Once again I have not posted for the longest time. last time i did I was preparing for my trip back to Manila. the trip was awesome and I got to meet up with the first gen and second gen GM's from Level Up. Also all of us have moved on from our Ragnarok days cept for me who still act as an on and off mod for the LU forums (I blame my PC for that)
So Updates ,Updates
1. Manila Trip was awesome. The best part was cooking food in a stone grill back in the farm ( in laguna) and picking fresh veggies at the garden
2. Trip back was ok, first time I actually gotten jet lag after all these years of me travelling
3. Tonsillitis Galore. The weather back here in the US is not good for us. Been getting Tonsilitis that has been lingering for weeks on what could just have been a 4 day thing.
4. Japan trip for 2011 is possibly cancelled due to the recent earthquake and Tsunami. Though my dear is insisting for a Japan trip still in Sept for the Tokyo Game show, we had a bit of an argument about that stating budgetary reasons and his overzealous endeavors for all Japan ( he's one of those Japanaholics) and Capcom related events, outweighs the crisis of the country and my fears of safety due to the radiation issue. Please bear in mid that I keep Japan in my thoughts and prayers and is hopeful that their country will recover
5. I have 3 Family members in Japan all confirmed safe and one awaiting for a flight back to the Philippines
6. My new HP desktop died on me. HP says I was out of warranty by just 2 days and refused to do any type of support. So I have an expensive desktop with a shot motherboard sitting in my room.
On a more recent update. I feel blessed with the current state of my employment, whilst a frenemie of mine was given the 2 month notice after 4 years of working in accounting. The person in question is about 1 years my senior. And an accomplished Business Finance employee in his own right. In fact I will praise his work very well, unfortunately the work he does ( saving companies millions of dollars) is rather the opposite in his personal finances, often being conned by friends for pyramid scams and quick money marketing schemes.
Thus our arguments arose. My family being a victim of a car theft ring back in Manila back in 04 and was previously scammed out of my parents life savings back in the 80's, my mother taught me well to weed out back financial investments. I'm not perfect managing my finances and will say the culprit of my credit card debt was due to lack of employment 3 years prior and had to pay bills to my credit cards. But I did not splurge on unnecessary "investments" and rather focused on survival.
When he was given the ill fated 2 month notice, his company placed him into a supposedly "career saving probation" that took most of his time and left him working long hours giving little time to search for other employment. He asked me for help. Asking for work in my company and our sister locations. Unfortunately we haven’t had a Finance and Management opening in years as most of our employees has endured more than 5 years to 10 in their positions.
I decided to assist him in revising his resume. The hiring trends vary every 2 years. Back then a career objective was a must on resumes. I deleted that. No "I's" and "Me's" in the skills description.
He lacked details on his past employments which would be a plus to major companies that rely on using keyword searches on their HR/Applicant database. that was easily fixed by me.
I also noted there are alternative positions for him to take. There were many. Tons. I could surf for hours on the weekends pointing each out.
However after more than years of a high level position, he had a LOT of Pride. No to this, its too low for me, I used to be higher than that.
I explained to him in today's tough economy Beggars cannot be Choosers. If he needed to pay his bills and have survival money if he gets unemployed, i advised him to cast his pride aside. Don't ask for too much when an offer comes your way. I cited my example when I lost a desirable position in a gaming company (not Level Up)
I worked meager jobs while still applying for a stable one. I was grateful to find what I have now, with a wonderful team to boot.
Unfortunately, the stress of his current work altered his attitude and he would often lash out on me. The most common of his verbal tirades on how he would point out his Career Seniority over me. That unlike him I was immature and naive, young and do not have the same field of expertise he has. I have rebuttals that I could throw at him, yet decided in the end that there is no cure for PRIDE.
Karma somehow reared its ugly head. His brother ( who detest me I am sure of it) lost a job and like him is seeking for a high paying position that in this economy does not longer exists.
SIGH...... There's little help you can do for those who refuse good and wise advise.
