Judgement day

The company I work with is in danger right now. Aside from having low production due to recession we also encounter problems with customs. There were a lot of speculations over the past few days. We already had a meeting before and the management promised that they will inform us about the status of the company. We were supposed to have the meeting last Feb. 10, but due to unknown reasons it was postponed.

During the first meeting, the management was informed that there were some employees that would like to voluntarily resign as along as they would make them a good offer.

Today, there were more chismis in the office.

1. S-IK employees from our Makati office will be going to the Laguna plant tomorrow. (Considering we don't have work during fridays)

2. They have ordered a meal at Max's Restaurant for all employees. (Farewell party?)

3. There was a note on the planner of our Japanese boss that they have scheduled the date for the announcement.

4. There was going to be a general meeting, all employees included. (The memo was posted past 4 this afternoon.

BF and I will be meeting later to talk and plan things. If ever closure is the last resort, we all hope that the company would be generous with regards to our separation pay.

Stay at home

I'm staying home today. Since last week our work days have been cut off to four days only. This is due to low production and our problem with the importation of materials. I wasn't able to plan anything for today so I will just be staying home.

I started the day by fixing our bed and cleaning our room. I also washed the dishes (The chore i hated doing the most). Now, i'm eating my lunch. Chowking halo-halo and Braised beef. Perfect for the heat! Next thing to do? Arrange my clothes in my cabinet. It's so gulo!

a sigh of relief

I've been so worried this past few weeks because of delayed schedule of my period. I was supposed to have my period around the 4th week of January but it never came. Not that I was expecting pregnancy as the cause of delay, of course not! I had delayed periods before but not this long.

This morning I felt a pain in my abdomen and thought it was only a need to flush out a few human wastes. I was surprised to see that my visitor that I've been waiting for so long has arrived. I never felt so relieved in my life. Last night before I went to sleep I was praying that if my period will arrive, meaning that everything in me is normal, I will take my board exam review seriously. I will of course after the pain go away.

I have thought of so many reasons why i'm delayed. Miscalculation, stress, and the worst, I might have a tumor or something preventing my period. But I came to the conclusion that I just might be so stressed out because I actually am. I've been thinking about a lot of things. The future mostly. Now that I feel normal again because of my period I will have to relax and just go with the flow. To stop stressing out. Of course I need to thank God later for the good news he had given me today.

Photography Lesson

I have already scheduled my free workshop at Canon, but I still have to wait until April. A good friend of mine, Sir Orville, offered to give me a few lessons in photography just so I could have an idea on what to do and expect during the workshop.

We did the lesson at Huey Ying. Wilson also wanted to learn photography so he joined in the lecture. Sir Orville started by explaining about the different buttons and dials on the DSLR. He also pointed the three very important things that I should know about, ISO, Shutter Speed, and Aperture. After the lecture it's time to take shots. The first thing he asked me to try was a trick shot with lights. We positioned ourselves near a post on the street, adjusted the settings of the camera and away we shoot!

This was supposed to look like a circle *LOL*.

I did this by rotating the lens while capturing the image

The panning effect

We also did another lesson yesterday at Glorietta. Portrait was our lesson. I don't think we were really that successful with the lesson because our models, one in particular, was uncooperative. She was laughing the whole time but I still was able to get a perfect shot of her. Here are some of our pictures.

Beh!

It took me a lot of shots before I got this one

After this we had dinner at Sbarro c/o Sir Orville. He went home with Mam Winnie afterwards while the rest of us watched a movie.

Something borrowed

Eversince I got hold of my DSLR camera, I've been wanting to learn more about photography. One of my friends who also bought a DSLR already attended the free workshop. He's willing to give me free lessons and share his knowledge about photography, so by the time I will have my workshop I know the basics na.

Photography is really a very expensive hobby. I mentioned to Sir Orville that I don't even have my tripod and camera bag yet. I was surprised when he told me he would lend me his spare camera bag and tripod. He already have lots of gears so he bought a bigger camera bag. I was so happy and thankful! I don't know when I will get my cam bag from my aunt. Maybe this summer when she comes here for a vacation.

Now that I have the basic gears, we have scheduled the photography lesson on friday. I learn about portraits.

I'm so excited na....