A new blog, a new me! (hopefully haha)

in this book, we are going to tackle on the advantages of having seperate circuits for your lights and outlets/sockets. hahaha

when i woke this morning, the electric fan wasn't running, so i thought that maybe the plug was just loose. but as i went out of my room, i noticed that the refrigerator wasn't on, and all the other appliances. but the weird thing is the lights are working.

so we guess that it has something to do with the circuit breaker. but even though we kept on flicking it for like thirty minutes the sockets in our first floor wouldn't work. so we decided that it's time to get help from an electrician....but for tomorrow or so.

the electrical sockets at the 2nd floor are working fine. but still, having none working on the first is a big no-no for me... first, my room's in the first floor, so it's like i'm LIVING ON THAT FLOOR, so basically, i couldn't use the TV, computer, karaoke, coffee maker, refrigerator...and the washing machine when i'm washing clothes. haha it would be a nightmare. imagine: staring at walls doing nothing...errr maybe reading, but i'm not in the mood for reading today anyway.

luckily enough, since the lights are working, my dad turned one of them into an outlet, by inserting this lightbulb-end-to-a-socket thing (they can be bought, those with the metal end of bulbs on on end, and a socket on the other) and then plugging an extension cord in it...and voila! instant sockets!hahaha

so what's the moral? have circuit breakers, and separating the electrical sockets/outlets curcuits from the lights' circuit. haha

this past friday, the day after going to PeopleSupport, i went to HSBC global resourcing site in Commonwealth Avenue, which is pretty near Philcoa. I mean from our street, I could take a taxi and it would only cost about P50-60... that's pretty convenient, if i would ever be working there haha. ^_^

so i arrived there around 10 in the morning. the process there is more intricate compared to people support. first is the initial interview, then the exams, then the pre-final interview, then the final interview, then the job preview, and after that: the soon-to-be job offer.

(if you aren't interested in the narration of events, just skip the next three paragraphs ^_^)

so that friday, i passed the initial interview and was set for the exams which would be at 1:30. so to pass the two hours i went to their cafeteria. it was a good place. good food, and i liked it so i'm looking forward to be working there (hehe). so i spent the first hour there, then the other in their waiting room with a movie playing on the wide screen and free drinks. (haha) i passed the exams, and since it's already around 2:30 i think, i was set for the pre-final interview the next day at 9:30 in the morning.

so that saturday, i arrived there 15 minutes earlier. and i was called 5 minutes later. i passed the pre-final interview, but not with flying colors as the interviewer said, but i have a shot at the final interviews. (that was scary somehow, knowing you didn't ace it) and during the final interviews, i thought i wasn't going to pass it because there was the question of giving an example on how i used my skills at work. i gave examples on thesis-making (for the typing skills) and making of proformas, sales invoice and delivery receipts, but the interviewer kept on saying to be direct with my answers or something like that.... so on my third try at answering the question, i said plainly that i still haven't had any work, but i am pretty sure that i'd be able to use these skills on the job, and given the proper time and training i'd be able to handle the job perfectly. (that's what i said there)

i passed the final interview as what the interviewer said afterwards. wow i made it! hehe... so afterwards, i was sent to the job preview thing, and it's watching a video (a desktop capture video) which is of a call handled by an agent. so it basically shows the multi-tasking done by the agent during the call, so multi-tasking is a necessity in the job. afterwards the interviewer asked me a set of questions about the video and if i'd be able to handle it. and so i was informed that they'd give me a call on what my schedule would be for the training..
i'm just worried that it's already wednesday, and i still haven't received anything from them. the receptionist said that i'd get a call monday morning. so i called and they said that they aren't finished yet with calling everyone and that i should wait, and someone whom i met there (an applicant also) said that their processing is slow so i'd just have to wait....and that's what i'm doing now..

haaa, i hope they'd call. i really am worried about my application there. i hope i'm in.

here again is another blog entry from an unemployed single would-be-more-urban soon-to-be-professional independent-in-non-financial-ways person.wahahahaha ^_^

i applied for an ad in jobstreet.com posted by jobstreet select, which i think is a placement agency/subdivision of jobstreet. it was for an opening as a customer service representative for a directory assistance account (as the ad said). so within 7 days' time, i received a text message from them stating that i have an interview with them at their office.
so i went there and did the interviews and the tests, and i passed. from 25 plus people, i think only three made i through the interviews, typing skill test and grammar, reading comprehension and vocabulary tests. so i was given two envelopes for recommendation in two callcenters: one for peoplesupport in makati, and another for HSBC in commonwealth avenue.
so the next day (which is today) i went there at 10, and applied. i passed the initial interview (from 30 in the batch to 11) and the tests (typing, grammar, vocabulary, reading comprehension. listening, one of the 11 was eliminated) and got a shot at the final interview w/ phone simulation.
it was scary. the interview was okay, but the phone simulation...whew it was really bloody. the situation in the phone simulation would be i am a csr for a flight and hotel booking site. sounds easy? not on the first phone simulation ever!
haha well to say it plainly, i think i didn't pass. the interviewer said that they would assess what position would be the best for me then they'd call me back.... well those words (we'll call you) would 90% mean that they would, but not to say that you're accepted, but that you are not qualified.
anyway it's my first so i was sort of panicking, and i fully do not know what i should be doing. but i think i'd be good in it if i'd have training on it so i'd have a concrete idea as to what i should do, and so that i'd fully know the service we are selling. (I do great when i fully know the product/service).
oh well, at least i have another shot..for HSBC in commonwealth avenue tomorrow...yay ^_^

application odyssey... odyssey... well i didn't apply at a recordbar. odyssey because i walked for like 5 blocks in a dark-coloured long sleeved polo an hour or so after noon on my way to an interview. it was like jogging for 15 minutes.hahaha
i was at Astoria Plaza Hotel for an interview, which at that time I didn't know yet the position that was open. turns out it was an application as a waiter, which i wasn't interested in, and as the interviewer noticed. well i really didn't like to be a waiter so i told the interviewer after he made the comment. it's better to be honest and follow what you want, i guess. i mean at this time where i still have no job i still have the choice of not getting what i do not want.right?
choosy? maybe. but at least i'm not forcing myself into something that i might regret later on. (like studying nursing for a year?haha upon seeing a patient with an axe on his forehead, i might just vomit or faint)
so from here...apply apply mode. : )
so after that, which ended around 4:30 i took the route that is somehow not directly going to SM Megamall when i saw an old lady begging for money to buy food. i was searching for coins in my pockets or a 20, but i only had a 500 and 100 bill. so i said i had no coins with me.
as i was walking away i just though that she looked hungry and that it would somehow be rude/weird not to give somthing (i mean i was in long sleeves with a gold necklace and carrying a leather folder-like thing and i can't give anything?) so i went to the ministop at the block ahead, and thought of buying something for her. i bought a 48pesos rice and meat meal for her which i had reheated, and a liter of C2. but as i went back, she wasn't there anymore, so i tried to find her. i trusted my instincts on where she might have gone to (if she walked towards the block where the ministop was, she wouldn't be near there, so i went the other way). luckily i saw here, asking for money from those walking out of a small office. so i approached her and gave here what i bought, and she thanked me, saying she hasn't eaten all day. so i just smiled and said to her to be careful in going around, who knows what might happen to her.
well, it wasn't on a main road, it's only a drive. but, i mean she's alone by herself, unlike the others that i see, and she's in her 60's. her kids (if there are) or someone else has to take care of her.
i was thinking...would i be like her when i get that old? i don't want to live like that...

insecurities and desperations season 1:
-i wish i have such a good voice like David Cook or lead of The Calling: so that I could make good music, and just be able to sing on open-mics or jamming sessions in bars when I'm tipsy.
-i wish i could speak english well so that i could penetrate the call center industry with ease, and not be so conscious when speaking the language.
-i wish i was born with the best facial features and be extremely fit so that when i have no work i could just get a modeling stint or runway job or something.
-i wish i was in culinary school so i could be in a hotel or be a celebrity chef with a TV show.
-i wish i was born to owners of many restaurant chains so i'd learn the inner workings of the restaurants and manage them someday with ease.
-i wish i was born to socialite rich parents so i could enjoy life to the fullest...
(err, take the last part out, i still could enjoy life somehow without that)

anyway, things aren't going so good lately. still have no job. maybe i just applied with the wrong establishments or for the wrong positions or something.

just this morning I applied for work in a call center where my friend is working. well i've been considering applying for work in it the past weeks. it's just that when you check the 'jobs for new grads' section of jobstreet.com, lots of jobs in call centers are posted...more than the other industries combined...like 80% are call center jobs and the rest share in the small 20% left in the pie.

to make the story short, i wasn't accepted. the agent said that we (I and other 15 or so) weren't qualified for the job, and only 2 were chosen. when we were leaving the place, I and the other applicants were just in positive mood and were even making jokes about it...that maybe it was just a setup, that the two accepted weren't really accepted, and us 15 would be called later in the evening to say that we were actually accepted.hehehe suntok sa buwan.

well i was fine, but 30 minutes ago, while i was just sitting and collecting my thoughts at our backyard, i slowly felt the reality that i am still unemployed, and chances of being employed are really really slim. (reconstructed: chances of being employed with generous pay and benefits are really really slim)

i just said to myself: 'maybe i'm like this right now, but someday, i'll make sure that my life would be something worth of writing for in an autobiography/biography book.

i wish.