Zambales 2011 with Team Plutus

Sun Bloom Resort & Potipot Island

Candelaria, Zambales

Nov. 12 - 13, 2011

End of shift at 10 in the morning and left at approximately 11am. We didn't expected that it will be a long ride from Manila. Stopped over at Subic Pure Gold to buy groceries and ate a little because we haven't eaten our lunch yet, next stop over was Candelaria Public Market to buy canned goods and a case of beer. Arrived at the resort around 6 in the evening. That was really tiring! after everyone had already changed their clothes and rest a while. We finally set up bonfire beside the beach. Danced, sang along with the strum of guitar played by kuya raffy, laughed so hard, got drunk and had night swimming at the beach. That night's awesome.

The next day, finally, it's potipot day! unfortunately, I didn't got the chance to go because I was not feeling well during that time. They rode a boat to the Island. And it was absolutely BEAUTIFUL!! Had our last lunch at resort, left around 2:00pm. stop over at Subic pure gold again. arrived at Manila, exactly 9pm.

TIRING YET SUPERB EXPERIENCE!! :D FUN FUN FUN!

Til our next outing, Team Plutus! <3

Clari :)

What's on my mind, Literally.

It's around 3:40 in the morning and while most people are sleeping and some I assume are already in dreamland. I am here, sitting on this office chair infront of the computer, taking calls! CALLS doesn't really make me happy!! coz if it's not an inquirny, it's a transfer call! and I already have 15 calls with NO GA!! (no sell) DEMMET!

I am not feeling good today, really. I dont why. maybe I just lack some sleep! actually, I do, and If lack sleep, I cannot stay this late and communicate with different american people!!! it's killing meee. I wanna go home like NOW and get 8 hour sleep if its possible!! ...HAHAHA :p

I H A T E T H I S C R A P!!!

EEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH >:////

Miss Universe 2011

Sept 12, 2011 was to be considered as a big day for the Philippines and as well as for the rest of the 88 countries across the world as the coronation night of the Miss Universe 2011 was finally held at Sao Paolo, Brazil.

All candidates were stunning as they walk with pride representing the country where they belong to. and as for the Philippines, we're proud to have SHAMCEY SUPSUP to represent the name of our country on that prestigious event.

During that night, Shamcey was close so close to perfection! She walks confidently during the swimsuit and evening gown portion, she's undeniably gorgeous especially the smile the she wore all throughout the competition and mostly, Shamcey is one intelligent woman as she proved that through the Question and Answer portion, and a plus factor, she's the only candidate on the top 5 who doesn't need an interpreter and what makes it more impressive, she answers the question straight to the point, doesn't need to think first, no fillers! it just comes out naturally, from her heart :)

QUESTION: Would you change your religious belief to marry the one you love?

SHAMCEY's answer: If I had to change my religious belief, I would not marry the person that I love, because the first person that I love is GOD who created me and I have my faith and my principles and this is what makes me who I am, and if that person loves me, he should love my God too." :)

I was really expecting that she can take home the crown because she truly deserves it. but on the other hand, Ms. Angola who took home the crown and title for the Miss Universe 2011 was also deserving and that also gave a proof that it doesn't matter if you're black, fair or white, everyone is beautiful in his/her own way! black is beautiful! :D

For that, I congratulate Miss Universe 2011 3rd runner up, SHAMCEY SUPSUP!!! YOU MAKE THE WHOLE PHILIPPINES PROUD!!! :D

Much Loooove,

CLARI.

Haluuu! Update.

Hello blog! gee. my haven't updated my blog for already a month now, and I really missed this! but I'm back, hopefully I can manage this even once a week. gaaad, am I really that busy? lol.

o well, yea, kinda. I've been a bit busy with work lately and that was the reason that I seldom go online these past few weeks, today's my last day-off for the week, then will be off to work again at 4am! wew. that's really exhausting. I never thought being in the call center industry will be this tiring for the fact that I have a graveyard shift then my sleeping time would be in the afternoon, and you know, sleeping time in the afternoon is way different from the night time coz it's more comfortable, in an easy explanation - I'm just not a vampire. LOL.

but so far, everything's been okay, I mean, I've already adjust with my rotating work schedule since I've been working for a month now, at first it was really hard for me to do this but I got used to all these. thank God! :)) and... during the first few weeks of my employment, I did had thoughts of quitting coz I was placed in a sales rep position on a U.S. account wherein hard selling is not my forte! so it was really difficult for me to adjust in the first place... but thank you Lord again that I am still here, doing the same thing and luckily I've been doing really good in sales... plus, of course, PAY SLIPS!! you know that feeling when you receive your pay and you know it's because of your hard work, and that feeling when you're already the one who's paying for the house bills and you know you are a big help to the family. that's just priceless! I've been dreaming of it during the my entire college days and look where am I now. It feels great and fulfilling! and I'm just hoping I'll continue to do good at work as long as I can... :)

there are actually a lot of things I wanna blog in.. but I'll just reserve it on the next!!

Ciaoo!

xoxo

Clari

A place called EUROPE.

I am actually the kind of person who don't get to travel even though how much I wanted to, because aside from being busy from school before, I really don't have that enough budget to go on to a travel experience outside the country. so most of the time, I get envious whenever people I know gets to travel wherever they want, even to the farthest they could ever go.

So when I got hired a few days ago, I was really happy because even though I know the first few pay checks can't afford an outside the country trip yet, I know that I can save some and hopefully within a year, I can already afford a trip with my family outside PH. :)

and yes, speaking of travelling, to able to travel to EUROPE is definitely one of my wildest dreams!

Here are five of my favorite places and cities that I would love to visit to in Europe.

1. Santorini, Greece

- This is on the top of my list! I first saw how beautiful Santorini was, through the movie Sisterhood in traveling pants II and I just love the scenic beauty of it, the clear blue water of the beach there and how relaxing it is especially at night because the lights that are coming from the houses there were the only source of light to the entire place. :)

2. Monte Carlo, Monaco

- This place is actually new to me, I just knew about this when I saw the movie Monte Carlo film, and It's just beautiful, Monte Carlo's a part of Monaco which is the World's second smallest country, of course within Europe, they're known because of their Casinos and Top leading Beach Resorts! It's kinda like Europe's Las Vegas! :D

3. Rome, Italy

- Rome's Colosseums, Museums, the St. Peter Square and of course the Vatican City. Too many amazing tourists spots, and there wonderful building structures that so-vintage-feel!! and yes, there's also Milan, the fashion capital of the World!! :)

4. London, United Kingdom

- Who doesn't want to feel like living in a royal setting? Lol. London is probably one of the places to be, people arround you that talk with a british accent, of course, it's where the royal families live! and the talk-about Royal Wedding was held! :)

5. Paris, France

- The love capital of the world, the perfect place for a honeymoon or you just want to travel with your special someone, just the two of you...and their famous Eiffel tower :)

Just the idea of travelling to all of these destinations especially with my family or friends excites me! and I am really hoping I can somehow visit even one place in one year. This is one of the things I would really work hard for :)

Dear Europe,

see you in the near future!!!!

xoxo,

Clari

Meet my dad.

An effective disciplinarian, a God-fearing individual and a man who does his responsibilities well. This is how I define my dad, Franco O. De Asis.

My dad works as a police officer and as Law enforcer, I am proud to say he hasn't done anything to ruin the name and reputation of the Philippine National Police, He loves his job and he performs his duty with passion. . He is a good friend, and most of the time, people run to him asking for advise and help when they're in trouble.. He is a man of few words, but when he speaks, he talks with a lot of sense and intelligence, he can be very serious at times but when spending his time with his family or his closest buddies, he cracks funny jokes and punchlines that never fails to make us laugh.

At home, my dad can sometimes be like superman, why? because whenever our car was damaged, our pipe was broken, our shoes needs to be fix or whatever there is need for a repair, he does it all with his bare hands... :))

Talk about political issues, historical and current events, I can always count on him.. and yes, he was the main reason why I took up Political Science in college, coz he wanted me to pursue his frustration, and that is to be a successful Lawyer in the future.. and honestly, when I finished college, I never regret a thing when I followed his advise.

But you know, whatever good compliments I or other people say about him, at the end of the day, he's just like any other Father who wants the best for his family and I can never ever say anything negative or complain anything about how is my dad as a provider and a father to us, because he is definitely one of the world's greatest!

So to that number one man in my life, Happy Father's Day!!! I miss you and I love you so muuuuch! <3

SCAM ALERT. Be smart enough!

Hellew! Hellew!

As you can see on my last entry before this one, I blogged about how my life's been recently and that's talking more of being a fresh graduate and how hard of applying to get your very first job, and there, I tackled about how I applied for jobs wherein I was the one who decided not to pursue it even though I am already qualified for the position they're offering me, why? as you can read it again, I stated how they're hiring process is so fast, you take an exam, go through a tagalog interview, you pass and you are off to your orientation/training, but before you can start immediately, they will let you pay a certain amount of money for their health insurance or whatsoever reason! so I really had a huge doubt why we have to pay for it because as far as I know, those are to be deducted from your salary, so before I go through that orientation and paying process, I tried to google the company's name on the internet and found out that these were scams, meaning, you have to buy products from the company with your own money and sell them, then you also recruit people to do the same thing, what's worse is, the products they're endorsing cost a lot of money, plus, I have read some complains that you are also entitled to pay for dental insurance, company kit etc... So can you imagine? You're applying to get a job because you need to earn money to support yourself and to provide what your family needs, then when you get to this job, they will only add burden to your life, what's shocking is, there actually tons of scam companies around the country and I don't have any idea why despite of thousands of complains regarding such, officials haven't done anything to stop this, worst thing is, a lot of these companies are still running for years and years now. PLEASE, OPEN YOUR EYES.

How do you actually know if you're applying for a company which is a scam? I have some tips to actually help you not to go through this.

- Job Qualifications.

A well-known company. It requires you to have experience and you should actually reach at least second year college, they usual age requirement is always between 20 - 28 years old because they believe when you're young, you can do office tasks quickly and you have good memory.

Scam company. It requires you to be at the age of 18-45 years old, with or without experience and at least high school graduate. so most of unemployed people have these qualifications so the tendecy is you get amaze that you can still apply for an office staff/assistant position even if you're like 40 or you're only a high school graduate.

Hiring Process

A well-known company. Your interview will always be in english to test your communication skills, of course if you are working for prestigious companies, there are a lot foreign clients so you should be able to communicate with them in above average english.

Your exam is composed of problem solvings, analytical and logical tests, english grammar, and sometimes they test your typing speed and your listening skill.

Scam company.

Their interviews are in pure tagalog, if they ask you in english, their dictions aren't good as well knowing that they're the interviewer, they will ask you to elaborate your objective, define sucess etc... it's just very obvious that they only get these questions on in the internet.

Your exam is composed of usually 10 - 20 items, usually there are no right or wrong answer, there also questions that aren't related to your work (i.e. who is the husband of Judy Ann Santos) funny right? lol

and most importantly, a well known company doesn't let you pay a cent. if they let you pay something, you should begin to doubt. I also suggest that when they text or call you to schedule you for an interview, you can already ask them through phone if you have to pay for something, remember, when they don't reply and explain if there is a payment of not, THEN THAT IS STILL NOT TRUE.

Beware of these SCAM companies:

B.S. International Inc

MedCeeTect Company

Peso Group of Company

Optima Furtinance Consultancy

Infiniteam Enterprise

...and a lot more!

If we can't do anything to stop this, we should be the ones who should not get fooled by them.

BE SMART ENOUGH!

Clari :)

Hello real world!

Hey! What's up. Lol. haven't update my blog in a while so I decided to dropped by and tell you what's been up to my life recently, Well, for you to know, It's a already a month passed after my graduation and yeah, hello to the real world because I am now experiencing what a lot of unemployed people are going through! Luckily for some of my batch mates who are proceeding to Law school, they are not yet in to job hunting! but in my case who's not yet going to Law school in the next two years, really needs a job now more than anything else like as soon as possible! Haha. Hmm, just to share my experience so far, I applied in a call center (no need to mention its name) but it's huge actually, I passed the initial and second interview plus the pen and paper exam, but unfortunately didn't make it to the final interview which will probably be the last stage before my official employment as a customer service representative. That's frustrating, for real, I was THIS close...but you know, Life's like it, you'll just have to try other options available, so my next plan really, was to apply again to another call center but then on the other hand, I also want to try office work, like being in a office staff or personnel position would be okay BUT it should be in a bit well-known company or at least with a company who pays you good and satisfying salary..So from that idea, I started googling and searching for companies who are hiring for office staff positions and there are actually a lot! so I tried out two, one was in Pasay and another one is in Ortigas, I passed the inteviews and their written examinations and I am off to orientation when suddenly I don't feel right! Haha, the thing is, I am really wondering why their hiring process is soooo fast! like within an hour! there's no challenge, don't get me wrong, it's just that maybe, It's not what I expect things would be, coz the call center I applied to few days ago is also fast, yes, BUT you can really see how they hire people, HINDI BASTA-BASTA...I hope you know what I mean! LOL. even the interview I had with them was in TAGLISH! and the exam was kinda out of the world, you know, very simple that you don't need to actually think because it's not even a numerical or analytical exam, it's more of the use of common-sense.. I may sound a little choosy, but I think I should be somehow like that because I am not just a graduate of a vocational course or in Tesda or anything, I am a Far Eastern University graduate who took up Political Science... for my batch mates who are actually reading this, I know you'll agree with me somehow hahaha. So Now, I am still thinking of where to apply, still googling the net for good hiring companies which will help me to enhance my abilites! coz that's another thing, more than getting paid for your work, I still need to learn new things and grow more since I am now facing the real world! literally, REAL WORLD!!! Hahaha.

xoxo,
Clari <3