2/9/13

My first week of work is over! It went really well.

I'm glad that even though my body clock is still adjusting,I haven't arrived late for work. I even spend time on Mini stop beside the office building to kill some time. Although it really is still discouraging to go to work early due to the heat and long waiting lines to ride the jeepneys which seem to appear less in the morning for some reason.

It seems like my worries of working in a small office space was answered, when I arrived on the office unit last Wednesday, it was almost empty and found out that they were already moving items to transfer in another unit so that took some time to set-up everything. However, we had some problems with the internet so all of us had to work in the old office unit. I found out the company owner was also handling another company which is an architecture firm which I'm not surprised since he graduated from a university that is known for its good architecture courses, although, he took a different course.

Anyway, they gave me a new account which is a client from Australia. So far, I  find the job manageable. It's only difficult because it takes too much time for different tasks and also the reports but I can live with it. It's better than my previous job where I was clueless.

My officemates have been great so far!They're friendly and likes to have fun!I do hope that they're not annoyed with me yet since I tend to depend on them everytime but I'm trying my best to learn everything at a short span of time to be in stride with them. I know I should work double time since I will be given another account by this coming week which will take most of my time. These past 3 days, I've been leaving the office on time since I finished my tasks early. I even had at least an hour of freedom but I don't think I could leave the office early without having a penalty or deduction in the salary. I also like that our company follows casual Fridays which means we can dress down every Friday and I can still wear my t-shirts and sneakers, which will be convenient for me especially if I have somewhere else to go afterwards.


I started having back problems though. I don't know if it's because of my workout last Wednesday or from sitting at the office chair for a long time but it was so bad that I had to buy Salon pas at the drugstore and apply it for the first time. It's still hurting as of right now and I hope it will be gone by this week.

I am still baffled about the policies though. My supervisor never got to talk to me about them during the orientation and no contract signing. We have a new employee coming this week and I heard them talk about a contract and other policies. 

I was even surprised that our salary was given already even if it's only the 8th of the month! Also, I was surprised with the amount I received, despite for working with them only 3 days so far, I've received a decent amount of salary already! I can only assume that they give our salary every week. It was given in cash which I prefer but I was still encouraged to create a bank account. I guess I need to work on getting some government IDs soon! I have an account from security bank which is the one I used in my first job but I'm afraid that it's inactive already and I also forgot my pin number!

I have to get used to going home late though especially on days where I work out. I'm expecting to leave the office at a later time in the coming days but I do hope that won't happen.

As a reward to myself, I promised myself to buy something nice and decided to buy Foster The People's Torches album. After all, I need a motivation to keep me hyped up for work.

I still have to keep working on my writing skills and a lot more but I'm looking forward to share more stories with regards to my work in the future.


Happy Chinese New Year!