I have decided to resurrect my blog with a rant and rave with two different companies I dealt with recently.

BAD CUSTOMER SERVICE
Last May, Karl and I decided to cut off our Sky Cable service both internet and cable. Since Sky cable started imposing the digibox, we decided to move to Destiny.  We were leaving for the US in June so I called and emailed (to formalize) to schedule disconnection on the 3rd week of May. Unfortunately, they didn't show up the first scheduled time. So I rescheduled it for the last week of May, second time, they didn't show up either.

We left for the US, on the 3rd of June, hoping by some miracle our cable would just get cut. Technically they can because it's outside the house. When we got back June 23, it was still there. We got cut around the second week of July because I scheduled it on the first week and they didn't show up (no surprise there!).  Of course, they charged me with the June and July bill. I called their customer service and told them I wouldn't pay, because I religiously scheduled disconnection. They said they would readjust the charges.

Having cable, we were entitled to a modem deposit. Kaya pala they could care less about disconnecting me and me not paying, they can hold back the deposit! And even though the Internet cable reinstated the rightful deposit, the TV Cable doesn't want to readjust it!  Every time I talk to a call center operator/ Sky Cable person, inaatake ako ng high blood! I always think, shucks, sulit sahod niya today.  

I have wrote Sky Cable so many letters already and of course they're ignoring me because I'm no longer a customer. Well, I'm writing this in retaliation. I hope alot of people read this. DON'T GET SKY CABLE BECAUSE THEY REALLY SUCK IN CUSTOMER SERVICE! Once you stop getting them, they could care less where you end up in.

GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE
Last August 4, I sent out a surfboard to one of my surfboard buyers in Cebu via LBC. Unfortunately, when the board arrived, it was kind of in smithereens.  I called an LBC outlet to ask what to do. I didn't call the one I sent it to, thinking the salesperson would just wash his hands on the issue.  I had to email a letter of complaint to LBC Head Office.   I emailed customer service via their website and the next day the sales person who serviced me called and APOLOGIZED!

Talk about fast! Talk about service. He kept on apologizing and he said that LBC would investigate further. Lucky for me, I did pay extra for insurance. Now, they're processing the rebate for me.

I can't guarantee I'll get the check but the manager for complaints said it's no longer a problem because they'll pay me. In 3 weeks I get my answers. With Sky Cable, I'm actually supposed to wait for my cycle billing this September AND YES I got disconnected last JULY. Ridiculous!

I honestly do not remember the day I joined Sulit.com. I just knew I was very frustrated, I had items to sell and they weren't being bought on eBay.ph. Every 10 days I had to renew my items and it was just a hassle because I didn't even know if people were even interested or looking at them.

So I stumbled unto Sulit.com, I don't know through what means, but I'm very grateful that I did. Not only did I know my items were being viewed, but also more people were responding to my posts!

So far since I joined last July '07, I have earned more than P40,000 from selling 3 Refrigerators and around 7 Skimboards (I have lost count) from this website. I still haven't stopped! Tomorrow I'm meeting with a Ego (Waterproof Ipod Case) buyer and skimboard buyer. Sulit.com will find you the buyer/seller that you need to find.

Click on the link below:)
http://www.sulit.com.ph/?ref=candicetan

I have always been a constipated person. Even if I eat the platefuls of vegetables, it has always been traumatic for me to use the toilet.

Until.... Senokot! My doctor introduced me to this wonderful over the counter drug. Just pop 2 a day and you're "solve". Take it a breakfast and by dinner time you'll be heading to the toilet.  Not LBM kinda poo, don't worry. It's the normal poo; and with all that crap, you'd probably think there wouldn't be anything left in your intestines. Plus, it's not like those Bangkok pills which leave you with those farts that apparently are oily orange-y poop that stain your bed.

I'm sharing this to the world, just in case someone has a problem like mine.  And no Cesca, this is not a slimming pill :P

Oh I hope you read this before your meal.  Hope I didn't spoil your appetite.  And I hope you don't see me in a different way.  I really just have this thing with poop... Even with my old blog I use to talk about it alot.  Friends naman tayo eh.

I should have promoted this a long time ago.

My cousin (Dr. Sandy Tan) is a derma who does armpits and mesotherapy (and everything else in between). Think Belo except way cheaper. Anyways, if you're my friend you get a great price. If you're from Unilever, you also get a good price.

Armpits- P1,500 per session. If you're not my friend, I don't know how much he charges, but of course it'll definitely be more expensive.
Mesotherapy- P2,500 per session (But for the first 2 weeks you have got to go 2x a week). If you're not my friend, P4,000. If you're not my friend AND you're fat P5,000.

If you want to ask people if it's effective or not ask:
1. Armpits- Abby, Cesca, Brenda, Mia Fuentes, Anna Ocampo Alvarez, Janie Latayan, Cheri Masipag, Abby Valencia, Me
2. Mesotherapy- Abby, Cesca, Perky

I'm sure there are other people but I forget who.

For Meso (I will plug. Haha), Perky lost 3 inches off her waist already after 3 sessions.

His clinic is in Magallanes. 3rd floor, Tritan Building- the building which has Monterey and El Comodore. Hope to see you guys soon.

From Muradito.com:

The PowerShot A430 digital camera is geared towards the entry-level photographer, it's functional as well as intuitive for a beginning photographer. The A430 features a 4.0 megapixel CCD image sensor, 4x optical zoom lens with a focal length of 39-156mm (35mm film equivalent), 1.8-inch LCD screen, continuous shooting up to 2.3 fps, and a new widescreen 16:9 ratio setting facilitates creating panoramic-style prints.

The PowerShot A430 digital camera comes equipped with eight Special Scene modes, including Portrait, Night Snapshot, Kids & Pets, Indoor, Foliage, Snow, Beach and Fireworks and five Photo Effect modes, including Vivid, Neutral, Low Sharpening, Sepia, and Black & White. What's more, the PowerShot A430 digital camera is capable of recording VGA movies with sound for those times when a still picture just won't properly record the moment.

* 4.0 Megapixel CCD imager and 4x optical zoom lens
* Widescreen option, create images and movies that are ideal for 16:9 viewing
* 1.8" color LCD display and optical viewfinder
* Advanced TTL AiAF 9-point autofocus system with focus-assist lamp
* Program AE automatic, 8 Scene and a Manual exposure mode
* Movie mode w/sound 640x480/320x240 up to 1 hour (1GB max per clip)
* Continuous shooting at 2.3 fps to the capacity of the memory card
* Evaluative, Center-weighted average or Spot metering
* Exposure compensation: +/-2EV in 1/3-step increments
* White Balance: Auto, 5 presets or Custom
* Photo Effects: Low Sharpening, Vivid Color, Neutral, Sepia and B&W
* Shutter speeds of 1 to 1/2000 second
* Selectable ISO settings from 64 to 400
* Runs on two standard AA type batteries
* Direct print and PictBridge Compliant
* High-speed USB 2.0 connectivity for PC and Mac
* Secure Digital/MMC card storage, 16MB MMC supplied

Selling Price: P7,500
Message me if you're interested: 0917-8440140

I was just thinking about what a silly goose I am. That even though I've crashed and burned 5 freaking times, here I am giggling like a high school girl about something that isn't even anything (stuff that I'm just inventing in my head).

Anyways, I don't really want to expound, but is it really like this? When something ends, do you completely forget? Why am I throwing myself to all this again knowing that it may turn like crap just like before.

Oh yeah, just wanted to thank my friends for being a wonderful support group. Couldn't have survived without all of you. You know how some people just jump back to the dating scene like nothing happened. Well, I'm glad I have friends who I can just hang out with. At least when I mope, I know who to call :) Cheesy.

Thanks: Perx, Bee, Patti, Carlo(Honorary hotgirl/boy), Abby and Toby, Cesca and Ardo, Bren and Geo, Liel and April (Hindi kayong 2 couple, dulo lang kayo ng list. Ha ha). I wouldn't have survived without you guyses. THANKS! Siguro nagpakasuicidal na ako kung wala kayo.

Download this song. This song is ♥

If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be IT.

The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience.

I will dispense this advice now.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded. But trust me, in 20 years you’ll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked.

You are NOT as fat as you imagine.

Don’t worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday.

Do one thing every day that scares you.


Sing.
Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts, don’t put up with people who are reckless with yours.


Floss.
Don’t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind. The race is long, and in the end, it’s only with yourself.

Remember compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you succeed in doing this, tell me how.

Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.


Stretch.
Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don’t.

Get plenty of calcium.

Be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone.

Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll have children, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll divorce at 40, maybe you’ll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary. Whatever you do, don’t congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself, either. Your choices are half chance, so are everybody else’s. Enjoy your body, use it every way you can. Don’t be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own.

Dance. Even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.

Read the directions, even if you don’t follow them.

Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.

Get to know your parents, you never know when they’ll be gone for good.

Be nice to your siblings; they are your best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.

Understand that friends come and go, but for the precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography in lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young.

Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard; live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.


Travel.
Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old, and when you do you’ll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.

Respect your elders.

Don’t expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one might run out.

Don’t mess too much with your hair, or by the time you're 40, it will look 85.

Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it’s worth.

But trust me on the sunscreen.

Since Rissa feels like she hasn't read from me since 10 thousand years ago, I decided to update this very dead livejournal. Ha ha. I'm so witty.

The past few weeks I've been to 2 store openings by my account- SM Clark (The "Greenbelt" of Pampanga. A must see!) and SM Mall of Asia. Spectacular! You guys better go there. Really purty.

I'm looking forward to going to Singapore with my girls: Perx, Patti, Cescardo, April, Abby. Still under negotiation and very much in denial, Liel. Will post pictures in my multiply when we get back. It's still in the independence day weekend, but Great Singaporean sale here we come! You better be great! Hee hee. Gimmick in another country. Woohoo! I declared this trip my parents' birthday gift for me. Something to cheer me up since I'm turning Michael Jordan/LeBron James, whatever basketball era you're from.

Shucks, speaking of which. Detroit I love you!!! Even if you made pa-suspense pa na 3 straight wins from Cleveland.

Still thinking if my friends are I are going out this weekend. I want to celebrate the last remaining days of my 22year old hood with a bang. BANG! Baduyyyyy...

So that's that. That's pretty much what I've been busying myself with.

My.friend.just.got.engaged.

CRAP!

I'm old.

So I've been working for the past 3 months, oh how fast time flies. It's been pretty fun actually. Getting well adjusted but still hating the work hours...

Luke was looking at my face yesterday and he was telling me I'm starting to get fine wrinkles. Great. This is what the corporate life does to me. Oh well, whatevs. It wouldn't be a long stint, so hopefully I just cruise through it. I lack sleep and buti nalang I had a yummylicious 14 hours of sleep today.

I was lazy to go out, but I managed to drag myself and go to Shopwise (No the Buzz for me today, what's the chismis you guyses?), because I've always been a Shopwise virgin and because Perky knows the other reason why... *Kilig* haha. It's okay. I think I expected too much.

So 3 more months to go before Perky and I become official regular Unilever employees with monthly Unilever gift packs (Yehessss!! What I'm really looking forward to!), after that we plan to go around Asia (somewhere) for our first vacation... Shopping! My dad won 15,000 PAL miles, so what better way to spend it, than on me! :) Whoever wants to tag along can. Sayang Abby, andun ka pa ba sa Malaysia that time? Maybe we can squat in your apartment... Or not if you're stuck in the middle of the ocean in an Oil Rig thingie.

I am getting more and more love handles, I hope I get skinny in time for Batanes. My mom tells me over and over, it's so close to Taiwan we can already get their radio signal. I think that's barbs! But let's see.

Goodbye my company issued car. I just realized I threw P1,000 away. I shouldn't have rushed into taking that exam. I just learned driving manual a week ago and I guess I am really not a fast learner. Boo! I'm stuck with using my sister in law's Sentra that has been giving me shoulder pains because the stick is so tigas. Malicious people can just die. I want my company issued car!!!!! I wonder what it is though. I have to spend another P400 to retake the exam. I tried to charm the guy who was examining me and I guess I failed. Pft.

Why can't everyone just drive automatic. Aren't most cars automatic anyways?

Anywho, for the loser that I am, surprisingly I have a gajillion events to go to on Saturday. Fine, not really a gajillion, just 3, obviously, I haven't been out much so having 3 is giving me shivers down my spine. Trisha's birthday, Andrea, Denise, Laise and Jen's despedida and JMA Week culminating. Sigh. I'll try to go to all of it. Hopefully, traffic won't be bad that night.

Oh and I still can't get over failing that stupid driving test. Why?!?!?

... I don't care if having my period is an excuse, but watching The Buzz with the Wowowee tribute made me cry like a baby. My mother was crying too and I even made my yaya watch just to make me feel better that all the women in the house were crying. Of course, I didn't sob so loud so my mother wouldn't hear me. I was stifling all my cries with my trusty pillow (Yes Andrea, please don't react about my pillow)...

Oh... and I saw my ex today. Actually, my cousin and I were shopping and we were checking her sister out because she was so dressed up (and we were just in Podium!) and I totally forgot that she was the ex's sister who totally hated me (She's younger than me but older than Patrick so I had to be nice to her since I was dating her little brother. Blech!). I also pretended not to see the parental units. I was looking at the floor and the ceiling trying to blend in the mob of Chinese people. Haha. Dork! I eventually saw him moping in Starbucks and I said Hi to him. I'm a decent person after all...

I am still in a shopping frenzy for work clothes. I wonder if we're invited to an account's opening this weekend, which means I have more of a reason to dress up! Wheeeee. Excited. I am still open to get a sponsor for all the work clothes I've been shopping and I'm still planning to shop for. People have been telling me where to go but my salary can only go so far and my targeted cash in my bank account is so far away. I need alternative means to earn money... Except for selling myself, any suggestions?

Watch this! It's really funny.

It's mocking Jessica Simpson, JLo, Paris Hilton, etc. etc. etc.

Stupid Girl Video

Tell me what you think!

For people in the loop (e.g. Candice Tan affiliated with Candice News Network), you'll know why my subject is THAT.

Moving on, work has been great so far. Totally enjoying it. I hope this feeling lasts very long. Surprisingly, I always thought I'd be a stay at home mom taking care of my little kids with their little BIG heads (You'll get it if you've seen my head) but I've been starting to consider having a career after all. Maybe it's totally my in the moment whimsy like my "calling to be a nun" phase, but let's see how long it lasts.

My first official nephew, Caleb had his Christening celebration last weekend. I was able to drag Luke to meet my extended extended family with a population explosion of children. Fine, it wasn't really dragging, but basically I sweet talked him to attend it. It's like my 3rd time to hear my relative/family friend say kagwapo which makes me do a double take on him and wonder which pill my relatives are taking. I mean he's cute/hot/sexy in my eyes, but I don't really know the general masa's take on my beloved boyfriend.

Speaking of Luke, we're celebrating our "anniversary" (that we declared that day for some reason since we never had an official date) in February 4 (02/04/06... 2-4-6... BADUY!) and it's so hard to find him a nice gift considering that I haven't given him anything for Christmas! Gak! Poor me. My salary isn't anything great and it's one thing to hold your own money. It takes you longer to let it go.

First things first. Happy birthday Memelishoes! I can't believe you're twenteen because that means I am nearing being a fossil and that can't be because I am in denial.

You know you're old when you attend a party and you come home early because you have to be home early because work starts early the next day. Greeeeattttt.

Work has been okay. I can't really say much because there isn't really much to talk about, but I think I'm going to like the people. Plus it doesn't hurt that HOTGIRLS count is increasing :) More than a hand if we count Donna who's coming in later this year. I promise not to gain more than 5 pounds. There is no excuse. The gym is open to anyone who works there and I don't have to be regular to workout. I will not have a belly!

I went to BA yesterday to check if I officially graduated. Haha, I asked Rissa to check because I wasn't sure I would be there on time, but I did. So she asked, and I asked and in the afternoon Mela also asked for me. I bet Ate Zeny was really annoyed with the name Candice Tan. Cum Laude :) YAY! My dad is happy and he wants a party which I don't want to have and volunteered to combine with Caleb's baptism. He's refusing me though. I think he wants more occassions to brag. Hay... My father... Very deprived...

P.S. Thanks Mela and Rissa for asking for me! :) Tell me naman if there are any marching announcements. Oh and if may opening, I will be your "illegal recruiter"! That is if you're interested especially in Sales!

I'm officially a Tita. I mean real blood Tita. Hard to explain, whatever, my brother's wife just gave birth yesterday morning. No horror labor stories. My nephew, Elijah Caleb, is the mini-me version of my brother. It's quite disturbing. I guess I shouldn't complain because it could have been worse if my brother had a baby girl and she looked like him! Eeeep... My brother ended up being the kilabot of St. Paul anyways, I shouldn't worry.

Luke is in Boracay right now. He'll be there until January 2. Even if he won't be here to spend Christmas and New Year and our 1 year since we met each other day anniversary, ok na rin because I'm still trying to finish all my requirements for work. It was so funny how Perky and I got our drug test in Makati. We drove all the way to Salcedo Street near Citibank when it was all the way near Greenbelt in Luke's office building! SHEESH.

Other than the weather I don't feel the Christmas spirit. It's great that my parents are very distracted with the baby but they start bitching on the little things about it (that's the bad part). Like when I screw up with decisions about buying blankets, being noisy, etc. etc. Hello? The baby won't be scarred for life because of that. BAH HUMBUG.

The other day when I had an interview for P&G, I went around Glorietta afterwards because my mother still had to do errands for her siblings in the US. I discovered the old Nine West Store was converted to Foot Notes (Translation: Other brands that the Rustan's group can extort your money for). I saw the prettiest shoes I've ever laid my eyes on. It had ala Birks soles but it had sparklies instead on the normal leather band for the straps. Anyways, because my feet had been bound when I was a kid (Kidding!), they ended up being relatively small for my height. And since I have the same size as half of Metro Manila (size 7!), I didn't get what I wanted because I'm lucky that way. They had a size 6 and a size 8.

I was determined to buy those shoes no matter what, so the next day, I "ended up" in Shangri-La, going around the Rustan's area because the salesladies did not know those products have been pulled out already! I found it behind Debenhams I think. Alas! No more stocks in the face of the planet Philippines! Grrrrr...

To cut this drama short, I ordered online. Nyaha. It costs P2,600 here, online it costs $44.95. It has free shipping and delivery (but I'm getting it delivered to my uncle's house). Come January 9, it will be mine! I feel so psycho. Yuck!


Hello my pretty!

I'm going to have lunch with my batchmates who adopted me. Flugnoobers! I'm so excited! Plus, Luke is making me reserve stuff so that he can buy it for me. Nyaha! I already gave him his pre-Christmas gift. He liked it :) I hope I can top that though.

Oh my god, I am so tired from work. Last night, I closed our stall at 12 midnight, proceeded to the secret warehouse to get more inventory for our stalls, fixed the ECOLA (Something cost of allowance required by the government to minimum wage earners), computed sales, counted how many bills of each amount were.. etc. etc.

I am going to die.

I just realized that I have a very short temper and when it comes to work, when I get stressed out, I don't like talking much. I'd rather be left alone to think about the responsibilities I have to do. Last night, my dad called me suplada because I was being cranky. After that I realized, if I worked for someone else, I probably would be very feisty and I would need some space like how stalkers aren't allowed to come near their victims at a certain distance.

Hay. Some people can be so mukhang pera, it's totally driving me insane! Ahhhhh... I mean it's one thing to work for money, but it's another thing to go absurd and count everything to the last cent. I want to kill you. Yes you mister! *Bang bang*

Anyways, I still hope I can see you guys before Christmas hits, because after that it's over. Fireworks season will totally become more competitive and I have to be in our stall everyday to help with the sales and make sales talk with all the customers.

I want to go to sleep now, but I still have a Christmas dinner to go to. I hope I get there alive.

*Cellphone rings*

Luke: Hey! I'm in the airport.
Candice: Really? Why? Is your dad coming home na?
Luke: No. I'm going back to the States.
Candice: What? Oh okay...(Pretending to be okay. Very casual tone.)
Luke: I didn't tell you earlier because I didn't know how you'd take it.
Candice: Ahhh... (Inside going nut-so!)
Luke: Kidding! I'm just picking up my clients.

Grrrrrr... I was in the middle of doing errands for Starmaker in Robinson's Galleria. I wanted to sit down whereever I was and wail! I must admit that was the best non-April Fool's joke I ever got. Luke was pretty good, but I never EVER want him to pull something like that again!

There's Chinese Laundry in Galleria! Cool... Obviously, I haven't been to Robinson's Galleria in awhile.

With all the work, I haven't been feeling the Christmas spirit, except maybe the traffic. Dear Lord, please give me direction in my life. Please. Thanks!

This is finally it! The culmination of my real bumming. Tomorrow is the start of real work and I'm really ecstatic about it. YAY! *applause*

I'll be hanging out in SM Megamall (I'll be a saleslady... Joke joke joke) for most of December and I'm glad I won't see anyone there since most of the people I know go to Shang, Podium, Galleria around this area. That's just great :)

I need to learn how to put makeup on. I don't know how girls just grow up having this innate talent to put gunk on. It's like magic. The last time I tried putting it on, someone asked me if I had black eyes. I was trying to do the goth look, which was uso then (that was a very longggg time ago). Obviously, I wasn't successful.

Being an out of school youth has made me into an incoherent person, forgive my paragraphs that don't make sense...

I am determined to lose weight. I don't know how people manage to lose weight because of "stress". I lose weight because of depression and that hasn't struck since forever (and I'm not complaining).

Oh in 27 days, Luke and I will be celebrating our first year anniversary. Eeep! Time flies so fast when you're having fun. What gift should I give him (double whammy for Christmas na rin)? I've never celebrated an anniversary in my whole life. I ♥ Luke. :P