Office Kris Kringle 2014

Hello my dear readers, I’m so sorry if I have been missing in action in the virtual world lately because I was busy doing work related stuff, home budgeting and buying gifts! Time flies so fast that we are in the mid December already, I can’t believe it! I am so excited now for Christmas day plus the fact that we have a longer vacation for this month. Isn’t it amazing?!

I love unboxing gifts; surprisingly we have had our first kris kringle in the office. The table below is the themes of the gifts that we need to give to our monito/monita. The item must be unisex and should worth 50 pesos.

WEEK	THEME
1ST (Nov. 17)	‘YOU’ – Secret Santa’s description
2nd (Nov. 24)	Something orange J
3rd (Dec. 1)	‘CHILDISH’
4th (Dec. 8)	‘UNIQUE’

Here is the gift that I received from my secret Santa on the 1st week:

A CD which has a long list of hit songs of 2014! I love it.

For the 2nd week I received two pieces of orange bowl.

 For the 3rd week I received this:

Top left to right: Plastic Rainbow magic spring, eggheads

For the 4th or our last kris kringle my secret Santa gave me this super cute ball pens:

I super enjoyed our kris kringle and I love how awesome and cute the items that I received from my secret Santa. How about you? Have you gotten your gifts already? Share your comment below.

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Lunch at People’s Palace Thai, Greenbelt 3 Makati

Our web content creator, Kuda treats us in this posh restaurant in Greenbelt 3 Makati for our lunch. It was his pre-birthday celebration to us since we did an awesome job for our task. The name of the restaurant is People's Palace Thai and their main specialty is Thailand cuisine. 

When Kuda announced it to us we are very excited because it was our first time to eat there. We went there around 11 in the  morning. When we arrived there's no customers yet, a perfect time to go there because we had the opportunity to choose a good spot for our table.

Okay because I am too lazy today let’s skip the long introductory text and let the picture do the talking. We ordered four dishes to share with each other and they are the following:

Phad Thai Rice Noodle Stir-fry(prawns, chicken bits, tofu, bean sprouts) 

Yellow chicken curry(eggplant, kaffir & basil)

stir-fried chicken and cashew nuts chili with spring onions

Pineapple seafood friend rice

I am not sure if this is espresso + macchiato or cappuccino + latte but as per Teresa this taste good.

Maricris smoothie, she chose strawberry + banana + vanilla + yoghurt 

Phad Thai for me is like pancit so I really love that dish and the pineapple seafood friend rice. The least favorite dish that I've tried is the yellow curry. It has a weird bland taste that I didn't like, my team mates also agree. 

I didn't order drinks and opted for water to clear my palate. It is a wise decision I made since the dishes has this intense flavor because of the spices that they've use. We are so full but we still manage to order desserts. Lol.

People's palace chocolate cake + vanilla seed ice cream

mango cheesecake baked + fruits

pavlova mango + passion fruit

I'm not really into sweets but I like the people's palace chocolate cake and mango cheesecake! The pavlova mango cake looks enticing to the eye but didn't taste good. A piece of an advice don't order this cake.

I also checked the bathroom of the restaurant and I am in awe of how beautiful and clean it is. 

I love the bathroom sink and the centerpiece orchid

I also love the scent of their hand soap and hand lotion

Obligatory bathroom selfie. Hehe.

Have you try to dine at People's Palace Thai restaurant? What are your favorite dishes there? Share your comment and recommendation below.

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Music21: Halloween Office Party & Surprise Birthday Cake for October Celebrants!

Last year we spent the Halloween party at the office. If I can remember correctly, we just invited a small number of kids for trick or treat and had simple snack after. For this year we changed it and suggested to have a videoke/karaoke party, luckily the management approved it. Hooray for our kind boss in Australia!

Due to difficulty on reservation for the last week of October; we set the Halloween party a bit early last Thursday, October 23 at Music21. We went there after our shift and arrived just in time at the venue. I take the chance to shot as many photo as I want but that didn't happened because my phone is acting strange that time. Boo!

Without further ado here are a few photos of the event that I took and our sumptuous meal that day:

Random banner

The room is clean and spacious. I like it here compared to center stage

Comfy couch

The telephone line connected to the admin that can be use for inquiries, technical problems and order purposes.

The food is served right away after the lady assisted us to our room. Good job!

Lia and Tin

L-R: Tere, Liezel and Drei

L-R(Tere, Maricris and Liezel) They are busy picking their songs while Ms. Drei is busy texting or tweeting the event. LOL. Okay, I just made the latter part.

Ed and Kuda. Sorry for the blurry photo because my phone is acting strange that time and I forgot to fix it. Huhu.

Another blurry photo. Boo. L-R (Oh hi James, Maricris, Tere and Liezel)

The party is not complete without the food.

Calamari with prawn crackers

Sweet and Sour fish

Chopsuey

Calamari

Chopsuey

chicken and prawn crackers

Pancit. I can eat this all night. Haha

Rice

Carbonara

They also have surprise cake for October birthday celebrants which I am also included. Awww.

They sang us "happy birthday" song then we blow the single lighted candle.

October birthday celebrants! Left-Right (Kuda, Me, Lia and Drei) Just don't mind my big tummy. Haha.

The event is super duper fun! We just laughed, sang and stuffed our tummy with food. We also have potential singers in the office that we discovered that night.

What about you? How's your Halloween party? What costume did you wear? Are you also celebrating your birthday this October? Why not share your comments below. I would love to hear or read it.

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Kuda's Pasalubong: Belgian Chocolate Seashells

One of my office mates, Kuda went to Hong Kong for 3 days and brought us this Belgian chocolate treat! Tadaaaaa:

Who can't resist with this chocolate indulgence?! Anyone? Of course there's none.

The chocolate goodies while Maricris patiently holds the box while I am taking this shot. The perks of having a supportive office mates! Thanks girl.

I grabbed one and eat it joyfully! It tastes so good. The level of sweetness is just right which I really like about this one because I am not fond of eating super sweet chocolate.

My mussel shaped Belgian chocolate

Look at that chocolate heavennnn. I can almost hear the angels singing in the back ground while I am munching it.

How about you? Do you have a favorite brand of chocolate that you like? Why not share it on the comment section below.

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J's Farewell Party at Center Stage with Ms. Vi

Bidding good bye is difficult especially if that person is someone you considered as family or closest friend at work. When Ms. J resigned and informed me about it, I was sad because she's one of my special friend. I can easily talked to her whenever I have queries either on legal matters or work related problems. She also taught me how to understand my SSS loan and contribution which is also the hardest thing to understand next to Philippine tax. I also like that she's a natural comedian & a joker. She makes us very happy at the office with her showbiz gossips and side punch lines. Writing this post makes me missed her.

Okay, I am becoming emotional now. Enough of the sad introduction and let’s move on what happened on her farewell party.

It was Ms. J's idea to go to Center Stage Makati for videoke bonding after work. Before we went there, Kristine (our sexy receptionist) handled the reservation for 6pm time slot. We took a cab to get there and waited at the lobby before our turned to assisted to one of the videoke rooms. We arrived an hour early that's why we busied ourselves with obligatory group shot. Haha.

Random banner that I saw at the center stage

Center Stage Lobby. It is a bit small but very cozy.

Ms. J on blue wrap up dress, Kristine, she's busy texting and Lia

Ms. J and I. Boo! I am not really good on taking nice shot.

Center stage has this package for 3 hours non-stop videoke inclusive of food for 2,184 pesos. Here are the foods that we chose.

Calamares

Tofu with special sauce

My favorite Pancit

A large bowl of hot rice

Chicken barbecue

We didn't expect it to taste good. We really like the calamares and the chicken barbecue. Here are also the photos of our room with my photo bomber friends:

Kristine and Lia. The room is spacious and sound proof.

Flat screen T.V.

Ms. J and her separated at birth identical twin sister, Jean.

Ms. J and Ms. Vi. They surely missed each other

We had fun that day because we sang a lot of songs; 90's and modern songs. Ms. J and Ms. Vi we will surely miss both of you. God bless and hopes to you see around.

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