Thursday, November 04, 2004

HOME

When I think of home, I think of a place where there's love overflowing....

So goes the song me and my friend sang this afternoon for the program for the blind kids.It's also during this time that Group Executive Directors were present. These high ranking officers of the Bank came all the way from London to present the cheque for the instution for the blind that we are sponsoring. Early this afternoon, they went to Malacanang to donate 1 million pesos for the Bayanihan Fund (according to my Baby who is a photojournalist).

I was really elated when I was infront of the kids and was given the opportunity to sing for them. While we were singing, I heard one or two of the kids were vocal in saying " ANG GALING! " that made me smile from ear to ear-they appreciated our song!

After our song, it's the kids turn to give an intermission no for the GEDs, Simon Morris-CEO and everybody who's present at the 9th floor. We were all happy about the presentation. They sang and danced to the tune of 2 Christmas songs- a reminder that Christmas is fast approaching. It was just a short program for after the turn over of the cheque worth Php 250,000 for the institution, short speeches from Simon and Mr. Richard Meddings-one of the GEDs, ours and the kids' intermission nos, it was wrapped up with photo op with the 2 visiting GEDs.

When the program proper was over, one of the blind kids was carried by Simon and he was so comfortable he didn't want to go down! Lester and I were kidding about the scene, I mentioned to him that the kid is brilliant to know who to go to - the CEO himself! =D

I was so happy to have the opportunity to sing for the kids and be recognized also by Mr. Richard Medding. I know he doesn't know my name but atleast I shook hands with one of the Bigwigs of SCB! He was saying that we did a good performance! To be frank, I can no longer remember the exact words he said, I was that elated to have met him and shook hands with him. When Simon saw the 3 of us-Kata, Mr. Richard and I having small talk, he butted in and said " these 2 have the voices of an angel " =D The scene was REALLY intoxicating! Hope the GEDs can still remember us when they get back to London.

Also this afternoon I became an instant usherette. When Simon saw me, he told me to usher Ms. Ruth Markland to the restroom and assist her back to his office. And I did what Simon told me, I showed Ms. Ruth the way to the restroom and showed her back to Simon's office. Although all along I thought she was following me but when I looked back, she was talking to one of the MANCO officers. Simon saw me and I told him that Ms. Ruth is talking to Ambei. He just smiled and waited for us. I opened the door for Ms. Ruth when their talk was over. Honestly, I felt awkward then. She is like one of the THE gods & goddesses! It was REALLY an honor to assist her. She might not know my name and it might not be a great gesture but having the opportunity to assist her in whatever small ways I can is worth it.

By the way, all of us were wearing the SCB shirt, guess what size I was wearing- Medium. My friend said that's the only size available and that 's what they gave us. When I learned that Pinoy has small sized shirts but were made for the blind kids, I asked him if I can get the small size, he's so kind for he told me to get one from him later ( I was already wearing the medium size shirt at that time - just imagine a t-shirt with a hanger. It's not so lousy looking but still it's obvious that the shirt is not my size).

Contemplating on how my day went by, I can say that i'm really proud to be part of SCB. We do not just care about profits and business, we also share whatever blessings we have to the less fortunate ones, in this afternoon's case - to the special ones.This is one company where love flourish, like in a family, like HOME. Truly SCB is my second HOME and I look forward to keep coming back to this place like HOME.

I thank GOD for this day, hope my day gets better everyday!

It's appraisal time next week.I hope for the best =D







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