I had fun yesterday meeting up with friends at Greenbelt. We’ve been doing this for a few years now, and I definitely wouldn’t miss this for the world. We used to work in one company before, and we’ve known each other for more than 10 years already. Our agreed venue was Chili’s Bar and Grill at Greenbelt 5, but we decided to transfer to Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. at Greenbelt 3.












Gift-giving followed. Seeing my friends beats receiving birthstone jewelry for Christmas, although I wouldn’t mind getting that as a Christmas gift. LOL! I had the most number of gifts, I think, because three of my friends here are my son’s godmothers. After satisfying our palates and our tummies, we headed straight to Starbucks 6750 for more chitchat.












I’m so looking forward to seeing them all again next year. Advance Merry Christmas, BFFs!

I had a fun time today meeting up with my small group of tutors and our two bosses for our first ever Christmas get-together at Dad’s (SM Megamall). Because we all work at home, this is actually the first time for all of my active tutors to see each other in person and to meet our bosses.


From left to right: Anton, our CEO; Leah, our CFO; Tetcha


From left to right: Resty, Noribel, Marissa, Nesa


Clockwise: Anton, Leah, Tetcha, Resty, Noribel, Marissa, Nesa
Our bosses surprised us by giving away Php1,000.00 check for everyone present (we were all present, by the way) and a gift each from Marks & Spencer. My tutors have gifts for me, too. I’m such an inconsiderate project manager because I came unprepared. I only brought along my present for our exchange gift. LOL! I owe you guys one.


Our presents for our exchange gift


The girls opening their gifts
Seeing the entire group today made me realize how blessed I am to have worked with such competent colleagues. My tutors give me headaches sometimes, but at the end of the day, I’m thankful that I can depend on them to meet our expected monthly quotas and to deliver more if need be. I’m also grateful for having vibrant and youthful bosses whom I have bombarded with a lot of requests in the past.

Merry Christmas, guys! I hope to see you all again next year.