missing

hay................................. 2 days na ko dito sa Bacolod!! I watched Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix (again) kanina at Robinson's Place Bacolod with Iqa, Cheryl, and Jessie. My parents, aunt, and brother, watched Die Hard 4.0... I was feeling sleepy when we got to the mall and that's when I realized, I MISS STARBUCKS!! and the pistachio ice cream with roast almond toppings frop Crepe...... hay................................. sooooooooo missing...............

surprised

It's my birthday July 19 and I got on a first flight plane to go home here in Bacolod to celebrate it with my family. Although all I did was sleep when I got here.

Anyway, I'm supposed to be writing about my July 18 experience at the office. I woke up early at about 9am yesterday because I still had to prepare the Carbonara that I'm bringing to work (konting pakain para sa birthday ko)... I went about making the sauce for the pasta...

I left the house at about a quarter to 2pm. I seriously though I was gonna be late since my work schedule is 2pm-11pm.. To my surprise, I got to work on time, I logged in at 2:01pm (which is still on time since we have a 10 min. grace period). We have this tradition at the GHD office that when someone celebrates his/her birthday, they always throw surprises. When it was my turn, I didn't expect one since they told me that there would be no surprise.. "kulang na ang budget kasi kakaattend lang natin sa binyag ng baby ni mommy val".. I didn't mind... My birthday isn't until the next day anyway and I would surely celebrate it in Bacolod. At about 5pm, my manager asked me to go down with her because she needs to talk to me. I'm thinking, uh oh, she's gonna scold about browsing the internet while working.. Fortunately, she just asked if I was having any problems with the support (as I'm just 3 months old in my job)..

When we went back up to the office, the lights were off. I already knew they had a surprise but I didn't have the slightest idea of what it is. When we went in the office they had a spot light on one of our blinds which has "Happy Birthday Joannie!!" on it.. Then to the lower right of that is star-shaped, purple pillow with my name on it and to the left is a birthday cake... =) I was so happy and touched by the gesture (kasi 3 months pa lang ako dun pero they still bothered to prepare something for me)..

Tapos kainan na!!! Andaming pumunta.. ung iba nag greet sakin pero di ko sila kilala.. hehehe smile lang ako and "thank you".. Un, sobrang natuwa ako! As in!

kaya, to my GHD family, THANK YOU NG MADAMING MADAMI!!!!