Work

A question and bokeh

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I know I have not been writing as much as I should have.  The deadline is just around the corner, and quite frankly, it’s something I cannot ignore anymore.  I have to put in more than what I usually do and do it faster, so I can still have the luxury of having a good enough elbow room to edit, format and unify whatever it is I am required to submit by the end of the month.  Is it exciting?  Somewhat.  Do I feel any pressure right now?  Maybe.

(I just couldn’t help myself.  I had to do a Janina San Miguel question.)

Yesterday, I was browsing through some memos and spotted new information.  According to a new CSC ruling, before any employee can be promoted to an officer grade, he/she must have a Masters degree.  It didn’t state what kind; just have one.  For those who are already officers and still don’t have degrees, they better start getting one then, since they won’t be moving up anytime soon unless that requirement is fulfilled.

I find it quite nonsensical because some people don’t need higher education to perform excellently at their job.  There are tons of successful entrepreneurs who succeeded in their own ventures without even finishing college.  So I don’t understand the reason for this ruling.  Nonetheless, since it’s already there, I would have to comply to it, if I want to move up at all.

Looking at my record, I don’t think an MBA would suit a Journalism graduate.  I am now exploring Creative Writing for my Masters and although it is far from what I am doing now, I don’t think I’d want to take up anything else.  I’m still eager to do my photography classes; maybe when I’ve passed my deadlines, I’ll be more comfortable making plans for a longer period of time.

The only good thing about that CSC ruling?  It forced me to study again.  And I think that’s a good thing.

(Insert nerd theme here.)

How about you?  What do you plan to do to further your education?  Are there any plans at all?  Will you do the same thing to be up for promotion?  Share your thoughts.

Question of the day. And some bokeh for our viewing pleasure. (I wonder if I can pull this off.)

Photo challenge will resume soon!  I promise.  There are very few things that I get to complete in my life — this just has to be one them.

I have a solution!

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So yesterday, I was having a pretty bad day.  Not only was I dressed quite formally for work (it was an effort because I was conducting exams and interviews yesterday) but also, the airconditioning system was under repair.

Sweat.  My.  Body.

Hahahahaha.

So today, I decided to bring in a solution to avoid the sweating.  First off, I dressed a little more casual than usual.  Then I brought this in.

It's a floor fan on my floor and it's a really chilly one!

I know it’s big and it’s quite an exaggerated thing to bring to work, but when noon strikes and the heat is just overwhelming, I’d be so happy I have this baby to blow me away.

Oh yes.  Oh yes. :)

VICTORY!!!!

Bitch fit

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What?  I’m not always poised and calm and collected.  Half the time, I get upset over the littlest things but today, the thing I am upset about is not so little.

Is it so bad when I find it hard to work in a warm environment?  I have not been in this kind of an environment for YEARS and I mean YEARS.  I really hope whatever improvement is supposed to be happening happen soon, because this warmth, this oven-like feeling, is not taking me to any productive length at all.

And don’t give me the drink water with tons of ice bullshit.  I don’t find that calming nor anywhere close to cooling my body down.  I want to be cool and calm and comfortable, absolutely nowhere close to feeling as if I’m about to turn into the first ever human bacon. 

So yeah.  There.  Bitch fit.  Please pray that the airconditioning gets fixed soon.  This is just way too much to take.  It’s warm and the windows cannot be opened.  Come on.  Who are we kidding? 

Recovering from the long weekend

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I cannot even begin to explain the difficulty of recovering from a long weekend.  I honestly believe I enjoyed it too much, even though all I did was watch movies.  For those who follow me on Twitter, you can so tell that I was perfectly happy with my self-imposed movie marathon.  After all, the working class don’t always get four-day vacations.  I mean, come on!  The hospitality and healthcare industry don’t even get breaks like these.  So imagine how much power I felt I had.  And I used it all up by watching movies.

I can’t say that I didn’t enjoy it, but I can say this:

It’s something that’s inherent in long vacations.  I even brought home my work laptop in hopes of completing, if not starting, some of my long laundry list of to dos, but yeah, that never really happened.  Somehow, I always end up enjoying too much of my vacation, so when reality strikes, it slaps me in the face like a scorned bitch.

Fell asleep around 9 last night, woke up at 11, fell asleep at 1 in the morning.  And I woke up at 5:30 today.  And I have no choice because Mondays are manic.  If I don’t get up or get ready soon, I am sure to have a hard time commuting to work.

So I’ve come up with three possible options:  (1) move out and live somewhere closer to work, so I wouldn’t have to commute on the day the car is not allowed by the government to be on the road, (2) loan some money and get my own car, that is of course after completing my driving lessons and overcoming my fear of being ran over by a truck and (3) convince the government how healthy and productive it is for employees when they are granted brief but frequent vacations.  Hey, a happy employee is a productive employee.

Just saying. :)  Have a great workweek, everyone.