Tiara-Ra

While July was depressing, August turned out to be the exact opposite.

Gail just gave me my big break–a chance to work in another company, doing what I love-working with websites and WordPress. It’s almost like working for the school paper again but on a digital medium. I like playing with colors, themes, and just seeing the codes work their powers. Lol. I never thought I’d be this fascinated with code. Years ago all those files seemed like gibberish to me (some still are) but now I realize that they are quite beautiful. Pretty much like poetry.

I am busier than ever and the other day I woke up, my right cheek sporting a laptop keyboard imprint, then went to work with just 4 hours of sleep. The first two weeks were a little crazy but guess what? I am enjoying and loving every minute of it.

Cheers!

Big thanks and hugs to Gail Bulaon. Haha! Salamat marci! Mwaaah!

How hard is it to pronounce my name?

It’s quite simple really. Tiara. T-i-a-r-a.

Not Charra as the people from Chowking are wont to do.

Not Baby Tere as my bosses at work call me.

Not Tiara Banks as some friends from work say.

And again, not CHARA as some tier 1 peeps would introduce me when a call is being transferred.

The only deviation I can and will accept is Tiarara and only because I love Llane and Rj too much to complain about it.

According to my Chinese zodiac I’m a peace lover and likes to avoid conflict. It’s true and on one hand it’s not. I have a nasty temper but it usually comes and go real quick.  The catch is when I’m angry I lash out and the first person who comes up and talks to me usually gets the flak. Now for my friends it’s pretty normal, they know when I’m mad and they just let me talk it out.

Problem is, I snapped at somebody at work and he wasn’t a friend. Worse, he was a newbie. It wasn’t his fault, he did his job, and there was nothing wrong with how he handled the transfer at all. The culprit? My previous customer. It was 10 in the evening and calls were starting to come in and I only had a minute or so before talking to the next one. Mr. C was stubborn as hell. (more…)

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I always get the jitters when salary day is near. The thought of budgeting my own money scares the hell out of me. Being on my own changes a lot of things, the no-parents to catch me when I fall being the biggest one. In a way it’s a good thing because I am now actually learning how to spend my money properly and when I feel like spending I resort to some measures that I came up with.

1. Before salary day I list down all my NECESSARY expenses. This list includes: (more…)