Too many things have happened in the past month/ weeks, I can’t remember how long I’ve skipped writing details into my blog...
***First Self-Bought Cellphone***
I’ve already gotten a decent camera phone that I’ve been wishing for for so long and one drawback is that I had to switch to Smart. I’m just used to having my Globe number for 5 or so years now, but hey, if I keep holding on to that number, who knows when I’ll ever upgrade my phone! So it’s a k608i, the one with 3G, HTML browsing, 1.3 MP camera, FM radio and comes with a USB cable and earphones. Those are basically the features that I want in a phone. It just doesn’t have expandable memory, that’s why it’s relatively cheap – free @ Smart’s Plan 800 and barely 8000 pesos in the market.
The first phone I ever bought for myself, wow.
***Happy Birthday***
Aldrich’s birthday has already gone by while mine is just around the corner. I felt that I didn’t do much justice to his birthday celebration but he insists that he already appreciates it very much. Well, we are different people.
Both of us took a half-day leave from work to have lunch at A Veneto Pizzeria in Glorietta. The servings were huge that even the both of us couldn’t finish everything! That’s another first! We had tempura style crab sticks with ranch dressing for appetizer, pesto and garlic with Hungarian sausage pasta and the resto’s special pizza for the main course and no more from A Veneto for dessert. We went to Coffee Bean afterwards to wash down the food and leisurely strolled around the mall after that. We were supposed to watch a movie but there was nothing worth watching at Greenbelt or even elsewhere during that time How sad! To add to that, we actually had to go back to the office afterwards since Aldrich had a call and I had my interview for Post Grad Diploma in Management.
After the call, the interview, and sending status reports, we had dinner at Brothers’ Burgers in Convergys and continued to talk off a storm. That’s what I really like about Aldrich – the fact that I can talk to him about anything and everything under the sun! :) It’s really nice to find someone who you have a genuine connection with, someone who’s not only your boyfriend but your best friend at the same time. Okay, cheesiness stops here, hehehe.
So I felt that I could have done better, you know, with all the history I’ve got in flamboyant and heart warming gifts, why didn’t I pull one out of my sleeve? Maybe being like that is not totally me. Yes, I enjoy doing that, but sometimes, it’s more of self-satisfaction, more of a project than really thinking of what the other wants. There’s been a lot of self-realization for me lately and I still can’t say that I know myself completely. There are still parts of me that need to be ‘baselined’ to further solidify my character. So anyway, I’m chipping in for Aldrich’s most coveted PS2. He’s been using all his falling eyelashes to wish for the PS2 but he never gets it right, hehehe. Well, it’s just an old-wives tale after all.
***Graduate School of Business***
Why DLSU of all schools? It doesn’t really matter to me. Well, aside from being very convenient to go to after work (they have a campus in RCBC Plaza), my brother went to DLSU for masters so somehow, something inside me has equated masterals in business with La Salle. It has a bit more subjects than Ateneo’s GSB, too.
Why not MBA at once? La Salle requires 3 years of work experience before one can enter their MBA program and I don’t want to wait anymore. I’ve originally been planning to take masterls last June for MSIM in Ateneo’s IT Center but changed my mind after feedback from my lead Joyce who took it before. So I’m taking PGDM first – Post Graduate Diploma in Management—which is technically taking the Pre-MBA subjects required during one’s first MBA year. The only difference is that those in the PGDM course cannot skip taking the courses via validation exams, while those in MBA can. There’s also one additional subject – Ethics, Family Life, Work-life balance—which I think I really need to take especially based on the project that I am in at Accenture. Besides, I don’t want to skip any of the subjects either because I can’t say that I’m an expert in any of them!
PGDM Courses:
Information Management ----- Financial Accounting
Business Writing ---- Business Communication
Managerial Statistics ---- Business Economics
Business Law
Management Principles
Ethics, Career and Family Life
IT Workshops
My ultimate goal is to learn more, in order to be more, to do more and to serve more. Well, another goal is to get 85% across all subjects so that I’ll be automatically accepted into MBA the following year J
***Life at Accenture***
Oh it’s a life, sometimes you don’t know if it’s just work or it’s already your life. Another good result of taking up further studies is that I’ll be able to steer myself away from massive overtime work and to also discipline myself into managing my time better. I’d have to get to work at 8am and leave at 5:30pm!
It’s been a rough time at work lately because I now get easily burned out. This is due to massive overtime a few months back, when we had to do overtime every single day and even stay in the office for almost 20 hours!! How crazy is that? Those days are over but I am still feeling the repercussions of the experience. I used to always love going to work and didn’t really mind the overtime, but now, everything’s different. Yes, I can still do overtime but only very minimal. I’d have to psyche myself the day after, oh it’s such a chore. I don’t like this feeling but it’s always creeping up on me. Once bitten, twice shy?
Anyway, this fiscal year, I’m coming back to the Test Team again. I honestly and sincerely hope that my higher ups have learned from the lessons of the past. Please, I don’t want to feel the same resentment like I did before. People at work are my friends but it’s hard not to feel bad when you feel that they are not taking care of your welfare. I’m actually a bit anxious right now because I have this ill feeling that there will still be a lot of overtime and what if my higher ups don’t push back again or do not come up with humane estimates again? I do not know why they do that! I really hate that part which is one of the reasons why I have such a great desire to learn the ropes of management. I don’t believe that what’s happening to our team is a result of good management. Tsk tsk tsk.
There’s really only so much I can do to change the way things are going, the rest, I will leave to God to give me strength to conquer the challenges that lie ahead!
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