Ofc Xmas Party 2008

We had christmas salo salo today, feasting on kiampong, meatballs, chicken & pork adobo, roasted chicken, pizza (tons of), fruit salad, assorted choco cookies and ice cream. Super dami ng food! I think I gained 10 lbs, hehe! At first, I thought hindi ko magugustahan ang kiampong, but it was masarap! :)

Here are the new guys:



Me and the Korean team (Rose, Michelle and Aragorn)



Me and the Mandarin team (Maria and Rick)



Me and the Thai team (Steve and Hajie)



Me and the English team (Connie, Mau, Jeff, Maan, Drew, Vannie, Gem, Hazel and Josef)



Me and the AMs (Grey, Susan, Wils, Hanz and Mami Burns)

Merry Christmas everyone! :)

Friendship Flowers Award

This tag is all about "FRIENDSHIP OFFERING" with someone whom you know, to someone whom you already knew or will know in the future, globally. Thank you Janis for passing this on to me.



Here are the rules for this tag:

1. Copy the badge and put it on your blog,
2. Link back who pass you this tag,
3. Spread this tag to at least 7 or more bloggers who you think you are friend with.

And lovely are the blossoms
That are tended with great care,
By those who work unselfishly
To make the place more fair.
And, like the garden blossoms,
Friendship’s flower grows more sweet
When watched and tended carefully
By those we know and meet.
And, if the seed of friendship
Is planted deep and true
And watched with understanding,
Friendship’s flower will bloom for you.

I am now passing this tag to Divine, Sheryll, Jacque, Con, and Mec.

Il Terrazzo, Tomas Morato

Today, we had our team's christmas party at Jack's Loft in Tomas Morato. It was a lunch get-together so most of us skipped breakfast na, hehe.



I ordered mushroom soup (matabang), philly cheese steak sandwich (i'm sorry walang lasa), and I declair (sadly, smaller size than before). Nabusog ako but hindi nasarapan. Oh well, it's free lunch so I can't complain, hehe!



Missing in the picture are the latecomers - May, Rox and Celpots hehe.



Me and Inah - my 'mommy' in our exchange gift. She gave me a Parker sign pen, with my name engraved on it, for all the memos I need to sign daw (roll eyes), hehe. Thanks Mami Ins! :)

More pictures here.

New friends, new words

I'm with a new team now, and this week I made some new friends - 3 Koreans (Michelle, Rose & Aragorn), 2 Thais (Hajie & Kamol) and 2 Chinese (Rick & Jerico).

Did yah know that in Korea, you turn one year old on the day that you are born? Kase they start counting even if you are still inside the tummy. So, if I were born in Korea, 31 na pala ako ngayon yuuuuck! Hahaha.

I learned that the correct pronunciation of "Thai" is /Tai/, unless you are referring to that chicken part most delicious when fried - thigh.

I also learned some new words - "ahn yong hasehyo", "sawadeekah", "ni hao" which means Hello in korea, thai and mandarin.

Oh, this is gonna be exciting! :)

Craving for some

Lifesavers! Where can I buy them now?



Photo borrowed from here.

Conti's and Gerry's Grill, Trinoma

It's the first Saturday of December. I met my good old college friends at Trinoma for our christmas get-together. The last time we saw each other was July when our friend Ana came home to visit from the US. I am happy to see them again. :)



Jenny, Aus, Bing & I had merienda 3pm at Conti's. We had 'assorted dips with melba toast' as appetizer. Ang sarap when you combine the artichoke & liver pate dips together, I swear hahaha! I also had tuna sandwich, tiramisu and brewed coffee (plus 1 refill), ang takaw ko grabeh. Bing had frap and mango bravo. Jen had baked macaroni and a cake (forgot which one).

I was on cinderella time and couldnt stay long, Vito is sick with colds and I am mommy medic once again. Kaya lang wala pa si Marvs. Either leave or face his wrath. I texted him - Marvs call me. Upon learning na we ate na his calm, sleepy voice went up a notch - ano! kumaen na kayo?! hehehe e kse ang tagaaal. So anyway, he finally arrived together with his BFF, Migs and said na they want to eat sa ibang resto. Fine.



We transferred to Gerry's Grill, super dami ng tao. When everyone was settled na, Bing and I said our b-byes. She had to leave early din coz she's going back to Tarlac. Of course ayaw nila pumayag, but we promised there is going to be a next time. :)



Thanks Jen for my gift, I'll open it on Christmas day :D

Wordless Wednesday

Smiling moon

As Keith was off to work, we saw the most amazing thing - God was smiling and it was such a beautiful feeling. I immediately asked him to take a picture. After several attempts (he got almost late for work, hehe), he was able to get this:



This was taken outside our house around 8pm. Keith had to edit the roofs and trees out, and zoom in. Nice noh? :)