Stuck

Been a while..

I've been 'working' for my parents the past three days which is cool. Really. At least I ain't bumming in the house.

First day: Welcome to the new Dependable Packaging and Printing House Corporation. With the new building, it does seem like a corporation now. The people now have their uniforms and rejoice!!! There are guards there now. WOW. The office ain't that cluttered anymore. Lotsa changes, I must say and I think it's for the better. However the changes seem to be only on the surface. Well, maybe I'm being harsh. The management improved a bit. Gotta hand it to them. So what was my job? I was to compute the deductions on the wages of the employees: SSS, PAG-IBIG, Income Taxes and their health insurance. Pretty simple. Long but simple. Well...it should have been simple. I computed it the way they told me to and when I was done, there's this some kind of accountant and I found out they were doing it the wrong frikking way so I had to do it all over again. Plus, it took me a long time to get the updated status of the employees for the Income Tax. They didn't update it. For crying out loud. It should be done yearly. I mean, some people get married, have kids..these simple things...criminy. I finished eventually. That's basically what I did the whole day. The first half was basically a waste of time given that they were doing it the wrong way.

2nd Day: Welcome to Royal Cargo Corporation. I know my father's the big boss there and I see those people only when we attend their Christmas parties. I see the employees in costumes for their presentations that we judge. When they greeted my father, it was like compulsory to also greet me. Ok..I'll take that. They probably didn't know that I was going to work there. Well, first day, Dad didn't have anything for me to do but clean his cabinets. Re-arranging his files. Easy. I was done before lunch. I was bored to death so I texted some people, played Triple Pop in my phone. Lunch came, had free Chowking Beef Mami and Siopao Asado. After that, he was in a bunch of meetings, leaving me in his office with his computer. YM Galore with my status: 'ya call this work?! hahahaha!' Thank goodness he had an even to go to so he sent me home.

3rd Day: "Real work begins today." That's what Dad told me. So it was. I was sent to Tita Carmen, head of the HR Department. She introduced me to her staff. It was embarrassing, really. I didn't remember any of their names, damn it. It's my Dory syndrome. I just smiled. She turned me over to this lady who asked me to alphabetize all the files of the employees. Piece of cake, I thought. Well it was easy. It was just a lot. Had to carry all the files and shit. It was really heavy. After arranging them alphabetically, had to put them all in a folder. Had to punch them all first. Man! It was really tiring. I mean, that's a lot of papers to punch. My shoulders were really killing me. By lunch break, they called out my attention. Of course I knew it was lunch break. They were probably expecting me to eat with them or something. As much as I would like to, I didn't have money so I went up to my father for free lunch. When I got there, he was with THE boss and a friend. Ex-pats. Beso..yaddi yadda. We were off to go somewhere when this other guy comes in about whatever. In short, lunch was delayed for about half an hour. Went to Luk Foo for lunch. It was a quiet lunch. We didn't talk much. We're always like that, anyway when it's just the two of us. Asked him if I could go to Galera, but told me I should talk to my mom about it...but I told him a million times..I can't argue with a superstition!!! Criminy. But "that's how your mom is raised." So argue with that. Gawwwddd.. But he told me the real reason why. Criminy!!! But that's not my problem is it?! Sheesh. Then back to work. He told me he needed me to do something so I had to postpone my HR work. I was done before 4pm. Then he went somewhere, took advantage of the laptop. Then when he was back, I just waited for him to finish his work. He told me to get a copy of the file I was working on so I could do it today.

4th Day: Unscheduled Day-off. Dad had to go to Cavite today. Before I went to my daily 1 hour jog, he explained to me what I should do. Got it! It was 7am. Got back by 8am, just before he left, he reminded me what to do. Then off he goes. Spent the morning watching Oprah, then had my 30-minute Pilates for abs. Switched channels the whole time. When I got hungry, I asked Zaza to go to Town for lunch since there's no food left. While waiting for our orders in Pancake House, I checked out the schedule of the movies. Bought tickets for the 210pm showing of Finding Neverland. After the movie, went shopping for groceries. Got a message from Dad asking me if I was done with the work. I said we were in the grocery. Blah blah. Then we were home by 5pm. The time I planned to do my homework. Checked out the diskette but it wasn't formatted so...here I am. Dad's upset of course, telling me I should have checked it out early this morning..bleh. Okay. It's my fault. But for crying out loud?! I mean this frikking technology should make everyone's lives easier. So now, I'm here feeling guilty because I watched a movie instead of doing THE job. Fuck. I guess I'll do it manually..Grrrr....

So here I am. This is summer, huh. Can't go to the beach. Been waking up 630am for my daily 1hour jog so I could get my bikini body which by the way still seems a million 30-minute Pilates for Abs workouts. Then off to work. WOOHOO!!!

What my Mom will probably never understand if I don't go to Galera with my barkada is that I'll be left out. It's one of those times when you have a great time that you'll be talking about forever! And what will I do if we talk about it?! NOTHING! Cos I ain't gonna have a memory of whatever took place! They'll be laughing their asses of with some kind of funny experience that I'll never be able to relate to. NEVER!!! And all because...of that?! Urgh...

"You always get what you want." Mom said early today when Zaza was giving her the silent treatment. Well, clearly not everything. Okay.. I'm being a brat again..but my point is...I just told my point... I'm pretty sure they trust me. Maybe if I have a frikking boyfriend, they won't trust me as much as they do now...but puh-lease!!! I won't do anything. Besides, if someone would do something, they'd do it anywhere, anytime. It doesn't have to be in a faraway land. Criminy.

Fine, we at least get to go to the US. I've seen the itenerary and we're leaving on the 26th..not on the 29th. So for 12 days...I'll be here...WORKING.

Oh shucks..course card day tomorrow...fingers crossed!!! and btw... you're reading the blog of the new VP-Externals of JEMA. ;P