Same old.

Exactly 14 days from my last post. V.bad.

Then again, what was I supposed to write about? I'm just doing the same things and thinking the same thoughts. My AUT got approved again for this week so yay another long weekend hopefully will get approved next week too. I should be cleaning my room yet again but then I'd rather play games on my PC or play with some apps on Facebook and then I get guilty. I should be finishing reading this book I borrowed last year. Blah blah blah. Same old things.

I asked Mary Anne if there were any plans of the barkada going for another trip. She was like, do we have any funds for that? :/ Melody said she wanted to go on a day trip, even just to Tagaytay, but she's turning just like Claire: always busybusybusy. Haaaayyy.

Then when I'm surfing the Net I find myself hitting the Share button frequently. I like it a lot. And I end up spamming myself. Ha.

And of course, since it's a Monday and I go back to work tonight... I don't want to. Again.

Then again, what else is new?

Time goes by.

Why does it seem there's never enough time to do anything? At least that's how it is with me. I'm always planning I'll do this or do that on my day off, then my weekend comes round and I end up doing "nothing"...then I have to go to work again and I hate it because I felt like I didn't do anything productive at all.

This heat doesn't help either as I just want to vegetate (ideally on a hammock under the shade on a quiet beach) and my mind just turns to mush.

I'm probably just sulking as I cannot seem to finish cleaning/organizing my room -- I need more space!!! -- and it's the start of my work week again and I really don't want to deal with those callers again. How I wish I can remove my brain and leave it in my locker and go on auto-pilot when I'm logged in. I may be obsessive-compulsive (to a degree) but this repetitive tediousness is killing me.

Sid Hildawa, 1963-2008

I only go the ClickTheCity to find out movie schedules and shop locations, so I was truly shocked when I saw on their front page that Sid Hildawa passed away last March 30. (Another article here.)

Sir Sid was one of our professors in college. He usually taught the visual arts courses. I remember he was our prof in Visual Arts (duh) and Photography. I don't remember if he was also our teacher in Architecture (probably was, considering he's also an architect). He was a really cool teacher because his classes were always interesting. Like our Visual Arts class was supposed to be all theories and discussions, but he made it into a workshop class. I really ♥ our Photography workshop. It was my first formal classes on photography, so even though I've read about the subject and have dabbled in it (I consider myself an experienced amateur), it's always refreshing to learn and get insight from an actual professional.

This really made me sad because Willa and I were just reminiscing of our college life last weekend! How we both enjoyed our workshops and all. In fact, Willa made a teaching demo on basic art techniques, like how to hold a pencil properly, mixing colors, etc. I'm pretty sure she'll be surprised and saddened by this news...if she hasn't heard about it yet.

Thanks, Mr Hildawa, for everything you taught us!

Wasted time.

I completely wasted time by going to the office today. Supposedly I was on AUT only up to 0830, but when on the agent check-in I was on AUT from my entire shift!!! Grrrr.... Buti na lang Bates was the supervisor on duty. He said he'll just work it our with traffic. Yay! To think I was there rather early. I left before 6am thinking there'd be traffic... but I was at the office by 7am. Nyeh. So I just smoked. First with Mai since it was her break. Then with Bates because he was getting something to eat.

I have to include this because it was too funny. While they were getting food, I happened to see this product on the toiletries shelf at Mini Stop. It was next to the condoms so it intrigued me. The label said "Fire", and the other one was "Ice." I don't know exactly what the product description is, maybe a sexual aid or something. Probably like a lubricant because according to the package you apply it to the condom so it will give this "minty sensation" and "for your oral pleasure." Oh-kay. Joby was looking at the "Ice" packet and reading it out loud, so that was hysterical. :-p Hey, I just realized I should've taken a pic!!! Oh well. I'm sure it'll still be there tomorrow... ;-)

So basically I went to the office today to be pa-cute. Eng?? But I was still able to do a few errands that I was supposed to have done yesterday.

Later I definitely have work, but only until 4am. Yay! And of course, the new AUT sked is available. This time I only filed for AUT on Friday and Saturday...baka wala na akong sweldohin!

More weekend for me.

Yay, I'm having a "long" weekend again! It feels so good not to be literally chained to a desk (by the cord of our headsets) and not to deal with questions from dumb callers. I'm thinking if I should really apply for the same AUT sked next week, because if I do this every week, it would be FIVE days AUT! That's equal to 45 hours!!! OMG, that would definitely be a huge deduction from my salary. And I haven't added the CUT (went on CUT yesterday, too). Dilemmas...

Which reminds me: my AUT tomorrow is only from 0000-0830, so I better call in and have get on the CUT list and be prioritized so I won't need to go to work anymore, hehe. But if it doesn't work out and I'm already at the office, I can just go see Mary Anne later on.

I was chatting with her yesterday morning, and she was surprised I was home early. So we were on Skype until around 11am. I decide to take a nap... but when I wake up, it's already 4am. Okay. That's like straight 16 hours of sleep. And I don't remember having dreams. And I wasn't even lying straight in my bed because I had my bag and other stuff dumped on it. Evidently, even if I worked for 1 3/4 days, I'm still exhausted.

I'm still waiting for Willa to update me re: the cool job her sister has. I'm starting to daydream already! But better not count my chickens until they've hatched. Just seems like a good opportunity.

Time to leave again.

First day of my work week, and what did I remember to do first? Check if the AUT schedule is already available for this week, and apply! Again, Traffic gave the odd skeds...but that won't faze me from applying my AUT! And again, I applied for AUTs on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

My Fates are extra nice to me lately...because it got approved again!!! First, it was only for half-days on for all three days. Paul also said to rewrite the form because of the erasures Traffic made, but not to worry because it was also approved.

Later, Paul talks to me again and gives me better news: my AUTs were "upgraded"!!! Wo-hoo!!! Same as last week, two full days AUT and half-day on Satuday. OMG OMG OMG, I am just so happy I'm going to get more rest again. Is it obvious I don't want to continue working this job anymore?

I also got my payslip today, it already indicated my first wave of 'serious' CUTs and AUTs. I went on undertime for 20 hours the first half of last month! But my salary cut wasn't too serious. So, 20 hours undertime is still 'bearable'. I guess that would be my benchmark for my undertime: 20-24 hours max every pay period. More than that and obviously I'll get a bigger cut from my salary, too. I'll also have to learn to be a bit frugal (stop checking eBay!). Kaye had more undertime than I did, but her salary was just a few hundred pesos less than mine.

Anyway, I'm just glad tomorrow's my last full day for the week...again!!! (Unless I avail of CUT.) If they'd only create part-time positions for our jobs....

Next week, I'd definitely apply for the same AUT again ;-)