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Organizing Christmas Get-Together

Posted on December 23, 2009 by greenbucks| Leave a comment

Organizing a get-together can be a bit toxic but can be lots of fun too.

Imagine contacting friends you haven’t seen for a long time, catching up on what’s new and synchronizing busy schedules for a meet-up are added bonus. Sure there would be hassles along the way but that is just a part of the process.

‘Tis the season for reunions: elementary classmates, high school chums, college buddies, loving (and otherwise) relatives, and all kinds of affiliations and clubs and what-have-you groups that find excuse to get together and have fun.

How should the next reunion be organized next? For some, they assign another person who would be in charge of directory submission, a list of contact details: mobile numbers, email addresses, home addresses and other nitty-gritty details like name of spouse and child(ren).

Having these details would be handy for networking purposes, just do not be eager in asking everyone to buy something from you or sign up as a downline in some networking sites. That is so NOT good and do not be surprised if you get uninvited to the next get-together 😉

It is great to see people you grow up with and just have fun hanging out without the usual peer pressure of old. One word of advice though; do not drink too much lest you get a loose tongue and prattle all your heartaches that are best buried in memories 🙂

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My Friend G

Posted on March 6, 2009 by greenbucks| Leave a comment

G is a very close friend, an only child, an accountant, who went abroad to work as a caregiver to help with the expenses of her ailing father.

Yes, filial responsibilities fall heavy on the shoulders of children of Chinese heritage in this country, and this is true too to most of us Filipinos.

It was really sad when her father died and she was not able to come home to say her goodbyes to him, one of the reasons she went overseas to look for better paying work.

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I Vote for my Friend Rachel :)

Posted on September 19, 2008 by greenbucks| 2 Comments

First things first, I am voting for Rachel of My Soulful Thoughts for the Bloggers’ Choice Awards for the 2008 Philippine Blog Awards.

I could have written my post here in my main blog where we virtually met. In fact we have had two personal meetings, a lunch and a dinner. The dinner gave us the chance to meet her husband who is incidentally called by the nickname my close friends and family call me.

I chose to cast my vote in this blog because through a weekly post that we do with other bloggers, I have come to know her more not just as a blogger but as a friend.

Anyway, back to Rachel and why I chose to vote for her.

  • First off, I am proud to say that we are real-life friends. Even if we just saw each other twice, I feel really close to her, like she is a long-lost friend.
  • That she loves her son Yohan and her husband casts no doubt to her readers.
  • She is well-known in the blogosphere, especially with her foreign friends. If they are allowed to vote, I know she would have a very big advantage.
  • I have known her through the memetags that we have done. It was not just the link love that brought us together but the fact that she really reads the posts we write and she writes back with intelligent comments.
  • Her sweetness that everyone is talking about? That is true. Her blog posts as well as the comments that she send our way, these are all consistently sweet and nicely worded.
  • We exchange pleasant text messages every now and then.
  • We encourage each other when we are not feeling good.

I see no other reason to not vote for my friend Rachel. She is a winner for me in every sense of the word.

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As A Friend, I am…

Posted on June 29, 2008 by greenbucks| 19 Comments

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Weekly Question #6 was inspired by the Flame of Friendship post:

Can you describe yourself as a friend? Or how do your friends describe you as a friend?

I can not really describe myself as a friend but I will try to do so without putting too much superlatives about me being a friend.

  • I am an all-weather friend: in times of sunny days when life is good, I am here as well as in times of life’s storms and ups and downs, I am there as well too.
  • I may be able to tell my friends wonderful words of wisdom and prayers but from my mouth will come out tactless remarks, intended or not, that will hurt the others.
  • I may be depended upon to do things for and with my friends but not all the time, especially now that I am married.
  • I am a funny friend and can make my friends laugh easily but I cry buckets of tears, sometimes more than them, even when they are the ones hurt.
  • I may forget birthdays and celebrations not because I am thoughtless but because i am too busy with work and family matters.
  • I am willing the give help when I can and if I can to the friend of a friend of a friend, ok, you got the picture.
  • I remember the fun times as well as the not-so-fun times.
  • I am grateful for the friends I have had and still have. I treasure the moments we have shared. I learned a lot from them and their experiences.
  • I also treasure online friendships with a few bloggers who have not only touched my heart but who I learn valuable lessons from.

Now if you time to spare, here is a link to a written piece entitled On Friendship by Kahlil Gibran.

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