Archive for the ‘At work’ Category
The other day, we received an email regarding this year’s dinner and dance. The venue has already been decided, at the newly-opened Resorts World Sentosa! Which specific hotel it is, I still don’t know. But the company’s annual big event will be in May and I’m already this excited. I was lucky last year because [...]
I still couldn’t believe that I got to see the Singapore Airshow 2010 at the Changi Exhibition Center. I wanted to, but I found the tickets expensive. The Airshow is a 6-day event. February 2-5 were the “Trade Days” and during these days, only those who are at least 18 years old were allowed inside. [...]
I’m finally back from the Philippines. I arrived last night after 2 hours land trip, almost 2 hours flight from Cagayan de Oro to Manila, and the flight to Singapore. Yet, I had to go to immediately go to work. Going to work after a long trip is not a problem for me, but upset [...]
For years, I’ve been considering of getting a degree in Business Management or even more particularly, Business-Information Technology Management. In the present company, and I think for all IT companies, the only two options presented before us are: to become a techie expert or go into the management side. I have no plans of digging [...]
Together with the other Filipinos in the office, we are having our Christmas dinner and exchanging of gifts Thursday next week. I’m so excited but I am still not sure what to give to my “manito”. I wish I had to give a gift to a female, at least I will have a wide range [...]
This mug was a gift to me and I’ve been using this one in the office for quite some time. This morning, while I was drinking coffee, a colleague stopped by my desk… Colleague: I like your mug. It is so cute. I thought it was sort of a 3D or something. And it is [...]
Well, I will not mention here how long I have been in the software development industry. Let us just say, I have had my share of being involved in various custom software development. Because it has the word custom in it does not mean that the process will not take every step of software development [...]
The staff lounge at the office has four tables only, but there are more than 200 employees. A large number prefers to eat at the nearest hawker’s (food court). My friends and I prefer to eat at the staff lounge because it is cooler in there. So, when the clock hands strike 12, it’s like [...]
Warning: If you are eating, then please stop reading this article. If you don’t intend to bring your “leftover” in the toilet bowl home, then please FLUSH it away”. This is just one of the reminders posted at the door of the company’s toilet. But I think they should plaster it all over the place! I [...]
Two weeks after I joined my current company, I received an email regarding the annual dinner and dance. At that time, I thought of not joining the party but everyone confirmed their attendance, so I said yes, too. There was a problem though. The theme was, “A Blast From The Past”! We had to wear [...]
There’s a major deadline in June so for the past few weeks, I have been working overtime. But for some reasons, I don’t feel as stressed as I was in Japan. Because of this, I think I may need the help of effective diet pills in the near future. I just sent some photos to [...]
Transferring to a new company sure do presents tons of challenges. And one of them is to mingle with officemates. I admit I got scared but excited about being in a multi-cultural work environment. And multi-cultural it is. I have officemates who are Singapore locals, some are from China, Myanmar, France, and not surprisingly, Filipinos. [...]
