Farewell After 7 Years

Dear Me,

If it weren't for the supposed Singapore move-out and the baby, I wouldn't be able to truly file my long-delayed resignation from the company. Last March 30th, I entered our Executive Director's office and handed him my resignation letter (which I had prepared for I-don't-know-when). He was surprised. Actually, he was the last one to know among the people there. It was no secret to the national staff and I informed my immediate superiors about my plan two (2) weeks before that.

Well, my resignation took effect last April 30th. It was a busy one month for me - the cleaning up, packing up stuff, accomplishing pending tasks, final goodbyes to other colleagues in and out of the office, meetings and the turn-over.

Thinking it over then, I felt relieved and gloomy at the same time. I've been wanting to resign since time immemorial but looking back as well, made me teary-eyed. It was in that company where I started learning and honing my skills to survive in the corporate world. It was where I further learned to express myself and speak out my mind. It was where I cultivated my social skills amongst the various people from the national & local government, NGOs, private and business sector, industry groups and the academe.

For almost 7 years, I finally bid everyone goodbye.

moi together with the national staff & Japanese directors

a cheery toast for me from everybody =)

memorabile handed to me by Vanessa;
shot with my boss & successor Ao

my heartfelt gratitude for having this Pritchon from Charlie's -
ang lakas ko sa inyo *winks*

sugod! mga kafatid! *belat*
Lea & Ma'am Beth =)

thank you, Bert; JETRO gels - Ao, Alyne, Salva

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These are the contents of my memorabile: photos, letters, funny captions, stickers, etc.

I will forever treasure this one. Perfect with Starbucks!
the good bosses - IT, TM, KH, HYa

2 pages lovingly done by boss KH for me. =)
He stole his daughters' stickers to make his pages for me. Hehehe.

That's our adorable, funny boss KH. Always the smiling face!
This was a photo from my early days (way back 2000) given to me
by my Research Director, HYo. He used to be my counterpart from Tokyo.