I mentioned in the previous blog that two of my friends from the office are resigning. Our despedida session in IO was kind of bitin, so we decided to have a surprise lunch for them in their last day in the office, which is today. We gathered everyone together, including those who have been so […]
Archives for June 2006
Bye Bye Kes & Arni
Don’t you just hate goodbyes? Actually, it’s not all goodbyes I hate, only when I am the one being left behind. I mean, when I was the one who had to leave, somehow saying goodbye was more bearable. So it was kind of a blow to me when two of my dearest friends in the […]
Singkit New York Chinese Takeout Food
A few months ago, Petron unveiled two floors of restaurants for the eating pleasure of Buendia-based employees. After trying Teriyaki Boy’s Japanese dishes, Ineng’s barbeques, and Pancake House’s breakfast meals, we set our sights on the newest addition, Singkit New York Chinese Takeout Food. We had some Hoisin chicken, sweet & sour fish, lechon kawali […]
Rhyza
When Liza was a new hire in P&G, and we welcomed her to our lunches, she did not tell us she was pregnant until two months later. She said that she kept it a secret because some companies don’t regularize pregnant employees, which I think is a ridiculous practice. Thankfully, P&G is not like them. […]
Gay’s Day
Gay, who turned 24 last June 10, is the oldest girl in our house and yet she is our innocent wide-eyed little child. She is also our lanlan queen and official tagatilok sa balay. Lanlan is a Bisaya word which means eating something in pure form…like salt, for instance, which she did once. Tagatilok is […]
My Johari Window
It always interests me to know what people think about me. Not that I need to win their approval or anything, I just need a self confidence boost every now and then. The Johari Window provides just that. Here are my results. Arena (known to self and others) cheerful, confident, independent, witty Blind Spot (known […]
Pizza for Jerome
Jerome turns 23 today. To break the tradition, the gang decided to surprise him. They got the lobby guard to call him and tell him that he had a visitor at the 10th floor to get him to come down. But instead of a “girl” visitor, what awaited him was Pizza Hut, chocolates and Pepsi […]
My Big Little Brother
Exactly 22 years ago, my mom had her second c-section and delivered a bouncing baby boy into the world, much to her 1-year-and-9-month-old daughter’s chagrin. From the very beginning I regarded my baby brother with much suspicion, as can be evidenced by a picture he has in his album. In the picture, my dad (who […]
Visiting Camp Crame
Whenever I need to go somewhere I’d never been to and I didn’t know how to get there, there’s always one person to call — our tatay sa bahay, Nald. So last night, right before going to PNP Camp Crame, I rang him up and he gave me a cheaper and faster option to my first […]