overtime

first day of work.

tiring.

from this point onwards, what you will be reading are fragmented thoughts. but if you know gestalt, then i think you're smart enough to make sense out of this post.

went to sleep this morning at 5 am. had so many thoughts on my mind. woke up at 8. had to go to work.

i got off at the wrong train station. had to take taxi. still sleepy.

was late. got to the office at 10:11. i was asked to write a press release due at the end of the day. i started writing. having problems with words. im a photographer, not a writer. still writing.

boss asks me if i can continue it later. we had to go to westin. saw people. rich people. it is Ferragamo's press conference for its spring release. rich people are peculiar. men talk with loud deep voices. women look young even if they are old. some fail to hide the truth... miserably.

met susan joven. a very nice woman. she is introduced to us as an icon in the PR industry / field (still having problems with jargons). she humbly declines the title. she says she would rather be called hard-working. she's a very nice woman, ms. susan joven. she makes a comment about the salmon being bland. she's joking with the chef. she puts sauce in the salmon. she tells me that the salmon is bland when i was waiting for my turn in the buffet table. "lagyan ko ng matamis na sauce. matabang kasi e," she says.

saw ferragamo fashion show while eating my salmon. in wide screen tv's. real fashion show on the 18th (tama ba? i'm a sucky student). james ferragamo didn't come to the presscon. but he will be there on the 18th (again, not sure of the date). didn't like the bags. although they are nice. women can buy those in marikina if they searched really good.

went back to office at greenbelt mansions full of salmon. i liked the salmon even if it was bland.

went back on writing press release. it is now 3 pm. having problems with sentence construction. me no speak english. have a hard time writing in english. i wish i was good in english. a lot of papers around me. newspapers, previous press releases, news cutouts.

5:30 pm. have finished two different versions of the press release. one based on Inquirer style: lean meat, no fat article. basic 5 W's of journalism. another version based on lifestyle article of manila bulletin. a great number of adjectives said in the superlative. looks like a copy for an advertisement.

mr. oliveros checking some orgcom theses. i tell mr. oliveros im finished. he asks, "you're finished?" it's either he doesn't believe me or he is just impressed. he once mentioned he liked my curriculum vitae. he should be. honors' class in high school. 1 full page of conferences (national and university) attended and awards. officer in organizations and head of foundation program for 2 years. yabang ko. just trying to make my self feel good. because day was really tiring. back to story.

he looks at the two vesions. i showed him first the no-fat article. a lot of comments. i said i just followed what he said. kept it simple and journalistic, straight and short. still comments. i said why doesn't he check the other version. he liked the "radio-ad" version. he does some little changes regarding titles and jargons.

6 pm. finished with press release. still have 1 hour to complete my 8 hour work day.

was asked to photoedit 300+ pictures. not really photoedit as in edit. just need to choose what 4 photos are to be used in the press release. had a hard time again. not much from choosing but in using the computer. large image files, very very sloooooow Imac.

730. 30 minutes overtime. computer still doesn’t want to cooperate. or perhaps, computer just having a hard time just like me. a bit hungry. Mr. Oliveros asks if I am hungry. I said no. I’m super trainee. super trainees don’t get hungry during work. even if overtime.

8 pm. still scanning through pictures. 2 cd’s worth of pictures. at least, photos are nice. pictures of betinna carlos, christian bautista, cathy bordalba and other trumpets people. but people in the office say the set is one of Jason Tablante’s worst photos.

8:15. have chosen 2 photos. still have to get two. finally! picture of children wearing nickelodeon tshirts. jumping, all smiles and happy. I wish I were happy. At least I’m done for the night.

mr. oliveros is going to get food. he asks me why don’t I eat first before I go home. I said mother prepared food for me. he says, “are you sure?” I said im okay. he doesn’t know I am the super trainee. super trainee is never hungry when asked even if he is.

9:15. still in bus. traffic in EDSA. and no load. I go to sleep.

9:45. finally, house sweet bahay. no lights. no one at home. I’m now very hungry. I eat out. got to pares house. checked my phone. cousin Julius texts me if I were coming with them at Don Henrico’s. it was his graduation dinner. I said I was really sorry I wasn’t able to go. the time in the message: 8:45 pm.

mama sends message that she will be on duty tonight. okay. will be alone tonight.

tiring.

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