear to ear. He was a one happy camper, he said it was worth his trip (he flew in from Iloilo by the way). He cant stop talking about them, how good a performer they were, how comedic they were, how nearly his eardrums exploded because of the rowdy girls seated behind him screamed like crazy in everything the group did...he was just ecstatic...
It was nearly 11:30, when we got back to my apartment, he just cant stop talking hehehe, he cant wait to tell his facebook buddies how the concert went. So away he went, turned on his laptop went online and chatted with his friends while eating his dinner in my bed...he was just pure Mr. Energy, i was a mess, too old to keep up with a teenager's enthusiasm about the latest trend...but all's well that ends well, i bid him goodbye around 3AM, told the cab driver to take Edster to the NAIA T3...
That's my Saturday with Edster and SUJU...
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Summer is almost here
Are you feeling the heat? Well folks that's because S-U-M-M-E-R is almost here!!!
Take out those skimpy swimwears and air them out as we are all going to the beach...I love summer, everything is so fresh, everyone is excited to go on vacation. Summer season fruits, yummy sweet mangoes, juicy watermelons and of course those mouth-watering fruit juices...
For all the beach lovers out there...Boracay...Palawan...Potipot...get ready to rumble...i can see it all now...summer breeze...a word of caution though...be careful, when the heat is too much.. take shelter and drink plenty of water...we don't want our summer to be ruined by a deadly heatstroke...just my two cents...
Take out those skimpy swimwears and air them out as we are all going to the beach...I love summer, everything is so fresh, everyone is excited to go on vacation. Summer season fruits, yummy sweet mangoes, juicy watermelons and of course those mouth-watering fruit juices...
For all the beach lovers out there...Boracay...Palawan...Potipot...get ready to rumble...i can see it all now...summer breeze...a word of caution though...be careful, when the heat is too much.. take shelter and drink plenty of water...we don't want our summer to be ruined by a deadly heatstroke...just my two cents...
Pinoy Power
February 1986...the rule of a tyrant has finally ended. A new ray of hope has blossomed in the hearts of every Filipino...looking back in those days still gives me goose bumps...
During the People Power Revolution, we are still residing in Negros Occidental, so we were not in the center of the revolution. Watching the events unfold in the television, hearing the news in the radio and looking at the pictures of the millions who joined that bloodless revolution made me realize how lucky I am to be a Filipino. In the time of needs the Filipinos can unite and act as one to drive away a greedy leader. AMAZING...tough breeds,..that we are...
As we celebrate our second "Independence Day," let's all breathe in the air of freedom that was given to us...Let us all cherish this freedom and let's offer a prayer of thanks to those who became intstruments for the freedom that we are enjoying now.
Viva Pilipinas...Long live Pinoy Power!!!
During the People Power Revolution, we are still residing in Negros Occidental, so we were not in the center of the revolution. Watching the events unfold in the television, hearing the news in the radio and looking at the pictures of the millions who joined that bloodless revolution made me realize how lucky I am to be a Filipino. In the time of needs the Filipinos can unite and act as one to drive away a greedy leader. AMAZING...tough breeds,..that we are...
As we celebrate our second "Independence Day," let's all breathe in the air of freedom that was given to us...Let us all cherish this freedom and let's offer a prayer of thanks to those who became intstruments for the freedom that we are enjoying now.
Viva Pilipinas...Long live Pinoy Power!!!
When the goin' gets tough... the tough gets goin'
do you ever feel that the stars are conspiring against you? that no matter how much you try to do things better but someone or something gets in your way? tough life we have here huh...but its the reality...you ask me what can we do about it? well my guess is just as good as yours...
in my experience, no matter how difficult life is, we have no choice but to face it, go with the flow, weigh your options and start your game plan from there. we can never escape a problem, we may find a temporary solution but its still there, it will never go away unless we face it and solve it once and for all. We may fall, get wounded, get hurt, get kicked straight right into our faces but hey...that's life...what we can do is to get up, learn from our mistakes and start again...wear your battle scars proudly, this will remind you that you are a survivor. never be a quitter coz a quitter never wins.
in this world of ours only the fittest will survive, so keep your faith in your hearts and believe in yourselves...so when the going gets tough...we have to be tough to go on...just my two cents...
in my experience, no matter how difficult life is, we have no choice but to face it, go with the flow, weigh your options and start your game plan from there. we can never escape a problem, we may find a temporary solution but its still there, it will never go away unless we face it and solve it once and for all. We may fall, get wounded, get hurt, get kicked straight right into our faces but hey...that's life...what we can do is to get up, learn from our mistakes and start again...wear your battle scars proudly, this will remind you that you are a survivor. never be a quitter coz a quitter never wins.
in this world of ours only the fittest will survive, so keep your faith in your hearts and believe in yourselves...so when the going gets tough...we have to be tough to go on...just my two cents...
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