hello...went to the us embassy this afternoon to have my interview for the working visa...will get it by tomorrow...scary na...sobrang lapit na...ang weird ng feeling...
anyways, globyglo...paramdam ka naman!!!

Hi guys.

I have to ask your advice. I am trying to enter the field of finance and investment. Pero ang hirap makapasok dahil they always ask for experience. although tapos ko na ang MA ko, whenever I apply for position in that field, nililipat ako ng HR sa corporate research kasi yun yung work experience ko. I don't know what to do anymore. How should I deal with this kaya. Baka meron naman kayong similar experience, pashare naman.

Hi guys.

I have to ask your advice. I am trying to enter the field of finance and investment. Pero ang hirap makapasok dahil they always ask for experience. although tapos ko na ang MA ko, whenever I apply for position in that field, nililipat ako ng HR sa corporate research kasi yun yung work experience ko. I don't know what to do anymore. How should I deal with this kaya. Baka meron naman kayong similar experience, pashare naman.

hi...how was the bday celebration? i saw na nagpakita si shiela ah! hehehe...

anyways laters ulit!

marlon, saykolow...remember the job opening that you sent to me before? yung research manager thing sa phils...they just got back to me today...called me today pero wasn't able to pick it up (thank god)...tas they emailed me...in a way, im grateful sa pagka-slow nila, otherwise, i might have accepted the offer dati (before the NY offer) kasi nga priority ko that time was to go home...

anyways, laters!

merong type si marlon dito na indian!

pero di sia 5-6...

happy birthday lani and cherryl!!!

sent an email to directors asking for a copy of the "continued service provision" as i haven't signed anything related to it. wanted to see as well what else is stipulated there that i should know about.

anyways, i just wanna get this over with...it's just a couple of weeks but so much energy/time has been spent already...

Anyways, so we had a talk. I'll be extending not one, but two weeks more. So my last day here would be July 7 (initial plan was 23rd of June). They mentioned something about a "continued service provision." This is a provision that says that technically, I am still an employee of the company even if I resigned from Vietnam. Hence, my planned "vacation" of three weeks is actually a "leave." And since it is only June, I am only allowed 9 days' leave (half year's allowable leave). Therefore, I CANNOT take three weeks' leave. And the US did not particularly agree to moving my start date of July 24.

So this is a bit strange as this only came up now. It was like they were actually trying to exhaust all avenues so I could stay longer. My director said that the same case happened to him as well (deep inside, I was thinking, "But I'm not even a director yet!).

Anyways, it's all OK now. I feel a little helpless about this reality (it's like fighting a Goliath). But I reluctantly accept this as hopefully, the US stint will help me develop more as a person.

Hi Cherryl,
Thanks. I'm ok now...
The reason why I was infuriated is that I interpreted the email below as something like this: please consider an extension because there is no one to handle my accounts yet (Hello! Madaming capable na tao dito I'm sure. Subra. Di naman ako nag-iisa dito.) and please also consider reducing vacation time in the phils (Hello! Papa-extend nio ko tas papa-reduce nio time ko for my family and friends! Hindi pede yan.). And the part about submitting a report to the regional people on how the transition in Vietnam went was like telling me na "if you don't do as we like, we'll tell on you." Kainis.
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Hi Bel

I?ve contacted US and they are considering a couple of things. One, whether they could push the start date a week or so and secondly whether they would support your looking for accommodation for a few hours here and there whilst you?re going through induction. I?ve done this before myself and it can fit in quite easily as you will not be 100% booked up with projects on arrival.

Alongside that I?d ask you to consider less than a month off. If you didn?t need to arrive a week early (because IR are flexible in helping you find somewhere in office hours) would then 2 instead of 3 weeks holiday in Philippines be sufficient for you?

This would make it easier to stick towards the original timing we had planned. I?ll wait for a response from David and Solani. I also know Deepak pretty well so I?m sure we can find a compromise.

Regards handover, Celine has been interviewing many candidates for a couple of months now without too much success apart from at more junior levels perhaps. This may mean we have to transition some support out of the team. I will ask Celine and Joe to make a decision quickly on this so that you can plan a final transition of the Handover material you have prepared. Obviously, if we?re still working to a July timeline this will be much easier.

It is normal for us to be asked to submit a short summary of the way the handover and transition worked for regional, just to make sure all is well.