Merry Christmas!

Today the whole Christian world is celebrating the birth of our savior Jesus Christ. May we all be filled with love, peace, and prosperity in the coming years. Merry Christmas to each and everyone!

Christmas display at SM City Bacoor, Cavite

Christmas display at Greenhills Mall, Mandaluyong City

Christmas display at Robinsons Place Imus, Cavite

Christmas tree display at Robinsons Place Imus, Cavite

Christmas display at SM City Molino, Cavite

Christmas display at SM Mall of Asia, Pasay City

Christmas tree display at Fora Mall, Tagaytay City

Christmas tree display at Robinsons Galleria, Quezon City

Unwind

Sometimes we need to unwind and eat whatever we want. Just to relax and enjoy your rest day from work. Visited today SM City Molino at Bacoor City, Cavite. 

Chao Fan with Lumpiang Shanghai, and Chopsuey (Lunch at Chow King)

Hot Bibingka and Coffee at Bibingkinitan

My favorite hot "lugaw" with puto pao and peanuts

Congratulations to Miss Universe 2018 Winner Miss Philippines Catriona Elisa Gray

Congratulations to Miss Philippines Catriona Elisa Gray for being crowned as the new Miss Universe 2018 held at Bangkok, Thailand, December 17, 2018. You made as proud as Filipino again. This is the 4th time a Filipina won this prestigious pageant, Gloria Diaz (1969), Margarita Moran (1973), and Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach (2015).  Mabuhay ka Miss Catriona Elisa Gray, your winning the Miss Universe 2018 is an early Christmas gift to the Filipino people!

All smiles with Miss Philippines Catriona Elisa Gray after being crowned Miss Universe 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand (Photo courtesy of Getty Images/Lilian Suwanrumpha)

Team Building - Part 3 (Malabrigo Lighthouse and Parting Ways)

After an overnight stay and drinking session of the team, half of our group decided to leave the place as early as eight o’clock in the morning. We ate our breakfast at 5:00 am and took a quick splash at the beachfront.  The tricycles we rented arrived at 7:30 am and we bade goodbye to the parents of our host teammate.  Going back to the municipality of Lobo, one thing we never forgot is our stopover at the Malabrigo Lighthouse (known as Faro de Punta de Malabrigo) along the Lobo-Malabrigo-Laiya road.  The lighthouse is one of the 24 lighthouses erected in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial era. The lighthouse was designed by Guillermo Brockman and was built by Jose Garcia in 1896. It was declared a National Historical Landmark on November 27, 2006.   We are not lucky to come inside the house because it is closed and we were not able to go up the lighthouse. We took pictures outside and enjoyed the peaceful place. 

 The adjacent pavilion of Malabrigo Lighthouse

    Malabrigo Lighthouse

The machine room

 Historical marker in English language

Historical marker in Tagalog language

Team Building - Part 2 (Exploring the Beauty of the Seaside)

As we ended our stopover at the Pasalubong Center and bought the essential things and foodstuff we needed at the nearby marketplace of municipality of Lobo, we rented 4 tricycles that was provided by our host teammate. The first 45 minutes of our ride was essentially smooth because of the paved and cemented roads of Lobo-Malabrigo road.  It was really commendable of the local government of having these roads cemented. After we reached The Shore House resort our agony begins because of the unpaved and dusty roads, and zigzag terrain of the Lobo-Malabrigo-Laiya road.  There are times that we needed to alight the tricycle so we can push it going upside the road.  It was really a journey worth remembering as we laughed ourselves to this enjoyable ride.  We passed by the famous Malabrigo Lighthouse and Punta Verde Resort.  As we approached the area of our destination, we have seen from above the road the beautiful seashore that would greet us in awe!  We were met by the parents of our host teammate and started to unpacked our things and gave ourselves a much needed rest. I will not elaborate anymore what happened next, because the pictures or photos that I will post speaks for itself.

 

Teammates having groupie during our tour at the seashore

 The Lonely Banca

The Resthouse

The Beachfront 

 Exploring the Seashore

The Seashore

One Love

 The Pebbles 

The Waves and the Pebbles

The Waves of the Shore

The Rock

It was such a peaceful place watching the sunset, sit in silence at the shore, and listen to the heartbeat of the waves.

 Stacked Stones

      

Team Building - Part 1 (Stopover at Lobo Municipality)

Although this article was already late, I need to post this once in a lifetime experienced that I had during our team building at Lobo, Batangas last November 8-9, 2018.  It was such an unforgettable ride going to this unexplored place wherein you had to endure the unpave roads and zigzag terrain going to our destination.  Upon enduring 4 hours of travel, we finally reached our destination wherein the house of our host teammate was just in front of the beach.  I will post all the pictures in three parts from where we had a stopover at the municipal proper of Lobo, the exciting experienced we had at the beach, and our stopover to the historical lighthouse of the famous Malabrigo Lighthouse. 

The municipal building of Lobo

The town plaza in front of Lobo Municipal Building

The facade of Saint Michael Archangel Parish Church, Lobo, Batangas just across the municipal buiding

The beautiful and peaceful church of Saint Michael Archangel Parish Church, Lobo, Batangas

 The Pasalubong Center where various souvenirs are for sale

 Inside the Pasalubong Center with the teammates

Teammates are all smiles during the stopover at Pasalubong center

Teammates

I will be celebrating my 6 months as a customer sales representative this month in one of the leading BPO companies in the Philippines.  As a newbie to this job, I have learned so many things on how to deal with irate customers. I have learned the difference between empathy and apology.  So far, I'm enjoying my job especially working with millenials of today.  My teammates treated me as if I'm of the same age with them but they respect me as father to them.  I'm dedicating this page to my teammates which I considered my second family.  

The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each 

member is the team - Phil Jackson

When you have that respect from your teammates, it makes it a lot 
more comfortable - LeBron James