it's 12:34 AM march 6, 2008. in a few hours, i will know my verdict. yeah, today is the judgement day of our soft skills training. i know there is a big possibility that i will pass. however, i am not confident about my typing speed. til now, i am only hitting 58 words per minute. well, that is consistently. i sometimes hit 60-64 wpm but as i have mentioned that is only sometimes. goodluck.
if fate won't be that nice to me later, i still have a fallback. my cousin is offering a part-time job. i can do that for the meantime. i am also thinking of doing part-time teaching. where i am not sure.
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there is something about moms that we (who are not yet moms) don't have. it's the mother's intuition. my mom kept on telling me that since the year started, she felt that i don't want to work anymore. well, as i have previously blogged, this is true. ang galing nya noh?! to think i have not told her about this. :)
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i'm seriously thinking of what to do next. my plan b, c, d, and so on after stellar. i want to put up a business but what kind of business? where will i get the money as capital? mukhang hanggang pangarap na lang ako.
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there is a new hotel that will open soon in our town. i am thinking of applying there. however, i don't have any experience working in a hotel and i'm sure they are going to look for people who have experience. pagkakataon ko na sanang magbago ng career. i guess, i have to wish harder. hehehe...
marchsixtwothousandeight
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finally, the anxiousness i've been feeling since day one and the thought if i will pass the soft skills training was done. luckily, i passed along with 10 co-trainees. thanks to the good Lord. He did not left my side during that day.
it was a long day. our day started at 1pm and we all went home at 1:30 AM. we all waited for the results of everyone else. some received bad news but most of us had smiles on their faces because the hard work paid off. it was just sad that some failed because of some issues with their accent and grammar. its just that the training that was provided for the soft skills was not aligned to what the client wants. they want a neutral accent. those who failed mimicked the accent that they heard in the recordings presented by the trainers and the client was not that pleased with that. that was their only fault. they want the trainees to speak naturally and fluently. good thing, i was not that nervous and i focused on the things i was supposed to do or else, they could have heard my neverending fillers. hehehe...
there was this one co-trainee who is really nice. she kept on commenting about how relaxed i was. she called me monster because i was not showing any sign of nervousness. nakuha ko pa raw antukin samantalang siya ay halos himatayin na sa kaba. they didn't know that i was silently praying that time. i just told them that i was already sleepy and would like to sleep. i prayed that whatever His will, it shall be done. maybe that was also the reason i was so relaxed and confident. i know that whatever the result is, it is His plan and it would be what's best for me.
the interview with the client went well. the interviewer was nice. syempre, kinabahan ako nung naka-upo na ko sa room at kausap ko na ung client over the phone. plus the fact that the room was freezing cold. good thing i had a jacket. he liked the fact the i like neil gaiman. he even asked what are my favorites among his books. the interview lasted for 15-20 minutes i guess. i did not take note of the time anymore. after it was over and done with, i was just so relieved. i really can't describe how it felt. i was not even nervous about the results. i just dunno why i was so confident that day to the extent that i didn't even care what the results will be. all i know was it was done and i can go home in a few hours. however, that didn't happen because after my turn i felt that everyone needs some moral support which i gladly provided.
after finishing 5 people for the first batch, (by the way, i was the third person to be interviewed) they called us for the results. we were called one by one into a room and the results were read to us by 4 people. they were all poker faced. initially, i was asked about how i was feeling. i replied with a casual and confident "i'm good." then, they asked me how do i feel about my performance during the interview with the client. again, i replied with a confident "i think it's ok." oh di ba?! ibang klaseng confidence level ito. afterwards, the girl started to read the comments of the client and the errors i commited and my mispronounced words. i had one misspelled word too during the dictation part and the lady told me that during nesting some trainees are dropped because of that and asked if it's ok with me. at the instance, i felt a tinge of nervousness. just a tinge and only during that time. however, i still replied with my usual walang pakialam tone... "yeah... sure." then, she proceeded and said... so on monday... you will go back for your product training. then, they all started laughing. woah! what a great way of getting punked. hehehe... one of the lady trainers told me to maintain my confidence and share it to everyone else outside. i dunno how i looked and how they felt during that time for her to tell that. maybe i was just so relaxed because i felt that i just have to. ang labo ba?! hehehe...
i am both happy and sad. happy... because most of us passed. sad... because some people were not given a chance to prove themselves because they were dropped from the list. however, if they were only given that chance, i am quite sure that they could have shined. too bad, they were misjudged and they were judged prematurely. life is really unfair.
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i have this one thought that's been bothering me since the other night. i would like to try teaching if given a chance. preferably, speech. i know i have my slips. however, i believe that it can be worked on. i am seriously considering to take a part time job as a speech teacher. the only problem is... if there will be a high school here in our town that will allow me to teach part time while keeping a call center job. hay. there are so many things i would like to do with limited time and resources. tsktsktsk.
marchseventwothousandeight
if fate won't be that nice to me later, i still have a fallback. my cousin is offering a part-time job. i can do that for the meantime. i am also thinking of doing part-time teaching. where i am not sure.
---------------------
there is something about moms that we (who are not yet moms) don't have. it's the mother's intuition. my mom kept on telling me that since the year started, she felt that i don't want to work anymore. well, as i have previously blogged, this is true. ang galing nya noh?! to think i have not told her about this. :)
---------------------
i'm seriously thinking of what to do next. my plan b, c, d, and so on after stellar. i want to put up a business but what kind of business? where will i get the money as capital? mukhang hanggang pangarap na lang ako.
---------------------
there is a new hotel that will open soon in our town. i am thinking of applying there. however, i don't have any experience working in a hotel and i'm sure they are going to look for people who have experience. pagkakataon ko na sanang magbago ng career. i guess, i have to wish harder. hehehe...
marchsixtwothousandeight
---------------------
finally, the anxiousness i've been feeling since day one and the thought if i will pass the soft skills training was done. luckily, i passed along with 10 co-trainees. thanks to the good Lord. He did not left my side during that day.
it was a long day. our day started at 1pm and we all went home at 1:30 AM. we all waited for the results of everyone else. some received bad news but most of us had smiles on their faces because the hard work paid off. it was just sad that some failed because of some issues with their accent and grammar. its just that the training that was provided for the soft skills was not aligned to what the client wants. they want a neutral accent. those who failed mimicked the accent that they heard in the recordings presented by the trainers and the client was not that pleased with that. that was their only fault. they want the trainees to speak naturally and fluently. good thing, i was not that nervous and i focused on the things i was supposed to do or else, they could have heard my neverending fillers. hehehe...
there was this one co-trainee who is really nice. she kept on commenting about how relaxed i was. she called me monster because i was not showing any sign of nervousness. nakuha ko pa raw antukin samantalang siya ay halos himatayin na sa kaba. they didn't know that i was silently praying that time. i just told them that i was already sleepy and would like to sleep. i prayed that whatever His will, it shall be done. maybe that was also the reason i was so relaxed and confident. i know that whatever the result is, it is His plan and it would be what's best for me.
the interview with the client went well. the interviewer was nice. syempre, kinabahan ako nung naka-upo na ko sa room at kausap ko na ung client over the phone. plus the fact that the room was freezing cold. good thing i had a jacket. he liked the fact the i like neil gaiman. he even asked what are my favorites among his books. the interview lasted for 15-20 minutes i guess. i did not take note of the time anymore. after it was over and done with, i was just so relieved. i really can't describe how it felt. i was not even nervous about the results. i just dunno why i was so confident that day to the extent that i didn't even care what the results will be. all i know was it was done and i can go home in a few hours. however, that didn't happen because after my turn i felt that everyone needs some moral support which i gladly provided.
after finishing 5 people for the first batch, (by the way, i was the third person to be interviewed) they called us for the results. we were called one by one into a room and the results were read to us by 4 people. they were all poker faced. initially, i was asked about how i was feeling. i replied with a casual and confident "i'm good." then, they asked me how do i feel about my performance during the interview with the client. again, i replied with a confident "i think it's ok." oh di ba?! ibang klaseng confidence level ito. afterwards, the girl started to read the comments of the client and the errors i commited and my mispronounced words. i had one misspelled word too during the dictation part and the lady told me that during nesting some trainees are dropped because of that and asked if it's ok with me. at the instance, i felt a tinge of nervousness. just a tinge and only during that time. however, i still replied with my usual walang pakialam tone... "yeah... sure." then, she proceeded and said... so on monday... you will go back for your product training. then, they all started laughing. woah! what a great way of getting punked. hehehe... one of the lady trainers told me to maintain my confidence and share it to everyone else outside. i dunno how i looked and how they felt during that time for her to tell that. maybe i was just so relaxed because i felt that i just have to. ang labo ba?! hehehe...
i am both happy and sad. happy... because most of us passed. sad... because some people were not given a chance to prove themselves because they were dropped from the list. however, if they were only given that chance, i am quite sure that they could have shined. too bad, they were misjudged and they were judged prematurely. life is really unfair.
-----------------------------
i have this one thought that's been bothering me since the other night. i would like to try teaching if given a chance. preferably, speech. i know i have my slips. however, i believe that it can be worked on. i am seriously considering to take a part time job as a speech teacher. the only problem is... if there will be a high school here in our town that will allow me to teach part time while keeping a call center job. hay. there are so many things i would like to do with limited time and resources. tsktsktsk.
marchseventwothousandeight
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