5 posts tagged “win”
it was, as usual, one lazy afternoon. i had nothing to do. we haven't bought a tv yet. i wasn't in the mood to hang out at any of the malls in cebu. win got to thinking of going to the taoist temple. as camera whores, we didn't think twice and headed out to beverly hills. not the one in california. although, we must say, the houses were very impressive. the opulence of cebu's upper class were in full display. but that would be a totally different post. we've seen a lot of posh cars and we'll maintained subdvisions here. we have somehow concluded that cebu is definitely along the haciendaras and hacienderos group with the likes of bacolod, iloilo and davao.
back to the taoist temple. it's officially called the philippine taoist temple, inc. it's inside the beverly hills subdivision. you need a cab or any moving vehicle for you to reach this location. do not attempt to hike it. we thought of it but glad that we didn't actually bought the idea. it's considered a tourist destination in cebu city. and true enough, there were plenty of chinese, koreans, americans and portugese speaking women. brazilians maybe. no entrance fee whatsoever. you can take as many pictures as you want, just like we did. however, there were signs that no picture taking should take place inside the praying temple or any of the holy images at the altar. we willingfully obeyed so we took pictures with the giant dragon, the red stairs, the chinese lions, and what not. the temple is grandiously overlooking what seems to be cebu's wilderness and some parts of the sea. we were there for almost an hour. we had to walk a couple of blocks before we could spot a vacant cab. here are the pictures:
my work entails a lot of courage, frustration, stamina and drama. it's a job not suited for the weak-hearted or bottom feeders. i've lasted for more than 3 years not only because i developed multiple personalities but mostly because of the people i worked with. people i consider not only the best co-workers i could ever ask for. people named win, reijiro and charlie. i consider them the highlights of my career. we've shared a number of hundreds of moments worth blogging and remembering. i want to write down as many as i could remember so i can always look back at some of best time of our lives. cheesy....
as far as i know it all started with the theme days. it's when everyone at work comes it dressed on whatever the theme for that day was. then we instantly hit it off and found out that we had a lot of things in common. we are by far sandy's most favorite angels. his show-stopper and over the top supervisors. he counts on us for hyper energy like we four parts of gigantic electric ion. we are all loud and we all looove karaoke nights. charlie's the balladeer. he likes hog the mic and belt out love songs. reijiro's the crooner as he prefers old school and little bit of rock 'n roll. win is the total diva. as in regine, mariah and whitney. i like anything that's loud and that involves challenging my vocal chords to it's human limits.
at work, everyone seems to fear and love us at the same time. not a day or a person passes by that escapes our criticism. it is inate all four of us. kung nakakamatay lang ang panlalait, most of the people at work could have dropped dead or have been paralyzed. and yet, they all love us. well most if not all. we always make it fun and we always make it a happy working place. charlie's resonating laugh and frequent use of bullfrog and miss gay taglines. win's charisma with hetero-male population and her smooth transition to sweet damsel to evil step sister. reijiro's perpetual naive side and hyper personality. all these and more makes the long and hard working hours worth it.
not to mention the back to back meet and greet presentations. i will always remember reijiro's "success rate", charlie's record as the fastest agent promoted, and my take on shift bid as a very important factor to motivate agents to get excellent attendance record. win's toss the hair dance. and speaking about dance, the bananarama number we did is one for the history. classic and will never be matched. the hours spent inside pier one's comfort room that we turned into a private make-up and dressing room was unforgettable. too bad we don't have it on tape.
it's the jutotsra and jutotsra01 password. it's the galera and enchanted kingdom madness. it's conquering the sportsfest. it's the constant indecisiveness on whether to have breakfast in tropical hut, shelby's or jollibee. it's the raid of the ukays. the group yosi breaks and endless posing after one snapshot to the other. it's whether we tell everyone to wear black or corporate the next day. it's feasting at kkk or noontime beer at carafe. it's the skinny jeans convention. the night outs in malate. it's the hush hush secrets about our favorite managers. it's the kyeeeebs attitude and prettytop account in guys4men. it's rocking the graveyard shift. and getting our hairs colored in piandre. it's the love for madonna's confession tour and the badettes version of dreamgirls. the constant clamor about lazy straight male supervisors. and the transparent hot and glow in dark pink clipboards. it all these and a whole lot more that i could not remember as i write this. and oh yeah, the back and forth trips to dampa.
in the next 2 weeks, win and i will be heading for cebu. charlie has again retracted his resignation for the nth time. reijiro has not confirmed his plans of leaving. one of the main reasons why i chose to take the cebu assignment is because i suck with goodbyes. i know for a fact that over the year that we are required to stay in cebu, both charlie and reijiro may have left work for good. and honestly, i don't want to be there when it happens. it's sad but i learned that nothing is constant in life and that friends come and go, but with a certain few we must hold on to. i know that i may not be able to convince charlie and reijiro from staying. and i also know that someday, we will see each other and that we will just dance the bananarama song all over again.
as usual, there are a lot of things going at work. all of which seems to pass us by as normal. i've always turned some of my inner frustrations to taking pictures using my phone. it's always fun to randomly take pictures at the spur of the moment.
here, reijiro and the other supervisors are just plain tired and showed no interest at all during a snap meeting. they didn't even bother to use their pseudo-concerned look. they just all wanna go home. tsk.tsk.tsk....
L-R: noel and me doing our version of pimp my hetero officemate, owen in post spring mode across the office building, and ancee taking an escalated call (zoom in for more intensity)
L-R: me blowing the candles on someone else's birthday cake, b-celebrity day with manilyn reynes or is it love anouver?, and another karaoke night with my old team
me and win try to pose on one of the four boards that we finished for the recent client visit. we were aiming for the bills razzling as confetti effect but every shot that xenia took had the bills covering up our faces. this was just never meant to be...
me and our usual power breakfast combo: coke and yosi
it's final. they're sending me and win to cebu. and they are sending us soon. like in the next 2 weeks. we don't know much about cebu. we don't know what to bring. we don't have a clue if we can survive the 12 months minimum that we should be staying there to help expand our account. exciting but borderly insane. what have got ourselves into? we feel like paris and nicole (minus the bleach blond extensions) trying out something new that may not turn out right. and the pressure just keeps our adrenaline pumped but at the same time step back and get distracted by a number of other possibilities - good or bad. well, we all take risks at one point in our lives. i've already lost count...
some people just go. some people go further. cebu, here we come. blindfolded but definitely head on and full speed.
we ate at dampa on holy thursday. and since the malls were still closed, we decided to eat at dampa again on a good friday. we ate less than what we had the other day. afterwards, we decided to talk some walks and recall some memories of the cultural center of the philippines. a lot has changed. and since i was ever ready with my digicam, they all expressed their willingness (without any second thoughts) of me taking their snapshots.
things that we do when we get bored. sheeesh...
