as i've mentioned on the blog that i've posted before this, we had watched a movie at Robinson's Place Midtown last saturday.

The movie's title called Lalamunan. as Ynan, my yaba's friend and officemate, have told us that the translation of the movie in english is called Choke. resemblance, ewan ko. kayo na ang bahala.

am really sorry but i'll be using some blunt words to describe the movie. medyo disappointing kasi.

as what i've learned, this movie is an indie film but for me, hindi sya indie film. if i would be the one to classify the movie, para syang ST film nung 90's saka para syang movie ng mga starlet noon.

light porn sya. may boob exposure yung mga girls at my butt exposure naman yung mga guys.

ang hindi ko maintindihan eh yung sequencing ng mga events dun sa film. una, usapan tapos sex. tapos usapan ulit. tapos sex nanaman. parang hindi sila nagsasawa.

ang dami ring dead air. paulit-ulit yung kanta ng lalamunan. may nagpupumilit mag-english. may abnormal. ewan ko ba.

parang ayaw ko nalang magsalita kasi baka kung anu pa ang masabi ko. ayoko rin namang sabihin na panoorin nyo yung movie para malaman nyo coz you might get disappointed at me and tell me that you had just wasted your time and money.

basta. i would just shut my big mouth up.

last saturday, me and my yaba's friends went out again to watch a movie at Robinson's Place Midtown but then, we weren't able to since na-late kami sa screening time. kasi naman, pagpasok namin ng ang times na nakalagay dun 7:10 LMF then 8:25. we thought that yung 8:25 na time was the last full show but then, it was the time that the movie will end.

very disappointed ang mga bakla thinking na napagastos na kami but then, anu pa nga ba ang magagawa namin. so nagdecide at mag-coffee nalang daw kami. edi alay-lakad nanaman going to Starbucks.

when we got there, wala naman kaming maupuan. ang dami ngang nakaupo but they're not drinking their coffee anymore. tambay lang kung baga. so again, disappointed, we had decided to just go home, went off to sack(since ang purpose naman ng rest day is to rest!) and called it a night.

the following day, sunday, it's me and my yaba's 11th month anniversary. to celebrate it, we had already planned everything so after hearing the mass, we went directly to Robinson's again and told ourselves na hindi na namin pwedeng palagpasin to. once we got there, we already bought tickets para hindi nanamin makalimutan.

we were like an hour or 45 minutes early pagdating namin dun so we went window shopping muna then grabbed some munchies from KFC then off we go to the moviehouse.

after seeing the movie (which actually disappointed me), since maaga pa naman nung lumabas kami, we did another round of window shopping and napag-usapan kung ano ba talaga yung regalo ko kay yaba. am still undecided on what to give him pero ang sabi nya, he would appreciate anything that i would give him as a gift.

at nagcoffee nalang kami para ma-neutralize ang usapan. and as usual, there were no vacant seats available on their alfresco area eh we already want to smoke so we had decided to buy a cake at FlapJacks then seat on their alfresco area which is beside Starbucks. we stayed there until 10PM tapos bumili lang ng dvd then umuwi narin kami.

next saturday, my yaba and our housemate, danz, will be celebrating their birthdays at our humble abode so it'll be another thing to blog about next week!

(the reviews about the movie we had seen will be posted on my next blog...)

i had just confirmed that the rumor about the ACS "tragedy" was true.

ACS had indeed let go of 900+ agents since the account that they had declared bankruptcy.

but based on the article that i've read on inquirer.net, some of the agents resigned voluntarily. it's really a good thing that they had accepted it that way.

another good thing that i've read is that the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) assured that there will be forthcoming jobs for those people who were separated from that company.

at least, the government is doing something with this issue. let's just hope that there would be a brighter future for those people since having a job is a necessity these days and that Christmas is also near.

for the complete details, please read the article below.

CICT ASSURES
Jobs for displaced BPO workers in ACS
By Lawrence Casiraya
INQUIRER.net

MANILA, Philippines -- The Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) assured jobs will be forthcoming for nearly 900 ex-workers of call center firm Advanced Contact Solutions (ACS).

In an earlier statement, Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) chief Ernesto Herrera urged the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to address these displaced workers who were reportedly retrenched after its client PRC, a teleservices firm, declared bankruptcy.
CICT commissioner Monchito Ibrahim, however, clarified that not all of these workers were laid off.

"I've talked to the president of ACS myself and he indicated that this falls within the normal 20 percent attrition rate call centers experience every year," Ibrahim told INQUIRER.net.
The company employs around 4,000 workers spread throughout six facilities, including those located in Laguna and Batangas.

According to the TUCP, employees who lost their jobs represent one-fifth of ACS' workforce.
But Ibrahim said some of these workers have resigned voluntarily as part of the normal attrition routine in call centers.

"Our message to these people is that they should not worry because the industry still needs thousands of workers. They should be absorbed by other companies so long as they are competent," Ibrahim said.

Business Process Association of the Philippines (BPAP) chief Oscar Sañez, meanwhile, said such "changes in our client line up" is expected because of the current global economic crisis.
"Some US companies are being acquired by other companies, some are absorbing other companies and some are undergoing major restructuring or closing," he said in an e-mail response to INQUIRER.net.

"This means some of our clients will expand rapidly as they acquire more companies, outsource more and some clients are also downsizing or even closing. The client mix will change and we are anticipating that," he said.

But companies abroad will become more pressured to outsource to cut costs and improve efficiency during the crisis, the industry executive said.

"This is a good opportunity for the Philippine government to organize a more aggressive marketing campaign and more trade missions abroad," he said.


(PS: thanks to inquirer.net for the news and TL Dex for the link.)

i had just received a text message earlier from one of my collegues here at West saying that ACS (i don't exactly know if it is Advanced Contact Solutions or any other ACS-abbreviated contact centers) had just let go of 900+ agents?!

when i asked her what's the reason behind that and she said that she doesn't exactly know but it could be rooted on the fact that there's an on-going financial crisis in the US or that one of their biggest accounts had closed it's business on the outsourced company.

i just hope that there would be new windows of opportunities for those who had lost their jobs.

last saturday, my yaba and a couple of friends went to Robinson's Place Midtown to watch this indie movie that i've already told you before.

Walang Kawala.

as shown on my previous blog post, Joseph Bitangcol and Polo Ravales were kissing each other on that picture and got myself into shock. but when we watched the movie, grabe. more than being shocked ako but not to that extent though. ang gulo ko noh?!

there was a lot of kissing scenes shown on the movie by Joseph and Polo. very passionate. parang sanay na sanay silang maghalikan. workshopped ika nga. pero parang may such yung dalawa!

Joseph did his best in playing Waldo but i think he needs to do more work in acting. at meron kaming parehas na underwear! kaloka.

i don't know if this is an approriate term pero talagang naawa naman ako kay Paolo Rivero dun. parang pinagsakluban ng langit at lupa. wala man lang natikman. hanggang hawak, pisil at hipo lang. tsk...tsk...

i would really want to commend Polo Ravales for acting. ang galing talaga. and i would also want to commend his hot body and his cute butt... haaay...

the most shocking of all? ang 2-time frontal nudity ni Marco Morales. yung una kasi, very light lang. parang sinadya lang coz he's wearing his underwear pero mas shocking dun talagang naghubad sya sa harap ng audience barenaked! as in, balls and all. parang walang pakundangan nung naghubad.

the very disturbing part of that movie? when Emilio Garcia walked in to the scene. Police Brutality ang eksena ng lolo mo. for some obvious reasons, bagay sa kanya ung role. kaso nakakainis talaga.

over all, the movie was pretty good. of course, a joel lamangan creation would not just be a simple movie. there were some hang-ups though yet the content and the totality of the movie is to be considered one of the best indie films that was ever made.

days before last saturday, i had received an invitation stating that somebody will be celebrating his birthday at this place in Timog. once i read it, it got me thinking, "ang bongga naman nito, sa Timog pa gagawin yung party nya!".

but who am i not to accept the invitation? shouldn't i be proud of it that somebody is inviting me to his birthday? pagkain na, magiging bato pa. choosy pa ba ako?

so saturday, after shift, just met my yaba at Cybergate lobby then off we went to Timog.

at the bus, tawa kami ng tawa kasi it looked like we rented the bus. ang ingay! Dessa was like the tour guide and we are her students. reminds me of field trip days way back grade school and high school. then i told them, "why not plan a trip for the whole CS? kasya naman tayo sa isang bus. 45 agents lang tayo."

sagot nila, YOU WISH.

anyway, medyo comedy pa nga yung trip kasi pagbaba namin sa GMA-Kamuning, naglakad pa kami going to the place at para talagang field trip kasi puro sight seeing. of course, there's the GMA tower, yung lalaking naka-blue na tinitignan ni Dane, ang Adonis saka yung isa pang gay bar dun, at ang pagpose ni Maridel sa tapat ng Ibarra's.

after the long walk from Edsa going to almost near Imperial Palace, nakarating din kami.

Tramway Garden Buffet. i've been there before but i cannot remember when.

when we got there, at first nahihiya pa but then, we dig in ng bonggang-bongga! the food was great, there were a lot of choices. at sa sobrang dami, i can't explain how my stomach accomodated all the food i ate that time. after nun, drinking session na at i really had so much fun dahil hindi obvious sa kanila na tawa ako ng tawa. si betchai kasi eh!

anyway, you can view the pictures here.

but i really love this picture...


but then again, i know it too late but...

Glitter Graphics Maker & MySpace Layouts

after the holloween party, there had been a lot of requests that are coming for their pictures either be posted on this blog or for it to be sent to them.

because of that, i had already made an album on my picturetrail account and you can just check it out everytime you wish to see them.

for more details on the pictures, just click here.

have fun!

sa araw-araw na ginawa ni God, eto yung mga tipo ng tao na palagi kong nakakasama sa office...

Walang Calls
easy-easy lang.


Pag-walang calls
inaantok dahil kulang sa tulog.

or

oh tulog na talaga. (di ba allan saka dessa?)

pwede rin

tsimisan kahit malayo sa isa't isa.

at minsan

may song and dance number pa.


but in times where the influx of calls is high..

panic mode na.

ang iba

may nahihilo na.

most of the time

galit sa caller. (tulad ko!)

at sa sobrang galit,

naiiyak na sa galit! (hmm...)

at kung minsan

nagtatapon na ng gamit (ang headset, jopay. wag ihagis!)

at merong pang...

nabibingi...


at pag naubos na ang calls,

avail nanaman. nakatanga ulit.


after a couple of hours

BREAK TIME!

ang iilan,

takbo agad sa cr. (si marilyn lang!)

ang iba naman

yosi muna sa baba (damputan nalang ng baga)

meron namang

nagpapahangin lang (daw!)

at meron ding

wala lang. loner kasi.


Kapag lunch naman...

ako. busog.

at pagkatapos kumaen,

tulog (madaming ganyan!)


pag bumalik na sa trabaho,

nanaman...




meron ding iba't ibang ugali ng tao dito.

may happy-go-lucky (like me!)

friendly (ako ulit!)

may conceited... hmp...

overconfident(in short mayabang...)

pero pag tinanong mo na about sa product,

wala nang masagot...

marami rin ang

pa-cute.

akala nila gwapo sila.

at ang pinaka sa lahat...

mga laitera... (si ron at si john!)



maraming eksena rin ang nangyayari dito sa office...

merong

nakita ang crush sa kabilang account

at meron pang akala mo nakatira sa north pole.

naiinitan daw.

pero pag binuksan na ang aircon...

nangiginig na sa lamig.



eto naman ang mga PTL

pag maganda ang ginawa,

good job!

at meron din

pala saway(nakikita lahat! hmp!)

at pag napagalitan tungkol sa agent stats,

umiinit ang ulo...

kulang nalang

patayin yung agent sa galit...



ang ahente naman...

kapag napagalitan,

nagpapalusot pa.

minsan

akala mo, hindi nila alam (nagmamaang-maangan ba!)


pag may sanctions to be issued eto ang nangyayari,

PIN 1:
stressed out

PIN 2:
nagiging robot

PIN 3:
kulang nalang, sumuka ng dugo at magpakamatay...

PIN 4:
good bye West.

isa sa mga dahilan ng pagkakaroon ng PIN?

NOSEBLEED! dahil sa EOP.




but at the end of the day,

napapaalam din sa isa't isa.

ang iba, hindi pa umuuwi agad sa bahay kasi

umiinom at naglalasing

at kapag nalasing na

tatawagin si yui



pagdating sa bahay

tulog na ng mahimbing

pero ako...

hindi ako makatulog!!!