Recalling the first job hunting after working abroad

the story prior to landing a job in Telus/Harte-Hanks…

I had difficulty in choosing where to work last year. My main target at that time was to work with BPO company ‘coz I know it pays well as compared to Cavite State University (sorry for the comparison but I worked there for 7 years hence I have no first-hand info other than this). Yeah they do. About 8,000 higher than CvSU plus benefits like functional Health Insurance & they even covered my dependents, I’ve used it in St. Lukes & I paid 0.00 pesos! My father used it in DLSU-UMC & paid nothing as well.

End of March last year, I first applied in IBM-Daksh and I was asked to wait until May for their Apple-Mac account to open. Hmmn I can’t wait that long so I applied in Concentrix (Synnex Corp.), surprisingly, they pay a lot better than IBM. I attended the orientation but during the first day of training, I requested to defer my training and decided to apply in Sitel instead. Dang, I’m applying for entry position only in ops but they recommended me to IT position. Yoko nga. Then applied in Telus and since I’m already tired of hopping from one company to another, I decided to stay. Also, I was challenged by that “cute” chinese interviewer. Mukang antipatiko kc but later on we bacme close din naman.

Staying for a year in Telus is something that I really need for me to realize a lot of things.

Updates updates

i’m alive, i’m alive

I’m reviving this blog of mine, got too busy chatting to real people so I had no time to make kwento here in this blog. A lot of things happened and as much as I want to tell the whole story in just one sitting, I’m certain that I’ll just bore you all to death. I still wanna let you all know what has transcribed since my last post (morethan a year ago!) but will post it as different topics. I may not be able to recall the whole year but I’ll definitely recall significant things. Too excited to put everything here!

As of now, allow me to greet my followers, meron pa nga ba? Hmm I still receive a few emails from strangers asking me to update this blog hehe. Thanks to all of you reading this.

You can also reach me thru my twitter account @lhon_d and facebook. I also have other blogs catering to specific clients. Im definitely sure that if you’re a part of those groups, then you should know those blogs. To give you a hint, I have one for music & movie fans, for those interested in modelling & of course about literature coz I love making kwento and poems too.

Don’t judge the book by its cover…

When you stood there… everyone was laughing at you, no one is laughing now… 

 I am so thrilled bcoz i know that everybody was against you… I honestly think that we were all being very cynical and it was the biggest wake-up call ever…

This performance brought me to tears… at first people - I plead guilty as well - looked at her as a joke not until she started singing… it’s not the best voice/song/rendition I’ve heard but it’s full of emotions and it definitely pinched my heart to tears. Watch the judges’ jaws and listen to their comments.

Click this link to watch the video…

(mp3) Himala

kasalanan bang humingi ako sa langit ng isang himala? 

Originally sang by river maya, this song was revived by then PDA 1 contestants Yeng Constantino and JayR Siaboc - worst version for me. Barely same time, it was recorded by Gian Magdangal after landing in Top 3 of first and only Philippine Idol - mediocre version too. 

This version sang by hmmnnn secret, is my fave. Why? Best vocals for the song? Not really. Best arrangement? Maybe. All I know is I felt the meaning of the song with this version. The pic above was taken years ago in my veranda.

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Pinoy Movies won in 13th Pusan Int’l Fim Fest

Just wanna share an email from Consul Jed Dayang:

I just read from the PIFF website that two of our entries won two awards  this evening at the closing of the 13th Pusan International Film Fest.  
 
1.  The short film “Andong” by Rommel Tolentino Milo won the Sonje Award while “100″ by Chris Martinez, our entry to the New Currents Award, won the Sonje Award for short films and the KNN Award (audience award), respectively.  Each will receive cash award.
 
2.  The New Currents Award were awarded to two film makers from Korea and Japan.    The winning Korean film “Land of Scarecrows” was partly shot in the Philippines.  Its theme and sub-themes include identity, environmental pollution, Philippine-Korean marriage and the  plight of an adopted Filipino boy in Korea.
 
Let’s thank God for his blessings!  Pass the good news…
 
Mabuhay ang Pilipinas!