Greetings to all! May this day be filled with love in our hearts! Christmas is in the air in our place. My daughter had their Christmas party at a designated hotel for them to celebrate with team building combined. It started early this morning at 8 O'clock till night hence her husband decided to pick her up after their "exchange gift" portion which was the last part of their program.

Hello everyone! How's the weather out there? Here, the weather is unpredictable due to the ITCZ (Intertropical Convergence Zone) we're experiencing wherein the north and south wind hemispheres join together. Of course, safety comes first before anything else. This time, the rain has stopped and the wind is cool and soothing to the feeling that we decided to joyride around downtown and observe the different sparkling Christmas lights around the parks and establishments.

Hello everyone! Today is Family day of St. Benilde's after a week's Sports Festival. Each family is required to bring their own provision. Antonia, my granddaughter, is now in Grade 10. She's active both is academic and extra curricular activities. We're proud of her achievements! This time, she got good grades with high honours while she leads in other sports activities such as futsal where she plays on the defensive, volleyball and table tennis. She won against the 3 levels so I guess she will be awarded as champion like the previous year.

There are various food houses to choose from if you want to spend some time quality time with your love ones. We went to our favourite dining place at McDonald's but this time, we chose to dine at adjacent side which is their McCafe. The ambience is filled with the tempting aroma of coffee. It's heaven! Regular coffee drinkers like me find it relaxing.

I started with my office work at the age of 20. I'd say it was a challenging job with lots of people around and dealing with your superior needed more precaution, focus and alert mind to answer and do whatever task is entrusted to you. I've worked as a secretary to the chairman himself. Thanks to my training. I thought that being a secretary was simple but it was not especially with lots of manpower and clients. First and foremost, you need to know filing and indexing because segregation of papers is important for you to immediately locate what your boss asks you and you need to have a list of his schedules.

Last Wednesday was my 67th birthday. I am ever thankful to the Lord for the gift of life! There are only 5 of us at home so my daughter opted for us to celebrate my birthday at night after her duty at the hospital and Antonia will be home then plus her husband will be off by 9 PM. Only me and my grandson were left at home hence that was the best available time for us to be together. We went to our favourite place at McDonald's situated at the center of the city where people of all ages stroll after a hard day's work either from school or from their respective working places.