A Deecoded Life

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She’s the Man

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This week’s concept – “man” gear. Some of us could not find any ties or suspenders, so polos and vests would have to do. Still, when we walked together, people could not help but stare. Corporate attire is not exactly P&G attire. 😀

TG Last Lunch

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Caloi was off to Newcastle for a month last July 14 and won’t be back in time for my last day in P&G, so last July 18, we had what would be the TG’s last lunch together in a long time. =.( Venue: Melo’s, this really expensive steak place in Jupiter. We ordered just one […]

My Last AP Teambuilding

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Last July 25, Accounts Payable team headed to Tagaytay Dache and forgot about work for one day and one night. There were games on the first day (I was part of the green team), videoke and drinks at night, and Saturday morning was reserved for Joel’s despedida. I won an award for being the best […]

Wanted {Movie Review}

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Choose your destiny, goes the tagline of this yet another comic book adaptation. I was contemplating going home because I was already sleepy, but the movie kept me wide awake and at the edge of my seat all throughout. I found myself relating to the lead character, Wesley, who felt, at the beginning of the film, that […]

Connecting the Dots

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Just as I was getting hysterical about whether I made the right choice, my friend Chu referred this video. I was really touched by this speech by Steve Jobs, chief executive officer and co-founder of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, during the 2005 Stanford graduation. My favorite parts: You can’t connect the dots […]

The Definition of “Close Friend”

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I was bordering on the edge of insanity one afternoon because a certain invoice amounting to more than a million USD could not get posted due to some difference. The vendor would go bankrupt if we did not get it included in the payment run the next morning, so I sent off messages to different […]

What Stars do Best

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“Your emotions give you away, Yvaine, you must learn to control them. You’ve been glowing more brightly every day and I think you know why.” One of my friends once told me that if you’ll replace the name Yvaine with mine, that line from the movie Stardust would be so appropriate. Well that was me. […]

Bonifacio High Street

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Cate & Carl were in Manila for different reasons, so it was the job of their “localized” college classmates to give them a whirl about town last night. Rather than the usual Glorietta complex, we decided to show them the beautiful Bonifacio High Street. We had dinner at Abe, blended iced coffees at Coffee Bean […]

Risky Business

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We won our first paintball match during our company sportsfest. Our boss Nats asked me why I looked unhappy despite the win. I just told her that I was confused with the events, but the truth was, I was unhappy because I felt unfulfilled. I was still alive at the end of the game but […]

Love Makes the Difference

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An officemate read one of my blogs and said, “Ang galing mo magsulat ah!” (You write really well!) I thanked her and explained, “It’s because I love to write and when you love what you do, you tend to be good at it.” I realize that that is especially true of me. When I was still […]