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                     Professional paranormal believes that there is ghost or disembodied spirit of a dead person wandering in this world. According to experts, these are the spirits that are not settled yet. They are everywhere, they can see us but we cannot see them. The spirit  of our loved one’s who passed away were just around watching over us but we cannot watch over them while reading this article who knows they’re watching over you or sitting beside  you especially when you feel the cold wind like an ice touches your skin deep into the pores and you feel strange alone, they’re with you right now. Are you afraid then? There’s nothing to be afraid of. Ghost is harmless. They could not do anything to harm you by any means. You may be afraid more to those who are alive because they could harm you anytime of the day. Besides, we have not heard any news that someone was being killed, being murdered or being raped by the ghost but we’ve heard that killing, murder and rape are being made by the people that soon to be ghost when their time comes.

                    So, this coming “All Souls day,” we must not forget to visit our loved one’s who passed away to come and visit them in their respective cemetery where they were buried because it’s a special day we intended for them although we remember them in our hearts everyday. These ghost or spirits might be happy seeing his/her family, friends, neighbor gather once again eating, laughing or crying perhaps reminiscing the past… But for those who doesn’t believe in ghost, they may always say that ghost is always been a product of imagination that our mind creates…. How about you, do you believe in ghost?  

                   Calling, calling, do you want to be a call center agent? If you are articulate in English and can enunciate it properly this job is best suit for you. It sounds interesting especially for those who are looking for a job. Isn’t it? What makes it interesting anyway? First, no pleasing personality is required. Whether you look good or not, untidy or clean look, small or tall in height, it doesn’t really matter most as long as you speak in English well. Second, age limit is not that strict even the applicant is 50 years old and above as long as he/she can communicate in English, he/she has the possibility to be hired for the job. Third, regardless of what course you took up in college whether nursing, engineering, accountancy, education, pharmacy, medical technology, nutrition and dietetics, secretarial,  automotive mechanics or even undergraduates is given equal footing during application except if the applicant is really that good in English, he/she has the edge over the other applicants. Fourth, gays, lesbians, singles, married, mistress, separated, annulled, divorced can freely apply. In other words, call centers promotes no gender or status biases among applicants and employers as well. Fifth, those who are comfortable working at night till dawn, you fit for this job. Of course, I am not referring to those GRO’s and prostitutes who loves also to work at night. Lastly, physically handicapped individual who dream to have a descent job and earn better income despite of their physical make up can apply and will be entertained too.

                     Indeed, as an agent you are expected to be the source of information of any products and other sellable things which the foreigner wants to know about or buy something without going to the malls anymore and shops. Thus, it is your work to endorse the product being assigned to you and promote it through the use of technology such computers, phones and other gadgets and persuade if not convince your client to purchase the products and if you can close a deal and sold it out, the best thing is a commission will be given aside from the monthly salary that you are receiving. Oppppssss! Those who thinks that this job is so easy, I bet your notion is wrong because not just articulation is needed for this kind of job but a good condition of your auditory system is much necessary too and a long patience as well coz your dealing with different types of foreign nationalities having different personalities. There are personalities that are dominant, arrogant, bossy and demanding although not all. As an agent definitely, you can encounter them as you through with your job just be ready with their insult or shout at you when the costumers got mad when you did not get what they mean.

                    Apply now if you can take the challenge especially those individual who took up a very expensive courses such nursing and engineering who plans to work in abroad sadly, there is a global recession happening , US, Europe, Australia undergone economic crisis, you might not be accommodated there as of the moment while the crisis is on going. As for the mean time why don’t you apply as a call center agent who knows you will be hired, seemingly a call center agent is better than no job at all. Come to think of it?                            

                    It’s semestral break once again, one of the most awaited moment for the students in the tertiary level. It’s time for them to get rid of reading too many chapters of their books in preparation of the written quiz for the next day or oral quiz given that made sometimes the beating of their heart fast especially when their name is called. It’s time for them to stop for a while making or copying assignments perhaps and doing projects in their different subjects and submit it on time. It’s time for them not to see in a couple weeks their most loved teachers at the same time their terror and most hated teachers too that probably gave them so much pressure inside the classroom. Most of all, it’s time for them to get up late in bed in the morning coz they don’t have to be in a hurry for their 7:30 class. Thus, it’s time for them to be relaxed academically for the mean time, going home to their provinces and perhaps enjoy the short vacation. Well, aside missing their classmates and friends, the sad thing is their daily, weekly or monthly allowances would be cut off temporarily.

                     Moreover, semestral break is also a break for the parents from paying the tuition fees of their sons/daughters, giving allowances or any form of financial obligations that has something to do with the education of their children. Thus, in economic terms, students are one of those most expensive expenses of the parents and the ROI otherwise known as the return of investment is not yet sure to come for all we know sending children to school and finish the coarse that they take up is a gamble too.

                     Nevertheless, semestral break is a break too for the college teachers. It gives them a break to a daily classroom routine from Monday to Friday facing the different personalities of their students that inspire them to teach and somehow perspire them and gave them a headache sometimes if not all the times. It allows them to deviate from the usual stuffs such checking and recording bundles of papers and other paper works.

                     So, what can I say? Congratulation students for you were able to survive the academic and non-academic challenges for this semester……………Have fun!                  

                   Aside from communication, what’s in the text? A person from the different walks of life seems to have fun with text. Everywhere I go, I see a lot of people text. It seems that texting take an active part of the everyday life of most Filipinos if not all. I could just imagine how uncomfortable or uneasy life in a day if one left his/her cell phone at home or lost it.

                   I wonder what’s the psychology of text that even a very ordinary person like the sidewalk vendors, a taxi and a jeepney dispatchers and others do have their cell phones and could afford texting for the whole day despite of the fact that they are not earning that much for all we know how difficult life then here in the Philippines. It’s none of my business anyway mine is just an observation how texting manipulate the mind of a person.

                   Moreover, every time I took a ride going to school and back home after office hours, I always see students, office workers, laborers, moms, dads, maids, young and old in general hold their cell phones and text. In the malls, shoppers do text while buying for something. In a coffee shop, friends bond together talking, laughing out loud at the same time texting. In an internet café same scenario would usually be seen texting while facing and operating the computer. Thus, I could see a lot of emotions with those people that I’ve met in my day to day living who engaged themselves in text. The transparency of their facial expressions made me observed the different emotions. I could see a happy face, a smiling face, a worried face, a frowning face and sometimes a teary eyed face. It’s amazing how text affects the feeling of one. Have you experienced it?

                  Simple messages like “magandang morning”, “gud nyt”, “how r u”, “kumain k n ba”, “i miss u”, “i luv u”, “i like u”, “take care coz i care”, “i tink of u” are some of the messages the made one smile and gave the feeling of joy and excitement to some. On the other hand, if one have not received any text in a day from their text mate, one start wondering what happen to him/her? And instantly made speculations such maybe she/he is mad at me, maybe she/he is busy with his/her other text mates, maybe something wrong happen, maybe she/he is having a date and doesn’t want to be disturbed, maybe she/he doesn’t like me anymore, and other maybes that made one paranoid and torturing himself/herself psychologically then get sad and lonely. If no one would text you in a day the usual line that I often heard is “nobody loves me”. But once you heard a beep from your cell phone at the back of your mind, you’re hoping that someone that you’ve waited for text you, if not one could be disappointed especially if one miss call him/her and the answering machine would tell him/her “the number you dialed is out of coverage area or cannot be reached”. What a feeling it gave?

                  Nevertheless, you could have an instant boyfriend/girlfriend in text. Married ones could make themselves singles. You could be beautiful/handsome in a text thus, one could even use any gender as one wishes too. In addition, one could make themselves younger/older in text. As you text every day, slowly you created an image into his/her mind that he /she wants too that’s the wonder of text. But beware, do not just be fooled by the words that you have read in the text coz you might get frustrated if you see your text mate in person which is far beyond from your imagination. Somehow, text sets us apart from what is reality and sometimes gives us false hope. Thus, mind conditioning came in where the psychology of texting is here………..