Now that it’s almost Christmas, etc.
Now that it’s almost Christmas we office grunts are impatiently awaiting the 13th month pay the company so conveniently schedules to give in December so we can pretend it’s Christmas Bonus just like everyone else. We await the time when our FD deigns to assay his John Hancock on the cheque which our man of [...]
The Inevitable
One of the things that Sam brought home recently is a copy of a slideshow presentation created in the year 2002. Made by the Philippine Center for Photojournalism under the direction of Alex Baluyut and titled “Tan-aw Mindanaw: Journey Across Time”, it contains photographs from as far back as pre-war days, and features commentary by [...]
Taking a break
Having given up a few weekends for work I found myself at the end of last week with two days off in lieu of the Saturdays I worked. The most opportune time to take those days off was on the 30th and 31st of October, days which were conveniently sandwiched between the Barangay Elections and [...]
24
When I first joined the Web Services Group of the I.T. company I work for seven years ago, my boss advised me to learn and use the 24-hour clock. The reason being if I used it in my schedules and reports to clients (most of whom lived on the other side of the world) there [...]
Wanted - Warm Bodies to Fill Cool Jobs (Part Two)
Day Two: Some experience required.
From yesterday I learned that visibility is key. The perimiter of the job fair could be used for wanted posters. Wait, that came out wrong. We could put up posters listing the job openings in our company. And that’s what I did first thing in the morning of the second day. [...]
Yet another pathetic attempt at human trafficking
I have known my niece Wanda since she was three years old. That’s a considerably long time since she’s now 28 years old. She is a teacher who majored in Special Education (SPED), and has been teaching very young kids for more than 5 years now.
She has received an invitation for interview with VSO, [...]
Maia can’t come out to play today
It happens at least once a year, this flood. It happens when the rains come in the middle of the year and the creek that borders our subdivision floods, and if the tide is high the water from Manila Bay comes in and meets the flood, the water rises in a matter of minutes and [...]
Makeover
Change of template again, as you may have noticed. This one is called Artificial Intelligence — which may translate as “Kunwari Matalino” (trans. Pretending to be intelligent) in Tagalog. I like the way it spreads out and its pastel blue shades. It’s kinda white and stark, but if I put in a picture or [...]
The things which are Caesar’s
A cursory look at this pay period’s payslip reminded me of how much this government is making out of MY hard earned pesos. Rough computations led me to conclude that in the two years that I had been working since we came back to Manila from Mindanao, I had given the government no less than [...]
Hop on the bus, Gus…
People who regularly commute by bus in Metro Manila like myself have encountered these individuals a few times while enroute. The ubiquitous peanut vendor, the junkfood/chicharon/bottled water vendor. There’s the young girl who gives you a slip of paper that tells you her name and how she’s sending herself to school by selling sweets at [...]
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