Entry level position:
You’ll be making minimum wage.

Entry level position in an up-and-coming company:
You’ll be making minimum wage; we’ll be bankrupt in a year.

Profit sharing plan:
Once it’s shared between the higher-ups, there won’t be a profit.

Competitive salary:
We remain competitive by paying less than our competitors.

Join our fast-paced company:
We have no time to train you; you’ll have to introduce yourself to your coworkers.

Nationally recognized leader:
A magazine wrote us up a few years ago, but we haven’t done anything innovative since.

Immediate opening:
The person who used to have this job gave notice a month ago. We’re just now running the ad.

Casual work atmosphere:
We don’t pay enough to expect that you’ll dress up, although a couple of the real daring guys wear earrings.

Competitive environment:
We have a lot of turnover.

Must be deadline oriented:
You’ll be six months behind schedule on your first day.

Some overtime required:
Some time each night and some time each weekend.

Flexible hours:
Work 40 hours; get paid for 25.

Must have an eye for detail:
We have no quality control.

College degree preferred:
Unless you wasted those four years studying something useless like Philosophy, English or Social Work.

Apply in person:
If you’re old, you’ll be told the position has been filled.

No phone calls please:
We’ve filled the job; our call for resumes is just a legal formality.

Problem solving skills a must:
You’re walking into a company in perpetual chaos.

Requires team leadership skills:
You’ll have the responsibilities of a manager, without the pay or respect.

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It’s no wonder that June is my favorite month of the year primarily because it’s my birthday month. I’ve had my ups and downs this particular June but generally the good outweighed the bad, for which I am very thankful.

Early this month (June 3), our office bade farewell to two dear colleagues - Mike of DES and Maryan, our Managing Editor who enrolled in UP Law this school year.

I trekked back to UP Diliman last June 4 to attend the Post-climb meeting at the UPM tambayan and I even got the chance to play photojournalist when a van bumped into a parked car near the tambayan.

My favorite photo hosting site, Flickr, announced that they were giving away free buttons and stickrs in exchange for a self-addressed envelope (and a few postcards as well). They promised to take care of postage but until now, I haven’t received my free schwag.

I also got to watch a free dance musical entitled Indios Bravos at Greenbelt 1 last June 6. It was performed by the group Air Dance and was part of the month-long celebration of the annual French Spring in Manila. There was also a Fete de la Musique in El Pueblo, Ortigas, but I wasn’t able to attend.

Our former officemate Nini invited us to her house for her birthday celebration and we even got to meet a German who was very fun to talk with.

To celebrate the 107th celebration of Philippine Independence, I wrote about the time our family went to the historical balcony where the the red, white and blue Philippine flag was unfurled for the first time and our national anthem was played in the background.

The Philippines is showing signs of becoming an increasingly progressive nation (at least in terms of sexual orientation) with the celebration of the Pink Film Festival at the Gateway Mall. It was my first time to watch a film in this newly-opened mal and they showed Wong Kar Wai’s Happy Together last June 11.

The 14th of June 2005 marked the second International Weblogger’s Day and Gimikera Is In made history by being one of the 587 blogs worldwide that participated in this event. As a sign of solidarity, I drafted two essays about blogging which you can read here.

The worst thing that happened this month was the loss of my Smart Amazing Phone (on the eve of my birthday no less!) so I had to change my phone number. Fortunately, I had synchronized my contacts, calendar and notes with my PC so there was minimal damage done  - except for my feelings. I’ve grown so attached to my Tanager model that within the week, I bought myself another SAP with a 16MB memory card.

I also got my wish of celebrating my 24th birthday with friends and family at The Oasis in Gateway Mall, Cubao last June 19.

A reader of this blog suggested that I write more about the Philippines’ national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal, so I wrote a piece entitled Bringing out the Rizal in all of us.

The whole country grieved when the controversial former Archbishop of Manila, Jaime Cardinal Sin, passed away at Cardinal Santos last June 21. My officemate Roger and I went to pay our last respects to this very inflential man in the Manila Cathedral.

I got concerned when I read in Yuga’s blog that Edsamail was no longer operational since I still had an account with them. I breathed a little easier when I did my own investigation and found out that it was just a temporary hardware problem. I also learned that they relocated from their former office in Ortigas to a new one in Makati.

Last June 26, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo shocked the nation by admitting that she did talk with a Comelec official (assumed to be Comelec Commisioner Virgilio Garcillano) regarding her votes in the last elections. Using the Blog Pulse Trend tool, I created a graph that correlates the number of blog posts concerning PGMA and wiretapping during the last two months.

Some nifty tricks I learned this month was how to send a trackback ping from your Friendster blog using a standalone pinging service and how to speed up Mozilla Firefox. I also picked up a fun game from the Defective Yeti: the game of URL ABCs.

Last but not least, my biggest achievement for the month is finishing my first submission to Photo Quest, a photography hunt played by several bloggers worldwide. I take pride in being the first Filipino (even the first Asian!) to participate in this game spearheaded by Flip of Heresomewhere.

View my first batch of ordinary-turned-extraordinary objects here.

June 2005 has been a whirlwind of activities and I predict things will become even crazier as July rolls in. As I bid farewell to my birthday month, I can’t help but think about what my 25th birthday celebration will bring next year. Cheers!