"Cool" Job

October 29, Sunday was a working day for me. John (my officemate and friend) hied off to SMC’s Management Training Center in Tagaytay to conduct a 2-day Teambuilding Program for one of SMC’s packaging companies. San Miguel Yamamura Asia is a glass manufacturing company which supplies most of the glass packaging products in the market.

While waiting for our rooms at the lodging house, John and I took some pictures. It was very cold even though these pics were taken just right after lunch on Sunday.

Right outside the entertainment lounge of the MTC ldging house

How's that for a great view?

It was a rainy two-day teambuilding session (thanks to Typhoon Paeng) and due to the bad weather, we had to do our outdoor activities, indoors. We had to make do with the hallways of the training center for the activities; good thing we were able to meet our objectives.

With the participants from SMY Asia

The highlight of the teambuilding program was the inspirational talk of Fr. Armand Robleza, SMC’s resident chaplain. He talked about “The Passion and the Romance.” It has absolutely nothing to do with romance or passion in a sexual context; instead it centers on making oneself a source of inspiration through the values and principles that one lives by. Fr. Armand was his usual animated self, complete with sound effects and facial expressions; based on the evaluation results, the participants appreciated the session he conducted.

Monday after lunch, we were on our way back to Manila but had to stop by Starbucks because it was rather difficult to drive, with all the fog on the road. We took a couple of pictures for posterity:

John and I with Jonathan (standing) and Gilbert

this time with Ana, HR Manager of SMY Asia

Sipping a café latte, on a Monday afternoon, in the middle of cool Tagaytay air (while being paid) now that’s what I call, a cool job!