Dude, Where's My Playlists?!

Now that my work load isn't as hectic as it used to, I figured I might as well organize my online play list at Imeem. Unfortunately, I discovered too late that Imeem no longer exists and it was merged with MySpace music. WTFH. What gives? The MySpace page prompted me to sign up for a free account in order to retrieve my old playlists. So I tried signing up for a MySpace account (I deleted my old one after I signed up for Facebook) and still they could not retrieve all my precious music.

Punyeta!

So now I have a useless account and still no freakin' playlist. What a mess.

Werk Update: It seems that it will take some time before I can find work again. I haven't heard from the last two clients that I talked to, which blows. I was hoping to start right away because I'm so bored, I can't stand not doing anything. Out of boredom, I signed up for a Flickr account, tried importing old pics from Multiply to Flickr but gave up halfway.

Grrrr...

Werking Out

There's a good chance that my older sister will leave the country to work in the Middle East, I'm very bummed about that. I just can't imagine being separated from her, we have been doing almost all things together  ever since we were kids. Haaay. I know it's for the greater good but I'm really against her plans. But then again, it's her decision and I have no intention of changing her mind.

This kinda dampen the plans I have for the rest of the year. Most of them includes her.

Back Doing Interviews

Since being let go by the old boss, I have been entertaining online interviews from prospective clients. One is a Yankee and the other is English. While I find offline interviews nerve-wracking, it is not the case when it is conducted via instant messengers.

In fact, I'm quite amused by them.

The English guy was expecting someone to do articles, link-building and other technical stuff at more than half the price I used to earn. Good lawrd, my part-time job pays more than what he was offering. I wonder if there's any writer who will actually agree to that kind of set-up. As for the Yankee, well the interview went great, on my end anyway. I knew that the price and my HK situation will be a problem. He was fine with the latter but I can tell he was taken aback by my asking fee. If I had been desperate enough, like maybe during the early years of my career, I would've gone with his fee but at this point, I refuse to take a step back. Especially since I'm way better at what I do now than I did three years ago. I know what you are thinking but on the contrary, I did not ask more than what I used to earn. I just opted with the old fee and put it under non-negotiable.

We also discussed about quota and that is always a sensitive issue for me, even more than the fees. As much as I hate to make a bad impression during an initial interview, I told him point blank that there is no way I'm going to be talked into doing ten articles in a single day. By principle, I refuse to do that at any price. Like I said, I've been in this business long enough to know what I can and what I can't do. I can do ten but that means I will have to resort to eating crackers and pee in a cup and that is not cool. Not cool at all. So might as well nip it at the bud. I think he got the message.

As entertaining as these interviews were, I do not like the fact that, in general, clients are looking for writers who are willing to work overtime at bargain prices. It's kinda frustrating. I know most of them are just doing it just to see if you will take the bait but  they need to stop thinking they could hire a whole freakin' team for the price of one. I just don't roll that way. This reminds of the time raket guy made the mistake of asking me do a webmaster's job. Tsk.

I wonder if I will ever find someone as great as my previous boss? Tsk. Why does he have to quit his business? It would've done great had he not pressured himself too much.

Goodbye Cash Cow

College

I came across an old college picture on Facebook. My Lawrd. Believe it or not, this was not me at my fattest. I shudder to think of coming across other older pics.

Bummer

The boss finally dropped the bomb I've been expecting since December, he is letting me go. The thing was, he was honest enough to admit way back in November that he was having financial difficulty, the reason why he let all my team mates go. It only made me wonder why it took him this long to let me go. While I had it coming, I'm still digesting the fact that I am technically jobless yet again. It just bums me out that the timing was rather bad, I'm supposed to be out of the country on February. I'm thinking if it's a good idea to find a new gig now or just wait it out until my vacation is over.

Tsk.

But it could be worse I'm just glad it's over and done with because the suspense was making me crazy!

Re-connection

So I attended the triple birthday celebration of Hannah, Paeng and Rene. It was great because I got to reconnect with old friends and my wish to belt out numerous love songs was fulfilled.

Of course, some people made me not forget about the fact that I "blew them off" from the last get-together.  I was told in passing that "di bale madami din namang naasar sayo eh". You know, sometimes I want to go on a lengthy monologue about it but I fear they won't really care to listen. Tsk. It just pisses me off sometimes. Obviously some things ticks me off and  I don't expect people to understand me and my strangeness. I just wish people would just 'fess up about it instead of letting slip snide remarks like that randomly.

I was actually wary of attending the party because I found out too late that most people in attendance are people I don't know. I'm not a fan of house parties to begin with. I'm the type who likes to go out and hang out in the nearest bar so I was doubly anxious about meeting new people on a house party. I know I don't mix well with other people. But except for short bouts of gastritis (maybe I was really anxious about it), everything was great. I met interesting people also. It was a nice experience.

Moving on, last night, I attended the despi of one of my oldest friends. He and his new wifey are Dubai-bound today. It was quite an experience because I have,yet again, reconnected with friends I haven't seen since high school. I had a great time. I wish I could hang out with the new couple back in the city but their time here in the PH is very limited. Haaay.

I also went shopping for travel bags for my upcoming trip. I'm very very excited about vacationing overseas for the first time, heheheeh! It's a very fun adventure and I can't wait!

Ten New Assholes For Jay Leno

First Party Of 2010

I'm all set to return to the city next week to file some documents pertaining to my HK vacation. While I'm not really looking forward to fall in-line and made to wait for hours, I was invited to a triple birthday celebration from the Angels. Since I was not able to attend their last inuman session, I'm thoroughly excited to attend this gathering. I haven't seen any of them in a year! My God, a year!

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Aside from planning more out of town/the country trips, I also wanted to make a real effort to re-connect with friends. I've been out of touch for so long I'm almost begging people to hang out with me, hahahaha!

Hello, 2010

There were so many times when I wanted to take time out from writing boring car insurance bs to write on my personal blog but alas! Whenever I thought of writing here, I either get too tired or I run out of time to write. Nyeta. Obviously I've been busy.

The holidays were nothing out of the ordinary. I've eaten tons of meat and ube. So naturally, I gained a few pounds. While I'm not the type who makes NY resolutions, I will make one this year. I vowed to eat more greens and less red meat. Also, since I will be traveling somewhere, I vowed to stay away from meat and rice for a month. So far, I haven't eaten rice and meat for seven days though it felt more like three years. I lost 2 lbs., thanks for asking.

Moving on, I had Dimitri neutered last Monday. It took longer than I expected and I was sorry that he had to go through the whole ordeal. I tried contesting my sister's decision to have him neutered but she said it was necessary. So there, he took three shots of tranquilizers and an hour later, his balls are gone. He is currently still recuperating but his appetite is back so that's great news.

Raket guy seemed to be in quite a pickle. He and his partner have terminated their partnership. This means we are now working directly under his supervision, I don't know if that's a good thing or not. This is one of the primary reason why I refuse to work full-time with raket guy. In a span of two months, he already fired five people and for some unknown reason, terminated his partnership with the other guy. Of course, he did explain what happened but there's two side to every story and I haven't heard the story from the other party I'm in the dark.

So far the year has been full of activities. I'm getting busier and busier and I feel that at this point, I'm bound to be here for a long time. I'm also looking forward to my trip to HK next month. Everything is already ironed out and we are good to go. I'm in the process of shopping for various winter pieces because I was told that February is usually the coldest time of the year in HK.

Finally, I'm once again rubbernecking for a computer, this time a desktop not a laptop. Here's the dope, I'm planning to get internet connection for my city apartment by March. So in order to work here to there, I will require another computer. Since I'll be dirt poor by February, I'm planning to buy a cheapass desktop. Hopefully one from Lenovo, Dell or Red Fox. This will be my sole motivation to work first quarter  of 2010 goal.

This year will be awesome!

Year-Long FB Shoutouts

Supplier?

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