AXE Party

    Remember when we were young and cast our eyes on the stars saying " I want to be an astronaut and travel in space?"  Or watching a space themed movie wishing," I want to go to there."

   For all the astronauts or  space adventurers at heart here is your chance to fulfill that dream! I kid you not. AXE has launched its program to send 3 Filipinos. Yes, the citizens he of the Philippines who lives here in the country and not on another part of the world, will have a chance to go to space. Great idea!! So why the Philippines why not some other nation?

   Well, we only ranked 4th among the other countries who are participating in this foot race.. you heard it right, We ranked fourth on the international list who has that much application. Imagine against 2 million hopefuls who would want to partake in the said program three Filipinos will be chosen.. That would say a lot ..

   Initially there are 28,020 applications alone here in the country and from those only 2 will be chosen. How will they be chosen will be based on the 3 categories ( i'm sorry but popularity is not part of the test), These are brain power, physical strength and endurance test. Hey being an astronaut is no easy feat so if we are going to send guys into space. Might as well get the cream of the crop right? You don't want to have some one representing the country as some one who has motion sickness,

    First Challenge is a combination of abstract reasoning, logical, mathematical knowledge, The Second challenge is a test physical capabilities,by running  an obstacle course designed for military training. The last is basically the toughest since the candidates who passed the first two trials will try to outlast each other in tough conditions. This is battle of wit, strength, and determination. Just like an international show we all love to watch hehe..

   You did notice that i only mentioned two right? so where will they get the third? That is a wild card that they will choose among the raffle entries who will the lucky one. This is will be a chance if in case they did not made the cut. Now this is a once in a lifetime opportunity, what you do is buy any AXE Apollo body Spray product and the receipt is consider as the raffle entry. Simply key in AXE <name of store>/<last three digits of the receipt> send it to 2600.

   Now if you are the lucky one chosen not only will you have the chance to go to space your name will also be immortalized in the history books,

Crazy June

            After a month of silence.. I am back!!. Unlike my other posts; which either talks about food or toys( the most delightful thing for any child or child at heart. Ehhem including your's truly.)  This is just a flashback in the events for the past month.

        In between job interviews ( yes,, i am still looking for a job),  Master's education ( enrollment was a test of patience), and being the my best friend's psychiatrist as she is going through the emotional turmoil in her life. ( Anyone who do know the the role well yo get the idea. As for who doesn't know,  you are fortunate enough but there will come a time that you have to be there i do not want to scare you off. ).

         Before hand i have to apologize to most of the people who reads this. This is the post that has no pics what so ever.  Yes i am still in between jobs, going to one job interview to the next praying and hoping I bag a job which the same as i left before or something higher The details to why left my previous work is better left unsaid. But i left with clear records and honorable discharge. So there. I went to interviews which are conducted at night( for those who are in the shared services group.You know what i mean) . Or sometimes in the afternoon or during lunch. These interviews are not even close to each other. If you live in Manila such as I. It's crazy to go from one interview especially if they are across town. You get to have an interview in Makati in the morning and run to Fort Bonifacio around mid noon and have another at night. Its crazy but hey i need a job and well one can't complain much. So if you do know a company in sore need of a Team lead or analyst maybe bring my name up. I'll be truly grateful and when i do get in just tell me and i'll gladly take you for coffee. (this is not the coffee that you get in the office which is for free lol)

        I am taking up my master's education right now in one of the universities here in Manila.  This is my second year and hoping to be finished by next year. It's quite funny to think that one of the biggest state universities still has an enrollment plan that has not been updated since possibly after the Vietnam war or possibly since the Nixon administration. I kid you not people still has to wait in line. Subject approval are still manually conducted and there is only one person who approves the subjects  among the 1200 students in the masteral education everyday. Doing the math ? can  you imagine how fast the enrollment system is? Honestly, people has to spend the whole day there just to get their subjects enrolled and this does not include the waiting in the cashier which is a looooonnngggg line as well.   And these people are all working., they have to take a leave at their jobs just to enroll they have already spent wasted time waiting for nothing!! I feel for my fellow classmates. if there is a faster way of enrolling do make some adjustments. PPPPPLLLLLLlease for the convenience of all. 

         So there we were waiting for the class enrollment which by the way took all day. i was there by 9 in the morning on the first day of the enrollment which happens also to coincide with thesis defense as well. Find it absurd? yeah the feeling is mutual. yes the subject approver ( forgive the term) is also a panelist for the defense as well.. so the whole enrollment was suspended until the whole defense was done.   yes thre were only roughly 200 students who has successfully enrolled on the first day. I as almost doe during the noon but i did not made it to putting my name in the list of subjects as they were being hurried by the dean. call it tough luck, So we had to return again at 6:30 pm as they announced that it would resume by that time.. Guess what ? they resumed the enrollment at 7:45 in the evening and they will cut the enrollment by 8:30 pm. Well since my home is near i had the chance to go back home and sleep the afternoon just to catch up on lost sleep.  But how about the others who live outside the city? yeah .. that's the pain on the enrollment. I went back the following day just to pay for the tuition fee. If my experience is dreadful well, compared to the experience of the students who enrolled the following day, i was in paradise!!!. Same subject approval person.. But this time it took them 2 hours. yes you heard me right 2 hours to approve 40 persons. and we have more than 500 students that day not including freshmen. 

         Cry for blood has been voiced and i do not blame the students. funny thing is i have time to joke with the officers just help ease the tension. I do not envy the people elected for the positions. They really do have the hard role. So the current MBA officers i salute you for your temerity and grace under pressure.

          As for my best friend. She was my best friend for 28  years. yes we are friends for 28 years and so we shared our child hood together. we know how ugly we look when we were younger and when we cry. Memories of the hair the fashion and the ridiculousness  we have gone through. Now she has heart broken can i not be there? The saying that friends are there in times of adversity to help each other be strong and also to have a strong ear and super human patience. So here i am her listening post and adviser. Not to say we do argue often when one of us is stubborn not to budge our stand point. This happens any time of the day or any part of the week. Tempers flared, shouting are heard, arguments are fought over. But in the end of the day. Friends can forgive each other and talk things over. Pretty funny but hey that's what friendship is all about. I am not saying this is enjoyable but this is reality. Friendship are being tested time and again just to see  how the two of you would stick together. And 28 years of friendship is alot .

     Well, that's my crazy month this July i pray better things to come my way. Oh yeah classes has already started. And we do have funny moments. Crazy antics and ridiculous ideas. i'll write it up some other time.