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That’ll do, Pig. Indeed, that’ll do.

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Came across this line from a friend’s Facebook status, and it kind of summed up everything that we went through in the last 13 months.  According to human resources, in 239 days, we went through 9 comprehensive examinations, 68 subjects, and 4,000 test items.  The moment I heard that, I felt how tired I was… and that I am proud of what I have accomplished.

Thank you goes out to my family, who endured my snobby and snappy attitude.  I was never good in dealing with pressure and I usually manifest the stress to the people who love me most.  Because I’m sure they will always forgive me.

Thank you to my friends, from grade school to college, whom I have all neglected in those 13 months.  Thank you for giving me the space to do what I had to.  Like I said, I will make up for lost time.

Thank you to my late grandfather, because I just love you so much your spirit never left me.

Thank you to my grandmother, because you never stopped praying for me and for my partner.

Thank you, Dylan, for being my rock.  You have always picked me up.  Please don’t stop.

And to the fates that brought me to where I am, I promise to serve my purpose well.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.  I am humbled by this day.  I will forever be humbled by this day.

Everything in between

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I haven’t written for the past week.  That’s how it felt like.  Looking at the last few posts, I realized how impersonal they were.  And how I’ve been avoiding confronting myself lately.

I’d like to think it’s the usual hump, the big gap, the missing part, or at least that space between here and there that you can’t quite decipher.  I’d like to think that I just have nothing much to write.  I’d like to think so many things… but I have been thinking too much.

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Would love to be corporate chic

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If you’ll look around my previous posts (as in historical), I’ve been complaining about having too strict dress codes in the office.  I managed to scour the depths of Chictopia and gather a handful of corporate alternatives.  I can’t wait to shop for these items and actually try them on in the office.  Then again, I can’t really make lace shorts corporate right?

Aren’t these amazingly chic?

Work assignment

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They liked the comfort of their walls. It was the closest thing I ever heard that can pass as a lyric here in MAP.  The banking industry is all that we’ve been submerged in for the past months; then, here comes three-termers talking to us about comfort and walls, the heart to good governance and public service.

Tinga came first.  The Bonifacio Global City, one of his many projects, has become one of the country’s prime hot spots.  The location boasts not just a high steady stream of income, but of social responsibility.  As it turned out, that value was forced upon investors.  He didn’t like the comfort of the walls of corporate haggling and settlements; he forced investors to put heart into the business by making sure the people benefits from their investment too.  You don’t see that every day.  In fact, I don’t think I have seen that at all.

Next was Elias, his wingman.  The first thing he said was clear; the mayor needs his support if he wants to get things done.  He wasn’t hesitant to admit that he came in second in authority, but he made it clear that this is one of those instances where second is no less important than first.  I don’t see any walls of indifference and inferiority there; I see pride in work and honor in duty.

Matias kept saying “What’s important is the unison of the mind and the heart.” He knew there was no way passing development plans would be easy, given that majority of his counsel is opposed to his beliefs.  So he waited and respected the walls.  He wasn’t comfortable, but fighting them would only be more detrimental to Nueva Ecija.  He’s on his second term, with majority of his co-party candidates elected as part of the Counsel.  I too anticipate what he can do for them.

Last was city treasurer Endriga.  With the Iron Hand of Management, he didn’t let anyone pass with a half-baked job or half-hearted sincerity.  He employed technology for better efficiency.  He demanded 100% performance. He didn’t settle; I don’t think it even crossed his mind.  Resistance came and it was not enough to sway his style of management.  Comply first before you complain. By 2009, QC is the most profitable city.

They liked the comfort of their walls.  You say this to a people who refuse to move out of the norm, hesitant to try something new, conflicted in choosing the hard rights over the easy wrongs. They made their own walls.  They showed the right kind of rebellion, of non-conformity.  There’ll always be boundaries and customs that have existed before us.  But there’ll always be new ways of doing things.  There’s no shame in employing something new.  It’s not divergence.  It’s not hard-headedness or disrespect.  It’s merely new walls.

I’m looking at the bright side and balancing the whole thing

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So here’s what happened lately.

  • Just finished the Treasury module.  It has to be the fastest module I’ve ever had (or at least so far) because it only lasted 28 days.
  • Final exams suck!  It was a flurry of confused and mismatched answers to questions I obviously know the answer to but because I actually studied passionately, I overanalyzed everything and well, the rest is the rest.
  • The bourse game was much more enjoyable than expected.
  • Our group became the highest gainer!  Profit of 96M baby!
  • Our group rocked the presentation.  Unrehearsed.  Completely unrehearsed.  But there was no downtime, no pauses, no nothing.  Just smooth sailing presentation of results.
  • Our group got the best score ever:  1.

Judging by those events, I bet you can tell that I’ve been having a good kick off to this other half of the module.  What’s funny though is how I’ve performed in treasury is the complete opposite of how I’ve performed in finance.  Tiger was right; I can start strong again.  *relish feel good moment here*

Credit module started just this week.  Quite grueling on the onset since from the looks of it, this will be our office delegation once we finish the program, notwithstanding the fact that you have to memorize 85% of everything so you can use them in application, which is about 15%.  It’s all about rules and policies and guidelines now, given that this talks about the money the bank could be raking in.  I hope to survive this one better than my treasury survival.  *insert meditation pose here*

And although this weekend basically sucked because I cancelled a beach trip for a family trip that never materialized, I’m still happy.  My brothers seemed to be more clingy than usual, and indulged my fancies by asking me to help them shop for their clothes.  Five hours later, we ended up with numerous shopping bags, 19 purchased items and a bill of less than 5,000.  You gotta love end of season sales. :)

I am looking forward to a trip with the circle to Mindoro.  I bet that would be a blast.  It’s going to be my first ever out of town trip with people that are not my family.  Hahahaha.  I know it’s so loser-ish for me to declare it like that, but what can I say?  The truth bug bit me and its venom seeped through my veins.  Now, I just have to lose 10 pounds in about 4 weeks and I believe I’ll be okay. :)