...of workplace and workmates...

i had a long email exchange with Manj today. she told me how her role in Shell have evolved and how she is not as swamped with work as before. during the course of our emails, i suddenly missed Shell and...

1. Canor - our November 2005 'team mate' that made our day and night shift work extra fun;
2. the endless conversations in our workstation
3. cam-whoring to the max
4. starbucks during christmas and the quest to get the planner first
5. lunch' at Manila Bay during a December night shift
6. our very first christmas floor decoration -- all the drama we had with Ed's Team, the trek to Tutuban with Cel and Jaz
7. breakfast!!!
8. laughter of the entire team
9. food trip and mini stop!!!
10. aristo-cart and their fried lumpia - the best street food eva!!!
11. videoke during ofc hours (only in Shell!!!)
12. dinner with the leadership team - Sally, Mars, Junie, the IT guys... sino pa ba?
13. Ambers and Buddy's pansit, barbecue and pichi pichi
14. Burloloys sa katawan --- i rediscovered a few of my necklaces and started using them again
15. Bohol
16. Manga with Bagoong, sama na din ang mais!!!
17. Go Live!
18. Teleconferences --- Nico and Rene (whom I still keep in touch with)
19. SITI Sups and TLs - Aimee (asan ka na???), Alice (miss you girl, will email you soon), Yen (yehey, you're coming here na), Perla (busy na naman as always maski dito sa Oz), Cesar (ikakasal ka na...), Aileen (kaw na lang natira sa Shell)

and the list goes on and on and on....

Its been 3 years since I left the company and now, Agie, Lanie, Ces and I are building our new lives here in Oz, soon, Yen will be here too.

Back in the Phils, people have moved to different processes, Malou, Haidee, Sol and Lanie gave birth and soon Chona will too.

We matured.

But one thing will remain the same --- the friendship and the bond that we formed will forever stay. SITI AR will always have a special place in my heart. The best working days of my life were spent there, I've grown as a person and as a leader. I had my weaknesses but I am thankful for my team who confront me and not talked about it behind my back (or if they did, they are still honest enough to let me know about it). I miss you guys! Im wishing and hoping that we'll see each other, reunite, look back and reminisce the good times.

Miss you guys.