We Shall Return Part III

Continuation...

"I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next." ~Gilda Radner

9. IBM Thinkpad Laptop
This thing may not be the newest laptop now but it really is the best we had in our busy days (imagine it edgematched 23 maps). Wow! That is definitely an accomplishment.






10. Sandals
Our bossing’s sandals. When he left for Australia, I borrowed it even though he didn’t know. Hehe. It helped my feet breath for a while.







11.UPS
Loads of times NPA bombed TRANSCO’s electric pylons thus numerous Mindanao-wide and citywide blackouts occurred and this little buddy helped me several times in saving my work.






12. Cabinet
The jam-packed cabinet in the room consists of map books (ArcView, ArcMap, and Edrisi manual/tutorial), map newspapers and bond papers.






Plus, I’d also miss these things:
Classified image of Mt. Hamiguitan made by one of our former colleague located right at the door, our bossing’s working area (na nilulumot na) because no one is using it, our little buddies (stapler, scotch tape, pens, etc), bin of scratch paper (the one I used in printing the gazillion pages of Harry Potter), another pc unit I used in edgematching maps, and the poster of our project which I really don’t understand why it is place inside our room rather than outside.






After living and working here for 20 months now, this thing called maps is our job, digitizing, quality control, overlaying and edgematching.

June 30 is coming and yet I don't even know what I will feel when that dreaded Monday comes, but as for now it is better to say goodbye (sayonara) to our beloved office because as they say "All good things will come to an end".

"The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be the beginning." ~Ivy Baker Priest

We Shall Return Part II

Moving on.. hehe :)

5. Epson Stylus C65 Printer

My buddy in printing my beloved maps (overlays)

6. My Working Area

My favorite place in the office, with my PC, headphone, scanner, and printer. The most comfortable place ever designed. When our office is cold, this is where I cuddle myself, and sleep when my eyes were tired checking the maps (most especially the contour lines). My PC unit is the greatest thing ever, everything from contours, spot heights, roads, hydros, ArcView, ArcMap, downloads (MP3’s, youtube video, software, cracks, veoh videos, dailymotion, serial key, series, movies ), tutorial, Photoshop, to internet surfing (Work at Home jobs such as Surveys, PTC, MysearchFunds, Blogging, all sites related to boasting my pagerank), and lurking to forums to satisfy the madness I had for Asian Series (soompi, dadddicts, SilentRegrets.com) and tech forums. The most satisfying experience ever in my life is being stuck at my PC for 8-10 hours a day, 5 days a week. Boredom may get into me sometimes, but having an internet connection and my PC will made my day.

7. Brother HL-2040 printer

When the famous J.K. Rowling released her last installment of the popular Harry Potter Series (the seventh book entitled Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) I was really happy. Since I was broke and didn’t have money to buy the said book I downloaded the e-book (5 days after it was released) and printed it all here. "Ika nga ito ang aking katuwang sa aking paghihirap".. haha. My sincerest gratitude to the best printer and my sincerest apology to our bossing. Hehe. Sorry Sir! :)

8. D-Link 10/100 Fast Ethernet Switch

Everything I know (fixing computers, tutorials, troubleshooting) and have (movies, series, e-books, installers) right now I owe it all to this thing.. haha..

We Shall Return Part I

“All good things will come to an end.”

Time surely flies fast; June 30 (the last day of work) is right at the corner waiting for me. Being an employee (my first work right after graduation) of the foundation for almost two years has been fun, with all the experiences and the friendships made.

No more taking the same route while going to the office. Our office is like a home to us, the most luxurious and the coziest place in the whole building. Hihi.

“When I was at home I was in a better place”

– Shakespeare (1564-1616)

As You Like It

It is like home to us because of these:

1. “Astig na Aircon”

Everybody in the building envies our office, since it is the most relaxing place they could find in the building. It is so cold because of our “astig na aircon”, with only three of us living there.

Temperature: 18 degrees Fahrenheit (with the current state of the weather in a tropical country, it is definitely cold)

2. Coffee Freak

Before our “bossing” had his sabbatical leave (PhD study at Australia), we had our free supply of 3-n-1 coffee and FITA (as in red) biscuits.The office is so busy because everyone in the building wanted hot water. Hihi.. Coffee freaks!

3. Conference Table

The most fine-looking conference table in the building, most conferences, meetings,discussions, and consultations in the building would take place in the office.

Also it is where we eat our lunch and merienda.

4. “Tukar-tukar” na phone

The most erratic telephone ever, sometimes it's active, sometimes it's not. Grrr...