0047~ our boss dropped the bomb yesterday

note to reader:
as of this writing, the content of this entry is still a top secret. there are only seven (or eight) of us in the company who knows about this. we still don't know when an official statement would be released. so, if you know me and if you're working at the same company that i am currently working for, you are suppose to shut up. thank you. ;) ehehe

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i took the half day off yesterday and the first thing i did as soon as i arrived in the office was to eat my lunch. impressive!

my mother bosing joined me since she finds french fries really irresistable. she munched and munched and we pushed a bit of a small talk - on work and on life - as i swallow every bite of my double-cheese burger.

touching on work-related matters, she passively told me that she will announce something important later in our meeting... i had a weird feeling about it.

mother: may ia-announce ako mamaya sa inyo.. (she smiles) importante..

bee: (having a bad feeling what it was) hmm.. ano po yun??

mother: basta..! matutuwa kayo.... (smiles)

bee: ayyy.. nahuhulaan ko na...... kami ba talaga ang matutuwa..? o ikaw..? ayyy nakow..!...

mother: (mother hysterically laughs hard) basta.. mamaya sasabihin ko sa inyo..

i began to worry.

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we had our staff meeting yesterday. no one knew what our agenda was, but we did discuss a lot of things that mother bosing wrote in the white board. we were brainstorming as if our minds were not wandering on the topic of "staffing" written last on the list.

finally, all of us had shut up and sufficed our hunger for clarity in our work for the next few days. mother wore a funny knowing face and told me:

mother: o game.. hulaan mo na kung ano ang ia-announce ko....

there goes the hysterical laugh again and my colleagues had put on their expecting, smiling faces. i already forewarned them.

bee: malilipat kami.....? iba na ang hahawak samen....?

i'm beginning to think that i can actually make millions in fortune telling - as if this is "fortune-ate" ...what about changing professions, huh..?

i was right.

another manager, let's name him tatay, will be handling us, the ELSA team, and that's ok actually. i've already worked with him in my early NGO-days and he handles his staff well. he makes work fun. i think, he's really approachable and that's why people here in the office love him. he's game.

i look forward to working with tatay again.. but of course, i'll definitely miss mother.