welga! welga!

while the Writers Guild of America is currently holding a strike, we, ebot and violet, have resigned to produce articles for the corporate magazine. We will not accept, or on an indefinite refusal to accept any favors or charity to scribble a write up for a momentuous event in the company. i have been out-of-focus to discover that our article has been edited entirely, as if it was written by someone else. i felt violated. it was as if i was robbed off a license to write a decent article. not that i am saying that ours was perfect, but the fact that it was changed and we weren't informed, and our names were still published as authors... i am enraged to have tagged of some article that we didn't even write. i was too ashamed to let the entire company, and i mean in all regions and territories, read something that was totally not ours.

i cannot imagine writing that kind of article. sorry and excuse my arrogance. but really... i cannot let something be published without having it proofread (at least for something that is going to be circulated in an organization where reputation matters:p and bosses, and big bosses are having a quick access to information from its employees). *sigh of disbelief.. of embarassment.. of sadness*

i am redeeming ourselves from this. not that i am bragging, but i just would like them to know that we did not write that article. i am not claiming ours is better, i am posting this to, at least, let others know what we have written. i believe this just deserves to be published.

for the summer sportsfest 2007:
From the first bullseye target, till the last move to checkmate, OOCL Summer Sportsfest 2007 has rummaged every inch of a muscle in all OOCL Employees.

Commenced last April 24, 2007 at the Garden Deck of DY International Building, the Sports Committee headed by Rheeo Gatchalian opened this year’s sportsfest with a feast. Yellow, Green, Pink and Purple, as fun and vibrant each represent, are the four teams for this year’s sportsfest. Having the entire event run for five weeks, with six games to vie for (darts, table tennis, badminton, billiards and chess), the event brought excitement and tension to each team day-by-day. As each week passed, teams’ standings were so close, giving all teams a strong chance for the first spot. Competing with each other neck to neck, every team screamed -- at the top of their lungs to break a leg! (more leaning to the idiom, though). Action packed as these weeks were, snapshots of the events still linger to these sports enthusiasts. Mouse set aside as dart invaders aim for the bullseye. Heads turned left and right with smash after smash as shuttlecocks came crossing courts faster than the speed of light. Spikers’ serve resounded an echo. With throbbing hearts, the receiver got ready for the attack as everyone waited for the kill. But as all games end, only one team emerged as champions. Garnering the highest points, taking away three games as first – hail to the Purple Team for being paramount to all the best and victorious of all winners.

Hit the Bullseye. Spin the ball. Smash the shuttle cock. Serve with a Spike. Break it. Until finally, one goes Checkmate! 2007 Sports Committee, congratulations for a job well done!

congrats ebot for this article. it may have not been published as expected, but i am proud to have produced an article, as this, with you. thank you:)

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sweet and cute victory:)

i remember a few months back, one of my teammates shared to us that he has been addicted to the stacker game at timezone. i didn't know what it was then, so when i had the chance to "exercise" the kid in me, i went to timezone and started trying it out by myself. the first time i did, i actually won the minor prize. i opted to take it, because it was my first and i wanted to have something for my first win. but, since i was a newbie at that, i wasn't able to get the minor prize coz there was a stupid time limit to get the prize. i didn't know, and when i had to press the start button to get it, the time was over... so what i did was to try again:D and chose to go for the major prize this time:D after three attempts, i was a sore loser not to get any... awwwwww..:(

last saturday, while waiting for the movie showing, i paid a visit to my little playground and tried my luck for the nth time. i was feeling a bit easy this time... the first game i had was the stacker game. i was paying full attention to the squares moving from side to side, stacking it in the middle... my eyes were rolling from left to right. hitting the red button as the light were in lined in the middle. minor prize, kaboom! i hit it!!! i had the gut feeling i was going to have a good shot at this one, so i went off to get the major prize. three more lines. one square. first line. kaboom! hit!!! second line.. kaboom! hit again! and here comes the last... the square was really moving fast.. i was getting the beat of it. then i pressed the red button at that instant i felt it was directly above the last square. and YES! kaboom! MAJOR PRIZE it is!!!! i had a winnie the pooh stuff toy!!! (which, i must say was not a cheap one. it was fluffy and stuffy hehehe).. it was cute really:) and i was so happy that i got it finally:D i was watching the other kids play it, and i haven't found anyone yet who hit the jackpot:P hahahahaha!!!!


i had my mind on it. i had a strong feeling that it will be mine. i was feeling that i will get it. i've waited long enough. i've tried so many times and i thought i won't be able to get a hold of it. many times i thought of giving up. but the emotion was far too strong to let myself give up on it. i knew and felt that it was for me. i was victorious. I AM. finally, i had it:) and the most important part of it, i was with you.

to this i wait... till i finally call it my own victory.

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octOVER

october is finally over. my birthday month;) it wasn't just a day.. a week.. it's been a month. i have been celebrating my 24th year for days and days and i can't seem to get enough of it:) and there's much with this month that it has always been filled with momentous events.. the OctoberFest. i remember posting my last year's birthday bash and i had to call it octoberfest, octoberpest. hahahaha. there's just too much with this month that i never fail to put up a banner inside my head.. reading..."to the month i swore i'll never get over:P"... hahahaha. this month seemed to be sluggishly come day by day. not because i am bored, but there's just too much that a week after my birthday seemed months have gone by.

with this month, we had four celebrators.. two additional from our team;) every week, we had to put up a surprise! hahaha. mine was great. i had full of surprises. and gifts. and love:) i was asked the other day (in a high-schoolish spin-the-bottle session with my teammates:P), that if i had a chance to repeat a day all-over again, what would it be? i had my answer in a jiffy (since i was asked a similar question a few days back:D), and it had to be my birthday this year:) it was the first time that i got to celebrate it with the special people (physically and in spirit, in my heart:P) in 24 hours:) well, the only time that i wasn't able to celebrate was the very few hours of sleep:P and it has been a birthday month. it has been special than ever. i never had the chance to fully explain in detail, but really it is the greatest birthday i've ever had in 24 years of existence:) i was and am still awed and, still reveling with outmost joy the days that i had been celebrating it with family and friends:) i still haven't gone over it yet not until the last day of the month. hahahaha. thank you for all the gifts:) it has always been the child in me. i love surprises:)

week after my birthday, we had our last teambuilding. i had a blast. of joy. of tears. not a total disaster but it was great. the long drive was a pain in the a** but i must say that it was worth the time for togetherness:) the sunny day could've made it, but the whip of the strong wind with the shower of rain made it a bit lonesome to wrap up the day. the emotions were in-tuned with the weather. but as all rainy days go, a sunny day follows:) and it outshines the gloominess of the rain.

the last event for the month was our halloween party:) it was a long-time in planning.. and i'm glad that it still pushed through. honestly, i was afraid it wouldn't... thank goodness, we pulled it through:D i am excited with the pictures!!! of fairies (good and bad:P), of a surgeon (not a nurse, or a caretaker mind you), of a hula dancer, of scream!!!, of dracula, of demons (not framework:P), of a chinese pirate (more like of a shaolin to me:D), of shrek turned dracula, and of zorro in his mask (with elena... where? in his heart:P). the night-out at the pad with two poles was great.. the spin-a-bottle, the tequila, the "active" moments. hahaha. it was a great. great night.. happy night. tiring night.

what a way to wrap up october. and yes, it is finally over:(

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