Tuesday, May 09, 2006

so

when it rains, it pours.

if you've read my previous posts, you'll know that before i left for manila, i quit my job. the job i was hoping for didn't work out... it was with google. it would've been really cool to work there, what with the googleplex and everything, but the pay would've been a big step down. so it's good that that didn't work out. and since getting back, i've been job hunting for the perfect job for me, a job that would pay well, and of course, a job i would like, if not love. and i found it!!! yahooo. don't get me wrong. i always knew it was only a matter of time before i found a job (i don't mean to sound so cocky, it's only because the job market is booming now!), i just didn't know how much time would have to pass. pretty perfect timing actually, i just finished all 10 seasons of friends, which i'm tempted to start all over again this week. so how did it come to this...?

i always thought that if you're feeling pretty unfulfilled and dissatisfied at work, you should look for something else. now, this may not be the case for some people, as others have to take into consideration the family they have to take care of, or the bills they have to pay, but in my case, i'm young enough to take that risk, and so i did. i figured as long as i didn't shop, my money would last me a while, and so far, i haven't missed bill payment (well it's only been a little over a month), and i never needed to borrow money from anyone. of course, tom's been spoiling me but hey, i try to pay my way most if not all the time! anyway. so there. i quit my job and decided to look for a better one. and to make my job hunt story short, a few weeks ago, i submitted my resume through craigslist. the following week, i got a call from a recruiter, asking if i was going to attend AdTech. She asked if i could meet with her and someone else. we met, they invited me over to their office the following week, i met the team, and two days later they offered me a job. so here i am, jumping for joy at their amazing offer, thanking sir choob medalla for teaching flash and photoshop and html, bumming for the last time this year.

after my first interview, i thought i had a pretty good shot. both interviewers liked me, and i had the skills they were looking for. the second round wasn't so great. i was extremely sick that day, but they scheduled for me to meet with 9 people, and by the time the last interviewer entered, i was hoarse and could barely speak. i was happy though that one filipina interviewed me, asking,

"What school did you go to again?"

"Ateneo de Manila University."

"Wow...that's a pretty good school."

YAY! finally. someone who actually knew Ateneo. And this other dude even commented on my HS, saying,

"So I noticed you went to a Lasallian school... My wife goes to St. Mary's too."

And I just nodded and kept smiling, since although i know there are Lasallian schools here, I don't really know much about it.

another reason why i thought i wouldn't get the job is because the next day, i looked through craigslist for other job openings and saw that the company placed another ad for the very same position i interviewed for. so i thought they didn't like me, because why else would they advertise the very next day? but anyway. bottom line, he called me yesterday, offering me more than i asked for, asking if i could start the following monday. and so ends my job search. now i'm east bay hunting. the job is in the east bay, which means i have to drive 30+ miles each way to work and pay 3 bucks for toll every single day. i told my mom i'll give it a month, and if i can't take it or it proves to be too costly, i'll just move. so last night i was looking at places online, and all of a sudden... this panicky feeling comes over me. i know i've always wanted to move out, but now that i have a valid reason and the means to move, i'm sort of getting freaked out. only because i've never lived totally alone. i always had a roommate. and it might be lonely to live all by myself in a place where i'm not yet totally absolutely comfortable. but we'll see. maybe cathy can move here. hehehehehe. or rach. oh well. time will tell.

and now that i have a job, i've been getting these calls from recruiters and companies about the resumes i sent out. sheesh. why didn't they call me earlier??? but i don't think they'll beat my current offer, so it's all good.

i've written a long entry, and it kinda doesn't even make sense to me, so sorry about that. bottom line. i have a job again! shopping galore woohoooooooo.

;)

eL's thoughts @ 9:31 AM
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