I'm Enjoying Myself Immensely

I take back what I said about that LXJ fic. Alright, so truth be told, I was still a bit hesitant when I posted it last Monday, but...I did anyway. I didn't get any reviews till later Tuesday, which was just as well.

Last Monday, I received a call from Procter and Gamble (yep, the big multinational soap-shampoo-detergent-napkin-etc-etc corporation) and they were asking me to...get this: take an exam for a job application, and to bring my resume besides. I was confused. I've never submitted my name to any jobs online thingie, nor have I ever submitted -anything- at all to any job fair of sorts. So, I felt like it was only fair if they told me where in the world they got my name and number from. I mean, it -might- have been a prank call--these days, you can never tell, right? So I asked. And the lady on the line told me: they got it from the school. I raised an eyebrow at that time. I didn't have any Latin honors...so why me? Then I figured: University of the Philippines, state university and all that...maybe that was it. This company -doesn't- just call people from any other school--they call from the best. But that's not to say everyone in UP is better than everyone else in other schools...but you know stereotypes and such.

Anyway, so they asked me to come for an exam the next day. And I did. The exam started at around 10. I met two of my former classmates and batchmates in the test room...turns out we were all from the same school. There were five of us at that time...and the exam ended at around 12. I didn't get to finish the exam. It was a very weird exam with very weird questions....and I honestly didn't think I was going to pass. The math was weird. The comprehension parts weren't weird--actually, they were the pretty easy bits...but I missed the final part of the exam. Yeah, I did. The time ended when I was finishing the second to the last part, so I pretty much randomly answered whatever in the final part. And I was laughing at myself while I guessed the answers for the weird Math questions. In short...I was pretty much SURE I wasn't going to pass.

So...the lady who administered the exam (and who called us) said we can take a break and the results will be announced at 1pm. For a couple of smart, A-class state university students that four out of the five of us were, we chose to stay inside the room and wait. I didn't want to come back anymore, and I guess neither of the four us wanted to, either. So we waited....and we answered this little application essay questions supplementary of sorts (that came along with the application form). I couldn't think of anything to put in those, so I uh...made some stuff up. Not too much, though. Anyway, all of us finished right around...1:30. And still, no results came. We did everything imaginable while waiting -patiently-. We slept. We read. We slouched. We talked...and you know what time the results were actually announced?

Sometime around PAST FOUR IN THE AFTERNOON.

Yep. How nice, eh? And we haven't even eaten our lunch yet.

Anyway, two of the five of us didn't pass (they were the ones who sat on separate tables; the three of us who passed were kinda chummy already and we were sitting on the same table). It was kinda funny, how my mantra all throughout that whole time was "please give us the results, I know I didn't pass, I just wanna eat lunch already and go home," and I ended up being one of those who passed. Hm. I must be better than I thought.

Well, anyway, they told us 3 who passed that...the interview was supposed to be that afternoon already. And yep, you can probably imagine what our simultaneous reactions were. At least she was nice enough to give us some time to eat a meager lunch...and that was what we 3 did. I feel for those two who didn't pass, though...I mean, to think that they waited that long. Oh, well.

So...the interview. Well, it turned out that the interviewer lady had an emergency meeting, so my interview was kinda delayed quite a bit. I got interviewed around...get this...6:30 pm. Really wonderful, these P&G people. And since I got early into the interview room (like, 5:30 was the time I was supposed to be interviewed) and since I was feeling pretty tired due to lack of sleep (I slept 2 am and woke up at a 7:30 am) so while waiting for the interviewer...I slept...and I think she caught me right in the middle.

And the interview. I don't honestly believe I did so well in the interview...but oh, well. I am still not expecting that they would be calling me anytime soon to tell me that I had a job. But still, though, I'm thinking...how much would I earn if I worked in this company? Their starting was, like, around Php15k, without the benefits...that's, like, GOLD already for a starting pay here. If granted that I would be accepted, I'd be earning MUCH more than my brother would...and he's in a higher position. Hm. That certainly makes me think...

So, getting back to my very first statement above: I take back what I said about the LXJ I wrote. I posted it up...and when I got home Tuesday evening (around past 8pm), I had already made up my mind to take it off, but...the reviews. For me, one or two people who are happy about the story was fine...and that was what I got. The 2 reviews made me so happy that I sat to work on the next part that night. Some motivation, huh?

Anyway, I got a lot more good reviews for the next chapter, which I appreciate very much. Lots of people liked it (even those who don't review but have told me so in YM), and truth be told...I was getting to like it, as well. I was enjoying writing Venice immensely. I enjoy writing Caesar and Luc, and Sister Sarah, and of course, I LOVE writing Lyserg and Jeanne. I had promised myself that I would do better with them here in the side stories...and it looks like I'm already fulfilling my promise.

So, as of now, I have finished and posted the third chapter of Venice...and I TOTALLY enjoyed writing every single bit of it...especially now that in this chapter, one of my most beloved characters has made a guest appearance...^_^. I do hope my readers will get to enjoy reading chapter 3 as much as I enjoyed writing it.

Backtracking on the events of last week...Wednesday evening, I got to see one friend whom I haven't seen for quite some time (and another friend whom I see like about once a week)...and she treated me and that other friend of mine to an expensive fine dining place...while watching an acoustic outdoor concert. We had a lot of fun...although we thought the MRT had closed up on us so we decided to take a cab instead. I got home sometime around 11.

I don't remember if it was Thursday morning or Wednesday evening when I started chatting with mouse-chan and we ended up brainstorming an idea for a new fic, which ended in us deciding to collaborate in writing it. Just suffice it to say that...she and I spent a lot of hours last week chatting about our whole fic idea, and finishing the Prologue of our fic. I would have to say that I think this is one of the best ideas I've ever come up with...collaborating with an incredibly superb and amazing author. She and I are members of the Mutual Admiration Society (I admire her, she admires me). It's absolutely great, the way we were able to finish the whole prologue in a span of one night (and a couple of hours at dawn). Last Friday, we were able to post the prologue, and so far, we have been getting really good reviews.

I have a problem with that right now. I promised to write the sex scenes...but thing is, I'm losing inspiration. I hope I gain it back. I hope I can write the sex scenes soon. It is SO hard to write really good sex scenes...well, at least I have her to regulate my carnality--I mean, you know, to see if I should tone down the sex a bit. I just really, sincerely hope I can get to work on it soon. Get an inspiration for it soon...

Last Thursday, I was able to accomplish a lot of things. I was able to finish Venice chapter 2, and a 3000-word one-shot fic about Horo and Tamao, a gift for a friend who had her birthday just yesterday. I wrote it around two hours, and although I thought at that time that it was something along the lines of crap, after the reviews, I'm starting to think it's not so bad.*shrug* I think everything I write is crap...or at least, weird. But what made me the most happy about that was the fact that my friend liked it a LOT. That's better than any other review from any other person for me.

So...this has gotten quite long, so I'll end this here. Until I write again.