Christmas: Is the spirit dying away slowly?

[roninblade]

Take for instance my office. I work for an IT company. I'm sure all of you who work for IT companies know that a lot of deadlines occur in Q4. (Honestly, I have no idea why they want to release a product in Q4.... Feeling ko mga GAME companies lang ang may karapatan mag release sa Q4. Non-game companies? Ewan.)

Now, nagpupuyat na ang department mo fixing lots of bugs ang slugging it out with an adamant QA team, with each member having a quota of bugs to log. Hence they log walang-kwenta bugs just to meet their quota.

Fine. It's just work. That's what I'm being paid for. To push the product out by Q4, and to ensure all the bugs, both legit bugs and nuisance bugs, are fixed.

what industry are you in? most companies i know of rolled out na Q4 updates by 3rd/4th week of November 'cause of code freeze/blackout in December since a lot of people are out on vacation.

[ess]

what industry are you in? most companies i know of rolled out na Q4 updates by 3rd/4th week of November 'cause of code freeze/blackout in December since a lot of people are out on vacation.

We've got a Japanese customer.

Dalawang QA yung kailangan namin i-please. Our own local QA and the REAL customer QA.
Our REAL customer QA is the one that logs legitimate, practical bugs. Our own local QA logs pilosopo bugs. Unfortunately, we've got to solve all of 'em.

Anyway, we've just entered partial code-freeze last week. And bugs are down to a trickle. Any new bugs that are logged are subject to an evaluation on whether or not it's worth including in the Q4 release slated next week.

SO the bulk of my work right now is playing the role of a defense lawyer arguing to not solve a nuisance bug.

[lancy09]

I just realized that during xmas season people are becoming materialistic who are looking forward to receive material things.

[roninblade]

Is it just me or do you feel it? I remember 10 years ago Christmas was much more fun... Or is it just me cause I am getting older and getting more serious unlike 10 years ago I was just 16, a senior high school student so mas jolly pa ang buhay. Walang poblema maliban lang sa grades na ipapakita sa magulang...

Kayo what do you think? Mas nagiging malungkot na ba ang pasko ngayon kaysa kungwari 10-15 years ago?

are you married with kids? if not, have some kids of your own; that'll bring the christmas spirit back into your life. shift nga lang from receiver to giver ang role mo.

[uls]

are you married with kids? if not, have some kids of your own; that'll bring the christmas spirit back into your life. shift nga lang from receiver to giver ang role mo.

tidus, he has a point ^^

mag asawa ka na

[shadow]

add ko pa... BPO industry earnings also at record highs

well yeah, probably dami utang ang mga tao kaya di na masyado gumagastos

i dunno...

i still think people have more money this year

facade lang yan uls, ang dami kasing pwedeng bilhin na gadgets ngayon...tapos meron pang mga offer na buy now, pay next year.

ako nga gusto ko bumili ng Mac book pro, Iphone 4 and Ipad. konti na lang hinde ko na talaga matiis.

tidus, he has a point ^^

mag asawa ka na

mag propose ka na kasi...

[boybi]

shadow, wait ka nalang for the iPad 2 Slimmer, lighter, and with 2 cameras.

[shadow]

shadow, wait ka nalang for the iPad 2 Slimmer, lighter, and with 2 cameras.

sabi nga nila early next year labas na bagong model, pati macbook Pro.

[uls]

facade lang yan uls, ang dami kasing pwedeng bilhin na gadgets ngayon...tapos meron pang mga offer na buy now, pay next year.

ako nga gusto ko bumili ng Mac book pro, Iphone 4 and Ipad. konti na lang hinde ko na talaga matiis.

well yeah

dami nga bumili ng gadgets this year

a number of people i know bumili ng iphone, ipad, other brand smartphones, LCD TVs

meron isa bumili ng Apple laptop costing over P80,000

dami din bumili ng new cars this year

a friend bought a grey market Pajero, another one bought a Land Cruiser

people really were spending this year

must be the wealth effect of the rising stock market

[shadow]

well yeah

dami nga bumili ng gadgets this year

a number of people i know bumili ng iphone, ipad, other brand smartphones, LCD TVs

meron isa bumili ng Apple laptop costing over P80,000

dami din bumili ng new cars this year

a friend bought a grey market Pajero, another one bought a Land Cruiser

people really were spending this year

must be the wealth effect of the rising stock market

hinde they believed that end of the world na sa 2012.

[Zeus]

Na mimiss ko nga ang mga childhood Christmas seasons spirit dati, masaya, walang problema, konting Christmas decor sa bahay, masaya na. Manood lang ng manikin sa COD o pumunta sa Fiesta Carnival sa Cubao happy na. Pag last day na ng school para sa christmas break, may mga program ang school tungkol sa Christmas, fell na feel talaga. Tapos gustong gusto ko yung TV greetings ng Pop Cola, "We in the Pop Cola...wish you a Fantastic Christmas". mababaw lang ang kaligayahan dati, puros kalokohan, mahilig ako sa mga firecrackers tulad ng watusi, tatanggalin ang laman sa buong box, ibabalot sa papel at isusunog! happy new year ang dating Pulley itatali sa pinto ng kapit bahay tapos katok, pagbukas putok Tapos yung sparkling wire, tagal sumindi, ubos na posporo ayaw parin, kailangan lighter o kandila. Nagpaputok ng sunod sunod na lolo thunder sa school habang flag ceremony, tapos iba ang pinagbintangan. Nagpaputok ng sunod sunod na super lolo sa sinehan, mga movie patrons, nagtakbuhan palabas Those were the days

[tidus1203]

well yeah

dami nga bumili ng gadgets this year

a number of people i know bumili ng iphone, ipad, other brand smartphones, LCD TVs

meron isa bumili ng Apple laptop costing over P80,000

dami din bumili ng new cars this year

a friend bought a grey market Pajero, another one bought a Land Cruiser

people really were spending this year

must be the wealth effect of the rising stock market

No way, dito sa Pilipinas very few people know the stock market. For me its still the high access to debt... Same with cars, just better access to debt rather than true increase in wealth. As for me I made even more money in 2008 (yep the peak of the financial crisis where I went long the Japanese Yen from 100 something down to 87) than now in 2010... Kaya nga that year Santa Fe nabili ko and this year Fiesta lang!