March Madness

It’s already March… the vacation is fast approaching, the heat is on.

So are the finals of the students of the semestral schools. I’ve been kept out of touch with all of the things going on around me but I did realize that it was most of the students’ hell weeks because I saw my brother studying for a barrage of subjects in which he stated to me that they had exams for. A lot of friends from other schools are also very, very busy with their theses, projects and what-nots. Back at DLSU, it’s fast approaching the 10th week and I’m stuck at the status quo — what a boring life. By the way, what’s up with another student getting hit by a car in the Ateneo school grounds? That’s not a good way to start the month. Luckily, the victim only suffered wounds. And also I hope that Amiel Alcantara will RIP. It was such an unfortunate event.

The heat is on. I’ve been hating someone from my OJT work for the past month now. She is the perfect co-employee to hate and diss. Way to start my co-employee relations. However, I don’t hate her because she’s bossy and pushy and such; I hate her because she is so incompetent. To be honest with, I don’t know how she ended up in Ortigas as a personal assistant working under directly under a company president. I don’t know how she even got considered. Call me insecure if you would wish to but I am already fed up of saving her ass everytime the company president lashes at her for her silly mistakes. There’s this example where she accidentally injured an American colleague of our president when she accidentally sandwiched the guy’s finger in a company van’s door. Of course, seeing that I am a new and accommodating face, she comes rampaging into my cubicle and asks me to write a memo via the order of the president (for her to do in the first place) because of her stupidity. I’ve saved her ass a lot of times and I’m fed up with it. I get caught up in a lot of situations which I shouldn’t be in the first place — all because of this good officemate of mine. She has a wide, wide range of skills. She doesn’t even know how to retrieve sent mail in the email account. I had to teach her everything because she was calling me from my desk. I calculated the shipping cost problems of the company’s shipments. That was assigned to her. I had to make the business letters which was supposed to be her job alongside while I was doing research. And she was demanding me one time to prioritize hers (I mean MY) first because the thing that she handed to me was urgent.

Oh wait, didn’t I say she was not pushy? I am taking that back. I forgot to tell that she’s my mom’s cousin but oh I don’t give a flying fuck. One time, She asked me to a task (WHAT’S NEW?) to again, save her ass, because she had no idea of how to do this task on hand. Okay, I tried doing the task. But I spotted and questioned her for some errors that she made which I later corrected anyway. But I really didn’t like how she bluntly said to me that I should just shut up and do my thing (O sige na tumahimik ka na, gawin mo na lang yan para di ako mapagalitan ni bossing) so that she can continue working. I don’t really mind if you don’t say thank you because I don’t give a crap but at least make your request as respectable as you can. Her incompetence runs deep even to her people skills. She also has this annoying habit of calling my mom while I am at work. It really distracts me because my mom’s getting an unwarranted live feed of what I’m doing in the office — she calls when I’m turned on my back and have no knowledge. When I get at home, I get scolded for the littlest things I did like eat an extra rice because I was super hungry like one time that I got scolded for slacking in the office — which is pure hot crass. If she only knew that I was resting because at that time, I just finished a task that one of the managers asked me to do. Sometimes she just calls my mom because she’s bored and she just wants to talk to her for some… i don’t know, showbiz news? Basing on her personality, it wouldn’t be too far-fetched. But when the caller speaks in English, she instantly chickens out and comes running at me like Marathon. March Madness… nothing to do with the NCAA Tournament frenzy during the month of March but really all to do with my mind that’s about to blow because of co-worker relationship problems at work.

I would like to rat her off to the company President or to any of the managers because simply put, I don’t like her, but we could make a good episode of The Office, featuring the things that you shouldn’t ever do in co-employee relations. She would be the jerk bully with no bite and I will be the pissed-off employee because of her nonsensical antics. Despite all of her deficiencies and incompetencies, she still is of some value. She made me believe in the saying that every person has a use in this world. Okay, shush…

Enough of the hating. A little bit of deeper and more pleasant talk. Dad’s here again from Saudi and it’s a big yay for us. Mom told me that he’s applying for a new job and this time it’s nearer… in Singapore. Heard he’s going for a mid to high-level position in some engineering firms there. He’s scheduled for interview. He’s also entertained some openings in Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Korea but I hope he gets accepted in Singapore so that I can visit him in September and we can both watch the Singapore Grand Prix in the same month too. It would be great if I can watch my first live F1 Grand Prix with Dad. Once again, we are a happy family but that’s just for so long because my dad is going overseas once again in just a matter of time. I wish I could travel like him. I wish I could get away from my pathetic officemate. I feel like I’m going to be mad everytime this officemate smirks at me.

Special shoutout to the women: Wishing you all a blessed and happy women’s month.