Just dad

Dad: When you get your first paycheck, you have to treat Bea and me.

Me: No, I'm donating everything to the Church.

Dad: What? You do know that the Church only donates 20% to charity and the rest is for operations, for the Vatican, for fattening the bank accounts of....

Me: Not the Catholic Church, a Born-again Christian Church

Dad: It's the same thing. Do you know that Christian Church leaders drive 2-4 cars, live in very big houses...

Me: I was kidding. I just don't want to treat you and Bea.

1st Week, 1st Job

It has been a week since I started my first job and I must say that so far, I am liking it.

I was warmly welcomed by the Merchandising and Creatives team and I get a table to myself in a spacious room with a fellow copywriter who has been very helpful. Most call him 'attorney'as he has taken one semester of law. I called him attorney today when I was inviting him for lunch and he said that I was starting to join the bandwagon. It's interesting to note as well that attorney and I share the same dream, we both want to get a masters degree and a doctorate degree and would want to teach eventually.

The most interesting thing in the office is a pair of 3-inch high black boots that looks like Lady gaga would own which serves as a vase for a fake bouquet of flowers. I don't think any office has the same interesting object to smile at once in a while.

The desktop computer which was assigned to me already had problems when I used it this Monday and it officially gave up and crashed yesterday. Now I'm at the desk of my boss staring at three cute rubber duckies  that could all fit perfectly in one palm. She actually has her own office and laptop at the second floor but also has a desk with a computer in our room at the third floor just so she has  a space close to the writers.

It was funny on my second day when Ray and Ray, yes we have two of them at the department and asked about my love life after sharing about theirs. One Ray, who was shocked upon hearing that I don't have one, asked, 'Hah? so nbsb ka?' I laughed and said yes. The issue was brought up again at lunch time, the following day probed into by different peeps from the department. This time I was asked why and I said, 'I just want it that way.'  They all started teasing another female employee, Joe who doesn't have a special someone at the moment too teasing her that at least mine is by choice.

Although I said that I would delete my facebook after graduation, the creatives team and I have added each other already and I don't think I will delete it now as it's a way to get know this new set of professional family.

(5 April 2013)