Pouring Rain
Rain poured yesterday, an eventful and welcomed respite after a sleepless night of hot, humid weather. Weather forecasts indicates the rainy season is almost upon us, I'll have to put back the umbrella on bag again and be ready. Singapore has a sophisticated and very well planned flooding system, although last year there was flooding in Bukit Timah, I think it was the 1% out of 100% effectivity, which leaves us with 99% probability of no flooding. Which is leaps and bounds from what we have in the Philippines, no one is thinking long term, the cisterns are small and constantly flooded, the people are not disciplined enough to know that littering will clog up the drainage and they will ultimately suffer from the flooding.
Hot Days
It has been so hot the past couple of days that it feels like the world has become a global sauna. Airconditioning units are struggling to keep up to no avail, we had to turn it off and open the windows, but in a very humid country such as Singapore it sometimes is futile. We'll have to trudge along and try to cope up. One very popular sandwich store at the office yesterday closed shop, a sign was left for their avid customer, "Went off to escape the heat, will be back monday". I was cursing the cold weather in London last November, how I wish it was that cold now, around 10 degrees I think is just a good temperature. Last I hear, London was also nearing 30. Siberia might be a good place to scape and cool off ? Showers over the weekend is the forecast, I hope it brings lots of cool breeze and bring the temperature downwards. Is hoping for 14% hoping for too much?
Outbound Telemarketing Executive – Manila
Hello Everyone,
The company I work for is looking for someone to fill in the position below. I'm not familiar with the operations in Manila but the HR functions I believe are handled by the same HR here in SG and I can say that they are good. The company has a good global working environment, very professional, keeps you sharp and on your toes with very high standards and a reputation second to none. Benefits are also above normal and best of all, working with a world class global team.
More details on the position after the jump.
Back from the Convention
I am now back from the Toastmasters District 75 Convention in Davao City. It was my first national convention but not my first time in Davao. We had a lot of fun as I was with my close office buddies for this trip. We experienced a lot of first. The definite highlights of the trip were the 300 meter zip line and the whole fresh tuna sashimi.
Toastmasters District 75 Convention
I will be flying to Davao City very early tomorrow morning together with my fellow Aboitiz Toastmasters, This will be my first District Convention and I am eager to attend. I am also eager to hear from the keynote speaker, Bo Sanchez, as I have seen and heard him from TV as well as read his blog and published articles.
Get out of your comfort zone
Staying in place or in one place and position for too long makes it a comfort zone, tendency is that peoples head becomes big and we become full of ourselves, unmindful of what really is the true situation outside our box(comfort zone).
Personal and Work Life
It has long been a general and accepted conception that work and personal life and different and being such must not cross over into the other's boundaries. I would however disagree to this, and I have come to this conviction just recently(a year or so back).
Communication and Collaboration
Two of the most over-used and hyper-inflated terms currently used in corporate environments, I think innovation is number one and I will dedicate one whole post/article specifically for innovation as it very close to my heart. Communication and Collaboration is vital in any organization, even in relationships and in our own families. It is therefore not new for private corporations to set it's sights on these two to be capitalized.