so i did…

…attend the party last saturday.

fun, fun, fun, despite coming in from shift and knowing that i had to go to work that night.

after shift ended we (that's richard, donna, emman and i) went ahead to congo grille at el pueblo. when we got there, the place was already packed, because the newbies  and those whose shifts ended at 8:30am were already there. which was okay because there were still a lot of empty tables and the food was served buffet style, so we needn't worry about running out of food. then my teammates and TL followed at around 11am. 

while we were eating there was a short program, with speeches from mommy les, bernie and john, the top 3 people. then there was a raffle. teacher louie (our trainor) got a spa gift certificate, louise (from wave 1) won a powerbooks GC, daddy john (wave 2, my batchmate!) got a DVD player, and mhay (wave 1) won one of 2 21" flat screen TVs. each of us also got a gift basket with noche buena goodies.

after the short program we continued with the partying. it was eat-all-you-can and drink-all-you-can (buckets of san mig lite, really!). most of us stayed till 2pm, and got to rub elbows with the main men and women. 

we left at 2pm, and i shared a cab with ian, gracie and ella, who were all going to makati. i had texted dianne that i was going over to her office so we could go home together. i couldn't take the bus because a) the basket was quite heavy and b) i drank 4 bottles of san mig lite, and i was a bit…um, tipsy (lack of sleep + 4 bottles of san mig lite = bad combination). 

but dianne and i didn't go home at once. we dropped by SM bicutan so she could look at some phones since she was buying a new one. then we went to the pet store to buy feeders for the arrowana. because of the holiday traffic we got home at around 4:15pm. 

i went to sleep at around 5pm, and didn't wake up till around 8:30pm, since mom and dad said they'd be bringing me to work.  so i came to work still sleepy and got to the office at 10:15pm. 

since most of us who went to the party made it to work that night, and since we met the required service level, mama les was so happy that she ordered food for all of us from yellow cab (pizza, pasta and chicken, yumyum), which meant free lunch for all of us.

i'm just glad i decided to go to the party. not only was it a good bonding moment with my teammates, it was also a great way to meet people from other batches and hobnob with our bosses. great way for networking, too.

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will be posting pictures once my teammates post the pics from their cameras online.