Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Post-election reminiscing

Think working as a PCOS Supervisor and Technician during the first Philippine automated elections is a piece of cake? Ha-ha! I wish! That's what I first thought, as I was impressed when we were trained, complete with allowance and accommodation. Mind you, though, the exam was so intense I just had a so-so grade, but I passed! Working was a great experience for me, having an important role during the elections. That's the most positive I can say. The rest... honestly, made the monster character in me alive. Whew! Things I surely will not forget... *The night before election day and one of our precincts had a PCOS machine with defective CF Card. Note: we had it replaced twice and it still didn't work. What was the big deal? ABS-CBN local news reporters wanted to interview us. Oh no, not again! So I told my co-supervisor, Sir "Angel-with-huge-wings" to escape thru the municipal building's back-door. The precinct in question was under his accountability, so he was most nervous about it. If I could just take a video of that scene, our team would be laughing out loud! *When I was confronted by a group of Anak-Pawis watchers who wanted to file a protest against us - me and my technician for allegedly destroying the PCOS machine. This is where my "inner monster" almost came out. I calmed myself and slowly counted to ten. Explained to them that we didn't destroy the PCOS machine because it was in perfect running condition except for the CF card that was not compatible. If you follow the latest news, you would surely know why. *We've been interviewed on GMA Primera Balita, twice. The first was for assuring the public that the elections will go well. This interview was a surprise, we were simply having a meeting when GMATv came. Please find a video below, not from an embed but from my digicam, it's the best I could come up with. *The second, was for asking that the agency pay us our just compensation ^^,(Note: up to this time plenty of techs and supervisors have not been paid) Photobucket
People I would surely remember *Our town's Election Officer who so gladly extended his assistance and authority. He gave us the assurance and confidence in attending to our job and that made all the difference. A great job well done for our town! *My co-supervisor who called NSC non-stop with agent 118, courting her over the phone. Yes, that's Super "Angel-with-huge-wings" Very funny if you ask me!This co-supervisor of mine has skills in negotiation that I have not seen ever. Ma-diskarte. Until now he is in demand. I would recommend him for helping all of us get our salary. *The soldier Masonsong, who is -admittedly- a lady tech-killer. Bukam-bibig: "Ano ang cellphone number nya/nila?" referring to the our lady-technicians. I am so thankful that we were given the opportunity to work during the elections. It surely made us better and we learned a lot. So much so that I have a few recommendations for the next automated elections. Let me leave those for now and blog about it when the next election comes. It was all worth it! God bless the Philippines!

Thursday, June 3, 2010

Thanks to all my droppers this May!

Thanks to everyone who dropped by often, despite my not being actively blogging this past month. Thank you very very much for keeping me company.

I've been extremely busy working before and until the end of the first Philippine Automated Elections 2010. I worked as Precinct Count Optical Scanner(PCOS) Supervisor which, to be honest, also baffled me at times due to the lack of training we had. It turns out, everything went bad but none of our fault - thankfully! As of now, the tension and stress of it is over that I'm just sooo glad to be back to my normal day-to-day activities! Will tell you more in the days to come...

And for the linkylove, here's to you Top Ten EC Droppers...





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Saturday, April 17, 2010

Featured Ebooks This April

Hello again to everyone!

My apologies to my readers and followers for not having posted anything as of late. I'm currently busy as a part of the coming elections in our town and am still in training at times.

For this April I've added more ebooks that I would personally recommend. As summer is my favorite time, aside from Christmas time, it is also a time to learn something new or to relax and sit down reading a good book.

My recommended reads are available here:

Famous Five Series ebook bundle (recommended for ages 9-15)

more to add next time, enjoy reading!

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Thanks to all my Entrecard Droppers this March!

Thanks to everyone who regularly dropped and visited me this March via Entrecard. Thanks also to those who left comments, advertised and chatted with me.

Friday, March 26, 2010

Let's support Earth Hour 2010



Tonight we will be turning off our lights for an hour from 8:30 - 9:30 PM (our local time)
We believe in conserving our environment and reducing our carbon footprint.

I strongly believe that if we can make a concerted effort to care for our environment, it will also be kind to us.
 

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