july 12, 2012

Today is exactly my second year in this company.. yap, I’ve reached this far.. i thought I would only stay here for three months, then six months… I’ve changed my mind to one year, and I thought I would resign last January, then I rescheduled it today! Oh my, I don’t even have a resignation letter yet…. Sigh!

I’m happy and sad as well..

TOXIC!

This previous week and this coming week I declare the busiest of all. I have so much work to do, maloloka na ako! Ahaha.. what’s disappointing is I couldn’t do it well due to limited time. I couldn’t balance the petty cash replenishment, because I wasn’t able to monitor it cautiously since I’m doing something else, I was having quantity reconciliation with our project owner’s quantity surveyor. And I need to update my quantities right after the recon according to the reconciled one, as well as the keyplans. The SUT’s are piling up.. The other items to be estimated, I haven’t done it yet, I’m afraid I forgot some. I hope I haven’t missed  to log and record the necessary documents.

I was even given another item to estimate, an urgent matter. But how in the world will I be able to do that when I actually have on queue schedules for another reconciliation, I haven’t even reviewed those items, damn, I don’t wanna look stupid by not knowing the things I have done.. My superiors committed that we must finish the items for reconciliation even if it take overtime (without asking me kung kaya ko!)… ofcorse kaya ko naman, but how bout my usual task?.. I swear I’m speeding up and extending time as well…even if my mind is actually not working well due to exhaustion … I love being busy but this I guess its too much it would kill me… haha

I’m not complaining, I don’t wanna complain! Should I?

ANG CHEKE... BOW!

 Your worrywart friend is here again to do some complaining and give you some shots of qualms, actually to normal people, it shouldn’t be something to worry about, it’s just a very small stuff, but since I’m such a worrier, then I am here! Hehe

It’s a job matter. I released the million pesos worth progress billing check of two of our subcontractor today, Architect Anna (architectural Site Coordinator) knew those checks were in my hands, since she was the one who actually instructed our utility yesterday to pick up the checks in JTKC (the owner).

She asked me this morning if I received it, I said yes and I thought I heard her saying “sabihan mo sila”. I interpreted that as – I should inform the nominated subcontractors that I have their checks so they could claim it and give me in return the Official receipts and I could forward  it to JTKC… I’ve done this before.

So I informed NSC’s, and I gave them the checks! I believe that I was responsible for that. But this afternoon, I told Architect Anna that I released the checks, then she said, did you inform PM (Project Manager) that you released the checks…? ( wahhh!! Oo nga naman) I thought everything was fine, I didn’t inform PM because I wasn’t thinking that he might object, I wasn’t thinking that he might not have any idea that I have those vouchers, I was assuming that since Maam Anna knew it, then PM did too. At sabi ko nga, kala ko pinaparelease na ni maam anna mga yun dahil wala naman syang sinabing wag muna..So I replied “hindi… bakit? Dapat bang ihold ko?”, sabi nya, “wala namang problema, pero sa susunod inform mo muna si Sir baka may mga instructions pa sya”.

Yun! Okay next time. Surely I’l inform PM naman kung hindi dumaan ke mam anna mga checke.

So the problem now is how would PM react when I’ll tell him this on Monday “Sir, kinuha na ni Kalayaan (KECI) at ICPW yung mga checke nila nung Saturday”.

a.      He will just look at me like what he used to do, no words, pero parang nagsasabibing, mali yung ginawa mo!!!...

b.      Or eto sasabihin nya. “Ahhh… bat dimo sinabi sa aken?!.. tsk tsk tsk”

c.       Or baka eto, “may cheke na ba? Bat diko alam, sa susunod  sasabihin mo sa aken”

d.      Or baka ganto lang “O yung OR?! Ibalik mo na sa JTKC yan.”

e.      Pero pano kung ganto? “Ano ba nman yan! Dapat ihohold yun, may problema pa sila ”… that’s the worst.

O ano sa tingin mo? At ano isasagot ko? Siguro ganto na lang “ eh kala ko po wala ng problema, for release na yun”… kung nasa mood sya, pwede kong idagdag to.. “wala ka na rin kasi nung hapon”.. hahahaha… bahala na!

I’l update this on Monday.

update April 2, 2012 monday

anong nangyari? none of the above.. haha! basta ok na/

8/10/2011

I think I’m going to have a tough job nowadays, aside from the Petty Cash I’m holding, I’ll be starting to reconcile the Floor finishes we quantified before.. the worst is, I have to deal with the Owner’s quantity surveyor, I heard she’s a witch! Oh, that would be tomorrow.. wish me luck!

updated: 8/11/2011

I know I did well.. and she's not really a witch as i've thought.. sad thing is, they're not in good terms with my boss and my sup..

AAA's PRESENT AND PREVIOUS JOB MEMOIRS

The pictures below are just some sort of memoirs taken during my previous jobs and my present one..  just want to have documentation in here..

Job Title: Office/Resident Engineer
Company: RSP Ent. Inc.
Location: Davao City
Year: 2008-2009
Photos Description: strolls at People's park with my officemates and an old friend/ unwind at Jack's ridge/ a night in one of the hotels at CDO, will attend a bidding at Transco Iligan/ Maramag bukidnon with the boss after the bidding.

Job Title: Junior Cost and Value Engineer
Company: MDCC ICMI
Location: Makati City
Year: 2010
Photos Description: Lunch out / night out and videoke with officemates/ one busy moment at the office/ meeting and another videoke trip with the bosses

Job Title: Quantity Surveyor
Company: DATEM Inc.
Location: Makati City
Year: 2010-Present
Photos Description: Seminar/ Fire Drill/Trippings at office/ Chris Tiu on site/ Visitation and dance practice at basement 3 of our project/ Company Christmas party/ DP team Christmas Party/ Pictures of our on-going 67 storey Condo Project

CAREER CHECK

Did you ever wonder if you had took other career path than what you are embracing right now? If so, what could that probably be?

I'm a civil engineer but it wasn’t my dream occupation when I was a child. From ECE stude (which I really don’t feel my belongingness as well), I shifted to CE. It’s as if I ran out of choices. Generally, I didn’t imagine myself being an engineer someday, I just let the current take me here. But I am now! And there are truly moments that I regret it, but I cut the idea as fast as I could, it’s only making me bitter. Instead, I am learning to love this profession. It caused me hardships, sweats and tears before, so I guess it deserves a recognition and acceptance.

But just for random thoughts, what if Engineering was never an option to me, then I would be what? Sometimes, I could wish I am a nurse, not because I liked it, in fact bloods make my face pale, but because of  the opportunities abroad. God, I so love to visit other countries.

During elementary days, I wrote my imaginative stories in intermediate papers and distribute it to my classmates, they’d enjoyed reading it, and they even requested me to write more. I thought I’m going to be a writer someday. But now, I’m not and maybe I have no ability to do so. My current profession is miles different from it, no way to improve that childhood ambition. So in able not to rot this form of passion, I still write… though I am also the solo reader of those.

 Aside from being a writer, I was having fun acting myself like I'm a teacher...that's also during my younger days. I make lectures and questionnaires, and my younger siblings are my students. I’d love to be a teacher then. Maybe my father who’s  truly an advocator of education influenced me, as a matter of fact, he reached his highest doctoral degree.

But in high school, where class reporting almost happens everyday, I realized that I am not confident enough to face the crowd. So the dream of being a teacher went out of my mind. But you know what, maybe I won’t complain if I am teacher right now. I agree with what some people say that you’ll find fulfillment in teaching even for sometimes of your life.

And in terms of of my impossible dream job... that would be on the plane, a cabin crew... actually, i'd love to be one not because of the description itself but the chance of circumscribing the world. But for my qualification, it would be X, that's why its impossible huh. haha... another one, an animator (is that how they call it?) though i'm not really that good in drawings.

That’s it. This is just a sort of reflection and I’m still on the process of finding the beauty of my career. I wish someday, I’ll wake up everyday with a smile on my face knowing that I’m about to do a thing that I passionately hooked to.

soar high or keep my feet on the ground?

What’s making me so anxious in decision making is I’m always torn in two. I had these options that I could hardly choose.

An example is this I’m about to pour down here. The idea of venturing abroad or just wait for my luck home is two conflicting issues in terms of my career.

There’s no place like home, that I certainly agree. But when it comes to my vocation, I see no progress. I don’t know till when I will wait for my opportunity to hit me there. If there’s such, surely I wont grow and improve, because at my stage I suppose to learn new things.

But still, it feels so good going home everybody to your family, have dinner with them, share every single moment of your life, talk about your past, present and future, live it with them. But seems you can’t get everything you wished for, that’s an ultimate truth. Life isn’t perfect. And sometimes, no matter how you’ll convince yourself to be contented, still you can’t. Coz, as long as you live, there will always be something that would complicate your ideal life.

 Well, I’m getting too far here. Anyway, did you ever been dream of getting yourself in other place? The world is so big you dream of going everywhere you want. I do. If only I am that independent and confident enough, maybe I am out of the country by now… but I always ended up with the thought of –someday..someday..someday.. gosh, I’m not getting any younger. I want to give it a try, even for experience sake. Every time I’ll see my friends whose having there undertaking s in other country, I feel envious a little.. but courage will abruptly sprouts in me. If they can, then why can’t I.. To some, I may even more qualified.

When I almost made up my mind, another thought will break in. Distracts me, confuse me. “Kaya ko ba talaga?” That would mean I’ll be miles away from home. I might miss something, like everything wouldn’t be the same when you get back. Life is too short not to spend it with your love ones, so short too not to explore the world. Gosh! What will I do?

But you know what? Sometimes you’re almost at the edge of knowing what you should really do. As a matter of fact neither of your options can be wrong. You just need courage to realize it.

 Am I making it too complicated? Yeah, I always complicate things. Curse me for that.. haha.. See where I am now..? Somewhere in between.. not home, not abroad as well…

Good luck to me!

THREE-WEEK DEAL IS OVER

3:30pm June 11, 2010
 
Is this dejavu? It's happening again, the only difference is.. I'm not gonna pick it this time.. And what could that be? The three weeks limit of finding a civil engineering job.. (Blame this to those remarkable companies very late response)

The last time i got my self involved with this kind of deal with myself was about four months ago.. that's a deal where in I will apply into a call center if not hired in any job in line with my profession after 21 days.

I was hired on my most recent job on the last working day of my three week limit. I grabbed it because the truth is I want my profession be nourished...

Well, that job I got was not really that fulfilling I found myself looking for another this time.  And this very day is exactly three weeks after my resignation.

I had a job offering this morning but I didn't accept it yet. I thought it was a good opportunity knowing the working place  is just a short ride from our boarding house, and the salary is quiet higher than the previous one.

I'm kinda guilty now for declining it. Am I just being so picky? This  can be a sign that I must accept it... but why I'm not??!!

So hear me, why do I let this chance skid away.. First thing, the aura of the working place itself, it looks so weary and unorganized. And where are the other employees?? This not-so-professional looking guy is the "only" person I saw and welcomed me there, the same person who also received my application last Monday (actually he's not even accomodating). I didn't dare to ask what's his position there, I just kept on guessing.... receptionist? Telephone operator? Clerk? Secretary? Purchasing Officer? Body guard??.. hahaha.. And I might even mistaken him as the boss if this Chinese looking, middle aged man didn't arrive.

So, I had the interview and technical exam thru their outmoded computer... so glad that's working.. The boss is actually a combination of ironic personalities.. kind and arrogant.. considerate and strict.. I found his words conceited but honest.. whatever!!!

That's it.. do you think I'm gonna refuse to this again?? I told the man that I'll be sending him a text message till tomorrow regarding my decision on this "office engineer" position he's offering..

I think I will say NO...  thanks and sorry..