SCAM!?

Scam?

When I woke up today I saw this text message from ABC, daniel’s friend. He asked me to refer to him 20 contacts. I was pissed off. Let me tell you what happened to me and tintin the past week.

Thursday, Januay 10.

Tintin got a call from ABC. I don’t want to mention his name kasi he’s also a Mapuan. Pero we really don’t know him personally. We were even wondering where he got tintin’s number. Anyway, ABC was asking Tintin if she is interested in having a part time job. Sakto we are really looking for one so she said yes. She was told that she’ll be earning 15,000-30,000 pesos, not bad for a part time job. She was asked to go to their office the next day at 630pm, the address was 15^th floor Octagon Bldg, San Miguel Ave. in Ortigas. The whole conversation daw was really fast and the line was choppy so she wasn’t able to ask for the company name and some other important details. All she got was the address. When tintin told me about it, we were both excited. But since siya lang ung tinawagan I asked if I could come along and bring my resume just in case pwede rin akong magapply. Excited din ako. Lol.

Friday, January 11.

After class, we went straight to Megamall to have lunch there tapos magliwaliw muna coz 630pm pa nga ung appointment dun sa “PART TIME JOB”.

When we got at the 15^th floor of the Octagon Bldg we saw this huge PHARMANEX sign. There were lots of people on that floor. All of them were wearing business attires. I was thinking if we were on the wrong building or something kasi obviously we were on casual attire tapos kami lang ung mukang mga bata dun. Parang nawawalang bata kami. We didn’t have any idea what was going on. There was this small office na parang may nagaganap na interview. Basta wala kaming alam. Tapos napansin namin na beside that office e merong room which was filled with products. Tintin and I got the idea na NETWORKING BUSINESS eto. We wanted to leave the place right then and there. Pero ABC and DEF, parang upline something ni ABC, started to talk to us. Asked us why we wanted to have a part time job and what we would do to the money that we would get from “business”. Small talks lang. I don’t remember anything about them telling us the name of the “business.

After minutes of waiting, we were told to go inside a room with the rest of the people that were there. Sobrang dami namin dun. Cguro at least a hundred. Tintin and I were asked to sit apart. Pero dahil wala kaming kausap pareho and we were sitting there that seemed like forever(sobrang tagal kasi kami pinaghintay), I asked her na lumipat nalang sa tabi ko so we wouldn’t be bored to death.

It was almost 7pm. The presentation started. I saw the name “SYNERGY 1 VENTURES’ on top of the ppt slide. They were talking about NU SKIN ENTERPRISES, its background, the products they sell, and how we could be their partners. The whole presentation took 2 hours to finish. Grabe tagal. Pero I got interested. Ewan ko. When I heard I had to pay 12,600 pesos to be their partner, I was shocked. They said it was a small amount to pay dahil you’ll get 15k per month naman.

After the presentation. We were asked by DEF if we were interested. We said yes, but still told him that we have a problem getting the 12,600 kasi we’re still students and we do not know where to find the money. He was doing all the talking. He said he was able to pay for his college tuition fees since he started, he was able to go to hongkong, etc. because of the business. Masarap pakinggan diba. He said we are required to pay that Monday. GUlat ako e. I was thinking on how we can produce that big sum of money in just 2 days given that those 2 days are a Saturday and a Sunday. We were shown the products tapos un. He lent us a magazine that we could read. The magazine was obviously about NU SKIN din. He told us to meet them that Monday.

I was shocked pero I was determined to get the money and join them. SObra. I was so convinced with all DEF’s words that were stuck in my head (paying tuition fees on my own, helping my parents.. etc.. ). Tapos un.

Saturday and Sunday came. I wasn’t able to get the money I needed. I went through my mom’s things and found my passbook. I have 7000+ there. I planned on withdrawing 7K from my savings account. Uhm.. I was thinking twice. Pero dahil sa naiisip ko nanaman ung mga sinabi ni DEF e aion I took the passbook and put it in my bag.

Monday.

DEF called me while I was in my class and scheduled the meeting. I told him mga 3pm nalang cguro kasi nga baka matraffic kami on the way there. I told him I was able to borrow 5k lang. he said it was okay and that he’ll find a way to help me come up with the rest of the money.

Tintin and I talked about it tapos aion I changed my mind. Not that I was influenced by her not to join “the business” but I was kinda hesitant kasi. She said if im not 100% sure then I might as well not pursue it. I texted DEF and told him im not joining anymore but I’ll meet up with him to return the magazine.

When he approached me sabi niya agad “What’s the problem?” tapos I told him ayaw ko na. Then he sweet talked me again. He said ok lang daw kung 5k muna ibigay ko. I was persuaded the second time. Ewan ko what was going on inside my head. I think that was greed. Lol. Pero honestly he was so good at talking. I was so convinced in joining… This second time he didn’t say the name of the business again. NU SKIN and PHARMANEX lang. tapos un. I said wala pa ung 5K sakin I have to get it from a friend. He said to fill up a form para mareserve ung slot ko since 5 lang daw ung kukunin. He said to meet with him the next day. And then he gave me a brochure.

Tintin was so mad at me. Kasi nmn daw hindi ko pinanindigan ung sinabi ko na hindi n ko sasali. Even ako nagulat e. Sa totoo lang hindi ko lam kung bakit bigla akong napaOO. Weird nga. Parang nahypnotize. Lol.

Tapos that night tintin did a research and found so many blog entries about it. Puro negative ung nakita ko. Biro mo kaya pala di nila masabi ung name ng company nila is because sobrang dami ng names na ginagamit nila. Ung nakita ko Synergy 1 Ventures pero meron pang Synergy Ventures tapos Synergy Global International. Tapos I read na pagkajoin mo e bibigyan ka ng homework na MAGGGAWA KA NG LIST NG 300 CONTACTS NA IREREFER MO AT TATAWAGAN. Tapos hindi ko pa nakitang registered sa DTI or any government offices ung company nila. Sabi nila registered daw sila sa SEC pero sabi ng mom ni tin madali lang daw magparegister dun sa SEC e. Although registered sila sa SEC, I still think they’re illegally operating. Kahit internationally recognized ung NU SKIN at kahit anu mang product or company un at KAHIT SAANG LUPALOP PA NG MUNDO NAKAREGISTER YANG COMPANY NILA PERO HINDI NAKAREGISTER NG MATINO SA PILIPINAS HINDI SIYA LEGAL DITO! They are going to make people sell medicines pero they do not even stress na BFAD approved un! Hay. People these days are just so into money that they deceive people just to get rich. Cruel noh.

I texted DEF the next day telling him that I wont be joining “again”. SAbi niya pumunta daw ako sa office niya still kasi dapat ko daw ibalik ung brochure na binigay niya sakin. What the f*ck! E photocopy lang naman un. As if namang hindi niya kaya magreproduce nung brochure na un. Kung mayaman siya he wouldn’t even bother asking me to bring it back to him. Another tactic. Im so glad I didn’t fall for it again.

ETO ANG LESSONG DUN.

WAG MAGPALOKO AT WAG MANLOKO.

IM FINALLY DONE WITH DESIGN 2!

yup yup. you read it right. im done with it. finally got a grade last friday. i was thinking of getting a grade of 3.00 or a 2.75 but i got 2.50 instead. now that's surprising. kala ko pasang awa na grade lang ibibigay sakin e. haha.

the kind of defense we had was not what i anticipated. expected ko kasi na since design 2 siya e super duper technical ung mga questions na irraise ng mga panel members. pero hindi e. naawa yata sa group namin kasi 4 out of 6 samin e graduating. kaya un. tapos the panel members that we chose were really the nicest professors that we could think of kaya siguro ganun. funny thing was sir linsangan was also asking us questions kahit na hindi siya included sa panel members namin and i was like "y in the world is he asking us questions!?" tapos un i finally realized na even though he's not a panel member he still has the right to ask us questions kasi class adviser namin siya. but he sure is nice kasi hindi niya kami ginisa kahit na alam niyang maraming butas ung actual design namin at siguradong wala kaming lusot.

at first i was skeptical that sir linsangan would even give us a passing grade. pero through and through we were still hoping siyempre. i was hearing lots of bad things about him but all this time he was acting nice to us. im really thankful to him, the panel members(mam yumang, sir villamor and ginpao), our docu adviser sir sy, my groupmates and to the Almighty God for giving enough patience, hope and courage to trust in ourselves and in what we are capable of doing. basta salamat sa inyong lahat. ^_^

i would also like to wish the other groups good luck and sana matapos na nila yung design nila this term like us..god bless you guys and i hope you do well sa defense.

PICTURE PICTURE! ^_^

im back again! woohoo! actually i wasnt thinking of posting something here but my friend josh wanted me to update my blog para daw may mabasa siya. does that mean some people find my blog interesting? lol.

anyway, about the house i was talking about. we moved in last November 24. I was so excited. Kasi naman my room now is a lot bigger than the one used to have tapos meron pang bathroom na kasama. weeeee ^_^ tapos imagine me bringing all my "kalat" from our old house. nako grabe. i wouldnt know where to put them kasi ang dami ko paglalagyan. i can put them ANYWHERE! but of course i didnt. i dont want to just have the same kalat as i had before so i gave some of my things away. clothes. shoes. i was thinking of giving my stuff toys away kasi sobrang dami nila but my dad told me not to. sayang daw kasi. oo nga naman ung iba kasi dun mahal. lol. kaya ayon nakastock parin dun sa old house namin. by the way, our previous house is now being used by my dad. his business is currently located there.

we spent almost two weeks moving all our stuff. lapit lang naman e. just a couple of blocks away. pero siyempre nakakapagod. isipin mo nalang kargador ako for two weeks and i didnt even lose weight. haha. kainis noh. since our old house doesnt have stairs, mejo napagod ako kakaakyat panaog dito. i was not used to it until cguro weeks after we moved in.

we spent our first christmas here. and you know what? nagbrownout dito the whole evening nung christmas eve until 10am in the morning. i was not even finished cooking for our noche buena when suddenly the electricity was out. damn. i was so pissed off. tapos it was really hot. kaya we had to open the windows. and since wala pang screen ung mga windows dito, i got bitten by lots of mosquitoes while i was sleeping. first christmas ever na sira ang pasko ko kamusta naman.

lola cita, tito ferdie, and my cousin celeste went home from San Diego, California. I didnt see tito ferdie and celeste until January 1 when we went to their house in las pinas. lola cita is currently staying in tita marlyn's house.

last december 30 pala, we were invited to come over at our tita's house. ivy, my cousin is a call center agent and she said she's going to have work on new year's eve kaya we should celebrate earlier. we had dinner there and then we drank tequila. i didnt know why i drank too much. all i remember was we were having a really great time tapos we were singing pa nga that time. tapos nagblack out ako. weird. i said i was not drunk yet pero when i went to the bathroom and back biglang all the alcohol went into my head. lasing pare. sobra. when i woke up the next morning i was already at home and my head hurt. i didnt remember what happened then my mom showed me a video of me talking in korean. LOL. and i was saying "PICTURE PICTURE" with a korean accent. it was so funny. i was so embarassed with all the things i was saying. i dont even know what i was saying. my dad told me not to watch korean movies anymore (ive been watching korean movies everyday tapos tinapos ko pa ung COFFEE PRINCE in just 2 days...haha) kasi nga daw pati ung mga sinasabi nila dun ginagaya ko daw. lol.

anyway aun nga our new year went pretty well. okay naman. walang brown out. walang malas. masaya ung media noche namin. dami food unlike nung xmas. tapos we got to hear mass dun sa biggest church here in pasig ung Sta. Clara de Montefalco parish. it was so big. i was astounded. i promised myself to hear mass every sunday there. that's a promise i would definitely keep. ^_^

The new man: TUXEDO MASK

magkatext kami ni "BADONG" (codename lang ito) kanina. nakakainis. ewan ko ba dun. ang gulo kausap. kala ko namiss niya ko e mukang hindi. hehe. pero at least diba naalala niya ako itext kahit papano.

nakalimutan ko palang ikwento ung nangyare nung wednesday. hehe.

kasi ganito un. after ng class ko sa controls (730 pm) sabi ni kuya punta lang siya sa magallanes billiards dahil birthday nung isang friend niya si "TUXEDO MASK" (codename namin sa kanya.. hehehe... bumili lang kami ni tin ng food tapos bumalik kami sa jpcs table para tumambay at magword factory. mga halos 2 hours din yata kami dun e. dami narin kasi sumali. kaya ayun masyado nagenjoy at sobrang nagtagal kami. almost 10pm na kami nakaalis.

dahil gusto ko ng umuwi, pumunta kami ni tin sa mags at ayun naabutan nga namin na nagiinuman sila kuya at ung mga friends niya. susunduin lang namin siya para makauwi na kami pero ayaw si kuya pauwiin kaya pinagstay kami dun. at eto ha.... uber cutie talaga ung si TUXEDO MASK.. may konek sya sa isang super sikat na intsik na star. parang da who lang eh noh? hehehe... basta ganun. tangkad. pogi (sobra). maputi. chinito pa. at ang kwento ni kuya e mayaman pa. tapos eto pa ha... taga pasig din.. weeee what more can i ask for? wala na diba. weeee. hahahaha... adik. ilusyon ulit.

napagalaman ko na 2004 siya. amf.. grabe kala ko mas matanda pa siya samin ni tintin pero hindi pala. grabe grabe na toh.. age doesnt matter naman e. kaya okay lang. hehe.. sabi ni kuya palagi daw un natambay sa may phone booth e kaya ayun since then super tingin ako sa phone booth palage pag napapadaan ako dun but no sign of him. san kaya un tumatambay??? waaaaaa... stalkers mo na kami ni tintin. hehehe..

crush ko na talaga si TUXEDO MASK!! wahehehe..

ay may kwento pa pala ako. kasi kanina sa ethics class namin sobrang nakakahiya kasi we were talking about cheating, masturbation, pre-marital sex, extra-marital sex, etc.. we were asked if they are right or wrong. eh nung tinanong ako kung wrong ba ung masturbation amfness.. grabe hindi ako makasagot! hahaha.. tapos lahat sila nakatingin sakin. tinanong pa ako nung prof kung alam ko daw ba ung masturbation!! potek. syempre alam ko.. (ako pa!) pero ang sabi ko hindi ko alam. pa-inosente kunyare. hehe. pero ayun sabi ba naman.. "why are you blushing?" takte. sabi ni tin sobrang pula daw ng muka ko amf. nakakahiya. hindi talaga ako comfortable sa mga ganung topic. kami nga lang ni tin nakakapagusap ng open about sa mga ganun tapos isshare ko pa sa buong klase un waaaaa.... kahiya hiya talagang experience. hay. pero sa totoo funny talaga. hehe.

One month has passed and no new entries from me until now. i wasnt into blogging lately. i usually go online but never did i check my blog. i guess nobody's viewing it either. I dunno. honestly there'd been oodles of stories i would want to share.

uhmm..

let's start with my aunt wanting to build a new house. she has shown us the blueprints of the house she wanted. suddenly we all got green with envy. we all wanted to have to new house since i was in high school but because my parents were paying for 2 car loans and a house loan and obviously a massive amount of credit card debt, building one all turned out to be just a figment of our imagination. but... after years of paying debts and finally saving up a little money, my mom unexpectedly decided to have a new house. actually she was thinking of just renovating our current house but my dad disagreed. he said it would only be a hassle for the fact that we still have to rent an apartment and stuff like and that it would be a lot more expensive than actually purchasing one. i was so excited that i quickly searched the web for brand new houses for sale which are also located in our village. i am just so thrilled i want to ditch my 13 year old house. hihihi... ('',

we were able to visit several houses that are for sale. there was this Php11million sort of mansion that wasnt so big but it was fully furnished. the furnitures were all so chic. whoo.. but hello?! we dont need a house that big..

after a week of searching, we found this house just several blocks away from our place. weeeee... ^_^ the house is nice and cozy. not really the kind of house that i was expecting but the hell..who cares.. haha.. my mom paid for the reservation fee three days after and filed for a house loan (again!). if the loan is approved then everything's all set and we're good to go. if not, uhm.. nuh...that wouldnt happen. im trying to think positive here. i dont want to let it all go down the drain. hihihi...

and because of this oh so sudden decision, all the things i wanted my mom to buy me for my birthday vanished one by one. my mom said we have to be frugal. so i would like to say goodbye to everything. goodbye new clothes, goodbye new shoes, goodbye new eyeglasses, goodbye cellphone.. hay..

because mom only gave me Php 2000 for my birthday, i mean only Php1500 since she owed me 500, tintin and i (toni wasnt able to come may ojt kasi ang bruha) just went to pizza hut and ordered loads of food. afterwards went to karaoke hub and sang our hearts out... i was kind of disappointed kasi i was thinking of celebrating it in a bar or somewhere na may live band and liquor. lolz. but anyway everything went well. i was still thankful that my mom gave me money. hehe.

toni pala had her grad pic taken. we joined nung sa wacky pictorial nya. we still dont have the copies yet but i'll post it agad when i get it. tintin made this cute magazine layout with toni on the cover for the GC bulletin board. but before you scroll down, i just want to warn you that toni had a major makeover! here are the before and after pix:

BEFORE

AFTER

I was shocked when i saw this. lolz.

what is behind the title:

1. TONI BARES IT ALL ON BEING THE REAL LIFE CHICKEN LITTLE

tawag kasi naman kay toni chicken little. hehe. see the resemblance ba? lolz

2. TONI LOVES THE MEAN GIRLS

the three of us (toni, tintin and i) are called the mean girls na because of the darn software experience. grr..

3. TONI'S GROUPMATE MANAGEMENT TIPS

This is about our software ulit. hehe. kulit kasi e. i wont name names nalang. baka hindi na ako mabuhay pa. lolz. forgive but never forget na lang kami.

4. IS TONI A GOOD GROUPMATE??

Dahil naging groupmate ko na si toni twice (methods at sa software), masasabi ko e hindi. lolz. no just kidding. sa una lang yan tumatakas pero sa huli siya na gagawa lahat. so nice diba? wahehehehe..

5. TONI GETS TIPSY OVER CALI ICE

kasi naman when we were at strumm's makati, the 3 of us ordered cali ice tapos un c toni nalasing ata. hehe. weird talaga.

6. TONI & JANET: TONI IS A VIOLENT PERSON

She always hits people with her bare hands!

7. FEASIB GROUPMATES: PASAWAY!

OO. Tumatakas kasi. joke. hehe. ung software lang inuna niyang asikasuhin kasi marami naman sila sa feasib. oki oki.

8. JANET: X PSEUDOBOYFRIEND, WHAT REALLY HAPPENED?

Ah eh. may girlfriend na siya e. at ako B-I-T-T-E-R!

9. 1001 WAYS FOR EFFIECIENT FOLDER NAMING

Si toni kasi pansin namin pagnagnname ng folder puro tonitemp ung nilalagay. lolz. ewan ko bkit ganun. tapos ung mga nsa laptop niya walang connection ung folder name sa folder contents. hehe. adik lang talga si toni.

10. JUST FRIENDS?! C'MON!

Hay nako. unfair talaga. si tintin walang issue na ininclude about sa sarili niya. anu kaya un? koreano from a koreanovela amf. adik siya. unfair unfair!?!

Weee.. kulit diba? NICE ONE TIN! AHoo! AhOo! aHoo!