Developments
Posted by special_child at 01:16 AM on April 28, 2005.
Those "corporate bum" days are over.
I have started being productive this week, having all our other supervisors arriving from different parts of the globe and assigning us the work we needed to do. I've started being multinational again, trying to spot places using my part-gazetteer brain (huh? what's a gazetteer? look here) and plotting in these cities in my test scripts.
It's very fun to see diversity in work; one time we were invited to a conference call for our department (we just listened in and caught up in what the real world says for our bosses) and it's like... my gosh, am I back in Singapore? People were like talking too fast in different rush English combined with either British, Indian, or Chinese accents. At least it was a preparation for me. If I don't get too bored, I might want to take this job as a career after graduation. Hehehe.
Earlier this afternoon, I received a message from Anne relaying to me some vital information. I checked out her blog, and it really shows that it's a small small world. Shockingly, the brother of one of our supervisors (the one who accepted her to the job, and, God knows, might have reversed the decision) works with Anne in Webworks. (To Anne: She still knows you.)
FORMDEV people... why did you choose 14 - 15 May? Waaaaaaaaah.
I thought I would have an opportunity to see Puerto Galera before I leave. I guess I'm wrong. Oh well.Top Ten Things To Do If You're A Corporate Bum
10. Read "The Five People You Meet In Heaven" by Mitch Albom. I finished it already!
9. Go to work early on Wednesdays. Then stay in the pantry for the live telecast of The Amazing Race 7.
8. Try to break the "no email" rule. Thanks to the great interns of the second floor, we did.
7. Scavenge for deserted or our-owners-are-currently-out-of-the-country cubicles to "work" in.
6. Go to the other side of the floor just to see other interns.
5. Use the different features of Windows NetMeeting amongst each other's terminals.
4. Eat merienda. On Wednesdays and Thursdays, eat merienda as an excuse for watching American Idol inside the pantry.
3. Develop and/or form love teams using different intern-intern or intern-employee combinations.
2. Talk too much with other interns, even if your supervisor's cubicle is just feet away from theirs.
-and... (drum roll please)-
1. Make code names for different employees (e.g. "Dead Kid 1", "Dead Kid 2", "Eye Contact", "Friendship", "Miss Maalindog", "TL", etc.)
I've got a week and two days before I take my unofficial yet formal leave. I hope I can accomplish more work.
Marvin the Martian™, jaz thinking aloud
P.S. And I hope there's still an intern left with me whom I can take lunch with. (Stef! Stef!)
Currently enjoying "Same Ground", performed by Kitchie Nadal.
Currently deciphering (and editing) my Friendster profile.
Currently checking "Pinoy Abroad", shown on GMA 7.
Currently feeling bloated.
1 kid/s drank Promil®