During my last year as a college student in University of the Philippines in the Visayas (UPV), I worked as a developer of Computerized Registration and Student Information System (CRSIS) for the office of the Registrar. This is a project based and the compensation is given once the job is finished. This job helped me a lot in my financial needs during that last semester. And I was very thankful to the registrar that time, Prof. M. Alcarde, for giving me the opportunity to work with them even though I am still finishing my college that time.

I have had many bad experiences with UPV staffs but I’ll tell the stories about them later on a separate post. This one happened in the Office of Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs (OVCAA) one morning of the last semester of my college days. I already finished the project assigned to me and therefore I  applied for the release of my compensation. The documents needed to be processed in a “systematic order” where it should be approved by offices related to the project. I expected my documents will be processed for about a week or two. But more than three weeks have passed and still I have not heard anything about my compensation so tried to trace where my documents got stranded. So I went to each offices from the first office where the papers should go and up, and my papers was tracked down in OVCAA. I asked the office who forwarded my papers to the OVCAA when did they submit my papers to OVCAA and they told me it was more than a week ago. I was pissed off of course. So I went to OVCAA and asked them about my papers and what cause the delay. They tried to find my papers and they found it under a pile of other NEW documents and that is why it was not processed. So i told them that I was waiting for my compensation for about a month already and only to find out it was lost under some pile of their documents. Some woman working in that office told me that I should have followed up my papers. What an excuse they have so I told them (including other employees on that office especially the one near the door because she is the one in charged for my paper), “Why do I need to follow up on my papers? If you are only doing your job, we don’t need to follow things up. I am frustrated that I am doing my job and OTHERS don’t. Good bye!” When I got back to the office,  my office mate told me that someone from OVCAA asked her if I was really working at our office. For what purpose why they called and asked if I was working there? Or were they trying to avenge the humiliation they got from me? Such a bunch of losers.

That afternoon, my papers were already in the payroll department and ready to be release tomorrow of that day. Thanks to those worthless staff, we are paying them with our taxes for nothing.

I’ve been a fan of Manny Pacquiao since he was still a teenager fighting in Blow by Blow. I always wanted to see him fight in the ring, win or lose, because he is a great fighter where you can see power & speed with finesse. I am always entertained by him and there was a time I palpitated because of too much excitement he brought to me when he fought Erik Morales.

Although he had defeated Juan Manuel Marquez, I am not yet convince that he had really won because it was a split decision. Their first match was also a split draw which is not very clear who really won. The only thing that would make me settle who really won between Pacquiao and Marquez is by knockout. I know it is very hard for Pacquiao to penetrate Marquez because Marquez is a counter puncher. But with the experience and the training Pacquiao had underwent with Freddie Roach, I think the next time they meet in the ring, Pacquiao has the power to knock Marquez out. I really do hope that Maquez would win his fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. because I want to see a good match again between Pacquiao and Marquez. Mayweather is all just air in the head, but, nevertheless I would also want Pacquiao to silent him if ever he would win his match against Marquez this July of 2009.

I still watch videos of Pacquiao fights online over and over again.