selling out?

I just sold my soul to the devil, i think.

Today was the oh-so-anticipated day of my working career. Yup, that's right, i've signed a contract, regularizing my work at the place i'm working at. Actually, this has been two months overdue, but heck, at least now i'm getting my fair share of the pie!

I have a strange agreement with the people i work for. Since i am employed in one of the companies they own, i only get a certain amount of benefits, but i work for three more companies they own with it. Since i'll be regularized, i'll have a slight (and i do mean SLIGHT) increase in my pay, but i'll be "absorbed" into the other company, which provides better benefits for their employees. Sounds good? well, it should since i'm working my ass off for four companies now (and i'm the only one for this particular task --- no help here!) Still, it's good to finally be recognized and given benefits after slaving off for 6 months. Now, if i can just hang on to my sanity and stay for another 6 months....

I guess all the bugging i've been doing at the HR dept. and my bosses have paid off, but the results may just be a little late--- since it's oayday today i don';t get to see the reflection of said transaction on my paycheck till next payday :-( Sigh... all those shoes and not one can be bought... *sigh*

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This has been a busy day actually. Amidst the contract signing, i had to run a few errands for my boss, like get some pictures developed. This owuld have been fun, 'cept that for today i decided to "dress up" and wear my nice shoes (a.k.a. hard to walk on) and skirt to work. Walking around for about 4 blocks in those heels and sweating under the hot sun was not exactly my idea of fun, but hey, it had ot be done. YARGH.

It was cool though, because i was able to get out of the office for a bit. My boss, since he had some stuff ot do, made me go to our Makati stores to check things out and deliver some stuff so that was fun too. It gave me a chance to check out the stiores and deal with themanagers, as well as get feedback and personal insights on what can be done for the stores.

Met Jason at CBTL-g3 after that. We watched Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, this CGI movie which had Jude Law,Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie in it. Pretty good CG, kinda lame plot (several scenes reminded me of several movies, which kinda made it stink in my book--- if the scenes in a movie start to look like a rip-off, it's NOT good) but it had a comic book appeal which i liked.

We had dinner at Banana Leaf Curry after that, and kinda checked out the shops in the G3 area. It's amazing what you can find in that place! I've been there a couple of times, but i still get entranced by all the things you can get there... for example, who would believe you can get a P150 blouse in Makati? :-P Was hoping to buy something for the Bora trip next weekend but ended up empty. Still, it wasn't a big loss.

We dropped by Balay Kalinaw for Lily's singing. She's amazing! Her voice is really good (ok, so she was a jazz singer before, but still!!) and she can draw a crowd so easily. :-) Great nightcap for a pretty long and exhausting day :-D