We won!

Yesssirrreee, the Sales Team that I manage was awarded a plaque for outstanding sales performance for the 2nd quarter of the year. We surpassed our sales target and achieved a whopping 158% vs the target set in terms of sales volume for DSL!

Manila I keep coming back to Manila...

I'm bound for Manila tomorrow for our First Half Sales Performance Report and Planning Session. This will be four days straight (starting Monday) and I will be away from my beloved blog. :-(

The good thing is that I'm up for some serious (hey Patty, note: SERIOUS) malling, hehe! After which I hope to catch Johnny Depp's Pirates, preferably at Gateway, with the free pop corn and stuff. :-)

Since I will be gone for a long stretch, you may visit this site and be entertained, until I come back... ENJOY! ;-)

Of Blog visitors and the joy I get from your visits...

It's really flattering to note that my blog has been visited by people from various parts of the Philpines, France, Canada, the United States, Australia, etc. Thank you my friends and may you come visit again! :-)

This is my airsoft team and the second guy from the rigth is our team leader, my gun smith and a deadly player. :-)

This was taken a couple of weeks ago when we played the jungles of Bonbon, an outskirt of Butuan.

My Rants, or should I say "si Patty ang may kasalanan"? Hehehe!

A few days ago, I commented on Patty's Blog on her topic "Come Rant With Me". And my rant was simply the lack of malls in Butuan, where I am now stationed. Seems pretty trivial for you urbanites, what with all the malls in your place. But not for me when I first arrived here.

I have therefore decided to expound on the advantages & disadvantages of living in a mid-level city like Butuan:

Advantages:
1) No Traffic- YEHEY!
2) Fresh Air
3) 10 to 15 minutes away from the beach - pero I seldom find time to go... :-(
4) Seafoods galore!
5) Cabgan Island -please check my previous post on this
6) Low standard of living- I get to economize
7) Rustic settings- pretty much like the Davao City I left 20 years ago
8) Swearing - I can swear in Cebuano all I want and people can actually understand me... Hehehe, when I was in Manila I get that "duh" look whenever I swear in my native tongue, if that's good or bad, beats me!
9) History - this place smacks of it: the Balanghay, etc...
10) Margie's Food for the Gods (if you know someone from Butaun, make sure you get this one as pasalubong, the taste is HEAVENLY, pun intended!) And also their: Banana Bread, Chocolate Chips, Oatmeal Chips, etc...

Disadvantages (ang babaw no?):
1) Inadequate malling opportunities
2) Last full show too early
3) Limited choice of flights (only in the morning, one of PAL & the other Cebu Pacific). And the two are both Manila bound.

That's it, the advantages far outweigh the disadvantages. Living in Butuan is not that bad after all... come visit us!

My Sleep Pose is:

And it's described as:

Seatbelt Traits and Tendencies
After a long night of The Seatbelt pose (and Seatbelts do sleep close to ten hours a night, quite a bit longer than the typical seven and a half), couples wake feeling warm, safe, and uniquely free of doubt. Regular doses of the pose can elevate Seatbelters to a new level of personal confidence, which buoys them to great heights in love and at the gym and can lead to plum promotions and camera time.

Comfort Zone
The Seatbelt pose is in the Sun Sleeper family. Related Sun poses to try: The Heimlich and Classic Spoons.

Health Note
For some couples (about one in every fifteen), extended periods of The Seatbelt's patented "coziness" can lead to feelings of drugged complacency. If this happens to you, try switching to the Flying Bobs pose for as many nights as it takes to get the blood flowing again.