Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Herpes Dry Humping Pants On

What me that error, coho, and here I have power and what is super:)

What me the error!


first WINTER
  • zakutranie under the duvet after arriving from outside
  • dressing in several layers (at 30 degrees, the man m need oc)
  • lacing shoes (I hope this year to forget:) )
  • nasazdovanie hats and gloves
  • twisting to the hall so as to conceal my head as much as possible and protect from frost, but still I could still breathe, hear and see:)
  • looking forward to hot tea and hot soup
  • sliding on pavement
  • slur other Aka is now cold, it definitely freezes today!
  • hopping, so I was warmer
  • Para, which comes from the mouth breathing
  • as neh, skiing, erasing the face and lips against frost

second Clean air
  • hl hips breath and exhale in a clean environment
  • cycling outdoors, posedavanie on the terrace or balcony
  • roast you in the evenings outside
third Going
- man is here too nenachodi - Everywhere there are jeepneys, tricycles, cheap taxis, buses but bo something like our subways and elevators. A power walk is not recommended, both air and also sidewalks here too nefrcia :).... and going there is just weird, and when you have to jst 100 m, longer ask if I'm not tired.
4th EVA magazine
-
oto t understand certain Bea, Mena, Tina, Jarka, Tinky and many more Babuška :) - Just reading and browsing in the Slovak magazine - the only way.
5th M medicines, yogurt, cheese.

dairy products are really expensive here to eat and do not add them too. So coffee with milk and honey, so at least there is no danger :(... cream and brown sugar are here:)

6th Vino
But I would not have thought ... but it's true. Bud beer you choose - there species is enough - San Miguel, Red Horse, and all their waiter or gin - 1 liter for 25 Kc is really nice, bad that tonic water is already more expensive but ... vino, wine either so expensive or of poor quality and high quality and mega expensive, so an error.
7th Babble in Slovak

- of anything! :)... And wine at its best with the Czechs and Slovaks:)

8th Seven Ltd., Television and newspapers occasionally serial Boston Legal

Yes, the Internet and DVDs may exist here and still be better than us, but the internet is a bit pripomaly and DVDs - is not it:).

9th Music and dance


Coho here I have the peace (and sometimes too much) ...

  1. Attention - Good morning ma'am! Come again ma'am! Beautiful ma'am. How are you ma'am! Beautiful hair ma'am! Wow, you have blue eyes! Super first week, but here when a person has to live normally, so that it will still take care of yourself, because most people here "to life" still blond man in my life seen, no. Ask even if I was here 100 years, so tell me Hi ma'am (ma'am short;)), welcome to the Philippines!
  2. Whitening cream with - so they want to be with us all be tan, so here is cool as far as possible ... so white bleaching creams, bleaching capsule, whitening massage ... so at least I was there in:).
  3. Rice - there really anything to eat rice! And buy the 10 kg packs ...
  4. Red Horse - beer with "higher grade - his face is like a beer, but after four already the fifth rather funny ... do not ask, it did not rely% alcohol rather ...;)
  5. English - from dawn till dusk, all the time, everywhere, sometimes a little Tagalog shuffled, but not everybody knows, which is cool on one side, but on the kind of culture No part challenge;).
  6. Relax - there is simply no hurry to nowhere, meeting for four hours is completely at rest ... crikey, taka inefficiency! 8-) ... but it's just a way of life here, so I'm learning to breathe, relax and not be effective and so much: D.
  7. A clearly of heat - heat in the room, outdoor hot, hot in the Jeepney, just HOT! ... And poskakujuce vianocne lights on the palms, please ... just for Christmas mud and even worse ...
  8. . .. and air conditioning! - just do not get from here vyturuju air conditioning to 16 degrees everywhere! This man wore to travel bag with winter clothing for each meeting! Outside 30, inside 16, uf. So the office I have a nice blanket, slippers, socks, sweaters and 2, pretty please, so I laugh, but so what, especially from me is fine:).


What I love here:

  1. Possibility to swim every morning - pool in the basement now and 1000's, residents, as there live, no one really does not go through the week to swim. This weekend there are only male nasackuju Philippine fat kid, so it'll take a break and jump occasionally play badminton.
  2. Shopping - a huge selection of everything and everywhere and for cheap (for girls: leather shoes Zara GOD for our 1000, for men: what I know, I do not have time yet to peek for men; D
  3. Food - fish and fruit, my daily meal - pineapple and tuna in different ways on the order of the day, to mango, banana chips, banana types and sizes ...
  4. iced tea with honey and cinnamon - which we do in work, complete gods taste
  5. people smiling - even when such social differences murmurings are not people here, do not complain to nemracia is just .. are satisfied with what they have and are grateful for every little thing.
  6. that we can ponadavat in Slovak and no one here understands me. .. therefore, probably know that already and I swear I also sometimes call "damn man" and the like, but it very helpful.
  7. surprises every day - as people living on the streets of Filipinos do not use a knife when they eat, but forks and spoons that people often, they buy the machine, rather buy a karaoke maschine and everyone here can sing from sms Type: Hey, what `s up is normal and sms here like crazy ... that there really blond and curly nemaju people that my shoe number is already sorted into the" big sizes "(No.39) that the whole of Czecho-Slovakia have as many people as the place itself Manila ... so:).


So to me so now ponapadavalo, still next time I write from what I sensed about myself yet, but from here it is totally reflected:).


Otherwise Photos: up - I at work planning our weekend, then I with Dorota tricycle - Akie - dude you just made from squeezed friend, take pictures of them:), then another "taxi" what else entirely frci in Chinatown, then I am with Lily - Chinese girlfriend we further Cech, what works here at a party at the Czech Embassy 90. vyrocie vzniku Ceskoslovenska (s embassy ever thinks that som Ceska, sak nevadilo me Posledná :))... a photo of my including planningu.

Sunday, November 2, 2008

How To Give 5000 Units Of Heparin In 1 Ml Syringe

"Education is a choice" vs.. "Education is a Possibility"


Last week on Saturday I did a teambuilding for HBS - Shared Services - part of our holding company. Prepared and some exercises for better communication and Understanding as in this department are working people with different education backgrounds, Tagalog (Filipino language) and Angielski Differences and different roles in the group (HR, accountant, admin staff, kitchen staff).
In the morning before the were supposed to start, Nola - our manager came to me and asked: Eva, do you have there some exercises where people have to write and read? I said yes, I have one. Do you want to put more like that so you can see how they write in English, I asked. She said, No, I just wanted to tell you one guy in the group can not read, neither write...

BUM! so shock for me...you know when you are preparing some exercises you think about if people won't be tired or if they have enough pens to write, if they understand directions or so...but this...it went ok afterwards, Noli helped the guy to write and read and we had really fun that morning...I think for the first time in my life I truly understood what is difference between "education is a choice" or "education is a possibility just for somebody"...since then I am really close to people in Shared Services.

Me and Dorota decided to help them even more, as we saw that Saturday they really would like to develop more, so we prepare every week some lesson for them - time management, communication skills, English lessons, basic PC skills or how to take care about guests (one girl served tea spoon instead of normal spoon for soup while we were having client meeting - some things which is so natural for us you just have to forget and do not assume other people will know)...so I am really happy about this sessions happening and excited to start!

Thursday, October 23, 2008

My Dog Crawls Under My Bed

Office announcement - imagine this in Europe:)

From Albert, our Office administrator:

Please be informed that the admin office have scheduled general pest control service, through Sentinel Pest Control Services, on Saturday, October 18, 2008, from 5pm to 7pm, with scope of works

as follows:



1. for cockroaches and ants: treatment by spraying in their harborages and breeding places

like the kitchen, toilet areas and drainage. cracks and crevices and hidden surface such as

as inside drawer units, cupboards and cabinets shall be treated with insecticide solutions

with flushing/knockdown effects. in which case, all contents thereof must be removed prior

to the scheduled date of service. where spraying is inadvisable or forbidden, dusting will be

done instead.

- gel based poisonous baits are also use to manage cockroach infestations. this has proven

irresistible to all types of cockroaches, and they are eliminated upon infestation of the

poisoned gel.



2. Houseflies & Mosquitoes

- Misting and Gassing: Hot mist/gas has been proven to be effective against flying insects

such as houseflies and mosquitoes. it continues to act for several hours but does not have

residual effect. indoor application shall be carried out where necessary.



3. Rodents

- Poisonous baits: sufficient baits shall be laid out in the appropriate areas:

1. identified/possible runways of rats and mice,

2. breeding areas, and

3. rodent harborages. these baits are effective not only indoors but also in outside areas where they may be expose to the elements.

- Glue boards: highly adhesive glue board traps shall also be installed in order to augment

the rodent baiting system already in place. these are more effective against mice and are

consequently placed in food preparation areas, storage rooms, and offices.



for your information.







Sunday, October 5, 2008

Mexican Singlet Wrestling

My first month in the Philippines

1 month already. Country with 90 mil people and 7000 + islands became my home for 1 year. As a intern in company called Headway I started 1st of September 2008.

How it is to be thousands miles away from home.
I did not want to go...September, the best month to hang out with friends, wine period, still sunny...why am I leaving actually? What am I missing here, why do I not stay, just find some nice job in Slovakia/Czech Republic, be with people I already know and understand.
...I know I would miss this experience in 10 years from now. Being 1 year = 12 months = 52 weeks away in totally different culture, destination, having first real job after graduation before I decide to settle down and decide what to do with my life. THIS 1 YEAR I would miss later.
So with these reasons I do not miss home so much now (will see in some months:)). I just know I will come back.

WHY Asia, Philippines, Headway, 1 year.
> Asia - who are those people living there? I just wanted to get to know way of life of Asian guys.
> Philippines - randomly - now I see it was the best decision. Religion means a lot for living standards, habits, way of life. (Only Christian country in Asia I think.)
> Headway - company with perspective with good references from interns there, interesting job description and selection process.
> 1 year - when internship then long enough to experience yourself, company, country, people.

My first month
Company
Headway Business Services, consultancy company. My position: Consultant. After 1st week of induction planning weekend happened. First responsibilities for me came as well. My first role was to create feasibility study and business plan for opening a new restaurant. DDL in 2 weeks.
Well, my first thoughts: What does it mean to open a restaurant? Which type of restaurant? What Philippines` people eat? How to price the menu? What are legal needs to be fulfilled? How many people should I hire? How to write a business plan?!?...well, my boss just told me: "In 2 weeks I would like to hear from you YES or NO for the restaurant according to cash-flow, ROI, BEP...Hm. It seems I managed and restaurant will probably open soon. (I hope till that time I will be back home so nobody could blame me if I screwed it:))....now next even more challenging tasks are coming. I LOVE IT, so far MY COMPANY rocks!! Young but smart people, everyday development, nice atmosphere, space for your personality and big responsibility you were given.

Living.
Manila, Makati City, Kingswood towers, 17th floor, own room and almost own bathroom. 2 other interns in the flat. Swimming pool at the ground floor, McDonald`s, KFC and Chowking around. 10 minutes by jeepney ride to work. (Jeepney - "minibus").

My usual day.
6:40 wake up. Swim for 40 minutes. Take a jeepney to work. Breakfast at work. Work, ad hoc meeting, lunch, work, merienda (snack), work, dinner, work. Back home at 8 pm. Having beer/watching movie/playing chess/speaking with friends back home.

Exploring country and culture.
  • Visiting great waterfalls.
  • Flying to Negros- place with black send and Apo Island - adventurous trip in small boat trough the sea with heavy rain.
  • Watching sunset at Manila Bay.
  • Having beer every Friday after work.
  • Singing karaoke.
  • Attending birthday party of rocky Filipino twins.
  • Buying peanuts from small poor children, having fresh mango juice on the street.
  • Eating Balut - kind of egg - almost duck.
  • Standing in line for train. Doing Filipino usual Sunday activity "to mall".
  • Being seen as a white girl which will be greeted "Welcome to the Philippines" even after 15 years of staying here.
  • Buying so cheap clothes and shoes.
  • Having "small German" inside and not understand of the "filipino manana culture" - coming 20 min late for the meeting and do not apologize (and I was said I was lucky just with 20 min)
This is my experience so far. Let`s see what 2nd month of my "being on your own for 1 year in foreign country" will bring...