eMboys 2011 Christmas reunion

It has always been a tradition of our high school class to get together during the Christmas season once a year - to celebrate camaraderie and all that shit. HAHA. Since we graduated back in 2006, we never missed a year. Check out the teaser (yes we really had one) made by Brian Del Rosario.

we considered Mike Magsy's birthday bash as our "reunion" in 2008

Mike's 21st birthday

More after the jump!

A Night at the Movies: MWG Christmas Party @ Skye Lounge

It's only fitting to end a very eventful year for McCann with a big bang. Night after our team's dinner, we had our annual Christmas party with the rest of Worldgroup at Skye Lounge at Fort Bonifacio. This year's theme was all about Hollywood. Being in an advertising agency, I wasn't surprised to see majority of the McCannites wear costumes. Awesome night!

MRM-ers

More pictures after the jump! :)

MRM Christmas Dinner @ Cabalen, Glorietta 3

Horrible traffic. Awesome food. Huge team.

I can still recall last year's Christmas dinner - which we had at Red Crab in Greenbelt 3. We only filled up just one table back then. We were a team of 12-15 people celebrating what was, as most of us would call it, a "transition" year as 80% of the team were hired in that same year (that included myself!).

Fast forward to 2011 and look! We grew enormously - now more than double of the past year. What's great is that we're a well-knit and very tight team. As I've previously stated, we're basically one big barkada hanging out at the McCann office. Cool right?

More than just the growth, the team had so many things to celebrate. 2011 has been a great ride for all of us - old or new. Ibang klase talaga. What's both exciting and nerve-wracking is how we'll move forward to 2012. :)

As always, our team dinner did not lack in bloopers and laughs. Priceless guys, priceless!

Tons of pictures after the jump!

Naamoy ko na ang pasko

Wow, imagine that. It's less than two weeks away from Christmas - the most wonderful time of the year. Every single year, Christmas always brought out the good from everyone. There may have been some exceptional years - years when I wasn't looking forward to Christmas but hey, once that clock ticks 12mn on December 25, there's always that feeling of love and joy, thanks to the big guy up there. :)

Two weeks from Christmas and I look nothing like I'm ready for it. Aside from buying my first set of Christmas gifts for the family, I haven't even set my schedule for the holidays. This is what happens when you're still a probationary employee - you can't just take leaves whenever you want them. Heck, I've never even been absent for work since day 1. :)

I feel like I'm in college struggling to reach the holidays in one piece. I have a laundry list of things to accomplish by next week.

1. make sure that this *toot* for work runs smooth.

2. set things up for number 1.

3. craft a bunch of reports

(pardon me for not being explicit about numbers 1,2 and 3 - there is such a thing as an NDA)

4. check TONS of papers

5. compute for my students' grades

6. buy my family gifts

7. buy my friends some gifts

8. prepare for a Baguio wedding on Dec 27

All that and the madness of the holiday season. :) I'd rather be happy than stressed. Life has been so good to me this past year. Too many blessings that I can't count anymore. :) More than anything else, I'm very thankful for my family and friends who have been so supportive of me this year. I'm thankful that He has given me these chances to grow and be a successful person. :)

As I've said, it's the most wonderful time of the year. :D

my college barkada @ Red Box Trinoma

yesterday, my college friends and i met up for a karaoke/lunch at Red Box Trinoma, a place we picked up from some friends and from the net as well.

we reserved a room for 9 so we could avoid ending up waiting in line and thinking of other things to do. our room was room 33. a small but comfortable one. it had the videoke set, table for food and ofcourse, cozy seating area. the air conditioning was okay too.


we had buffet lunch and bottomless iced tea, although our glasses were only refilled whenever the person from redbox would remember. the food was great. there were fish, beef, pork and even pastaaaa. we could even have our food "refilled" but the service wasn't really that good.

the videoke was great. although they didn't have songs by paramore, i think we enjoyed it. well, by the looks of it, yeah we did. haha.

3 hours of that for 199 each? plus service charge. it was worth it. maybe having get-togethers like these once in a while would be great.

but not super worth it. 200++ is still a big sum of money considering our economy. and us being just your typical students.

tina, mikko, han, ba, mic, tonico, casey and gege
(missing in action - ian)

went around window shopping right after and then settled down at Seattle's Best Coffee. Talked talked and talked about a lot of things. nothing like some good 'ol chit chat with great friends.

8 hours together. haha. that meant expensive parking fees! haha.

kahit hindi na-kumpleto, definitely one of my better days this Christmas break! a post-Christmas get together as requested by yours truly.

gave me more reasons to appreciate what kind of friends God has blessed me with.

kahit pa sabihin ninyong this one was for me, alam ko lahat kayo nag-enjoy!

BWITD rocks. :) see you. next week. :P

hiatus

i feel sorry for myself for not having time to blog. especially this Christmas.

a lot of things to blog. yet i have no motivation right now. there's just a lot of things happening in my life. never have i felt so down in my 20 years of existence.

i know i can get through this. it's just a matter of time.


anyhow, is your Christmas merry?

my OFFICIAL Christmas wishlist

it's a few hours before the month of December and i haven't really thought about Christmas with a lot of things going on in my life right now. well, to relieve myself from a lotta stress, i'm going to list down some of the things i really want for Christmas. i'm not that materialistic though honestly. but there's no harm in wishing right? after all, it is a wish list. :)

here ya go.

1. a new battery pack for my Acer Aspire 4310.
2. shoes! yung hindi running shoes. yung panlabas lang talaga.
3. a box of Krispy Kreme will definitely make me smile.
4. collared shirts for school :)
5. an ateneo adidas jacket.
6. new slippers.
7. again, a cadbury fruit and nut bar.
8. molten GG7 basketball
9. portable speakers for my laptop. kahit yung USB lang. :)
10. kobe bryant's jersey. or Chris Paul's.
11. new jeans.
12. new wallet. :)


if medyo mayaman ka at close tayo, pwede mo rin to pag-isipan,

1. PSP
2. CHERY car


pero mapapasaya na ako ng mga ito,

1. matapos nang maaga ang lantern ng STAT.
2. isang napakasayang lantern parade.
3. 1.0 GWA. asa pa.
4. shell unleaded v-power gasoline at 20php/liter

i'll be adding on to these every now and then.

ciao!