old and new

it's raining. i have nowhere to go and nothing to do. a perfect time to reminisce. :)

it was the year 2007 when i first ventured into singapore. the bank had been trusting enough to hire me even if i didn't have background in financing. to add to my luck, my teammates in sg were all filipinos, who later on turned out to be my most reliable friends.

jan and marco and caths - spectrum forever hahaha

christmas party 2007 @ suntec city

shining bright like diamonds at the small room

lunches at the pantry

staring at something like this, and actually making sense out of it

looking at the fountain of wealth from a distance

breakfasts are made of these

being "serenaded" by the dragon on chinese ny. being "swallowed" would make you lucky! 

having unfathomable facial expressions when you are under stress

and simulating your face using inanimate objects

having your own bring-your-spouse-to-work day

feeling close with olympic athletes after work. naks.

getting stuffed animals from the sweetest work colleagues

cooking/swimming event with the team

it was also here that i had the opportunity to see europe on 2008. i feel so blessed to have set foot on this side of the planet. even more blessed to have met wonderful work colleagues and new friends. face-to-face is definitely better than phone calls and chats.

ballenberg with loli and the girls

my 28th surprise birhtday pajama party :)))

lucerne and our pinoy na pinoy pose

visiting swiss homes and riding a truck to travel at the mountains

visiting a fil-swiss home and listening to tales of love and life

visiting lugano with jake, and establishing "for just a moment" as our theme song

einsiedeln monastery with gunnar and the girls... and enamels and hosts.

train timings so precise it could make you cry. wow.

bern with jan

mt. pilatus with ate fritzie and family

seeing the original icon of our lady of perpetual help in italy

the colosseum in rome

buying a ring rosary 

accidentally seeing the pope in rome!

the spanish steps

the pantheon

and the famous swiss guards

making a wish at the trevi fountain

"clubbing" at zurich. naks! akala mo naman!

watching lola madonna

viewing the most bizarre museum

having ham and cheese croissants

being overly friendly with a gramp, who's probably a pedo. i don't know who's the victim: him or me. hehehe

whew! an instant collage! but it will never be enough to tell my wonderful tales in this company. i only have good words to say. the bad ones are being swallowed wholly by the good. in the end, i hope that i could come back. you know, the song "grow old with you" is also my theme song for this company. this, for me, is the best company! woohoo!

on my last day, i received a greeting card from my teammates in zurich. it was very touching because my team is an all-boys team (if you could think of me as a boy), and boys don't do cards like this. hihihi. a for effort! i love my team! i wanted to hug them all if only they were here in sg... but even if they were, i think they would think i'm a freak for being so dramatic that way. hahaha! 

"sorry you're leaving," said their card to me. "so am i," said i. wow! best actress! palakpakan!

and so that chapter of my life ended (for now) last dec, 2012.

i joined a new family together with my SIL, april. i am hoping for the best in this new home. just in time for the holidays, april and i gave the new team christmas cupcakes. cheers to new friendships, relationships, work learnings, and life learnings!!!