U & I
In Pictures
Nov 10th
Most of my recent (an overstatement) entries here at my personal blog were mere links or teasers for my academic blog entries. This is reflective of the fact that I don’t have a personal life since most of my hours were spent for the thing called academics. Now I feel the pressure to tell stories I weren’t able to tell during my leave of absence. To lessen my thinking time (because my crazy brain is tired), I will be posting pictures and I will be telling a short story behind each image.
My Unilever Internship Revalida
Sep 7th
A rainy Saturday. I’m here at the bus, blogging about my internship revalida at Unilever. Of course, I won’t be pouring so much technicalities about it since I might be sued for breach of contract. Anyway, there is an undying emotion about what I felt about the revalida–I felt I delivered a mediocre one, I felt I left too many loopholes. My panel consisted of relevant people: My bosses and supervisors, and of course, the guys from Human Resources, Learning and Expertise.
Out-of-The-Cube Session V, USIP 2009
May 31st
In a nutshell:
1. The usual breakfast :)
2. Marketing Module Game
3. Marketing, Branding and Advertising 101
4. Healthy AM snacks!
5. Plant tour (While I am enrolling at UP Manila, sadness)
6. Lunch!
7. Trade Visit at SM MOA, Puregold Sta Mesa and Robinson’s Otis
8. High-school-field-trip style snacks in our bus!
9. Tired interns resting at the convening area
10. Interns’ night-out at TGIF! (Too bad, not everyone came; too bad, I had to leave early)
U & I: Week Five
May 31st
“U & I” chronicles my life as an intern of Unilever Philippines (ULP). The blog entries under this series would only include my personal affairs with my fellow interns, with the company and its employees. Any kind of corporate information about the said company would never be written here.
Our company-wide project is not only making tangential interference to our department-centric jobs and stints but is also generating some sort of personal corporate dilemma. Sometimes, I just want to escape and make some Absence-Without-Official-Leave diva drama. Every time I have this kind of cognitive ranting, Cezar’s (HR, Learning & Expertise King) words automatically dives into my psychological pool: It’s hard work here at Unilever. I am at least happy that I am touching and learning the corners of the real world in its grandest form. After this internship program, I will let everyone feel my body that’s made of steel.
Out-of-The-Cube Session IV, USIP 2009
May 25th
In a nutshell:
- Pancakes and Bacon for breakfast
- Finance Department’s Ice-Breaker Game
- Finance Department module
- Finance Department Game
- IT Department Module
- IT Department Game
- Italian Lunch
- Selecta Module (Woohoo)
- Selecta Game + 3-in-1-Plus-1 Dance Craze Tutorial
- Bottomless Ice Cream (YEAH!)
U & I: Week Four
May 24th
“U & I” chronicles my life as an intern of Unilever Philippines (ULP). The blog entries under this series would only include my personal affairs with my fellow interns, with the company and its employees. Any kind of corporate information about the said company would never be written here.
I feel nostalgic when using an old keyboard. While typing on this 90-ish QWERTY, I feel typing my grade school papers. Fortunately, my outputs using this computer is at par with with what is ideal and what is expected. I want my cubicle (and computer) back! In other news, the interns are getting a taste of corporate paranoia. We have our individual daily tasks, stints and projects (some of which are needed for our internship revalida). Moreover, we are also occupied with our company-wide project. It’s work, werk, wurk–different vowels, just the same hardcore meaning. Where’s work and play? I found it when all of the 25 interns of ULP decided to have a Thursday Bonding Night (A night before an Out-of-the-cube Session). We had our first shot of this bonding experience at Katips Bar situated somewhere in Tomas Morato. Work then play. Work then drink. Work then dance. :)
