Thursday, January 3, 2008

day shift, a new year present

finally, i am back to my morning shift. i am a normal person again: i am getting enough sleep, walking the morning streets refresh and more importantly having my social life.

i miss this shift since i was always a day shifter ever since i started working for the company until our management thought of changing our operation hours. i was one of the unfortunate employees that were chosen for the experiment to suceed and eventually it did.

when the management was already settled, they've conducted a shift bid. i was really worried of not getting the shift i preferred. since i am no longer studying---no more special treatments, i thought. nonetheless, it seemed like fate move on my side and gave me good evaluations that became my ticket to choose a day shift.

i am starting my shift from 8 in the morning to 5 in the afternoon now. its like working in a government agency except that they're breaks are almost half of their entire shift (no offense).

not because its new year but yesterday, i tried riding a jeep to work for a change. normally, i ride a cab because there are no direct line of jeep from my place in katipunan to the office. i actually have this attitude that as long as it would only take me one ride, regardless if this is to siargao(ofcourse this hyperbole---hehehe), it would be nearer than a two ride trip to my friends in cubao. but i thought i should begin to used myself in riding jeep to work or to any where i go. not only for practicality purposes but also for me to finally familiarize myself in the metropolitan streets.

but after having a bad experience with riding jeepnies through aurora-anonas going to tomas morato route (refer to previous post), i thought of going the other way around. i rode a jeep to UP diliman. then took another route going to pantranco. although it was almost an hour trip, i was still able to reach office 45 minutes earlier to my actual shift.

in addition, i already had my work out, watch the morning news and fixed my bed before going to work, which i NEVER do. seriously, i felt that i am beginning to be a better person now.
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unfortunately, i woke up today late and took a cab again. well, who said changes are a one day process?

9 comments:

Mel said...

day shift... what a lucky guy! hehehe

Anonymous said...

hehehe, 'di ka na buhay-bampira....nyehehe

Abad said...

Sakit sa ulo nga ang magcommute, jeep man o taxi. bloghopped.

wanderingcommuter said...

mel: hehehe. why are you a night shifter?

blogadikted: hey its been a long while... hindi na ako buhay pokpok...hehehe. buhay government employee now. see the analogy? hehehe

abad: sinabi mo pa! hahaha

gerrycho said...

graveyard shift will practically place u in a graveyard faster... :D

siguro kaya yun ang itinawag dito nyaha!

by the way.. i have linked you in my blog :D kung ok lang po... xchange links :)

Anonymous said...

hahahaha, pretty much the same if u ask me, nothing will change a person's lifestyle, just the hours nyahahaha

wanderingcommuter said...

gerrycho: before i thought kaya graveyard kasi may mga lumalabas sa graveyard at mga graveyard em,ployees yun. hahaha...

no problem!

blogadikted: it does. believe me, most of the time by the time i reach home matutulog na ako. tapos sa hapon tinatamad ka na bumangon. nakahiga ka lang.

Mel said...

@wanderer: hehe, i've always been a night shifter, kahet nung wala akong work, night shift pa rin ang buhay ko haha!

wanderingcommuter said...

mel: pareho tayong nocturnal. pero ako nocturnal ako kapag hindi ako nagtratrabaho. i was forced to be a day person dahil sa work. hehehe.