MMMiii!

And so I bought this because of my Panda eyes. There are days when I’m able to apply it every day and then I’ll stop for a couple of weeks because I’m not seeing it (it’s hidden underneath a pile of junk) and then when I see it again, I’ll put it again somewhere where I can see it, and I’ll be using it again everyday.

I don’t know if there are any changes. I still think I have my Panda eyes. But probably because I’m not putting it on religiously.

I also have this eye wrinkle cream from Mary Kay that the consultant suggested. Not because I’m getting old and I’ve got crow’s feet, but under my eyes I’ve got lines. I know I used it faithfully for about 3 months, but I didn’t see any changes.

Well, I’ll continue using it since I’ve already paid for it. Hopefully there will be changes after a few more weeks.

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I visited the doctor yesterday because since I’m resigning soon, I should try and make use of the benefits that I’ve been paying for the last 2 years. I’ve only used it twice. So I went yesterday because there was something bothering me although I’ve been having it for a few years now. It’s just that it’s more abnormal lately.

The doctor said that it’s most likely a hormonal imbalance in my body, but I should see a sonologist and have some tests done to find out if there’s something else wrong with me. She also said that I should start dieting. She mentioned that dieting doesn’t mean taking diet supplements but I’m thinking that I should do that as well, since I AM already trying to eat healthy and exercise now and then. The dietitian from the 14-day challenge also told me that I shouldn’t do the replace-2-meals-with-cereals program for more than two weeks, but I can eat one meal of cereals. So I was thinking of doing that and take supplements as well. I just haven’t bought some yet.

I don’t want to go to the sonologist. I don’t want to. I won’t go. :<

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Our company has been striving to promote wellness to its employees. Recently, in partnership with Nestle Fitness, they launched the 14-day Challenge. The first 100 registrants will receive 3 boxes of these cereals and 14 250-ml packs of low fat milk. The “Losers” will get a t-shirt and another box of cereals.

Well, it was free, so I joined. I went to work early, 4 hours before my shift, because I wanted to get the freebies that would be amounting to P700+.

All you had to do was to replace 2 of your meals with the cereals and the other meal has to be a well-balanced meal. I didn’t strictly follow this though. Because sometimes work got me so stressed and hungry and I just HAD to eat something substantial. Maybe in the 14 days of this program, I only really followed it for a week.

Nonetheless, I still lost some pounds!

It sure is a quick weight loss program, but the dietitian said that it’s really just for 2 weeks and it would not be healthy to actually continue it forever. What I can do is replace just ONE meal with cereals, and try to eat a balanced meal for the other two. Well… I’m trying.

Here’s the shirt that I won:

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I don’t know if the company is already being alarmed by the ongoing situation with the Escalations Team. One resigned last month. One is on suspension and has decided to leave this month. I and another one is scheduled to leave after the 28th. Today, one filed for immediate resignation because he couldn’t extend his leave of absence. That’s 4 people just for this month alone. We started at 19 when the year came in. By the end of this month, the team will be left with 14 people. I know at least 5 who are planning to hand in their notice soon. Which will bring the team down to 9. In one quarter, they’re going to be losing 10 good employees. TEN damned good employees. We are not in the Escalations team for nothing.

Isn’t this alarming? If I were in the management and I see even just 3 good employees leave in 1 quarter, I should notice already that something is wrong.

I want to say that the company has no fault at this. It is the client who gives the demands and the company just complies with the client’s demands. But can’t they at least defend us a little? Can’t they fight for us, even just a little? They say that they do, but obviously we’re not feeling it.

Sure there are a lot of other jobs there that would pay more for us. Some people are hating me because I’m confident that I could get a job that would pay better once my vacation is done, while some people are always worried because they’ve got bills to pay, mouths to feed, etc. But it’s not just about me. There is a back up team from another site so the account won’t exactly fall, but… 4 people in one month! Even my former boss who’s known as the terminator didn’t lose 4 people all in one month.

I’m just astounded.

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I am broke. But I am not desperate for money. Not yet anyway. I may be quitting my job, but I won’t end up living in the streets.

Thank you very much.

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I saw this time-lapse video of a snowstorm.

Although I find it really awesome, I don’t think I’d want to live in a place that has snowstorms. I’ll be too cold and freeze and die.
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Well, I’ll probably stay at home and curl up in front of a fireplace or something. I won’t even attempt to step outside without being wrapped in 10 jackets. I did find out that there are such things called outdoor fireplaces like this Celestial Fire Dome.

I want to get one like that if ever I end up living in a cold country.

Speaking of freezing, I need to bring to work a thicker blanket. I think it’s getting colder and colder in the office lately. I wish they’d turn the air conditioner off once in a while. My jacket + blanket isn’t working effectively anymore.

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I’m already counting the days before the 28th of February. I’ll need to clean up. Major cleaning. As in serious cleaning. I’ll have to throw out some of the stuff I’ve got back from high school and college (yes, I’m still keeping some a lot of stuff).

I don’t even know where to start. Someone told me before to divide my room in parts and then clean up part by part. That’s easy to do, but I’ll probably (like I usually do) clean one part and dump it to another part, and then so on.

I’m imagining this would take at least a week.

And there’s one thing (among other things) that I’ve really been wanting to have in my room. I want a rug. Even a href=”http://www.rugshowplace.com”>discount rugs would be fine. It doesn’t have to be fancy, because most likely Taba’s hair will be all over it. But yeah, I really want to have a rug.

I’ll have to replace my curtains. They’ve been there for over a year. I’ll also be doing repairs in my room here and there.

Hopefully, I diligently do all these. I know it’s still about 3 weeks but I figure I should start considering my mind about this major clean up.

23 Days to go…

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I had planned to quit my job. I’ve said or hinted on it probably more than a dozen times on this blog. I’ve said it to more than a dozen people about these plans. I just wasn’t writing that letter and handing it over to my boss because… I don’t know. I just felt like it was such a hard thing to do. When I finally got the courage to do that, I felt that I had finally jumped over a big hurdle on my way to Freedom. I thought that was the only hurdle. I thought that was the hardest thing regarding this decision.

I was wrong.

Ever since I formally submitted it, the people who thought I was joking is now saying that they’re gonna miss me. Other team leaders are asking me why, and to ‘fess up with my real reason for resigning. My former boss treated me to my favorite hand-pulled noodles and said that since he fed me, he’s going to tear up my resignation letter.

I formally submitted my resignation letter on the 2nd of February, but my team leader asked if I was willing to leave earlier, on the 28th, 4 days before the end of the 30-day notice. I agreed. Doesn’t sound something like they’re willing to let me go? Willing to let me go early, for that matter. And now people are stopping me left and right

They’re trying to stop me but they’re not giving me a good reason to stay. Usually companies who don’t want their employee to leave would at least offer something, right? A payraise, or improvement of processes, a promotion… nothing. Nothing at all. Not that I’m wanting anything. Not that if they throw something at me, I’d just take it. But nothing at all. It’s so sad.

Anyway, one thing that I’m worried about leaving is my gym membership. I’m thinking of asking one of the TLs I gymmed with if she could kind of like have me as her friend so I can continue my gym at least for another 3 months. How I wish I could just have my own workout equipment here at home. I want a treadmill, even the cheapest one that could come with a nordictrack promotion code would do fine. But I guess I’ll have to settle with walking from one place to another now.

Ah… well, I’ll be updating if I get anymore problems about leaving. Today while I was at the gym, my current TL told me that my former TL tore up my resignation letter. I told her I never agreed to any retraction. *sigh* Let’s see how it goes. I really hope she was just joking.

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I’ve mentioned over and over again about my plans of getting some rest. Like a month or two of rest. And then I’ll get another job. Is it wrong of me too much to be confident that I’ll be able to get a job when I decide that I want to work again?

My friend in Michigan told me that the unemployment rate there is double digit (more than 10%). He’s been unemployed for some years now. I looked it up again recently and I read that it had gone down, however it was also mentioned that a big chunk of that is because a lot of people have moved to another state. A Boston job search would definitely be different from a Detroit job search or a Los Angeles job search.

I sometimes feel guilty that I have a job because some people don’t. I sometimes feel guilty knowing that I’ll be able to get a job in the field I prefer pretty easily. I might not be able to start soon on where I want to work, but I know I’ll be able to get it.

I’ve also loaned out a lot of money to people and with this pending plan to stop working for a couple of weeks, I’ll need to gather all my resources so that I won’t be too much of a freeloader at home. I also need spending money.

Aargh.. need to be more aggressive in collection -_-;

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Not here in the Philippines. But in other places. I hear my friends online talk about how cold it is where they are. One of them said they don’t even get snow, only ice. It’s funny that here I am snuggling in my warm blanket because my air conditioner keeps my room cold that I need a blanket. But I can’t stand it if it’s hot in my room. I’m even tempted to look for heated blankets. I just don’t know where to find them here.

Maybe Baguio? Taba keeps me warm when I’m about to sleep. He’s furry and smelly though, not that I mind. Lately he’s been staying with me until I fall asleep too. He’s not beside me anymore when I wake up though. Sometimes he’s at my feet or under the bed.

I’ve lowered the thermostat to 6 now. It’s 1-9, 9 the coldest. If I put it on 5, it gets … not cold enough.

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