oktoberfest? i don’t think so…

october and i had always had a good relationship. i’ve always loved october. this is when i really feel the christmas breeze, esp. at night. my dad’s birthday is on october. i have a lot of friends who were born in october, hence… a lot of birthday celebrations during october… sembreaks are usually on october…

but this year… it seems we’re not in a good relationship anymore… we’ve had tons of breakdowns/downtimes on the machines (at work)… my pc crashed… my atm got captured… and this week — another week full of machine breakdowns… we’ve spent the week at work a little relaxed… no production operations (too bad for the patients)…

monday, i came to work and found that not one unit was produced… the machine was down… during our shift, conditions were the same… tuesday… we were told to report later than usual, they were trying to fix the problem… only to find that the problem still hasn’t been fixed (and it might take a while)… forced leave for everyone… wednesday night… late schedule again… but still production was down… then i got a text message from a friend… one friend of ours, who we haven’t seen for a while is home (from the states)… and is gathering everyone on thursday night (which was a few hours ago) for a dinner, at makati… his treat. yes! i was hopeful (and praying so hard) that there will be a forced leave for everyone again (selfish me!), so that i could join them…

thursday afternoon, i asked my boss if the machine was fixed. she told me to inform everyone to report at the normal hour. they’ve fixed the problem. naman! of all the days that it would get fixed. i texted my friend and told her: hindi ako malakas sa diyos. need to report to work. or maybe, mas marami nagdarasal na sana magkapasok na kami.

in other words, i won’t be able to make it. i was advised to call in sick. or switch schedules with somebody else. or file a half day leave. but alas! duty calls. i know i was needed. the machine might need trouble-shooting, and i should be doing it. haay. can’t really be irresponsible. esp. at work. so i went to work.

naman! when i got there, still no production. no RM available. the equipment that produces the H2O that we’ll be using is showing some signs of trouble. we were supposed to start at 1900H. start production, that is, and not start generating the RM that will be used. 2000H came and went. still a no go. i was really feeling frustrated here. i should’ve listened to my friend and took a half day leave. i texted them and asked how they were doing (masochist!). they said, that i shouldn’t ask. i’ll only get pissed. well, i was feeling that already.

how did this story end? we started at a little past midnight. grrr. really should’ve listened to my friend.

but looking at the bright side, no more forced leaves!

then again, week isn’t over yet. we’ll probably have to work on saturday. after this week’s output. that’s almost a sure thing (what a downer!).