before the month ends...

hmm...

seems like my posts do not follow regular basis anymore ;p

company outing was last weekend. it was for free, and the food was great! it was held at the batangas country club. of course, i was not with the group of my officemates, malamang... they are so old na kaya. hard to relate. the youngest, apart from me, is in his uber-late twenties. kumusta naman? i was just 20 last month! ;p

naturally, during the *big chill* (this was saturday night), there was a drinking spree. good thing i was with my batchmates, there were 11 of us in our group of newbies who joined. but only three have the principle of not drinking. so, it was pressure-be-gone drama during the night. one of the non-drinkers is my batchmate also from UPDCS. the other one is from ateneo. i am not that close to that UPDCS batchmate since she was not one of my cliques during college days, while this arnean guy maintains this intangible effect. nice evening. fine, bring it on! ;p

hehe... generally speaking, the outing went just fine. an ordinary event for me. it's very different compared to my college orgs' outings. i believe it's because, in a college org outing, the people you are with are first, within your age bracket; and second, you have something in common: like passion for debate (or some elitista way of thinking ;p), same faith and conviction, scholarly thoughts, etc...

coming from an elitist org in UP - which was one of the groups that influenced me a lot - situates me in the middle: (on one end) out of a UP stereotype of being tibak and geeky, (and on the other end) not that much association with the uber-suplado (and the i-do-not-care-who-you-are) people.

it's just a mixture of being an elitista at the same time, being not that numb with other people. being in the middle can really be a very good asset, or sometimes a liability. and in this current situation, i say that it is more of a liability. oh well...

now i know how it feels in the real world... unlike in my comfort zone back in UP college wherein the world seemed to be perfect - that is, being in the middle was just fine. now, there is a pressing need to make a choice.

i shall still hold that choice yet and disclose it sometime, i do not want to make a hasty decision. for now, i'll just enjoy this thing called - life :)

due to persistent public demand, UPDATES. at last!

last update, march 9, 2006!!!

woohh... that was like so ancient.

many things really have happened, but due to the fact that time was then a luxury for me, i was not able to update.

i do not know where to start...

some important highlights of these past weeks (months even ;p) were my graduation, my first day of work, and the third one [the secret one] =) wait! there's also the part wherein we transferred to a new house :D

read on...

first stop, graduation!

honestly, i really was not that confident with me graduating, especially when the month of february came. people around me may have noticed that i was always emphasizing that i was to graduate. little did they know, that was just one of the ways i did inorder for me to boost my confidence level. why i was not confident? simple... my grades were not that high to assure me of a clear mark.

oh well... time went on and poof! history says that i have finally graduated by grace (though i still am not cleared yet. our thesis documentation has yet to be finished ;p)
the graduation was not really emotional on our part, unlike other graduates. kumusta naman? most of my batchmates work by BUNCH in different companies, the majority of which are now in HP. wala lang, the graduation rites were just for fun and seeing my batchmates (especially my blockmates) at the end of it all was such a relief. we started things together when we entered our freshmen year and we are about to end this ALSO together in a *major* block event :D

these guys (special mention again to my blockmates) are deserving of what they are right now. the college valedictorian was from IE, but the salutatorian and the first honorable mention (if there is one) are my blockmates! 6 out of 8 of my block graduated as either (3) magna or (3) cum laude! congratulations is really an understatement. hence, they have luxurious job offers (like generally, the rest of my batch have).

our *block event* is tentatively scheduled during our (first, for some) payday! whew... this is gonna be one heck of a celebration. BUT! good luck to me, i am assigned as the primary *organizer* :((

best of wishes to all of us, my dear blockmates!

(pictures during the graduation rites will be posted later, bagal kasi ng net ko dito sa opisina :D)

second stop, JOB!

at last! first day of my job fell on my birthday. it is a company policy that during his first day, a new hire would be introduced to the rest of the *company*. ms anj [my friendly and pretty HR] went like: "hi, (name of the person or group of people). this is lg, today is his first day and also his birthday". people were like saying, "oh hi! happy birthday!". that is why, i believe that i was the person during that day that has received like a million *happy birthday* greetings! [with a little exaggeration, of course ;p]

after the hi's and hello's in the libis head office, i was *delivered* to the project assignment - Meralco main building in ortigas. kumusta naman? security has been as tight as a hole of a needle during my first day. before i could enter in my floor, i have to ask the guards to open the door for me. they have this floor very secured since this floor is the data center. good thing, i have been issued a magic key (the white card key ;p) to let me go in and out of the floor.

when finally i was assigned a desk, i immediately checked the desktop they have given me. it is a hewlett-packard vectra VE cpu. but... Intel Pentium II 333MHz ZZZZzzzzzz..... (sorry, i dozed off). i checked... no! no internet! what? i have a landline in my desk and i thought of connecting this *abacus* cpu via dial-up. but lucky me, i now have a net connection after one week. now, i can be seen online (especially Y!M), though if i appear to be offline, i am invisible ;p

good luck to a CS graduate like me, my first project is to document an alien computer system! fine, i have been documenting all my college life, but documenting a *what the heck* system is really absurd. oh well...

but because, i was a good interviewee during one of the job interviews here, i said that i was receptive to the idea of dealing with the business side of IT and CS. pordat! i am also being assigned to determine a particular business unit (perhaps two units) whether to determine it as *should be a closed shop*.
for crying out loud, i only took econ11! friendship connections, do not fail me now... ;p

of course, the topic of me transferring from a dormitory to a real house :D

yup, yup...

we (of course, at this point in time, i am not living alone) found a very good place in cainta. but hey, do not let this *cainta* fool you, it is really near UP and just a 15minute ride to my office in ortigas (take note: without traffic ;p)

the house is practically a bachelor's pad with two floors. the first floor is where you can find the living room / dining room. also, it is where the kitchen and bathroom are located. this part of the house is complete with interiors ONLY (ie, tiles, varnished walls, etc...).

upstairs, the second floor. now this is my place! it has a nice wall (my guess would be the wall costs cheap lang, pero hindi halata kasi maganda siya :D). i consider the bedroom my place because it is only the place in the house having an air-con. downstairs, you have to be contented with an electric fan ;p

though the house has 24hrs supply of fast-running and clean water (so strong that you can take a shower bath), a very cool (literally) bedroom because of the aircon, and nice tiled and (varnished) wooden interiors, we still lack furniture.
we still have no bed, couch, tv, ref, water dispenser, gasul, etc...

guess we just have to start from scratch. and i say (even if it is challenging), i like :D
so, here we go with spending our first salaries...

cheers to spending to our house and the life of being a bachelor and independence (from other people lang, but not from God).