Pambihira! I’m broke, again!

Yes, I’m broke (again) and I’m not done buying gifts for my friends! :( This is because Canon started another sale on their lenses last December 15 (until January 15) and with a price drop of almost Php20k, how can I refuse?!? This is the latest addition to my camera gear.


My first L lens


Sample

Pizza Fiesta! Woohoo!

Before attending the Simbang Gabi, I went to the office Monday night to distribute my gifts to my bosses, my co-TLs and my team members. I also recalled that it food will be given to the teams in celebration of our recent 85% customer satisfaction rating. The office exchange gift was also scheduled that night. I almost missed the third day of Simbang Gabi because the exchanging of gifts started late. :)


Pizza Stack


TL Ice preparing the exchange gift list (DO NOT DISTURB-ED!Ü)

First Time

Last weekend was the most hectic yet exciting weekend I have ever had! My team had our GA at Gerry’s Grill in Greenhills, San Juan. It was supposed to be a trip to La Luz but they changed the minds a few weeks before December 15 that’s why we ended up having it in the city. For the record, I still wanted to go to La Luz. The reason the others agreed to change the plans was to give the other members a chance to join the GA but I guess they still had other important things to do that day which was why they were not able to attend. (I had a hard time putting that line in and making it sound positive Ü) Thank you Selle (and Resty), Randy, Marion, Lhoi, Kris, Chris, Dan, Tom-Tom and Badette for spending your precious time and have a small celebration with the team. :)


Afterwards, I had another GA to attend. This time, it’s my shift’s GA and even if Karen and I were not able to sleep much the morning of that day, the venue that my boss chose to hold the GA was so tempting because it would be my first time going to such a place! You’ve heard of having team building sessions in a hotel suite, right? How about a team building session in a motel suite? Being in the Philippines, people here have a different idea when spending time in a motel. I hope people do not get into trouble with the pictures I posted. :)


Inside Shhh...


Whoa!Ü


Shen-Shen PG


Is that what I think it is? A flashlight?Ü
Now that I drank beer and been to a motel, what else needs to be done? It’s not really something I needed to do. Rather it is something I’ve wanted to do for a long time. Be able to attend the Simbang Gabi (Christmas evening mass), again. Check out this website to find out more about Simbang Gabi, http://www.rcam.org/library/SIMBANG_GABI.htm. I filed for a week long leave to be able to do it and took advantage of the opportunity to be able to hear mass with my family everyday, for nine days until Christmas. Hopefully, I can save my leaves and have weekends off schedule to be able to continue doing this tradition next year. :)


First night (Jesus the Divine Healer Parish)

Hello Kiddos!

Please welcome the latest addition to our (Karen and I) growing family!Ü

Raine


Baby Kha and Baby Pacs


Sam and Alicia


New kids on the block


Still growing!Ü

New Team Pacs Pacunayen

I just wanted to share a photo of my team with its new members taken by TL Edu Nario. My outbound team together with my tech review team (not complete, though). I think he will be using it on the banner he’s designing for the site to show off our latest and greatest (at least for now) achievement, 85% customer satisfaction! 90% customer satisfaction will be coming anytime soon! :)

Doughnut Bai!

It was a great follow up to have a doughnut day, thanks to our site’s HR, 24 hours after our house warming party. Giving everyone a little moral boost. The sugar rush was something I didn’t need because I ate lot of food the day before. Unfortunately, I was convinced after a long heated argument with my colleagues to get one doughnut courtesy of Go Nuts Donuts’ Holiday doughnuts. Alright, alright! My co-TLs just asked me once and I happily obliged. :) tsk tsk tsk


Go Nuts Donuts


Sneak Peak

The Nth Site Makati Matrix CBG House Warming Party

I think I’ve been in at least 3 house warming parties for Matrix since I’ve been with site Makati. We’ve always been the program of choice when it comes to moving from one floor to another. To accommodate other program’s needs, in terms of workstations, Matrix has been the “lucky one” because of our “flexibility”. Although, it has not been always a nice experience when moving to a different floor (UATs and all) I guess the good thing about it is we have a celebration every time! We had the party last December 11 and to top it off, we were also the first site to reach a program milestone of 85% customer satisfaction! Gidjeb everyone! :)


Big Bosses Mahesh, Joe and Keith


TL GP having a party of his ownÜ


Behind the scenes


TL Ice's fall back career


Whoa! Intimate moment?Ü Keith and Amel


Welcome EldersÜ

Urban Glam

So many things happened this December and allow me to start my series of posts with my company’s Urban Glam Christmas Party held last December 2 (Early isn’t it? Ü). Like what the title suggests, the theme was Hip-Hop and the people were so into the theme that a lot of them really looked glamorous! It was somehow refreshing to see old and new faces looking different. It is during these times that I see one of the reasons a lot of (young) people are considering going into the call center. *wink wink*

We got there late so I was not able to take good photos of the party. My site’s dance group also won the dance competition that night! CONGRATULATIONS GUYS! :)