Our department has had a lot of changes these past few months, what with people being due for moves to other roles and new hires coming in to fill their positions. Even our leadership team was new, so they decided it was time to get to know everyone and what better way to do this […]
Paalam, Ichiro!
Our Japanese AD Ichiro was being sent back to Japan after two years of stay in GBS, so they organized a surprise despedida party for him last night. All the people he interacted with were invited and his GBS best friend Sunil brought him there. The event was held in Ardi’s and each group of […]
Bye, Despedidans!
In P&G it is the custom to change roles after every 2 years or so to prevent employees from getting bored being stuck in the same role forever, and also to provide opportunities for growth. And so we bid adieu to 6 lovely ladies (Leah, Kris, Mich, Rhea, Toni & Melai) last September 13 in […]
PMG – In The Raw
Yesterday, the third general assembly of the PMG (performing musicians guild, one of the original and biggest wellness circles in ) entitled “In the Raw” was held in Nobel Plaza, home of PMG. While our group “Parokya ni Jobacs” was invited to do another performance, none of the original members was up to the challenge, so […]
25 Roses: the Best Birthday Surprise Ever
It was around 1pm of September 7 and I was busy answering emails and troubleshooting when suddenly, a voice boomed behind me. “Heidee, happy birthday!” His voice was so loud, so everyone in our floor (with the newly lowered cubicle partitions) turned to look. It was the office heartthrob Jon holding out a long-stemmed red […]
Heroes in Canyon Woods
For my third teambuilding for P&G Asia FSS (Financial Services & Solutions), I became a committee member. Aside from being the brains behind the theme “heroes,” my other contribution as part of the logistics team was to be the marshall of the “X-Men.” We left Petron Megaplaza building at promptly 6:15am on August 23, so […]
Francis M. Live!!!
Scorching Sports Showdown
We had our second annual company summer sports showdown yesterday. We rode buses to Ultra, donned in different colored jersey shirts. Mine was dark blue for the Treasury-Accounts Payable-Affiliates alliance team. The first event was the 1.5K fun run. Everyone was entitled to join this race, but due to the extreme heat and phobia after […]
Voiceless
#37 Run in a marathon Done with #37 in my 100-things-to-do-before-i-die list. That makes it the 5th of a hundred. A long way to go, man. Okay, okay, so maybe I ran just a third of the way and brisk-walked the rest, but at least I still ran, didn’t I? And can I help it […]
Acoustikahan
Last Friday, one of P&G’s wellness circles, PMG (Performing Musicians Guild) held its first Acoustikahan: battle of the bands contest. Four bands joined in, including our band composed of mostly AP people named Parokya ni Jobacs after our band “manager,” Joel Baculi. Joel is actually a band 2 boss who’s an expert base guitarist and vocalist […]