Friday, araw na ng aking presentation, parang gusto ko nang umatras dahil makakaharap ko na naman ang aking masungit na boss.
“Oh, anak, bakit parang matamlay ka diyan?” si papa.
“Wala po pa, stressed lang po ako siguro sa work,” sagot ko naman.
“Eh di huwag ka na muna pumasok, baka kailangan mo ng pahinga,” alala ni papa.
“Okay lang ako pa, hindi rin naman ako pwedeng mag-absent today kasi may presentation akong iprepresent sa boss ko,” sabi kong mabigat ang pakiramdam.
“Oh sige, pag na-late ka ulit tawag ka lang, maaga ako uwi mamaya, masusundo na kita,” sabi naman ni papa na maliligo pa lang.
“Opo,” ang maiksi kong sagot.
Pagdating sa office, naghanda na kami agad ni Elai para sa presentation. Dumating ng maaga si sir Israel at,
“Miss Arevalo, to my office,” sabi nyang wala pa ring kangiti-ngiti sa mukha. Tinawag din nya si Ms. Cynthia and this time hindi na nya ito pinaalis sa tabi nya. Nakahinga naman ako ng maluwag dahil tatlo na kami ngayon sa presentation room, hindi na ako masyadong kinakabahan dahil alam kong kakampi ko si Ms. Cynthia.
“Okay, Miss Arevalo, start your presentation,” si sir Israel.
“Yes, sir,” binuksan ko ang laptop and nagsimula na akong magsalita.
“As you can see sir, with this ad I gave a short background about our company because according to our records, Mr. Flores has associates who also want to invest in our company and they’re not that well-knowledged about AMC.
Regarding our product sir, I stated here that AMC has one important piece of mobile software that accommodate the needs of one strategic partner and that might be a watershed moment for the whole tech industry.
Encore mini tablets of leading mobile companies sports a 1024 x 600 pixel display, one that is lower than the official minimum screen resolution to run Windows 8.2, our new product sir, currently 1024 x 768 pixels.
Engineers analysed each component to determine how to make them work as frugally as possible, going as far as tweaking Windows 8.2. These tweaks however are likely to be rolled out to other partners as well in the short term.
AMC assured that the compatability of the device and the software is the most concern of nthe company,” nag-pause ako for a while para malaman kung may further question si sir Israel bago ko tuluyang tapusin ang aking presentation.
“Okay, in summary, how can you convince the Italian clients to trust us and invest to us?” tanong ni sir Israel.
“Well sir, no false promises but the honesty and loyalty we can give them, because in the absence of these two things, they can not get the service they’re looking for,” kabado kong pagtatapos sa statement ko na sana masatisfy na siya sa trabaho ko.
Hindi umimik si sir Israel. May kinuha siya sa kanyang attaché case saka binigay kay Ms. Cynthia. Tumayo na siya at inabot sa akin ang isang brown folder at umalis na.
Naiwan akong nagtataka. Wala man lang reaction, comments man lang sana para alam ko kung may babaguhin.
“Tignan mo kaya ang hawak mo, MK,” si Ms. Cynthia na nakatingin na pala sa akin ng matagal.
“Ay, sori po ma’am. Ano po ba ito?” tanong ko naman.
Binuksan ko ito at ito pala ay ang contact details ng mga Italian clients para maging mga investors ng kompanya at kailangan ko na silang iinform na pwede na nila icheck ang profile ng company.
