Colympics 2010 Concerns

We started inviting for the Colympics already starting with the media sponsors. So far so good in that area.

Yesterday, I started sending out the invites for the participants starting with AIG, Trancsom, ePLDT Ventus and GCS International. Imagine my surprise and irritation when I got a regrets email from Ventus.

Ventus! But they are our champion in Women's Volleyball! So why?!

I emailed their VP but no answer yet as to why. I'm starting to worry. Is this a bad omen?

My Projects

I have been busy with my wedding blog projects all long weekend long. I have registered the site to free directories and free traffic sites to up it's traffic. I have also registered it in sites that look for advertisers and so far so good. I've had advertisers but my highest bid is still just $0.30. I have to double my efforts to get at least $1 a day. I will also be writing to local suppliers to offer them my site for their advertising endeavors. I am planning on charging a measly P50/day for starters just to get the ball rolling. If I can get 3-5 suppliers then that can still amount to something, eh?

As for my pet project The Call Center Olympics, I am now busy computing the expenses. So far, one big company has signified to be a media sponsor. I am happy because that really up the chances of getting sponsors who pay money. Hey, the free products are great but I still need cash. =) Plus, it'll be election year next year and I am willing to stoop as low as to get a politician for a co-presentor. The baby will be coming soon and we need all the moolah we can gather. Soon I'll also be unable to do all these stuff so better do all the hadwork now than cram later. Besides, these projects are giving me the energy rush I love.

Updates on Moi

Thanks Sis Carla for the tag. I'm tagging Lorna, Lenj and Tani. :)

The week has been hectic because of the preparation for the Victory Party which after all the hullabaluhah didn't push thru because of the heavy rains yesterday in Ortigas. It was raining from 12 noon till 9PM! The party was supposed to be held in the rooftop so that was like us acting like a lighting rod willing lighting to strike. So I have to cancel it around 3PM for the safety of all. The event is postponed indefinetly.

So now that the Colympics is over, at least till we sched the party again, I know want to focus on four things:

1. My coffee business
2. My Bioessence conusltancy
3. Our travel magazine project
4. My blogs

Bawal ang tamad! On an exciting note, my brother bear got pirated by HP Singapore! His flight is on the 15th. 2 weeks to prepare. Kudos to my brother!

1st Call Center Olympics Victory Party

Back

The Colympics is finally over and done but without giving me some fine wrinkles because of someone that we shouldn't have included in the first place. Oh, birth pains! Will put a detailed blog post when I am feeling up to it. I'm still so tired from all the hullabaluha last Saturday that if it were up to me I would still be on my bed at home snoring like yesterday. Yeah, I skipped work yesterday and so did Jay coz our muscles are still so sore.

Anyway, it'll be my birthday in just two days! Gasp! How time flies! Because we were so busy, this is the first time that I didn't start my birthday countdown on the 1st day of May. I have nothing special planned. I just want to rest. I have a lot of GCs from Bio Essence and Lay Bare Waxing Salon, our sponsors, but I don't feel like using them just yet. I just want the Earth to stand still on the 14th so I can just do whatever I want for as long as I want to. As for our trip to Coco Beach, it has again been postponed thanks to my relatives who will be coming from the US on June instead of July. Time to play hostess and travel guide!

Colympics end is nearing...

...and I am at my wits end trying to tie everything up on a neat little knot for a big ending! The anticipation is giving me sleepless nights and multi tasking is taking a toll on me. It is hard to pretend that you are a sporty person when you are not. I don't like sports and it bores me to death and now I am learning everything at lighting speed so I can answer all the sports questions the companies throw me every weekends after the games. Thank god I'm a fast learner. The blasted thing gives me a head ache.

I would like to thank Bioessence for shouldering the trophies and if things go smoothly, even the cash prizes. I just have to find food stalls for the event so that we can earn an extra P25K. My coordinating, organizing and consultancy skills are really being put into the test with this event. After this I really am gonna drink myself into a stupor at our victory party! I cannot wait! Two more weeks to go!

A little bit of this and a little bit of that

Since I have a backlog in all the things I have to blog about, I'm putting them all in one big happy blog entry.

FRIEND BLOG AWARD

Let's Spread the Spirit of Friendship to all the Blogosphere all over the World

Here are the rules for this award :

1. Take a Photo or install one now.
2. Do not change clothes, do not comb the hair, the main image is to be captured (we want see the real you!)


Here's me in our bedroom late Monday night!

I'm tagging Siege and Ayha! Thanks Sis Carla for this award.

THE W@W PARTY (March 20, 2009)

I have always been a laid back parson but one of my New Year's Resolutions this year is to have more fun and expose myself (and of course Jay) more. I have missed so much these part few years, especially during my college years in UP, because of laziness and wanting to sleep more. So for this year, I've had enough! I'm going to see more of what the world has to offer, at least until we have a baby where things like this would have to take a back seat.

The W@W Anniversary Party have all the elements I like in a party - pretty, never been to before place (it was held in Fernbrook Gardens), free and delish food (Josiah's catered this shindig together with numerous dessert providers like Joy San Gabriel, Claycakes just to name a few) and a chance to camwhore with all my heart's delight (hello, 7 photobooths!). So even if I have to play all my cards to drag Jay into it, I did, and I can say he also had fun especially when Kamikazee came out to play! I'm sure the cameraman had a blast filming me while I was jumping up and down in my very, very high heels!

Some photos:

In my sexy dress at the red carpet!


From FotoLoco


I have the pin hanged in my speaker's cable here in the office


See how much fun we were having? :)

More photos in my multiply.

The party also afforded us to meet w@wies like Sis Tess, whom I always chat with in the office but the party was the first time I met her, Sis Tess' hubby Paul, Sis Lhen and hubby Jerome and Sis Abby and hubby Matt. Of course there was Sis Imee and Mikee whom we are friends with since March 2008.

Another good thing about the W@W Party is that it gave birth to another great event idea which I plan on throwing (aha, a hint!) this summer.

THE COLYMPICS OPENING (March 28, 2009)

I've been slaving away for months for this event. Since January I've been eating, sleeping and breathing Colympics and finally it was opened! The event venue is not as fully packed as I have hoped but I was still happy nontheless. People, especially bosses, have been approching me non stop to say that they were having fun and that they are happy to be there. Honestly, there were a lot of glitches but none really affected the event that much and for that I am thankful. Last night, the Colympics coverage finally aired at News Central on Studio 23. I was thrilled and a little nervous to see my baby on TV. And as I have hoped, the Colympics was telegenic! Now I can't wait to have my photos on magazines.

A little photo:

From L-R: Shawn, Lorna, Jay and Moi

More photos in the Colympics multiply site.

Now did I cover all my backlog now?

Oh, my congratulations to WWF for a successful Earth Hour which was the same day as the opening of the Colympics. That's the reason why our friends from WWF cannot grace the event to open it. I have always been an earth and animal lover so for the Colympics I decided to share all the profits to WWF-Philippines! I have always wanted to be a scientist, marine biologist and environmentalist when I was younger but since I don't know where I'll get employment for those careers, I decided to be practical and get a career that will put food on my plate. I can still help saving the Earth in other ways, right? Right. Anyway, congratulations again! March 28 is a good day for the planet!

Before I end this uber long post, I would like to thank our sponsors.

Our media sponsors:
1. Channel 23 especially YSpeak and News Central who will give the schedules and blow by blow stats of the Colympics weekly.
2. NU 107
3. Spiff Magazine
4. The Queue Magazine
5. Synermaxx
6. ClicktheCity.Com
7. Kamote.com

Our Major Sponsors:
1. Coco Beach Resort in Puerto Galera
2. Organo Gold

and Our Minor Sponsors:
1. Eaji Food Snacks
2. Pocari Sweat
3. Unilever Philippines
4. Laybare Waxing Salon
5. Mentos Chewing Gum
6. Cerealicious
7. From A to Tee

Power Overwhelming

The Colympics is two days away and I still have loads of things to do! A while ago I woke up the middle of the night and can't get back to sleep because my head is so full with things to do. If only I have a pensive like Dumbledore's! I need to siphon all of my thoughts to gain bearing. I'm so overwhelmed right now that I wanna cry! The Colympics is such a big thing; the biggest in my career to date and pulling it off will really make the mark we are seeking in the Call Center Industry. Bibay, breath in, breath out! Mantra: The Colympics will be a success. We will be a success. We can make it!

Colympics, again.

I'm still a little sleepy because Jay and I spent the night doing the tickets for the Colympics. As the opening comes nearer, the more complications arise. I ended up with a sorta shouting match on the celfone yesterday with my technical head because of some problem on the scheduling. Still a ton of things to do and still a lot of money to come out of our pockets. I will be so happy and relieved when all of these is over. I can't wait for the head rush and happiness an event gives me when it is ongoing. And oh, Coco Beach said yes so we have a free vacation on Puerto Galera after the Colympics! A small "yey!" for us!

March 28 is fast approaching!

March 28 is fast approching and we are super busy these past few days. March 28 will be the much awaited opening of the 1st Call Center Olympics that our company Popcorn Events Production has produced and organized. We are so, so excited about this project since it will be our biggest project to date. We are just sad that we weren't able to get as many sponsors as we are hoping for. It is only in that aspect that I have felt there really is a financial crisis. Even call centers are cutting back expenses even if they are making million of pesos in just one month for only one account!

Anyhoo, aside from the adrenaline rush the event is giving me I am also busy day dreaming about the things and conveniences our income from this event will bring us. I am just aiming to spend it on three things:

1. Finally pay my mom the money I borrowed to start a venture;
2. Go to Palawan for my birthday/our honeymoon;
3. Buy a SLR camera (still dunno if I want a Canon or a Nikon).

Coco Beach from Puerto Galera also emailed me yesterday wanting to sponsor our event by giving gift certificates. I'm hoping for a vacation in Pureto galera in the horizon now too.

I'm so looking forward to the Colympics next year. We have learned a lot from the first one that we are hoping that next year would be a little easier for all of us. Also, the event would have gotten mileage by then making it easier to get sponsors. But for now we are still hoping Cebu Pacific would come around and give us free tickets to Boracay or Cebu! That would be really awesome!

Another One Bites the Dust

And now they're down to 6. The participating companies, that is. I feel so dejected!

TGIF?

Friday is already here. Yey? Nope. I still have tons of things to do for the Colympics.

1. Create a scheme to get people come to the opening. (We need an audience to wow Studio 23!)

2. Create the rule book for the sports.

3. Think of an impressive opening act.

We have a meeting tomorrow with all the Point Persons so no Saturday lounging for this girl.

I haven't posted the poster of the Colympics here yet so here it is:

A month and so after...

I've been wanting to blog for sometime now but unfortunately forgot my password. But since I'm feeling more emotional, meaning more irked and irritated, than most days I really searched high and low for the password so I can vent out.

The event we are arranging is not going the way I planned at all! I thought it's gonna be a piece of cake but I guess nothing is JUST a piece of cake these days with the financial crisis and all. The call centers are cutting back even Sykes who is supposed to be one of the most successful centers are weighing their pennies before they can give their precious yes. We have planned so hard and been so dedicated but we are still a little short with teams. And the sponsors are also not giving cash which leaves me feeling dejected.

I hope this day will bear good news. No more bad please! Sykes and CVG, please say yes already!