Woohooo! Andito na si Jay-ar sa Malaysia! Mabuhay! *confetti* hehehe!
Salamat naman at together again na naman kami… At nde na ko loner. =)
Last Saturday we watched Fantastic 4… Okay naman sya… Kaya lang parang sobrang payat ni Jessica Alba sa movie. Para tuloy kumapal ang lips nya at lumaki ang eyes nya.
But the effects were good and the story was, well, just okay. And I am so excited to watch Transformers. We already have a ticket and we are going to watch it this coming Saturday. I really can’t wait. Sana maganda sya kc syempre mataas ang expectations ng mga viewers… Sana nde nakaka disappoint.
Anyway, super na-harassed ako last week sa work. Panu ba naman, yung magaling kong TL, nde ako binigyan ng deadline sa enhancement na ginagawa ko. Take my time daw and just try to study the flow of the system while I am doing that enhancement. Yung enhancement na yun is not just a minor enhancement, mind you. Complicated sya at marami tlagang affected dun sa system. So masaya akong nag code at nag test. Syempre walang deadline. So pede ko I-try lahat and mejo sinasamahan ko pa ng konting surfing, chatting, etc etc. In other words, I was taking my time. Hehehe!
Tapos itong napaka galing kong TL, bigla na lang sasabihin sakin na pupunta daw syang Sri Lanka next week at gs2 nya daw isama yung enhancement na ginagawa ko dun sa I-dedeploy sa Sri Lanka. So that gave me only 1 week time to finish & test everything. Huhuhu! Super pressured tlaga ako tapos ang dami pa nde tapos… So last week, ayun try ko tapusin lahat. Awa ng Diyos yung last testing naming, okay na lahat. Pero meron pa kami another set of testing today … Sana wala ng error kundi matutuliro na naman ako nyan. Sa Thursday na sya pupunta ng Sri Lanka. So dapat by tomorrow, okay na lahat… Kc gagawa pa kami ng installer for everything. So wish ko lang at pinag pray ko lang nasa wala na error! Hay naku, buhay IT nga naman.
After this, meron na namang another major enhancement na naka assign sakin. Hay! Good luck na lang sakin. Hehehe!
Nag start na si Jay-ar sa bago nyang work yesterday. I am so proud of him. Tingin ko sa kanya, para syang bata na 1st day of school sa kindergarten. Hahaha! Sana maging okay din sya sa bago nya work.
Un lang… back to testing muna ko… Till next time!!!
Monday, June 25, 2007
Saturday, June 16, 2007
Longest Weekend
This would have to be the longest weekend of my life.
I miss Jay-ar so much.
Sana Thursday na.
By the way, to all the father's out there, especially to my dad who has been tremendously a good father to us ......
Happy Happy Father's Day!!! =)
I miss Jay-ar so much.
Sana Thursday na.
By the way, to all the father's out there, especially to my dad who has been tremendously a good father to us ......
Happy Happy Father's Day!!! =)
Thursday, June 14, 2007
My Favorite Pic
Just wanna share with you guys my fave pic. Jay-ar and I don't even look good in this picture. But this picture never fails to give me a smile whenever I look at it. I miss my little rascal sooo much... Hopefully I will be able to see him again on August. Hopefully.
Ps. It was supposed to be only me & Jay-ar in the picture. My little rascal loves posing for pictures don't you think? =) We did not even know he's there! Hehehe! (^^,)
Monday, June 11, 2007
Life After Sunlife
Woah! I have been neglecting my blog for more than a month now! Unbelievable. A lot really happened after I left Sunlife but I'm kinda sad that I wasn't able to create a blog entry regarding the things that have happened before I left Sunlife. This is basically regarding despedida lunches. :)
If i can remember it right, before I left sunlife I had 3 sets of despedida treats. One was the spa treat from VILLMA, another one was the lunch treat of Ms. A with the two others who were also going to leave her team (Jon & Lorraine) and the last one was the lunch treat of Ces with the whole IPAC & CIF team. (See photos below)
Farewell Lunch w/ IPAC & CIF Team
Spa Treat from VILLMA
* * *
Am not really sure why I was not able to update my blog these past few weeks. It's not that I have no time, I think I was not just in a writing mode. Anyway, contrary to what it seems, I was not really busy at work. I started at FCS (my new company) last May 7 and basically, it has been a month that I have been working with that company. To tell you the truth, I cannot even imagine that I would be able to survive a month so this is like a milestone for me. Hehehe!
Let me give you a glimpse on how it is like when I left sunlife and moved here to Malaysia to work. This is basically the routine that I have with Jay-ar so far:
Weekdays:
*
wake up at 6:30 am
*
leave the house at 7:45 am
*
arrive at the office around 8:45 am (office hours starts at 9 am)
*
leave the office at around 6 pm - 6:15 pm
*
arrive at the house around 7 pm - 7:15 pm
*
rest for 15-30 minutes
*
cook dinner until 8-8:15 pm
*
eat dinner until 9 pm
*
wash dishes & fix dining table until around 9:30 pm
*
watch tv/dvd until 10:30 pm
*
sleep
*
and the cycle continues
Saturdays:
*
wake up at around 9-10 am
*
just lay down while watching tv/dvd until 11 am
*
cook lunch till 12 pm
*
eat lunch
*
go to mall/watch movie/grocery/shop after lunch
*
go back at home around 6-7 pm
*
do the laundry / iron clothes
*
play around for the remaining time
Sundays:
*
wake up at 9 am
*
take a bath/eat bfast until 10-10:15 am
*
leave the house at 10:15
*
attend the mass at 10:30-11:30
*
eat lunch
*
after lunch is a free time (we have options such as: go back at home, go to mall, whatever follows)
We sometimes go to wet market to buy meat for cooking, go swimming at the condo's swimming pool, go jogging, etc... (whatever comes to mind).
People At work...
I cannot really say that I have adjusted that much. I think if I left sunlife to join another company in the Philippines, then I would be adjusted by now (I guess). But working abroad is really different. I am not pertaining about the culture. No culture boundaries at all aside from the fact they really like spicy food (religion is totally a different story). For me, the difficulty is more on the language barrier. Its not that they don't know how to speak in English or I cannot speak or understand English. It's just that sometimes they prefer to speak on their own language, not malay language but chinese! By the way, I think I haven't mentioned that 90% of the population in our office are chinese folks. I cannot even recognize if they are speaking in madarin, cantonese, fukien or whatever dialect they are using. Don't get me wrong. People in FCS are really kind & friendly. I am not having a hard time dealing with them at all. In fact, I have made some friends already. They are really nice to me. It's just that, they are still different from the friends I left from the Philippines such as VILLMA. I guess I should not compare coz VILLMA will always be VILLMA and nothing can replace them. I miss them already and eveything that we used to do.
The Work Itself...
Hmmm.. What can I say about work? Work in FCS is lighter compare to the work I left in sunlife (so far)... And for the record, I am not in any way complaining. In fact, I would like it to stay that way. Work without pressure is just an icing on top of the cake. But without pressure doesn't mean I am not learning. I am enjoying my work coz I am able to do java programming, which let me enhace my programming skills without the pressure. I get to go back home @ 6 pm on the dot, which is actually good and again, I would like to stay it that way. Although, the system that I am supporting in FCS is much more complicated than the system I was handling in sunlife. Complicated not in terms of scope (bcoz IPAC is still a bigger system than IPNC) but in terms of the structure & configuration used. IPNC is a combination of many programming languages. It has perl, php, c, shell scripting and its core is java. It also makes use of firewall and its running on linux. So you see, being merely a java person is not enough to support this kind of system. You should know all those that I mentioned to be able to maintain the system. Good thing my team lead is that person so I don't have to worry as long as he's there. =)
Other Comparisons...
In terms of location, building, facilities and employee benefits... FCS cannot beat Sunlife. In terms of salary, well, that's a different story. And I admit that I already miss everything in Sunlife. My cubicle, the people, the CR, the enterprise, the food park, mini stop, watsons... everything. Sunlife office is much more organized than my new office. Maybe because it's a software house that's why there's a lot of PCs and cables scattered in the desks. FCS does not also enforce proper workflow and change management system. KM System is also still not in place, which kinda surprised me because FCS is not a small company. In fact, it is also a multinational company, which also have offices world wide. I'm wondering how they were able to survive without proper documentation of things... Oh well, maybe I am not just aware that these things exist in the office.. Hehehe! This makes me miss Merant, CPR and RFS. =)
* * *
Jay-ar is leaving me and will go back to the Philippines tomorrow for the second time. Huhuhu! Pity me. I'll be alone for a week or so. He has to process his documents in POEA and Malaysia Embassy coz he changed his employer so he had no choice but to leave me here... Well, I am not literally alone coz we have also some pinoy housemates here. It's just that, I don't have my jay-ar with me so I am so sad. Hope he can finish the processing fast so he can come back here soon.
And for the record, I am officially missing my family, friends, teriyaki boy, redbox, pancake house, tapa king, glorietta, landmark, SM and the Philippines in general. I cannot imagine that I will miss riding a jeepney and well, I also miss being in a crowd and I understand what the people are saying.
So that's basically it. Hope I can update my blog more often... Ciao!
If i can remember it right, before I left sunlife I had 3 sets of despedida treats. One was the spa treat from VILLMA, another one was the lunch treat of Ms. A with the two others who were also going to leave her team (Jon & Lorraine) and the last one was the lunch treat of Ces with the whole IPAC & CIF team. (See photos below)
Farewell Lunch w/ IPAC & CIF Team
Spa Treat from VILLMA
* * *
Am not really sure why I was not able to update my blog these past few weeks. It's not that I have no time, I think I was not just in a writing mode. Anyway, contrary to what it seems, I was not really busy at work. I started at FCS (my new company) last May 7 and basically, it has been a month that I have been working with that company. To tell you the truth, I cannot even imagine that I would be able to survive a month so this is like a milestone for me. Hehehe!
Let me give you a glimpse on how it is like when I left sunlife and moved here to Malaysia to work. This is basically the routine that I have with Jay-ar so far:
Weekdays:
*
wake up at 6:30 am
*
leave the house at 7:45 am
*
arrive at the office around 8:45 am (office hours starts at 9 am)
*
leave the office at around 6 pm - 6:15 pm
*
arrive at the house around 7 pm - 7:15 pm
*
rest for 15-30 minutes
*
cook dinner until 8-8:15 pm
*
eat dinner until 9 pm
*
wash dishes & fix dining table until around 9:30 pm
*
watch tv/dvd until 10:30 pm
*
sleep
*
and the cycle continues
Saturdays:
*
wake up at around 9-10 am
*
just lay down while watching tv/dvd until 11 am
*
cook lunch till 12 pm
*
eat lunch
*
go to mall/watch movie/grocery/shop after lunch
*
go back at home around 6-7 pm
*
do the laundry / iron clothes
*
play around for the remaining time
Sundays:
*
wake up at 9 am
*
take a bath/eat bfast until 10-10:15 am
*
leave the house at 10:15
*
attend the mass at 10:30-11:30
*
eat lunch
*
after lunch is a free time (we have options such as: go back at home, go to mall, whatever follows)
We sometimes go to wet market to buy meat for cooking, go swimming at the condo's swimming pool, go jogging, etc... (whatever comes to mind).
People At work...
I cannot really say that I have adjusted that much. I think if I left sunlife to join another company in the Philippines, then I would be adjusted by now (I guess). But working abroad is really different. I am not pertaining about the culture. No culture boundaries at all aside from the fact they really like spicy food (religion is totally a different story). For me, the difficulty is more on the language barrier. Its not that they don't know how to speak in English or I cannot speak or understand English. It's just that sometimes they prefer to speak on their own language, not malay language but chinese! By the way, I think I haven't mentioned that 90% of the population in our office are chinese folks. I cannot even recognize if they are speaking in madarin, cantonese, fukien or whatever dialect they are using. Don't get me wrong. People in FCS are really kind & friendly. I am not having a hard time dealing with them at all. In fact, I have made some friends already. They are really nice to me. It's just that, they are still different from the friends I left from the Philippines such as VILLMA. I guess I should not compare coz VILLMA will always be VILLMA and nothing can replace them. I miss them already and eveything that we used to do.
The Work Itself...
Hmmm.. What can I say about work? Work in FCS is lighter compare to the work I left in sunlife (so far)... And for the record, I am not in any way complaining. In fact, I would like it to stay that way. Work without pressure is just an icing on top of the cake. But without pressure doesn't mean I am not learning. I am enjoying my work coz I am able to do java programming, which let me enhace my programming skills without the pressure. I get to go back home @ 6 pm on the dot, which is actually good and again, I would like to stay it that way. Although, the system that I am supporting in FCS is much more complicated than the system I was handling in sunlife. Complicated not in terms of scope (bcoz IPAC is still a bigger system than IPNC) but in terms of the structure & configuration used. IPNC is a combination of many programming languages. It has perl, php, c, shell scripting and its core is java. It also makes use of firewall and its running on linux. So you see, being merely a java person is not enough to support this kind of system. You should know all those that I mentioned to be able to maintain the system. Good thing my team lead is that person so I don't have to worry as long as he's there. =)
Other Comparisons...
In terms of location, building, facilities and employee benefits... FCS cannot beat Sunlife. In terms of salary, well, that's a different story. And I admit that I already miss everything in Sunlife. My cubicle, the people, the CR, the enterprise, the food park, mini stop, watsons... everything. Sunlife office is much more organized than my new office. Maybe because it's a software house that's why there's a lot of PCs and cables scattered in the desks. FCS does not also enforce proper workflow and change management system. KM System is also still not in place, which kinda surprised me because FCS is not a small company. In fact, it is also a multinational company, which also have offices world wide. I'm wondering how they were able to survive without proper documentation of things... Oh well, maybe I am not just aware that these things exist in the office.. Hehehe! This makes me miss Merant, CPR and RFS. =)
* * *
Jay-ar is leaving me and will go back to the Philippines tomorrow for the second time. Huhuhu! Pity me. I'll be alone for a week or so. He has to process his documents in POEA and Malaysia Embassy coz he changed his employer so he had no choice but to leave me here... Well, I am not literally alone coz we have also some pinoy housemates here. It's just that, I don't have my jay-ar with me so I am so sad. Hope he can finish the processing fast so he can come back here soon.
And for the record, I am officially missing my family, friends, teriyaki boy, redbox, pancake house, tapa king, glorietta, landmark, SM and the Philippines in general. I cannot imagine that I will miss riding a jeepney and well, I also miss being in a crowd and I understand what the people are saying.
So that's basically it. Hope I can update my blog more often... Ciao!
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