5 Days till Christmas!

Before I start working, a short recap of the things that were, an update on the things that are and a post about the things that have yet to come...

On Thursday, I officially became a regular employee of Sungard System Access. Yay for me! Now I finally get to have my med card (which I missed, hehe) and most importantly paid Vacation Leaves! No increases yet though... I have to wait a few more months for that.

Then, JVC (Jeng, Van & Cess) met up last Friday in Greenbelt 3 for dinner. We ate at Krokodile Grill, and had some Frogs Legs, Sinigang na Liempo and Assorted Seafoods wrapped in Banana Leaf. It was so-so... although the service was good, the food just wasn't up to par. (Given the fact that we ordered the 'specialties' already). Even the presentation left much to be desired (esp for the Sinigang). For me it was just average.

BUT... it wasn't really the food, but the company that mattered. :) After dinner, we went to Cafe Breton for the usual crepe fix. Bumawi na lang kami sa dessert and coffee...

Then... on Saturday... I rewarded myself (again, as being single I have no one else to spend on but myself...which is fine by me by the way =D) with SE's latest Cybershot phone, the K770i. Although the chocolate brown color was a bit unlike me at first (remember, I had a pink Z610i), I've grown to love it. It's incredibly tiny (compared to my iPAQ), and light. Now, I just use my iPAQ as a standalone PDA. =D My new phone has a 3.2 megapixel cam, expandable memory (I have 1 GB now) and it's 3G capable already. Plus the usual bells and whistles of an SE phone that I've come to love.

Then, I spent the day hunting for something to wear for the company Christmas party, with the Casino Royale theme... this dress/gown hunting took until Sunday, and I still didn't find the 'perfect dress', so I just reused the maroon long dressed I've worn to several occasions already. Oh well, it's not as if I dress up often, but it took up a lot of my time...time I could have spent hunting for Xmas presents. :)

Oh and I forgot to mention Kumar's and Josh's bday treat at Modern China on Saturday night. :)

Then... Monday, Tuesday at work... well... I'm really not in the mood for work this week so I didn't get much done. Fortunately, the bulk of my work will start next year (after my 1 week leave) so I can still meet my deadlines for the year.

Last night was the Christmas party @ Fiesta San Miguel, Dusit Hotel. Being a new hire...of course we had to perform, it was a short performance, an upbeat version of 'Himig ng Pasko'. There was the usual raffle (I didn't win anything!), the band, performances, drinking...oh and a tequila toast. :D

And now, I'm back at work... obviously, with my head still floating from lack of sleep. Maitz is already flying back to Manila at this moment. Yay! Later tonight, we'll be taking Marta out to dinner. She's here for a few days so we're returning the hospitality she showed us while we were in Bratislava. :) Tomorrow, Maitz and I will be watching a movie after work, and on Saturday is the highly anticipated VILLMA (VLMA) reunion, with updates from Malaysia courtesy of Mich, South Africa courtesy of Lui, Bratislava courtesy of moi and Sun Life courtesy of Apples :D.

A lot of excitement in the coming days, and of course, the most highly anticipated event of all, Christmas! :D