Just a word and I'm mesmerized;
You cast a spell in my mind;
Encapsulated me in your heart;
You wink and then smile, I'm hypnotized;
You are my happy ending forever.
So before I forget, I adore you;
Behind your back, I gaze at you;
My heart beats fast, it'll blow my mind;
A thought of you brings chill down to my spine;
Every bad day turns to be better.
Everyone loves to hate and hates to love;
But you are never in either side;
You are a star, my angel from above;
Never gonna run again, I'll never hide.
I'm your hero and you're my scarlet letter.
And just in case, it slips from your head;
I'll bring back our yesterday;
Never gonna get out of my bed;
A dream of you makes my day;
Gonna end this into a happy ever after.
Friday, July 29, 2011
Sunday, July 24, 2011
AT THE BEGINNING
I am almost done with my studies. A common worry of a graduating student is work. I am so afraid of being in the list of unemployed. It was then one of my friends convinced me to apply as a Call Center agent in one of the known call centers in Baguio City. I guess it was a Saturday when we went to the Human Resource Department of that call-center. I was not that nervous since I tried being intervied by various people. Their office is nice. The front desk was just on the left of the entrance and infront of it are chairs somewhat the same(or even the same) with the ones in an airport. I am clueless with the application process. Now, I have to go through the same process which one of my friends went trough. The last time I heard of May is she is a Call Center Trainee but as of today I am not sure if she continued to be one of them. I reluctantly waited for the person-in-charge or whatever they call the person in the front desk. I am watching a movie being played in the flat screen TV just beneath the front desk. A Japanese-American themed movie starring Shane West and a Japanese actress who speaks with American accent.
I was distracted when someone shouted, addressing the applicants to pass our resumes and so, we did. I am observing her(the lady in the front desk). I can tell that she's checking every resume passed. Afterwards, she let us enter this certain room filled with computers. The room is brightly lighten, somehow relaxing because of the photographic murals of the waves of the sea coming forth to the rocky shore. the lady lets us choose a computer we would like to use. I chose one at the back. She explained that we have to fill-in this on-line application. So, I started to fill-in whatever they are asking me. I finished everything within fifteen minutes. I looked for my companions (Jenny, Janet and Miriam). One by one, I saw them. Then, this man from my left side talked to me. He said that he's from Ilocos Norte. I just said that I have relatives in Ilocus Sur. When most of us were done with the on-line application, we were instructed to wait in the lobby. So one by one, the applicants start to crowd the lobby until not a single applicant was left in the computer room. Then, another person called names from us. The first batch entered in one of the rooms in the one-story building. Another batch was called and another and another until only two applicants were left, me and Janet. Then, a short chubby lady called us both and we entered one of the rooms. The lady went out as she instructed us to wait for her. Janet and I started to talk about graduation and the lives we have to live after that event. As we talk, I scanned the room, searching for CCTV Cameras that may be spying us(I am thinking that the reason why she went out for too long is we were being watched)
I was distracted when someone shouted, addressing the applicants to pass our resumes and so, we did. I am observing her(the lady in the front desk). I can tell that she's checking every resume passed. Afterwards, she let us enter this certain room filled with computers. The room is brightly lighten, somehow relaxing because of the photographic murals of the waves of the sea coming forth to the rocky shore. the lady lets us choose a computer we would like to use. I chose one at the back. She explained that we have to fill-in this on-line application. So, I started to fill-in whatever they are asking me. I finished everything within fifteen minutes. I looked for my companions (Jenny, Janet and Miriam). One by one, I saw them. Then, this man from my left side talked to me. He said that he's from Ilocos Norte. I just said that I have relatives in Ilocus Sur. When most of us were done with the on-line application, we were instructed to wait in the lobby. So one by one, the applicants start to crowd the lobby until not a single applicant was left in the computer room. Then, another person called names from us. The first batch entered in one of the rooms in the one-story building. Another batch was called and another and another until only two applicants were left, me and Janet. Then, a short chubby lady called us both and we entered one of the rooms. The lady went out as she instructed us to wait for her. Janet and I started to talk about graduation and the lives we have to live after that event. As we talk, I scanned the room, searching for CCTV Cameras that may be spying us(I am thinking that the reason why she went out for too long is we were being watched)
Then, she entered the room, greeting us. We greeted her back. She explained that we will undergo an English Proficiency Test. She interviewed us.I find it odd when she asked me about the death row in China and the major problem in the Philippine's educational system. Then, she brought up a topic(UNEMPLOYMENT) which me and Janet will have to talk about. I tried my best to talk naturally as possible to conceal the nervousness inside me.
After the English Proficiency Test, we are each given a chance to listen for her assessment. She told me that I was spontaneous but sometimes I talk too fast which affects the clarity of what I am saying. She also commented about my tenses and some words I tend to repeat. Then, again, another person interviewed me in one of the rooms in the building(Behavioral Interview as what they call it). During that interview, I realized something: I am not for this; my heart seeks for teaching and not for a job that requires me to work at night time, talking to unknown people. After that interview, she lets me follow her to the same room where I was interviewed for the first time. She turned of a computer, opened the web browser and typed the website of the company. She instructed me what to do. She just left without a word and I started this computer assessment . An interactive questionnaire started to flash on the screen. I followed what it was saying. At the end, I answered a three hundred item questionnaire. Then, I waited for someone to arrive. Someone did and this person gave me a thirty minute break.
As I walk in the hallway, the lady from the front desk saw me and asked me if I will not continue my application anymore. I said that one of their staff gave a break. I am quite shocked when not a single applicant is in the lobby area. It startled me when I saw my bag on one of the chairs(I remember that I gave it to Jenny),I looked for my phone and thank God it was there. As I reached my phone, I saw a sticky note posted on the screen of my phone. It says that they went ahead for lunch and asking me to send them a message if I'm done. I wen outside the office and sent each of them a message. I lost track of time. It's almost three in the afternoon and I did not yet still had my lunch. I found them in a store, eating and talking to this chick who looks like a character in BRATZ. I joined them. After I bought food, I started to chat with them. I have known from them that after the English Proficiency Test, they were not called anymore. They encouraged me to continue the application but I told them what I really feel. So, we just went home and not regretting our decision.
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