First Day Back

It was my first day back to work today, and surprisingly, it went quite smoothly. I was at work before 8:00AM, hence the workplace was still quiet. The Operations Department was already alive, but my Department, the Business Development Department, was very much asleep. This allowed me to get through my 100+ emails, finishing all emails in about an hour. From there, I was pretty much cruising. I thank God for giving me a smooth first day. Yay! :)

Meeting with Chocolate

At work, we have a fortnightly sales meeting. Every meeting there is a "presenter and snack man", who will present any sales-related information to the group. Also, he/she will need to bring snacks worth (upto) $40.00 for the group.

It was Marc's turn to present and bring in some snacks for us. Marc decided to make a theme for his snacks - chocolate. Well thought I must say!

All sorts of chocolate products were on our table including a box of Krispy Kremes - I had the boston creme!

Chinese Dumplings

A Chinese Colleague of mine, Minnie, came to work this morning with a platter full of Chinese dumplings. They were sooo yummy! Check them out.

She made these dumplings from scratch - even the wrapper! Hopefully one day I will be able to put together dumplings as yummy as these. 

Thanks Minnie! :)

Freebie Lunch

I went to lunch at Pancake Parlour with my Colleagues Kevin and Dilan.  Kevin just came back from his trip to Indonesia, so he decided he would treat us today.

I had a Short Stack - two buttermilk pancake stacks with maple-flavoured syrup, served with ice-cream.

Perfect for this weather.  :)

Sooo Sleepy

I. Am. So. Sleepy.

We were at the Airport last night (upto nearly 12 midnight) to bid farewell to Tito Rene, Tita Gina and Cholo who were heading back to Manila. Lots of tears last night, but lots of laughter too! There were probably at least 28 of us there last night, which included a few kids. My kid cousins were the ones who kept us amused. In particular, my two year old cousin Dashiell. He LOVES getting his photos taken. Just show him a camera pointed to himself (he loves the camera on my mobile coz he can see himself on the screen) and he'll stop with whatever he's doing - crying or not. I took this photo of him and he is so gorgeous! I'll post it soon so you guys can see. This is probably my most favourite photo of Dash. :)

Anyway, I really have to find a way to stay awake at work today. I woke up at quarter past six, so I feel I haven't yet rebooted my system from staying up late so many nights.

Gotta. Stay. Awake.

Hello 2009!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Here is 2009 - a brand new year of opportunities and adventures!  :D

Yesterday, I had New Years Eve lunch with two of my Colleagues, Minnie and Dilan, at Drouls.  Minnie treated Dilan and I.  I had my regular (and my favourite), chicken and mushroom risotto with extra mushrooms.  They make THE BEST chicken and mushroom risotto.  We also had some champagne with ojay to toast. :)

New Years Eve was spent at Tita Thelma and Tito 'Mado's place as per tradition.  As usual, we stuffed our faces with the yummy food.  All family members and relatives were present (except for my hubby) as well as extended relatives and friends.

The 10-second countdown for the New Year proceeded and we made as much noise as we can while kissing and hugging family members who we bumped into.

More food was served at midnight - pan de sal, ham, homemade cheese pimiento, Filipino ice cream, etc.  Part of dessert which made an impact:

Hersheys Kisses are not easily available here in Australia so we're all happy when we get a chance to eat this yummy chocolate. :)

New Years Day lunch (and dinner) at Tita Leli and Tito Mark's place.

As promised, I made my Honey Joys.  It was good to see that everyone enjoyed them.  :)

It was a nice day today, lots of eating and just hanging out.  It was quite funny coz us cousins looked like sardines in the large lounge room.

The only sad thing was that we had to say "see ya later" to Tito Rene, Tita Gina, and Cholo as they are heading back to Manila tonight.  We'll go see them off at the airport later this evening.

Overall, quite a relaxing first day of the year.  :)

Pancake Parlour

Just came back from lunch at the Pancake Parlour. Our Supervisor treated us to lunch today. :D

I ordered the Tabriz (World Famous!) - Delicate French crepes rolled around ground beef cooked in red wine with herbs, bacon, onions, mushrooms, tomatoes, and other delights served with a side salad.

Honestly, it was like eating bolognese but without the pasta. Hehehe. Even though, the overall taste was good. I even enjoyed the salad (but didn't finish it). :)

Zombie

Headache. Headache. Headache.

There is nothing worse than having not enough sleep then doing customised rates the entire day the following day (well, there are worse things but at work today, nothing is worse).

Very monotonous. I feel sooo sleepy. I feel like a zombie.

Mad Two Days

Man, it is SO busy here at work. It's crazy coz I'm the only one here at the office (normally there's 3 of us and the rest are on the road), so I'm the only one answering calls, actioning telephone messages, and assisting the reps and managers.













And the worst thing is, this will go on until tomorrow. Actually, it might get worse coz the on-the-road people will be in the office. Even busier!

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree

My colleague Dilan kinda decorated our centre table in our department today. He improvised with old Christmas decoration and came up with this.

Notice the mini Nativity Set in front of the tree - colour laser printing on A4 paper. :D

Mo Office Party

We had a Mo Office Party to celebrate the end of Movember. We had coffee/hot chocolate with bikkies while doing the presentation of winners. John was awarded the Best Mo in the Office. We did quite well actually - raised more than AU$600.

For those who are not aware, Movember (the month formerly known as November) is a moustache growing charity event held during November each year that raises funds and awareness for men's health.

Busy Bee

Man oh man, just when i have stuff to blog about, it gets busy at work. We need to create customised rates for our clients coz of the rate hike in 2009. Oh well, looks like my blogging will have to wait a while.