when it rains, it pours!
it has been a while since i've last updated this blog....and i guess my decision of reviving it may benefit me in a way so i can release my feelings...be it positive or negative without hurting anyone with my words or actions...
anyway, let's start off with what happened yesterday. well, i felt it was my lucky day...to start with, during our morning break, our team went to starbucks to have breakfast...when it was my turn to pay i received this customer voice coupon which entitles you to a free tall beverage of your choice when you log in to the starbucks website and answer a short survey. it only took me around 5-10mins to complete the survey and voila! free coffee! then, after office hours, my bf and i went to greenbelt to shop for some gifts (yes, i so loooove cramming!) since there are still a few people left in my list without christmas gifts....(well, as of today i still have around 10 people)...but boy was i delighted to see what i wanted to give to them in the shops i visited! then after that, since i brought my sister's macbook with me so i can upgrade the OS...we went to visit power mac center in greenbelt....i really love the people there!!! they are so friendly and you can see that they are happy with what they do for a living....and the OS upgrade was for free!! we said thank you to the girl and also asked her if working there was fun....and obviously she did confirm it! ;-) so to end the night we had coffee in starbucks (again! good thing coffee does not affect my sleeping time!) and free wifi!!
little did i know that that was the end of my lucky day....i though it could go on for a week....ok, ok, i know that'd have to be called a lucky week...hahaha...humor me! well ok so just to update you on what happened today....the first half of the day was quite uneventful for me but come 5 o'clock...here comes one problem....
well...let me just give you an overview of a project i've been working on for about one month already...i have been assigned to test this certain project...everything was provided, the test script, test data....everything...but upon checking of the test script...it did not tally with my data...so adjusting was needed to fit the test script based on the data i had.....there were maybe about 5 versions of the test script before i got to start with it....this project should be implemented on Jan 1, by hook or by crook....so ok start of testing, upon initial screening of the data...some were invalid and others have adjustments and would not be fit for what we were testing....so when we started we had 123 test data then upon initial testing, it was now down to 84. testing required comparing of values in the test script vs what was reflected in the system after some batch jobs....so along the way some negligible differences were noted and some not so negligible differences were also noted but still, they gave me the go signal to proceed with the testing. the department who was handling computations of some sort even asked for the source code of our mainframe system so they can look into the notable differences in some of the data....after a month or so nothing was heard from them...so i assumed it was correct...i was even concerned when they asked for the source code because i didn't know how they can read the program. but then they told me it was their problem, so provide them with the source code i did......but after i talked to them a while ago...they were telling our dept to check on the program so we can look into the cause of the difference in values....whatever happened to the source code they asked for???!!!??? they told me that they had other things to do.....i wanted to tell them, 'what the??!!?? didn't you tell me that it was your problem how you would look into the program? so now you tell me that it's OUR problem......" people...i do wish that sometimes they own up to what they say they will do.....because i do exert a lot of effort to accomplish what i'd promise anyone i'd do.....so end of problem one...
after a few minutes, i get an email from our HR saying that i had a tax adjustment....no it's not a refund...actually it's the other way around....they had to deduct around 15k from me because of....what's that again?? i don't even know now...i went to their area to demand an explanation and all i get is 'yes, i understand....' but no resolution....i felt so helpless...since they will be starting the deduction this payout period!!! wow....and they even told me in my email that they will deduct it semi-monthly so it won't be too huge an amount for me to shoulder....thanks, huh? an advise the day before the deduction...how cool is that?!?! i hate it...i don't even know what to do now..i was asking for the details of how they came up with the figures but they said it will be sent tomorrow since our payroll is outsourced...
then, as if two problems weren't enough, my mom called...my aunt is now in the hospital, she slid off the stairs of the MRT (if i understood it right...) and now she's confined in cardinal santos....is it really true that everything comes in threes??
so there goes my day....it has been a roller coaster ride for me...i do wish you people had a nice and warm Christmas!! and i wish you all a happy new year...as for me...i don't know if i can be happy this new year....
anyway, let's start off with what happened yesterday. well, i felt it was my lucky day...to start with, during our morning break, our team went to starbucks to have breakfast...when it was my turn to pay i received this customer voice coupon which entitles you to a free tall beverage of your choice when you log in to the starbucks website and answer a short survey. it only took me around 5-10mins to complete the survey and voila! free coffee! then, after office hours, my bf and i went to greenbelt to shop for some gifts (yes, i so loooove cramming!) since there are still a few people left in my list without christmas gifts....(well, as of today i still have around 10 people)...but boy was i delighted to see what i wanted to give to them in the shops i visited! then after that, since i brought my sister's macbook with me so i can upgrade the OS...we went to visit power mac center in greenbelt....i really love the people there!!! they are so friendly and you can see that they are happy with what they do for a living....and the OS upgrade was for free!! we said thank you to the girl and also asked her if working there was fun....and obviously she did confirm it! ;-) so to end the night we had coffee in starbucks (again! good thing coffee does not affect my sleeping time!) and free wifi!!
little did i know that that was the end of my lucky day....i though it could go on for a week....ok, ok, i know that'd have to be called a lucky week...hahaha...humor me! well ok so just to update you on what happened today....the first half of the day was quite uneventful for me but come 5 o'clock...here comes one problem....
well...let me just give you an overview of a project i've been working on for about one month already...i have been assigned to test this certain project...everything was provided, the test script, test data....everything...but upon checking of the test script...it did not tally with my data...so adjusting was needed to fit the test script based on the data i had.....there were maybe about 5 versions of the test script before i got to start with it....this project should be implemented on Jan 1, by hook or by crook....so ok start of testing, upon initial screening of the data...some were invalid and others have adjustments and would not be fit for what we were testing....so when we started we had 123 test data then upon initial testing, it was now down to 84. testing required comparing of values in the test script vs what was reflected in the system after some batch jobs....so along the way some negligible differences were noted and some not so negligible differences were also noted but still, they gave me the go signal to proceed with the testing. the department who was handling computations of some sort even asked for the source code of our mainframe system so they can look into the notable differences in some of the data....after a month or so nothing was heard from them...so i assumed it was correct...i was even concerned when they asked for the source code because i didn't know how they can read the program. but then they told me it was their problem, so provide them with the source code i did......but after i talked to them a while ago...they were telling our dept to check on the program so we can look into the cause of the difference in values....whatever happened to the source code they asked for???!!!??? they told me that they had other things to do.....i wanted to tell them, 'what the??!!?? didn't you tell me that it was your problem how you would look into the program? so now you tell me that it's OUR problem......" people...i do wish that sometimes they own up to what they say they will do.....because i do exert a lot of effort to accomplish what i'd promise anyone i'd do.....so end of problem one...
after a few minutes, i get an email from our HR saying that i had a tax adjustment....no it's not a refund...actually it's the other way around....they had to deduct around 15k from me because of....what's that again?? i don't even know now...i went to their area to demand an explanation and all i get is 'yes, i understand....' but no resolution....i felt so helpless...since they will be starting the deduction this payout period!!! wow....and they even told me in my email that they will deduct it semi-monthly so it won't be too huge an amount for me to shoulder....thanks, huh? an advise the day before the deduction...how cool is that?!?! i hate it...i don't even know what to do now..i was asking for the details of how they came up with the figures but they said it will be sent tomorrow since our payroll is outsourced...
then, as if two problems weren't enough, my mom called...my aunt is now in the hospital, she slid off the stairs of the MRT (if i understood it right...) and now she's confined in cardinal santos....is it really true that everything comes in threes??
so there goes my day....it has been a roller coaster ride for me...i do wish you people had a nice and warm Christmas!! and i wish you all a happy new year...as for me...i don't know if i can be happy this new year....
posted by inuoe at 21:22
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