Speechless

Smart Communications North Luzon Area held its annual rewards and recognitions program April 3, 2008 at Magalang, Pampanga.

Teams and individuals were awarded in different categories.

Proud to say our ACeS team was hailed as this year's receipient of Dream Team Award. Each team member was given a certificate and a 2-GB Kingston USB.

Apparently, the certificate was not handed down to me personally. I was on duty. Had I been there my speech would have been:

" First of all I would like to thank God for the talents and knowledges given to each of the team members. These traits collectively gathered were instrumental to the success of the monumental Batavia Project. Many thanks also to the SEs for their guidance and support. Sir Joel as well for always being cool. To my dearest co-JEs, working with you is always fun and exciting. Reminder lang, don't forget to encode the test calls results before your shift ends. hehe. Again, thank you and have a nice day!"

Pang-Oscar's ba? hehe

Actually, none of the winners were priviledged to have an acceptance speech. Yet, they winners and non-winners had pure fun in a picnic-like awarding rites at an exclusive farm.

Congratulations to all the winners. May these recognitions inspire us more to outdo ourselves always. Kudos ACeS team!

Green Thumb

Finally after months of delay (due to laziness :p), I was able to push through with the landscaping of our path way. With the help of my aunt who came all the way from Bicol in time for her short vacation, I was able to come up with a pleasant (sana) landscape.


My tita, who is a nun/missionary based to different remote areas in the Philippines has a green thumb like her sister, my mother. So do I. :p


8am, she arrived to our house, had a breakfast then we planned about how our pathway landscape will look like. She reckoned of removing the 2-foot money trees already planted for they will grow tall not appropriate for the design of our pathway.


With my sister, my aunt went to Guiguinto, the Garden City of Bulacan to buy loam soil and clay pots. I was not able to join her because I had to settle the payment of the two memorial lots we acquired 2 days ago. The memorial park is great. Every epitaph is uniform and our loved ones were just laid in equal footing. Same material, same grass. No extravagant designs of tomb. Plain, simple and uniform.


Going back to the landscape...


We started gardening after lunch. Old plants were removed and additional soil was added to create a landscape appeal. To avoid soil spilling, we put scrap fan tiles and bricks excess from the driveway and columns of our gate. Small plants then were put in at the bottom of the landscape for they will grow fast but not bushy. Some money trees were replanted at the middle portion for accent.


Haayy, the sun was up. Ang init! We had to finish this. hehehe (to avoid too much exposure from the sun.) For final touch, I added small garden stones I bought a month ago.


Here's the outcome:


Drum rolls...


Janjararan!



That's my tita, feeling senorita!


Ayos ba ang landscape?