Monday, June 25, 2007

Fiesta!!!

Yesterday, June 24, was the Feast Day of St. John the Baptist - patron saint of my barrio Tipas. For the first time in many years, the fiesta fell on a Sunday - which means I spent the day without playing hide-and-seek with people who annually wait for, aim, and throw water onto helpless passers-by as a custom of celebrating the day of St. John. Instead, I got to be one of those pranksters.

And as far as I can recall, it was also the first time that houses nearby, including ours, prepared food and drinks in line with the village-wide merriment. The Hermana Mayora, Mrs. Mary Ann Opeña - a familiar name among TV and movie stars today because of her connections to Lolit Solis, Boy Abunda, Unang Hirit hosts, et al, - brought even more color to the festivities by inviting Kapuso artists on the eve of the the feast.

I also enjoyed the morning parade that traversed almost every street of the four barangays comprising Tipas. I think, it was also the first time I toured our village after being a home buddy for a very long time. I got to see old friends and former classmates. The procession was not exempted from the people who from nowhere suddenly splashed water on our faces using hoses, buckets, water guns, and water balloons. It was fun!

The fiesta reached its peak with a 15-minute fireworks display and ended with bottles of Red Horse. Haha.

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Yesterday, too, my cousin who happens to be a nurse, measured my blood pressure after I complained to her that I feel pain on my chest and nape. The sphygmomanometer read at 140/90. In short, high blood ako. Lagot.

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Wednesday, June 20, 2007

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Friday, June 15, 2007

Dynasty

The San Antonio Spurs claimed its fourth NBA Championship in as many NBA Finals appearances after defeating NBA Finals first-timers Cleveland Cavaliers 83-82 in Game 4 of their best-of-seven series Thursday night (Eastern Time). They are now ranked among other franchises that have multiple trophies such as Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers, and Chicago Bulls. Tony Parker was named as Finals MVP.

For more stories regarding the sweep of Spurs over the Cavs, visit Yahoo! Sports.

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Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Fun Here, There, Everywhere

Fun /'f&n/ (noun) 1 : what provides amusement or enjoyment; specifically : playful often boisterous action or speech fun>; 2 : a mood for finding or making amusement fun>; in our team, Physical Distribution and ABAP, I am one of the pioneers of Fun@PD/A.

Fun@PD/A, a smaller spin-off of Fun@HP and Fun@ADSI, is a group of fun-loving individuals who do nothing but laugh and laugh in the office. Well, nothing, of course, is an exaggeration.

Last Friday, PD/A held its own offsite-cum-team-building-cum-birthday-party-cum-happy-hour at the penthouse of One Wilson Place Condominium where Jim Cheng's family stays.

Fun Fun Fun Friday!!!

To see the pictures and videos, just visit my
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Wednesday, June 06, 2007

Idle Here, There, Everywhere

Idle /'I-d&l/ (adjective) 1 : lacking worth or basis : vain ; 2 : not occupied or employed: as a : having no employment : inactive b : not turned to normal or appropriate use c : not scheduled to compete ; 3 a : shiftless, lazy b : having no evident lawful means of support.

Idleness is what we, HP new hires, experience here at the office. Some say it's a usual happening especially when one is in an entry-level position. But somehow, I feel a bit guilty just sitting down, surfing the net, and blogging/chatting to kill time. On Friday, another payday comes. I will once again enjoy a salary for attending trainings once in a while and for bumming around the office halls. To tell you the truth, upon arriving to my cubicle, my batchmates would instantly invite me for a coffee break and after a brief email checking, lunch break na! WTF!?!? Haha.

Anyway, to lessen my guilt, many of my upperclass officemates told me that once I assume the responsibility that I would suppose to takeover and once our assigned project kick-off, I would definitely miss these idle moments of my HP life.

So, Onin, enjoy the moment while it still lasts.

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Tuesday, June 05, 2007

Offsite Here, There, Everywhere

Offsite /of-'sIt/ (noun), not located or occurring at the site of a particular activity; in HP terminologies, an offsite is a team building seminar, outing/swimming, or any out-of-town leisure/vacation activity that caters relaxation and recreation for its work-force.

The HP GDPC's SAP-ADSI Team (Applications Development and Systems Integration) held its Summer Offsite at Subic's Grande Island last June 1 and 2, 2007. It was my first HP offsite since being hired last April 16.

Almost 300 people - divided into 5 teams, appropriately named after five (in)famous Pirates of the Caribbean (Hector Barbossa, Edward "Blackbeard" Teach, Cruikshank, Jack Rackham, and Spiredyke) battled for the ultimate championship through accumulated golds earned by winning pirate games, fashion shows and team combat competitions.

New hires, like me, presented another dance number also known as "The Baptism of Fire". Our stay in Subic also saw us enjoying the buffet, indulging with free flowing SanMigBeer, girl-scouting/chick-sight-seeing, having photo-ops, playing in the "Stanley Ho" poker tourney, and celebrating the birthday of our dear PD/A Manager Mylene.

Even with insufficient sleep or no sleep at all, this offsite is one hell of an out-of-town trip.

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This Friday, June 8, the Physical Distribution + ABAP (PD/A) Team will conduct another offsite aka Team Building at One Wilson Place Condominium in Greenhills. See you there!

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