Hi! I’m Joyce…

and I’m workaholic… I should join a support group really. Right now, I feel like I am happy on where I am at. I love my officemates..well, most of them. My supervisor is an awesome mentor. And I think I’m doing well in terms of my competency as an employee. I have a equal share of boo-boos but yeah, I’m only human.But it just gets to the point where I feel like we are not working hard enough. It just gets too demanding that I am robbed of sabbath day. It’s just been three months but it feels like I’ve been with them for a year. 

And I bummed at the fact that we’re moving to a new location–not so far from civilization but can be treated as a glorified boot camp slash high-end maximum security survivor island….No appropriate means of transportation, no near-by food court or MINISTOP at the very least. 

Commuting is one of the many annoying things I can bear.. but really, it just gets into my nerves.

I don’t get to watch tv anymore too. I need my tv show. I need prime time!

I don’t get to sleep for 10 hours anymore, thus the continious dysfuctionally.

Now, I’m on my way to the office - half-zombie, half-pissed off.

I can’t even whine properly.

Whine Later! 

whine and you shall receive…

 NEVER ARGUE WITH YOUR BOSS. YOU WILL LOOSE.

– Quote from Urim

Here’s a lesson learned from my past and present workmates. An attempt to outwit, outplay and outlast your boss often result in:

1. joblessness - obviously

2. more work - whine and you shall receive —more responsibility.

3. rigged performance appraisal - sometimes even if they say "walang personalan, trabaho lang…" don’t believe them. They lied.

So what to do? Even if you are screaming inside and dying to raise the red flag, keep your cool. Work your way around without being so obvious. Remember that even kindness kills.

But if all else fails, VIVA LA REVOLUCION! Maybe you should switch jobs. But bear in mind that all bosses are the same. They can make or break you. They will make and break you. So one must learn to read between the lines. You might have signed an irrevocable contract with the devil.

coat for the day

Often, the greatest enemy of present happiness, is past happiness too well remembered

-from Gelo’s (My ex-officemate) Morsels of Infinite Wisdom 

cause you had a bad day….

Sometimes the universe conspires to turn your peachy day into apocalypse. Here are some instances:

1. The MRT elevator suddenly stopped (halt) in the middle of it’s snail-like ascend to the 3rd floor. You are stuck with 7 other people. O yes..the stench. Au Naturale! It stopped for more than a minute. Claustrophobia closing in!

2. You’re wearing the perfect white blouse. But while at lunch your clumsy officemate "accidentally" upon opening the soy sauce container  drizzled some on you, turning your white blouse into stool brown. Wala bang kalamansi jan?

3. You’ve patiently waited for the elevator to land in the ground, as you step inside 11 other heavy weights rushed. The OVERLOAD sign screamed for help. No one is guilty enough to step outside and just wait for the next ride. The NERVEs!!!!!

4. You hailed a cab and asked to be taken to your destination. As soon as you closed the door, the driver either:

a. Ask for extra money because it’s already late.

b. Ask for extra  money because he forgot to gas up.

c. Ask where you are going again and directions to go there.

d. just be a plain pain-in-the-a** who rants and vents about politics and wowowee.

5. In the middle of your slumber, you suddenly woke up thinking that you’re already running late only to find out that you’ve just been asleep for an hour from the time that you’ve closed your eyes.

6.  You’re wearing killer heels and was asked to floorwalk. By the time that you’re done, your toes have bled up. 

7. You are interviewing an applicant -who, in the middle of the interview—farts! Will you laugh? Will you act as if nothing happened?

8. You called a fast food chain to have your food delivered.. Thirty minutes later the rider comes up to your floor, opens his bag and finds that it was empty. He scratches his head, apologizes 10 or more times and says that he will be back immediately. After several minutes of hunger strike, he comes back with the wrong order.  Is he deliberately trying to measure my BOILING POINT?????

9. You are in the middle of impersonating your boss when he suddenly appeared.

10. While in the middle of floorwalking, you slipped right in front of your crush. Upon seeing this, he, like what all gentltemen do, comes to the rescue to assist your clumsy ass. He then asks if you’re alright and like the spastic that you are—grinned and hurriedly tried to come up with a lame come-back joke. But you ended up saying " SAVE!!!" What? Save??? You could have said something like " Inggat ka, madulas e!" But why BASEBALL? WTF 

TOP 5: Pick of the Week

TV shows you ought to watch (in my opinion—other than my fave HOUSE M.D. & LOST)

5. FRINGE - Another JJ Abrams creation plus the tv comeback of Joshua Jackson! Coming this fall! 

4. GOSSIP  GIRL - for some reason everyone’s loving the Chuck - Blair (CHAIR?) chemistry.

3. HOW I MET YOU MOTHER - It’s Britney, bitch! I am still anticipating that episode where Britney starred in. I have to have a catch - up marathon soon!

2. ELI STONE - He used to be an ordinary lawyer until he heard the music; attorney turned new age prophet, Eli Stone’s storyline is quite unique.

1. CHUCK - I dig nerds. I know. I know. You may find it pathetic. I don’t really care.
You may have had some stereotypes in mind like.. a guy wearing wide-rimmed glasses, curly hair, with braces, tucked-in shirt, high-waisted pants.Not my guy, Chuck. I just can’t get enough of this series. It’s all in the geek pride, man.

That’s it for now.