Finding God...

We just finished training! It's fabulous! I'm going to start real work next week. Meeting new people is so cool. Making friends, learning new things, and earning money again. One month of being a bum makes you appreciate the things you took once for granted... 

Despite all the good things happening to me right now, I've also come to realize that it's hard to find God in the places I've spent the most time in: The work place and cyber space...

Finding God at work.

I'm a married man. I'm happy with my wife, but the a callcenter is not the most condusive place when it comes to faithfulness in marriage. In just a few weeks I've already met several women who doesn't believe in the sanctity of marriage. I've met several married guys having an affair other women, and a few ladies who doesn't care if a guy is married or not. I've been invited to drinking session several times (which I declined of course). It's a place where you're too good if you don't smoke.Where looks are everything and swearing and cursing are natural. I can't say I care much for the business of other people but it's tough to find God in the workplace. Especially when I have work on Friday nights and possibly in the coming weeks work on Saturday mornings. 

The only hope I can see is God is giving me an opportunity to save up money for me to invest and free myself from this financial prison of going to work and not having time for anything..

Finding God on the Internet

I've always had a hard time finding God in the internet. I've been making a career off the net for a few months now but because off the incredible amount of information online, so does the confusion and the diversion. There is so much that can take your mind off God. Facebook, Youtube, E-mail, blogs... but on the other hand , I realized how convenient learning about God has become. If making a relationship online got easier, why can't you make a relationship with God online, right? Hmm...

"Only when you seek will you be able to find.."

I tried seeking then. And I found that there are numbers of ministries uploading inspirational video online. Countless number of blogs sharing their inspiration and preaching God's message. It's amazing! 

Finding God Everywhere

It's been said that God is everywhere. This characteristic of God is called omnipresence. Sometimes I feel that    God can't be found in some places like Bars, prison, or parties, but I was surprised that my most unforgettable experience in sharing what I know about the Bible is during a birthday party, in one of the most popular bars in metro manila. It was amazing.. At that time I realized you can share the gospel anywhere, even in the most unexpected of places.. 

CCT- Cleared, PST- Goodluck

After the most interesting Communications and Culture Training I had last week with my final score at 96%(don't tell anyone), We're now at Product Specific Training. And for an account that just came up in recent years there are so much to learn. 2 weeks is probably not enough time to know it all. We'll probably end up like most accounts, learning as we go on the floor. Convergys stands as the #4 out of 20 vendors for the AT&T U-Verse account. Because of that we'd like to maintain this standing and learn as much as we can, but there's the dreaded Berlitz Language Assessment test we had yesterday. This test is mostly based on luck because as they say, even good speakers can fail depending on the assessor of the test. The test is composed of conversational interview for 15 minutes and so if we fail we might have to go to another account. Macy's perhaps. But that's it. For the most part if I pass this information overload of a training, and pass transition then I'll have to maintain scores for a few months to get regular status then it'll be smooth sailing from there on. I hope to save enough money to pay off my debt and setup a business before I get tired or fired from Convergys. My transcript is another issue. So Goodluck to me and to my wavemates!

New job, new friends, and a new dog

Convergys
After a few short relaxing weeks I've got myself a job again and I'm off to training and gathering requirements.
I applied for Convergys since it's just in TechnoHub and it's closer to home. Unfortunately the training takes place all the way in Makati at the Insular Building. So that's twice the distance and kinda defeats the purpose why I chose Convergys in the first place. The pay isn't too bad though. I just need to figure out how to complete some of my requirements while I'm still bankrupt.


New Friends
It's fine though. I've met new friends whom I seem to get along well with so far. There are quite a number of females in this batch. That's quite something for a tech support account which is usually dominated by males. We also have a 56 year old guy. We cal him ART (short for Arturo) He used to be a Advertising Writer but he said the callcenter business pays more and he's all in it for the money. A very honest fellow. 


The CCT trainer is also quite the character. ANTONIO EDUARDO ENPIANADO CHAVEZ sounds like a name out of a teletenovela but he's ahh... err.. a bit difficult to describe. He calls himself ANTHOS (w/c means Flower). Wears a trench-coat with his business attire. He looks gay at first but he does have a girlfriend. His favorite motto is "Life has no meaning.." and, on the first day, he entered the room carrying a coffin shaped box that has DEAD DOLLS written on it. This creeped us all out at first but the mood gets lighter as he starts to smile more often now and crack jokes every now and then.


New Dog
It's been a week now since the training started and I'm enjoying my rest day. I'm starting to miss the rest days. My nephew passed by the other day and gave us a puppy. It's of any breed that I know but his legs are bent outwards like a Bull dog and his fur resembles that of a German shepherd but the black areas are a bit gray. So i'll probably call him GRAY like the one from Fairy Tail. He's bigger than most puppies. I have to figure out how to take care of him though since I'm not a pet person but I don't want him to die like our last puppy, GOOGLE. A dead puppy is really hard on conscience. It's something I wouldn't want to happen again. 

Out of work, not out of hope

Yes I'm jobless and not at a good time either. Whenever I resign I always had backup plans, this time I didn't. And I lost most of my income stream as well. Hayz! When the going gets tough, it pours. But being a bum makes one contemplate on things. It's very enlightening really. And during tough times you get to find out who your real friends are and those who are just all talk. I'm thankful to my previous experiences in college because poverty and financial binds are no longer new to me. I also got to thinking how tough life is and how overcoming tough situations like this makes a person stronger. You also get to realize how God's hand is always at work because though jobless, blessing just keep coming out of nowhere. Small miracles you may call them. I'm also reminded of my passion and realize my strengths and weaknesses. Overall I must say this entire experience is very enlightening. A baptism of fire is how I see it. I still wonder where all this will lead to, but I have a feeling it will be someplace that'll be really nice. Hehe!

DELL: The end draws near...

It's September already! Yes, the "-ber" months are upon us. And it seems somewhat appropriate that it's a rainy day today. As if in sync with the gloomy season, we were informed that Teletech won't be able to assimilate all of the Dell agent. They can take some in, but not all...So some people will be shoved to Verizon while those left will be left floating... They'll still be Teletech employees but NO WORK.. NO PAY... That actually sounds interesting. I've never been employed to a company that considers you an employee even if you're not working. That's cool. honestly several people I've talked to seem to be considering this option.
Me, I've started submitting Resumes to several companies just in case I become one of the floating (dead bodies? Haha!)
I made a really interesting resume whose layout I copied from a certain website. I'll post about it soon. I'll probably even make a blog about it.
So there, I guess if I'm one of the unfortunate dead bodies I'll have more time to blog and get my Adsense back! Hay naku!

Rain: Live in Manila

Rain is the few Korean artist that I know... Actually he's probably the only one. And he's coming to Manila! omigosh! Nah!  I'm not really a Rain fan. It's funny but I don't know any of the guy's song at all. I just know him from full house and that Ninja movie that I didn't get to watch either. But still I actually admire him. I guess it's because I heard his story of how he was rejected in auditions repeatedly when he was first starting out in his career because he wasn't good-looking enough. (Geesh!) and he never gave up though.  Look him now. One of Korea's biggest artist. Very inspiring success story. So it's nice that he's coming to Manila.

Details from http://www.mukamo.com/

Korean Singer Rain (Bi Rain) will be having a concert in Manila, Philippines on Sept. 11, 2010.

It will be held at the SM Mall of Asia Concert Grounds, 8PM with guest artist quintet boy band MBLAQ (Music Boys Live in Absolute Quality). Ticket prices range from 4500 pesos to 500 pesos and are available at SM Cinema Ticketbooths (02) 470-2222 and Ticketworld Reservations (02) 891-9999.