I HAVE MISSED SOMETHING

I have mentioned in my previous post about the status of my life - work during the day and do school at night. Last two days, I got a phone call from the one I knew from Cebu City and asked me if I could visit their Computer Shop to do some troubleshooting job on Tuesday. It thought it was perfect; that was Tuesday and it's my day-off on the company where I am currently working. I still have classes at night that day but I was free during the day, so, I told her that I am coming. I was doing the maintenance in her shop 8 months ago. When I started school last 2nd semester last year, I resigned because I have thought that I couldn't handle it any longer with school. My schedules really bother me all the time. I have one subject in my class that Tuesday afternoon is the schedule. I thought it was perfect because it is day-off but I just got this another go-to-city every Tuesday for the job whom I rendered my resignation 8 months ago. At first, I have thought of my myself that I couldn't handle it anymore but the idea of grabbing the opportunity and do the simple job and get paid would help.... would really help. Here's what will be happening if I'll have to do decisions. It's either I drop my one subject and go to city every Tuesday or get my subject and don't go to city. So, I was there last Tuesday. 5 of 28 computers we're not working. I just completed 3 of 5, there's two left and I promised her of coming back next Tuesday which I am not really sure yet. (Whoever have read this, I really want your ideas, suggestions... etc. tia). I told her that I couldn't stay longer because I have classes on the night that day. I need to go back at 2:30. It's two hours bus ride. Sad thing I wasn't able to fulfill my plan. I left the shop at 4:00... and I have missed two (2) subjects. My plan's changed. We'll be having a quiz that night too at 7-9PM, so, I was really in a hurry. When I got in the room, the quiz has just started. Our quiz was really interesting. It was done by two ways - orally and written. Our instructor would choose five (5) student from us to do the quiz orally and the rest would do the written quiz. I was shocked when I entered the room, my instructor pointed me to do the oral quiz. I was not really comfortable that time. I am not really prepared but I still believed that I could do it. My instructor asked me how many question I want. I choose two. Good thing was I got the first question correctly but I wasn't really sure of my answer on the second question. It sounds strict but it's a great idea. Not just on doing quizzes but also on discipline and lots of rules: like turning your phone off when you are in class, wear name tags, bring with us the note our instructor provided, should be on time - if late for more than 10 minutes - it is equivalent of 1 absent and there's many more to mention. Well, it's not bad, in fact, I really like it. That's something that we need to learn even in just two hours but it could really help.

That's all for today.

I JUST APPRECIATE IT

I'm back. I wasn't able to update my blog regularly. There's a lot of thing to be written in here and share it with you but I was too busy last few months. I just started school and it's almost a month already. That's was funny when I first entered my classroom because, in majority, I am 4 years older than them. Of course, I am not in their level, my age proves it. Most of them called me "kuya". When I hear that word, I always feel like... yeah I am older than them. But I did not put too much emphasis in my age. I am learning how could I be friendly to them. I know one who is very talkative... she's a girl, my classmate and has a baby. She kept on asking me a lot of questions. Most peope who already knew me being silent most of the time and I admit that I am the one but last few weeks I've learned to start any conversation. So, I having fun learning how to be close to other people.

Last semester, there were subjects that I really loved - the Logic, that's correct reasoning from incorrect reasoning. Math subject is not new to me, even though I felt that it's hard sometimes but I enjoy them. Filipino, Chemistry will follow the list. But one subject that urges my mind to think was the Psychology. I really appreciated how our instructor teach us. I found some similarities with this to Logic. I always loved the idea of learning something new.

More about me. Well, we just moved from our current residence where free lodging offered to us and that was almost 4 years. My sister just started her high school here and she use to stay with us with my brother. So, we decided to move to another boarding house where we pay an amount every month. I really don't like the idea of staying somebody's house, it's a blessing however but as long as we are able to pay the monthly obligation, then we go for it. I can't imagine how life would be going. We, three, wake up in the morning, getting ready for work and school. During the night, I go to school. It seems like "no time for conversation". Everything is fine so far - no misunderstanding -- yet. It's always comfortable living in a place where we are paying for the lodge.

I'll cut it here, 'til next time.

MULTI-TASKING

I am have had trouble with my subjects last few days. I wonder what brought me this irritated thing. Two things that I am thinking right now - not motivated to study and laziness. I am not happy regarding the result of the test that we had last few days and I hate myself because of that. I always wanted to know new things but sometimes going back to the things that I've learned already is boring. There are some subjects that I got interested into but I can't put my mind studying the lesson - there is no PEACE in me; I am thinking so many things at one time. My mind is always in multi-tasking mode and that is very stressful. This is how I function in our workplace - as a cashier - our company is not fully organized yet, so we didn't assign individual to an specific responsibility; as a timer - responsible of taking records of time-in / time-out of customers' rentals; as an encoder or a typist - I think this is my main function but only few customers would let us do the typing jobs. Most people are learning to do the typing jobs by their own; as a computer technician - very interesting and I am still learning about it. I have attended training about PC troubleshooting but still, as the continuous innovation of technology, I need to upgrade my learning too - I called it a non-stop learning; as a graphic artist - I'm not an expert and still I am in the learning process. The abovementioned are enough proofs of multi-tasking. Of course, not all of those could be done at one time. Two or three could be done simultaneously.

I SHOULD POST SOMETHING

I just visited my blog today and have noticed that I've posted my last post last February 25. It's almost a year. If this - blogging is my priority, then I'll be posting new posts daily but it's not like other people do.

I really missed blogging, although sometimes I don't have any ideas to post about. Well, my life is going well. A lot of changes took place in different aspects of life. I keep on thinking about learning something. I can't live with this world with no experiences - empty brain. There is always a privilege that I can fill up my brain and apply all of those in daily lives. I always refer my current life to a quote that goes "learn everything you can, from anyone you can and from anytime you can". This is really true. Every time I wake up, I can learn something through different circumstances, it's either in emotions or in academic.

As of now, I am doing something related to school requirements for college in our place. At first, I hesitate to pursue my plan but I thought it's the time. I can't wait until the next school year. I have referred my plans to other people so that I can have some ideas. Until now, I am thinking how things will work out - work during day and do school at night. I am thankful that I only have four (4) subjects in this semester. Saturday and Sunday has classes to night-students like me, for the major subject. But this time, I don't have my major yet. I'll be taking it next year. So, some of my old schedule on Saturday and Sunday will not be affected. Some people say, "why you need to go to school, while you have more". I know some people in the campus and they know where I am working. I have thought that before and yes I have more but nothing proves it. My skills and experiences? Yes! but I can do more with confident if I have both - degree or any certificate plus skills and experiences.

I'll be posting more soon.

HELP! MY IMPORTANT FILES ARE GONE

My friend asked me to install some applications to his computer. So, I went to his house last Saturday. I have noticed that there's a lot error messages popped up and some files are corrupted. We have agreed about reformatting. So, we've reinstalled the new Windows XP. Then, we started installing the drivers and utilities. I got a 1G flash drive and important files, installers, etc. were in there. I need to insert that in so that I can access the applications to be installed. Bang! I've inserted in a wrong port and my flash drive stopped working, I mean, the computer cannot detect it. It works well on our computers. The bad port of my friend's computer embarrassed me. I just wanted to install just one application from my flash drive, just one, just one! I thought flash drives are reliable enough than CD's/DVD's. I've done just one move and my files are gone.

Creating back-up files is always a good idea. I'll do it, promise!

YOUTH GROUP

I am glad that I finally found youth group in the place where I am staying. A pastor introduced me to the group last week. We were doing the same thing 4 years ago. It was called "youth challenge" where we invite young people to attend to our activity for at least 2 hours. I was in high school that time. So, some of my classmates are invited. It was so challenging for me. I've done teaching them some topical teachings from the Bible and have done the singing part. We're helping each other as a group. A lot of things had happened and I've learned at lot from those things. Hmm that was 4 years ago.

I just came from the church which is the venue for the meeting but nobody is there. Someone said that they're doing baptism recently and the're resting this time. So, the meeting is postponed. I don't think "meeting" would be the right term. For me, I call it "youth challenge" like what we've done 4 years ago. Ok, I'll go ask someone about that. So, this is about me and the youth group.

Last week I tried to search on the internet about some sites that teach english. I know there's a bunch of sites out there. You can't even decide what sites you gonna visit. Oh, I forgot the link but I was having fun taking the personality test. Words like cynical, egotistical, indecisive (I know this from the word decision), sophisticated... there's a lot more but I can't remember them. I seldom hear those words and I really don't know the meaning most of those words. I can only laugh myself. Well, those are some of the important things that I need to know :D.

LAST FEW MONTHS

I miss blogging again.

A lot of things had happened last few months/weeks. I am still working in an Internet Cafe and I've learned to troubleshoot some common PC problems. It's almost a year that I am exposing myself about troubleshooting. In my previous posts, I mentioned about my school last summer. It was a computer technician course. It was a FREE training, however, you provide your own tools. After the training... there's what we call "Trade Test", an examination/evaluation about the training. If you can pass the examination, you'll be given a certificate that certifies you as a computer technician. Php 1200.00 is required for the examination. That time, my manager offered to pay the fee for me. I wasn't really sure to take the examination that time, so I gave the money back to my manager and I've decided to not take the examination. What I've learned during the training are not enough and I thought I need some hands-on experience. I was doing my training every morning and go to work at night. My main responsibility is to assist customers not to troubleshoot computers. Two months have passed after the training, our technician left us for some reasons. So, we were hiring new technicians that time. We got two technicians, few weeks later. They are doing computer maintenance not just in our own shop but also to others. So, they are always busy. In the shop where I am in, some computers have crashed... windows won't load, something like that. I tried fixing it by myself. Nobody told me to do so but "this is a great time to learn", I said to myself. The same problem occurs over and over again, and that challenged me. I am always visiting some sites whenever I am in trouble, the internet helps me all the way. So, in conclusion, I am doing the maintenance right now. I just only learned a bit about troubleshooting. I was in a forum one time, it's PC Troubleshooting Forum and I've found a lot of things that's new to me, something that I never learned before. Going to forums regularly would be a great help.

I am always thinking about getting a better job. I don't have any plan to stay where I am right now. I want some improvements. One time, somebody asked me if I am interested about the training for Call Center Agents. I was so excited about the training but I am thinking about the things that will going to happen if I am in a Call Center company. As I've mentioned earlier, I've only learned troubleshooting just a bit. So, I better use the opportunity to learn more and to gain more experiences about troubleshooting computers. I have thought about taking the training sometime, I'm waiting for a perfect timing.