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My name is Kristian. This is my first blog and it first started out as travel blog. But then I started involving my love for the entertainment scene mainly the movies and concerts scene.
I never had any experience working as a call center agent and in the call center universe we were referred to as the "Call center virgins". In my opinion, I find that a degrading remark but to be fair I did not have a clue on what the call center industry was about. I was excited because I was wondering how the people are in a call center environment. I was excited on how to mingle with real Filipinos brought up from the motherland. I did have Filipino friends but they weren't culturally Filipino.
Being in a call center environment was challenging. As any job, we all had to go undergo training. The training lasted for two months on which I passed. I guess that English as my first language and experiencing life in the states gave me an advantage. It was no late November, 2009 when we were put on to full gear and I was with my team, Team Jojo. Now first of all, Jojo is one the nicest people you'll ever meet and one of the best team leaders I ever had! He's the kind of person that would understand you and kept the team like glue.
In the beginning, I had trouble coping up because I could not blend with nobody. It was hard since I was already culture shocked and I was feeling homesick at the same time. I just wanted to go home and be with my real family and friends. I was happy in the states and I did not understand why I had to visit the Philippines. But as time flew by, I started getting along with my team and started to get to know the people around me. They weren't bad at all! I have to say that I do miss my team, Jen, Ate Sol, Ate May to name a few. I had some great times there, and joined the HSBC Dance crew as Hypnotics.
The call center industry has it's pro's and con's. Pro's is that your earning more and in the process have a lot of benefits with a good company. The con's would be the night-shift hours that can make you sick often and it's unhealthy for the human body. It can get quite boring and to deal irate customers can be a pain. In either case, I was happy, and I did enjoy my time at HSBC, Alabang.
In Laguna, with Team Jojo
It wasJuly 16, 2010 that I unexpectedly left Team Jojo and HSBC. I decided that I did not want to stay in a call industry forever and there was something special destined for me. It was hard at first but after a few days to myself, I decided it was time to leave HSBC. It's now or never. I never really had the time to say goodbye but I will cherish the memories that I had with Team Jojo. I wonder how they are? I hope they are doing well. I closed my final chapter with HSBC and opened up a new chapter in my life in the Philippines.
I never had any experience working as a call center agent and in the call center universe we were referred to as the "Call center virgins". In my opinion, I find that a degrading remark but to be fair I did not have a clue on what the call center industry was about. I was excited because I was wondering how the people are in a call center environment. I was excited on how to mingle with real Filipinos brought up from the motherland. I did have Filipino friends but they weren't culturally Filipino.
Being in a call center environment was challenging. As any job, we all had to go undergo training. The training lasted for two months on which I passed. I guess that English as my first language and experiencing life in the states gave me an advantage. It was no late November, 2009 when we were put on to full gear and I was with my team, Team Jojo. Now first of all, Jojo is one the nicest people you'll ever meet and one of the best team leaders I ever had! He's the kind of person that would understand you and kept the team like glue.
In the beginning, I had trouble coping up because I could not blend with nobody. It was hard since I was already culture shocked and I was feeling homesick at the same time. I just wanted to go home and be with my real family and friends. I was happy in the states and I did not understand why I had to visit the Philippines. But as time flew by, I started getting along with my team and started to get to know the people around me. They weren't bad at all! I have to say that I do miss my team, Jen, Ate Sol, Ate May to name a few. I had some great times there, and joined the HSBC Dance crew as Hypnotics.
The call center industry has it's pro's and con's. Pro's is that your earning more and in the process have a lot of benefits with a good company. The con's would be the night-shift hours that can make you sick often and it's unhealthy for the human body. It can get quite boring and to deal irate customers can be a pain. In either case, I was happy, and I did enjoy my time at HSBC, Alabang.
In Laguna, with Team Jojo
It wasJuly 16, 2010 that I unexpectedly left Team Jojo and HSBC. I decided that I did not want to stay in a call industry forever and there was something special destined for me. It was hard at first but after a few days to myself, I decided it was time to leave HSBC. It's now or never. I never really had the time to say goodbye but I will cherish the memories that I had with Team Jojo. I wonder how they are? I hope they are doing well. I closed my final chapter with HSBC and opened up a new chapter in my life in the Philippines.
Me with Steve Terada from Amercia's Best Dance Crew Season 3 Winner's QUEST CREW
Hi! You may call me Stuck in the Philippines because I am literally stuck in the Philippines! I'm just kidding. My name is Kristian. This is my first blog and it first started out as travel blog. But then I started involving my love for the entertainment scene mainly the movies and concerts scene. Once I started blogging, I couldn't stop.
A little bit about myself. I was born and raised in Dubai (U.A.E) until I went to Arizona (U.SA). You could say I love traveling. For the record, I am a Filipino. I just lived and studied abroad. A graduate of Southern New Hampshire University and Maine High School graduate, I feel that life has more to offer. I'm a Business Administration graduate but this is something I feel that I am passionate about. I love to breakdance but I'm not getting any younger. I like traveling but that requires a lot of cash. But I love to explore.
Since I love traveling, I first started this blog as a travel blog and I was bored. Anyway, once I arrived in the Philippines, I decided to stay for awhile and adapt to the Filipino way of life. Trust me! It wasn't easy since I had to adjust from scratch! But everything turned out well.
How I started blogging? It was when a friend suggested that I should blog. My first thought of blogging is that it was a boring job and besides what do I blog about? Voila! That's how my blogging world began and now I'm hooked! Now I mainly blog about events, news, movies, concerts and travel! A lot huh? By the way, I do make some grammar mistakes on my blog but hey nobody is perfect! =)
If you have any ideas, suggestions, please don't hesitate to drop me a line. You may contact me at kristianmarfori at gmail dot com . You may call/text preferably text me at +639166464362. Please state your name, email, contact details and inquiry.
