Meeting with the Boss  

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7:30 a.m. SHARP! That's our meeting time with the boss. No late! Maybe that was her reason why she booked us in a hotel near our office. Anyway, just like the meetings we had before, the atmosphere is still cool and fun. We are all boys except for one auditor and the boss, of course. So what do you expect? Hehehe!

It's not a stiff and boring meeting like other companies would usually have. We are free to crack jokes even with the boss around. But we know how to approach the meeting with formality, of course. What we, the guys, love most about our monthly meeting is the resto treat of our dearest boss. From breakfast down to dinner, we can fill our stomach with the best foods we want. There's no limit when it comes to the order. As long as we can eat it all, then we are free to order the meal. And not just that, we always have it at the best restos our boss loves to hang out. Like for our breakfast, we usually have it at McDo; our lunch and dinner at Maxx or Chowking. But just recently, ma'am introduced to us her fave resto so far. I will post about it next time. The ambiance is a native Filipino style, and the food is so great!

at the office while waiting for the busy boss...


Me on a hot seat...

at the native resto...


Our workaholic boss...(peace, ma'am!)


Trying to look serious...


I just can't...I want to outburst my laughter (smile!)

The meeting had ended past 8:00 in the evening. Just right for our dinner date with the boss. After that, we headed straight to the hotel to catch some sleep because I had to wake up early tomorrow to catch a good bus going back to Legazpi.

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at Orange Place Hotel  

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My boss had already booked me at Orange Place Hotel a night before I arrived Manila. My fellow field auditor joined me in the room (oops...d kami talo! hahaha!) We spent the night laughing at our own stories. We even joked about the sudden escape of my coordinator who was supposed to be with us inside the room that night. Before he left, he said that he'll just go out and come back again. But he didn't show up hahaha! He might have spent the night at her girlfriend's boarding house hahaha! Well, it was just part of our joke.

alang magawa kaya palitan kami ng buddy ko mgpicture2x hehehe!


O jan ka na lang muna nyahahaha! may gagawin lang ako (joke!)


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Where's Your Loyalty?  

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Watch Sermons Online  

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Religions are spreading worldwide with their own convictions and missions in the world. But all of them have their main goal, and that is to spread the Good News of our Lord. If you are a preacher or you know someone who preaches God’s word, you might want to upload sermons or watch sermons online at PreacherTV.com.


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I'm Back!  

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I left Metro Manila at 11:00 a.m. yesterday. I am supposed to catch a bus earlier than that but I don't know why there were a lot of passengers yesterday and that left me waiting for available passenger seats. It was just a good thing that I finally got one although it's near lunch time. I arrived home at 12:15 a.m. and my hon waited for me at that hour. I missed her and Bendyk and if the budget permits, I'd bring them along when I come back to Manila.

So much for this, I need to take a nap since I hardly slept when I was in Manila.

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On My Way to Manila Tomorrow  

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It's getting late and this will only be quick. We'll be having our meeting with the boss on the 16th so I have to be in Manila tomorrow night. I just reserved a ticket at Philtranco this afternoon. I'm glad that it's off-season so I was able to choose a more innovative bus from Philtranco. Hope that it'll be a no-hassle trip to and fro Manila. It's been awhile since I get there. Maybe a year ago.

Anyway, I'm sure I will miss my hon and of course, my daddy's boy prince. I'll just find something for them when I get there. Need to sleep now. Goodnight!


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A Lesson for a Lifetime  

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Le'mme share this very inspiring story with you peeps...

When I arrived at 6 a.m. in the large hospital kitchen, Rose was already checking name tags on the trays against the patient roster. Stainless steel shelves held rows of breakfast trays which we would soon be serving.

"Hi, I'm Janet." I tried to sound cheerful, although I already knew Rose's reputation for being impossible to work with. "I'm scheduled to work with you this week."

Rose, a middle-aged woman with graying hair, stopped what she was doing and peered over her reading glasses. I could tell from her expression she wasn't pleased to see a student worker.

"What do you want me to do? Start the coffee?"

Rose sullenly nodded and went back to checking name tags.

I filled the 40-cup pot with cold water and began making the coffee when Rose gruffly snapped, "That's not the way to make coffee." She stepped in and took over.

"I was just doing it the way our supervisor showed us to do it," I said in astonishment.

"The patients like the coffee better the way I do it," she replied curtly.

Nothing I did pleased her. All morning her eagle eyes missed nothing and her sharp words stung. She literally trailed me around the kitchen.

Later, after breakfast had been served and the dishes had been washed, I set up my share of trays for the next meal. Then I busied myself cleaning the sink. Certainly Rose couldn't criticize the way I did that.

When I turned around, there stood Rose, rearranging all of the trays I had just set up!

Totally exhausted, I trudged the six blocks home from the University of Minnesota Hospital late that June afternoon. As a third year university student working my way through school, I had never before encountered anyone like Rose.

Fighting back tears, I wrestled with my dilemma alone in my room. "Lord, what do you want me to do? I can't take much more of Rose."

I turned the possibilities over in my mind. Should I see if my supervisor would switch me to work with someone else? Scheduling was fairly flexible. On the other hand, I didn't want to be a quitter. I knew my older co-workers were watching to see if my actions matched my words.

The answer to my prayer caught me completely by surprise -- I needed to love Rose.

Love her? No way! Tolerate, yes, but loving her was impossible.

"Lord, I can't love Rose. You'll have to do it through me."

Working with Rose the next morning, I ignored the barbs thrown in my direction and did things Rose's way as much as possible to avoid friction. As I worked, I silently began to surround Rose with a warm blanket of prayers. "Lord, help me love Rose. Lord, bless Rose."

Over the next few days an amazing thing began to happen. As I prayed for this irritating woman, my focus shifted from what she was doing to me, and I started seeing Rose as the hurting person she was. The icy tension began to melt away.

Throughout the rest of the summer, we had numerous opportunities to work together. Each time she seemed genuinely happy to see me. As I worked with this lonely woman, I listened to her--something no one else had done.

I learned that she was burdened by elderly parents who needed her care, her own health problems, and an alcoholic husband she was thinking of leaving.

The days slipped by quickly as I finished the last several weeks of my summer job. Leaves were starting to turn yellow and red, and there was a cool, crispness in the air. I soon would be returning as a full-time university student.

One day, while I was working alone in one of the hospital kitchens, Rose entered the room. Instead of her blue uniform, she was wearing street clothes.

I looked at her in surprise. "Aren't you working today?"

"I got me another job and won't be working here no more," she said as she walked over and gave me a quick hug. "I just came to say good-bye." Then she turned abruptly and walked out the door.

Although I never saw Rose again, I still remember her vividly. That summer I learned a lesson I've never forgotten. The world is full of people like Rose--irritating, demanding, unlovable - yet hurting inside. I've found that love is the best way to turn an enemy into a friend.

"Love your enemies! Do good to them! Lend to them! And don't be concerned that they might not repay. Then your reward from heaven will be very great, and you will truly be acting as children of the Most High, for he is kind to the unthankful and to those who are wicked."
Luke 6:35 NLT




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