Good evening. . . . . . It's already half of the month . . . . and 13 days remaining for the MECQ status for NCR plus to be lifted (hopefully, or may extend depending on the decision of the government). Praying for the safety of all those affected. . .
Oh by the, did I mention na I'm working at home right now? Maybe yes, maybe not. . . But honestly, working at home is totally a different set-up compared to reporting to office. . . Imagine, you don't have rush things (waking up too early, scram for breakfast, bath too quick, just to beat the traffic), then have to set-up your working space (go to your locker and get your things), beat the grace period (or else, sayang ang effort pag 1 minute late, so late ka na nga, deduction pa sa sweldo). Pag work from home, chill ka lang. . . . . gising ka 30 minutes before your shift, pwede kang kumain habang nakaduty, then pag may kameeting, magpatong ka lang ng coat or blazer, konting ayos ng buhok, then ready to meet and greet ka na. . . then anytime pwede kang magpunta ng CR, ng kusina, ng sala, ng hardin, ng kwarto then balik sa harap ng laptop/PC. You're free to do things while working at home. . .
Though they said mas tipid kapag work from home ka (dahil hindi ka na sumasaky ng MRT, LRT, bus, FX, tricycle, PUJ, Beep Jeep, o kung anu pang pwedeng sakyan makarating ka lang sa opisina), pero when I get the experience (until now) of this WFH, may mga downside din pala. . . . Well una, KURYENTE at INTERNET. . . oh d ba all caps. . . kasi imagine mo, 8 hours or more bukas ang laptop, electric fan o aircon (depende kung san ka nakaset-up), ilaw, tapos TV (pag break time) so pagdating ng bill sayo, naku po. . . . and lalo na pag brownout at nagdown ang Internet mo, problematic ka na. . . d tulad nang nasa opisina ka, you don't have to worry kahit magbrownout pa yan (for sure may ibang office sites na may generator), pero cyempre, you have to be a responsible and respectful employee when it comes to energy saving. . .
Second, social life. . . Yes, social life. . . . iba pa din ung mga nakakasalamuha kang mga tao. . . . . kasi mas may meaning at sincerity pag kausap mo ang tao face to face. . . and ung bonding moments iba pa din. . . though possible naman sya sa kabila ng pandemya thru video conferencing apps. . . . pero gaya nga ng binanggit ko earlier, pag nagdown ang internet, problematic na. . . tska imposible (not that impossible i suppose) ung virtual inuman (anu nakavideo con tapos kanya kanyang hawak ng alak or what). . . . hindi ba mas enjoy ung nakikita mong nalalasing ung mga kasama mo, ung tipong nagtatawag ng uwak, ung gumaganda ang accent pag nalalasing, ung maingay mong kaibigan bigla nalang nagsilent mode dahil sa kalasingan. . . ung makikita mo kung sino ung mga madadaya sa tagay, ung malakas sa pulutan. . .
Third, quality time. . . . pag nagtatrabaho sa bahay, affected ang quality time. . . . kasi imbes na sabay na kayo kumain ni misis (yes, she's also in WFH set-up), ung isa umaga ang tanghalian, ung isa, gabi palang ang almusal. . . lalo na siguro pag may mga bata na. . . . . imagine karga karga mo ung baby habang kameeting si boss (though that's quite cute kung tutuusin), pero professionaly, distracting. . . .
Fourth, notice ko lang na kapag WFH ka, minsan d maiwasan na kahit weekend, you do some work. . .well I don't really sure sa iba. . . . cguro in my point of view, since nasa bahay ka naman, pwede kang i-message ng boss mo, and might request something work-related. . . Well maybe right, maybe not. . . . . Possible but not all times. . . Kasi i still believe with the respect of someone's self time. . .
Well right now, eto lang ung sights ko pagdating sa WFH. . . May iba na gusto to, may iba na ayaw totally, pero ung iba naman, ung balanse. . . ung literal na WORK-LIFE BALANCE nangyayari. . . pag office time, trabaho lang, then after that, familiy time. . . . . respect the weekend breaks. . . Well cguro dito na muna at may reporting pa kami tomorrow. . . Babush!!!
