the month that was
the things i get myself into. UGH.
get this.
i travel from qc to paranaque every-freakin'-day. that's two freakin' hours of freakin' travel time just to get to freakin' work! add another two hours to get home... that's four freakin' hours of my life wasted on travelling every-freakin'-day. could you imagine?! Tuesdays and Wednesdays are worse cos i hafta go to alabang first, then paranaque. and that's on normal days. there are days when i hafta go to alabang, then to paranaque, then to makati, then back to paranaque, then to diliman. whew! i got tired just by writing that.
oh oh oh! oh gahd. i remember that one time i TRIED to take the bus from paranaque to qc. that took me three hours to get home. three friggin' hours of torture! it was HELL, man. shiiyeah. not to mention that i have nothing, zilch, zero, nada food in my tummy.
have i mentioned that i hate, nay, despise bus drivers? they're evuuhhhhlll. evil i tell you! ever driven next to them? you get the picture. i hate bus seats. uber uncomfy. ugh. not to mention icky too. i hate bus commuters. ever had your feet (ohh yeahh. both of em.) stepped on a gazillion times in 5 minutes? right.
which brings me... i wonder if i could request a service (a car, thankyouverymuch.) from the singapore people. hmmmn... but then again with gas prices as high as the petronas towers and the metro traffic AND the distance i hafta drive, not to mention evil metro drivers... NO, THANK YOU.
Thank God for the MRT! i still hafta take the bus but that blessed thing just cut my bus ride in half. 3/4's even. all i have to do is get to EDSA and that lovely, lovely MRT's there waiting for me. yay.
it's been almost a month. everything's starting to be a routine. i don't think i'll get used to this though, unlike all the other crappy things i made myself do.
don't get me wrong. i like my work. i like what i'm doing. i know i'll benefit from this. this'll make me grow. career-wise, that is. it's just that... all these travelling. it's slowly taking its toll on me. im just a month into the job. and i have to endure this for a year! waaah.
oh dear God, please help me.
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a post, a heartbeat, an emotion.
posted by cLaude at 2:38 PM
4 Comments:
ah yes, the sacrifices we make for work. i've been doing the same thing for the past month and a half but i've been travelling from alabang to pasig. and yes, it does take its toll. but now i'm back in paranaque, which strangely didn't make that much of a difference in terms of travel time.
[being the quasi-optimist that i try to be] why don't you just try to look on the bright side? you get four hours to think about what to write in your blog everyday. :)
where are you working? what do you do there?
but you drive your own car (i think. :D), arj. that's different. :P
i work as a regulatory affairs pharmacist for a pharmaceutical firm that's based in australia. my immediate bosses though, are those singapore people i've mentioned in my post.
being a regulatory affairs pharmacist basically means that i handle all the registrations and/or other concerns regarding the registrations of the medicines we import/distribute here in the Philippines. which explains why i have to go to the Bureau of Food and Drugs [BFAD] in Alabang two days (tues & wed) every week.
along with that, i also have to check up on our distributors every so often. hence, the running around (literally!) the metro.
how bout you? :)
a regulatory affairs pharmacist? o_O
that sounds like a cool, albeit tiring job. i gotta admit that i never even knew such a job existed. [which goes to show that i don't know much]
me? well..i'm the executive assistant in the MIS division of a travel retailer (duty free philippines).
what do i do? mostly research & development along with a handful of other tasks that my boss may ask me to do--whether its going through legal documents (for software licences or contracts), attending meetings/conferences on his behalf, reviewing his correspondence before it gets to him, or helping out the other 3 departments under our division. i'm more of a "boy friday". give me a task and i'll do it. if i don't know how, i'll learn or figure it out.
but right now i'm in a sensitive situation since i'm torn between 3 companies and 3 offers. but that's another looong story.
jobs are interesting things they are. they can be a source of joy, fulfillment and income..but also a cause of conflict, stress and heartaches. [loaded comment]
good luck to ya, claude!
i hope you never become too busy to blog. :)
you're not alone arj. i didn't know they call it that until i was "promoted" (promoted, but not quite. long story.) for the job. i know about the work (BFAD registration) though. hahaha.
most people think, when they hear that you're a pharmacist, that you just work in a drugstore or a botica. there's more to being a pharmacist than that. ooooo...k. lecture. haha. im'a just tell you about it (if you're interested) when we get a chance to talk.
oh hey, wish me luck. the office said, the singaporeans are on their way. @_@
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