personal

There are lots of friends, and my mom too, asking why is my salary only 25 thousand Pesos after so many years of experience in programming?  Here’s the answer:
My salary is in fact only 20 thousand Pesos per month.  And that’s flat 20, no tax, no SSS and other government benefits, no health cards, no [...]

My last day of work was on May 31, 2010. That was Monday. But I had decided to go to work last Tuesday to finish something. And this week or next week, I would be going to a client.
I wonder, do my employers know how much I love my work? [...]

I am jobless… and happy! Is this a retirement statement? No! But right now, my mother-in-law would go back to China. She still doesn’t know when she’ll be back. A month, 2 months, 3… 4?? 5?? 6???? We really don’t know. And we don’t have a maid right [...]

There are people, employees from other companies (or client to be exact) that are saying that they are too busy, that they stay so late and even stayed up to morning the next day. Whenever I see them during their working hours, they just seem to chit chat with each other (sometimes work-related, sometimes [...]

My mother-in-law is going back to China for more than a month. My husband would also be going with her but just for a week. There are no confirmed dates of when they would go and come back. They’ll be visiting China because my sister-in-law (at last!) would be bearing a baby. [...]

Possible Reasons:
1. From coughing because of that “Mojacko Chicharon”. Yes, the name of the Chicharon is “Mojacko” with “Mojacko” anime character printed on the plastic pouch.
2. Coughing and that makes me immune to more available bacteria around. After drinking filtered water from the office, I slowly felt different. I didn’t noticed the [...]

I wonder… do husbands playfully joke on calling their wife with bad words??? I really hate it when my husband does that. He even told me that “hanggang salita ka lang.” I was thinking, what did I do, I mean, what did I didn’t do for him to say that.
He always tell [...]

I hate people asking me if I’m happy on my work because people can’t seem to get satisfied with my answer. My answer is always “I’m okay with my work.” What people want to hear is “I am very happy.”, or “I am not happy with my current work.” I also hate [...]

I was absent from work last October 19, 2009. Why? That “financial crisis” night was a horror!
Yes, I said that I would update that post….
I’m also absent from work today. – on next post
ang pao (red envelope)… on next next post
food and others sent to China (sometimes)… on next next next post
I [...]

I’m in a financial crisis. I don’t know if “financial crisis” is the right term. But that’s what I want to use. Anyway…
Many businessmen are having financial problems nowadays. Less customer count, less sales from existing customers, bouncing checks, higher employee salary, higher bills…
My brother-in-law has a shop selling shirts and [...]