Tuesday, February 20, 2007

A Grissom Quote

I wanna share this line stated by Gil Grissom in one of the episodes in the latest season of CSI. This guy really have a lot of lines that would really make you think.

Anyway, this is what he said:
"Truth is.. a moral compass can only point you on the right direction, it cannot make you go there. Our culture preaches that you shouldn't be ashamed of anything you do anymore, and unfortunately this city is built on the principle that there is no such thing as guilt. "Do whatever u want! We won't tell..." So, without a conscience there's nothing to stop you from killing someone, and evidently you don't even have to feel bad about it."

This makes me scary and sad because somehow there's a truth to it. If our society thinks like this now, what more in the future.

Thursday, February 15, 2007

"bad apple"

I read this article in Yahoo! news yesterday. It's quite an interesting read. See if you can relate to it or you've experienced it. As for me, I'm not telling if I can relate to this article or not.

One "bad apple" does spoil the whole office

By JoAnne Allen Mon Feb 12, 2:14 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One "bad apple" can spread negative behavior like a virus to bring down officemates or destroy a good team, according to a new study examining conflict in the workplace.

Negative behavior outweighs positive behavior, so a bad apple can spoil the whole barrel, but one or two good workers can't "unspoil" it, researchers at the University of Washington said in the current issue of the journal Research in Organizational Behavior.

"Companies need to move quickly to deal with such problems because the negativity of just one individual is pervasive and destructive and can spread quickly," said co-author Terence Mitchell, a professor of management and organization.

If a bad apple slips through screening in the hiring process, he or she should be placed to work alone as much as possible, the study's lead author, William Felps, said.

The study defines negative workers as those who do not do their fair share of the work, are chronically unhappy and emotionally unstable, or bully or attack others.

Felps said he was inspired to investigate workplace conflict by his wife's experience with a "bad apple" and what happened when the worker was out sick for several days.

"When he was gone my wife said the atmosphere of the office changed dramatically," Felps said. "People started helping each other, playing classical music on their radios, and going out for drinks after work. But when he returned to the office, things returned to the unpleasant way they were."

"He truly was the bad apple that spoiled the barrel," Felps said.

The researchers said they found that a single "toxic" or negative team member can be the catalyst for a group's downward spiral.

In a follow-up study, the researchers found the vast majority of the people they surveyed could identify at least one "bad apple" with whom they had worked and who had produced organizational dysfunction.

Hiring managers could head off the problem by being more thorough when screening potential employees, Felps said.

He recommends checking references and administering personality tests to weed out those who are "really low on agreeableness and emotional stability."

Monday, February 12, 2007

Hmmm... Who has a better service?

I am in search of a broadband service provider here in Bicutan, Paranaque that is fast, reliable, no or rare service interruption and has a great response time in customer service...

The candidates are:
1.) Globe Broadband
2.) PLDT DSL
3.) Smart Bro

Hhmmm... it's hard to choose because as I've read from the net, all of them have a LOT of bad reviews and only a few (very few!) good ones. I wanna get my money's worth (a 1 year tie-up)and no stress whatsoever when reporting downtime connections to them.

Good Luck na lang ba sa akin or there's hope in finding a great broadband connection???

Thursday, February 08, 2007

Yehey!!!

Yehey!!! Wala na kaming shifting sa work. Sa wakas nagkaron din ng additional resources sa kompanyang to kaya ang resulta ay inabolish na ang di magandang shifting sa trabaho. Buti na lang no! Back to commuting days ulit ako. Wheeeee!!! Akala ko kasi tinitipid na naman kami ng mother company namin sa may Europa. Di naman pala. hehehe Gosh! Sana pati sa darating na bonus eh di kami tipirin. Please Oh Please wag naman sana!

Yun nga lang medyo nababahala ako sa balita si Augs na may nangho-holdup pala sa mga shuttle na yan. Nyay...

Monday, February 05, 2007

Happy 65th Birthday Father Dear!!!

We planned to give our Papa a little surprise party for his 65th birthday. Mama wanted to surprise him to celebrate a milestone in my Papa's life with close friends and relatives. The hardest part in preparing for this party was the surprising my father part. It's hard to keep my Papa out of the house without him knowing anything is going on. He will know that we're up to something the minute a change in routine happens. So we have to work around that routine of his.

Papa's ecstatic on his new phone and party ;-D

Papa goes golfing every Sunday. He comes home around 2 in the afternoon and takes his afternoon nap immediately. Then wakes up after 2-3 hours of napping. That's the only window we could have in preparing the party for him in our house. Another part of the surprise is celebrating it a day before his b-day because we suspect he's already expecting us to throw him a party on the day itself.

Sino yun?

February 04, 2007 arrived. Papa did his usual routine of golf. But on this day, we had a delay tactic on him wherein my brother and his wife would join him for golf. They've been planning to have lessons with Papa anyway, so we thought, why don't you start it now and just delay the game for him. True enough, it worked. They got home a little late in the afternoon and immediately, Papa had his late afternoon nap.

Papa and Mama dancing kuracha
(the native dance in our province)

While he was napping, we worked on preparing the party stuff and food in the garden. We also need to be very, very quiet in case Papa suddenly wakes up. As quiet as can be, Mama cooked her delish dishes in the kitchen and hiding them once it was done. Food and party deliveries were hush hush and quick. Some friends and relatives came a wee bit early and preparations we're still not done, so we directed them to the house of my cousin(Ate Perlie), that's just a house away, to hide them.

The senior citizens are saying "Cheers!"

Good thing it was getting dark already so Papa won't see the decorations in the garden. We thought that everything was going well until Papa woke up and we were still not done preparing!!! The funny thing was Papa saw Mama and me bring a tray of glasses and a dessert outside the house. To our surprise and my Papa's puzzled looked, he asked us "Anong meron sa labas?". Mama just said "Nanghihiram ng mga baso sila Perlie." and I said "Pinabili to nila Ate Perlie." We thought we got out of that little white lie, but Papa had to ask another question, "Bakit? Anong meron kela Perlie?" I just said, "Di ko alam." Then we rushed the things outside. Panic mode came... "Gising na si Papa!!!!!! Bilisan nyo na dyan!!!!!!"

Papa was about to go to the garden, curious on what's going on. Ging, my sister, diverted Papa's attention by going back to their room and asked about the laptop battery that I just bought for him and told him that something was wrong with it or something. That bought us a little more time in getting all the things done.

Finally, the candles in the cake were lit and all the guests were in the garden. Kuya called Papa and told him he has a visitor. In his "bagong gising" look, sando and shorts, Kuya brought him to the garden and everybody sang happy birthday to him. He really looked surprised at all the people that came to celebrate with him. After blowing out the candles, he excused himself for a minute to change his clothes. hehehe

some of the party people

We ended the party on the eve of his natal day. We greeted him again, he thanked everyone for the wonderful surprise and called it a Birthday.


Happy 65th Birthday Papa!!!
Many more birthdays to come!
Muah! Muah! Muah!


Saturday, February 03, 2007

Guess where?

Bored of the usual Friday Gimmick??? Try this...
1.) 1 bottle of fine red wine
2.) "Aidan" cheese


Day off? hehehe


Cheers!


Ayos ba? Are you one of us?





Lasheng na ba ako?!

Thursday, February 01, 2007

Haaappy Aaaaanniversary!!!



Isang taon na ko nagtr-trabaho sa current company ko. Hay... di ko akalain na makakatagal ako dito. hehehe Tingnan natin kung umabot ako sa TWO. Bwahahahahaha