'Aileen' is a twenty-year-old blogger from the Philippines who is happily single and living life at its best.
She was born and raised in Batanes but currently living in the bustling city of Manila where she is a superwoman corporate woman by day, a blogger and homebody by night, and a party animal come weekends.
She likes lazying around, traveling, eating different cuisines, writing nonsense as well as those with sense, being weird, laughing ridiculously, city lights, partying out late, blah blah blah.
She is interested in fashion, music, arts, desserts, internet, dancing, sleeping, and singing. And oh, she misses Batanes with a passion. ★




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I so ❤ my intern bosses! This time around, I received a cute gift from my equally cute boss (no pun nor offense in there), Miss Jean! ;>
I’m her first intern in her new position that time in Nestle, that’s why the job that I had that time was challenging. What I’m most proud about during that internship was that I was practically the one running the department for two whole weeks while my boss was being oriented for the job. YES. That time was really full of pressure; but that’s what made it fun! I felt like the boss. LOL.
Thank you God for giving me such good bosses during my stints. They’ve now made me realize what career path I would take if I ever decide to go to the corporate track ;>
Gift certificates I received from my Unilever bosses as goodbye. They have also given me loads of gift packs! YAY! I’m thankful to them. :>
Ryan! Best and kindest boss ever! Never had that much chance to work with Terri but she was nice—though most people told me that they’re scared of her. HAHA! Well she is, mataray-looking but that’s just a part of her—she wants to intimidate people. LOL.
I hope to see Ryan again! ;)
I will be forever thankful for the tips he had given me <3
AND I’M FREAKING PSYCHED!!! I missed my Chinese boo!!! :)) Like hell yeah! HAHA! Glad to know that he’s got some time for me now apart from the usual schedule that he has with his Xavier friends—most especially since he’s a free man now! [Dobby suddenly flashed into my mind LOL] Daaamn, ‘cause you see, as of this moment he’s a graduate—and I’m not—and he’s going to work soon—which I’m not, yet—and true enough, he’s got lots of time now! Hence, lots of time for us! LOLOLOL.
I do know also that he’s going to go on a lot of out-of-the-country trips before he starts applying for work—and I’m not coming with him to those trips ‘cause I’ll be schooling for my last term [hopefully]. *frowns* But anyway, I hope he would have absolute fun! Besides, as to the advice of my Unilever boss which I had passed on to Charles:
“Go on a long vacation, before you start working. Trust me. It will help.”
True that. ‘Cause corporate work can burn ya. With all my 3 internships, I know that for sure.
So, like I said I hope that all the stress from college will be shed out from him once he starts going out on those crazy trips with his Xavier friends. Yes. Xavier friends again. If you ask me, they’re like hyenas who are so overexcited about being graduates that they’re having the time of their life frolicking around and being jolly :)) They’re like cute kids and it’s actually adorable. Unlike other girlfriends, it doesn’t bother me; it actually makes me happy to know that they’re happy and besides, I trust the company that he’s with—I’m friends with them anyway.
So tomorrow!!!!!!
I’m really giddy… can’t wait!!!! ❤
WORD.
Lately, in my internship company, such has been a case [especially since my contract is soon expiring]. It’s not something to complain about ‘cause I’m not going to do anything, but still going to be paid for my hours! Right? Magic lazy money!
But guess what? That’s a DOWNSIDE.
Why? ‘Cause I hate idle time. Especially in the office and especially when you’re low-leveled and have nothing much going on in your head, err whatever. For my case, I regard it as something bad because it’s like everyone is bustling around while I’m stuck in my seat doing nothing. (It would have been great if I were the boss) …But I wasn’t so yeah.
So! In matters of work, I want to be efficient with my time.
But then again, office is toxic. If I get a career in corporate, I will get out of it as soon as I save enough. And then I’ll have my own business that doesn’t get me stuck in one place or office. I’m leaning on freelance. But anyway.
What the hell am I rambling about??????? I’m not making any more sense!
Basta. Who wouldn’t say no to easy money right? But hard-earned cash is the shit!!
Today, I went to withdraw some moolah from my ATM, just a measly P500.
And guess what, I FOUND FREAKIN’ EXTRA 10,000 IN MY ACCOUNT!!!!!!
OH MY—-wait. Where did that really come from? So I called BPI, and they can’t tell me no shit. After I called, I went back to check again just in case (1) BPI realized its mistake, (2) my eyes fooled me, or that (3) the gods are making fun of me. BUT IT WAS STILL THERE! So guess what, I’m just having fun with the extra money in my account. LUUUUUL.
I have theories though… it’s either:
SO I AM SO HAPPY!
I went to Bench Fix and got myself a mani-pedi treatment… and then went shopping for beauty products. HEHE. Clothes? Nope. Not now. I still have my head and brains intact so I won’t be splurging this wonder money too fast. Money smarty, baby, money smart. HAHA. I so love this day! ♥
For my last internship stint which is this term, I will be working for Unilever. Not much is happening yet but currently, I’ve been assigned to do some hmmm… let me see, let’s just call it confidential work. :))
It usually entails me to have to work outside… hence on field. At first I was very excited! I mean, the joy of wandering around, visiting different malls to do confidential work! -woot- But then all of a sudden, as the days droned on, of course the excitement dwindled down. Let me run you through the CONS.
But then again, there are the PROS. It’s fun to learn new things everyday. But then still, the CONS list goes on… Below are some of the annoying yet funny events that I’ve had experienced today!
PEDICAB DRIVER: ”Ang bagal bagal ng bisikleta ko ah…. ang bagal talaga. Tsk, bagal…”
ME: “Ohhh… “ [[Onga eh, kasi sino naman ba ang nagpapadyak, ikaw diba? IKAW? Wag mong sabihin, bisikleta mo, automatic?]]
PEDICAB DRIVER: “Sorry ah, ang bagal talaga ng bisikleta ko, miss.”
ME: “Okay lang ho…” [[Sana naglakad na lang ako diba? Or ako na lang kaya magpadyak? HAHA]]
Tapos may mga tao lang talaga na into the Halloween spirit…
ATE: “Ay! Wala akong barya!”
ME: “Ganun po ba?”
ATE: “Iha, kendi na lang, okay lang?”
ME: “Ay… wala po ba talaga kayong barya?” [[Buti kung ilang piso lang yan, kaso P15.00 dapat sukli ko… ano to trick or treat?]]
ATE: “Di ba puwedeng kendi na lang talaga miss?”
ME: “Ayoko ho ng kendi eh…” [[Eh kung kendi din kaya pambayad ko?]]
Ho-ho-ho.
Before, I worked for a company and there was an Employees’ Kids day.
I was feeling down for that week due to a lot of personal reasons. Suddenly, a kid jogged up to me, smiling. He said, “Look at my shirt!” I looked down and see him wearing this bright yellow shirt with a big smiley and the words: Cheer up!
Kids like him, give me hope.
How I experienced the said earthquake today….
I was at the office and doing a poster for yet another internal event when all of a sudden, I felt myself and my seat go violently up and down. At first I was like:“wow I must really be stressed/sleepy to be feeling such things.”
And then, just as I was about to continue working, it happened again!
Pao and I exchanged looks that strongly signified FEAR.
“Na-feel mo yun?”
“Hala!”
“Oh my God…”
That was but some of the statements that people around us were saying! And I can’t blame them, my stomach was cooking up a storm as well—meaning that I was nervous; that’s how I get when I am extremely nervous… and! I would be of course very nervous because we are just below the top most floor of Nestle’s building!
And then just when we thought it stopped there… the ground started shaking… swaying…constantly. That’s where Ms. Thonette came by my side and held my arm—her hands were way cold.
I got the jitters but still remained in my seat. I swear a lot of scenarios we’re playing in my head. Like what would happen if I die here? At this day? In this moment? How would I reach the stairs? And with that flight of stairs I won’t even reach the ground floor if this gets worse!
Our building swayed like that for a good 2 minutes or even less, but for me it was hell long and my mind started to get really dizzy. That’s when somebody remembered the fact that we have ‘rollers’ installed in our building—you know? Those stuff invented by some Japanese that let’s the building sway with the earthquake to avoid greater damages? Well that was it.
So we calmed down a bit, but we were still all hazy. After our ‘alive’ building settled down with the dancing, everybody started chatting and calling their homes. Messaging other people and checking the news. Everyone had a story to tell, like example my boss was outside and saw that the adjacent building had all their employees to evacuate… while we didn’t. HAHA but anyway ours had an alarm that rings when the earthquake gets terribly worse and that calls for a need to evacuate.
I was still glued to my seat though afterward. I was nervous for another aftershock or whatever.
It wasn’t too strong but it’s enough to give me the jitters; but I hope to God this won’t ever happen again while I’m at the office.
Me: Kuya George, pa set-up na lang yang laptop ah, sa Nestea room? Pati na rin projector. Malapit na SRC meeting nila.
George: Naku, bat late niyo to sinabi?
Me: Sorry Kuya George ah! Ngayon lang din sakin sinabi. Haha!
George: Hindi. Walang sorry. Fired ka na. Sige bye. -click-
Me: Hello? Hello? What the--? Binabaan ako ni Kuya George!!!! At anong fired????
*phone rings*
George: Siyempre joke lang yun. Sige meet tayo sa baba. Se-set-up ko na. Hehehehe.
Me: Pakyu Kuya George. -started acting- Miss Jean oh! I-fire niyo na nga si Kuya George, walang kwenta--!!
George: Hoy tumigil kang babae ka. Baba ka na! HAHA!
Me: HAHAHAHA!
But at least Nestle is a fun place to work at…. it’s just that… I miss school—less the quizzes and all that—and I don’t want to be a stressed, boring, hassled employee yet. :))
This is one thing I’ve realized so far during my ACM course two practicums. After I graduate, I will bum and have fun for a while and then start earning hard-earned cash in the corporate jungle! ;D