Happy New Year!

Ambilis ng panahon, 2006 na agad. I have to constantly remind myself to writing six at the end of the two zeros instead of five.

We had a peaceful new year’s eve. No finger was lost and not as single drop of blood was shed ;)

Although 2005 hadn’t been a problem-free year. Still, I feel very blessed and loved. :) As always, at every start of the year, I am hoping for a better one this year.

I only have two resolutions and I can only mention one here. Ok, eto na po: Pipilitin ko pong HINDI NA MA-LATE. :) There, enough said.

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My mom and I went out the other night to buy a pair of shoes. Inside the food court, I saw two ladies and a man laughing together sharing a solo sized Greenwich pizza and a Sunday. They were clearly having fun.

It suddenly occurred to me that I like the “walang pera” gimmick. Let me clear this. I like going out with lots of money to spend, however, being with friends and loved ones does not necessarily mean that there should be lots of cash to splurge. I should know this kasi nung college (and up until now) my friends and I still do this once in a while just to be with each other.

Just a month ago, I had “dinner” with Lenen at Dunkin Donuts. Each of us had (for the so-called dinner) a cup of coffee and a ham and cheese Bunwhich kasi we were low on budget then. We stayed there for about 3 hours siguro just chatting, updating each other about work, family, love life etc. and even if we don’t have much to expend, we still had fun.

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Naiinis ako sa mga taong nagsasabi ang mga empleyado ng gobyerno ay WALANG ginagawa. Super naiinis ako sa mga taong ganun.

Somebody who’s not even connected to any government institution once jokingly said to me, siguro wala kang ginagawa sa office. I should remember daw that I am being paid by the taxpayer’s money. You know what my reaction was – I flared up. Why? Here are the reasons:

There are only 13 employees in our agency. Every year since the agency was established, an annual scientific meeting is held with the general aim of informing the public about the latest studies and discoveries in the field of science and technology. Yearly almost a thousand scientists, researchers, students, etc. attend this scientific meeting to get updated.

The preparation for this event starts almost a year before the scheduled date. Meaning if the meeting is in July, the preparation starts in late October. At least two weeks before the event, some of us would stay in the office for days to finish everything. This is with out over time pay. Not once did we receive a payment for an OT work. May iba na nga kaming meaning sa OT eh – Over Tawad.

On the top of all these are our “real” functions that we have to carry out no matter what happen.

Nope, I am not complaining. I like being busy. Call me idealistic but I like seeing the results and its effect on the people and our country.

I may even be exaggerating a bit (ok, just a small bit) but PLEASE don’t generalize when you give comments on how government employees work because some of us really take our tasks seriously. Besides, we are also taxpayers; we also have the same rights as those who work in private companies.

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Pertaining to this. I now pray for strength so that I can break his neck! Hindi pa tapos ang first week ng bagong taon! nakailang rows na kami. Hay…

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Brothers