I’m actually writing this text while I’m here at training in my new office *9:32am* (but I will be posting this in UP later when I get there).
It’s getting a bit annoying now because I can’t keep up with the pace. The other employees training with me already have their respective languages and they will simply have to port their knowledge (java & C) to C++. What I knoW in C++ was already exhausted on day1 training! The whole of Math170.1 was discussed during day1. Haha. We have been discussing C++ jargons that are virtually alien to me. Functions, methods, objects, classes, constructors, destructors, scope operators, overloading, etc. Whew. Naghalo-halo na lahat, lalo tuloy akong naguluhan. But I am more challenged than ever… because I know that given enough time, I will learn all these. �
*morning break: 1 tuna clubhouse sandwich & 2 glasses of nestea mandarin* 10:20-10:45
MRT anecdote:
Yesterday, we were dismissed rather late. Supposedly, training is only until 5pm but we were dismissed 6:15pm yesterday. I hurried towards the Ayala station along with the other rush hour people. The crowd was generally going in the same direction as I was. When I got inside the station, people are literally swarming. The queue was unusually long ang slow-moving. White guards appeared and are starting to close down the entry points. I was already 3rd in line when the guards started closing the gates at my leftside (I was at the right most portion of the entry points). Another guard was holding a megaphone and announced that the platform below is full and that they are temporarily closing the gates until the people below are accomodated. I quickly slipped through the gate while the commotion was happening. When I got inside, even the escalators are full of people. Jampacked would be an understatment. I saw people going down instead at the the south-bound platform so I followed them. They will be taking the round trip instead. Magallanes & Taft stations were also full. People inside my cab didn’t go out anymore, so I stayed inside too. The trip to Cubao went smoothly from there. I had it timed: 1h:14m from Ayala underpass up to Cubao.
I wonder if I will be facing the same situations when I start working here? Just a thought.
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Before I forget, I would like to take time to say my Goodluck! to Pen. Her thesis defense will be tomorrow afternoon. I know you will be able to pull it off tomorrow Pen. There will be no more sleepless nights. After your defense, hopefully, minor adjustments na lang ang kailangan. Printing, photocopying and binding will be a breeze after that. I’ll gladly help you in any way I can even if I am already legally working here in my new office by then �. Celebration of your defense will follow. Don’t worry too much ok?
