A Beautiful Escape

People you work with can remain just that… no interactions whatsoever about things outside the office cubicle.

When I first started my work in the company I am with right now, I thought to myself, “what if nobody there likes me? Do I have to eat lunch by myself everyday?”

I admit, that going to work isn’t supposed to be a social event. I’m supposed to, well, work… and I’d get paid to do that. So why the apprehension and the stress that what if the people wouldn’t like me? 

It’s hard moving on a daily basis with mundane tasks and an overload of information, especially without social contact. Imagine working from 9 to 5 without having anyone to talk to, or eat lunch with, or go home with.

I’d go crazy.

Friends make everything seem lighter than they really are. Admittedly, the thing that keeps me going everyday are the people I work with. When you ask me the question, “Why are you working here?” My answer would be, “Because my friends are here.”

I go to work not just for money… but because I have people I want to see, laughs I want to share, and memories I want to create and keep.

Luckily, after a year, I found friends that might just be for keeps. 

ENTER THE DRAGON

I covered the Grand Launch of Sycamore Heights, the latest development in luxurious Tagaytay Highlands.

The latest addition to Lakeside Fairways boasts of world class amenities, and with its Asian Contemporary theme, the best time to launch was during the Chinese New Year.

It was a night of green elegance, with the house designs made by architectural firm, L.V. Locsin and Partners used the terrain of Tagaytay to their advantage and created a living space that perfectly melds contemporary design and eco friendliness.

We had a string quartet from the esteemed Phil. Philharmonic Orchestra to play soothing music all throughout the night.

Delicious food from Banana Leaf! I especially liked the awesome Prawn balls and cheese! Heaven!

Check out the give away! See that knot? We did that! It’s called a Chinese good luck knot and it’s supposed to give you, well, good luck. I have one in my office desk.

A DAY AT THE HIGHLANDS

Tagaytay Highlands had a halloween event entitled, “Hallowgreen.”

It was my first time to drive up to Highlands alone, and it was an exhilarating experience!

The view will always be breathtaking.

I love these chairs! You can get them at Ethan Allen.

There were horror decors at the Model House, where kids can go and hunt for stuff in exchange for gold coins.

After the event, we had a snack at Geraldine’s. I had Ice cream puffs.

I love the theme of Geraldine’s. The 50s diner look is so retro chic. They even had a jukebox.

Afterwards we went to The Country Club to get some bread.

I got a Bavarian Cheese Loaf and a couple of chocolate muffins.

STOCKS AND SHARES

I went to the Stock Rights Offering of Belle Corporation earlier, it was so surreal to be standing so close to the VIPs and executives of the company I work in.

I was the photographer, and I’m happy I get to shoot again, this time not just for fun, but for work. Happy days!

The screen is so huge! It reminded me of the background I’ve seen in Bloomberg. What’s more amazing is that not everyone gets a chance to see it up close!

The ushers were asked to wear white, but since I’m not an usher, I wore pink. Haha!

We had a little downtime after the offer, so we had a little shoot.

The past few weeks have been fun, I’m starting to get my groove back. Hope this continues!

SEA BREEZE AND SALT WATER

My entire body hurts. My face and shoulders sting from sunburn, and it didn’t help that I was using a backpack earlier. But the pain is so small compared to the fun I had this Saturday and Sunday! Our annual Marketing Outing, and this one is close to my heart because I was part of the committee that organized it.

Welcome to Sea’s Spring Resort in Batangas.

Our room. I had Julie as a roommate and it was so funny that one of us had to leave the room when one has to change and shower. The room is big enough and comfortable.

Our view.

We had a veranda in our room, and we can just call out to our officemates by leaning and shouting. Hahaha!

What’s an outing without games? Players stretching.

Water guns for added water fun! Redundant, yes.

We had four teams, and they had to cheer first before the games begin. Here’s the blue team.

The yellow team.

The green team.

The red team.

Let the games begin! I never realized how competitive people are, buwis buhay ito!

Giving players the option to distract their opponents brought out their fierce competitive side.

Teamwork!

The resort’s pool was open 24/7! Some were still swimming at around 12 midnight!

Out of 38 people in our division, only 5 are guys. Here we are!

With Kristianne and Julie in the huge mirror in the resort’s lobby.

The place was awesome, it was so breezy and bright. I really needed this weekend to unwind!

I’m looking forward for more moments like this when we can cut loose and enjoy ourselves! More!