Well-Fed Stagnation

I'm currently working for a call cenner -- it's the in thing -- for pinoys like me who need the money and have a little English in their belts. It's the first company that i applied in -- and who hired me not for my degree (or lack thereof) -- during my exile to Cebu so I'm grateful. It's just that it's not my line of work -- i'm more at home doing graphic design than dealing with people. It's been six months since i got kicked out from my cocoon at Visca. [Speaking of cocoon -- isn't that the thing that rots in order to release the new creature?...]

And so here i am in Cebu -- my workplace has it's share of people who were looked down on while they were in Visca -- and who have risen to be top-performers in their new career. They have 'metamorphosed' so to speak -- but not me -- I prefer to be on the sidelines, watching the parade -- i like to have the best view.

I'll be here for a short while only, i hope -- then go for a job i'm naturally good at and comfortable with -- doing graphics. Six months ago, i've been part of the team that created the 2007 graphics for the Linux distro 'PCLinuxOS' -- i so enjoyed working with my counterparts from around the globe -- all working pro bono et gratis et amore -- there was one other Pinoy from Bicol. Some of my output can be seen at my imageshack profile. It was a pleasant surprise to see the logotype i designed for PCLinuxOS make it to the front cover of the January 2008 edition of Linux Format magazine (UK).

I encourage everyone to try Linux -- it's free, it's fast, it's safe to use -- and most people's computing (word processing, spread-sheet, e-mail, web-browsing, media play, graphics) can be done on it. There are a lot of Linux distros for many kinds of people -- most popular are Ubuntu, Fedora, Mandriva, Mepis and of course, my favorite. PCLinuxOS. Browse the PCLinuxOS forums -- my username there is 'tame'.

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