April 2008
First Day High!
Filed Under Singapura
It’s my first day of work here in Singapore. Honestly, it’s a great first day. Considering that it’s my first time to be employed outside of the Philippines, things went smoothly. I got my office supplies(notebook, puncher, rulers, ballpens, erasers, pencils, etc) immediately and had my own PC as well as phone. Not bad, right? On my previous company, I never had a puncher nor a stapler issued to me. Maybe my previous employer wanted to promote paperless office. J
No, I’m not basking at my former employer. To be honest, I love that company. As a matter of fact, I guess it’s my experience on providing onsite support in various countries that helped me make myself at ease here in SH. Of course, there will still be a lot of adjustments to be done. Though their processes are similar to my previous employer(let’s give a pseudocode of AIU), there are obvious differences.
Beside that, I’m a programmer here. Some of the people I knew would raise their eye brows but that’s true. I have fewer responsibilities here now, something that I have been longing for so long time already. I’m actually very happy to tell you that in the last 6 years, I think this is the first time I received so few emails in a work day. However, I already have three tickets (work requests/incident requests) waiting for me. As the saying goes, “Send Me To War!!!” But I’ll take it slow. I already set to my mind that I won’t be ‘Totoy Bibo’ here. I’ll try(just try) to be a little passive for some time but I’ll also evaluate the situation from time to time.
On a separate note, I’m now officially part of the Bagong Bayani (New Heroes) otherwise known as Overseas Filipino Workers. I’m officially part of the millions of Filipinos working abroad. Once I start sending money to my home country, a couple of thousand dollars will be added to that more than $1B monthly being sent to the Philippines.
