christmas parties and other surprises
the parties and surprises just kept on coming this past month. just to make kwento:
urc christmas party last Dec 5. even if the venue was at the posh crowne plaza and the theme was "gold", it seemed the event was "tinipid". nevertheless, i loved what i wore - black pants, black polo and black vest, accented by my gold tie. good thing i can wear my "costume" at the gma xmas party that same night, which had a 70s theme.
brand christmas party last Dec 12, or the annual initiation for newbies. as for me, i had to borat for that night. because i was so game to do anything and everything they told me to do, i won rookie of the year. i honestly thought i wasnt that funny. i guess my slapstick-style humor still worked. also, thanks to schedar for the gray suit, jenny for the hairdrier, and my old black towel for my mustache, and to my dvd for the kazakhstan accent. guhrrreat success!
three birthday celebrations. carlyn's was on the 7th, spent at the dampa area near mall of asia. mikael's on the 10th, spent at sched's place (it was on a sunday and i went home around 4 am already. goodness). anjs' double celebrations last 15th at the office and last night at gesu-aveneto (the yearly christams mass cum birthday celeb for anj!). goodness, i've been bingeing on food. gotta go on a diet this january!
and this month's major suprise was the sudden field work to Bacolod. we planned just the weekend before, and i had to leave the following monday. it wasnt supposed to be me for that area, but since anny couldnt make it, i was assigned to replace her. i thought kasi someone else would be there. hindi pala, bummer. it felt as if "sumabak ako sa gera" without doing some research on the battle.
the early flights brought back memories of the biscuits road show (sigh... when can we do that again?) i went there with rg. funny how the people from bacolod were so maporma and nangmamata as they looked at us from head to toe. apparently, bacolod was known for that unwritten "class stratification" inside restaurants and malls. rg dragged us to see these "happening" and "upper-class" gimmick places (their versions of greenbelt and le souffle), and we were amazed at how the young bacolod people there looked so conyo and dressed up. but once they started speaking, naku, back to the province kami. hahaha! the area was good, the places were great, but their food, even better!
going home, it was just a hassle leaving the airport on a cab and ride the mrt all the way to cubao. urgness.
anyway, my christmas post, to follow.
merry christmas to all!!!
urc christmas party last Dec 5. even if the venue was at the posh crowne plaza and the theme was "gold", it seemed the event was "tinipid". nevertheless, i loved what i wore - black pants, black polo and black vest, accented by my gold tie. good thing i can wear my "costume" at the gma xmas party that same night, which had a 70s theme.
brand christmas party last Dec 12, or the annual initiation for newbies. as for me, i had to borat for that night. because i was so game to do anything and everything they told me to do, i won rookie of the year. i honestly thought i wasnt that funny. i guess my slapstick-style humor still worked. also, thanks to schedar for the gray suit, jenny for the hairdrier, and my old black towel for my mustache, and to my dvd for the kazakhstan accent. guhrrreat success!
three birthday celebrations. carlyn's was on the 7th, spent at the dampa area near mall of asia. mikael's on the 10th, spent at sched's place (it was on a sunday and i went home around 4 am already. goodness). anjs' double celebrations last 15th at the office and last night at gesu-aveneto (the yearly christams mass cum birthday celeb for anj!). goodness, i've been bingeing on food. gotta go on a diet this january!
and this month's major suprise was the sudden field work to Bacolod. we planned just the weekend before, and i had to leave the following monday. it wasnt supposed to be me for that area, but since anny couldnt make it, i was assigned to replace her. i thought kasi someone else would be there. hindi pala, bummer. it felt as if "sumabak ako sa gera" without doing some research on the battle.
the early flights brought back memories of the biscuits road show (sigh... when can we do that again?) i went there with rg. funny how the people from bacolod were so maporma and nangmamata as they looked at us from head to toe. apparently, bacolod was known for that unwritten "class stratification" inside restaurants and malls. rg dragged us to see these "happening" and "upper-class" gimmick places (their versions of greenbelt and le souffle), and we were amazed at how the young bacolod people there looked so conyo and dressed up. but once they started speaking, naku, back to the province kami. hahaha! the area was good, the places were great, but their food, even better!
going home, it was just a hassle leaving the airport on a cab and ride the mrt all the way to cubao. urgness.
anyway, my christmas post, to follow.
merry christmas to all!!!