Young Underpaid Professionals

Day 1: wi-tribe 4G Internet

As a belated happy birthday gift to myself, I bought myself a wi-tribe 4g modem. I could've bought myself a toy or a book (priorities of a 28 year old), but since I work and play on the Internet, I thought the heck with it, right? Plus, they've announced that they're increasing the speeds across the...

Kapit-kamay tayong dalawa...

Sa panulat ni Voltz Ito sana ang ideal na tagpong pampelikula: dapit-hapon sa dalampasigan, walang maririnig kundi ang huni ng mga ibon at paghampas ng mga alon. Holding hands while walking. Holding hands habang nagbubulungan kayo ng iniirog mo ng mga sweet nothings. Kaso, eto ang tagpo na nangyari:...

Happy Holidays

There's nothing like drinking eggnog - or ice-cold beer, whichever you prefer - and eating food that will probably add more lbs and elevate your cholesterol level and blood pressure as you stare at your well-lit tree on a chilly Christmas night. Cheers for the holidays, ladies and gents!

Yuppie Experience: The Overseas Yuppie

Posted by wasabi kid On June 4, I made a life-changing decision in a matter of seconds. If you think quitting a job then hopping on a plane bound for Doha with no plans at all is crazy, then that’s what I am. So what’s the reason for all of this? Well, here’s the closest answer I can come up...

Yuppie Experience: Back to Work

How do I justify to myself that I have to start working again when I know working in another corpo environment sucks big time and is isn’t very interesting at all? (And pays poorly, if I may add.) Answer: I make realistic-sounding, fool-proof reasons that I shall coin “short-term goals”. Catchy,...

Yuppie Experience: The exam

Posted by Rio S. A few months back, I realized that if I didn't get an office job soon, I was going to starve (that and run out of money to buy cigarettes and pay for my internet – my priorities, go figure). Off I went to find somebody willing to pay me a steady income and maybe, just maybe, I'll...

Yuppie Experience: Recovering from Epic Failure

Posted by Rio S. Face it, you’re screwed. Your presentation (for the company’s biggest client, no less) was torn to smithereens; your report-slash-plan (that was supposed to be your company’s panacea to survive the recession) was a Hindenburg. Everything was peachy for a while and a split second...

Yuppie Experience: The interview

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="150" caption="The interview"][/caption] Posted by Rica I have always been vexed by job interviews. I love going to interviews so much that I'd rather the cosmos make up some weird event where I'll end up with a really bad back strain so I won't have to go. But...