Shades of Grey and White

So now there ball is in  my court. I passed the Real Estate exam. Yay!. I feel even better than when I passed the Civil Service Exam.Well they said count your blessings and when that girl in the Feng Shui shop said 2013  might not be nice for me, I know I cringed but prayers really helped a lot. My mom's overconfident that this year's her lucky year, she always tells me to tag along with her because she can give me the luck I need. Well, I'm not sure if I got the success from my mom, but I'm happy to say that my success is for my mom and my family (of course that includes Joanne). Long story short,  because of what she said, I always update her of everything, my plans and what I'm eyeing for in the office. Until now she rumbles about me not having a BF or whines about my plans about having a family. Damnit! she knows I'm with a girl but still can't accept it I guess. Just last month she asked me to watch a video of  a 23 year old Colombian girl who died for 23 hours. What's with the number 23?.. Anyways she saw heaven and earth and she narrated everything she saw and how terrible, scary and creepy it is down there. She talked about what God wanted us all here to know, that we have to repent and change because time might not be enough for us. I have to say that what really caught my attention, was when she saw her mom and brother on their way to hell, yet they still are alive. God said that she has to talk to her family about what she witnessed and what she saw as well to save them, that although we are still alive our soul might be trudging his way to hell. It's scary! , I kinda believe it, I'm not saying that part of me says that it's not true, but maybe in denial. The question here is, did I change at all after watching the video. The answer is yes, a little and it's a work in progress.

So let me go back to the topic. After having passed the Broker's exam. I've been working with the team in terms of bonding, but I think I'm the type of person who can't really get a long with those kind of people. I mean some of them are okay but the others like the guys are really not getting along well. As a Product Ready Trainer I had to take calls, train and then take calls again. It was a gruesome role hehe a  grueling role, but for me was very rewarding. I was able to connect more to the agents because at least I know the trends and the types of calls hey are getting. As a PRT, I was also thought to stick to the Facilitator's Guide each time I teach. But since I also am taking calls, things that I find not helpful on the Faci Guide, I research on. This is what can really wow most of the agents. Still, I have to say, you can't please everyone. There always will be agents who would doubt the substance of what you are teaching. This are what I call the dumb ones.. kidding.  So going back, as a PRT I had to take care of my PRT metrics and my agent metrics. This is really hard to balance, for some reason the metric that I am really having a hard time on, for the month of March, was waived. hehe lucky!

A few weeks after a position for Trainer opened in another account, Ebay. I know that another position will open in the account I'm with, but I must say the competition is tough!. For some reason I noticed some PRTs are more favored, and since I don't hang out with the team that much!, hehe good luck!. I applied and was again was lucky to be interviewed, because a lot really applied for the position. The interview was difficult, I wasn't ready for the questions and even though I have a list of the questions that might be asked, still it wasn't helpful. Not helpful at all. After the interview I knew that  my start of something new has to be cancelled for now. Nevertheless, I still wanted to know who made it. I currently am getting just 14k something every month, which is not enough, I must say, because I still can't save. The increase if I get promoted would be more than 100% and I GOT IT!

So after the news I was so happy and excited but then I realized that Joanne will be left with the old account. The reason why we work together in the same company is because we want to be together, her metrics are not that good but I am sure she can do better than that. Ebay was looking for 32 agents and want the agents to be internally hired, I asked Joanne ton apply and she did. Bam! another blessing. She made it. I'm not sure  what line of business she will be with either UK or NA (north america). I'm hoping for NA, but still I'm so happy!. :).. I hope she is :)

My mom has therapy sessions twice in a week and last week, thursday she was so lazy to go to the hospital. Her therapy is always at 7:30 am. I get off work at 8am but leave at 9am usually.  Well even though I'm late, I always make sure that I show up in the hospital to check on her. So last thursday I went to the hospital without knowing that mom won't be there, apparently the text came in late. So I decided to go top school which is just a few minutes from SLU hospital.. and here goes the start of another blessing.

I have been taking up law since 2008 and up to know I'm still taking up law. But I stopped for 2 years and that is the reason why I'm still taking up law. Anyway, I decided to visit the Dean's office to ask about the enrollment. Actually, I really wanted to know the subjects that I will be taking next sem. Since I transferred school my curriculum change and I had to take 18 units again when I'm done with those subjects, which is unfair. So I walked in with a smile, coz it really helps said Arra, and talked to the OIC of the Dean which happens to be my batchmate in highschool. She asked me to come back on May 23 for the enrollment but for some reason decided to work on my evaluation. I was really praying to myself that she credit the courses at least most of them, she did a quick call and then said " okay 2006 curriculum". Inside I feel like I'm Dana (my niece) leaping for joy over a bunch of gadgets and candies, I feel like I'm in a garden full of daises and that I'm galloping without worrying about whether or not there is a cliff. I feel like it's my first time to meet Joanne and that I can't last a day without her, which I still feel up to now. I feel like I what I used to feel after cleaning the entire house on my own. I feel like my mom just listened to me and said sorry for being hardheaded. I don't it was just wow. But I still had to repeat the pralaw subjects, for me its okay. :)

Ate Devrah left already for UAE, another blessing  she's pregant :) I will have another niece or nephew. WOW! Funny she wanted her baby to be gay? ahehe. It's election day today and I'm excited to vote.

Thank you Lord for everything till next blog.

Aice is back to school and is now with Ebay!

Appraisal exam ?? I'll make sure I take it this year. But first I need to work on my licence.

Conservative Voices

I know, the title doesn't even have anything to do with this post. I kinda feel it will, just by saying that.

I just used my leave credits from last year so I could have to read. Luckily I was able to, but, I didn't really have enough time to read all the modules nor go over the Republic Acts or Laws, but still thank you so much Lord for giving me a chance to, for I know that there are people out there who took the exam - yet wasn't given any consideration to go on leave in order to review.

The perfect classroom was assigned and as I entered the room at 7:00am, I saw that everyone was busy discussing and reading their notes for the last time. The exam was until 6:00pm and just a few of us here in Baguio took the Real Estate Exam.

The first and second part of the exam was like a "walk in the park". I admit I was really nervous, most of the time when I get nervous this means that something good will come out of it. I just hope something will. Oh God please help me pass.

Then came the third part, after reading the first 3 questions I felt different, kinda relaxed. I knew there was something wrong. It was the longest exam.
We were given 2 hours each for the first 2 exams. But for the last one we had to answer it in 4 hours, which for me I swear was not enough. I was really having a hard time answering the appraisal part. I even found myself praying to God asking him not to let me guess again. But, I had to guess and give my best judgement of the answer.

I hope I become a real estate broker. I want to reach my goal, after this I'll take the appraisal exam. Continue Law school of course. Work with Joanne, prosper with her and  help my family and friends.
March 20- March 25.. We'll see :)

The New POPE looks like my Grandpa

We will be commemorating the death of my grandpa this month. I feel torn between my longing for him but at the same time I feel happy that the new Pope looks like him. 

"Don't get worked up,I won't be the next Pope" these are his last word before the conclave. 

The conclave according to wikipedia is  is a meeting of the College of Cardinals convened to elect a new Bishop of Rome, also known as the Pope. The pope is considered by Roman Catholics to be the apostolic successor of Saint Peter and earthly head of the Roman Catholic Church. The conclave has been the procedure for choosing the pope for more than half of the time the church has been in existence, and is the oldest ongoing method for choosing the leader of an institution.the College of Cardinals was designated the sole body of electors. Since then, other details of the process have developed. In 1970, Pope Paul VI limited the electors to cardinals under 80 years of age.  A two-thirds supermajority vote is required to elect the new pope, which also requires acceptance from the person elected. (I bet it's really hard to accept this calling). 

To those who wants to know what the white smoke is made up of it is produced by potassium chlorate, lactose and chloroform resin.The white smoke signals that a pope has been elected. 

The Vatican is burning the flares following confusion in past conclaves about smoke color. Lombardi said that neither the chapel frescoes nor the cardinals inside suffered from the smoke. I also got worried. :)

To Pope Francis I. ( Jorge Mario Bergoglio)...we love you! and we'll always be here to support you.

To my LOLO I miss you. :)

pressure is leisure

"Pressure from now on will be my leisure. I will revel in it. I will use it"  - aice dispo