being in good company

Earlier today (I mean yesterday), our circle of friends at the office had our Christmas party. We hold our Christmas party every year, and every year, it is a delight.

The group is now bigger and happier! I still remember my first Christmas party with kg, the husband’s wife, pulot, and other nonbloggers (hehe). Pedro and I were new to the company, and we were really happy to be invited to this private gathering. Whether because we looked nice or we happened to have seats beside them, I wouldn’t know. haha. It was held at kg’s house, and her mom was very kind to host the games for us. I really had fun, especially because there was videoke and a billiard table in their house, both of which I’m not good at! We also had exchange gifts, and from there, I got one of my Vampire Chronicles’ books.

Our company is not a fun company. Although it claims to be the number 1 in the world in its industry, it has little budget for fun employee activities. Thus, we are having our celebrations out of our own pockets. But every penny spent on our little party gives me, us, priceless joy in return. Although I am not in a fun company, I am in a happy group.

For this year, we just held it in an open area at the office because we lacked time. Each (by twos actually) was assigned food to bring. There were so many delicious foods. There were lechon manok (which I said I cooked), bitterwife’s mechado, T2rad’s fish, the husband’s wife’s mashed potatoes and corn and carrots, cake (which pulot claimed to have baked), and many soft drinks! I was last to finish eating both lunch and dessert, and not because I eat slow. So many good food, so little time. haha. I think all of us ate more than we usually do (the best diet pills could hope to work on anyone of us!).

We had a Madam Auring game, courtesy of kg. haha. It was a guessing game, more like a quiz, of who is each person’s monito or monita. We were all competitive, but only T2rad got all the names correctly, so he got the chocolate from kg. T2rad was also my secret santa. I really like the bag he got me! Thanks a bunch!

Even if the party was just held at the office and only during lunch, all of us were happy and contented. That’s another happy day added to the year 2008 about to go away.

:)