Sadly, there is no money. Bing is right. THeoretically. There is no money to spend for anything. Theoretically.
The operating budget is nearly the same amount as the 100% collection of association dues. As I have said before, as reported by Admin Assistant Karen, the collection is a poor 65%. That clearly gives anyone even with the simplest of minds, for as long he can subtract, that there will always be a deficit of 35%.
So, this very interesting fact - take note, Character XYZ - puts into light the very fundamental question, why not reduce the operating budget?
I've been a housewife, okay- house-girlfriend, and I think I still am. If I begin to spend more than the household income, or spend exactly the same amount as the earnings, I will have been divorced many times over by now. Worse, I don't believe I will ever be a marriage material in this manner, apart from the notorious and already discouraging bad habit of overspending.
There is no money. Theoretically. Even Globe's rental fee, is theoretically spent before it is paid.
If I were you, I will start thinking of taking care of my cluster so that it doesn't fall apart. I've met, by accident - Ms Ligot with me - the person responsible for designing the buildings. He lives in Cluster 3, by the way. - Ed. and when I mentioned about why their company have not had a return visit to the certify the integrity of the garbage chute, I gotta tell you, I had to stop myself from making a violent blunder. I am sure he has his reasons, and I have mine, too. Only, my reasons would have probably not been enough to keep me away from a lawsuit.
BUT
My Daddy didn't raise a whimpy girl, and the nuns made sure I grew up very cynical, and now I see that engineer and his lot, I realize, Re exactly among reasons why there are girls like me. Jeez!
I do not think they are still coming. It certainly not excited over it. Someone cogitates far too deeply, it's taken him so long to to get back to the surface. You know what, dude, it's hotter in the core than in our garbage chutes, even when its afire. Seriously!
We asked them to pay us a visit after the first fire in Cluster 6, and the company had the temerity to send over two young girls. On a rescheduled date... and girls, not women! Yes, one was an engineer, but she's one whom I will never have trusted a project as high, complicated and damage-ridden as ours. I'll probably let her fix the Manager's Quarters, that's one floor, and on the ground. Very far away from any more liability. it's not becuase she is a girl and is young, for I underwent the same discrimatory experiences, it's becuase she was obviously a reluctant stand-in, who was carelessly acknowledging that she was not completely briefed of the reason why she came over to GGS.
You really wanna know what got me riled up? It was that exact moment when he arrogantly told me that 'the arrangements were being made in Empire East.' He added, 'we only deal and talk with them.' More, he also said the chutes were made of CHB (concrete hollow blocks) that it should still be OK, because it had firewalls.
Tell that to my neighbors and see what good that'll do you.
Empire East Land Holdings, Inc.
I lived three minutes away from here during all of our community's construction. It's CHB everywhere, that's why there are cracks everywhere and we are prone to water damages. You must have noticed the walls SM Realty uses in its residential condos along EDSA. See the pre-fab looking walls? Those are poured walls - very water tight. I'm a building-dweller. Have always been. If I had known this info before, I wouldn't have bought here. I would have kicked my boyfriend out for signing into the dotted line of 1 block of EELHI shares of stock. The memory makes me shudder...
Manager's Quarter
Manager's quarters? Yep, there's one! I am sure by this time, our very hardworking maintenance men have begun cleaning the flooded floors and dismantling the ceiling or something like that. It must have shocked them that I discovered it.
Dang! And I thought people who had less cared more... about material things. We must pay them real cheap, for them not to care. Or the succession of management staff has bred them that way.
Service and Service
But you know what, I gave everyone this line, even to the security guards who worked their asses off during the fires, 'If you don't approve of this assignment, for whatever reason, you can leave.'
Our community is peppered with problems. In fact, it's so bad that I think it's really pepper that sprouted a community.
Yeah, that sounded good in Filipino. So sue me..!
Yeah, that's what I thought, you spineless, piece of scum, so worthless and shameful, the scum would change its name if it could.
Yeah, we have so much problems. There is no money for everyone and everything. Where did it go? I cannot begin answer. And let's not go there anymore.
But what I do know is that we only have money for people who have vested interest here, like those poor guards who did not have a choice but run to the fire, suitless and gas-mask-less. Anyone else less dedicated can move elsewhere. Which reminds me, does anyone know why Alladin Cortes had to go? He's now detailed in GCF. Good for him!
And what I can answer is... are...
You need waterproofing.
You need to safeguard the windows, both in your homes and along the hallway. Some buildings have window encasement built into the windows of their hallways. Others, like my hallway do not. And yet C5 16/F has. C3 2/F has.
You need cameras on your lobby, elevators and garbage chutes.
You need security guards in your lobby and an intercom for him to use. And he better have one of those thing-a-magicees called CB Radio! It comes with his uniform - and pay. By the way, the security provider is Megaforce Security. If you know them, tell them, I know them, too, and I know exactly where to find them to shove that contract up their... where the sun doesn't shine! I think I will pause to smoke...
Most of all, you need a governor. Three of them. Not to work on other people's problem, but just your cluster. For example in Cluster 5, we will have 3.
One (1) from Cluster 1 to 6; another one (1) from Cluster 7 to 12 and another one (1) from Cluster 13 to 18. So that all floors are covered and well provided for.
They will have the same powers as us, YES, higher than the Admin, you powertripper, you!- Ed except specifically useful only for their cluster.
On other matters... have you noticed how clean the swimming pool is? That is all thanks to our pool man, Teodor =) Teodor is also responsible for some heroic deeds during the last fire. He sells balut at night, across the street. So when he saw the fire, he ran to resume duty. Apparently, his job status is ON-CALL. Who cares, it takes some real special humanity juice to rush up to an emergency clad only in a wifebeater and puruntong.
Sure, there is no money, yetnthere should always be money for contractors like him. He sure as hell deserves some of that administrative money if you ask my whiny side...
Naah, we should just give them something, from the bottom of our hearts!
Clusters, unite!
From the bottom of mine,
River
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