JULY
SPORTSFEST!!! I signed up for the badminton games during Soluziona's sportsfest! We won the Championships! Yahoo!!! GO HESTIA!!! I got to be named as the Female MVP for Class B... hihihi! Of course, I ought to be proud -- 3 Championships in 3 companies, who else has that record ei??? hahahaha
My brood got bigger once again! I adopted 3 kids at Soluziona's project at Landbank - Kris A., Yos, and John! In one meeting at Landbank, Maia from SID and Sir Ferdie were intently looking at the attendance sheet... wondering and murmuring to themselves. Curiousity biting at them, they had to ask,
"Kris, kinasal ka na?" (Kris, are you married?).
"Hinde, bakit?" (No, why?).
"Iba na kasi apelyedo mo dito eh" (You have a different surname here), referring to Kris Austero's entry, a new kid at Soluziona hahahaha!
Our contract with Globe, which was initially for 6 months, got renewed. We had to say good bye to Renee as Globe's budget was only enough for 3 team members :( She may have left the project, but she remains a friend :)
AUGUST
The much awaited month! CHINA!!!
Before our China trip, Jaja, May and I were invited by Sir Ferdie to join them on their Mt. Manabu climb. Climbing mountains ain't fun till you reach the peak. Exhausting? Yes, indeed! I got blisters a big as a 10-peso coin on each sole :( On the bright side, it was another opportunity to create new friends :)
China! This trip was booked just 3 months before the actual trip. In my haste to book cheap flights, I overooked the dates! We landed at Shanghai on August 24, 2008 - the last day of the Beijing Olympics... huhuhuhu LOSERS! If recorded, the trip would've made it as an Amazing Race episode. shanghai and Beijing in just 4 days - include a 12 hour train trip in it! Again, I had FUN!!! The best thing about the trip was I got to climb the steps of the Great Wall!!!!
Another unforgettable memory - watched SIMPLE PLAN's concert with Owie!!! I really had a great time!
SEPTEMBER
Celebrated Soluziona's 13th year anniversary with a Masquerade Party at the company outing. Too bad the Szrhums (Dustin and Renee's band) didn't make it to the final 3 of the Musziklaban :( I got so drunk, i created a personal record of how many times I barfed (proud???) hehehehe! Room 258 of the Mount Sea Grand Resort is definitely one for the books of Soluziona
OCTOBER
I got another kid - Lyn of Astra! hehehehe
NOVEMBER
WORK! WORK! WORK!
Shè joins as a foster kid! hahahaha I only have her till January.
DECEMBER
(music) 'Tis the season to be Jolly! (music)
Christmas Season!!!
TRAFFIC!!!!! grrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!
PARTIES!! GIFTS!!!! YIPEEEEEE!!!
Lastly, Thankfulness and the Joy of Family and Friends :)
Monday, December 29, 2008
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Memoirs 2008 {Part 1}
New job, new friends, new challenges, cultural experiences, milestones, lots of quarrels, (hihihi... what's new?), road trips, out-of-the country travels -- My 2008.
JANUARY
Started my first legitimate project with Soluziona at Globe. I was given the opportunity of choosing my team - Dustin, Ma-ann, Renee and Rheb... and though things weren't that smooth, we turned out OK. The first 3 months were the most challenging! We had to learn everything the hard way as there were no or minimal documentation. I'm so proud of what the team has achieved right now... they know the system inside out!
FEBRUARY & MARCH
My brood gets bigger as I got to handle the administrative duties of the other globe project. My other "kids" - Migs, Paolo, Mark, Jan, Basil, KC :)
Went on a road trip with two of my bestfriends to Canoe Beach Resort, Zambales. Made a side trip to the famous Anawangin beach.
APRIL
Gave my good friend, KIM, a big surprise when I went to Malaysia for his birthday celebration. Only Vera knew I was coming! You should've seen the look on their faces when they saw me. I guess it wasn't only Kim who was surprised... hehehehe! It was a short but memorable trip. Stayed there for just 1.5 days.
MAY
This is one sad, sad month :( Two weeks before my birthday, I had a BIG fight with a close and dear friend. No need to expound on it. Let's leave the past where it belongs... hehehe
My birthday eve was spent with my bestfriends - Jaja, May and Ramil. We welcomed our birthday (May and I share the same birthday) with coffee from Seattle's Best at MOA. They did a good job in cheering me up and help me overcome sadness even just for one night.
Ohhh... this was FLEX BEN month!!!! This benefit really made my month despite everything that happened. I got my Nikon D60 DSLR Camera and my iPod Classic 80GB through flexben!!! Yippeee!!!
JUNE
Bumped into the friend I had a fight with during the last day of the Pyrolympics and we both acted as if neither of us existed. We ate dinner at the same table, I chatted with our common friends but neither of us said a word to each other... not even an eye contact!!! Later that night, I realized that not being in good terms is just silly and things would be much, much better if we made up :) A few days later, I called him up and fixed things with him. His birthday came and passed and we were OK! yey! In retrospect, I think the friendship is better because of what we learned during those times :)
Went on a road trip with Mai and Ramil. I invited Ramil to join us because I wanted to go to Norzagaray, Bulacan. I thought he knew how to get there... him, being a Bulacaño... BUT I should've known better... we ended up going to Tagaytay! It was worth it... it was Ramil's first time to get there... I also drove them to Caleruega :) It was fun having Ramil join us... one of the rare moments Ramil agrees to something apart from dinner or coffee :)
{TO BE CONTINUED}
JANUARY
Started my first legitimate project with Soluziona at Globe. I was given the opportunity of choosing my team - Dustin, Ma-ann, Renee and Rheb... and though things weren't that smooth, we turned out OK. The first 3 months were the most challenging! We had to learn everything the hard way as there were no or minimal documentation. I'm so proud of what the team has achieved right now... they know the system inside out!
FEBRUARY & MARCH
My brood gets bigger as I got to handle the administrative duties of the other globe project. My other "kids" - Migs, Paolo, Mark, Jan, Basil, KC :)
Went on a road trip with two of my bestfriends to Canoe Beach Resort, Zambales. Made a side trip to the famous Anawangin beach.
APRIL
Gave my good friend, KIM, a big surprise when I went to Malaysia for his birthday celebration. Only Vera knew I was coming! You should've seen the look on their faces when they saw me. I guess it wasn't only Kim who was surprised... hehehehe! It was a short but memorable trip. Stayed there for just 1.5 days.
MAY
This is one sad, sad month :( Two weeks before my birthday, I had a BIG fight with a close and dear friend. No need to expound on it. Let's leave the past where it belongs... hehehe
My birthday eve was spent with my bestfriends - Jaja, May and Ramil. We welcomed our birthday (May and I share the same birthday) with coffee from Seattle's Best at MOA. They did a good job in cheering me up and help me overcome sadness even just for one night.
Ohhh... this was FLEX BEN month!!!! This benefit really made my month despite everything that happened. I got my Nikon D60 DSLR Camera and my iPod Classic 80GB through flexben!!! Yippeee!!!
JUNE
Bumped into the friend I had a fight with during the last day of the Pyrolympics and we both acted as if neither of us existed. We ate dinner at the same table, I chatted with our common friends but neither of us said a word to each other... not even an eye contact!!! Later that night, I realized that not being in good terms is just silly and things would be much, much better if we made up :) A few days later, I called him up and fixed things with him. His birthday came and passed and we were OK! yey! In retrospect, I think the friendship is better because of what we learned during those times :)
Went on a road trip with Mai and Ramil. I invited Ramil to join us because I wanted to go to Norzagaray, Bulacan. I thought he knew how to get there... him, being a Bulacaño... BUT I should've known better... we ended up going to Tagaytay! It was worth it... it was Ramil's first time to get there... I also drove them to Caleruega :) It was fun having Ramil join us... one of the rare moments Ramil agrees to something apart from dinner or coffee :)
{TO BE CONTINUED}
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