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Babbling to world about my experiences in Japan, and now in Singapore. It's also a shoutout on my thoughts, friends, family, hobbies, and anything that interests me.
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Technical expert or management?
For years, I’ve been considering of getting a degree in Business Management or even more particularly, Business-Information Technology Management. In the present company, and I think for all IT companies, the only two options presented before ...
Finding the right gift
Together with the other Filipinos in the office, we are having our Christmas dinner and exchanging of gifts Thursday next week. I’m so excited but I am still not sure what to give to my “manito”. I wish I had to give a gift to a f...
I’m round?
This mug was a gift to me and I’ve been using this one in the office for quite some time. This morning, while I was drinking coffee, a colleague stopped by my desk… Colleague: I like your mug. It is so cute. I thought it was sort of a...
Speak up
Well, I will not mention here how long I have been in the software development industry. Let us just say, I have had my share of being involved in various custom software development. Because it has the word custom in it does not mean that the pro...
Lunchtime TV shows
The staff lounge at the office has four tables only, but there are more than 200 employees. A large number prefers to eat at the nearest hawker’s (food court). My friends and I prefer to eat at the staff lounge because it is cooler in there. ...
Toilet Manners
Warning: If you are eating, then please stop reading this article. If you don’t intend to bring your “leftover” in the toilet bowl home, then please FLUSH it away”. This is just one of the reminders posted at the door of the...
Dinner & Dance (D&D) 2009
Two weeks after I joined my current company, I received an email regarding the annual dinner and dance. At that time, I thought of not joining the party but everyone confirmed their attendance, so I said yes, too. There was a problem though. The t...
Busy days are here
There’s a major deadline in June so for the past few weeks, I have been working overtime. But for some reasons, I don’t feel as stressed as I was in Japan. Because of this, I think I may need the help of effective diet pills in the near...
Blending in
Transferring to a new company sure do presents tons of challenges. And one of them is to mingle with officemates. I admit I got scared but excited about being in a multi-cultural work environment. And multi-cultural it is. I have officemates who ...
D & D
I’m getting a little bored here, maybe because I can no longer surf the internet as much as I want to. But the company’s annual Dinner and Dance (D&D) is fast approaching. And I still have no idea what to wear! The theme would be &...
Love the new workplace
In one of my previous posts, I mentioned about almost stress-free job. These past few days, I’ve been getting busier each day and I guess I have to take that statement back. But then, every work has its ups and downs. There are times when yo...
Blessings in the midst of recession
Before I continue writing this post, I implore you, my dear reader that if you know my Japanese boss, please don’t mention this post to him. He is a very good and compassionate manager to all of us Filipino employees. He has helped us a lot e...
Another wave of shocking news
My first entry for March! I didn’t want to post something because these past few days have been wave after wave of bad news for me and my Filipino colleagues. After receiving the first bad news due to recession, I still held my hopes up. I th...
No Longer Immune
I’m having shortness of breath and pain in the chest right now. But all these are not because of Mesothelioma. I think I did not have much exposure to asbestos throughout my lifetime that I am not at risk of contracting such disease. However...
It’s everywhere…
I frequently keep myself updated with what’s going on in the Philippines. Here’s what has been haunting everyone during this terrible economic slowdown: Thousands of people are becoming jobless. Many Filipinos here in Japan are being s...
Remember Matrix?
For most of us, Keanu Reeves comes to mind when we hear the word “matrix”. But for those who have to face advance mathematics in college, matrix is a rectangular arrangement of numbers. I had to deal with matrices for a semester and I t...
Another Sayonara
Two months have passed and the day has finally come. Gelai and I bid another sayonara to our colleagues. For some ignorable reasons, I am a bit relieved to leave. But as I have mentioned a few times, I thoroughly enjoyed the projects I did in...
Blame it on the recession
I’m actually employed by a staffing company, and I was sent to the current company almost a couple of months ago. So far, I like the people, the team leads, and the projects. When I got in together with other Filipinos, we were told that th...
