:WS - My Despedida

Finally after more than one year of my resignation I was finally approved for early retirement. It was a very happy day for me as I see my plans will finally pursue. I wasn't informed that there will be some sort of despedida for me and it wasn't until few minutes before lunchtime that I was told by Berry, the youngest girl of my boss that they have prepared some food to feast on as my despedida. My despedida was both attended by my officemates from both companies and we feasted on chicken curry, lumpiang shanghai and pancit. Later I've bought ice cream for our desserts.

Those are few of my shots, first one with some of my officemates and the second one with Sir Bob's children, Ms. Berry and my junior boss Sir Bobby. I like their smiles here, makes me feel touched with their thoughtful words and valuable effort in making me feel special. He joked and told me not to cry lol! I'm not the least teary-eyed though I'm touched!

I served for the two companies of my boss for more than 16 years, ten years on consultancy doing technical proposals and bidding projects and 6 years on BT&T Telecoms/Network Corp. doing multi-task on being Billing & Collection Officer, Accounting Supervisor, Administrative and Human Resource Officer. Actually even if I have no educational background on all these jobs because I'm a Computer Eng'g. graduate I've learned the skills through experience. I thanked Sir Bob for letting me learned all of it. It was a privilege for me.

I had some talk with my younger boss and he arranged everything for this final day.

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Diet Review

It’s hard to limit your food or follow your diet plan when you’re working because the moment you feel stressed and pressured you have a tendency to eat what’s available. Well that goes for me and I know my officemates suffer the same dilemma as mine. What really bothers me is the effect of bad eating habit to my body as we all know excess pounds on your body placed some risks on your health.

I know I should be serious on my diet plan that’s why I started reading some diet pills review to help me acquaint with available remedy for my problem. Of course I should consult my doctor before taking any of them but for now I’ll just discipline myself on my new eating program and that’s eating the right kind of food. I will not skip my meals just to be thin but instead I’ll eat more of fruits, vegetables and fish. Hope I’ll change next month. Wishes!

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:Food Friday - Banana Milk Shake

I have this flair about fruit shakes that every time I eat in a restaurant I always want to taste their version of my favorite fruit shakes. I love natural fruit shakes because you can taste the real flavors of the fruits and it's also healthy compared to other powdered milk shake. Though I'm also a fan of those powdered shake with black sago I just buy them at least once or twice a month for some health reasons.

This banana milk shake I have for my entry today is part of the combo meal of Outback Steak House in Libis. The meal for four consists of baby back ribs, beef burger steak, green salad and fettucini. I didn't remembered the restaurant names for the mentioned foods I just described it by myself lol! From the pic above you'll have an idea how yummy it is!

Happy Food Friday to all, see other yummy foods here!

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Thursday Challenge : Power (Electronics)

CPU

My Little Technician at Work (Do not disturb!)

This is the Central Processing Unit of my sister's personal desktop computer, the POWER inside any computer. We opened it because it bogged down and we replaced its power supply. When my son Josh saw us tinkering with the computer's hardware he asked us to let him put the screw back into each places and there he had the case closed perfectly.

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:Food Friday - Dinner Feast

This is our dinner foods which are a combined potluck from all who attended, it's actually a dinner with bestfriend JennyL and some of our friends way back in school days. I brought Andok's Liempo and JennyL brought drinks. Some of our friends brought pancit, cake and salad. It was a mixture of various foods without really organizing who will bring this and that. Anyway even if some foods are the same we enjoyed the evening with our friends.

Happy Food Friday to all, see other delicious food here!

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Online Studies

I had a call from one of my college friends and I learned that she’s now working in one of the call centers in Eastwood near my office. We had fun remembering those days in college where we had memorable moments to reminisce. It was a respite from everyday tension of work and I really felt young again just like in our school days. Oh well she asked about our other friends who had some teaching stints in provincial schools because she would like to ask them about taking masteral courses.

She wanted to take further studies but she wasn’t sure if her time will allow her being always on tight schedule. We discussed that matter and I suggested that she search about online university degree school which offer various courses through online studies. I was a bit interested myself and been thinking about taking some course different from what I’ve finished in college. She was happy with my suggestion and promised to give me a call again.

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Consideration in Planning Your Meals

It’s time to get ready for dinner and it’s always the mother’s everyday question in her mind what will be the appropriate menu for this meal. The question keep hanging in my mind why is it necessary to plan luncheon or supper? Food served for luncheon or supper needs careful planning. Planning meals to meet the food needs of the members of the family requires careful attention.

You have to consider the weight, age, gender, occupation, likes and dislikes of your family members who will be the recipient of your cooked meals. You also have to consider with special attention your budget for that particular meal, the preparation time needed to cook the food, weather condition and the six basic group foods for healthy purposes. I know it’s not an easy task but it can also be a challenging one for Mommies like us. You just have to follow some pointers and simple rules to plan just the right and adequate luncheon or dinner for your loved ones.

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Telephone Etiquette

As I’m working in a telecommunications company and having been in an environment of a small call center I learned some facts and tips on how to handle calls with customers. Actually I’ve been doing this for several years now when I’m dealing with our providers and clients and it really helps me in communicating with them. It’s always good to be nice on the phone because it encourage good communication. My boss always tells me that I’m very friendly when talking with our clients and partners.

Here are some tips for you guys:

- Always smile when you are talking on the phone. The customer needs to feel understanding in your voice.

- Answer the phone within the first three rings. This will give the customer a feeling that you are efficient and there to help him/her.

- Ask what you can do to help him/her. Doing so will let the customer know that you are willing to help in anyway you can.

- Always be courteous when putting someone on hold or transferring calls. Ask if you may put them on hold or transfer their call before you do it.


Follow these guidelines and I’m sure you’ll never go wrong. This is just a part of our seminar in Telephone Etiquette.

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Learning The Stocks Option Trading

Stock trading is a business that I don’t know about and I find it risky doing this thing. Why risky? Because for me you’ll never now when the stock are rising or falling. Oh well that’s the only thing I know of stocks. One of my colleagues told me that when you learned the ins and outs of stock trading it will give you very good profit and returns. So that’s the reason why many entered this field, it must be really good for some risks I must say. Then I learned online that there’s a software in option trading that will teach the basic information in stock trading. The tips are there also on how you control your trades and getting the best returns possible. Well it’s good that there’s some ways on learning the stocks business and it’s up to those who want to try this software. Who knows you can be the next top trader!

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I ♥ Faces : Just For Fun

My entry for this week's 'Just For Fun' is my kid's photo when he's one year and 6 month. His dad is holding him here and his hands suddenly tickled him just as I point the camera to him. Just love his smile here, seems like he's enjoying his moments with his daddy.

Now that Josh is already 5 years turning six this September I tend to look back at his pictures when he's just a baby and toddler. The Mom in me sometimes holds back to him as a baby, I still miss his being a baby. After just few more years more he'll grow fast that his world will not only surround on me, on his dad and his sisters, but also to his friends. But for now I'll just cherish him and take advantage that he wants to be always with me.

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