From: My Multiply Account
Date Posted: March 23, 2009 1:04am
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its been months since i last posted a story here..
the sudden change on my routine and my life made me, in a short period of time, impossible to do so.. change that gave a lonesome feeling on me then, however, the reason why i love staying up for more hours than i should be.. that change is my employment at the institution where i am staying now.. from being a "bum" to being a more relevant and mature individual..
i recieved the good news on january 9th of 2009.. the call that started it all.. a lady from the recruitment team of HSBC Electronic Data Processing Philippines, Inc.(HDPP) called me for an assessment of to what department i will be put into.. after the assessment, the lady told me to wait for another call for the schedule of my training.. i was almost hopeless after a couple of minutes after the call cause i realized that sometimes, when a representative from a company, particularly the recruitment team, tells you to wait, they mean you really have to wait.. like FOREVER.. then after 45mins(not exactly, could be more or less), i recieved another call.. t'was a guy from the AskHR, he told me to report to the company on jan12 for the contract signing and on the same day, i would start the training.. the next couple minutes, excitement was all i felt..
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Meeting Iya
Monday, january 12, 2009, i went to the company for the said contract signing.. only then i knew i'll be on Mortgage Services Frontend Collections. I had no idea of what it will be like and how the process goes on. The first 2 weeks of training(Connect Training) was just an introduction to the company and its policies, the America, its people and culture and the English language.. it was on that training where we first met our tranchemates, we're tranche17(called wave for other companies). We were 15 in our tranche.. I(ehy), iya, grayzie, avon, matt, rejz, lani, mazon, audi, red, aylo, jc, shey, teri and anich.. I was just minding my own world on the first two hours of the training, no one to share something with.. But among the different people inside the four corners of the training room, one girl caught my attention and thought of befriending with.. Princess Maria 'Iya' Castaneda.. The girl wearing a pair of flip flops, which is, unknown to us by that time, a violation of the policies of the company and prohibitted inside the building.. I used to be a violator wherever i am, that's why I got interested on her at the very first time of meeting her.. Plus, she was late and was the last person to enter the room(I wish I was.. haha!).
Then after two hours of introducing ourselves, we had our first 15minute break.. I and some tranchemates went out to smoke.. that's when i had my first conversation with iya, my tranchemate.. at the very first time, i knew she would be a friend to me cause there was a feeling that i would be comfortable on talking about anything with her.. and i was never wrong with my impressions cause we are very close friends now that we dont feel hesitations on saying anything with each other.. we enjoy each other's company even in the most sleepy hours.. i cant even remember a time that we made each other feel working, every moment together is just like a leisure time for us(though we often crave for a real leisure time together). We are just like in our highschool, the company is our school, our tranchemates are our classmates and our trainer is our teacher. We care for each other like sisters and share happy and sad moments like bestfriends. A real friend which is hard to find in an environment like the company where we are.
Grayzie, Another Friend
grayzie and me, greets ourselves good morning..
I cant remember how and when grayzie and I became friends.. all i know is that, she approached me and iya since she's also a smoker.. since then, we always had our cigarette breaks together.. During the first week of training, t'was only me and iya who eats at the diner together, when we became friends with grayzie, it became the three of us.. One lunchbreak, when we were smoking at the roofdeck of the building, grayzie shared a secret of hers which she never told anyone but us.. That made her more comfortable with us.. and since then, a deeper friendship was established and we called ourselves, BFF(bestfriends forever).
The whole tranche became closer with each other when we were in process training.. the training then was more challenging than the first, connect training.. some were almost giving up but no one did.. everyone was able to finish process training and everyone fortunately passed..
Goodbye Matt
with my chubby, cute, discreet tranchemate, matt..
Matt was a good friend of mine.. he's the most gentle man on our tranche.. he was also with us every break cause he's also a smoker.. he's so mysterious cause he's a discreet type of guy.. and i was flattered that i was one of the few people who was able to make him laugh when we were having our training.. i never thought he would do what he did when we entered ISD.. i was shocked and saddened by the news on the first day of ISD training.. Mazon was then the bearer of the bad news that Matt was resigning.. The thought of losing someone in our tranche that early made me feel sad.. Having the training done could have been happier if we were complete..
Three Youngest..
I am the youngest in our tranche, only 18.. next is avon, 21, followed by iya, 22.. being the three youngest, we possessed all the "kakulitan" in our tranche.. i and iya often shared jokes even in the middle of discussion.. avon and I would share all the "kalog" traits during free times.. and when the three of us were together, wow! no one would think we're working in a financial institution.. our laughs, our trips, our talks.. no one would think we're serious being in the company.. are we? yes! we just dont seem like we are, but believe me, we are serious on having the job..
the three youngest of tranche17.. iya, avon, and ehy..
Parting..
after more than two months of being together, we were distributed to our own teams.. I and grayzie are still together with team southpark of Mhy Calamlam.. Iya is with other team and so are my other tranchemates.. i am saddened by the idea that we cannot be in one team.. and i know that iya is feeling the same way too.. but that is one thing that we should have been prepared of.. that there will always be a time for parting.. that nothing is constant in our environment.. that we are here not to have fun at all times.. but to give service to the company and get paid..
i miss tranche 17.. i miss BFF(Iya, Grayzie and Ehy), i miss BFF's firends(Mazon, Audi and Matt), i miss the mommies(teri, anich, rejz, cathy and lani, shey), i miss the three youngest(iya, avon and ehy), i miss my favorite color(red), i miss the guy i hate(jc), i miss mr. mute button(aylo), i miss the way we were.. again, i miss tranche 17.. goodluck guys!!!
the sudden change on my routine and my life made me, in a short period of time, impossible to do so.. change that gave a lonesome feeling on me then, however, the reason why i love staying up for more hours than i should be.. that change is my employment at the institution where i am staying now.. from being a "bum" to being a more relevant and mature individual..
i recieved the good news on january 9th of 2009.. the call that started it all.. a lady from the recruitment team of HSBC Electronic Data Processing Philippines, Inc.(HDPP) called me for an assessment of to what department i will be put into.. after the assessment, the lady told me to wait for another call for the schedule of my training.. i was almost hopeless after a couple of minutes after the call cause i realized that sometimes, when a representative from a company, particularly the recruitment team, tells you to wait, they mean you really have to wait.. like FOREVER.. then after 45mins(not exactly, could be more or less), i recieved another call.. t'was a guy from the AskHR, he told me to report to the company on jan12 for the contract signing and on the same day, i would start the training.. the next couple minutes, excitement was all i felt..
signature
Meeting Iya
Monday, january 12, 2009, i went to the company for the said contract signing.. only then i knew i'll be on Mortgage Services Frontend Collections. I had no idea of what it will be like and how the process goes on. The first 2 weeks of training(Connect Training) was just an introduction to the company and its policies, the America, its people and culture and the English language.. it was on that training where we first met our tranchemates, we're tranche17(called wave for other companies). We were 15 in our tranche.. I(ehy), iya, grayzie, avon, matt, rejz, lani, mazon, audi, red, aylo, jc, shey, teri and anich.. I was just minding my own world on the first two hours of the training, no one to share something with.. But among the different people inside the four corners of the training room, one girl caught my attention and thought of befriending with.. Princess Maria 'Iya' Castaneda.. The girl wearing a pair of flip flops, which is, unknown to us by that time, a violation of the policies of the company and prohibitted inside the building.. I used to be a violator wherever i am, that's why I got interested on her at the very first time of meeting her.. Plus, she was late and was the last person to enter the room(I wish I was.. haha!).
Me and Iya smiles like we dont feel stressed by a sleepless training.
Then after two hours of introducing ourselves, we had our first 15minute break.. I and some tranchemates went out to smoke.. that's when i had my first conversation with iya, my tranchemate.. at the very first time, i knew she would be a friend to me cause there was a feeling that i would be comfortable on talking about anything with her.. and i was never wrong with my impressions cause we are very close friends now that we dont feel hesitations on saying anything with each other.. we enjoy each other's company even in the most sleepy hours.. i cant even remember a time that we made each other feel working, every moment together is just like a leisure time for us(though we often crave for a real leisure time together). We are just like in our highschool, the company is our school, our tranchemates are our classmates and our trainer is our teacher. We care for each other like sisters and share happy and sad moments like bestfriends. A real friend which is hard to find in an environment like the company where we are.
Grayzie, Another Friend
grayzie and me, greets ourselves good morning..I cant remember how and when grayzie and I became friends.. all i know is that, she approached me and iya since she's also a smoker.. since then, we always had our cigarette breaks together.. During the first week of training, t'was only me and iya who eats at the diner together, when we became friends with grayzie, it became the three of us.. One lunchbreak, when we were smoking at the roofdeck of the building, grayzie shared a secret of hers which she never told anyone but us.. That made her more comfortable with us.. and since then, a deeper friendship was established and we called ourselves, BFF(bestfriends forever).
The whole tranche became closer with each other when we were in process training.. the training then was more challenging than the first, connect training.. some were almost giving up but no one did.. everyone was able to finish process training and everyone fortunately passed..
Goodbye Matt
with my chubby, cute, discreet tranchemate, matt..
Matt was a good friend of mine.. he's the most gentle man on our tranche.. he was also with us every break cause he's also a smoker.. he's so mysterious cause he's a discreet type of guy.. and i was flattered that i was one of the few people who was able to make him laugh when we were having our training.. i never thought he would do what he did when we entered ISD.. i was shocked and saddened by the news on the first day of ISD training.. Mazon was then the bearer of the bad news that Matt was resigning.. The thought of losing someone in our tranche that early made me feel sad.. Having the training done could have been happier if we were complete..
Three Youngest..
I am the youngest in our tranche, only 18.. next is avon, 21, followed by iya, 22.. being the three youngest, we possessed all the "kakulitan" in our tranche.. i and iya often shared jokes even in the middle of discussion.. avon and I would share all the "kalog" traits during free times.. and when the three of us were together, wow! no one would think we're working in a financial institution.. our laughs, our trips, our talks.. no one would think we're serious being in the company.. are we? yes! we just dont seem like we are, but believe me, we are serious on having the job..
Parting..
after more than two months of being together, we were distributed to our own teams.. I and grayzie are still together with team southpark of Mhy Calamlam.. Iya is with other team and so are my other tranchemates.. i am saddened by the idea that we cannot be in one team.. and i know that iya is feeling the same way too.. but that is one thing that we should have been prepared of.. that there will always be a time for parting.. that nothing is constant in our environment.. that we are here not to have fun at all times.. but to give service to the company and get paid..
i miss tranche 17.. i miss BFF(Iya, Grayzie and Ehy), i miss BFF's firends(Mazon, Audi and Matt), i miss the mommies(teri, anich, rejz, cathy and lani, shey), i miss the three youngest(iya, avon and ehy), i miss my favorite color(red), i miss the guy i hate(jc), i miss mr. mute button(aylo), i miss the way we were.. again, i miss tranche 17.. goodluck guys!!!
